However, just as Zhao Ji turned around, a dart flew straight towards Zhao Ji's face.

Fortunately, Zhao Ji reacted quickly and rolled over to avoid the dart.

At this time, Zhao Ji raised his head and looked forward, and suddenly found that there seemed to be some more little eunuchs with sharp expressions in front of him.

Or it can be said that he is not a little eunuch at all, but an assassin disguised as a eunuch.

At this time, Zhao Ji looked around him.

Because we had to dig through the small canal, we didn't take the ordinary road.

At this time, Zhao Ji was in a remote forest, without any subordinates around him.

There were about six assassins in front of him and about one behind him.

Zhao Ji felt an unprecedented sense of crisis.

Although the skills he practiced were powerful, he could only defeat six ordinary people at once.

Judging from the tricky angle and force of the darts just now, these seven assassins are definitely not easy to deal with.

Faced with such a dilemma, Zhao Ji could only grit his teeth and charge forward to fight head-on.

The assassin who was good at using hidden weapons hid in the woods and harassed Zhao Ji.

The other five assassins came forward and quickly attacked Zhao Ji's body flaws with knives and guns.

If it weren't for the powerful martial arts Zhao Ji had learned, he would have been beheaded as soon as they met.

However, what made Zhao Ji feel very strange was that the assassin hiding behind him was slow to take action and he didn't know what he was planning.

"Damn it, I can't care less now!"

Zhao Ji dodged the hidden weapon by leaning sideways, but he couldn't avoid the big knife that was coming at him from the front.

The blade hit Zhao Ji's shoulder and blood flowed out immediately.

However, taking advantage of the moment when he was injured, Zhao Ji reached out to grab the assassin's knife, and then slashed the assassin's throat with the knife.

Solve one!

The pain from the wound made Zhao Ji's movements a little slow, but he still relied on his strong strength to deal with the two assassins one after another.

It seems like a long time, but in fact, it has only been a few breaths since Zhao Ji took action until now.

A duel between masters is often won with just one move.

The dizziness caused by blood loss made Zhao Ji frown slightly.

Moreover, Zhao Ji could clearly feel that the strategy of these assassins had become procrastination, in an attempt to consume their own strength by losing blood.

"If I delay any longer, I will surely die today!"

The shadow of death loomed over Zhao Ji for the first time, making his eyes become fierce.

The remaining three assassins noticed Zhao Ji's breakout like a trapped beast, and they looked at each other. Suddenly, even the assassin who was hiding in the dark with a hidden weapon rushed out.

The three of them attacked Zhao Ji's heart together, and it seemed that he had no way to avoid it.

Zhao Ji's eyes were red with anger, and he wished he could risk his life to take the two away with him.

At this critical moment, the assassin behind Zhao Ji, who had been ignored by him, suddenly took action.

He actually blocked the swords of the three men and used their force to neutralize their attacks.

The next moment, the assassin behind him started fighting with the three people in front of him.

Zhao Ji was distracted and looked carefully. How could this be an assassin?

Isn’t this the man in black that I saw at the emperor’s place before?

If Zhao Ji's memory was correct, the man in black should be the leader beside the emperor.

How come this person is here?

Zhao Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, but did not think much about it. It was obvious in the current situation that the leader in black came out to help him.

If there is anything, we have to wait until these assassins are dealt with before we can investigate in detail.

Although the black-clad leader was powerful, the three assassins were no pushovers either, especially the assassin who used hidden weapons, who took out a packet of medicine powder from somewhere.

The assassin's movements were secretive, but Zhao Ji saw it all!

"careful……"

Zhao Ji rushed forward and stabbed the assassin who wanted to sprinkle powder with the stolen sword.

Although the assassin had no time to dodge and was cut in the throat by Zhao Ji, he still threw the powder in his hand away before dying.

The medicinal powder turned into a puff of white smoke, briefly confusing the black-clad leader's vision.

This caused the black-clad leader to pause in his attack, and the other two assassins seized the opportunity and attacked together.

The black-clad leader could only withdraw his attack halfway and adopt a defensive posture.

But he could only barely block a sword and kill one assassin.

The other knife slashed fiercely at the black-clad leader's collarbone.

"Ouch..." The black-clothed leader couldn't help but cry out in pain as the severe pain came.

At this time, Zhao Ji, who had dealt with the assassin, also rushed forward and ruthlessly killed the other living assassin.

The originally noisy forest finally became quiet.

Only two people were left bleeding profusely, half-kneeling on the ground and gasping for breath.

"Why are you here? Why didn't you join me in the fight just now?"

After his breathing calmed down a little, Zhao Ji looked up at the leader in black and questioned him.

The leader in black paused for a moment, and said a little embarrassedly: "I was patrolling the palace, and when I saw something unexpected happen in Kasuga Pavilion, I came to take a look... I didn't come to help you at the beginning..."

The black-clad leader coughed twice before continuing, "I didn't see clearly that it was you at the time, and I don't know what your relationship with the assassin is. What if this is a plot..."

Zhao Ji thought about it from the perspective of the black-clad leader and could understand it.

However, seeing the slightly guilty and remorseful look of the leader in black, Zhao Ji couldn't help but recall the aggressive and powerful look of the leader in black in front of the emperor's palace.

He quickly grasped the guilt and guilty conscience and said, "Just because of your momentary hesitation, you can see how much we both paid!"

The leader in black was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that after helping others, he ended up in such a bad situation.

But she thought about it carefully and felt that she was indeed in the wrong. She pounded her head and said nothing for a while.

Zhao Ji stroked his chin and thought that he should take advantage of this opportunity to get some benefits from the leader in black.

As a result, when he turned around, the leader in black suddenly softened and fell to the side.

Zhao Ji quickly endured the pain and supported the leader in black. Holding the leader's hand, he felt a wetness.

It was all the blood of the leader in black.

It seems that the assassin's knife cut very deep.

This black-clad leader is also a ruthless man. Even though he was seriously injured, he didn't even tremble when he spoke just now.

If she hadn't fainted from excessive blood loss, she would probably be able to stand up and walk back by herself.

Zhao Ji shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, since you came here to help me, I owe you a favor."

Night was falling and the fire in Kasuga Pavilion had long been extinguished.

They said there was a fire, but in fact it was all smoke. A shrewd eunuch went inside to investigate the situation, and all he saw was a pile of mugwort burning in a side hall, which was why there was such thick smoke.

So this fire is just a fake fire!