Smelting and Exploding the Heavens

Chapter 40
On this day, Fan Zhuoyuan led the cavalry to the gate of Kyoto to investigate the terrain, and he planned to attack the city in two days.

At this time, the bustling cities and towns outside of Kyoto are in a doomsday scene, although the military discipline of the Yuan army has been widely publicized.

However, when the war came, no one dared to gamble with their lives on the true military discipline of the Yuan army. Most of them fled to the wilderness or the village. After all, there are still a group of unscrupulous warriors in Kyoto, which is not a safe place.

Before Fan Zhuoyuan led a thousand cavalry to the town, it was already in chaos, with merchants and commoners running around.

Hatsuhime and Nadeshiko were originally picking guzhengs in a Song Dynasty piano workshop here. She had just learned to play a complete piece of music and wanted to play it for Mr. Kagai alone.

Recently, Mr. Kagai is practicing sword, but Hatsuhime can feel the painful contradiction in Mr. Kagai's heart. She hopes to use the zither sound to drive away the troubles of the other party.

It happened that Fuzi also wanted to pick the piano, and Master Ciyin accompanied and protected them, so the two women dared to come out.

At this time, he suddenly heard that Yuan Kou cavalry were attacking, and the owner of Qinfang hurriedly closed the shop and fled with his family.

Chu Ji, holding the zither, also retreated with the surging crowd, but Nadeko was swept away by the crowd and went nowhere.

There are some who fled in the town, and there are also many who took advantage of the fire to rob!
Chu Ji is a weak woman, and she is extremely beautiful, so she is naturally targeted by others.

"Hey, little girl, where are you going to hide in this turmoil? Why don't you stay with us to ensure your safety."

In front of him were four big and three thick men with knives blocking Chu Ji's path, and those who dared not look forward were killed by them.

Now is the end of the world, who dares to control their lawlessness?

Chu Ji was flustered, and said, "Don't bother everyone, I want to go back to Kyoto!"

"Everyone in Kyoto is full of reckless samurai, a girl like you, rather than being toyed with by those useless samurai, why don't you give us..."

"Cough cough..."

A short cough sounded from behind the four of them, and the four hooligans turned their heads to look, but it was an old monk walking slowly with a benevolent face in his hand, holding a rosary.

"Everyone, let this girl go."

The leader of the hooligans spat and said, "Old bald donkey, get out!"

The monk shook his head, but still walked slowly.

"Eight Grid Road!"

The leader was chopped off with a single blow, and ordinary people hacked without skill, how could they possibly hit this former number one swordsman in Japan!
He and the leader of the hooligans passed by each other, and the monk's knife was already in the hands of the monk, and then a silver light appeared in mid-air, flashing across the throats of the four hooligans in an instant.

The four of them fell to the ground heavily with their incredulous eyes open. The monk was Ci Yin.

Chu Ji was greatly surprised, "Master Ciyin! Sister Fuzi is gone!"

"She has followed the flow of people to Kyoto, don't worry."

"Then let's go back quickly."

Ciyin didn't move, he stared at Chu Ji and said, "Aren is practicing a sword technique recently..."

Hearing Ciyin briefly explain the principles of that sword technique, Chu Ji gradually opened her eyes wide.

Ciyin said: "Miss Chu Ji, Ah Ren will definitely challenge Yuan Kou Commander, but will you be an obstacle to his great swordsmanship? You don't want him to die under Yuan Kou Commander."

"I……"

Ciyin's eyes stretched out and looked into the distance, and Fan Ziqi could already be seen waving in the distance.

"Yuan Kou is here, goodbye, Miss Chu Ji."

Saying that, Ciyin leaped back a few times, and disappeared from sight with an incredible speed.

Fan Zhuoyuan marched his troops into the town, and there were still many people who hadn't escaped yet.

Fan Zhuoyuan was not polite, and gave an order, "Forcibly conscript young and strong peasants on the spot! Use this as a bombardment position the day after tomorrow! If you encounter resistance, kill without mercy!"

A group of subordinates suddenly promised that Fan Zhuoyuan would only implement a benevolent government for the occupied areas, and for the non-occupied areas, he could only say sorry, everything must be compromised for the victory or defeat!

With a few soldiers, he rode his horse along the main road to the gate of the capital alone. Without a telescope, he could already see the panicked and frightened faces of the defenders on the city wall of the capital.

Fan Zhuoyuan sneered inwardly, with such morale, can he stop me?
I didn't notice that there was a woman standing in the middle of the road ahead, holding a guzheng in her hand, at a loss.

Soldier Xiao Yi pointed at the woman and said, "General, why is there a woman here?"

Another soldier laughed and said, "It's quite pretty. Why don't you take it back to warm the bed, General? By the way, it's really cold in November in Japan."

The woman in the middle of the road was naturally Chu Ji, Fan Zhuoyuan didn't even look at her, but noticed the four corpses in front of her, glanced at them, and was slightly surprised.

"The knife technique is very good, the sharpness is sharp, it just cuts off the artery, and only one knife is done, it's amazing."

Then he looked at the woman and asked, "Did you kill it?"

The woman raised her head and saw Fan Zhuoyuan's face that was not like a mortal, she was so frightened that she sat down on the ground instinctively.

Fan Zhuoyuan snorted coldly, and said to himself, "So it wasn't."

He looked up at the city wall again, but met an "acquaintance".

When the news of Yuan Kou's attack came, Jing Jingren immediately thought that Chu Ji had gone to a town outside the city, and hurriedly wanted to go out of the city to look for it, but was forcefully stopped by the defenders.

He had no choice but to come to the top of the city, hoping to look down on the situation in the towns outside the city, and then climb down the city to look for it.

But I didn't expect that when I first arrived at the top of the city, I would meet Fan Zhuoyuan's eyes from such a long distance.

Fan Zhuoyuan wanted to laugh, but his facial paralysis only made him twitch the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a seemingly extremely contemptuous expression.

He raised his horsewhip and pointed at Jing Jingren, full of provocation that invited a fight.

Jingjing Ren supported the city wall, but he didn't show any anger. His eyes were all on Chu Ji beside Fan Zhuoyuan's horse, and his whole body was shaking with fear.

Fan Zhuoyuan frowned slightly when he saw the various details shown by the other party.

He has fought against this person twice, knowing that the opponent is definitely not an ordinary warrior, and it is impossible for him to be afraid of himself, so what is he afraid of?Where is his gaze?

Fan Zhuoyuan turned his head to look at Chu Ji who was sitting on the ground. This woman was as bright as a cherry blossom in spring. She seemed to be his confidante?
Fan Zhuoyuan pulled Chu Ji onto the horse's back. In front of his strength, Chu Ji's struggle seemed shy and shy.

On the city wall, Kagami Hitoshi's eyes were about to burst, and his shout could not be heard by Fan Zhuoyuan at such a long distance.

Fan Zhuoyuan moved the corner of his mouth to him again, showing a look of extreme disdain, and by the way, asked the soldiers to pick up the zither from the ground, turned around and rode back to the camp.

Kagami Jin hung a rope to the wall, trying to climb down the city immediately, but was hugged by his senior brother Hojo Chohide who rushed up from behind, and the two kept entangled and struggling.

Afterwards, Nadeshiko with tears on his face and Ciyin with a calm face also came up, stopped Jing Jingren together, and watched Fan Zhuoyuan leave with Chu Ji.

They didn't dare to imagine what kind of fate Chu Ji would face after being taken away by Yuan Kou. Jin Jingjing knelt on the city wall, his eyes were full of emptiness.

(End of this chapter)