In the past few days, the snow has gradually lightened, and the villagers have gone out more frequently.

In the largest courtyard in Zhangjia Village, Zhang Qi stood quietly and honestly, completely free from his previous arrogance.

In front of him, stood a kind old man, who was the village chief.

"I heard that you went to the old man's house the day before yesterday to make trouble, right?"

Zhang Qi was so nervous that he didn't dare to come out, and he had already acquiesced.

The village chief suddenly became stern and shouted: "I have warned you a long time ago, be more restrained these days, especially don't provoke the old man's family, you are taking my words as child's play? ”

Zhang Qi was so frightened that he fell directly to the ground, and explained in a panic: "How dare my nephew, my nephew wants to test that son-in-law, for fear that he will harm your big thing." ”

Zhang Qi spoke a little incoherently, so he could only find an excuse to deal with it in a hurry. What he fears the most is his own uncle, he knows his uncle's ruthlessness best, and he is frightened every time they meet.

"Really?" the village chief said with a skeptical tone, but his previous anger had subsided considerably.

Zhang Qi nodded nervously and desperately, like a prey begging for mercy in front of a hunter.

"What's the catch, let's hear it. ”

"That brother has some courage, he may protect the old man's grandson, which may be bad for your big thing. ”

After being frightened back by Zhu Yanjin that day, Zhang Qi was disgraced, he quickly regained his senses, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, and he guessed that Zhu Yanjin was bluffing.

Thinking of being pointed at behind his back these days, Zhang Qi hated Zhu Yanjin, how could he have been so humiliated, it was all because of that damn son.

He wanted to provoke it, take the help of the village chief, and get rid of Zhu Yanjin.

"Uncle, it's better to let your nephew sweep away this scourge for you and kill him. ”

The village chief obviously hesitated for a moment, and said, "We don't know his identity yet, and if we make a rash move, we may catch fire." ”

"Uncle, it's not the first time we've done this kind of thing, the first few noble sons who fell into our village, the corpses have long been eaten by wild beasts and there is no scum left. ”

"I always feel that he is not simple, what if he makes a big deal?"

"Uncle, you have been too restrained recently, think about it, if he is really a famous son, how could he end up in our wilderness, and for so many days, no one has come to look for him, and my nephew thinks that he is just a gentleman in the middle of the road. ”

"There is some truth in what you said, it may be that something big is coming, and I am too cautious. ”

Seeing that the village chief was a little moved, Zhang Qi immediately struck while the iron was hot and said:

"That boy is generous, and he must have a lot of money on him, let's get rid of him and take away the money, wouldn't it be beautiful?"

"It's better to do less of this kind of hurtful thing. The village chief obviously acquiesced, and he instructed a few more words, "When it's done, push the matter on the horse bandits, do it cleanly, don't leave traces, if something happens, it's just that you Zhang Qi is fascinated by money and has nothing to do with me." ”

"Don't worry, my nephew will take care of it. ”

"It's really my good nephew, hahaha. ”

The village chief's face was filled with this kind and gentle smile, but this smile couldn't touch Zhang Qi at all, he knew very well what a terrifying face there was under this peaceful mask.

At noon, Zhu Yanjin lazily lay on his side on the couch, while Xiaozhu sat on the side and kneaded his injured arm for him.

The little girl rubbed it carefully, for fear of hurting Zhu Yanjin with more force.

Zhu Yanjin looked comfortable, and there was a cute and capable little girl beside him, and he must be in a good mood. In fact, the strain on his arm was almost better, but he kept dragging it, just wanting Xiaozhu to pinch it more.

"Childe, are you a cultivator?"

Zhuyan Jin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "Not now." ”

Xiao Zhu's eyes rolled twice, pondering Zhu Yanjin's words.

Isn't it anymore? Could it be that he used to be a cultivator.

"Childe, you must have been very powerful before, you must have been a hero in the limelight. ”

Xiaozhu's eyes were full of admiration, smiling, looking directly at Zhu Yanjin, in her heart, Gongzi scared away the terrible Zhang Qi with a single look, and such a legendary figure completely squeezed into her heart.

In the face of Xiaozhu's worship and praise, Zhu Yanjin only smiled bitterly twice, no matter how glorious the past is, it is just a memory, and at this moment, he can't even deal with a mortal like Zhang Qi.

The atmosphere in the room instantly became oppressive, and Xiaozhu didn't understand, she couldn't imagine that her praise could make this powerful man so depressed.

At this time, the voice of the neighbor came.

"Childe, someone is looking for you at the entrance of the village, and I heard that it is your family. ”

"Family?"

Could it be that the person who received the letter from the king's palace has arrived?

Great, finally safe.

As long as you return to Pingzhou City under their protection, you can completely get rid of the pursuers.

Zhu Yanjin immediately ran out of the house, asked a neighbor about the location of the visitor, and then hurried over.

Soon, Zhu Yanjin came to the place where the neighbor said, he saw two men on horseback, and was about to go up to ask questions, when suddenly there was a pain in the back of his head, his eyes were dark, and he collapsed to the ground.

By the time he woke up, it was dark and the cold was blowing all around.

Zhu Yanjin sat up and found that he was in a cold cave, and his limbs were tightly bound by ropes, and he couldn't move.

Not far away, there was a fire with meat roasting on it, and three people were sitting around it.

Zhu Yanjin recognized one of them at a glance, it was actually Zhang Qi, and the remaining two were the two men on horseback.

Zhu Yanjin figured it out at once, he fell into Zhang Qi's trap, and now he was in a very dangerous situation, so he had to find a way quickly.

He quietly listened to Zhang Qi's conversation.

"Third brother, you can't be careless in this work, you must do it cleanly. ”

"Old Seven, don't worry, our brothers have never missed, and we will throw that kid into the wolf valley to ensure that there are no bones left after being eaten by wild beasts. ”

"Then there are the two big brothers. ”

"It's all my own brothers, you're welcome, but the honorarium ......"

"Don't worry, after the deed is completed, fifty taels of silver will not be missing. ”

"Good brother, come, eat meat, hahaha. ”

......

Zhu Yanjin quickly guessed the identities of the two men, he heard Xiaozhu say that there are horse bandits in the northern region, doing murder and stealing goods, these two people must be horse bandits.

At this time, Zhu Yanjin noticed a thin body lying on the ground, and when he looked closely, it was a dying boy, only seven or eight years old.

By the light of the fire, Zhu Yanjin saw that the boy was missing a leg, the wound was fresh, and the blood was frozen. The boy's expression was dull, his face was expressionless, and there was only despair in his eyes, and his last life was passing little by little.

Zhu Yanjin seemed to remember something, and suddenly looked at the fire, the roasted meat was like a coiled leg, and then looked at the boy's wound, Zhuyan Jin felt a chill in his heart.

One of the bandits stood up, walked around the boy, kicked him twice, and then carried the boy closer to the fire.

"Don't let this little cub freeze to death, or the meat won't taste good. ”

Zhang Qi ate a few bites of meat and said with a smile: "The child's meat is really delicious and tender." ”

"It turns out that my brother is also good at this, another day, my brother grabbed two dolls and gave them to my brother in person, haha. ”

......

Zhu Yanjin closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, and a strong killing intent gradually ignited in his heart.