Even though the Yongbong branch was not held, there was nothing good about it because there was a problem with the Hankyung high-ranking officials. The deputy commander-in-chief bent over and shouted.
“A misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! Pleasant seniors. The warriors here are weak and cannot stand the sunlight if they stand for a long time. That’s why it’s like that!”
When you’re in a hurry, a cheerful guy tends to become a cheerful old man. Realizing their mistake, the warriors quickly managed their expressions. The lieutenant general beckoned to the servants. It was a signal to pay a bribe.
“How dare you try to pay a bribe!”
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“…?!”
The lieutenant general was horrified.
It was the first time I’d ever seen a bunch of guys who say sh*t about paying bribes in their lives. It wasn’t just one or two, but they were united and spitting out swear words.
Lieutenant Jeong also stared blankly at the Pokes, as if they were absurd. It was to the point where I was confused as to whether these guys were Pokwae or the rank of the Golden Guard.
Even the head of the Golden Council does not refuse bribes…
“done. It seems that Zhangjiajie made a mistake because he is not familiar with Hanjing. Come check it out.”
“Gam, thank you. Judge!”
The deputy commander-in-chief expressed his deep gratitude and hurriedly motioned for him to come.
I wanted to know what this was, but now I had to do what I was told, even if it was nonsense.
“Lieutenant General. Is this okay?”
The commander whispered as if it were absurd. No matter how inexperienced Confucius was, he felt that the current situation was strange.
“I don’t know either. Let’s just wait.”
“No, what are you thinking? Are you doing that to dampen the momentum of the Murim people?”
“Shh. The voice is loud. Please wait for a moment. Wouldn’t you be more stubborn or discouraged if you knew that Jim wasn’t there?”
The deputy governor waited impatiently, wondering what the young judge was thinking.
Is it a bribe? Then, do you want to meet separately in secret? But if it was something like that, would you have hinted at it? If you really want to kill the prestige of the Murim people, contact the other sects…
“I’m back!”
Outside the wall, I could hear the warriors from Jangga Battlefield and the sound of the two guns returning. The deputy commander-in-chief shouted at the unmanned people passing through the front gate without realizing it.
“Was there?!”
“…yes… there was.”
“If you don’t have one… Sleep, wait. what?!”
“Hey, here… isn’t this?”
The warriors of Janggajeonjang, who were in charge of errands, raised their swords as if they had committed a crime. Anyone can see that it was the sword of the commander.
If I didn’t have eyes to see, I would have thought about it, but I had no choice but to bring it because the two Pokkees went together.
For a moment, silence lingered in the room.
‘this…’
‘What the heck… how…?’
The faces of the lieutenant generals and chiefs as well as the senior officers were rotten. I really didn’t know that sword would be among the luggage.
‘How the hell did that guy figure that out!’
There was nothing more painful than feeling his own inadequacies to Lieutenant Jeong, who was proud of his own talents. Lieutenant Jeong lowered his head and trembled.
“Where are you struggling?”
“…It is nothing.”
‘Am I really a weirdo?’
The red tide looked at Lieutenant Jeong and thought so. Ever since Geumuiwi disguised himself as Pogwae, I thought it was very unusual…
“Jung, I really didn’t know. old judge. we…”
Even the experienced deputy governor hesitated as if he did not know how to deal with such a situation. Anyone could see that Janggajeonjang was trying to frame the young man.
“Never… that…”
“It’s not Jangga Battlefield’s fault.”
“Oh, why!”
Wi Myeong-ho shouted angrily, but when Yeon Woo-hyeok looked at him, he was overwhelmed and lowered his head. The young judge looked away slowly. Even though it was a simple gesture, people felt overwhelmed.
It was not because of the level of martial arts he had accumulated, nor because of the prestige of his official position. It was simply because of the prestige that the judge showed through his actions.
Yeon Woo-hyuk opened his mouth as people prepared to listen roughly.
“The thief was probably one of the servants at Janggajeonjang. He must have thought that if he stole his sword and got out of the inn, it would be easy to get caught, and there wouldn’t be much left. So after stealing the sword, I went upstairs and threw it into my luggage.”
The tactic used by Janggajeonjang was quite meticulous and persistent.
First, I stole things that I would notice if they disappeared, such as swords or accessories, and then quietly hid them among the other person’s luggage without taking them with me.
After repeating this a few times, the other person either doesn’t want to make a fuss when the object disappears, or they become wary of making a mistake.
That’s when you steal what you’re really looking for.
Perhaps, after the warlord made all the fuss, he pretended to have discovered the true location of the sword.
“…That, that…! Catch him right now! Don’t let anyone escape!”
‘It must be difficult.’
Yeon Woo-hyuk thought that it would be difficult to catch the thief even if he ran to it now. In fact, when Yeon Woo-hyeok solved the problem, it was after the incident had broken out, and from the thief’s point of view, if things went a little strangely, he would get out of his body, so he probably ran away when he came to the government office.
Unsurprisingly, the warriors from Jangga Battlefield returned and reported with a bewildered expression. It was reported that one of the servants had disappeared.
“Ah… this… this…”
The deputy general, who was upset and did not know what to do, came to his senses belatedly and thanked Yeon Woo-hyuk.
“Thanks to the elder Pan, I was able to protect the treasure of the battlefield. Thank you! The old judge is indeed a famous judge!”
Not only the deputy commander-in-chief, but also the commander-in-chief came to their senses and embraced them.
“My mother-in-law, I apologize to Wei Xiao-hyeop! I apologize on behalf of the battlefield. I am just ashamed.”
“…If I treat the tricks of a thief harshly, I’ll be the same as a thief. I accept your apology!”
“The Wei Xiaoxian is indeed a great man!”
The people of Janggajeonjang neatly apologized to Wi Myeong-ho.
In this situation, he couldn’t stretch out further, but even taking that into account, he was shocked that he didn’t know that his family’s servant was playing tricks.
It was impossible not to reflect as much as it could have been a big deal.
Not only the Pokkeoks but also the servants of the palace were thrilled to see the Murim people forget Eun-Won and reconcile with each other.
If it wasn’t for Judge Yeon’s skill, how could those rich men have reached a reconciliation?
“…no. I just don’t understand. How the hell did he figure out that the sword was up there?! No matter how magical it is, how!? Why the servant again?!”
In that atmosphere, Lieutenant Jeong was alone, clutching his head and muttering. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t understand.
Seeing this, the red tide clicked its tongue.
Even if a crow tried to understand the meaning of a stork, it would not be a crow in the end. I was just torturing myself.
‘I should have just accepted it, but that rank is still far away!’
***
Even after reconciling the two Murim people, Yeon Woo-hyeok quickly solved some problems.
Murim people who each paid a hermit in Juru but fought because a coin was missing, Moorim people who stayed at a temple and quarreled with the head monk because a dog took his sword, Murim people who lost their wages while eating at a food stall, and so on.
‘Do thieves run rampant?’
The theft increased, but Yeon Woo-hyeok thought it was natural because the number of Murim people increased.
“Are you Jinchungbi too?”
“Who are you?”
Yeon Woo-hyuk answered with a slight strain at the voice coming from across the room. If you approached with good intentions, you would not have called a special issue for approaching in this way.
“I have something to tell you.”
“Tell me. I am listening.”
“There are people starving to death because of you.”
“…?”
Yeon Woo-hyuk hesitated at the other person’s words. No matter how much I thought about it, there was nowhere to guess.
‘Isn’t it the wrong way?’
Unlike the other officials, Yeon Woo-hyeok was not scraping away bribes, but was distributing the bounty money he received to his subordinates. No matter how you think about it, it was strange.
“Who is starving to death?”
“A thief!”
“……”
Yeon Woo-hyuk took out a raincoat.
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‘As the number of Murim people increases, the number of crazy people also increases!’
Yeon Woo-hyeok opened the spiritual eye and expanded the scope. Normally, I preferred to use it limitedly and briefly in order not to overuse the top battle, but this was possible with the ability trained through repeated use.
‘Five people! Two did not know.’
Yeon Woo-hyeok was surprised to feel one person on the wall outside the main building and four people lined up around it.
The three of them, including the person who was talking to them, were vaguely aware of it.
However, the two did not have a special martial art that was better than Yeon Woo-hyeok’s, so I couldn’t get a feel for it. It was clear that I would have missed it if it hadn’t been for the spiritual eye.
‘Right. In the first place, the three of them were on purpose…’
Yeon Woo-hyuk realized that the other thief seemed crazy, but he was more sophisticated than he thought.
The three of them intentionally make them feel even faintly and catch them off guard, and if they jump out, the two people who were really hiding will stab and embarrass them.
Indeed, he had the courage to come up to the front yard of the judge’s mansion where he had learned martial arts.
“To die of starvation. Why?”
Yeon Woo-hyeok ran out and threw a question instead of throwing a panic attack. It was to read the opponent’s intentions a little more.
“Don’t pretend you don’t know. Jin Chung-bi, you are not serving as a judge. There are not one or two Murim people who go on eccentricities, but monsters like you are rare.”
“I’m just working for loyal people.”
While talking pretentiously, his face grew hot, but Yeon Woo-hyuk spit it out in reference.
When the Murim people ask, ‘Why do you think the Murim people are judges?’, answers like ‘I originally hated Murim’ or ‘Shouldn’t you live comfortably with that authority if you had to serve as a judge’ weren’t very good answers.
The other party hesitated for a while, as if he hadn’t expected such an absurd answer. And a mumbling voice was heard.
“You really are a madman…”
“……”
Yeon Woo-hyeok wanted to open the spiritual eye for no reason. It is to catch the opponent’s muttering that you don’t want to know.
The opponent immediately brought out his own words, as if he did not want to argue with the madman.
“Jin Chungbi also has two of my subordinates whom you interfered with. Do you know?”
“Wait, is that all there is to it? Did you catch that many?”
“…How many did you capture?”
The thief on the wall asked back as if he was absurd.
Seeing how many people he was talking about, I couldn’t even guess how many people the judge had captured.
“I don’t know if you know the word ‘do-yeok-yu-do’.”
Induction of Doyeok.
Usually, when thieves fill their stomachs with oil, they think they’ve become something and recite philosophy, but that was one of them. In short, it meant that even thieves had a way.
“Currently, the thieves in Hankyung are stealing while preserving the face of officials. But if you keep acting like this, even thieves won’t keep the way.”
“What do you want to say?”
Slowly annoyed, Yeon Woo-hyuk asked directly.
“Simple! We also respected the face of the official, so you and Jinchungbi respect our face and take it in moderation. Otherwise, things will disappear to such an extent that all the delights of Hankyung cannot solve them even if they do not sleep at night.”
“……”
“Don’t ever think of ignoring this warning. I’m a fundraiser (摸金墓師) Joeuimang! You must have heard my nickname.”
Fundraising description of condolences.
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As you can guess from the fact that ‘myo(墓)’ is included in the special issue, Jo Eui-mang was originally from a tomb robber.
Most grave robbers usually die while digging up graves or are caught and killed. Only a few of them were able to earn wealth and live happily ever after.
And Jo Ui-mang was one of the more fortunate cases among those very few. He succeeded in learning martial arts by finding secrets in the tomb.
The strength of martial arts wasn’t that high, but originally, a thief’s martial arts was enough if he was good at running away or hiding.
In that respect, the martial arts learned by Jo Ui-mang were doing their part.
It was the fact that he survived for more than ten years and claimed the nickname of ‘fundraising description’ while the new fighters who made a reputation in the river died without lasting five years.
‘I thought they were active in the far north?’
Yeon Woo-hyuk realized that the other party came after hearing rumors of the Yongbong branch. It didn’t seem wrong to say that all kinds of bad guys were coming together.
“Were there any subordinates?”
“of course! If there are no people to play the role of limbs, why would there be Yong, Righteousness, and Benevolence? keep in mind My warning will never come twice!”
The fundraising description was satisfied when the other party knew of his reputation and fled into the darkness of the night.
I wanted to jump out, but the judge didn’t. It was a prudent appearance that was not befitting a young age.
“Joe Daein. Will that judge listen softly?”
One of his subordinates cautiously opened his mouth.