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Gao Changgong sat up straight, put his chopsticks lightly on the rim of the bowl, and said, "Soldiers are dangerous weapons, and saints can't use them. But... I'm not such a pedantic person. I think that since it has been cast into a sword, After all, the scabbard is out, as for how much blood will be stained on it in the future, it depends on your own decision."

Qin Ke looked at Gao Changgong, and thought to himself, shouldn't you, the general of Jing and Wu, say something more impassioned?For example: I hope you can use this sword to kill the world, I hope you can use the sword to make contributions to the world... Why are you talking about the weapon of soldiers now?

However, he secretly grasped the hilt of the sword, thinking that he would try his best to keep the sword from being stained with blood.

He doesn't like to kill, he prefers to run away like a loach rather than face to face.

However, Gao Changgong's next sentence shocked him all over: "After eating, go to the palace to meet Wanling, he is waiting for you in the Hall of Peace, the things you want to know... It's time for you to listen gone."

Qin Ke stroked the "Bodhisattva" and remained silent.

He knew that this time would come sooner or later, but when it really came to him, it still made him feel a little sudden.

He closed his eyes and sighed softly. The thin and handsome face of his master had been lingering in his dreams for several months, and he traveled thousands of miles to Jingwu, and there must be a result.

For better or worse.

That's right.

For better or worse.

The expression on Qin Ke's face was a little impatient, he nodded heavily and said, "Okay, I'll go right away."

Chapter 178 The Little Eunuch in the Palace

This is not the first time Qin Ke has stared at the palace in the night, but even now, he still has a somewhat repulsive feeling towards the palace.

The royal palace under the night is as silent as a dark forest. The night owl quietly flapped its wings in the moonlight and let out a sharp "laugh". Blade gradually passed in front of Qin Ke, but he didn't even look at him.

"It's like a ghost going to reincarnate..." Qin Ke shuddered, feeling that his thoughts were a bit disrespectful.

And he raised his head, staring at the tiny candle flames in the palace, as if pairs of eyes that had turned into a magnificent palace for a moment were watching him silently.

"Is it Qin Ke?" The gate of the inner palace slowly opened a gap, and a sergeant wearing the armor of the imperial army walked out, his eyes were as cold as ice.

Qin Ke suppressed his mind, nodded and replied, "It's me."

"My father-in-law greeted me, come with me." The sergeant turned around mechanically.

Qin Ke nodded, and the wheelchair moved forward slowly.But then the imperial guard's deep words made him stop: "You go in alone, she... can't."

Qin Ke was slightly stunned, and turned to look at Zhang Fu, but Zhang Fu seemed very calm. It was definitely not the first time she had come into contact with court rules. Qin Ke was able to go in because he was summoned, and she... was just an outsider.

"I'll wait for you here."

Qin Ke nodded, and said a little embarrassedly: "Actually, I shouldn't trouble you to come with me. If you feel sleepy or tired, you can go back and rest first. I don't care."

Zhang Fu shook her head, her eyes were gentle: "I'm fine, you go in."

The sergeant urged: "Hurry up, the forbidden area of ​​the palace gate will not allow you to gossip like this."

Zhang Fu gave a slight salute to the sergeant, and then backed out from one side. Qin Ke looked at her for a while, and finally withdrew his eyes. It closed behind him with a bang.

"It is said to let you pass by yourself, so no one will escort you. My duty is to guard the palace gate, and I cannot leave half a step, so you walk this part of the way by yourself." After closing the door, the sergeant talked more, and began Slowly explain to him, "The Hall of Peace is..."

After a long while, Qin Ke was still a little dazed, but he probably understood the direction the sergeant was pointing at. He pushed his wheelchair and walked slowly in the empty square.

The smoothness of the road did not hinder Qin Ke. After all, every floor tile in the palace would be regularly maintained by a dedicated person. If he cut corners and filled his own pockets, according to the laws of Jing and Wu, he would at least end up being exiled into the army.

It's just that what Qin Ke cares about is not the smooth road, but the eerie atmosphere in the palace.

The palace in the night was terribly silent, even if eunuchs and maids could occasionally be seen passing by, they all lowered their heads and walked cautiously and fearfully.

On the high eaves, there are eaves beasts standing or lying down. They are solemn and solemn in silence in the night, which reminds Qin Ke of the statue of "Nine Sons of the Dragon" in the tomb of King Ye, and Huang Hansheng's lecture in the Taixue Hall. At that time, the matter of the eaves beast was also slightly mentioned.

These eaves beasts of different shapes stand on the highest part of the eaves, looking down on all living beings like emperors. will fall from the cornice.

In the construction industry, this is called "desperation" in private, and it has been passed down for generations and years.Its purpose is to warn the emperor, but also to warn the courtiers, warning them that their position is like this beast, they need to be cautious in their actions, and they should not be frivolous and indulgent, otherwise they will end up in pieces if they make a wrong step.

Here, no one can really be happy... Qin Ke inexplicably had such an idea in his heart.Think about it, when he first came to Jingwu, he ran into the turbulent battles in the Jingwu Chaotang, and it is unknown how many people died.

Master Jiu, the owner of the oil shop and his buddy, the man in white who was miserable on the guillotine, those officials who were involved in the case of destroying dikes and flooding fields...

Even Zhuge Wanling himself was almost buried in the assassination of the court.

If he was really in a desperate situation, he would flee back to Daoxiang Village in one go and continue to live his ordinary life in the mountains, but what about Zhuge Wanling?Where can he escape to?

"This... my lord... where are you going?" Just as Qin Ke's thoughts were wandering, a slightly immature voice suddenly came from in front of him. Qin Ke came back to his senses, and there was standing in front of him A young eunuch.

He looks about the same age as himself, even younger, he has dimples when he smiles, and a few pimples on his face because of the fire, in this dead and silent palace, he smiles so innocently, Qin Ke Can't help but smile.

"I'm not an adult." Qin Ke explained, "You can just call me Qin Ke..."

"Where is it?" The little eunuch smiled with his eyes narrowed, "The forbidden area of ​​the palace gate is at the time of 'night ban' again. If the foreign minister trespasses, I am afraid that he will be arrested by the forbidden army at the gate of the palace. Your Excellency, you are free Passing through the forbidden palace and entering the deep palace, he must be a big man..."

Probably the conversation between Qin Ke and Chen Chu attracted attention, and he quickly approached a middle-aged eunuch from the side, his voice was sharp and even a bit cold: "Ah Chu...are you pretending to be smart here?"

The little eunuch's expression changed, and he hurriedly turned his head sideways and lowered his head as low as possible: "Eunuch Zhang."

The middle-aged eunuch who had just walked in looked at him coldly, his voice was soft, but there were several sharp reprimands between reprimands: "When... will this lord's actions need to be reported to you? Where does lord want to go? Is it your turn to be talkative here? What about the things you are asked to do?"

Qin Ke couldn't laugh or cry, he was just an ordinary commoner, he didn't have great fame, and he didn't have a prominent family background, how could he become an "adult" just after entering the palace?Could it be that the linen shirt on his body doesn't look rustic enough?

"Yes..." Chen Chu lowered his head, shrunk his shoulders, like a mouse that saw a cat, "Little one, let's go now."

"Go now?" The middle-aged eunuch sneered, "That means you haven't done it yet? You don't do business, you just know how to talk around. I knew that your old ghost master couldn't teach any decent people... I see, Tonight, you should let your master take you, a brat, out of the palace together!"

Chen Chu's eyes widened. He didn't expect that saying a few more words would lead to such a result. He knelt down and said in a trembling voice, "Eunuch Zhang...it's all Xiao Chu's fault. Xiao Chu is talkative. , made the adults unhappy, Xiao Chu is willing to bear this fault, I just ask Eunuch Zhang not to blame the master... He is old, and in a few years he will be allowed to leave the palace for the elderly, if he is kicked out of the palace at this time , how will he live in his later years?"

He kowtowed heavily on the brick surface: "Grandpa Zhang is merciful, please be kind to Mr. Zhang."

Qin Ke sat in a wheelchair and wanted to help the little eunuch, but he didn't know what to say for a while.There are many books in the Imperial Academy, and he has read a lot of miscellaneous ones, so of course he is aware of the tradition of "the old lead the new" among the eunuchs in the palace.

Eunuchs are infertile and naturally have no children. Although it is not true that there are no eunuchs who enter the palace after having children, they are rare.Most of the people who entered the palace and became eunuchs lived in poverty. If they could earn a living, who would really want to eunuch the things they inherited from their families?

This group of handicapped people hugged each other, and a father-son relationship without blood relationship was established between the old man and the young man.

They seldom call them "godfather" and feel that it is too flattering, so the title "Master" is more logical.

The old man teaches the newcomers how to gain a foothold in the palace and how to serve the Lord, which can also be called a teacher for one day and a father for life.

However, it was obvious that Chen Chu's master was not a high-ranking person in the palace, maybe he was just an eunuch at the bottom, who worked half his life and still had to do things according to people's faces when he was old.

Looking at Chen Chu's posture of kneeling and begging without saying a word, I'm afraid he has long been used to this kind of life without dignity.

Chapter 179 Zhang Lang?cockroach?

"What's the use of kowtowing? If you do something wrong, you have to accept the punishment." The middle-aged eunuch didn't even look at Chen Chu, walked past Chen Chu who kept kowtowing, and walked to Qin Ke's side, flatteringly said: "This Sir, please forgive me for offending my lord by not being strict with my subordinates. My lord, do you need help from slaves, seeing that you have difficulty moving?"

The middle-aged eunuch's accusation may not be unreasonable, this is regarded as the internal affairs of the palace, Qin Ke feels that he has no right to intervene.

It's just that this middle-aged eunuch's behavior is clearly dissatisfied with Chen Chu's talking to him, and he is afraid that Chen Chu will take the credit for him, which will lead to punishment?It's a little too unfair.

Seeing the flattering face of the middle-aged eunuch, Qin Ke was extremely disgusted, and he said coldly: "Master Zhang, you are such a powerful official."

The middle-aged eunuch was stunned, and he didn't know where the nobleman's anger came from. In his conception, he just punished an insignificant little eunuch, just like a man whipping a disobedient dog with a whip , which is worth the nobleman's second look?

But he got one thing wrong.

Qin Ke is not a noble person. Once, he, like Zhang Chu, was a little man who lived like a dog, struggling on the road of fleeing famine due to hunger and war. He had lost such things as dignity many times.

But every time he throws it, he feels more and more precious this dignity. There is no gold under the knees of the little people, but the knees of the little people will hurt after kneeling for a long time.

Since he is regarded as an "adult", why not pretend to be a tiger today?

Anyway, it is impossible for him to enter the palace every day. Even if he is discovered afterwards, it is impossible for this middle-aged eunuch to go out of the palace to trouble him.Thinking of this, he took a deep breath: "Master Zhang, right?"

"I can't bear the title of lord, old slave Zhang Er, do you have something to order, lord?" The middle-aged eunuch lowered his head, humbly like an old dog.

"Zhang Er?" Qin Ke thought for a while, then snorted, "Your ears are really good, and you can hear me talking to people from a long distance, but your name...is not very good."

Bad name?Zhang Er didn't understand what Qin Ke meant, and still smiled obsequiously: "I don't know what's wrong with the name Nu?"

"Of course it's not good. Just writing the word 'ear' can show that your ear power is far beyond ordinary people? In my opinion, you should add a word liang in front of the word 'ear' for your ear. Good, okay It means good ears and good ears, so it seems to be in harmony. However, since the word liang is added in front of ears, it can no longer be pronounced lianger, but should be pronounced as lang. "

"Liang Er? Lang?" Zhang Er doesn't seem to have much education, but he can still know a few words if he can get to his position.Liang and ears are placed together, isn't it just "Lang"?

Thinking of this, he was overjoyed, and immediately bowed to thank him: "Thank you for the name, my lord. This old slave is very grateful."

Qin Ke suppressed a smile and said, "No thanks, no thanks. You need to read the new name a lot, so you can get used to it."

Zhang Er bowed vigorously and said solemnly: "Lang!"

"What's your surname?" Qin Ke asked with a smile.

"Oh." Zhang Er nodded, took another deep breath, and read aloud, "Zhang! Lang!"

Now, no matter how stupid he was, he could hear some clues immediately, and frowned. He repeated the two words in his mouth several times, his face suddenly became ugly, and then he stared at Qin Ke, his eyes already There was a bit of sullenness, "cockroach? You, are you messing with me?"

"How do you call it to wash you?" Qin Ke said with a smile: "You said the cockroach yourself, and I obviously gave you the word 'good ears'."

"Zhang Lang, cockroach, what's the difference!" Zhang Er was furious, and said, "You're still panting for your face? Do you know who I am?"

"Then do you know who I am? How dare you speak like this in front of me?" Qin Ke's complexion changed, the smile disappeared from the corner of his mouth, and there seemed to be a knife light in his eyes.

Originally, practitioners are much stronger mentally and physically than ordinary people after practicing, but eunuchs are physically disabled, and if they do not have the foundation of cultivation, they are even weaker than ordinary people. When Qin Ke stared at him, Zhang Er felt that the knife was real. It flew out and pierced into my heart.

It was only then that he remembered that the master in front of him was a nobleman who entered the palace in the middle of the night, wouldn't it be easy for him to die?In an instant, he was sweating profusely and wet his vest. Almost at the same time, he knelt down in front of Qin Ke with a plop, and kowtowed vigorously in the same humble posture as Chen Chu: "My lord... I forgot my identity for a while, and offended my lord by speaking, so please don't remember the villain's mistakes, and bypass the cheap slave this time."

Qin Ke said expressionlessly: "What's the use of kowtowing? If you do something wrong, you have to admit punishment."

Zhang Er heard it familiarly, isn't this exactly what he said to Chen Chu?It's just that the world is changing so fast, he just dismissed Chen Chu's kowtow, now he is in the same position as Chen Chu, it's too ironic.

Could it be that this lord wants to stand up for this kid?

"Since I want to punish, I have to think about how to punish." Qin Ke looked at Chen Chu who was looking confused and didn't know what had happened, and said with a smile: "Oh, I'm in a good mood today, so let's forgive you for now. "

"Many, thank you sir..."

"However, I believe in the reincarnation of the heavens and the way. If I forgive you once, you have to forgive others. Tell me, don't you?"

Zhang Er couldn't understand Qin Ke's meaning, he knelt on the ground and nodded quickly: "That's natural, this old slave will pretend that he hasn't seen Chen Chu tonight, never..."

"That's just right." Qin Ke showed a gratified smile on his face, waved his hand and said, "You go, I like him very much, let him stay and push me, and talk to me by the way."

"This……"

"Do you want me to name you again?"

"No, no, no..." Zhang Er shook his head, naturally he didn't want to stay for a long time, so he hurriedly stood up, saluted, and left quickly.It's just that the back, no matter how you look at it, looks like a mouse that just escaped from the cat's claws.

"What are you still kneeling on? No one will punish you." Qin Ke chuckled.

Chen Chu didn't realize it at first, but when he saw Qin Ke's smile, he burst into laughter immediately, got up from the ground as soon as he stood up, ran behind Qin Ke, and said courteously: "My lord, where do you want to go?" ?”

Qin Ke was actually quite uneasy. Thinking about what the storyteller often said, emperors and generals like to travel around pretending to be ordinary people, but it is very rare for an ordinary person to pretend to be a nobleman.

Feeling that my heart is still beating violently, I think that I am really confused as an "adult", and I don't know if there will be any hidden dangers in the future.

But the result seems to be pretty good.

"I'm going to the Hall of Peace, can you push me there?"

"An He Dian? It's easy. I dare not say anything else. I'm good at leading the way. Just sit down." The wheels of the wheelchair rolled, and Chen Chu's cheerful voice was like a free wind in his ears. Qin Ke listened Seeing his laughter, he also smiled.

The palace was as big as a labyrinth, but Chen Chu really didn't brag, he didn't take a long detour along the way, and in less than half a stick of incense, a huge plaque with the three characters "Anhe Hall" appeared on it. In front of Qin Ke.

There are steps outside the palace, Qin Ke couldn't get on the wheelchair, so he simply got off the wheelchair, jumping up step by step with one leg like a child playing a game, Chen Chu wanted to catch up and support him, but After being rejected by Qin Ke, he could only honestly carry the wheelchair that was still under the steps.

The door of the main hall was ajar, and the candlelight flickered slightly inside.

Qin Ke thought of the first time he saw Zhuge Wanling in the palace, is he tired in front of the case again now?

"Being the prime minister is really not a comfortable job." Qin Ke muttered, but a figure slowly appeared in the shadows outside the hall, which startled Qin Ke.

"Is it Qin Ke?"

Hearing the voice, Qin Ke frowned and saw the face of the person who came. It was Zhu Ran, the commander of the forbidden army who presided over the military exercise.

"It's me." Qin Ke explained, "It was Zhuge... the prime minister asked me to come."

"I know." Zhu Ran remained motionless, did not continue to speak, and still pressed the handle of the knife in his hand, as if his whole body was a steel knife that was about to be unsheathed, and would slash at him at any time.

Qin Ke was inexplicably a little apprehensive, always feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.Could it be... what did I do wrong?Otherwise, where did Zhu Ran's killing intent come from?

"My lord, the wheelchair is here, sit..." Chen Chu wiped the fine beads of sweat from his forehead. Although the steps were not long, it would take some effort for him to lift the wheelchair up by himself.

But at the moment before he finished speaking, the knife in Zhu Ran's hand was pushed out of the scabbard, reflecting the bright moonlight in the sky, he actually slashed at him so directly!

Chapter 1 The Crazy Blade

In Jingwu, when it comes to Gao Changgong, I am afraid that everyone will hold their heads high, and with a sense of pride in their chests, they will say loudly: "The general deserves his name, of course he is the most powerful in the world." people!"