Chapter 27 - 23: Martial Arts Halls and Sects

Zhao Lin nearly laughed out loud at the driver’s words. ’Some tricks really never change,’ he thought.

There was an old saying: "Drivers, boatmen, innkeepers, porters, and brokers—they deserve death even if innocent." People in these trades had low social standing but were notoriously difficult to deal with, both pitiful and detestable.

But then it occurred to him that he had recently been hauling goods at the docks, which would technically make him a porter. The saying was, in a way, a curse on himself.

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