Chapter 440: Don’t Block Our Way Here

WTF?

When did I leave a warning letter last night saying that today would pass?

"Is the news true?"

Liu Xia couldn't help but ask questions, and asked Fujimaru Ritsuka and others for confirmation.

"It should be true. We also saw the warning letter that Miss Qingji took out. The words in it don't seem to be lies."

Fujimaru Ritsuka told Ruka exactly what he had experienced in the morning.

Just as she said, after arriving at the castle tower in the morning, although several samurai were slightly dissatisfied with them, because of her acquaintance with Kiyohime, they still allowed them to enter the castle tower, and then as expected I met Kiyohime and learned the whole process of Yagyu Tajima Mamoru's attack last night.

Afterwards, Kiyohime handed over the notice letter sent by the assassin. Then, probably out of the desire to get close to the person of destiny, Kiyohime threw herself directly into the arms of Fujimaru Ritsuka and asked her for help with a shy look on her face. Protect her.

"The notice letter seems to have just been sent this morning. It didn't say the name. It just said that he would come to assassinate Kiyohime tonight. The signature of 'Heroic Swordsman' was attached at the end." Fujimaru Ritsuka narrated to Ryusha.

"..."

Liu Xia became somewhat silent.

He has never sent any letters. It seems that they can only be written by someone else. Moreover, the method of sending the notice letter is too high-profile, as if he is afraid that others will not know. It is the remaining four heroic swordsmen who do it. The possibility is indeed not small.

"When it comes to the Heroic Swordsman, we can't sit idly by and ignore it, so we agreed to Qingji's request."

Fujimaru Ritsuka continued to say to Liu Xia: "But we are worried that if it is really a heroic swordsman, there may not be enough manpower, so we are coming back and plan to bring Yinshun with us. By the way, do you have any plans to help? ?”

"...It's a good idea to go there."

Ruka just thought about it for a while and decided to go to the castle tower with Fujimaru Ritsuka.

Although he is no longer in a hurry to kill the heroic swordsman, if he can learn the true purpose of the main messenger behind them through the heroic swordsman, he can force them out earlier, and the mission itself and the breakthrough of the sword realm The timing is not conflicting.

After everyone called Hohoin Yinshun, the group went directly to the castle tower.

…………

"It's you civilians again..."

At the gate of the castle tower, several people met the leader of the group of samurai who was looking for Kiyohime on the streets of the rustic city last time. When he saw Fujimaru Ritsuka and others coming over, his face was suddenly full of displeasure.

"If you ask me, the princess shouldn't entrust the task of protecting her to people of unknown origin like you. We have many powerful warriors under the command of General Matsudaira!"

He looked very conceited, as if he, as an official warrior, had a status above everyone else and was proud of it.

A look of helplessness appeared on Fujimaru Ritsuka's face.

Her character is quite tolerant, and she doesn't care about emotions and words such as contempt and dissatisfaction. Furthermore, this is how she communicates with people of this era. Official figures always have a natural sense of superiority, even if they are Modern times are no exception, let alone feudal ancient times. She has long been mentally prepared.

She didn't care, and Fuma Kotaro didn't force himself to come forward. Musashi and Hohoin Yinshun were people of this era, and they had long been accustomed to this kind of thing.

"Interesting, didn't the strongest warrior among you have one of his hands cut off?"

Only Esdeath looked at the so-called official warriors with a condescending look, his eyes full of contempt, and the words he said directly hit the opponent's Achilles' heel.

"What did you say!?"

As expected, the other party was stabbed in the foot.

He suddenly became so angry that he almost didn't take action directly.

Although Musashi and Esdeath didn't like each other, they almost laughed out loud when they saw this, and it took a long time to hold back.

"That's it for now. You can't decide on this kind of thing. If you have any objections, just tell your master. Don't block our way here."

Liu Xia glanced at him indifferently, and then walked into the castle tower without paying any attention to his almost furious look.

Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed helplessly. Neither Lucia nor Esdeath were willing to suffer losses. Lucia, to say the least, always looked indifferent as if she didn't care about anything, and rarely treated others well. What to comment on, Esdeath has a queen-like arrogance in her bones, and not just anyone can find fault with her.

The samurai watched several people walk into the castle tower. Although he was very angry, he could only leave angrily.

He indeed had no power to block the way of several people. In the final analysis, he was able to look down on civilians and wandering samurai only through the power of Matsudaira Shitashou. He himself had no power at all.

After entering the castle tower, several people were taken to a living room by servants.

After a while, Qingji's figure appeared in front of several people.

"Man of Destiny!"

As soon as Kiyohime appeared, she immediately stretched out her arms and hugged Fujimaru Ritsuka with an excited and shy look.

"Princess, please pay attention to your identity."

But before she and Fujimaru Ritsuka could hug each other, a low voice came from behind her, making her free steps immediately become more disciplined again.

"Yes...I'm sorry, Taimamori-sama."

Then Kiyohime turned her head reluctantly and bowed slightly to Munenomi Yagyu behind her.

Although she is a princess of a country, her status is much lower than that of Tajima Mamoru Yagyu, who is deeply loved by the shogun. After all, the latter is a person who receives a salary from the shogunate.

"Taimamori!"

After Yagyu Munenuki appeared, everyone, including Ruka, Musashi, and Fujimaru Ritsuka, turned their attention to each other.

This old man is still dressed the same as yesterday, wearing a gray-black samurai uniform, with short silver-gray hair neatly styled. The only thing that is different from yesterday is his half-broken left arm, which is currently wrapped in white gauze. , it seems very inconsistent.

However, although one arm was missing, the look on his face was still as calm and sharp as before, and his mood was not affected by the broken arm at all.

"Thank you for accepting the princess's willful request and coming to protect the princess."

Yagyu Munenomi's eyes swept over several people one by one, and did not stop when he saw Lucia. He only stopped for a moment on Musashi again.

From Ruka's perspective, after Yagyu Munenomi saw Musashi, his heart beat faster again for a moment, and then returned to calm.

"On behalf of General Matsudaira, I would like to thank you all for your contribution. Currently, I am leading all the samurai in the castle tower, so you are all assigned to your respective posts by me."