As Prophet - Chapter 128



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Episode 128. Tracking – The Great Series

A young man named Cho-rang took Seo Saeng-won to the guest room. The old man came down from the sarangmaru and followed him into the guest room.

“The whole story… … .”

“There was an army.”

“What kind of army is the army?”

“It is said that the soldiers at the training center were unable to return home during training, and Yang Ju-hyeon’s troops were patrolling to maintain order.”

“You have to make sense! Why are they going there? In that mountain valley.”

“Yes. I will have to call the training center leader in separately and speak to him.”

“Don’t you know very well that he is a disobedient man? Even if we could get everyone on our side, that one man would not be able to do it.”

“… … .”

“Who are the ones who went behind the scenes? There must be quite a few.”

“It seems to have failed. There has been no news from there.”

“Whew. Even if you mobilize hundreds of people, it won’t work… … . Anyway, this guy is a tough guy.”

Chorangi paused while examining Seo Saengwon’s wounds because he realized that someone had already touched them.

“Who already gave first aid?”

“They poked me in and did it.”

The old man tilted his head.

“They cured it?”

“There’s no treatment. They just remove the dead skin, spray some ointment on it, and wrap it up.”

“This is weird.”

“What is it?”

“They treated you. It’s like they were expecting you to come here.”

“I checked carefully on my way here. Don’t worry.”

When the old man nodded, Chorangi began to treat him. After removing all the bandages and cleaning the wound, she applied a gold ointment.

“You were shot by an arrow.”

“About twenty people are shooting… … .”

“Can’t you block that much?”

“There was another one.”

Seo Saeng-won pointed to the thin scar on his lower abdomen.

“He shot a flying sword while the arrows were flying. He was fast, vicious, and cunning.”

“Is it raining?”

“거기에 당하고 나니 화살을 막을 재간이 있나. 몇 방 박히고 쓰러졌지. 개새끼들!”

The question was asked by Cho-rang, but the face of the man listening from the side was frozen hard. It was not common sense for Seo Saeng-won to have come this far. It was strange to release a prisoner who had been captured with difficulty, and even to provide primary treatment.

“Did anything else happen to you?”

The old man asked again.

“He was injured, caught, and ran away. I confirmed that the bastards were not chasing him. Your Majesty, please take care of the training center and the Yangju county magistrate.”

“What about George?”

“I’ll do it again.”

“Ugh.”

The old man stood up and went out. Seo Saeng-won asked Cho-rang-i a favor.

“Please give me any knife.”

“Did you lose your sword too?”

“I got caught and got hurt, so then.”

“You can’t do anything with that body right now.”

“still.”

Chorang went out and pushed a heavy sword into the room.

“I will call the doctor when it gets light, so please rest.”

“Thank you.”

* * *

Yuseokdo, who followed me home, couldn’t enter the house. This was because the guard at the entrance was quite skilled.

I went back to the house, climbed up the wall, and then climbed up to the roof. I was careful not to break the tiles and stuck close, and I could hear them talking in the wind. I heard words like “Dae-gamma-nim,” “Chorang-i,” “Failure,” and “Injury.” I also heard that I had to do it again after I had finished training with Do-jeong and Yang-ju County Magistrate.

It was a good thing that he sent the soldiers who were chasing him back and followed him. When the guy was about to cross Hyehwamun Gate, he climbed up the mountain, chose a place where there were no people, climbed over the wall, and ran inside Hyehwamun Gate. He almost missed him. He followed him and checked his house, and even listened to their conversation.

It would be nice to know whose house this is, but there’s only so much you can glean from the rooftops in the dark of night.

At that moment, the guy came out of the servants’ quarters and went up to the sarangchae. It was under the roof where Yuseokdo was standing. The guy put on his clothes and spoke to the outside.

“I’m going to Jeon-ga. Get ready!”

“debriefing!”

As if they had been hiding, a dozen or so black unmanned people showed their bodies here and there under the pillars and roofs. Yuseokdo was startled. He had confirmed that there were a few of them, but he had not thought there would be this many. He had no choice but to lie face down without moving.

Although I studied hard, I have a hard time fighting against many people alone because I can’t block all sides.

You can dodge one and block the other. You have to create an opportunity to attack the weak point created by moving, and then you can take down one, but you still have enemies blocking you on all sides, so you have to do the same thing over and over again.

If you have overwhelming power, you can block and kick away, sweeping away the enemy as it is, so the situation is a little better, but you still have to dodge or block the enemies in the other three directions where your sword is not present.

I let out a low breath. I also have to keep in mind the possibility that there is a hidden enemy that I haven’t identified who is more skilled than me. I remembered Dalcheon’s words, “Bongmajeon, Bongmajeon,” when he called Hanyangseong Bokmajeon. This is Bokmajeon. I had to follow the path they were taking, but my legs wouldn’t move.

I made sure they left the door and went down the alley, and chased them. I didn’t forget to write ‘Beware of Dog’ on the fence they jumped off.

The procession of men who had left the alley crossed a main street and then entered the alley again. They twisted and turned here and there, which seemed to be a deliberate move to avoid their pursuers. I hid myself in the darkness and followed them without fail. Hanyang, which I had not visited in a long time, felt unfamiliar. I could not tell where I was.

Since he was the commander of the royal guard, he must have been one of the top five martial artists in Hanyang. But where did these masters come from? Did I regress while my skills advanced during the 10 years I spent as a fool?

Behind the densely packed houses, a high wall was visible. Walls that were much taller than a person are not common in Hanyang. The gate through which they disappeared was a private house. I tried to quickly chase after them, but two of them were standing guard at the entrance to the private house. I couldn’t keep up.

After climbing over a wall facing the alley and moving forward with difficulty, I saw a high wall connected to the house the guy had entered. I climbed over two or three walls of houses blocking my way. However, this didn’t look like a place where people lived. The guys must have purchased the adjacent houses. Then… … .

As expected, I sensed a presence in the wall and the flower garden below the wall. I leaned against the wall and looked around, and I saw some careless guys chattering.

“Who left just now?”

“They say you are the Great Gamma.”

“Who is it?”

“There’s a house with a lot of family members there. The Dokdu’s house.”

“Hmm, what’s going on at this time of night?”

“When did these guys ever know the time? They’re old and can’t sleep at dawn.”

“The sun will rise soon. It seems to be the coldest around this time of year.”

“Yeah. It’s almost summer, it’s creepy.”

You can’t go any further. Yuseokdo retreated back the way he came. It was very fortunate that he got out without getting caught.

I leaned against the wall and rested for a while, then stopped on my way to the main road. Did Paru hit me? I don’t remember hearing it. I have to join the main force. Where did the main force come from? They must be hanging around Dongdaemun. Yoo Seok-do headed to Dongdaemun.

* * *

Meanwhile, the troops entering the palace were surrounded by the royal guard. As he stood on horseback in the palace yard, he could see everything beyond the wall. Dalcheon had someone make the crown prince kneel in front of the gate and point a broad-faced sword at his neck.

“Why didn’t you kill him?”

Dalcheon suddenly asked.

“Wasn’t there a chance?”

“What an opportunity. Ever since I brought you here, there has been an opportunity.”

“Are you telling me to kill you now?”

“Let’s wait and see.”

Dojeong Lee Gi-moon became lost in thought after hearing that he was waiting.

“Wasn’t it supposed to be done secretly? How could it be! The royal guards surrounded it.”

“Even if the sky falls, there is a hole to emerge from.”

“What are you going to do?”

“I must see Your Majesty.”

“What if I see you?”

“I have to tell him what happened and tell him that I have to kill him.”

“Oh my, is it really that easy? The King must have fled somewhere else. There’s this chaos.”

“Is that so?”

At that moment, a man who revealed himself as my commander came out in front of the siege line.

“You are surrounded! Release the enemy and surrender!”

Dalcheon asked.

“Who are you?”

Lee Ki-moon answered.

“He is Jo Dong-gil.”

“Is it because of the name? You only tease the Jo Dong-A-Ri.”

“It’s not funny at all. There are two of us in the royal guard now. There used to be three.”

“Oh, then who is taller?”

“They’re all second-class. They’re the same.”

“Seo Jae-cheol has to come.”

“Do you know him?”

“It’s not funny at all. Me either.”

“You are not the type of person who can say, ‘Hey, hey, you.’ You are the head of the palace guards. One word from you would ruin us.”

“Are the Royal Guards really that strong? We defeated 500 men with less than 200 troops.”

“It was a defensive position, and a lot of preparation in advance was effective.”

“I also prepared a lot. Hehe.”

“This is the palace, and they… … .”

The conversation didn’t continue. Dalcheon suddenly walked forward.

“Hey! Back off! Hey!”

I walked out the front door, pretending to shoo away a fly.

“Give up your downfall and surrender!”

Dalcheon screamed loudly.

“Is that a thing? Give it to me!”

The voice was young. However, when he shouted with his inner strength, the guards surrounding the crown prince were startled. This was because it seemed like he was shouting right next to him.

“Who are you?”

Dalcheon took out a document he had received a long time ago from his bosom.

“He is the King’s teacher! The King’s teacher!”

“You insolent rascal! You’re talking nonsense!”

“Come and check.”

“profit.”

“Why? Don’t you dare come and see? Are you scared? Are you really scared? You can scream there, but you can’t come here, right?”

Cho Dong-gil sent his subordinate. The subordinate put down his weapon and ran quickly to receive the order.

“If you have eyes, look. It is the King’s teacher. The King’s teacher!”

Jo Dong-gil, who received the royal edict, checked the bright red seal again. It was clearly a royal treasure and a jade seal. He could also tell whose handwriting it was from the Royal Secretariat.

“Wh, what’s going on? Is this how it is allowed for a king to act like this?”

The tone of speech changed. The word “Wangsa” was passed around the guards surrounding the crown prince. The title was given to a famous monk, Daedeok, in Jeonjo. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Muhak Daesa was appointed as the national teacher, but he had no real power. To be frank, it is a title that does not even appear in the Seunggyeongdo play.

“Today, a gang of scoundrels invaded the place where the Crown Prince’s younger sister, the Grand Prince, was studying. Armed with sharp weapons, they attacked fiercely in groups. Fortunately, the troops from the nearby training center and the troops from Yangju joined forces to defeat the enemy and came here in search of the mastermind. The place they all pointed to was the Crown Prince’s crown prince’s palace. As the king’s teacher, how could I remain silent about this cruel incident? When I saw the conflict in the country and followed the soldiers from the training center who were responsible for the future of Joseon, I denied it and said I had never done anything like it, but when I saw the dozens of assassination attempts so far, I thought they were definitely connected, so I brought them up and asked them.”

“Still, invading the palace is problematic.”

“Who is intruding? You know that I did not give the Grand Army’s guards a sword. This world is really bad. Everyone, show your swords!”

At Dalcheon’s shout, the training center and Yangju soldiers took out their weapons from their bosoms and showed them.

“Everyone came in through the Geonchunmun Gate legally. I understand that officials with rank can come in without any problem. I am the only one who came in without any problem. What is the problem?”

“You must not use violence.”

“Are you telling me to just sit still and be beaten to death even if they hold a knife to my neck?”

“That’s not it, but… … .”

“How many swords do you think I’ve had to put to my neck while I was coming with the Grand Duke? Who would be pointing a sword at those loyal soldiers who came all the way here to protect the Grand Duke?”

When Dalcheon shouted, the air froze with a cracking sound.