chapter 192
192 – Geum Taeyang, the thief (1)
Late at night.
Dongseung quickly went to the house of a trustworthy person.
He knew that it was definitely dangerous to meet Liu Bei and then another person, but he had no choice but to discuss it with someone who knew right away.
“Is there a confession!!”
“…Guk-gu, what are you doing this early in the morning?”
Prince’s clothes.
He, who held a fairly high official position as Sirang, saw the pale-faced Dongseung and brought him inside.
“We’re in big trouble. We’re in big trouble! Our plans have been disrupted!”
“What big deal happened?”
“Yu Bei refused!”
“…No, why?”
The prince’s attire became a matter of contemplation.
“There is no reason to refuse!”
“They didn’t believe us. They got away very cunningly, saying they wouldn’t follow unless they heard directly from His Majesty the Emperor!”
“…Huh. I guess I have a good sense of it, or I’m just stubborn. Either way, it’s still pretty sh*tty.”
Prince Bok frowned and cursed Liu Bei.
“What should we do now? What if Liu Bei is snitching on us?”
“…What did Liu Bei say?”
“I don’t know. I don’t remember very well. But he left as if he wasn’t going to report it, or rather, he was going to delay reporting it. He…he said that if I tell the vizier now, the dispatch of troops will be postponed.”
“Hmm….”
Prince Bok touched his beard and nodded.
“If His Majesty’s case had been certain, he might have written his name on the blood plate.”
“what?”
“He was afraid of Cao Cao. He said he couldn’t sleep because he was afraid that Cao Cao would kill him at any time. He may have agreed to get rid of Cao Cao, but.”
“Now that I’m Hwangsuk, I have no choice but to be careful with my movements? Tsk.”
“But he also received a lot of help from JoJo. It is true that he also received help from us….”
While Liu Bei was in Hedu, he received support from both the pro-emperor faction and the Cao Cao faction.
In addition to the gold and silver treasures that Cao Cao sent every day, there were many people who came to Liu Bei with special boxes to meet Liu Hwang-suk.
Yubi showed his own behavior by growing crops in the garden and giving compost, but no one could tell whether he was sincere or pretentious.
“He acted as if he was on no one’s side, but there is no gray in the courtroom. But it is now clear which side he is closer to.”
“Which one?”
“Of course it’s closer to us.”
The corner of the prince’s mouth twitched.
“This guy thinks that Jojo is someone who needs to be eliminated. Otherwise, he would have immediately grabbed Gukgu and gone to Jojo’s house.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, of course. It was thanks to Cao Cao that Lü Bu was eliminated, but wasn’t it also Cao Cao who provided the opportunity for Zhou Zhou to be taken away? Moreover, now that he has risen to the level of Your Majesty’s uncle, he must have been proud to have a eunuch’s daughter as his superior. .”
“Right, right? A woman is the prime minister. Oh, that’s right.”
Dongseung and Wang Wangfu conversed with each other several times and came to a conclusion about Liu Bei.
“…Someone who is not on our side, but close to our side.”
“A person who will try to eliminate Cao Cao whenever he gets the chance.”
Only the parties themselves know why Liu Bei tolerated Dong Sheng’s plan to eliminate Cao Cao.
However, if there is one thing Yu-bi does not know, it is that in these difficult times, things that are beyond common sense happen.
“They can’t even decide if they’re black or white, and they make it so you don’t have to wait. Do you have a blood clot?”
“Yeah, yeah. It’s here.”
“Then I will write it.”
My companion took out a piece of paper hidden inside his belt.
The letters written on the Korean paper were all red, and Prince Wang Bok personally wrote a blood letter by cutting his index finger and putting the blood on the paper.
“General Left. Hwang Suk and Yu Hyeon-deok.”
Even though he was not Liu Bei, he wrote a blood oath as if Liu Bei had participated in the assassination of Cao Cao.
Prince Wang Bok smiled with satisfaction and handed the letter back to Dongseung.
“Don’t forget. The person who should lead the court should not be a maternal relative or a eunuch, but an honest and capable member of the Cheongryu faction.”
“…Ah. I know that well. But let me make this clear.”
The fellow monk threatened the prince.
“The only person protecting Your Majesty now is my daughter, Dong Gwi-in. Do you understand?”
“Of course, Gukgu.”
The companion put the belt around his waist again and turned around.
“I guess I’ll just go. Then….”
Sigh.
The door opened.
Then, the companion was startled to see a woman standing alone in the dark outside the door.
“……Keuhum.”
The woman was staring at herself with an annoyed face.
Dongseung’s heart sank, he rubbed his eyes and tilted his head.
“uh…?”
Dongseung blinked his eyes several times.
The woman in front of me had disappeared before I knew it, and there was no one on the street.
“…Surprise. I was surprised because I thought that b*tch had appeared.”
Dongseung sighed and sighed.
“…family culture, that b*tch can’t be here.”
“Hey. This looks like it’s going to be fun. It’s very exciting as soon as we get to Heo Island.”
“Geoah, Geah!”
“Hoger. Would you like to go around the place I’m talking about for a moment?”
“Ho-geo_ah_/`-!”
The woman spread her fan and covered her mouth.
Her eyes were following her companion as he entered someone else’s house.
* * *
“Why did a man like Gam-nyeong suddenly appear in this land of men and women?”
Shock, fear, confusion.
Jo Ja-ryong rode forward on the horse I lent him, holding a spear, and defeated the bandits in an instant.
It seems that the reason he borrowed the horse was simply to use the strength to run to that place to defeat the enemy, and his spear skills were similar to, or better than, the inaction shown by Gamnyeong in the past against Wonsul’s army.
Peerless!
If I were to use the term “Ikkitousen” to refer to someone, it would definitely be for that man.
“…Tsk.”
A man with a handsome face is also good at fighting?
He’s about the same height as me, right?
I feel jealous for no reason.
‘It’s definitely going to be small there.’
It’s about toes.
Not really, there is no other meaning.
“Sir, what do you think of that man?”
“Are you jealous now?”
“…Well, since I was born a man, it’s natural to feel jealous of someone who fights much better than me.”
Just as the Hwangjo did to Gamnyeong, I also sometimes feel a sense of entitlement when I see those who fight much better than me.
No matter how much I follow the path of a civil servant or scholar, isn’t there a fundamental tendency for people to be fascinated by nothingness?
“It’s really cool. I also want to become a warrior when I’m born in my next life.”
“They say martial artists need to be systematically trained from a young age.”
“So this life is impossible.”
“How about raising your son or daughter as a warrior? If a child comes from a woman with martial wealth, the child will definitely be born with a warrior’s wealth as well.”
“Well, that sounds good.”
I rode a horse with Seo Seo and waited for Jo Ja-ryong and other cavalrymen to clear out the bandits and bring in the men.
“Teacher Gold!”
“Are you here, general?”
Wen Bing arrived with a large army.
After some of the extreme soldiers he led returned to Shinya to protect Yeo Nam’s refugees, only the remaining ones arrived within a stone’s throw of Yeo Nam.
“I heard this on the way. There is someone who looks like a ghost?”
“Yes. He’s coming over there at the right time.”
The man holding the reins of the horse I was riding and walking with the soldiers was still completely undisturbed.
“It was a man called Jo Ja-ryong of Sangsan.”
“Hmm… I think I heard something.”
“Judging by your accent, you seem to be from Hebei.”
What would a man who was active in Hebei do in Yeonam?
I don’t know, but what is clear is that he is not a bad person.
“Are you by any chance Governor Shinya or General Moon Bing?”
“exactly.”
“Nice to meet you. My name is Zhao Wun, and my name is Ja-ryong. I was passing by the land of Yeonam when I saw the chaos, and I was rescuing people who were being chased by thieves.”
“You must be a righteous man. We also came rushing over because we were afraid something might happen in Yeonam.”
Moon Bing glanced at me, and I nodded at him.
If we don’t explain, this man might misunderstand why we brought the army.
“I received intelligence that the traitor Wonsul was planning to escape at night. That’s why I rushed to you so quickly.”
“ah…!”
Jaune let out an exclamation as if he had finally realized something.
I let out a little sigh of relief because it seemed like an unnecessary misunderstanding had been resolved.
“however….”
“Yes, it seems it’s already too late. The reason why the chaos broke out in Yeonam means that Yuan Shu has already escaped and the people have destroyed the castle and set it on fire.”
Who suffered the most damage from Wonsul?
Of course, they are the residents who lived where Wonsul is located.
“We have already received information from the residents. They say that hundreds of officials, including Won Sul, his wife and children, and soldiers secretly escaped at night through the North Gate.”
“Tsk. You’re really one step late. Even three days ago… No, if that had happened, Wonsulgun would have launched a defensive battle.”
“Master Geum, what should we do? Should we send the cavalry now? Three or four days away is enough to chase them around Xuzhou.”
“…….”
Capturing the traitor Wonsul.
Then, Wen Bing may be invited to Heo Island and receive the rank of general rather than Governor Shinya.
I might also receive a huge box of gold in return for my great contribution.
Because Wonsul has ‘it’.
“…Tsk.”
It is a mass of disaster.
Because Yuan Shu had it, he was called emperor.
What if it goes to Yupyo?
What if I close my mouth to Liu Biao and offer it to Cao Cao and the Emperor?
‘It’s like swallowing poison.’
There will only be problems that are more troublesome for me to deal with.
In that case, it is better to resolve the issue within a manageable range.
“General. I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay. I would have been very disappointed if you had suggested something like that.”
Fortunately, Moon Bing was not someone who prioritized success and fame.
“It’s much better than chasing after Yuan Shu and having the people here get killed or kidnapped by bandits.”
“Yes. …Let’s go back first. It looks like there’s no one in the castle.”
Hoe-gun.
We achieved the goal for which we rushed to Yeonam from the beginning.
“I order the Shinya army! Be on guard against thieves! Transport the eight and a half refugees safely to Shinya!!”
The soldiers shouted at Moon Bing’s shout.
It was a warning to thieves who might be approaching us, and a shout to reassure the fearful refugees.
“…Are you okay like this?”
“What do you mean?”
“Why don’t you go into the castle and take care of the things inside the castle?”
“Are you telling me to take the loot from the empty castle?”
“That’s right. They all say that in Hebei.”
“That’s Hebei.”
Joun.
This man seems to have been disillusioned in many ways in Hebei.
“And we have already taken the most valuable loot of all.”
“Something?”
“excuse me.”
I pointed to those passing in front of us.
Among them, the two sisters whom Jaune protected were also relying on each other, walking with difficulty towards Shinya.
“We got people.”