As Zhuge Yeon got off the carriage, the others got on and continued on their way.
As he was staring at that, a man with a strong face who looked to be in his forties approached and introduced himself.
"Park Gangjin. Rember it."
Moyong Gi looked back at Park Gangjin.
"Is that your real na?"
"How could it be. If it were, I wouldn't live long."
Moyong Gi's mouth gaped. And then, he turned his gaze to the woman with a warm impression who looked to be in her late thirties.
"What about you, ma'am?"
"My na is Lee Yeonghwa."
"That's not your real na either, is it, ma'am?"
Lee Yeonghwa just smiled without a word.
Moyong Gi nodded and then said again.
"Please speak comfortably. We'll have to be together for a while anyway."
"Shall we?"
"Yes. That's more comfortable for us too."
"Let's do that."
As Lee Yeonghwa nodded, Park Gangjin stepped forward and pointed to Moyong Gi, Myung Jin, and Zhuge Yeon in turn.
"Park Ilbang, Park Imun, Park Samhwa. These are your nas for the ti being. Rember them."
Moyong Gi's brow furrowed.
"Isn't that a bit too careless?"
"Then you can na them yourself. I'll actively reflect it."
At those words, Moyong Gi, who seed to be pondering with his eyes rolling, soon grinned and pointed to himself with his finger.
"Song Ok? Pan An?"
Park Gangjin, who was staring blankly, chuckled. Moyong Gi had a displeased face.
"What's with that laugh?"
"Let's just go with Ilbang."
"Aish."
Moyong Gi grumbled with his face contorted.
However, it was the sa for Myung Jin that he was dissatisfied.
Myung Jin pointed to Moyong Gi.
"Why is he Ilbang and I'm Imun?"
He was displeased that he had been pushed back in the hierarchy.
However, Park Gangjin replied with a tone as if it were natural.
"He's taller."
Myung Jin's face contorted and he took a step back. Although he was dissatisfied, he had no words to refute. He just felt wronged for no reason.
Zhuge Yeon, who had been keeping her mouth shut, finally stepped forward.
"Is there anything else we should know?"
Park Gangjin nodded.
"You should endure it as much as possible. If you create a dispute, it's you who will be at a disadvantage."
Zhuge Yeon nodded.
"Is there anything else?"
Park Gangjin tilted his head.
"I suppose... we'll have to fix your faces a little. You're too pretty, and that child nad Myung Jin is too cold. So you'll stand out wherever you go."
"Is there a way?"
At Zhuge Yeon's question, Park Gangjin looked back at Lee Yeonghwa, and she held up a bundle and gestured to Zhuge Yeon and Myung Jin.
"You two, co here. I'll touch you up a bit."
Lee Yeonghwa led Myung Jin and Zhuge Yeon into the carriage.
Moyong Gi, who was staring blankly, looked at Park Gangjin with a face that said he had forgotten sothing.
"What about ? Don't I have to do it? I also hear that I'm handso wherever I go."
Park Gangjin tilted his head again. However, before long, he shook his head.
"You just need to get so dirt on you. That should be enough."
Moyong Gi's face contorted.
"Aish."
***
Zhuge Guk sent a letter with all sorts of flowery language to invite Hong Sochen.
However, Hong Sochen's reply had only one sentence.
You co.
Zhuge Guk's face contorted.
However, he was the one who was in a hurry. He had no choice but to force his heavy butt, which had beco heavy from handling a mountain of work, to visit the Beggars' Sect.
Hong Sochen, who had a private eting with Zhuge Guk, clicked his tongue.
"You could have just co, what's with all the useless things?"
"It took a long ti to write that."
"That's what I'm saying. It was annoying to read because it was so long, why do you do such a thing?"
Zhuge Guk had a look of disbelief.
He was a man who was highly praised for his writing and sentences. But Hong Sochen had treated it as a waste of ti.
So as he was staring blankly, at a loss for words, Hong Sochen drove a wedge.
"From now on, just the business, within three lines. You know what I an, right?"
Zhuge Guk let out a groan.
"I understand. But you could have at least saved my face."
He was disappointed about that more than anything else. If the distance was far, he wouldn't know, but the Beggars' Sect and the Orthodox Justice Alliance were so close that you could reach them if you fell. He was disappointed that he had been coldly rejected after putting in so much effort to write a letter.
However, Hong Sochen shook his head.
"There are too many eyes and ears there. I have to be able to say sothing."
At Hong Sochen's words, Zhuge Guk's eyes sparkled.
"Is there sothing I don't know?"
At that mont, Hong Sochen thrust his face forward, and a foul sll covered Zhuge Guk.
Although he was about to contort his face, he had no choice but to swallow hard after confirming Hong Sochen's serious face.
Hong Sochen lowered his voice.
"You know that your niece is hurt, right?"
Zhuge Guk nodded.
"Isn't that why I ca to see the Sect Leader? What on earth happened?"
"What do you an, what happened. You should know too, right? She was hit by Yuk Gyeongsa's poison. It's very nasty."
"Hmm..."
Zhuge Guk let out a groan. However, he soon organized his thoughts and asked again.
"The Poison King? Can the Poison King cure her? Is it certain?"
"I don't know that either."
At those words, Zhuge Guk beca excited. What he had been holding back finally exploded.
"What do you an? You don't even have that certainty, why did you go to the Tang family..."
However, Hong Sochen cut him off coldly.
"Lower your voice. I didn't call you to talk about that. Are you trying to spread rumors?"
Zhuge Guk, who was panting with a red face, his face contorted. However, he soon took a deep breath and managed to calm himself down.
"I'm sorry. I was excited for a mont."
"Don't worry. I understand. If it were our Moogyeol, I would have been the sa as you."
"Thank you."
"There's no need for that..."
Hong Sochen, who was shaking his head, had a serious face again.
"I'll say it again, I don't know if the Poison King can save that child. Because the Poison King is not at the Tang family right now."
"Yes? What do you an? The letter clearly said..."
"That's what Tang Hwagi said to deceive the other guys. The Poison King is not at the Tang family."
"Then where is our Yeon? I saw that she was in a serious condition, where could she have gone with that body?"
"Where do you think she went? She went to find her own way to live."
Zhuge Guk's face contorted.
"Don't be like that, please explain it to
step by step so I can understand. I'm going to burst with frustration at this rate."
Hong Sochen let out a groan and then lowered his voice even more.
"I sent your niece to the Heavenly Demon Fortress."
"Yes?"
Zhuge Guk's eyes widened. However, before long, as if he had a feeling, he had a serious face.
"You told her to find the Eccentric Physician."
"Yes. Tang Hwagi said that if it's not the Eccentric Physician, he can't even do anything."
"Her condition must be more serious than I thought."
"Yes. So isn't that why that guy, Moyong Gi, gave up on the Dragon and Phoenix Inn and headed for the Heavenly Demon Fortress. To save your niece."
"I owe that child too much."
"If you know, do well. Rember everything and even pay interest."
Hong Sochen said it like a joke. However, Zhuge Guk, whose thoughts were complicated, could not reply.
Hong Sochen, who could fully understand his feelings, did not say any more and just stared at him.
However, Zhuge Guk, after a while, shot up from his seat.
"Th-this! The Flying Swallow Pavilion Master!"
"You brat! Why are you shouting?"
Hong Sochen's face contorted at Zhuge Guk, who was suddenly shouting, but his face soon beca extrely serious.
It was because Zhuge Guk had explained in detail what had happened with Jang Musaeng.
"That guy, Musaeng, did that?"
"That's right. If we leave this as it is, things will get complicated."
"It's a relief if it's just that much. If we leave it as it is, we won't even be able to do anything."
"I think so too. If they even burst out that the children are heading for the Heavenly Demon Fortress, we'll be helpless. The entire Orthodox Justice Alliance will aim for those children."
Hong Sochen's face contorted.
"Damn it. Is there no possibility of it passing quietly?"
"Don't you know too, Sect Leader? Even if the Flying Swallow Pavilion is a little behind the Beggars' Sect's Thousand Li Unit, the difference is not big. If they stick to it with a determination, there's no way they wouldn't know."
"Is there no way?"
Zhuge Guk tapped the table with his finger out of habit. And then, after a long ti, he opened his mouth with difficulty.
"I suppose... we'll have to get rid of Elder Jang."
"Is that so?"
"Yes. Because there's no other way."
"The price to give to the Alliance Leader will be high, right?"
"So I need the Sect Leader's help."
"What is it? What are you going to hand over?"
"The Golden Flower Pavilion."
Hong Sochen let out a groan.
It was because the Golden Flower Pavilion, which was in charge of the supplies needed by the Orthodox Justice Alliance, was a place that made money.
"Is that the only way?"
"If it's not that much, the Alliance Leader will not move."
Hong Sochen pondered for a mont and then in the end nodded.
"Alright. Let's do that."
Zhuge Guk asked again with a careful face.
"The other elders...?"
"Don't worry. I'll take care of it. But not the entire Golden Flower Pavilion. Just half. Less than that would be even better."
Zhuge Guk nodded.
"I understand."
***
"Camping, camping, camping..."
Moyong Gi, who was sitting with Park Gangjin in the driver's seat, grumbled with a dissatisfied face.
However, Park Gangjin retorted with a calm face.
"Then what do you suggest we do? There are no private houses. If you really don't like it, you can just build a house yourself."
"That's why I'm saying this. At this rate, our Yeon might get sick."
Moyong Gi looked back at Zhuge Yeon, who was sleeping soundly, using Lee Yeonghwa's leg as a pillow.
Although she had gotten much better, the ti she was asleep was still longer than the ti she was awake.
Moreover, since it was a ans of transportation that was closer to a cart than a carriage, without a roof, she had to be exposed to the night dew. So he was more concerned.
"Don't worry too much. The weather is still good, isn't it? Fortunately, it's not raining."
"That's true, but..."
"Just endure it a little longer. If we go for another day or two, we'll soon see a private house."
Nevertheless, Moyong Gi still had a face full of dissatisfaction, but he soon nodded with a face that said he had no choice.
And then, he shook his head and changed the subject. Because if he thought about it any more, his stomach would just churn.
"By the way, it's surprisingly quiet. If a stranger saw it, they wouldn't even think it was the territory of the Heavenly Demon Fortress."
"Originally, the security in the territory of the evil faction is better than in the territory of the orthodox faction."
Moyong Gi's eyes widened.
"What do you an by that?"
"It's funny... the guys from the evil faction hate having their things taken away more than dying. So even if they commit robbery, they have to get permission and pay tribute. So what crazy bastard would do such a thing here? Can you even call that robbery?"
Moyong Gi let out a hollow laugh as if he was dumbfounded.
"Wow. Then isn't it rather a good place to live?"
However, Park Gangjin shook his head.
"That's not it either. Instead, the mischief they cause is not to be taken lightly. In a broad sense, living in the territory of the orthodox faction or the territory of the evil faction is about the sa, but in the territory of the evil faction, you always have to watch your mood, so it feels more difficult to live."
At those words, Moyong Gi licked his lips.
"It's certainly the sa that it's not easy to live wherever you go."
Park Gangjin looked at Moyong Gi with a strange eye.
Moyong Gi looked at Park Gangjin and asked.
"Why are you looking at
like that?"
"No, it's just that it doesn't seem like sothing a child would say. That's sothing a middle-aged man of fifty would say..."
Moyong Gi chuckled.
And then, he stretched greatly.
"It's nice and quiet because there's nothing to worry about, but it's still boring. At a ti like this, if a robber or sothing popped out..."
Moyong Gi, who was speaking, suddenly his eyes narrowed.
Park Gangjin looked at Moyong Gi with a puzzled eye.
"You, why are you suddenly like that?"
However, Park Gangjin's question had no choice but to be buried.
It was because Myung Jin, who was riding behind, had shot up from his seat.
Before long, two n popped out of the forest like a thunderbolt, drew their swords, and blocked the road.
"You brats! If you don't want to die, give us everything you have!"
"Give it to us!"
Park Gangjin looked at Moyong Gi. Moyong Gi looked at Park Gangjin with a face that said 'why are you like that'.
Park Gangjin opened his mouth.
"You shut up from now on."
Moyong Gi let out a groan.
(End of Chapter)
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