It is said that after Zhen Zhen tied up Youming, Junxuan and Rui'er, he escorted back to Ziyun Valley along the road to the north.

A fortress less than ten miles away from the Ion Cloud Valley was suddenly blocked by a man who looked to be in his forties with a big iron sword on his back. This man was in Chang'an City, following Zhu Wen's side, intercepting and killing You Bailin, Kwai Jiaxi, and Jiang Yizhong, a man from Yi Fang's family. At this time, Jiang Yizhong, although he was a little less frivolous than more than ten years ago, the evil aura revealed from his narrow eyes was more fierce and vicious than more than ten years ago.

Jiang Ruzhong carried a large iron sword on his back, standing upwind, his hands on his waist, and the breeze blew his messy hair and beard, covering half of his cheeks.

Zhen Zhen saw that someone was blocking the way, so he hurriedly stopped his war horse and looked at the person on the opposite side.

"Dare to ask whoever comes, but Zhen Zhen from Jiaowutang, Zhen Daxia?" Jiang Ruzhong asked.

Zhen Zhen stopped, looked Jiang Yizhong up and down, and asked, "May I ask who Your Excellency is?"

Jiang Ruzhong dragged his right leg, which was stabbed by You Bailin's sword in Chang'an City, and slowly stepped forward.

"Hmph, it turned out to be a cripple. Zhen Zhen muttered contemptuously.

"I am a special envoy sent by the Emperor of Great Liang to Annan to escort the remnants of criminals. Not long ago, I learned that Jinghai Festival made Master Qu and asked Zhen Daxia to be responsible for supervising this matter. I don't know if Zhen Daxia can gain anything?" Jiang Yizhong walked up to Zhen Zhen and said.

Zhen Zhen rode on a horse, raised his head high and said: "It turned out to be the envoy of Emperor Daliang, Zhen has lost his respect, may I ask what your Excellency is called?"

Jiang Ruzhong felt Zhen Zhen's contempt, so he turned his head to the side and said, "Commander of the Praetorian Guard." Jiang, like, loyal. ”

Zhen Zhen was stunned when he heard Jiang Yizhong report to his home, and hurriedly dismounted, and said respectfully: "It turned out that Lord Jiang was the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and I didn't know that Lord Jiang personally drove to Annan, and I missed the welcome, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

Jiang Ruzhong turned his head lightly and said, "Zhen Daxia doesn't need to be polite, may I ask the emperor to commit a crime, have you caught it?"

Zhen Zhen just wanted to speak, but after a roll of his eyes, he said, "Lord Huijiang, I have already caught the criminal." However, according to the rules, the prisoners must be escorted back to Da Luo City (now Hanoi, Vietnam) first, and after the lord of my family has seen it, let the lord decide it himself. ”

Jiang Yizhong scolded: "Zhen Daxia, the emperor has a secret decree, after catching the criminal, he must immediately hand it over to the general to be responsible for escorting him back to the capital, do you want to resist the decree?"

Zhen Zhen asked: "Lord Jiang, please forgive me for my words, you have your orders to obey, and you have orders to obey." This is Annan, and my father-in-law has the final say. ”

"You... No matter what your lord says, he is just a warlord of one party. Do you dare to openly resist the decree and confront the Central Plains Imperial Court?" Jiang Ruzhong asked.

Of course, I don't mean that. But... May I ask how the emperor of the Central Plains is so busy, how can he make such a big will for the sake of a few prisoners?"

Jiang Yizhong was speechless, so he had to say: "The emperor is the Son of Heaven, and the mind of the Son of Heaven is already different from ordinary people, how can our courtiers speculate at will?"

Zhen Zhen said disdainfully: "I think, I'm afraid that someone is taking advantage of the topic to play and fish in troubled waters, right? Holy Decree? May I ask where is the Holy Purpose? Could you please take it out and give me a look at it? Zhen has lived to this age in his life, and he has never seen any Holy Decree, how about it also open my eyes?"

Seeing that Zhen Zhen was not easy to fool, Jiang seemed to be a little flustered, and then pretended to be calm and said: "Zhen Daxia, the emperor just passed on the oracle, but the oracle is also a holy decree. I also hope that Zhen Daxia can act according to orders, otherwise if there is any problem, let alone you and me, even if it is the envoy of the Jinghai Festival, I am afraid I can't afford it. ”

Zhen Zhen said again and again: "Yes, yes, I will definitely follow the order." However, there is no evidence, and I only believe in black and white and the national seal and jade seal. If you have not seen the original text of the Divine Decree, you will definitely not listen to your side of the story. ”

"Zhen Zhen, what do you want? Do you want me to go back to Daluo City to find Qu Chengmei in person, so that you are willing to hand over someone?" Jiang Ruzhong reprimanded.

"Lord Jiang, please don't be angry. After all, this is a matter of human life, and it is just a matter of dedication to duty. If anything goes wrong, the lord and the emperor will blame it in the future, and you can't afford it. ”

When Jiang Yizhong heard this, he was a little anxious. So he hurriedly said: "Zhen Zhen, it seems that there is no emperor in your eyes? Do you really want to resist and disobey the order? There is a special order from the current emperor, which can be played for the time being." ”

When Zhen Zhen heard this, he became even more energetic, and hurriedly responded: "Yo yo yo, the order is not successful, and it has been changed to intimidate? Hmph, resist the decree? Where did the decree come from? I only saw a cripple full of nonsense in front of me, talking blank words, fox and fake tiger. ”

At this point, Jiang Yizhong was no longer angry, but said quietly: "Hmph, it seems that the rumored 'sickle gentleman' of Jiaowutang in the rivers and lakes is also in vain. ”

Zhen Zhen said with his head held high: "No matter what you say, I am a scythe gentleman Zhen Zhen, but I am a recognized virtuous person in the rivers and lakes. ”

Jiang Ruzhong was so angry that he blew his beard and glared: "Okay, then I will teach you a good lesson for the emperor today, a person who dares not to obey heaven." ”

After that, Jiang Ruzhong pulled out the long sword in his hand and stabbed at Zhen Zhen fiercely.

Zhen Zhen didn't show weakness, immediately took a few steps back, took the big scythe from the hand of his entourage, held the scythe high, and shot back at Najiang Ruzhong.

Jiang Ruzhong was Zhu Wen's personal bodyguard at the beginning, and he could be regarded as a first-class master in the world, and his swordsmanship was even more superb, like a ghost. I saw a whirlwind sweeping in, and Zhen Zhen was forced step by step, and retreated again and again.

Retreating to the big stone on the side, Zhen Zhen lifted his foot back and leaned against the big stone, thinking that he was afraid that he had really met a master. So he didn't dare to take it lightly anymore, and after standing firm, he began to calm down his luck and use the scythe technique's slashing and killing skills.

"Whoosh whoosh" only heard the sound of a sickle cutting wheat, whistling in the mountain wind. Zhen Zhen waved the big scythe in his hand at lightning speed. Flip, jump, slash, slash. Chaojiang seems to be loyal to the people Ying, Qi She, Lingxu, Baihui, Tianzhu, Lingtai and other key acupuncture points.

Although Jiang Yizhong was lame in his right leg by You Bailin back then, his ability to move did not affect his flexibility at all. Seeing that Zhen Zhen had revealed his true skills, he hurriedly dodged and dodged sideways to avoid his edge. Then he quickly thought of the move to crack the scythe, pressed the sword to the ground, quickly jumped from the side, picked up the sand and stones on the ground, and threw it at Zhen Zhen fiercely.

When Zhen Zhen saw the flying stone coming, he hurriedly picked up the big sickle and swung it desperately, smashing the flying stones. And Jiang Yizhong followed closely behind, stabbing with a sword. His moves are lethal, showing the ability of a master of swordsmanship. And there are obvious traces of Shaolin swordsmanship in swordsmanship, but the Shaolin swordsmanship that was originally compassionate was played by him to be fierce and vicious.

After dozens of moves, Zhen Zhen obviously began to be a little invincible to Jiang Yizhong's exquisite swordsmanship, and was beaten back to the edge of the cliff.

Zhen Zhen jumped into the air, flew up from the edge of the cliff, and then killed a horse pistol from the air as a cover, and quickly threw out a cloud of slime from his sleeve, which stuck firmly to a large bare stone on the ground.

Jiang Yizhong didn't pay attention to the liquid on the ground at all, in order to dodge Zhen Zhen's big scythe. He had no choice but to step back and step on the puddle of slime impartially. When he tried to step back again, he found that his feet could no longer move.

Seeing that this Jiang Yizhong was sticky, Zhen Zhen landed on the ground and carried the sickle, with a sneer on his face.

"How's it going?" said Zhen Zhen proudly.

Jiang Ruzhong felt that his shoes were sticking and tried to pull his feet out desperately. Zhen Zhen saw his intentions and mercilessly slashed the scythe towards Najiang Yizhong.

Jiang Yizhong didn't have time to take off his shoes, so he had to stand in place and continue to fight with Zhen Zhen. No matter how Zhen Zhen's big sickle slashed horizontally and vertically, it was skillfully resisted by Jiang Yizhong.

Jiang Ruzhong resisted Zhen Zhen's scythe and said, "Since Zhen Daxia is so decisive, then Jiang doesn't have to be polite to Zhen Daxia anymore?"

Zhen Zhen said: "You're welcome, what else do you have to do, just take it out." ”

Jiang Ruzhong pushed Zhen Zhen out, he grasped the big-handled sword tightly, and turned it slightly. Use your thumb to pinch a green gem on the hilt of the sword.

At this time, Zhen Zhen didn't expect that Jiang Yizhong's sword blade suddenly popped out of the hilt, and only one filament was connected to the hilt. The blade of the sword was like a soaring long arrow, stabbing straight towards Zhen Zhenfei. Zhen Zhen immediately realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly flashed to the side, avoiding the sword blade that flew from the handle.

Jiang Yizhong waved the hilt of the sword again, wielding the blade connected by the filaments freely. The blade of the sword was under his control, turning left and right in circles, flying up and down. Zhen Zhen wielded a big sickle and was overwhelmed. Cut it with a scythe, then hide far to the side.

Jiang Yizhong's tricks are no different from when he was by Zhu Wen's side. At that time, the yin and viciousness in his hands were more than those of the past.

After repeated pursuits, he saw that Zhen Zhen was powerless to fight back. Jiang Ruzhong pressed the mechanism on the hilt of the sword again, retracted the blade, and restored it to the hilt. Soon it reverted to a normal sword.

Jiang Nizhong withdrew his sword, quickly broke the shoes under his feet, and then freed himself from the shoes that were glued. He took advantage of the situation to fly up with his sword, and continued to stab the blade towards Zhen Zhenfei, beating Zhen Zhen Zhen in defeat, and finally shouted loudly: "Don't fight, don't fight, I admit defeat, admit defeat." ”

Jiang Yizhong traveled to Annan alone, and he had no intention of competing with these local snakes. Seeing Zhen Zhen admit defeat, he hurriedly put away the blade of his sword, and said after landing on the ground: "Okay, since Zhen Daxia has accepted, then please hand over the prisoner, and I will go back to restore my life." ”

Zhen Zhen said: "You can take the man away, but the woman wants to stay for me?"

Jiang Ruzhong said: "No, this woman is the most important prisoner, and I must take it away." ”

Zhen Zhen had no choice but to say: "Okay, since I can't beat you, there's nothing to say." But you'll have to leave me a voucher so I can go back. ”

Jiang Ruzhong said: "The emperor's dictation is the evidence, does Zhen Daxia still have any questions about this?"

Zhen Zhen said: "Forget it, forget it." I don't care what the will is or not. I only recognize our father-in-law. I can't beat you today, and you can take people with you. ”

Jiang Ruzhong jumped into the carriage and lifted the curtain with his sword. I saw two men and a woman sitting in the carriage, namely Youming, Li Junxuan and Xiao Ruier. The three were tied to the carriage with strips of cloth in their mouths and stared at him with blank eyes. Rui'er seemed to know this Jiang Yizhong, and her eyes and movements were obviously a little restless.

Jiang Ruzhong confirmed that Rui'er was in the car, so he drove the carriage and ran away quickly.

"Hmph" Although Zhen Zhen was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, he could only look dryly at the dust raised on the road, and let the duck with his beak be snatched away and disappear into the dust raised by the horse's hooves and wheels. (To be continued.) )