Yu Qizhe opened his eyes, his eyes clear and cold: "I will go back to Kyoto and report this matter to His Majesty personally."
Xiao Ning nodded: "Alright, the firearms in Cheng Ying's hands are too powerful, and now we can't rush in and attack rashly. I'm afraid we will have to be in a stalemate for a while. It won't hurt for you to go back to Beijing."
Yu Qizhe stood up. It was impossible for him to see Yu Jiao if he stayed here. He wanted to rush back to Beijing to check on Cheng Ying.
Xiao Ning did not stop him when he saw this, knowing that he must be very confused at the moment, so he told him to take a group of soldiers with him to ensure his safety on the road.
Yu Qizhe refused. In the dark night, he jumped on his horse and galloped away.
However, the speed of the galloping did not alleviate the anxiety and torment in his heart. Instead, the gloomy aura around him merged into the darkness.
It felt like a fire was burning in his chest, which he could neither spit out nor swallow. Whenever he thought of Cheng Ying openly revealing her thoughts about Yu Jiao, the murderous intent in Yu Qizhe's eyes became so strong that it almost solidified.
After returning to the city, Cheng Ying ordered the team following him to leave and rode up Mount Bodhi alone.
When they reached the halfway point of the mountain where the horse could no longer go, they dismounted and climbed the stone steps.
Cheng Qi heard the noise and emerged from the darkness. He reported to Cheng Ying truthfully, "Master, when the explosion sounded at the foot of the mountain, Miss Yu wanted to go down the mountain, but was stopped by my subordinates." He paused and added, "Miss Yu seemed to be worried that something might happen to you."
Cheng Ying nodded and said to Cheng Qi, "Go and have a rest. I will stay in the mountains tonight."
Cheng Qi stepped back in response.
When Cheng Ying reached the bamboo house on the top of the mountain, he saw Yu Jiao standing outside. He frowned and quickened his pace. He took off his cloak and put it on Yu Jiao, then touched her hair and found it was damp from the dew. He took her hand and walked into the house: "Why are you standing outside like an idiot? You know it's colder on the mountain at night than anywhere else."
Although it was a reproachful tone, Cheng Ying's tone was very gentle.
Yu Jiao followed him into the bamboo house and asked anxiously, "Brother, what's the explosion in the southwest?"
Cheng Ying didn't answer, but poured Yu Jiao a cup of hot tea and put it in her hand: "Warm yourself up."
Yu Jiao didn't drink her tea. She followed the expression on Cheng Ying's face and asked, "Brother, have you developed a thermal weapon?"
When Yu Jiao saw the flames rising into the sky at the foot of the mountain, she guessed what had happened, so she subconsciously wanted to go down the mountain.
She knew that her senior brother's talent and knowledge were enough to create thermal weapons.
Cheng Ying pursed her lips, with a kind of indifference.
Seeing him remain silent, Yu Jiao's heart skipped a beat. She grabbed Cheng Ying's hand and said, "Brother, thermal weapons are too lethal. They are far beyond this era and should not exist. What are you going to do with them?"
A mocking arc appeared on Cheng Ying's lips, and he turned his face away, not wanting to direct his sarcasm towards Yu Jiao.
"You and I shouldn't exist in this era, but don't we still exist?" If we look into the things that shouldn't appear in this era, there are too many of them. His and Yu Jiao's existence itself is unreasonable.
He adjusted his mood, looked at Yu Jiao, and said patiently, "Existence is reasonable, isn't it? I just want to protect myself and won't harm innocent people. You don't have to worry."
"Then can you tell me what happened just now that required the use of hot weapons?" Yu Jiao looked up at him with a stubborn look in her eyes, determined to get an answer.
Cheng Ying met her gaze, the corners of her lips curved in a bitter tone, "Yu Qizhe and Xiao Ning brought troops to purge the emperor's court, or more precisely... to kill me."
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