After two consecutive swords to no avail, he had to continue to climb the peak that he had not yet mastered.

On the day Wu Xian came back, Mulan told him that his current seven-entry sword, except for the first sword, is still a little bit like it, and the remaining swords are just in vain.

Qin Ke gradually understood after learning the Seven Entry Swords that each of these Seven Entry Swords looked mediocre, but if he really wanted to use it, the complex changes contained in it were enough to make a layman go crazy, Qin Ke, a layman, was treated as a duck by Mulan all the way and kept filling in and filling in, so that he could barely use these swords.

At this moment, he had no choice, because this was the only hole card he had, and in the face of Zhu Ran, an enemy who was far stronger than Sun Qing, Qin Ke would be stupid if he had any reservations.

Zhu Ran looked at Qin Ke's undying appearance and sighed softly.

This time, he didn't retreat.

Qin Ke's third advance had not been fully unfolded, but Zhu Ran moved faster than him, he took half a step forward, the sharp long knife in his hand suddenly turned in a different direction, and before Qin Ke could react, he who was holding the long knife was already bullying him in front of him, and the handle of the knife touched upward, Qin Ke's already precarious balance was suddenly disordered, and then he wrapped his arm around Qin Ke's right arm, and while extending upward, he held Qin Ke's shoulder.

Qin Ke only felt a huge force surging from his shoulder, and when he lost his balance, he was carried sideways by that force, but because Zhu Ran was holding its shoulder, his side flight was not complete, he just turned over in mid-air, and suddenly fell on his back in front of Zhu Ran.

Zhu Ran slowly let go of Qin Ke's shoulders, and Qin Ke's body lost its support and lay down on the cold brick surface.

Qin Ke had tears in his eyes, in fact, he had known this result, he was like a clumsy and thin child in front of Zhu Ran, no matter how much he tossed, how much splash could he make?

Losing is a matter of course, and winning is a surprise.

But he was still very unwilling in his heart, turning his head sideways, Chen Chu's corpse was silent under the steps, he hated Zhu Ran for killing this little eunuch who laughed very innocently for no reason, and even more hated himself for not being able to do anything after such a thing happened.

The darkness of the palace hung over the top like a monster, the stars were its eyes, the waning moon was its mouth, it was madly mocking, mocking an incompetent man lying on the ground.

Zhu Ran looked at Qin Ke and said slowly, "You misunderstood. ”

"Misunderstanding?" Qin Ke looked at Zhu Ran and sneered, "The person is already dead, the body is there, and I still have his blood on my body, is this called a misunderstanding?" Or is it that for you nobles, no matter how many lowly people die, it's nothing?"

Zhu Ran was silent for a moment, put the knife into the sheath with one hand, and two armor-clad guards ran out of the huge shadow of the palace behind him, and respectfully bowed his hand: "My lord." ”

Zhu Ran nodded and said, "Go and check the corpse." ”

The two guards nodded, and one ran past Qin Ke's side and went down the steps all the way to touch Chen Chu's body.

They first turned Chen Chu's mutilated body over and let him lie flat on the floor, Qin Ke saw that Chen Chu's face was still surprised, probably not believing that Zhu Ran would inexplicably draw a knife to kill him, and then the two began to constantly search for this on Chen Chu's body, from top to bottom, from legs to limbs, and after a while, there were a few more things on their hands.

"Your Excellency. A person ran up the steps, Zhu Ran nodded, and said, "Show him something." ”

Qin Ke had already sat up, but in the midst of a fight, there was a dull pain in his originally injured left leg.

The guards methodically laid out their contents on the floor in front of him, one by one: a small cylinder two fingers wide, a packet of powder wrapped in oiled paper, and a sharp edge peeking out of the tip of a shoe.

Qin Ke looked at these things in a daze, Zhu Ran bent down, stretched out his hand to hold the cylindrical small cylinder and said: "That bag of powder, it is used in wine, but it is not a poison, it can only make people sleep for a few hours, you should also see the shoes, and this thing is ......"

Zhu Ran fumbled for a while, found a small bump, and pressed his fingers lightly on the bump.

With a "whoosh", two small crossbow arrows shot out, with a fierce wind, swept past Zhu Ran's arrows and shot at the pillar at the entrance of the Anhe Palace.

"This is something that the former Wuyi Wei likes to use, it only needs to be hidden under the arm, and it is usually imperceptible in the sleeve, but it only needs to be lightly pressed on the button......" He didn't continue, but as a result, Qin Ke could also guess it.

"Impossible...... Impossible......" Qin Ke muttered, "He's still so young, even younger than me......"

"Whether you believe it or not, the evidence is ironclad. Age is never an obstacle, and it is even easier to raise a poor child to do things than to train a doorman, who needs to be courteous and even rewarded, while the former only needs a full meal. Besides, who would set their sights on such a half-grown child? Even if I am the commander of the forbidden army, I am not a madman after all, and I can't afford to live with a child......"

Qin Ke turned his head, looked at the corpse lying on the ground, and thought of the earth-shattering assassination on the top of the hall that day: "He, he is also an assassin?"

"That's half right. Zhu Ran looked at Chen Chu's corpse and said softly, "However, when necessary, he can be an assassin." If the situation doesn't require them to take risks, they're just a mouthpiece. ”

He shifted his gaze to Qin Ke and sighed: "The innate wind technique you used in the military exercise was seen by the Sun family, and they have begun to pay attention to you." ”

"What do you mean?" Qin Ke's mood fluctuated, "What does this have to do with him?"

"Why do you want to let you enter the palace tonight? This palace seems to be wide, but in fact it is full of ears and eyes, including our people and other people's people. The evening is the easiest time to avoid these eyes and ears, and I had arranged for someone to watch you in secret, but you were not so lucky that you were still seen by this child. Zhu Ran closed his eyes slightly, "Afterwards, I sent someone to lure him away, but it turned out to be ......."

"What do you mean?" Qin Ke asked for the second time, Zhu Ran's words made him really incomprehensible, "Send someone to lure them away?"

Zhu Ran stood up and reached out to pull out the two crossbow arrows on the pillar, which flashed with blue light, and apparently had a layer of poison quenched on them.

Then he clapped his hands, and from the corner of the main hall, a figure stepped out.

Qin Ke didn't recognize it at first because of the dim light, but the next moment, he exclaimed: "Open your ears!"

"Your Excellency. Zhang Er glanced at Qin Ke, and when he walked behind Zhu Ran, his face was full of solemnity, and his every move was with an unquestionable determination, which even made Qin Ke a little trance, feeling that the person in front of him was not the flattering Zhang Er he met before.

"It's all cleaned up?" asked Zhu Ran.

"Yes. Tomorrow Chen Xiong will 'tell the old man in advance', as for Chen Chu, he will arrange for him to follow Chen Xiong out of the palace together, and the two will die at the hands of bandits on the way. ”

"Good. Zhu Ran nodded, "Dispose of this child's body, and don't let anyone know that he has been to Anhe Hall tonight." ”

"Understood. Zhang Er bowed his hand respectfully, and silently, he disappeared into the darkness.

Everything in front of him was too impactful for Qin Ke, in his feeling, Zhang Er should be that villain, flattering, conceited, bullying the weak, and Chen Chu didn't look like a treacherous person no matter how he looked at it, but the iron-clad facts in front of him made him have to believe it.

His face was extremely ugly: "You still haven't told me, what does the Sun family have to do with you killing him." Even if the Sun family notices me, they just sent him to keep an eye on me, so why die?"

And also......

"And Chen Xiong...... That should be his master, why is his master wrong?"

"There are some things that we don't want the Sun family to know yet. As for Chen Xiong, the two of them in the palace were not a simple master-apprentice relationship. At this time, the door of the Anhe Hall slowly opened, a familiar face was amiable in the light of the candlelight, and the old eunuch said softly: "Lord Zhu, the prime minister said to let him come first to wash and change his clothes." ”

Zhu Ran nodded, helped Qin Ke into the wheelchair, and carried him and the wheelchair over the high threshold with one stroke.