Episode 166. I’ll tell you later.
After a night of confusion, morning dawned.
As soon as Yeonjeok woke up, he headed to the restaurant.
Gucheonnodo Simtong, Cheongungum Namgungcheon, Hwayongdoksim Namgungyeon, and Seolchasu and their party were already out.
Yeonjeok sat down next to Simtong as usual.
“Your Majesty, did you sleep well last night?”
At Simtong’s question, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Yeonjeokha.
It was the same greeting as usual, but people’s eyes were hot.
Yeonjeok nodded absentmindedly.
“uh.”
When he responded nonchalantly, the people returned to their meal.
For a while, no one opened their mouth.
Dalgrak. Dalgrak.
In the silence, only the sound of chopsticks hitting the bowl resonated loudly.
At the end of the meal, Eunwol appeared.
His face looked quite haggard, perhaps because he had been very distressed last night.
“I had to go to work, so I stopped by to say hello. I hope that everything you have planned will go well. I will never forget the favor you have shown me.”
After she finished speaking, she greeted him politely and left without looking back.
An awkward atmosphere hung in the air.
At that moment, Simtong made an embarrassing joke.
“Hehehe. Contrary to his appearance, I guess his virility is quite great. Looking at your face, you look half-dead.”
“haha!”
“Foot!”
Namgungcheon and Namgungyeon couldn’t hold back their laughter.
Seolchasu and his party did not dare to laugh out loud and just shook their shoulders.
Jinseolha only drank tea with a complicated expression.
I think it’s time for him to stop caring about Yeonjeokha. If he had cared about me, he wouldn’t have slept with Eunwol.
The tea tasted bitter today.
Suddenly, Jin Seol-ha’s gaze fell on Namgung Yeon.
Is that because he is an extraordinary person?
Namgung Yeon was smiling brightly, seemingly unconcerned about Yeonjeokha’s affairs.
It seems that she also did not see Yeonjeokha as a man.
‘I’m telling you, he’s a person who is very clear about what he does and when he breaks it.’
If it was a man of Yeon-jeok-ha’s level, I would be interested, but I don’t know how he could do that.
***
Infinite northeast Samrijin.
Around noon.
The carriage carrying Yeonjeokha and his party stopped at the riverside.
After a while, the coachman looked at the driver sitting next to him and said.
“Your Majesty. I think that’s the Seogang River that the villagers were talking about earlier. There might be a boat nearby to cross it.”
“Let’s go.”
Isa and Seolchasu got out of the carriage and walked to the riverside.
Luckily, there was a wooden pier nearby.
As I approached the pier, there were five or six people waiting for their turn.
The director, who was looking towards the river, said with a dumbfounded expression.
“Huh! That’s not a boat, it’s more like a raft?”
“Yes. Do you think the carriage will go up there?”
“Well, it looks difficult. I guess we’ll have to transport the carriage and horses separately.”
The director shook his head.
The raft seemed too narrow to carry both a horse and a carriage at once.
“Then I guess I’ll have to cross it in two stages.”
The two were busy making plans for their crossing at the dock.
A herd of horses appeared from behind, accompanied by the loud clatter of hooves.
Soon a middle-aged man got off his horse and walked toward the dock.
The sword hanging from his waist creaked and swayed as he walked.
The people who were waiting lowered their heads, not daring to make eye contact.
A middle-aged man, hell-bent on speaking to the people.
“We are the people of Cheongsanbang. We need to cross the river urgently, so please yield to us.”
He gestured to his group without even listening to their answers.
A dozen horses slowly approached.
Five or six villagers stepped back hesitantly, fearing they might be kicked by the horses’ hooves.
Jongdaso approached the two men who were still in the lead.
“Excuse me. I am Jongdaso of Cheongsanbang. Where are you and who are you?”
Jongdaso looked at Seolchasu and Isa with suspicious eyes.
Seol Cha-su looked around at the people in Cheongsanbang and answered.
“I am Seolchasu. You guys probably won’t be able to cross in one go. Our group can’t wait long either, so let’s just go in the order we arrived.”
Jongdaso’s gaze turned to the sword hanging from Seolchasu’s waist.
He must be skilled, judging by the way he stands tall in front of eleven unmanned troops.
“What if it’s our group? Does that include the carriage over there?”
“That’s right.”
Just then, the carriage door opened and Yeonjeokha and his party came out.
As six martial artists poured out, Jongdaso’s face darkened.
Because I wondered if these people might be related to Heukunbang.
Cheongsanbang is fighting Heukunbang across the river. As I am still going to support them, I am concerned about the movement of unfamiliar martial artists.
Jongdaso, who had been hesitating, asked carefully.
“I haven’t seen you around here before. Why are you trying to cross the river?”
Seolchasu knew that there was something going on in the anxious eyes of the other person. In such cases, he had to let them know that they were people he could trust.
“We are the people of the Justice League. We are returning to our hometown after finishing our work.”
Jongdaso’s face brightened at the word ‘Jeongwimaeng’.
“Ah! You are from the Justice Alliance. It is an honor to meet you. If you are from the Justice Alliance, you should go first.”
Although Jongdaso belonged to the Jeongsaji school, he treated him as if he were a superior. It was inevitable since the Jeongui Alliance was still the master of the martial arts world.
He bowed to the Sulchasu and returned to his group.
Immediately afterwards, the people of Cheongsanbang slowly retreated behind the ferry.
After a while, the raft that had been across the river returned.
First, the separated carriage and the siblings Yeonjeokha, Simtong, and Namgungcheon crossed the river.
Following this, Seolchasu and his party, Isa, and two horses came over.
The director worked tirelessly to harness the two horses to the carriage.
Seolchasu said to himself as he watched the raft return.
“While I was waiting, I heard that there was a fight between Cheongsanbang and Heukunbang.”
“What are they fighting about again?”
As the successor to a martial arts family, Namgung Cheon was very interested in martial arts conflicts.
Jin Seol-ha, who happened to be next to Namgungcheon, quickly answered.
“They say that the two companies that support each other clashed. They fought over the market share.”
“That’s right! Why is it that these days, wherever I go, I seem to hear news of fighting between factions?”
“Isn’t it because the Justice Party has given up on keeping the famous religion in check? Right now, no one is mediating or adjusting. It’s an atmosphere where people fight and end things on their own.”
Meanwhile, the director, who had finished preparing to depart, shouted from the stable.
“Your Majesty, you may ride now!”
This time, Yu Geun-sik moved next to the horse.
Once everyone was in the carriage, the director drove the carriage slowly.
Even in the carriage with Namgungcheon, they continued to discuss the current state of affairs in the martial arts world for a while.
Seolchasu, who had initially been lucky, had a withered face.
Namgung Yeon, who had his gaze fixed outside the window, occasionally looked back at Jin Seol-ha.
She seemed to have lost interest in Yeonjeokha since that incident with Eunwol.
It’s still like that now.
He continues his conversation with Namgungcheon without speaking to Yeonjeokha, who is staying quiet.
Come to think of it, the seat I was sitting in had changed slightly.
She, who had been sitting across from Yeonjeokha, was now facing Namgungcheon.
I couldn’t stop laughing as I looked out the window.
It’s clear that there is a misunderstanding about the relationship between Yeonjeokha and Eunwol.
I briefly considered whether I should reveal the truth, but I quickly brushed it off.
“Sister, is something fun happening?”
“I’ll tell you later.”
Simtong glanced at Yeonjeokha and Namgungyeon with his flounder eyes.
He still couldn’t understand Namgung Yeon, who was like a bright spring day.
Considering the usual relationship between Namgung Yeon and Yeon Jeok Ha, it would be normal to react like Jin Seol Ha.
‘Huh! Really? I don’t know.’
Simtong shook his head.
I’m just genuinely curious about what’s going on in Namgung Yeon’s head.
***
In the forest next to the government office.
Chun Sang-gong, the bloodthirsty demon who leads the assassination squad of Heukwoonbang, didn’t even breathe.
I received a call from a spy planted in Cheongsanbang.
It is said that one of the groups that went out to a foreign land to help Cheongsanbangju returned urgently.
It was his and his assassination squad’s mission to kill them all.
Chunsanggong aimed an arrow at the ruler and aimed at the official.
The Assassins basically use bows.
His twelve subordinates also aimed their bows at the official route.
Even if you can’t defeat them on the first attack, you should be able to knock down half of them.
That way, we can subdue our opponent without taking any damage.
How do I get there?
afoot?
On horseback?
or not…….
He continued to imagine the enemy as he looked at the empty passage.
At that moment, the faint sound of horse hooves could be heard from afar.
That’s right!
‘damn…….’
The dry saliva in Chunsanggong’s throat gulped down.
Those on horseback are a bit tricky to hit.
This is because not only do they move faster than a walker, but their upper body also shakes a lot.
Looking around at my luggage, I see that they all have nervous faces.
I think we should lower our goal from catching half to three or four.
Thinking about how much damage this side will cause, I feel like my blood is draining out of me.
“What the hell!”
After a while, Chunsanggong cursed without realizing it when he saw the sight that was revealed.
It was difficult to even say it, but it was a carriage.
It seems that they knew there were injured people in the Cheongsanbang and mobilized a carriage.
As I watched the warrior sitting next to the coachman and keeping watch in all directions, my guess turned into certainty.
This way, the number drops from three to four people, down to one or two.
This means that we have to fight almost the entire enemy force.
But it can’t be helped since it’s the ark’s order.
Even if it costs us some sacrifice, we must bury them here.
Chunsanggong calmed his agitated mind and pulled back the bowstring with all his might.
Wedge liquid.
An arrow flew with a sharp cracking sound.
Yoo Geun-sik, who was sitting next to the director, was startled but quickly drew his sword.
Chomp!
An arrow flying straight ahead was cut off.
“It’s a surprise attack!”
Shh …
Along with Yoo Geun-sik’s urgent shout, a dozen arrows flew from the forest.
But by then he had already grabbed the back of the director’s neck and jumped out of the carriage.
Puppup …
Five arrows were embedded around the horse’s head.
Yoo Geun-sik quickly dragged the moving truck and hid in the back of the carriage.
It happened almost in one breath, from firing the first arrow to getting behind the carriage.
Only after he hid behind the carriage did he shrug his shoulders and let out a ragged breath.
“Gasp gasp!”
The arrow attacks did not continue any longer.
It seems that he knew that there was no point in shooting an arrow at a sturdy carriage anyway.
Chunsanggong fiddled with the arrow in his hand with a face full of regret.
It was such a shame that the surprise attack we had prepared so well ended without any results.
‘Damn it, just one of you come out.’
I just wanted to turn just one of them into a hedgehog.
Wouldn’t it be worth squatting for more than an hour (two hours)?
That’s right then.
With a ‘kwang’ sound, someone burst through the carriage roof and rose into the air.
‘That’s right!’
Chunsanggong quickly fired an arrow the moment his opponent stopped in midair.
Was it telepathy?
The assassination squad’s men, who had been holding their breath, also poured out arrows as if they had been waiting.
Wuxia,
