The sudden, sharp stop of the carriage sent Lin Li, who was sitting inside, lurching forward. Luckily, his quick reflexes allowed him to grab a protruding handrail, steadying himself and avoiding a fall.
Then, he heard the panicked coachman muttering to himself, and his brow furrowed.
Climbing out of the chilly carriage, Lin Li said to the bewildered coachman, "Don't just stand there. Go check on the person you hit!"
"Ah, right, right, I should go see how he is..." The pale-faced coachman, snapped out of his daze by Lin Li's words, immediately came to his senses. He jumped down from the carriage and hurried toward the person he had sent flying.
But just as he was about to check on the condition of the pedestrian, five burly, able-bodied men in linen shirts rushed out from the crowd of onlookers.
The leader was a hulking man, one meter ninety tall, with bulging muscles and a full beard.
