Episode 96. Janggang’s guest room 2014.08.02.
The road from Qingyuan to Wudang Mountain in Hubei Province was a long road that crossed half of the continent.
If you rattle around in the carriage for a while, the scenery you pass by will change completely, but the view of the scenery is short-lived, so the people riding the carriage openly show that they are bored.
Only Tang Yue held his head erect and watched the scenery pass by without moving a single movement. Sonbin was filled with sentimentality for the first time in a long time, as memories of her traveling far away for past exams came back to her.
Tap, tap.
“Oh, did you hear the rumor? “It is said that the Pagom Goddess single-handedly destroyed a living plant in Hunan Province.”
Perhaps unable to bear the boredom, one of the merchants started chatting.
“Pageum goddess?”
“Why is it there? “It was said that he ruined the season of famous late-season exponents.”
“Aha, that demon girl. Come to think of it, there were rumors like that.”
“Are you a swordsman? “This is my first time hearing this.”
Among the dogs, the slightly younger looking Jang Sachi said.
There are more than one rumor floating around Gangho Moorim.
Moreover, when something that attracts people’s attention, such as the recent Blood Bongryeon incident, occurs, the rumors tend to focus on those related to it. The past is naturally forgotten.
“But that sword goddess destroyed a mountain plant in Hunan Province?”
“huh. They were doing business by blocking a mountain road, and it seems that the one who got caught by chance was the Pageom Goddess. They said it was only right since the woman was alone and she had great beauty, so she attacked her, and not only the people who attacked her, but also the people who attacked her, were robbed alive. “They say it was a fairly large mountain vegetable in that area, and they say it couldn’t withstand even a single Pagom Goddess.”
“That’s amazing. “Then all the living creatures will have died.”
“Lord, are you going to kill me?”
The young merchant who was listening asked with a frightened look on his face.
“no. “I heard they didn’t kill him.”
Another merchant who was listening frowned.
“What, then you saved my life? If you let those guys go, it’s obvious they’ll start banditry again, so what’s the use of cutting them alive? “Once it passes, they will cause even more trouble.”
“Uh-huh, this person. To go ahead alone. Who said they let go? “They said they dragged him away and handed him over to Jehyeonganchalsasa.”
Jehyeonganchalsasa is the place that oversees judicial adjudication in a province. Since it is ruled by a local official dispatched directly from the center, it is absolutely impossible to exert influence just by living alone.
“and. “Anchal Temple caught the eye.”
“Why Anchal Temple?”
“All of that becomes his credit.”
After answering the question to the young merchant who kept asking questions, he continued talking.
“Anyway, it is said that the priestess of the Pageum left after refusing the reward from Anchalsa Temple, and then they say that she destroyed a Sapa in Henam Province. What is the name of the clan… … .”
“Sapa?”
“It looks like there was trouble in the guesthouse this time. The son of Sapa Munju went to the guesthouse and saw the Pageom maiden… … .”
“Did you attack her because you were seduced by her beauty?”
“huh.”
The man nodded.
“wow. “It looks pretty.”
“They say it’s the world’s worst. Anyway, I heard that the son was killed, the Sapa warriors who ran to help were killed, and in the end, even the Sapa munju was killed. “They say that many men with swords couldn’t defeat a single sword goddess.”
“It must have been handed over to Anchal Temple again.”
“no.”
The man shrugged his shoulders.
“They say that this time, all the internal skills of the warriors, including Munju, were completely destroyed. “One sect has completely closed down.”
“That was good. As expected, the martial arts people are merciless among themselves. Those guys should not be allowed to pick up a knife at all. “Aren’t they like pests who suck out the spines of powerless people?”
“Uh-huh, this person.”
Jang Sa-chi, who was the first to speak, stops him and glances at Son-bin. Sonbin turned his gaze elsewhere and pretended not to hear.
“Hey, but where are the martial people here? “All of those things are for self-defense.”
Another merchant looked at Sonbin and said. The ‘things’ he’s talking about are probably referring to the white heron and iron sword that Son Bin has.
“Anyway, after that, he defeated the five evils of heaven, and in Gaebong, he even severely scolded a minor prince from a fairly powerful family. “They say it’s a political faction there, but it seems like they can’t farm their children the way they want.”
“Amazing?”
The merchant who was listening stuck out his tongue.
“Isn’t that completely a women’s union?”
“I know. There is also a saying that a child who fell from a boat was saved on the Yangtze River… … . “I heard that there are already people who refer to the Pageom Goddess as Murim Geomhuni and Kangho Best Geomhwa (劍花).”
“It’s black, it’s cool.”
Listening to their words, Sonbin was quietly lost in thought. The image of Sasuyeon flows over the passing scenery.
When I first met him, his sharp impression was like a sword, and his lonely appearance was like a blue wind blowing through a bamboo forest.
From the soft and sad expression I saw when we met again at the Tengwanggak banquet hall to the warm smile I showed to the kids at the academy.
“Didn’t I tell you not to worry?”
Suddenly, Noh spoke.
“I tell you, not many people would endanger that child.”
“But I heard that Moorim is a dangerous place where schemes and conspiracies are as numerous as hidden swords.”
“Schemes and conspiracies work on any level of opponent. If that child wants to… … .”
Lu Jun glanced at Tang Yue’er. However, with her face covered with cotton thread, she was still looking at the passing scenery.
“Anyway, there’s no need to worry. Moreover, since it is constantly moving, even if someone wants to do something, they will not be able to do so easily.”
Noh-gun said this, but Son Bin could not help but feel worried.
“From what I heard, it looks like they are heading north. Do you know where they are staying?”
“I heard you lived in a place with nothing.”
“It’s a place with nothing… … . “I’m not sure, but it’s definitely going to be a long way off.”
Mr. Roh, who was muttering, suddenly asked Son Bin.
“But what are you planning to do?”
It was a really vague question, but Sonbin understood.
“I want to meet a person and be on his side.”
That was a conclusion I came to after thinking for a long time. Jinin’s request to teach his young disciple the ways of human life and his request to hand over his sword, which has been with him his entire life, are mere formalities.
Will Son Bin’s responsibility end if he hands over the Four Books and Three Classics, which contain the principles of human life, and hands him the white heron he was asked to receive?
Absolutely not.
The true meaning of Nodosa’s earnest request was to become a protector and a person by the side of the young disciple who was now alone after losing his teacher. That’s exactly what Sonbin will do.
“They will want your sword.”
The old man spoke quietly. Sonbin smiled bitterly and shook his head.
“The person who will receive this sword has already been decided.”
A firm determination was shining in Sonbin’s eyes.
There is only one person who is qualified: Seorin, Jinin’s remaining young disciple.
“i get it.”
Noh said: His deep eyes hidden under his white eyebrows were also sparkling.
“Ah, I heard you said she was a really beautiful witch?”
Suddenly, I heard Jang Sa-chi’s voice raising his voice as if he was being wronged.
“Even witches are beautiful now? “I know you like pretty girls, but that’s too much.”
“I really like beautiful women, but I don’t think this is right.”
“Oh, really. Regardless of whether they are a powerful family or a samurai family in each region, they appear like ghosts in the middle of the night. What do they say? Was it ‘Give me half of me’?”
“Not ‘Give me my leg’? Anyway, you… … .”
“Oh, it’s real!”
Tap, tap.
While the merchants were talking about rumors and bickering among themselves, the carriage was shaking and moving towards the Yangtze River.
* * *
Sonbin and his party continued their journey, changing carriages several times. As we got closer to the Yangtze River, the number of people and carriages traveling to and from Guandu increased. Most of them were merchants or merchants, but martial people were not uncommon.
After several days of continuing their journey, Son Bin and his party were able to arrive at a guest house in front of the Yangtze River.
“Whahahaha!”
Clatter, rattle.
The guesthouse was noisy. Perhaps because it was located on a street corner, it was quite large and crowded with people. Most of them were people who would cross the Yangtze River the next day.
Sonbin had just entered and was looking around to find an empty seat.
Crack.
The moment Sonbin heard those footsteps, he felt a strange feeling. Without delay, Sonbin turned her body to the side.
Quadang.
“ouch!”
A small, scruffy boy rolls around next to Sonbin and screams. He didn’t bump into Sonbin, but he probably tripped and fell.
“Are you okay?”
Sonbin bent down and stretched out his hand to the fallen boy.
“Ah yes. are you okay.”
The boy who was frowning grabbed Sonbin’s hand. And at that moment, the old man’s wrinkled hand rested on the boy’s head.
Noh asks the boy in a husky voice.
“Are you okay?”
“Ah yes.”
“Thank goodness.”
Noh brought his face closer to the boy who answered with a slightly embarrassed expression. And he spoke quietly.
“But if you don’t get rid of that damage right now, you won’t be okay for the rest of your life.”
The boy’s expression hardened, and he swung his arm and slapped away the soldier’s hand.
widely.
The boy stands up as if he had fallen at some point. Then he glared at Nogun and clicked his tongue.
“Tsk.”
Hurry up.
The boy ran out of the guest room. Sonbin looked at Noh with a puzzled expression as the boy quickly disappeared.
“That guy was aiming for your arms. Guys like that are common everywhere. “You have to be careful in crowded places.”
‘A boy like that… … .’
Sonbin felt uneasy. But the old man didn’t care.
“It’s empty over there.”
It wasn’t a very good place, but Sonbin and his group were able to sit at the table anyway. After waiting a bit, Jeomsoy came over and took our order.
It had been a while since the three people had been drinking tea and waiting for food.
Kwadangtang.
“Ahh!”
With a single scream, a small boy fell into the room. It was the same boy who ran out of the guest house a little while ago. There was dirt all over his body and blood was spreading around his mouth.
“What a cheeky thief!”
Several people entered the guesthouse with angry voices. Wearing military uniforms, they were all men of sturdy physique.
The eyes of all the people in the room are focused, and the noise quickly decreases.
“How dare you touch the young lady of the Gongsun family!”
The last person to enter was a beautiful young lady dressed extravagantly.
Despite her sharp eyes and frowning expression, she was so beautiful that she immediately caught people’s attention. Looking inside her guest room, she frowned again.
“It’s a dirty place.”
In the quiet room, her voice rang out as refreshingly as jade beads. Although the content was not very refreshing.
‘huh? That young lady.’
Sonbin thought he had seen her somewhere. It didn’t take long for her memory to come to mind.
‘ah. at that time… … .’
She was the ‘Gongseon Soje’ I saw at the Yellow Crane Tower. She was the one who made things more serious by arousing Prince Nangong’s anger. Meanwhile, her sturdy warrior bowed his head to her and spoke.
“I’m sorry, miss. It is not a good idea to cross the Yangtze River now that it is getting dark. I can’t help it, so even here… … .”
“But it’s messy. Look, there are things like this right from the entrance. Do you think the food will be clean?”
She looked down at the fallen boy as if she were seeing something unclean.
“you. “You dared to touch something that was mine, so you did something pretty cute, didn’t you?”
The boy did not answer or bow his head. Instead, he rolled his defiant eyes here and there, looking for an opportunity to run away. The young lady’s eyes become even more distorted.
“Yeah, it’s always like that with people like you. They don’t even know how to repent, and they try to steal whatever they get the chance to find. “I think I really need to change my habits.”
She turned her head to the warrior standing next to her. Her red lips move and a voice like jade beads flows out.
“Cut off this thief’s arm.”
The facial expressions of the people listening suddenly hardened. And someone muttered in a low voice.
“Gongsun’s mind-reading Gongsun’s… … .”
At that moment, the sharp gaze of the young lady, Gongsun Ji, turned towards the direction from which the voice came. Because her title of poison deepener was something she very much disliked.
Her pen name was Dansimhwa, but she is sometimes called Doksimhwa to sarcastically describe her persevering personality. But in front of her, no one dares call her mind-reading. Her muttering voice quickly quiets down.
“joy.”
Danshenhua Gongsunji turned his head and looked at the warrior holding the boy and said.
“Go ahead and do it.”
“for a moment.”
A young man’s voice came from behind her.
Chop rock.
The young man who appeared through the crowd was a nobleman dressed extravagantly. Although he had a slim build, his strong eyes and the sword he wore around his waist showed that he was a martial artist.
“Prince Zhuge!”
Gongsunji’s once venomous expression brings a smile like a spring day.
“Listen, Confucius. How dare this cheeky thief… … .”
Like a fragile girl, she clings to the young man’s arms with tears in her eyes. The young man called Zhuge Confucius answered with a smile.
“I heard it too. These lowly things are so ugly and mean by nature that they don’t even know their own mistakes unless they are scolded. The same goes for those who don’t understand that.”
He looked around the room and spoke as if to listen.
People turned their heads to avoid the young man’s gaze.
As soon as they know that they are from the Five Great Families, no one can object to them.
The smile on the young man’s face turns sinister.
“What if it were like this? From now on, I will cut off this little thief’s arm. However, if any of you take my sword in place of this thief, it will be as if he was not punished. If no one steps forward, this young thief’s arm… … . “Wow!”
The young man, who had been continuing his speech as if to show off, was interrupted. Then he falls down like that.
dump.
“Confucius!”
Gongsunji noticed that Zhuge Confucius’ condition was unusual. She jerked her head and reflexively brought her hand to her own sword.
“who is this! Who dares… … . evil!”
Gongsunji also collapses with a short groan. The three or four warriors next to him did the same.
Thump, thump, thump.
The sturdy warriors fell like logs without even groaning. The boy, who had been terrified just moments before, looked around with a confused expression, but no one came forward.
“What, what? “What happened now?”
People also didn’t understand.
But whatever the reason, the young lady of the Gongsun family and Confucius of the Zhuge family were harmed.
The people filling the room looked around anxiously. Among them, there were even people who had already packed their bags and were about to leave. I don’t want to get caught up in something like this.
Among them, the first person to move was the boy who had been captured.
Hurry up, let’s go.
The boy who was running out almost bumped into a person who was just trying to come in.
“Oh my! Be careful, you guy. huh? “What are these again?”
A loud voice echoed throughout the room. At the same time as the boy jumped out, an old man with a long beard holding a fishing rod and a basket entered the guesthouse and frowned.
“This is the first time I’ve seen people sleep on the floor with their cups in. How are you? “This woman looks fine. Why is she sleeping here?”
An old man with a small and frail physique muttered. The owner of the inn saw this and came running with a smile on his face.
“Oh, old man! You’ve arrived at the right time. These people suddenly collapsed, but somehow… … .”
“hmm.”
The old man named Erno bent down and lightly felt the pulse of the fallen people.
“Oh, how do you feel? They are from a noble family, but if they were harmed… … .”
“It’s okay.”
The old man stood up and grinned.
“There are no injuries and everyone is fine. I won’t be able to come to my senses for a day or two… … . “These are pretty lucky things.”
“Really? “Are you really not hurt?”
The owner asks as if to confirm whether he is anxious. On the other hand, the guests watching breathed a sigh of relief. Even people who were half-off their butts sit down and look relaxed again.
By tomorrow morning, everyone will have crossed the Yangtze River and are far away, so there is no reason to avoid the place now.
Son Bin also turned his head and looked at Noh. Noh, who was turning his back toward the entrance of the guesthouse, lowered his head as if he did not know anything and was rummaging through a plate of roasted beans and seeds.
“thank you.”
Sonbin said. The gratitude was sincere. Because she couldn’t bear to watch any longer.
“shit.”
Noh said, frowning. That was not an answer to Sonbin’s gratitude.
“If I had known that guy was here… … .”
“I’m so lucky. “Isn’t that right?”
Suddenly, a loud voice came from next to me. An old man with a long beard holding a fishing rod was approaching and talking to the old man.
“That’s because he survived despite being hit by a bullet from you. “Hehehe.”
Tororok.
The broken remains of roasted beans tumble down from the old man’s hands on the table.
“It’s been a while.”
The old man smiled brightly with a face full of wrinkles. However, Noh’s frown did not seem to go away.
“Why are you here? “Janggang Eoong.”
“Because it’s the Yangtze River.”
The old man called Jang Kang Eoong smiled and answered.
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martial arts,
