[The Three Kingdoms] Golden Sun Exhibition

28 – Sagittal branch (3)

It took about 15 days for Seo-bok to meet Sun-wook.

“Did you have a good trip?”

“yes….”

Seobok was more obedient than expected. He was polite and polite, as if he had been to barracks training somewhere.

‘Wasn’t she originally like this?’

When people are tired and tired, they become filled with evil.

As a human being, leisure comes from the treasury, and only when the treasury is plentiful can one be generous and leisurely towards those around me.

When he first came here, Seobok was full of the malice of a needy person, but now, after visiting Jinryu, he may be a little more relaxed.

“Well, do you have something to say…?”

It’s a little embarrassing because they’re a bit overly polite, but there’s nothing particularly bad about it.

If you want to work here in the future, you have to treat me with respect so that I can treat you fairly with other students. If someone behaves arrogantly, only that person can be criticized for discriminating.

however.

“…….”

The condition of the bamboo stem is strange. The knot that Sunwook usually uses to tie his bamboo poles is quite different.

It’s not like we made a promise or anything like that, but there’s no reason to say that just because I sent Seobok, my mood suddenly changed and we ended up tying another knot.

Sunwook is a smart woman.

The knot has changed in one of two ways.

One is that someone opened the bamboo scroll and checked the contents, or the other one was not written by Sunwook.

…Either that, Sunuk wrote it, but he wants to convey something to me, or he wants to tell me that it is something different from usual by tying the knot in a different way.

‘I don’t know.’

Anyway, you will understand when you see the content.

“Did anything happen when you went there?”

“Huh? Oh, there was nothing! Sunwook welcomed me with great hospitality. However, it took some time to get an answer.”

“Really? She’s not the type of person to do that.”

Excluding the time spent commuting back and forth, Sunuk usually wrote and sent letters in one day. When I received her letter, I wrote it and sent it right away, and when she received my letter, she responded right away.

It was quite unusual for it to take 15 days to send it to Seobok with a message attached.

It was even unusual for her to hesitate to write a letter for that full month.

“What on earth happened… hmm.”

I received a bamboo stick from Seobok.

“The handwriting is indeed Sunuk’s, but the writing style is completely different.”

“yes?”

“Do you know what happened?”

“I don’t know. I gave the letter and stayed there for three days, and after seeing my mother for a while, I received the letter and came back.”

“hmm….”

I don’t think he’s lying.

But it doesn’t seem to tell the whole story.

‘I’ll have to be careful from now on.’

There should be no need to send Seobok to Sunwook. Fortunately, there is another way, so I will have to make a separate plan to contact Sunwook.

‘Soonuk is not the type of person who writes in such a sentimental way.’

Anyone who takes out any of Sunuk’s letters I have stored in the warehouse and compares them will be able to tell that they were written by someone else.

In addition to handwriting, people have something called writing style.

-On a dark night when I picked up a brush to write a letter, I suddenly looked beyond the window paper and saw that the moon was floating round in the night sky. When I saw that image, I thought of you again.

‘Soonuk doesn’t say things like this.’

I’m not the type of person who displays this kind of charm through writing.

She is not a woman who shows cuteness even in conversation.

Her cuteness comes when she drinks alcohol all at once and does something out of anger –

“…….”

No, let’s not remember.

I have no memory of that day.

Both sides made mistakes, and it’s no good for either side.

“…I couldn’t answer because I was looking at the contents of the letter for a moment. That’s right, Seo Won-jik.”

“yes.”

“Follow me.”

I folded the bamboo stick and put it in my bosom, then took Seobok with me and headed to the pavilion. There, Sima Hui, dressed in clean civil servant clothes, was waiting for us with a fan and white ceramics placed on a small desk.

“Teacher Soo-kyung, I brought Seo-bok.”

“Hmm. Seobok, come here.”

Seo Bok quietly knelt in front of Sima Hui. Sima Hui spread a piece of white silk on the desk and put ink on it.

Sreuk.

It’s a masterpiece.

There are people who are willing to pay a huge amount of money to receive their name and character from Sima Hui, so it is an honor for the family to receive the name written by her.

Seo (徐).

It is Seobok’s castle. And now it’s time to write the name Bok (福).

Seo (庶).

But she used a different name.

Seo Bok tilted his head, and Sima Hui took out the paper he had prepared in advance from under the desk.

Startle.

Seo Bok was surprised to see the bloody ‘Bok’ character.

“You fully understand the meaning of this act.”

Hwareuk.

Sima Hui burned the paper in the lantern. The blessings were written on the expensive paper and burned, and the ashes were blown into the sky by the wind.

“Your blood-stained name, Bok, no longer exists in this world. Only the disciple of Sugyeong Academy exists, and the person called Wonjik.”

“ah….”

“From now on, our Sugyeong Academy will become your father and teach you the lessons you want to learn. We cannot turn away those who come to learn. However, if you commit evil deeds….”

“I will do my best!”

thud.

Seobok, or rather, stood up, bowed down on the floor and bowed his head.

“Thank you for accepting me!”

“Yes. I have prepared a storage room over there for you. You will be staying there with room and board from now on. Please follow me.”

Sima Hui stood up and took me to the storage room. Of course, there was a lot of luggage piled up there, and as he stood there, his expression turned sour for a moment.

“…Heh.”

Sima Hui grinned and entered the warehouse. I followed her in, and Sima Hui opened the door inside the storage room again.

“This way.”

“…yes?”

“It’s the room next to the warehouse. Teacher Su-kyung was playing.”

After opening the door inside the warehouse, rooms for the diners spread out to the left and right. From the end of the passage, this was where Sima Hui, Sima Yi, and Shun Yuga slept in order.

“Your room is here.”

“ah….”

He stood and pursed his lips as he looked at his room. Her room, like the other guests’ rooms, was sufficiently structured for a person to live there for a long period of time.

“Later, here you will work with your mother for Sugyeong Academy. Do you understand?”

“Uh, your mother?”

“Okay. Why are you leaving your mother alone in a faraway place? Please bring your mother with you.”

“Ah, well, that is….”

He stood there in embarrassment and looked at me with his eyes.

“…Teacher Sunwook felt sorry for my situation and helped me. My mother also said that she had no intention of leaving the land where my late father lived….”

“Um, really? Then I can’t help it.”

“…….”

I quietly closed my eyes.

Oxygen.

Oxygen.

“…You said you don’t have any relatives who can take oxygen, right?”

“Yes, it is.”

“…Then there’s nothing we can do. Teacher Su-kyung.”

Since ancient times, humans have tended to think that something big has happened when their feet are on fire.

“…Can I take Seo to the kitchen for a moment?”

The family increased by one person.

and.

“Stand up! You do your best in the kitchen! Understood?!”

“Did you bring me in as your disciple to help me in the kitchen?”

“No way!”

The number of people sharing kitchen work has increased.

* * *

After briefly telling Seo about life here.

“Standing. Sleeping Wonjik.”

I told Teacher Su-gyeong the story of Seo-bok, and Sima-hui decided to give Seo-bok the name ‘Seo-seo’ when he returns.

I was the one who came up with the name, but Sima Hui decided to give it the official name.

Rather than simply giving a name to Geumtaeyang, it was better for Seo Seo and us that Sima Hui give us a new name to signify a break with the past.

Instead, Seo was told to hide the fact that he had committed sins in the past.

Although there was a stipulation that she successfully carry out what I asked her to do, she did her duty.

She successfully delivered the bamboo stick I gave her to Sunwook. Fortunately, Sunwook was in charge of internal affairs within Cao Cao’s army, and I met Sunwook without any trouble and conveyed my news and the bamboo bullets.

And Sunwook’s answer came back as I had hoped.

I was able to grasp the situation in all matters, including the affairs of the Heuksan bandits, the relationship with Yuan Shao, the current situation in Chang’an, the movements of Jingzhou, and the war in Hebei.

And with the postscript at the end, I realized how she had judged Seo.

-Someday, when I take a vacation and visit, I will take Seobok’s mother down with me.

“also.”

He was quite an outstanding talent.

It’s because he hasn’t learned it yet, but if he learns well, he has the talent to walk the path of great works by high officials.

So wouldn’t Sun-wook say that he would come down to Jingju with his old mother on purpose?

Even while using up his precious vacation.

‘This is the first time you said you would come down to Jingju.’

She had only said that she hoped to see each other again someday, but this was the first time she had even talked about vacation.

“…It’s sweet.”

What made her like this?

Did you have a change of heart while dealing with the Black Bandit?

Or is it because the number of women around me who can become acquaintances has increased and my sensitivity has become richer?

Is Sunuk really the kind of person who will leave the government office and leave the problems faced by King Cao Cao even for a day in these difficult times?

The Sunwook I saw last time was not that kind of person.

However, the fact that she decided to come down and take a vacation probably means that she has changed in her own way.

‘I’ll handle it well and come down.’

Sunuk would take care of other political issues, and the only thing left to do was to resolve the Jukgan issue.

“It seems like someone else is seeing this.”

There must have been someone nearby giving me advice.

Whether or not Sunuk asked for advice, something must have leaked.

Then, what other people will see in the future….

‘I have to go for counseling.’

I took my bamboo stick and left my room.

I tried to come forward.

“Are you there?”

“Teacher Sunyu?”

Outside the door, Sunyu was in her pajamas and was about to knock on my room door.

“It just worked out. I wanted to consult with you about Sunuk’s work.”

“Oh, really?”

Sunyu smiled leisurely and pushed me inside.

“We’ll do it here.”