Jang Man-dok turned around, and the three quickly stopped him. “Sah, the death penalty got it wrong. It’s smooth, isn’t it?”
In response to Seo Seok-san’s question, Do Pyeong-su made an expression, “Why did you bring me in?” and only smiled awkwardly. He couldn’t lie to Geom Woo-bin.
“Bye. Don’t crash.”
“Yes!” The Blood Lion, who answered vigorously, rushed out the window. “You must have been quite bored in Hangzhou.”
The Blood Lion, who used to roam because of the narrow midfield, lived in Hangzhou for several years, and even earned the inappropriate nickname of Hangzhou Saseon. He survived the boring Hangzhou life because of Geom Woo-bin, but when he came out, he felt thrilled, almost as if a gambler had set foot in a gambling hall.
‘Still, I hope that someday the good karma will overtake the bad karma, priests.’
Seeing that Geom Woo-bin refused to come back until he fell asleep, she seemed to be looking around. Her sleep in an unfamiliar place did not last very long. After waking up at dawn, Geom Woo-bin gave up asking her to sleep again and left her guesthouse.
Woo-bin, the sword, trudged along the path where the blue day began to shine. She had no specific destination for her. She just went down the road she was accustomed to, and she came close to Zhuge Sega, but she couldn’t get her to Zhuge Sega, so she took the mountain path.
Yangyang-hyeon wasn’t a big city, so it was a place with a nice dense landscape. The mountain path was gentle and well maintained, so it was as comfortable as walking on flat ground. As they climbed up the hill, they came to a path with bamboo forests on both sides.
It was nice to hear the sound of the bamboo forest writhing loudly even in the slightest wind. Halfway through the bamboo forest, he heard a rattling sound in front of him. It was a bright day while they were coming, so it would not be strange if someone showed up.
However, the appearance of ‘someone’ that appeared was not normal. She looked about the same age as Geom Woo-bin, who sat in her chair with wheels. The rattle was the sound of the chair wheels rolling. The boy came down carefully so that the wooden wheel did not roll too quickly, and Geom Woo-bin turned aside and made a way.
A boy with unusually thin legs and pale skin passed by after bowing his head to Geom Woo-bin. He thought it was an unusual meeting, but a passing boy called his name.
“Geom Woo-bin?” The boy smiled brightly as Geom Woo-bin, who had stopped her steps, turned her head.
“Is it Geom Woo-bin?”
“How do you know me?”
“I’m going to have to scold the guy who broke his face. You look so much better!”
At this, the boy rolled the wheel with his hand and got closer to Geom Woo-bin. It was a gentle albeit uphill, so she looked pretty tough. Geom Woo-bin then waited for the boy to approach.
“After! I was looking for a chance to meet, but seeing this by chance, I guess you and I have a relationship.” Geom Woo-bin then scratched his head.
“Well, once you know who you are, you can decide whether this will be a relationship or a bad relationship.”
With that, a shadow fell on the boy’s face. “You mean you don’t even know who I am when you look at me? Did you not even know about Sega when you came to Zhuge?”
“I’ve come to deliver alcohol, and I have enough money to pay for the expensive scammers. Do you think you have all the information you need?”
“When you say that, it sounds like the information I have gathered about you is exaggerated. Would it be polite to tell me who I am at this point? This is Zhuge Gal-hoon, the youngest member of the Sega family and in charge of the Rye Party. nice to meet you. Ah! The Rye Dang is where Zhugellse’s information is handled.”
“Are you the head of the family?”
“Huh. I’m pretty smart because God puts my head to the point where I need to go from my lower body.”
In the Moorim family, disability came as a punishment that proved to be worse than death. And so, despair and reclusive, and disappeared as if they never existed. However, Zhuge Hun was demonstrating his abilities while passing over his fatal flaw as if it were his joke.
Although he was a boy who had no choice but to be liked, he knew well that if he opened his heart easily, he would be easily hurt as well.
“But how do you know me? I’m not an important person for Zhuge Sega to pay attention to, am I?”
If so, that was a problem. “It’s my personal curiosity regardless of Sega. soju line. It’s not easy to get a nickname by yourself at that age. No matter how great a scammer is, it’s great that he broke through the market by himself at the age of eight and succeeded in a big way. Since I knocked out the Budo-Kwan at a young age, of course, my martial arts skills must be considerable.”
Jegal-hoon knew quite a bit about Geom Woo-bin.
“Thank you for the compliment, but do you still feel bad for doing my research?” At Geom Woo-bin’s words, Jegal-hoon put on a bewildered expression.
“Oh sorry! I didn’t mean to make you feel bad. At first, after hearing about you from Hyeyeon noona, I recognized you lightly, but the more I got to know her, the more attractive she became, so I dug into it without realizing it. Don’t worry, it won’t harm you.”
“Did Namgoong Hye-yeon talk about me?”
“Huh. It was the first time Hyeyeon noona had spoken about her man in such a lengthy way. When she heard her second brother, she would have been jealous.”
“Still, it wouldn’t be a story that Zhugellse would envy his son.”
“Hello.”
Tak Tak! With that, Zhuge Hoon tapped the handle of his chair on which he was sitting. “I’m not riding this for fun.”
In Jegal-hoon’s eyes, as he looked at his slender legs, an instinct-like pain came to mind. “What would have happened if I had been born into a farmer-like family, not Zhugellse? It must have been a burden only to collect food. He was weak, so he might have died a long time ago. If there is no Zhuge, there is no me. But you really did it on your own. Without family or parental help. I envy and respect you, who is one year younger than me and self-made. It is the object of my envy. Oh! The last thing I said was tickling. Hehe!”
Although what Jegal-hoon said was true, this was a fantasy created by a boy who was not able to move freely when he was too immersed in Geom Woo-bin, who was his age.
“I can’t be that great.”
“It is not the person who makes that judgment, but the people who see it. Anyway, meeting and talking like this is worthwhile to have you come.”
“Do you want me to come? You?”
“Who do you think was the orderer?” Indeed, that was puzzling. This was because, in Yangyang, the only person who knew the master was the owner of the biggest giru.
“If a country like this is okay, why don’t we become friends?” Jegal-hoon’s face reddened slightly when he said those words. It was Geom Woo-bin who read Jang Man-dok’s expression. Although this meeting was strange and a little embarrassing, it was clear that there was no malice in Zhuge Gal-hun.
“Is it okay if the head of the Zhuge Sega family is friends with someone who is a brewer?”
“What are you talking about! You’re not just a foundry man! Of course he’s good enough now, but he’ll be a bigger character in the future! All the shortcomings of my legs went to my head. That includes the human eye. Trust my eyes when people call me a genius. You will be big enough for me to be honored.”
He didn’t know what the ‘big person’ that Jegal-hoon said twice meant, but it was not a human thing to turn away from eyes full of hope. Geom Woo-bin turned behind Jegal-hoon and said.,“Don’t blame this friend for being bad at pushing a wheelchair. I am not a genius like you.”
At this, Jegal-hoon raised his hands and expressed the joy of being friends with Geom Woo-bin. While going down the mountain, they talked surprisingly a lot. Like most people who were called geniuses, Jegal-hoon reads a lot, and Geom Woo-bin also liked books. The topic was overflowing and there was no talk until all the way down the mountain.
“Would you like to go to Sega for breakfast?”
“No, your aunt will be waiting for you.”
“What about your uncles? You left Namgungse together, didn’t you?”
“Huh? Hey, you went to Hangzhou first for work.”
He couldn’t say that he was spying on Zhugellse. “Are you coming again?”
Geom Woo-bin had nothing to see in Zhuge.
After the gold tax was over, all she had left to do was come to collect the drink.
‘By the way, aren’t the priests’ excuses for spying out of fear that I’m in danger? And that promise was kept surprisingly quickly.
“Yes? Mandokmun Moon Ju?”
After a night of reconnaissance, the Blood Lion returned just in time for breakfast. It was written on the face of Jang Man-dok that he happened to see while eating the chewy dumplings he had made last night. Of course, Geom Woo-bin didn’t know who Mandok-mun Moon-ju was, so Seok-san gave an explanation.
“This is a sect that Zhuge Zhugeuk destroyed six months before taking over the position of Munju 12 years ago. Mandokmun Mundogazegalse poisoned six people and killed them. It was caused by a misunderstanding, but Zhuge Zhuge couldn’t be such a merciful person. No matter how much Mandokmun was raging in Honam, it could not be the opponent of Zhuge Sega.”
At that, Geom Woo-bin nodded her head. “I ordered the annihilation, but it was not a complete annihilation as Munju and some remnants fled.”
Seo Seok-san, who glanced at Jang Man-dok, muttered, “My mouth just hurts and yet it’s for nothing.”
“Is it true that such a Mandokmunju appeared with a role? Then, like everyone else, you have no intention of meeting Zhuge Zhuang in person to solve Eun Won?”
Do Pyeong-su said, “So, let’s say that we don’t even come close to the Zhugesae until the tax collection ends. Being next to poisonous things just makes me tired.”
When Jang Man-dok glared at him, the other three spoke with Lee Gu-dong. “After all, there’s nothing good about being next to poison-touching things.”
Geom Woo-bin was thinking about something. “Can you find out more about Mandokmun Moonju?”
“Are you going to ignore our advice?”
“Because I knew this was the case when I was eating with Jegal-hoon.”
After all, someone from the Blood Lions was always watching Geom Woo-bin. “You can’t pretend you don’t know when you know an innocent person will get hurt.”
“The only innocent people among the Murim are those who are already dead. I just made friends for nothing.”
“You still look like a good guy, don’t you? It’s a little lower than the death penalty, but he’s kind, so it’ll be good to eat him occasionally.”
At Seo Seok-san’s words, Jeon Yeong-hong clucked his tongue. “Are you making friends to pamper you? After all, you have to make good friends. Otherwise, you will suffer for the rest of your life.”
At the end of those words, the Blood Lions looked at each other and let out a long sigh.
He was not a Blood Lion who would refuse the request. No matter how secretly the Mandokmun Munju moved, he could not avoid the watch of the blood lion. In the afternoon, Penguin Hong returned.
“I think the plan is to poison the Moorim people who attended the gold dust collection.”
It was said that Mandokmunmunju Machungsan secretly met three people. “There are three people: Jeon Woo-mang, who trades salt with Zhuge Sega, Hwang Tae-jeong, who supplied tea in large quantities, and Gong Man-deok, who sold alcohol other than Sagi-ju. Mandoki and Pyeongsu may find out more, but for now, I think these three are helping Machungsan.”
Seok-san seemed to be watching Geom Woo-bin from somewhere. “Isn’t the day after tomorrow the day you do your laundry?”
“Yes.”
“If Machungsan has a plan to poison the Moorim people, the timing will vary depending on the type of poison. In the case of severe poisoning with late symptoms of poisoning, it may have already been poisoned.”
Geom Woo-bin stood up after thinking deeply.
“I want to go to Zhugesega.”
“Do you know which of these two poisons is?”
“It’s very likely that it’s toxic.” If one was going to use instant poison, it would have been mixed among the people working in the kitchen, not the people who deliver the goods.
“They probably already have poison in the deliveries.”
“Are you just going to visit me?” Geom Woo-bin laughed. “You have a new friend.”
Fortunately, it was not all that difficult to meet Jegal-hoon. As soon as he revealed the purpose and identity of the person who came to him, the waist of the warrior who guarded the front gate was immediately folded.
“If the head of the family visits us, he has given us an order to serve him immediately.”
In addition to this, the delivery of alcohol and the invitation of Master Sega were different. As the gold tax collection drew near, Zhuge Sega proved to be much busier than the oil market.
“Uh? Geom Woo-bin?”