Episode 81. This world is like a green forest.
Lee Chun and Wang Jinqing nodded vigorously.
“Yes, yes. I know very well.”
“That is a very valid point.”
The two of them tried to please Simyanggak as if they had a tail to shake. For the two of them who were on Cheongungwan’s side, the addition of new masters was quite welcome news.
Yeonjeokha and Gumilbokgum Simyanggak, who had left Mangganghong, turned towards Yangil Inn.
On the way, Sim Yang-gak told what he felt.
“It seems that Namyangsangbang and Hongbang have prepared some kind of desperate measure.”
“A desperate move?”
“Otherwise, we cannot continue to push forward with this fight whose outcome is obvious.”
Yeonjeokha nodded.
Certainly, if the military officers of Luoyang help Qingyun Hall, it will be difficult for Hongbang to deal with them.
“Maybe we’ll get support from a famous church.”
“Will a master like Wolha Seonja come?”
Sim Yang-gak glanced at Yeon Jeok-ha’s side profile.
I want to know if he really is after Wolhaseonja or if he is just saying that.
Judging from his expression, it seemed like he said it without thinking much about it.
“A master like that won’t show up for a power struggle in a remote area like this. They’ll send a master who is inferior to the Wolha Seonja, but can chew up the military officers of Luoyang.”
Suddenly, Yeonjeokha started crying.
“This world is like this.”
“yes.”
“They’re all like the Green Forest. The Justice Alliance and the Yumyung Church are all fighting to take everything away. If you don’t have the strength to protect it, give it away, and if you have the strength, take more.”
“That’s right. The hypocrites of the political parties talk about a cause and such, but if you look closely, they are all fighting for the interests of their own sects.”
“That’s right. What’s the difference between a mountain village and a sect? Just as a mountain village collects a toll, a sect also collects a protection fee.”
“Hehehe.”
“Why are you laughing?”
“I feel refreshed after hearing Confucius’s words. I hope you will maintain that upright mind until the end.”
“Why? Do you think I’ll change my mind?”
“It looks like you’re leaving the green forest.”
“Haha! In my eyes, the whole world looks like a green forest. What’s there to do but leave?”
“Oh, that’s what you said.”
Sim Yang-gak somehow felt that his thoughts on Nokrim were a little different from his own, but he didn’t care. What if he went to the mountain, which didn’t have much time left anyway, and what if he didn’t?
As we were chatting away, the Yangil Inn suddenly appeared before our eyes.
***
Yangil Inn.
Five or six ronin stand in a row in front of the table in the center.
They told the innocent-looking woman in her twenties their name and nickname and left.
The teacher raised his head as he wrote the applicant’s name in neat handwriting.
A young boy was standing there, dazed.
Are you about seventeen now?
No matter how hard it is to make a living, it is still too early to sell one’s sword.
Sogyo couldn’t help but ask out of compassion.
“Hey, do you know what kind of place this is?”
“yes.”
“If you’re too young, we can’t accept you. We need someone to fight for us, not someone to die for us.”
“I’m nineteen, so that’s not possible?”
Yeonjeokha squinted his eyes as if he was having trouble.
The problem is that he has not seen the sun for ten years and is therefore small in stature. As a result, he looks two or three years younger than his peers and is treated as a boy wherever he goes.
“Oh really? You look only about seventeen now.”
Sogyo looked at the boy with surprised eyes.
When I heard that, the look in his eyes didn’t seem like a child’s.
She asked, dipping her brush in ink.
“What is your name and where you come from?”
“Yeonjeokha. Waryongjang.”
I sold Waryongjang because I thought there would be an uproar if I said it was a mountain vegetable called O Bong San Chae.
Perhaps because Waryongjang had disappeared, there was no resistance to using the name Waryongjang.
Besides, the priest from which he was born was definitely Waryongjang.
A strange sight appeared in Sogyo’s eyes.
I never thought I would meet the Yeon family of Waryongjang here.
She looked at the other person again after writing down their name and origin in the directory.
If he is a great disciple of Waryongjang, he will be much more skilled than the rookie ronin.
“Have you decided on a place to stay?”
“Not yet.”
“Then how about staying at the Yangil Inn? I can give Yeon So-hyeop a room.”
She was the daughter of So-Woo Jin, the head of Cheongungwan, and it was not a big deal to assign her a room in the inn.
Yeonjeok-ha said, pointing to Simyang-gak standing behind him.
“I have a companion, can we use it together?”
Sogyo nodded after taking a quick look at the old man.
“Yes, it’ll be a bit too big for one person anyway. What are the last names of the people in your group?”
Unlike when she was dealing with Yeonjeokha, her attitude was quite cautious. She thought that if she was still in the martial arts world at that age, she would definitely be a master.
Yeonjeokha dodged to the side.
Sim Yang-gak took a step forward and answered.
“The old man’s name is Sim… … Tong. His nickname is Gu… … Cheonnodo (Nine Heavenly Old Sword).”
Sim Yang-gak accidentally mixed up the names used during the Green Forest Competition.
Sogyo was a name and nickname I had never heard before, but I didn’t show it. The world was big and there were many eccentric people. I thought Gucheonnodo Simtong would be one of them.
“I will discuss the case fees for both of you with the governor and let you know. Please have a cup of tea for a moment. I will write down the names of the people behind you and come to see you.”
Yeonjeokha and Simyanggak went to sit down at the window seat.
Because there weren’t as many applicants as expected, the restaurant in the guest house was spacious.
Yeonjeokha, who was drinking tea, laughed heartily.
“Even the nine thousand years of suffering are painful?”
“Hehehe, from now on I’ll try living by that name.”
“Is it okay to change the name your parents gave you like that?”
“It’s okay. After all, it was a name given to me by the Master of Shenyanggak. I was an orphan.”
“Okay. If Old Man Shim says so, who can stop him?”
Yeonjeokha also secretly welcomed the name change of Simyanggak. Gumilbokgyeom Simyanggak has too many enemies. If he goes around with that name, he will be too busy cleaning up the mess.
“How about giving your majesty a suitable nickname while you’re at it?”
“I hate it because it’s childish.”
Simtong did not encourage him any further due to Yeonjeokha’s firm refusal.
After about 30 minutes had passed?
Sogyo, who had been away for a while, came over.
“But I heard that Waryongjang’s great disciples went to Jeongju… … Did you come alone?”
“yes.”
“It’s a shame what happened to my father. I didn’t know that Wolha Seonja was such a malicious person.”
“Because resentment often turns people away.”
Sogyo asked quietly at Yeonjeokha’s reaction, which was more calm than expected.
“What is the relationship between Yeon So-hyeop and the True Moon Swordsman?”
“He is my son.”
“Ah! I see.”
She looked at Yeonjeokha with new eyes.
The direct descendants of Waryongjang all possessed martial arts skills that were superior to their age. Of course, these days, there are many people who look down on their Nine Heavenly Swords.
“Please take good care of me. I have decided to charge you the highest possible fee. I will calculate it to three hundred questions per day. Is that okay?”
Yeonjeokha nodded.
If you earn 300 mun a day, you get 3 nyang in ten days. That’s twice what other ronin earn.
Simtong asked quietly.
“I heard a rumor that the sects in Luoyang are helping. Do you know where they are?”
“We decided to send experts from Palseonmun, Daeyeonmun, and Chilyangmun.”
Simtong nodded as if he understood.
When I hear their names, I can tell they are all quite decent sects.
In fact, they all had a deep grudge against the famous church, but Simtong didn’t know that much.
“If we’re dealing with Hong Bang, our Cheongungwan is enough. They’re coming in preparation for when Yumingyo will apply for support. They have a deep grudge against Yumingyo.”
Palseonmun, Daeyeonmun, and Chilyangmun suffered great damage to famous bridges in Yeosu. This time, I decided to help Cheongungwan as a way of revenge for that.
“Can they stand up to the famous religion?”
“I believe so. Even if a famous religion gets involved, they won’t send a master.”
“Okay, but when are we going to fight?”
“I’ll let you know just before I go. You won’t have to wait too long.”
The little girl who had been talking went back to her seat when an unfamiliar ronin entered the inn.
Members of the Pungwoon-dae, who were originally from Cheongwoon-gwan and once worked at Namyangsangbang, were busy visiting the inn.
They had been mobilized to suppress the O Bong San Chae in the past, but they did not recognize Yeon Jeok Ha.
It may be because she dresses up neatly, but more than that, it’s because no one has seen Yeonjeokha up close.
Moreover, no one could connect Yeonjeokha with Nokrim when they heard the name Yeonssi of Waryongjang.
***
After two days, masters from Palseonmun, Daeyeonmun, and Chilyangmun came to the inn.
The half-empty inn was filled with martial artists.
The ronin had to find a room at another nearby inn because there were no vacancies.
The masters of the three schools showed interest in the ronin from Waryongjang.
The damage to the Hwang Dong-yeop of the Palseonmun, the Ojungsan of the Daeyeonmun, and the Sangjeonggeuk of the Chilyangmun was particularly severe.
They had been together for quite some time, known as the Luoyang Five Breeds. Naturally, they knew the Waryongjang like the back of their hand.
At sunset, four men and women sat facing each other in a restaurant.
These are Hwang Dong-yeop, Oh Jung-san, and Son Sang-geuk from Cheongungwan and Luoyang.
Sogyo asked with a stern face.
“So you’re saying that the True Moon Swordsman doesn’t have a son who wants to marry him?”
Dong Hwang-yeop, the eldest of the Luoyang Five Heroes, nodded.
“Yes. Yeon Seon-ju and I, the third daughter of Waryongjang, became sworn brothers and went on expeditions together.”
“I know. The Luoyang Five Gorges are famous.”
Sogyo muttered with a dejected face.
Among the later indexes, the Luoyang Five-Handled Sword was an object of envy. This was because Yi So-min of the Uicheonmun and the speech of Waryongjang were among them. Now, Waryongjang is nothing special, but back then, Waryongjang’s name was sky-high.
Hwang Dong-yeop continued speaking.
“Yeon So-jeo only has two older brothers. Yeonmu Baek and Yeonseung Baek. But Yeonjeokha? They know Baekja Dolim, isn’t that different?”
“Could it be that he is a half-child?”
Sogyo recalled Yeonjeokha’s dignified face.
I couldn’t believe he had impersonated someone else’s name.
‘That’s ridiculous. Who wouldn’t have known a few years ago?’
Now Waryongjang is being pointed at by people, so why did he do something like that!
“If you said you were from Waryongjang, then you are not a half-child. As far as I know, there was no one from Waryongjang who was a rival. It is all a lie.”
As Oh Jung-san, the second of the five great strategists of Luoyang, spoke in an indignant tone, a man came down the stairs.
Be in love.
Hwang Dong-yeop, who had been looking back absentmindedly, opened his eyes wide.
Following this, Oh Jung-san and Son Sang-geuk’s expressions also hardened.
As the three people looked on with surprised eyes, Yeonjeokha lightly waved her hand.
“Hey. Nice to meet you. How long has it been? How have you all been?”
“So, So-hyeop, what on earth are you doing here?”
Hwang Dong-yeop couldn’t believe it at all.
Why is the best player of the Five Fists here?
Oh Joong-san and Son Sang-geuk turned their heads away and talked nonsense as if they didn’t even want to look at me.
“Didn’t you know? I’ve been wandering around the world lately. Something like Kang Ho-hang?”
The three men flinched at the mention of Kang Ho-haeng.
I remembered what happened to him when I went out to Gangho with a hot heart.
Wuxia,
