As Prophet - Chapter 129



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Episode 129. King’s Teacher Dalcheon

It’s nonsense, but because he speaks so well, it actually sounds reasonable. The king’s speech is not something that just anyone can do. When Dalcheon shouts so that all the thousand or so guards surrounding him can hear, everyone nods.

“Why did you create the Royal Secretariat? Wasn’t it to sort out these issues that no one else could resolve? Even His Majesty the King can’t do anything, and the ministers are even more troubled. But will the royal family stop the bloody fight between the two princes? I came to stop something that no one else can do.”

“What are you going to do?”

“Your Majesty is the supreme ruler of this country. The two princes are also sons of the supreme ruler. Ultimately, Your Majesty must make the decision. However! If we send hundreds of scoundrels and leave Lee Yi alone, what will happen to the security of Hanyang? This is already the third time that this has happened to my family. So if it doesn’t work out, we should know how to give up. We send and send again. Is there any need to take away the royal family’s wealth?”

The last sentence was shouted most loudly into the prince’s ear. The prince, who was tied up and kneeling, opened his mouth, his eyes rolled back, and he almost fainted, but Cheolmuwoong only prevented him from collapsing by patting his back.

“What should I do?”

“You are the palace guards. These are the soldiers of the training center and the Yangju government office. They are all Joseon soldiers. There is no need for them to fight each other.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Get out!”

“That can’t be.”

“Get out of here right now! Isn’t this something you can handle?”

“I will guard this place.”

“Then you and the guards will be here?”

“yes.”

“I would like to invite the two princes to the main hall.”

“No, that won’t work!”

“I see you followed me.”

If he had stopped talking at an appropriate point, it would have looked good and given him a good reason, but it went on like childish play, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

“What are you going to do?”

“I will see Your Majesty.”

“It is impossible to bring an army like this.”

“Tell Your Majesty. I, the King, would like to ask you whether you will allow the Crown Prince, who is trying to kill his younger brother, to die, or whether you will let the Grand Prince die?”

“How could that be?”

“Then I would like to ask whether you are willing to leave the Crown Prince, who is trying to kill you, alone.”

“You are already the national treasure.”

“I am not trying to play with words. Bring His Majesty. Tell him that the royal envoy appointed by His Majesty has arrived.”

Dalcheon turned around. No, he pretended to turn around and then turned to face the guards surrounding him.

“If you don’t step back 50 steps from your current position, I don’t know what will happen. Blame your leader! Step back!”

The palace sky shook with the sound of Dalcheon’s scream. It was a sound that the king could hear if he was in his bedroom.

A miracle happened. One or two people who were surprised took a few steps back. It must have seemed like the order of the Royal Guard. The guards surrounding the Crown Prince stepped back hesitantly. Dalcheon smiled and walked towards the Crown Prince.

“Now, Your Majesty, it is time for you to confess.”

“What are you confessing?”

At first, I was surprised and couldn’t do anything, but now I knew who Dalcheon was. I saw his face. I started to respond quite strongly.

“Did you order or agree to an attack today?”

“I don’t know. I don’t even know if such a thing exists.”

“Then, do you know about the attack in Lee Hyeon?”

“I don’t know.”

During the interrogation, Dojeong Lee Ki-moon sat to one side and sighed.

“When you shout against a large army, it sounds like a dragon roaring, but when you interrogate the crown prince, you are worse than a village child. Do you think you can answer straight away if I ask you questions like that?”

The general walked towards him.

“I think we may have taken the wrong direction.”

The path was set up. The great army was standing, so he could not sit down.

“I see. Since you have such great strategic skills, I thought you would know how to do everything… … Who would answer if you asked that?”

“You are so naive to the world, having only lived in the mountains.”

“Okay. What should I do?”

The general let out a long sigh. The night was long. He wished that dawn would come soon. He wished that it would end quickly, no matter what catastrophe it might bring, rather than dragging it out like this. Was it because enduring a state where the future was not certain was harder than catastrophe? Because he could not wait for an undecided time that could lead to nowhere. That was why they said that the one who endured would win.

“We have already climbed onto the tiger’s back. We must wait. We must wait for the King to make his decision.”

“I still don’t know who Yeo-ui is.”

“Since Yuseok-do is chasing the ball, he will find out something.”

It’s something we have to wait for again.

“Let’s wait.”

But something strange happened. The prince, who had consistently said ‘I don’t know’ and ‘No’, suddenly began to admit everything.

It was dawn, when night turned into morning, and the cold air made thinly clad shoulders hunched.

When he heard the news of an attack on Yangju Academy, he replied, “Yes.”

The attack on Lee Hyeon’s brewery was done by mobilizing figures from the sword world with money.

Previously, the Left Minister had reported and approved the matter, but they all ended in failure.

One by one, the stories flowed out smoothly. A person who seemed to be a 7th rank official of the Yeongmungwan was taking notes of the Crown Prince’s statement. He sighed occasionally and once closed his eyes and cried. He let out a sigh when the Queen Mother said it was okay.

* Bonggyo: Officer, one of the eight members of the Hanrim Academy.

The audience looked dumbfounded as the prince’s statement continued endlessly. No matter how much power he had, he was shocked by the gruesome fact that he would go to such lengths to kill his rival.

Something has changed. The Grand Prince moved slowly and looked at the side of the Crown Prince. It was the same as usual, but there was something different.

The secrets of the past ten years were all hidden in the writings that were written like a daily history book on the spot. When most of the crimes were listed, Dalcheon asked about Yeoui.

“I feel there is a dark presence, but I don’t know if it is Yeo-ui.”

“Do you know the world of the universe, or the heavenly world?”

“I don’t know about the heavenly world, but the world of the whole world is a study group created by young people with similar interests.”

“Have you ever attended?”

“I didn’t know it when I was there, but I later heard that it might be a grand scheme.”

“Who is the leader of the whole world?”

“I am Ji Il-seok, a religious scholar at Hongmungwan. I am young and inexperienced. I am not a bad person.”

“Do you know about gold and silver?”

At those words, the prince’s body trembled. Dalcheon placed his back against the prince’s chest and breathed in a calming breath. When the trembling subsided and his eyes blinked, there was a loud noise and the prince fell sideways. The royal guardsman who was far away tried to rush over, but Dalcheon blocked him. It was as if an invisible barrier had formed, and he could not advance.

“You have wasted your energy. There is nothing wrong with your health.”

I wrote down what Dalcheon said, so he told me to sign it, and I did so without a second thought. After waiting for the ink to dry, I told Bonggyo to write the same thing again. While the long text was being written, everyone looked up at the sky. It was too much for one person to take such a cruel revenge. It was strange to see the great general standing behind him, unharmed.

The general approached Dalcheon, who was resting on the ground, and asked him.

“How did you do it?”

“It is a kind of soul-binding technique. It is called Hoeryeongsimhwa, and it is a method of gathering the spirit and transforming the mind.”

“Oh. Does that have any evidentiary value?”

“For those who know the secret method, there is no more certain proof than this. It is all true. I was going to do it in Your Majesty’s presence, but he ran away. It seems like he will not come.”

“What should I do?”

Dalcheon didn’t answer and just moved his lips.

[Transmission] ‘I abdicate and accept the throne.’

“Huh?”

“I’ll finish it today.”

The situation that seemed to be over continued on and on. I truly realized that Dalcheon’s plan was not simple at all. Of course, he did not say specifically what he would do, but I could now believe that the plan was already in place. It showed trust. Those who followed bowed like a general receiving a congratulatory greeting from a general congratulating him on his victory in battle.

* * *

The king, who was reading the crown prince’s confession, could not raise his head due to his heavy heart.

“Is this all true?”

“That is what they say.”

The merchant bowed deeply. The king’s face, which had been drowsy from the night before, turned pale.

“Tell me the situation.”

“We have defeated the forces of the Crown Prince’s Guard surrounding the East Palace, and are now facing off against the Royal Guard led by the Royal Guard Commander.”

“Why don’t you just sweep it away?”

“The Grand Princess is present, the Crown Prince is detained, and above all, the royal edict from His Majesty has been shown.”

“Isn’t that just a nominal position with no real power?”

“Should I tell you to sweep it away? Then your two sons might get into trouble.”

“And there he is, the greatest warrior of this age… … . Unbeatable, unsweptable. If he were to set his mind to it, the defense of this palace would be truly insignificant. I once said that the reason for observing procedures and laws is to live with these people. They have no meaning when you leave.”

“… … .”

“What are the requirements?”

“I would like His Majesty to come and pass judgment.”

“It’s about kindness and judgment. If someone is guilty, they should be punished.”

It sounded like a call to punish the crown prince.

“You are the foundation of the nation. You are the king of the next era.”

“Nobody knows who it will be.”

“Your Majesty, it will be done as you wish.”

“I wonder? I don’t think so.”

The habit of always mumbling was still there. The reason why many officials made hasty judgments and fell for that technique was because of the mumbling that he spoke as if he had already made a decision. He spoke while thinking, and while speaking, he developed the next logical inference. He did not think in advance and then spoke.

“Still, that’s amazing. To think that he defeated an army of 400 or 500 men. The fact that there were private soldiers in Hanyang that could be mobilized like that is also a problem.”

“That’s right.”

“When was it that the private soldiers were abolished… … .”

“It is said that there were scoundrels from the sword world and even prisoners under trial.”

“There must have been cooperation from the government.”

“I guess he sold the name of His Highness the Crown Prince.”

“What an idiot.”

“… … .”

“Okay, so how should we handle this?”

You have to be careful when asking this question. If you think that the form of the question is a question, you are mistaken. There is an aspect of trying to see if your direction is right and trying to match it, and there is also an intention to check if your loyalty is truly directed towards me.

“If you still want to keep the competition going between the two of you, you should end it as it is and step down… … But I think it’s time to end it now. You should stop this pointless competition and draw a clear line.”

“how?”

“If you want to maintain the Crown Prince as the head of the state, you should punish the Grand Prince. If not, I think you should make the deposed Crown Prince and the Grand Prince the head of the state.”

In the end, no opinion was expressed. The merchant is also the king’s subject. It is careful and difficult. Only a gentle expression is possible. The moment you say that this is how it should be, the words ‘You should be the king!’ will come out and the subsequent development will become very unclear.

“If I just leave it like that?”

“If an armed conflict breaks out within the palace, an irreversible situation may occur. It is something that must be absolutely avoided.”

“Jim has his difficulties too.”

“It is time to stop this unnecessary competition. If assassination is a personal aberration, it has already gone beyond that level. It is a battle. It is war and can lead to treason.”

“Isn’t it like that the moment you enter the palace?”

“There is room for judgment, but they all entered legally with a warrant.”

“Who told you to carry weapons in the palace?”

“Of course, if you make it a problem, it will be a crime, but the soldiers in the training center are the future military officers. They are also the children of key figures in each class. If you punish them all, an uncertain future will block their path. I think it would be better to make it a problem only for that leader.”

“A leader? A great general? A true man? A crown prince?”