Jian Jie (simplified: 简捷, traditional: 簡捷, pinyin: Jiǎn Jié, jyutping: gaan2 zit3), known as Saint Hand Jialan (圣手伽蓝), was a disciple of the Kongtong School. He was poisoned by the Golden Flower Matriarch, which caused his hair to fall out. During a famine he joined Xue Gongyuan and others in plotting to eat Zhang Wuji and Yang Buhui, but Zhang Wuji poisoned them with deadly mushrooms in self-defence.
Biography
Poisoning at Butterfly Valley
Jian Jie was among the martial artists wounded by the Golden Flower Matriarch and brought to Butterfly Valley. Hu Qingniu refused to treat non–Ming Order patients. The Golden Flower Matriarch’s poison caused Jian Jie’s hair to fall out, giving him a bald appearance that contrasted sharply with his former nickname Saint Hand Jialan.
Famine and death
During a famine, Jian Jie encountered Xue Gongyuan and two others in a forest. They met Zhang Wuji and Yang Buhui, who were fleeing. The four pretended to offer shelter but intended to eat the children. When they revealed their plan, Zhang Wuji used knowledge from Wang Nangu’s Dujing (毒经, Poison Manual) to gather poisonous ghost-face mushrooms, cooked them in a soup, and induced the four to eat. Jian Jie and the others died. Xu Da and his men later found their bodies.
Behind the scenes
Source
Character information was drawn from docs/fetched-data/HSDS_20251027_082242/人物/简捷_20251027_001900.json and the novel.
See also
- Kongtong School
- Golden Flower Matriarch — Poisoned Jian Jie
- Xue Gongyuan — Accomplice in the cannibalism plot
- Zhang Wuji — Defended himself with poisonous mushrooms
- The Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Sabre