Login Murim Episode 851
It was an exceptionally good day.
Warm sunlight and cool breeze. And even pure white clouds.
The faces of the sweaty workers were filled with smiles, and the well-maintained street was crowded with many people. Maybe that was why.
Someone who always lived as if he was pressed for time suddenly said a word to the coachman who was about to leave in a hurry.
“Shall we go a little slower today? “There’s no need to rush.”
“yes?”
“I just want to go slowly when I go back. “While looking outside.”
Seeing the employer’s unusual atmosphere, the coachman put his doubts aside and slowed down the reins.
Anyway, just follow the instructions and that’s it.
Even as a coachman, it was a hundred times better to drive the horse slowly and safely than to yell at people to get out of the way.
‘Anyway, you look strange today. Did something happen inside?’
The coachman glanced sideways. A solid wall, double or triple high, like a castle wall, reached his sight.
Normally you wouldn’t know. If we keep going at the current pace, we will have to drive one corner of the wall to finish.
‘That’s right. ‘It’s always amazing.’
The coachman clicked his tongue. This place where that huge manor is located is not the outskirts, but the center of a castle. It is truly the most profitable of all.
The mere fact that he occupied such a large area of land in such a central area was proof of his enormous power, but there was something else that surprised the coachman.
‘When I first saw it, it wasn’t that bad.’
A famous family that fell.
Perhaps no expression could be more appropriate.
That was the only cold reality, and not only the coachman but everyone in the neighborhood thought that way.
But no one could guess.
The fact that a family that was slowly declining, leaving its past glory behind, will be reborn as a loser who will dominate a castle in a short period of just two years or so. ‘That’s why I don’t know what’s going on in the world.’
The coachman muttered to himself and looked at the flag rising high above the stone wall.
His eyes were drawn to four letters written in a warrior-like handwriting on silk fluttering in the wind blowing from somewhere.
Taewonjinga (太原進家).
The family that owns that huge manor and has become a symbol of Shanxi Province.
The changes surrounding Taewonjinga were rapid and certain.
The palace and walls, which were old and crumbling when the coachman first saw them, were repaired as if they were fortresses, and the warriors’ movements, supported by high-quality weapons and elixirs, sparkled with a vitality (正M) that had never been seen before. It was.
Where is that?
The gate, which was once crowded with debt collectors who came to demand credit for the three bastards, now had no space to even step foot in another sense.
Foreign merchants who came to Jingapyo Bureau to entrust their requests. On the last day of every month, the owners of all kinds of stores lined up to make donations, as well as the heads of the martial arts sects and branches under the Taewonjin family.
So many of the biggest names in Shanxi Province came and went that it resembled a threshold, so some helpless people wandered around the vicinity of Taiyuan Jin House and talked about what they had seen and heard.
At this very moment, like two men squatting on the wall next to the road and having a conversation.
“Didn’t you come today too?”
“Who didn’t come?”
“Uh-huh, this person. “You keep doing this even though you clearly know who I’m waiting for.” “You, really… again?”
“No way. “I was single-minded from the beginning.”
“Stop talking nonsense. “If you do this for no reason, the day your wife catches me, I will be beaten to death too.”
“It’s okay. “You die once or twice.”
“No, I’m not okay. “Your wife’s forearms are thicker than my calves.” “Well, it’s hard to fall asleep after becoming a man. Just answer when asked. “Didn’t you come today too?”
“He came and went just four days ago, but of course he didn’t come today. “Do you think he’s an unemployed person like us who has a lot of time on his hands?”
“Holy shit. “I thought I’d get a closer look this time.”
“Just give up at this point. “What are you going to do if you look closely?” Do you need another reason to say you want to see it? “Just seeing it from afar six months ago made my dim eyes clear.”
“Don’t you think that if you get hit by your wife, your eyes will turn dark? And because he is good at speaking, he is the best person in Shanxi, and he is an outstanding person who leads the Hangshan Gate with the body of a woman. “If you get caught for no reason, you won’t even be able to get a bone out of it.”
The man who was staring into space with a dreamy gaze suddenly swallowed dry saliva.
“······Well, I heard that the old man who follows you around like a shadow has a great temperament.”
If the only thing great about him was his personality, how would he have been given the nickname Hangsanho (外mu虎)? Don’t make excuses, just use it when your legs are fine
“Go home and take care of your children.” “What about taking care of it? “He’s already grown up.”
“already? Time flies. From what I remember, I think he was just born around this time last year.”
“uh. “That’s right.”
“······Are you crazy?”
The loud voices slowly fade away.
The coachman, who was listening to the conversation between the two men, chuckled and grabbed the reins that had been loose for a moment.
All right. All right.
The carriage, led by four course horses, slowly crossed the main street as its employer wished.
In the past, a single four-legged carriage would have taken up half of the street, but the people who were crammed into the street, which had become several times wider, simply stepped aside and continued their conversation.
Most of them were just personal stories, but there were some stories that were worth listening to from the coachman’s point of view.
“Have you all heard the rumors? “I heard that the fortress’s sergeant flag is being made at the blacksmith shop run by the Taewonjin family.”
“I was wondering what I was going to say again. Hasn’t that been a while? “Taewonjingaya is a martial arts group, so it’s not strange.”
“That’s right. However, it is said that since half a year ago, they have been dealing only with weapons. “I think I have to go at least as far as Gohyeon (古懸) to buy farming equipment.”
“Huh. If it’s Gohyeon, I’ll have to walk Sana Hole all the time. Fortunately, the ones I bought in advance are so sturdy that I don’t have to buy them separately.”
“Well, whatever. “The craftsmen that Old Man Jang brought in must have good skills.”
“Yekki. What is Old Man Zhang? “Elder Jang is a person who is trusted and entrusted with important responsibilities in the Asia Pacific Wonjin Family. From now on, I should call him Elder Jang Tae-bo.”
“Ah, it’s become a habit, stop. that day
The more I think about it, the more I worry. I heard that the atmosphere in Gangho these days is scary. Is there really something big going on?
“Put your worries aside and play baduk
Leave it to me. I tried to see if it was a dark stream or something.
Well, in the end, it’s Moorim’s job. “Why do you have to worry so much when the game is so far away that you’re holding on like crazy?”
“Rumors coming from all over
I tried it because it was trivial. The same goes for the situation in the northern plateau, which has been quiet for the past two years. “It seems like the flow of rivers and lakes is unusual.”
“Why the Northern Plateau again? “Didn’t they come out of Taewonjin and wipe them out completely?”
“Are magic enemies just seeds that disappear once you root them out? Since they are so weed-like, they keep appearing. And last month, several merchants left on a commercial trip to the north…
No matter how instructed by your employer, there is a limit to how slowly you can drive a horse.
‘Well, let’s talk quickly.’
Just as the coachman was inwardly licking his lips with curiosity about the story behind it that he had not yet heard, his employer, who had been staring at the scenery outside in silence until the carriage left the main street, suddenly opened his mouth.
“Everyone is very worried. Well, since it’s happening around you, it’s impossible to not know.”
“Yes, yes?”
“I mean those people. “Why are you so surprised after listening with your ears pricked up earlier?”
“Uh, that’s it. therefore*
The coachman swallowed dry saliva and continued stuttering.
“Well, I’ve never talked to you like this before, so I stopped without realizing it.”
“aha. Well, now that I think about it, I guess that could be the case.”
The coachman glanced sideways behind him. I caught a glimpse of my employer nodding his head indifferently through the pearl robe.
White powdered skin and cherry-red lips.
‘No matter how much I think about it… it’s definitely different from usual.’
What kind of wind is blowing?
Although I had already served him for nearly a year, his employer, whom I had come to know through seeing and experiencing the coachman, was someone I could never recognize.
Although he was always smiling, for some reason it didn’t seem like a real smile, and there was only one time he spoke to himself first.
Right when you arrive at your destination.
A brief greeting, “Thank you for your hard work,” was the beginning and end of the conversation between them.
‘But today, you didn’t even talk to me, and you didn’t even look at the bamboo pole during the move.’
High-status employers were always busy. There was a lot of work to be done, and a lot of people to meet here and there.
As a coachman who had only seen such scenes for the past year, it may have been natural that the atmosphere of his employer felt unfamiliar today.
Is that why? A useless curiosity that he would never have shown normally moved his lips instinctively.
“Hey, is there something going on?”
“huh?”
“Oh, that’s it.”
The coachman asked a question and regretted it at the same time. Because there is nothing good to be gained from going against the wishes of one’s employer, especially a high-ranking person.
But the coachman’s regrets were meaningless.
He was an even more generous person.
“hmm. It’s work. There is. “I heard some not-so-good news a while ago.” “S-sorry.”
“No, why are you even apologizing like this?
If you bow down too much, it makes me feel bad too. “It reminds me of old memories.”
“yes?”
“It’s a memory I never want to go back to. for example······
The silent employer suddenly looked out the window.
Through the grid-patterned wooden window frames, I could see children smiling on the clean and tidy streets.
“A guy who would starve all day long, come out on the street, and sing to impress people wearing silk clothes, or something like that.”
energy
“Oh, don’t misunderstand. “I’m not saying I felt bad, I’m just saying that there was a time when that happened.”
The coachman gaped at the incredible past of the High Man, and his employer smiled faintly as he watched the people slowly passing by.
“It’s nice to see you all.” It’s very old, a thing of the past.
However, it was also a fire mark that will never be erased from someone’s memory.
poor. death. Sad. anger.
The days of doing my best to free myself of the shackles that had been strangling my neck since birth passed by.
“I somehow managed it… but will I be able to do it this time?”
Small brains are scattered by the wind.
The driver continued driving without daring to open his mouth any longer, and the employer slowly took in everything that passed by around him.
And as I looked at the horse’s hoofprints on the ground that became clearer as I got closer to my destination, I realized that the time had finally come.
“Can I ask you a favor?” “Are you asking me?”
The employer suddenly opened his mouth and nodded towards the coachman who was questioning him.
“Yes, please. “I would also like to apologize for not being kind to you until now.”
“Well, it doesn’t even make sense to say that. If you need anything, please give me instructions. “Comrade Dojihwi (都指揮同 知), Commander-in-Chief.”
The employer, or rather, Comrade Hong Jin of Shanxi Province, pursed his red lips.
“I will get off here. You should immediately go to Honghwaru and tell them. No, should I call it Haomen Shanxi Branch?”
“I guess you thought I didn’t know. But they must have already noticed to some extent. “No matter how secretly the Geumuiwi (錦衣衛) moves, it will not be able to avoid so many heads.”
The fact that Hong Jin knows his identity and the existence of the Geumwiwi, which is said to only move at the orders of the emperor.
The driver couldn’t even tell which of these should be more surprising, but I realized what I had to say.
“Comrade Provincial Commander…what do you want me to do?”
“I’m telling you about this whole situation. And please use all of Hao Wen’s information power to find that one person.”
“If you say it’s just one person.”
“A person who can protect us, no, His Highness King Sangsan, under any circumstances. “The most trustworthy person among the martial arts people.”
Hongjin continued speaking slowly but forcefully.
“Yeolhwamyeontong (烈火神龍) Jintaekyeong.”
“Let’s go, come on.”
That was the last time.
The carriage left like the wind, and Heungjin, who had been watching the carriage moving away until the end, suddenly turned around.
Soon, a group of people rushed in, accompanied by the strong sound of horses’ hooves.
“It’s Hwang Myeong. I need you to go with me. Provincial commanding comrade Captain.”
“What about His Majesty the King of Sangsan?”
“Rest assured. “You’re still okay.”
“Not yet…yeah, that’s right.”
Hongjin laughed.
And then he walked towards his young master.
