The ancient escort agency first appeared in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. In the beginning, it was called Escort Agency, which is equivalent to today’s security company. They are not only engaged in escorting property, but also helping dignitaries look after their homes, and even delivering letters is one of their jobs. It is said that Li Hongzhang once asked the escort agency to help him look after his house. It can be seen that escort agencies have a wide range of business and are very popular.

In many film and television works, there are often many masters in the escort agency, and there are indeed many people in the real escort agency who know martial arts. Generally, escort agencies have martial arts training halls, where those with darts can go and those without darts can practice. When there is nothing to do, the martial arts training hall is always the busiest place in the escort agency. Regardless of the severe cold or heat, the Escort Bureau and its disciples must practice martial arts hard. The Escort Bureau will conduct regular inspections to ensure that everyone learns quickly.

As we all know, the work of the escort agency is risky, and martial arts training is to prevent risks. But just knowing martial arts is not enough. In order to ensure safety, we must open up the relationship between the upper and lower levels. People who make friends in black and white will talk about things when they can talk, and they will fight when they can't. After the matter is completed, the government will resolve it. What if they were robbed of a dart? Then you lose. So you have to be rich and powerful to be an escort agency.

Every powerful escort agency will find a famous person to be the escort leader. He is either known for his superb martial arts or is a retired court official who can intimidate the party. With them under control, the Jianghu people should also give some face.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the business of the escort agency was still very small. During the prosperous period of Kangxi and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, the economy developed greatly and commercial trade was very prosperous. At this time, businessmen became the main targets of bandit attacks, and the escort business began to develop rapidly. By the middle and late Qing Dynasty, there were countless escort agencies across the country, including more than 30. The most famous ones were Guangsheng Escort Agency and Huiyou Escort Agency.

Friend Escort Agency is located in Qi County, Shanxi Province. The boss of Liangyou Escort Agency is from the Dai family. It is said that Dai Erlu, the head of the friend's escort agency, learned a set of Xingyiquan during the Qianlong period and became famous for a while. A knight in Cangzhou, Hebei Province was unconvinced and invited Dai Erlu to compete in Cangzhou. In the end, Dai Erlu won very neatly. From then on, no one dared to send his escort through Cangzhou.

At that time, Cangzhou was a transportation hub and had many escort agencies, which meant that there were many people who knew martial arts. Therefore, Cangzhou is also known as the hometown of martial arts. Since it is the hometown of martial arts, you should exercise some restraint when traveling through Cangzhou. For example, you cannot shout escort numbers, otherwise it will be considered disrespectful to the Cangzhou martial arts community and will cause a lot of trouble.

The escort agency has a history of more than 300 years, and it was not until the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China that it began to decline. By the 1920s, the Escort Bureau completely disappeared and became a historical memory. Now it has begun to appear in various novels and continues to play a legendary role.