Before I knew it, it was the second year of Xianping. During this period, the Emperor Zhao Heng of the Great Song Dynasty was diligent in political affairs, reduced taxes, and the comprehensive national strength of the Great Song Dynasty developed steadily, among which the commercial development was vigorous, reaching an unprecedented height since the turmoil of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Behind this booming business, it is inseparable from the strong support of the Oath River League and the Longxing Chamber of Commerce.

However, some people are happy and some are worried. At this time, in an old courtyard in Junzhou, the dilapidated courtyard door was kicked open by two officials.

"It's time to eat! Time to eat! One of the officials shouted impatiently, and the two swaggered into the courtyard.

"When you say it's dinner, you can't hear it! Let us both send it to you! The other officer shouted impatiently.

The door of the courtyard house was crumblingly opened, and an old man with gray hair and a wrinkled face walked out. Now that he looks like this, no one can see that he is the Wang Jien who once dominated the world and made people fearful in the rivers and lakes.

Wang Jien scolded, "Hmph! What are you two things! If it had been before, I wouldn't have been able to lift my shoes! ”

"Hey! You're an old immortal, you've been here for more than two years, and you still have such a big temper! ”

"That's it, you still think that you are the great eunuch in the palace! Now, you're a seedless thing that can't even grow a beard! ”

When Wang Jien heard this, his face turned red with anger, and he threw himself at the officer. The official easily dodged, and then kicked Wang Jien behind him, causing Wang Jien to fall into the mud at once.

Looking at Wang Jien lying on the ground, the two laughed, "Princess." What about your martial arts? It is rumored that you were strong in martial arts back then, and it was rare to meet opponents, but now why are you kicked down! ”

When Wang Jien was assigned to Junzhou two years ago, he wanted to recover some skills, and then he went to that place, regrouped, and vowed to take revenge on Liu Zhan and others. However, just before he set off, Liu Zhan shook off all his meridians, and now that two years have passed, not only has his strength not recovered, but his body has deteriorated, and he can't even go far away, and he is extremely resentful. "Liu Zhan, why didn't you just kill me in the first place? Is it just trying to humiliate me? You're bad enough. Wang Jien actually didn't know that he could live, it was Liu Zhan who promised Wang Jien's nephew Wang Chengyong that he would save his life. Under the strong persuasion of Han Ji, Princess Yunkai and Lu Duan, his life was saved.

The two officials saw that Wang Jien was lying on the ground and did not move, so they walked over, "What's the matter?" Can't get up on the ground? Hurry up and finish eating, let's hurry back to hand over. ”

Wang Jien gasped, he knew that with his current body, not to mention the two servants, even the children who had not yet tied their hair, he probably couldn't defeat it. He turned over, but still unconvinced, and said in a stiff tone, "Just put your food there." I'll eat it myself in a while! ”

"Are you expecting us to come back later? Hurry up and eat, we'll have to take the lunch box with us after eating! Do you think you've got a few lunch boxes? ”

"Brother Qiang, let's just pour this food on the ground. Anyway, he looks like this, and he can eat on the ground. A servant said.

"Well, that's a good idea!" The official answered, then picked up the vegetables in the lunch box, poured them on the ground, and said to Wang Jien: "This will save a lot of trouble." Princess, just grieve it. Also, next time you want to do it again, you can say in advance, and we will find some free time to practice with you. ”

The official packed up the lunch box and walked out of the courtyard gate with a smile and a smile, and did not even close the courtyard door for Wang Jien. Wang Jien sighed, but there was nothing he could do but watch the two officials leave with resentful eyes. Wang Jien trembled and crawled on the ground, crawling towards the food on the ground. As soon as Wang Jien climbed two steps, he heard two screams of "ah". I saw that the two officials flew in from the courtyard gate and fell heavily to the ground.

A person wearing a black cloak, covering his mouth and nose with a black veil, and slowly walked in from the courtyard gate with his hands behind his back.

The two officials stood up and shook their heads. Brother Qiang said to the man outside the door: "Where did the thief come from!" Dare to sneak up on your grandfather! Then he drew the saber from his waist.

Another official also drew his saber and said viciously: "Those who dare to provoke our Junzhou Mansion, I don't think you want to live." Then he took the sword and struck at the man, but before the sword was raised, the man's hand was already against the hand of the servant, and no matter how hard the servant was, he could not cut the sword off.

Seeing this, Brother Qiang raised a knife and slashed horizontally from the side of the man, and the man in black flashed back and dodged the knife. Then he grabbed Brother Qiang's wrist with his hand, and took advantage of the situation to use Brother Qiang's knife to swing fiercely at the stomach of the other officer. Suddenly, a red light sprinkled on Brother Qiang's face, and before Brother Qiang could come back to his senses, the man in black kicked Brother Qiang's waist and knocked him to the ground.

Brother Qiang got up on the ground, sat up straight, touched his face with his hand, red blood appeared on his hand, and looked at another person who had fallen in a pool of blood on the ground. Crawled over on all fours, shook the man's body, and kept shouting: "Xiao Zhuang! Xiao Zhuang! "But that little Zhuang is out of breath. Looking up again, he looked at the man in black walking towards him with a frightened face, hurriedly stood up, picked up the knife in his hand, held the handle of the knife with both hands, and said to the man in black with a trembling voice: "You... Don't come here! I'm but... The people of the government! You killed the people of the government! Come back with me and turn myself in! ”

The man said unhurriedly, "Oh? Is it? You killed him just now. ”

"That's. . . You.. You killed with my sword! Not me.. Kill! ”

"Forget it, it doesn't matter who killed it. Anyway, the other person is dead. Then he looked at Wang Jien on the ground, and said to Brother Qiang: "Just now, you were rude to the prince, so I will teach you a lesson on behalf of the prince." Now? ”

"You... What do you want to do? Brother Qiang asked in fear.

The man in black chuckled lightly and said, "You now kneel down and apologize to the prince." If the prince forgives you, then he will not kill you. ”

After Brother Qiang heard this, he hesitated for a moment, then knelt down in front of Wang Jien and said, "Lord Wang! Princess! It's the villain who has eyes and no beads, and he scatters wildness on Tai Sui's head! You don't remember the villain, forgive me this time. The villain will not dare in the future! ”

The murderous scene has been seen countless times in Wang Jien's eyes, so he is naturally accustomed to this scene. He didn't look at Brother Qiang, nor did he look at the man in black, and continued to crawl towards the meal, saying, "Don't kill you, so that you can go back and report the news?" ”

This sentence undoubtedly sentenced this Brother Qiang to death, he turned his head in horror to look at the man in black, the man in black had already choked Brother Qiang's neck, twisted it hard, Brother Qiang's limbs weakened, and he fell to the ground.

Wang Jien had already crawled to the dining place, sat up on the side, and said, "Who are you?" ”

The man in black took off his mask, put down the hat of his cloak, clasped his hands into fists and bowed, and said to Wang Jien with a smile: "Princess." I have worked under you, and I really admire you! I came to visit you today. ”

"Polite words are avoided. You're not here to help me kill these two servants. ”

The man was still smiling, and said, "Then I will tell me directly, and ask the prince to give me the key to the library." ”

After hearing this, Wang Jien's expression became solemn, and he asked, "Do you know where the library is?" ”

"Didn't I just say that. I have worked under you. Back then, all the Jianghu sects and gangs that took refuge in you had to hand over their martial arts cheats to you before they could join the club, and the place where these cheats were put was the library. ”

"Really? However, very few people know where the vaults are. ”

"I used to work under the slender men, one of your four great killers, and he trusted me at the time and told me about it."

Hearing the slender name, Wang Jien seemed to be a little disdainful, and said, "Heh, that sissy!" However, I see that you look like a dog, but I'm afraid you are not a decent gentleman. ”

"The prince is making fun of it."

"So be it. You go and help me kill someone, kill him, and I'll give you the key. ”

"What the prince wants to kill is Liu Zhan, the leader of the Oath Jiang League."

Wang Jien did not answer.

"Then you really think so highly of me, Princess. My martial arts skills are less than one thousandth of Liu Zhan's, and my purpose in borrowing this key is to need the martial arts cheats in it to improve my strength. When my martial arts are complete, I will help you get rid of Liu Zhan. ”

"Humph! When your martial arts are complete, then Liu Zhan is estimated to be happy for a lifetime! And, why should I trust you? Just because you helped me kill two servants. Let's go. ”

The man in black's tone changed slightly, "Princess, I treat each other with courtesy, and sincerely beg you to give me the key, if you insist on not giving it, then don't blame me?" ”

Wang Jien disagreed, "What can you do?" Kill me? Anyway, I don't have anything now, and killing me would be a relief. ”

"Alas. If you really want to do this, then I can only do it. The man in black walked out the door and brought two white jars.

When Wang Jien saw these two bottles, his pupils contracted suddenly, he gritted his teeth, and said fiercely: "You actually dare!" ”

The man in black pointed to the two jars and said, "This should be the ashes of your brother Wang Jiyi." This is the ashes of your brother's son, that is, your nephew, Wang Chengyong. If you don't give me the key, I'll have to spill these two jars of ashes!" ”

Wang Jien felt full of strength for a while, stood up with all his might, and desperately tried to grab the two jars. However, he was easily dodged by the man in black.

"Princess, don't bother, with your current appearance, it is impossible to snatch it back."

Seeing this, Wang Jien's tone immediately became much softer, and said, "Okay, good! I'll give you the key, don't touch those two jars! Then he tore a piece of cloth from his underwear, and in the cloth was a bag with a key inside.

When the man in black saw the key, he put the jar on the ground and snatched Wang Jien's key. Wang Jien hurried to look at the two jars, but when he opened them, the jars were empty and there was nothing.

Wang Jien was annoyed and angry, "What do you mean by this!" ”

"That's nothing. Wang Chengyong's ashes have long been taken away. As for Wang Jiyi, I respect him as a general who is shrouded in horse leather and loyal to the country, so I won't move. ”

When Wang Jien heard it, he looked up to the sky and laughed, saying, "Hahaha! Unexpectedly, I calculated my whole life. The relatives I care about the most can't keep any of them. There was another burst of wild laughter, and after Wang Jien calmed down, he said to the man in black without love: "Finally, help me do something, you can kill me." ”

"Okay, then I'll send the prince to him." The man in black knew that the last bit of hope in Wang Jien's heart had been extinguished, and he had no hope of living, so he slapped Wang Jien on the head with a palm.

The next day, the bodies of Wang Jien and the two officials were found by the people of Junzhou Mansion and reported to the imperial court. After Emperor Zhao Heng learned of this, he sent someone to inform Liu Zhan of the Oath Jiang League.