Li Zhong looked at Lin Xiaodong up and down, and said mockingly: "The journey as an escort is hard, how can you, a weak Taoist, endure it?"
Lin Xiaodong said: "Lin, a wandering Taoist, eats and sleeps in the open on weekdays, and has long been accustomed to it."
Li Zhong nodded: "Okay, then I will take you with me. You will do whatever I ask you to do along the way."
Hu Chen grinned and said, "Master Li, Taoist Lin is the benefactor of my Hu family, please treat me kindly."
Lin Xiaodong said: "Lin just listens to the escort's arrangements."
Li Zhong nodded: "Let's go then!"
When a few people came outside the gate, they saw two carriages, many horses, and four bodyguards: Xiang Qian, Shao Hongqing, Ding Jian, and Xu Ningdao.
Li Zhong stretched out his hand to Lin Xiaodong and said to Xiang Qian and others: "This Taoist Lin Xiaodong, come with us."
Xiang Qian spat out the foxtail grass in his mouth and asked, "A Taoist is following us to escort us?"
Li Zhong looked at Hu Chen: "Master Hu arranged it."
Shao Hongqing asked: "Why are you here to follow me?"
Lin Xiaodong said: "Lin came here specifically to deal with the bandits who robbed Mr. Hu's goods yesterday."
As soon as this statement came out, Xiang Qian and others burst into laughter.
Xiang Qian looked Lin Xiaodong up and down: "What skills do you have to deal with this group of bandits?"
Hu Chen said: "Taoist Master Lin has great supernatural powers and powerful magic. He has saved my life many times. I have seen it with my own eyes."
Shao Hongqing didn't believe it: "In my opinion, Taoists are all pretending to be gods and ghosts. No matter how powerful they are, will they die with just one knife?"
Ding Jian said: "This group of thieves does not need to be worried by the Taoist priest. Leave it to us. When they hear the name of Zhengxing Escort Agency, they will be scared to death."
Lin Xiaodong smiled and said: "If this is true, I will save my energy."
Xu Ning said: "It will save the most effort if you don't go."
Lin Xiaodong's words were thorny: "But Mr. Hu can't trust me."
Xu Ningdao was about to have a seizure: "What do you mean?
Boss Hu can’t trust me, Zhengxing Escort Agency?”
Li Zhong stopped Xu Ningdao and asked Lin Xiaodong: "Can Taoist Lin know how to ride a horse?"
Lin Xiaodong nodded: "I understand a little bit."
Li Zhong turned to Xiang Qian and said, "Prepare horses for Taoist Lin."
Xiang Qian smiled, led a black horse, and said: "This is the most obedient horse in our escort agency. Please be careful when riding it, Dao Zhang Lin. Don't fall over halfway. You will have no place to find the doctor. We have to take you with us."
Wounded."
Lin Xiaodong smiled and said: "Lin has been riding for so many years and has never fallen off."
Li Zhong nodded: "Then let's go!"
Xiang Qian, Shao Hongqing, Ding Jian, and Xu Ningdao all gathered around, waiting for Lin Xiaodong to mount his horse.
Lin Xiaodong pulled the reins and climbed onto the horse. The black horse was quite irritable, but Lin Xiaodong grabbed its neck and clamped the horse's belly, preventing it from moving.
Xiang Qian raised his eyebrows: "Hey?"
Lin Xiaodong smiled and said, "Let's go?"
Several people got on their horses, and a group of six people and two empty carriages rushed to Weicheng.
Not long after they came out of the city, the sun was high in the sky, like a blazing fire. Li Zhong and others were all sweating profusely and agitated. Only Lin Xiaodong was riding on the horse and closed his eyes calmly.
Xiang Qian took the kettle, rode up to Lin Xiaodong, and coughed on purpose.
Lin Xiaodong opened his eyes.
Xiang Qian picked up the kettle, took a big sip, and asked Lin Xiaodong: "Taoist Master, do you want some water?"
Lin Xiaodong shook his head: "No need."
Xiang Qian nodded, walked back, and said, "If you don't bring water, you don't know when you will be able to reach a place with water."
Lin Xiaodong ignored him.
We walked until noon, when it was time for lunch, Li Zhong and others dismounted and sat together under a tree to eat the dry food they had brought with them.
Lin Xiaodong sat quietly under another tree.
Xiang Qian said: "This Taoist hasn't had a sip of water all morning, and he won't eat now, so don't die."
Li Zhong turned around and called Lin Xiaodong: "Taoist Master Lin, you're here for dinner."
Lin Xiaodong said: "You guys can eat, Lin doesn't want to eat."
Li Zhongdao: "Taoist Priest, how can we not eat?
It’s only two days’ journey from Jicheng to Weicheng, and it will take another two days to come back.”
Lin Xiaodong said: "It's enough for me to breathe in and out. There's no need to eat."
Xiang Qian said: "You really don't want to drink a mouthful of water or eat a mouthful of rice."
Lin Xiaodong closed his eyes and ignored him.
After dinner, he continued on his way. Lin Xiaodong sat upright on his horse, whether he was asleep or meditating. The black horse was usually irritable, but now he was as obedient as a mare.
One day passed, Li Zhong chose a place to rest, and Lin Xiaodong thought that he had not eaten enough water or rice all day.
While Li Zhong and others were eating, Lin Xiaodong was still sitting quietly under the tree.
Shao Hongqing muttered: "This Taoist is really quite capable. With such a strong sun, I haven't had a sip of water all day."
Xiang Qian pouted: "If you don't drink water, is it considered capable?
If you don’t drink water, you won’t be afraid of thieves?”
Li Zhong came to Lin Xiaodong with two steamed buns and a kettle: "Director Lin, you'd better eat and drink. Don't die on the way. It's hard for our escort agency to explain."
Lin Xiaodong smiled and said: "Young Taoist Lin, even if you die, no one will come to you."
Li Zhongdao: "My brothers have been practicing martial arts since childhood and have hot tempers. Don't be like them."
Lin Xiaodong said: "I don't have the same experience as them, and the same is true for Lin."
Li Zhong nodded and said, "Food and water are here for you."
Back among Xiang Qian and others.
Xiang Qian said: "If you ask me, let's just not take this errand. It's unlucky to follow a Taoist, and Boss Hu obviously can't trust us."
Li Zhongdao: "Didn't Boss Hu say that the robber knows magic?
Find a Taoist to be on the safe side. If we can deal with some bandits, we will have no problem, but if we really encounter someone who knows magic, it will be useless to show off our bravery."
After dinner, they went to sleep in the carriage, leaving Li Zhong and Xiang Qian to watch the night.
Li Zhongdao: "Taoist Master Lin, eat the dry food and drink the water, and go to sleep in the carriage."
Lin Xiaodong said: "No need, I have to practice at night."
Xiang Qian said: "Hey, if you don't eat, drink or sleep, don't you want to live?"
Lin Xiaodong said: "Even if Lin doesn't eat for a year, he will never starve to death."
Xiang Qian snorted coldly and ignored him.
The night passed without incident.
Continuing on the road the next day, Lin Xiaodong was sitting on the horse, looking like a statue, still not eating enough water or rice, closing his eyes to rest, looking indifferent.
Li Zhong and others were exhausted and exhausted.
In the evening, a group of people came to Weicheng and went to the Zhengxing Escort Branch.
After running around for two days, Li Zhong and others were covered in sweat, smelly, and disgraced.
Lin Xiaodong was the same as when he set out. There was no sweat stain on his body, no dust on his clothes, and not a grain of sand on the soles of his shoes.
The escort agency arranged for Lin Xiaodong to occupy a room and sit quietly on the bed.
Li Zhong and others freshened up and gathered together to eat and drink.
Li Zhong said: "This Taoist has some skills. He has been traveling continuously for two days. He didn't drink a sip of water, didn't eat any food, and didn't sleep at all."
Xiang Qian was disdainful: "Taoists like to pretend to be gods and ghosts. I don't understand why they don't have to eat to practice Taoism."
Shao Hongqing nodded: "Yes, what's the use of not eating? If you don't eat, what will you do if you don't have the energy to fight the thief?"