Episode 169. Money just keeps rolling in.
The hellish man in Cheongsanbang, Jongdaso, was a man who had been practicing Taoism for over forty years.
So I didn’t think it was difficult to break the carriage.
The lights in the guest house went out at 9 p.m. and were not turned back on.
It was almost midnight before he moved.
The carriage, although so important, was left abandoned in front of the inn.
Jongdaso, standing next to the carriage, clicked his tongue inwardly.
‘Tsk tsk! You idiots. Why don’t you protect the ark when you know its life depends on it?’
The fight between the breakwaters isn’t just about swordsmanship.
Like the Ark of Cheongsanbang, Gogeomwol, and Noksajo, you must know how to harass your opponents by using all means possible.
The Black Cloud House will eventually collapse as a result of neglecting their most important carriage.
‘Goodbye, Poongwooseong.’
He climbed onto the carriage roof without making a sound.
There was no time to look around.
He quickly hammered down the roof to see who would see him.
Quasi-snap.
The sound was louder than expected.
Maybe it was louder because it was late at night.
Jongdaso, who was surprised, looked around hurriedly, although it felt a little late.
‘… … .’
The inn was still shrouded in darkness, and there was no one to be seen on the street.
‘Fuck. I’ve endured it for ten years.’
I looked down at my feet and saw a crack about two spans across.
At this size, it would certainly catch the eye of the Green Forest Patrol.
‘Enough. Let’s go.’
Jongdaso, who was about to run away, was overcome by a strange feeling.
For some reason, my temples feel ticklish.
‘what?’
Jongdaso’s gaze, which was scratching the side of his head, absentmindedly passed by the window on the first floor of the guest house.
‘omg!’
The man and woman were staring at him intently.
For a moment, goosebumps ran through his body, but he pretended not to see it and jumped to the side.
My heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out of my mouth.
Clearly, they were the people from the Justice Alliance that I briefly encountered at Naruto yesterday.
‘You’ll pretend not to know about the Green Forest’s carriage, right?’
The man’s unpleasant expression bothered me, but it was already too late. For now, I had no choice but to believe in the hostile relationship between the Justice Alliance and the Green Forest.
Yeonjeokha muttered with a dumbfounded expression.
“Sister, is that the guy who just jumped off the roof of the carriage?”
“huh.”
“Aren’t you from Cheongsanbang?”
“That’s right. Hell is also a mess.”
“Why did he climb into our carriage? I heard a crashing sound.”
“I guess he wanted to see Heukunbang destroyed.”
“Ah! Are you trying to destroy our carriage and cause trouble for Heukunbang?”
“Yes. The world of martial arts is a place where tricks and schemes run rampant. If you only look at the results in front of you and act accordingly, you’ll most likely be taken advantage of by others.”
“This is incredible.”
“By the way, the fate of the two breakwaters is now in your hands. What do you plan to do?”
“Which breakwater do you think is better, Sister?”
If possible, I wanted to help breakwaters that were even a little beneficial to people.
But what they both did was similar.
Heukunbang indiscriminately attacked people passing by, and Cheongsanbang tried to shift the blame.
“That’s a difficult question.”
The two factions were so similar that even the world’s greatest scholar would shake his head.
The two talked for about two hours and then returned to their lodgings.
When Namgung Yeon quietly entered the room and went up to the bed and lay down.
Jin Seol-ha asked if he had woken up to the noise.
“Um, you’re not asleep yet?”
“I just went to drink some water.”
“Oh, I see. Tomorrow… … .”
Jin Seol-ha, who had been mumbling something, fell asleep again.
Namgung Yeon lay still, holding his breath, then let out a long sigh.
Just looking at her makes me feel guilty.
I guess I’ll have to talk about Yeonjeokha rejecting Eunwol tomorrow.
Even though I lay down, sleep didn’t come easily.
He couldn’t figure out why he was wandering around outside like a thieving cat.
‘Is it to go out to drink water or to see him…?’
These days, I see him almost every night.
Sometimes I worry that I might be interfering with his time.
‘Ha. What am I doing?’
I should be thinking only about revenge against the famous church, but my mind keeps wavering.
When I first left for Seoul, all I wanted to know was about the famous church.
But these days, I care more about him than the famous church.
Looking back, I think the moment I saw him with Eunwol was the peak.
Eunwol, who doesn’t want to miss a single opportunity, keeps coming to mind.
It seems like the regrets and anguish from that time are doing something strange inside me.
It is not clear whether it is concern for him, who is ignorant of the ways of the world, or interest in him.
The important thing is that he keeps catching my eye.
While Namgung Yeon was tossing and turning, Yeon Jeok Ha also had a hard time falling asleep.
“Ugh! Your Majesty, is there anything that worries you?”
“why?”
“It seems like you haven’t been able to sleep since you went out and came back.”
“It’s nothing. Why is Mr. Shim not sleeping at this hour?”
“Hehehe. How can your Majesty sleep when he is moving around like a rat in a hole?”
“What does that mean?”
Having lived alone for a long time, I couldn’t understand what he was saying.
“Oh, don’t you know? It means ‘a cat is busy coming and going from a side dish jar.’”
It was a momentary pang of love.
But soon the topic changed.
“Hmm, that’s because I’m a very cautious person. Thanks to that, I’ve seen the Cheongsanbang guys do bad things.”
“What did they do?”
“I saw Jongdaso break the roof of the carriage and run away a little while ago. He must have done it to cover up Heukunbang.”
“Huh! That idiot finally got his way. If you had seen him, wouldn’t you have caught him and beaten him to death?”
“I know exactly who you are, so why are you in such a hurry?”
“You managed to see that scene? It seems you were in the restaurant the whole time?”
“Huh? Huh. I just had a drink because I was lonely. I thought of the girl I left behind at dinner.”
“Confucius.”
“uh?”
“Do you know what kind of alcohol Yeoahhong is?”
“It’s a sweet, reddish liquor. Why is that?”
“You don’t know, do you? I knew you would. That liquor is made to commemorate the birth of a girl. That’s why it’s called Yeoahhong. Later, ask Lady Namgung, ‘Please give me a jar of Yeoahhong buried in the Namgung family.’ I’m sure she’ll give you something amazing.”
Of course, the girl’s red that was buried like that is taken out and used when marrying off a daughter.
Gucheonnodo Simtong deliberately omitted the rest of the story.
“Really? I didn’t know. But I heard that Namgung Se-ga burned down. Is he okay?”
“It must have been buried deep underground, so it should be fine. It’s of a different quality from what you’re buying at the inn, so remember it and be sure to tell me.”
“Oh, thank you.”
I decided that I would say that to my lover on the right day.
***
The day has dawned.
The Black Cloud Band didn’t even realize that the roof was broken until they had harnessed the horses to the carriage. They just had the feeling that everything was finished since they had finished repairing it late last night.
The first person to discover the anomaly was the Black Cloud Room’s Ark’s Geom Geom Pungwoo Seong.
Looking down from this floor, where the accommodation is, I noticed that the shape of the roof was strange.
He was so shocked that he ran downstairs and inspected the carriage.
As expected, the middle of the roof was sunken, and the interior was visible through a crack.
“Chunsanggong! You idiot! You said you finished the repairs yesterday! What the hell is this!”
Chunsanggong, startled, climbed onto the carriage.
“Huh! What is this? No! I definitely checked yesterday that it was repaired properly.”
“Then what is this?”
“… … .”
When Chunsanggong was standing there blankly, unable to answer.
Simtong, who came out leisurely, looked up at the carriage.
“You two guys over there. What are you doing getting on someone else’s carriage in the morning?”
Chunsanggong stammered and answered on behalf of the terrified Poongwoosung.
“Oh, sir, I definitely finished repairing it yesterday… … but when I looked this morning, it was broken.”
“Don’t worry, I know who did it.”
Only then did Poong Woo-seong and Chun Sang-gong come down in a hurry, their faces looking as if they had come back to life from the dead.
“Sir, please tell us who dared to destroy the carriage. We will go and… … .”
Sim Tong interrupted Poong Woo Sung’s words.
“I was going to ask you to do that anyway. Do you know where the Ark of the Blue Mountains is?”
“Yes, it is at Shindosanjang, not far from here.”
“Go to him and tell him what our chief of patrol said. He said, ‘Bring the Cheongsanbang Ark yourself and bring Jongdaso.’”
“Is that guy the one who did it?”
“Yes. The chief of patrol personally saw him on the roof of the carriage last night. Make sure both of them wash their throats thoroughly.”
Poongwoosung answered with a cheerful expression.
“Yes, yes! I will convey that, Your Majesty.”
“yes.”
“You should go to Shindosanjang now. Pass on to those guys every word the old man said without missing a single word.”
“All right!”
After answering cheerfully, Chunsanggong ran like the wind and disappeared from sight.
***
As Yeonjeokha and his party finished eating breakfast, Chunsanggong arrived with two people.
As soon as Cheongsanbang Bangju, Gogeomwol, Noksajo, and Jongdaso entered the restaurant, they all prostrated themselves on the floor.
“Patrol General! Please forgive me! I was blinded by greed and committed a mortal sin!”
“Please just spare my life!”
The two men did not dare to raise their heads and just kept banging their heads on the floor.
Black Cloud Ark’s Pungwoo Seong, who was standing to the side of Yeonjeokha, shouted with a proud expression.
“You bastards! If you want to die, just bite your sword and fall down. Why did you damage the patrolman’s carriage? You don’t want to live after doing that, do you!”
“Khuuuuk! Chief Patrolman! Please forgive me!”
“Ugh! Please save me!”
Nok Sa-jo and Jong Da-so started crying loudly even though Yeon Jeok-ha didn’t say anything.
Yeonjeokha looked down at the two with strange eyes.
I have never seen such kind and gentle people among the martial arts world. I thought they would admit their mistakes, but they confess their sins and cry!
‘Why do such weak-hearted people go around wielding knives?’
The world is full of things we don’t yet know.
When the sound of crying became deafening, he said a few words.
“quiet.”
“… … .”
The two people who had been crying as if they were mourning their parents suddenly shut their mouths.
“Heukunbang destroyed my carriage and paid three thousand nyang. What are you going to do?”
The green algae slowly lifted its tear-stained face.
If you look closely, it seems like what that young madou wants is money, not life.
“I… … .”
Nok Sa-jo stopped talking and looked at Yeon Jeok-ha’s complexion.
I asked for a thousand nyang more than Heukunbang, but I don’t know if he’ll like it.
But for some reason, his face is not pleasant.
“Oh, I will give you five thousand nyang. Just let me live!”
Five thousand nyang for one hammer blow was crazy and outrageous, but there was nothing I could do.
***
The roof repairs were completed quickly.
It didn’t even take half an hour for the carpenters to come with a few wooden planks and start pounding away.
Before getting on the carriage, Yeonjeokha said to Namgungcheon.
“Brother, this carriage is a lucky charm. Even if you just sit still, money will just roll in.”
Namgungcheon of Cheongung Sword glanced at Yeonjeokha with envious eyes.
Since it was something that the sinners offered voluntarily, no one could criticize him. For someone who grew up in a noble family, it felt like he had seen a new world.
Wuxia,
