As Prophet - Chapter 115



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Episode 115. Liver

Dalcheon approached and asked about Baek Ijeong’s whereabouts, then called out to Mukhyeong.

“It’s a liver. Go after him, see who you meet, and then catch the next one.”

“Loyalty!”

“Oh, you don’t have to do that since you’re not a military commander… … .”

The conversation did not continue, because the silent figure had already disappeared down there.

Apa usually goes from neighborhood to neighborhood, from house to house, selling things. But this old woman went straight up the street and headed west at a brisk pace. She looked back a few times to make sure no one was chasing her, then let out a deep breath.

The place Apa went to was a riverside village quite far from the school. It was a small village with a few inns for travelers and a couple of places selling straw sandals, walking sticks, and bundles needed for travel. Apa went into the inn, put down his luggage, and sat down on the bench inside. Judging from the fact that he sat down without hesitation even though there was already someone sitting there, it seemed like they knew each other.

“What do you think?”

The man wearing a hat asked, sitting down. He had placed his short sword for self-defense next to the desk leg.

“There are about twenty children and a similar number of adults. They are called the school building. On one side, they are reading books and on the other side, they are swinging swords.”

“What about Guan Zhu? He’s young… … .”

“I made eye contact with a young boy and was startled. It felt like his eyes were going straight into me.”

“Did you get caught?”

“No. I quickly packed my bags and left.”

“also?”

“There are more than thirty horses near the entrance.”

“There are a lot.”

He whispered what he had seen, and he described the situation at the school in quite detail.

“Yeah.”

The man in the apron tossed me a pouch containing a bundle of coins.

“Hohoho, thank you. I hit the jackpot today.”

“Go ahead. Don’t come near that area.”

“What does it matter to me where I go? I won’t set foot on the ground for the time being. Hahaha!”

After the man who received the money left, the man in the first row stood up, and the two people who had been on the table behind him followed suit. However, they did not even touch the food on the table.

“I’m going back.”

“debriefing!”

He ordered and moved. He left the village and headed towards Hanyang.

* * *

He appeared when I entered a deserted road. There was no one on the road, but he suddenly appeared. On one side, the trees on the roadside grew tall, and on the other side, the mountain sloped steeply, and it was a winding road.

The sinner knows why. He instinctively senses that what we are doing is illegal and that we are here to stop it. But he also has a feeling of hope.

“Who are you? Why are you blocking the road… … .”

“I think you should go together.”

“Who are you… … .”

“If I tell you who I am, you guys are the ones who know me?”

While spending time with Dalcheon, Mukhyeong also started talking more.

“But if you caught and killed him, shouldn’t you know who it was?”

“I see. It’s a silent one.”

“What? Silent, what?”

Mukhyeong, who noticed that they were wasting time, rushed at them without waiting any longer.

Creak.

There was a sound of the scabbard ring being pressed, and the pure white sword was quickly drawn and flew towards the waist of the middle guy. The guy quickly drew his sword and blocked it. However, it was no use. The true power contained in the silent sword pushed the sword that was blocking it away and dug half an inch into the guy’s side.

“Ahh!”

The guy turned his body behind his raised sword in shock. Two swords flew out from behind him. One was above, one was below. He blocked the one below and ducked to avoid the one above.

I thought the fight was over, but the sword that I thought was blocked went up the sword of the one who struck. The tip of the sword that went up seemed to bend like a snake. Even a soft sword doesn’t bend like that. My thoughts didn’t last long. The sword that went up cut my arm and passed by.

“Ahh!”

Another guy who had passed through the air turned around. Mukhyeong’s body lowered sharply and he swept the guy’s lower body with his feet. The guy with both legs floating in the air looked at Mukhyeong with wide eyes and fell. The sword that flew in succession was touching the guy’s neck. No, it dug in about half an inch.

In an instant, a chill ran down his spine, and he froze. It was a natural phenomenon that occurred when he thought he was going to die, but he suddenly felt embarrassed when he saw the sword no longer going in deep.

Mukhyeong kicked the fallen man in the side. He lost his breath.

Hah!

No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t exhale.

After dealing with the three men, Mukhyeong tied them up and took them to the school building.

* * *

As I start to move, my thoughts start to wander.

“Nari, we are not guilty at all.”

“I never said it was a sin.”

“But why are you arresting us?”

A man with a red waist and red sides speaks well.

“Yes, why is that? I wish you would think about it and speak carefully.”

“There is absolutely nothing wrong with it.”

“This is annoying! Go and talk to a nice person. You know what? You might be able to save your life.”

“There is absolutely nothing wrong with it.”

But the conversation with the guy didn’t continue because he struck me with the sheath between my neck and shoulder.

“Ahh! Oh! Ohhh!”

The guy fell to one knee and rolled around on the floor, screaming and writhing as if he was waiting for help.

Mukhyeong drew his sword. He stepped on the struggling man’s stomach and held it upright over his chest.

“It looks like you don’t want to go, so I’ll leave you behind.”

The sword dug into the heart.

“Ahh! No. I was wrong. Please save me.”

“Who ordered this?”

“This is Seo Jae-cheol.”

“Who is Seo Jae-cheol?”

“I do the work of the Royal Guard. I resolve issues that the Royal Guard finds difficult to address directly.”

“Ahem, Seo Jae-cheol. Thanks to those words, you survived.”

I broke his shin. It hurts. I have to get up. The guy got up and started jumping around, patting his shin.

“Keep going! You can’t leave it on the road.”

“Yes, I was wrong.”

Even though he said he was wrong, he hit him a few more times. He hit him where it hurt. He screamed in unbearable pain. Time is the cure. As the three people who had been trained like that walked away, they stammered and confessed everything they knew.

He used to be the henchman of Geomgye Lee Gi-jeong, but now he is in charge of Seo Jae-cheol’s work, and there are more than a dozen of them.

There are quite a few unmanned ones besides themselves, numbering in the hundreds.

Today I was sent out with the order to find out information about the Yangju Martial Arts Academy. It seems like they are planning an attack.

Sometimes they move with the military of the government office, the military of the Gyeonggi Provincial Office.

Besides themselves, they also infiltrated the liver, some of which went into the mountains, while others went around neighboring villages to gather information.

We agreed to meet at Ihyeon outside Dongdaemun at the end of the day today to report.

I was told that I was organizing a private army and that I had to make the final push.

He talked without being asked. That’s how it is when you pay him to do something. He has no sense of mission. It’s because he only wants to produce the results of the work he’s been told to do.

After hearing their information, Mukhyeong had to stop and write it down every now and then. The amount of information was so great. There was so much information that he didn’t have to go to Hanyang to get it.

Mukhyeong, who had taken the trouble to bring the men to the school building, stood them in front of the entrance and went up to report to the governor and the grand prince.

“Oh, why did you bring me here? To the school where I study.”

“Then what do you want me to do?”

“Just kill him.”

He says and smiles, wondering if that is true. The expression on the face of the prince who heard the information hardened, but Dalcheon shows no such expression. No matter how difficult the task is, it is simple for him.

“No, that’s it. I had a hard time catching it.”

“That’s what I’m saying. What’s the point of keeping them? If they’re prisoners of war, we’ll use them as slaves. Just let them go.”

“Our information has been leaked.”

“The fear of silence will also be known.”

“no…….”

“Is there anything else you want to know?”

“Of course I am curious about many things, but as the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you will not be in danger in a hundred battles.”

Dalcheon looked back at the prince.

“Do you need it?”

The general shook his head.

“No need.”

“Send it. I’ll hit a few more.”

“All right.”

Mukhyeong went down and released the men. The three men ran away like crazy. As Mukhyeong grumbled and came up, Dalcheon pointed with the tip of his chin in the direction where the men had disappeared.

“why?”

“Go and see who you meet and what they say.”

Mukhyeong stuck his mouth out.

“I won’t catch you anymore!”

“Judge for yourself. Haha, ahaha.”

Dalcheon’s change of heart, which could be said to be capricious, made Mukhyeong grumble and follow the men.

* * *

Dalcheon, who was teaching elementary school to children, took a short break and left the lecture hall. It is called a lecture hall, but it is not that big. The house was built on top of pillars. It is a place with a wide view and a good sense of openness. Even though there was a shortage of wood, Dalcheon insisted on building it like that. It was cold in the spring because of the wind, so I don’t know why he would do it in the winter. Since there was a shortage of wood, some of the pillars that support the bottom were supported with stones.

“This is a practice session. Come out.”

Cheolmuwoong, who was leading a group of adults(?), came running naked.

“It looks like they’re coming up the mountain too. They’re probably coming down towards the silver birch forest over there. I think they’re looking at an attack route. Go and get them.”

“How many people?”

“Three? No, five? Oh, don’t go alone. Take the sleeping old man Bulmokhani with you at the entrance.”

Cheolmuwoong didn’t answer but shrugged his shoulders. He may be a tough opponent, but he’s a master of the previous generation. He was the commander of the royal guard more than ten years ago, and he was the best swordsman respected by the military. How great would it be if he had both ability and a good personality? However, ability and personality usually don’t go together. He’s a man of few words and bluntness, so you don’t want to get close to him.

“Why? You don’t like it? Should I tell Grandpa that Uncle Iron doesn’t like it?”

“No, that’s not it… … What if I say I’m not going?”

“I will. I guarantee it.”

Was it a pity that Cheolmuwoong’s answer was like a rebellion? The children studying in the lecture hall clicked their tongues.

“Should I go instead?”

“It’s scary. Not everyone who is big is brave.”

“It seems like I passed the exam based on my intuition in the past.”

The mouths of young children are even more harsh. If only there were no government officials, they would have gone up and beaten him to death, but they couldn’t say a word.

“Oh, just say, ‘He’s the enemy. He said to go together and catch him.’”

“Such a blunt person… … .”

“He just lacks social skills because he’s been living alone for a long time. What can I do? Should I just ostracize him for lacking social skills? People with great social skills should take him in and raise him. He’s not a child.”

He brought up the subject. Once the young gentleman makes a decision, he doesn’t change it. There’s nothing to say, because his judgment is usually right. Success is not necessarily due to the right judgment alone. It must be supported by time and effort to make it successful. A good plan is important for its judgment, but in fact, it is more often successful because of the will and effort to make it successful.

“There’s no time. Hurry up.”

“All right.”

As Cheolmuwoong turned around, he heard the young Kwanju muttering in his ear.

“I don’t know why they do that when they were going to do it anyway.”

But the young children who were studying all sang together in unison.

“Yes! That’s right, Your Majesty!”

“Okay, okay. But how far did you get?”

The little boy raised his hand.

“A family that accumulates good deeds will surely have more happiness afterward. A family that accumulates good deeds will surely have more joy afterward. A family that accumulates bad deeds will surely have more disaster afterward.”

“Oh, you even translated it for me.”

Dalcheon glanced down as he read each letter one by one. Cheolmuwoong approached cautiously and relayed the order of the chief, and Yu Seokdo jumped up.

“where?”

“You said you were coming down to the zelkova forest over there.”

Yoo Seok-do took a deep breath and looked up, wondering when he had fallen asleep. I wondered if he had just pretended to doze off.

“Can I kill you?”

“You know, I hate killing people.”

“Let’s go, lead the way!”

Cheolmuwoong took the lead. He moved his mouth without making a sound because his face couldn’t be seen.