"Your scalper has been ripped off!"

"This has nothing to do with me, don't blame me!"

A middle-aged man dressed in coarse linen said urgently, his body splattered with blood.

"Scalpers? What scalpers?"

Sun Jian rubbed his eyes groggily, but the next second, his expression changed.

Just now, his memory returned to him.

The family did indeed own an old ox, which was their only possession.

Not long ago, it was borrowed by Sun Jian's predecessor to plow the fields.

The old ox was lent to the man in the rough linen cloth in front of him, Old Jiang.

Old Jiang was an honest man in the village, but his uncle worked in the government office, so he still had a few acres of land. They didn't live a rich life, but they didn't starve either.

"The old...old ox was slaughtered??"

"Damn! Who killed him?"

Sun Jian grabbed Old Jiang by the collar, furious.

That yellow ox was the only memento left to him by his parents in his previous life, and yet it was slaughtered like that.

Some of the memories of the former ruler have some influence on Sun Jian in the present.

However, this reaction was not an exaggeration at all. Old Jiang even felt that the death of the old ox could be the death of Sun Jian, and he was so anxious that sweat was pouring down his forehead.

"Sun Jian! This really isn't my fault."

“Sun Hao was acting strangely, like he had gone mad. Even though he was the one who bumped into the ox, he insisted that the old ox had bumped into him. He pulled out his knife and stabbed it into the ox’s heart.”

"Go and take a look!"

"The old ox won't survive, but we can still drag it back and have a few bites of meat!"

"If you go too late, there won't be anything left..." Old Jiang meant well, so he came to inform Sun Jian.

"Sun Hao? It's that bastard again!"

"I think he's really tired of living. He's gotten addicted to bullying me." As soon as Sun Jian heard Sun Hao's name, he immediately understood.

What cow bumped into him?

It's clearly just an excuse.

This was something Sun Hao did on purpose to get revenge on him.

"I think he's tired of living," Sun Jian said viciously.

Sun Hao had been bullying the former master since he was a child. The worst time was when he stole half of the money the former master had given to his mother to save her life. He refused to admit it and caused his family to almost starve to death that month!

The previous owner was a coward and didn't dare to cause trouble for Sun Hao.

Since he saw us today, let's settle both old and new scores!

"Since he wants to die, then I'll grant his wish."

Old Jiang was quite frightened by Sun Jian's words and grabbed Sun Jian's arm: "Don't go and get yourself killed! Sun Hao is with Sun Hu!"

Sun Hu is Sun Hao's older brother. He is the head constable of the county government. He is a burly man with a big beard and is particularly ruthless in fights.

I heard that once he got into a fight with Ah Er from the next village. He single-handedly defeated four strongmen from the next village and didn't lose a hand.

"My uncle told me that Sun Hu is on equal footing with him in the county government. Do you think you can afford to offend him?"

Sun Jian sneered, "Sun Hu? So what?"

"Sigh! Just go and get the cow back, but whatever you do, don't tell anyone I told you."

Old Jiang gave a few instructions, then quickly turned and left, not daring to linger any longer, for fear that this matter would bring trouble upon himself.

Sun Jian looked at his withered arms, smiled bitterly, and shook his head.

Old Jiang's reminder was well-intentioned. The former owner was originally a scholar who couldn't even kill a chicken, and because he was often hungry, he was skin and bones.

With a physique like that, he might have a chance of winning against Sun Hao in a life-or-death struggle, but against Sun Hu, he'd be guaranteed to be killed.

But some things aren't calculated that way. If you keep swallowing your anger towards people like Sun Hu and Sun Hao, you'll only get bigger and fiercer retaliation in return.

"Damn it! I've been a slave for half my life, and I just got here. I finally got a system and three beautiful wives, and now I've run into such disgusting people and things!"

Oh, right!

System!

Sun Jian's eyes lit up.

yes!

He also has a system!

I'll just have to test how powerful this system really is.

"Open the system panel, use a normal lottery draw, and specify the direction 'Force'!"

Sun Jian silently recited a sentence in his heart.

[Ding! System in progress...]

[Congratulations, host! You have won a set of Tongbei Fist in the "Martial Arts" lottery. You have successfully mastered it and implanted it into your mind. Your Martial Arts has increased by 18 points.]

[Current Attribute Panel]

[Host: Sun Jian]

Combat Strength: 58 (40+18)

Agility: 40

Intelligence: 80

[Charm: 60]

[Skills: Tongbei Boxing, Thorough Reading of the Four Books and Five Classics]

[Martial Arts Skills: None]

Item: None

[Lucky Draw: 1 Normal Level]

[System Prompt: 50 points in all attributes are considered the values ​​of a standard healthy adult in the host's previous life; 80 points are considered the limit for an ordinary human.]

As Sun Jian listened to the system's introduction, he looked at his own arm, where the muscles were visibly bulging, and a powerful sense of strength washed over him.

"Sun Hao, wait a minute, I'm coming."

Sun Jian had just left.

Zhou Wan'er, dressed in a simple cloth robe, pushed open the door and came out. Looking in the direction Sun Jian had left, the corners of her mouth slowly turned up, and she nodded.

"Not bad, he has some guts."

I underestimated you before.

[Ding! Zhou Wan'er's favorability +2]

Just now, when Old Jiang knocked on the door, he woke up both Sun Jian and Zhou Wan'er.

Furthermore, Zhou Wan'er heard everything that Lao Jiang and Sun Jian said.

Sun Hao has already bullied Sun Jian to the point that if Sun Jian still chooses to let things go, then such a man is a coward and will never be worthy of Zhou Wan'er's attention.

However, it seems that Sun Jian has not disappointed him yet.

"But whether he's capable or not, let's hope he doesn't die out there."

Zhou Wan'er frowned, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to follow.

With a bowl of instant noodles from Sun Hao and half a night's rest, her strength had almost recovered.

As a princess, Zhou Wan'er had been practicing martial arts since childhood. Although her martial arts skills might not be as good as those of great generals, she could easily deal with a commoner.

Although I don't have a good impression of Sun Jian.

But Sun Jian gave her a meal, which can be considered as saving her life, so we can't just sit idly by.

However……

Just as Zhou Wan'er pushed the door open and left, another figure pushed the door open and walked out.

Gu Zijian!

"It seems this woman is indeed extraordinary."

Gu Zijian looked in the direction Zhou Wan'er had left, her beautiful eyes slightly narrowed.

She had already noticed Zhou Wan'er's unique temperament during dinner yesterday.

At that time, she didn't say much, but secretly kept observing Zhou Wan'er.

My intuition is not wrong; she must have practiced martial arts, and she could not possibly be an ordinary "warrior"!

"That's interesting. They're not as simple as they seem..."

"I also want to see what will happen..."

Gu Zijian's eyes flashed with sharpness. He gently closed the door slightly, stepped on it, and quickly followed.