Soon, Zhang Qi and the others had eaten and drunk enough, and they planned to deal with Zhu Yan Jin, and they walked in front of Zhu Yan Jin.

Zhang Qi squatted down and smirked smugly: "Go against Lao Tzu and let you be a lonely ghost, phew." ”

Zhuyan Jin was very calm, he didn't pay attention to Zhang Qi at all, but looked at the two horse bandits, and said: "He paid fifty taels to hire you to kill me, then I paid five thousand taels and ordered you to kill Zhang Qi, how is the deal in this village?"

Zhang Qi's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he looked at the horse bandit vigilantly, he didn't expect Zhu Yanjin to fight back like this

The two horse bandits first looked at each other in surprise, and soon regained their ferocious color:

"We are brothers who have worshiped the master, and we have deep affection, how can we be provoked by you and kill each other? Besides, why do we believe that you can take out five thousand taels of silver, you think that you are the eldest prince of the palace, and you wave your hand for five thousand taels, hum. ”

Zhu Yanjin laughed confidently twice, just a short moment ago, he easily saw the fragile cooperative relationship between these people, this is the breakthrough.

"I said that I can give you five thousand taels, naturally I can take it out, you loosen my bonds, I can come up with evidence to prove my identity. ”

Zhuyan Jin saw that the horse bandits did not mean to loosen their ties, so they mocked: "You guys are tall and big, and you are actually afraid of me, a sick man, and you are afraid to loosen your ties, which is really ridiculous." ”

Zhu Yanjin's tone was contemptuous, and his face was full of disdain.

"Jokes, you don't inquire, there are no people who Lao Tzu is afraid of within a radius of hundreds of miles, a sick man like you, Lao Tzu can cut it down with one knife. ”

As he spoke, the horse bandit leader untied the rope for Zhu Yanjin.

After loosening the tie, Zhu Yanjin stood up and moved his muscles and bones first, during which he didn't look at the horse bandits at all.

The leader of the horse bandits was very unhappy, grabbed Zhu Yanjin, and howled: "Boy, don't be arrogant, Lao Tzu can cut you at any time." ”

Zhu Yanjin directly took out a red wooden plaque from his body and threw it to the horse bandit leader.

The leader of the horse bandits glared at Zhu Yanjin fiercely, then let go of his hand, looking at the red wooden sign, his expression was very surprised.

There are three words on the front of this wooden plaque - Zhuyan Jin, and the horse bandits were not frightened by the name of Zhuyan Jin, but shocked by the meaning of this wooden plaque.

Zhuyan is the surname of the royal family of the Great Demon Kingdom, derived from the surname "Ji" in ancient times, each royal man is equipped with a life card since birth, the life card is made of the unique blood maple tree of the Great Demon Kingdom, the brand is red, exuding a faint fragrance.

The bandits then suspected that the wooden plaque was forged, and according to the description, they carefully examined it, and it was completely consistent, and it was true, and the sick man was a child of the royal clan.

The leader of the horse bandits is quite calm, after all, the Great Demon Kingdom has been established for more than 200 years, and the number of royal clans is large and uneven, maybe this kid in front of him is just a powerless and powerless nobody.

But turning over the sign, the words on the other side made him completely fall into fear, and cold sweat flowed.

There are also three words on the back of the sign - Xinwangfu.

As we all know, the entire Northern Regions are under the jurisdiction of Pingzhou, and Pingzhou has been served as the Taishou by King Xin, the younger brother of the Emperor of the Great Demon Kingdom, for decades. The Xinwang Mansion has always been the most authoritative place in Pingzhou and even the Northern Regions, and no one has ever dared to provoke it.

There were once water thieves who robbed the goods of Xinwangfu, and the end was miserable, and they were surrounded and suppressed by the Pingzhou army for a month, and all the water thieves were executed, and their heads were cut off to show the public, and since then, no one dares to provoke Xinwangfu.

And the noble son in front of him is obviously out of the palace, the horse bandit leader's eyes are full of horror, he is really unlucky, how did he meet someone who believes in the palace.

Since ancient times, the people did not fight with officials, and the horse bandits quickly figured it out and did Zhang Qi for Zhuyan Jin in order to protect themselves.

He shook his hands and returned the wooden plaque to Zhuyan Jin.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Yanjin knew that he had escaped, this identity card was the certificate of his connection with the people of Xinwangfu, and it was used to show his identity at this moment, he expected that these two horse bandits would not have the courage to make a feud with Xinwangfu.

Zhang Qi couldn't see the wooden sign clearly because he was far away, and he didn't know that the situation had been reversed in an instant, he took two steps closer to Zhuyan Jin and shouted: "Don't you want to provoke our brotherhood, our friendship is not something you can shake with a few words, you better wait for death honestly, haha." ”

Zhuyan Jin was about to speak, but was preempted by the horse bandit leader, he glared angrily, and looked at Zhang Qi murderously: "Don't be surprised, son, let's clean up this bold murderer for you." ”

Zhang Qi was instantly blinded, thinking that he had misheard, but he did hear the words of the horse bandit clearly, and also felt the killing intent of the horse bandit.

One moment the victory is in hand, and the next moment the life is in danger.

Zhang Qi didn't understand what Zhu Yanjin showed the horse bandits, and he still wanted to persuade the horse bandits: "Third brother, we have a lifelong friendship, you actually want to kill me for an outsider." ”

"Shut up, Lao Tzu has also done a few orders of business with you, and I don't have any friendship at all, don't talk about it anymore. ”

The horse bandit leader's heartstrings were tight, and he couldn't wait to kill this Zhang Qi, who had brought disaster to himself, for fear that he would say a few more words and implicate himself, and he didn't want to die.

Zhu Yanjin gently patted the shoulder of the horse bandit leader and said with a smile: "Don't worry, five thousand taels, not a single point will be missing." ”

"No, no, Childe, we are brothers, how can we say that brothers' money?"

The leader of the horse bandits is bitter in his heart, money, you dare to give it, we don't dare to ask for it, are we tired of receiving money from the palace?

Zhuyan Jin didn't care, anyway, he didn't really plan to give five thousand taels.

"Phew, a bunch of bastards, I'm wrong about you. ”

Zhang Qi saw that the defeat was decided, and kept cursing the horse bandits.

"Zhang Qi, don't be afraid, we will be careful, just one knife, it won't hurt too much, hehe. ”

The leader of the horse bandits beckoned to his companions, and the two raised their knives and pressed towards Zhang Qibu step by step.

Zhang Qi will not sit still, pick up a stick, put on a posture, and can fish and meat in the township for so many years, he still has some ability.

Soon, the three were entangled.

Zhang Qi was one against two, and gradually fell behind, and his body was also slashed a few times, and the blood did not stop.

He had already retreated, deliberately exposed his flaws, and took advantage of the bandit leader's advance, knocked down his knife with a stick, and then hit him the calf.

The leader of the bandits fell to the ground, clutching his calves in pain.

Zhang Qi took the opportunity to cover his wound and ran out, and the remaining horse bandit was about to pursue, when suddenly, a blood flower splashed out of his chest, and a sharp blade pierced through the horse bandit's chest, directly killing him.

It turned out that Zhu Yanjin picked up the knife dropped by the leader of the horse bandit and killed the horse bandit in a sneak attack.

Zhuyan Jin neatly pulled out the knife from the corpse, his eyes were cold, his face was calm, and he walked towards the injured horse bandit leader step by step.

"Gong, Gongzi, I was wrong, you let me live, I must ......"

The leader of the horse bandits finally released the fear in his heart completely, and even cried and begged for mercy.

The murderous aura was terrifying, he had never seen such a murderous person, even a bandit like himself who had killed countless people, he couldn't emit this kind of murderous aura like a bottomless abyss, he was scared, and instinctively cried.

Zhu Yanjin didn't want to listen to it at all, waved the knife, dropped his head, and put the knife away.

There was an instant silence in the cave.

Zhu Yanjin put away his knife, glanced at the direction of Zhang Qi's escape, and found that Zhang Qi had already run away.

He returned to the fire and found only a cold corpse, the boy had frozen to death, the fire was still burning, but the man was not breathing.

Zhuyan Jin stood still for a while, looking at the blood on his hands and the boy's corpse, sighed helplessly, and then led the two horses out of the cave.

The sky was slightly bright, and the light of dawn was sprinkled in the snow little by little.

In the early morning, Zhang Laoweng pulled Xiaozhu and walked back to the village with a tired face, obviously sleepless all night, they looked for Zhuyan Jin all night, and their hearts were very anxious.

Thinking of the fate of the noble son who came to the village to spend the night a few times ago, Zhang Laoweng felt uneasy in his heart, God bless, bless the safety of good people.

At this time, several black dots appeared in the distance, and the black dots gradually became larger, it was Zhu Yanjin, who was riding a horse, followed by another one.

"Childe, it's Childe!"

Xiaozhu screamed excitedly, and she ran towards Zhuyan Jin, like a nimble rabbit, leaving a string of small footprints in the snow.

She ran, ran, and was mixed with something, and her whole body fell into the snow.

"It hurts, woo......"

Xiaozhu stood up, rubbed his little head, and cried quietly, it really hurt.

At this moment, Zhu Yanjin had already arrived in front of her, he gently wiped the snow from Xiaozhu's forehead, and smiled happily: "Why are you running in such a hurry, I don't run." ”

When the little girl saw Zhu Yanjin, she immediately wiped her tears, puffed up, like an angry little rooster, and pouted: "Childe, where did you go last night? ”

Zhu Yanjin saw the tiredness on Zhang Laoweng and Xiaozhu's faces, guessed that they had been looking for him all night, and felt a little guilty in his heart, he touched Xiaozhu's head:

"I'm sorry, I've gone to run some errands, let's go back. ”

As he spoke, he put Xiaozhu on the horse and went back to the village with Zhang Laoweng.

In the afternoon, Zhu Yanjin stood alone in the courtyard, trying to absorb the aura around him, trying to convert the aura into spiritual power.

Yesterday's events made him understand that when the crisis came, his greatest reliance was on his own strength, rather than the protection of others.

Thinking of Xiaozhu's concern, and her trust in herself. This unconditional trust rekindled Zhu Yanjin's fighting spirit, and he didn't want to live up to this trust.

He is not willing to live mediocre.

I must continue to practice and return to my former cultivation, and I can't be a waste person who can't be protected by anyone.

However, the aura disappeared instantly as soon as it entered the body, and Zhu Yanjin used his divine sense to explore every corner of his body, but he still couldn't find the disappeared aura.

He tried hundreds of times today and failed.

Practitioners divide cultivation into ten realms, the first nine realms are one whirlpool to nine whirlpools, representing the cultivation of increasing in turn, and the tenth realm is called Tianque, which has only been reached by a few people since ancient times.

One of the vortex realms represents the beginning of the practice, and the criterion for judging the vortex realm is the transformation of the absorbed spiritual energy into spiritual power that can be used for oneself, which is the basis of the practice.

A cultivator who can't convert aura into spiritual power is a joke.

Zhu Yanjin sighed, forget it, let's think of other ways.