Habuk Pengga Swordsman Genius - Chapter 826



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Episode 826. Trap (2)

At the sound of Hanbin’s fingers snapping, Seolhwa’s eyes sparkled and she sent a signal to Cheonghwa.

When Cheonghwa nodded as if she understood, Seolhwa smiled brightly.

“Your Majesty, the preparations are complete.”

“Yes. As the old sages said. Boldness urges the order, and prudence thickens the lifeline.”

“Hehehe. Isn’t that old sage Confucius?”

“That’s a secret.”

Hanbin shrugged his shoulders and looked out the window nonchalantly.

Jang Mu-hee asked after seeing that.

“Is now perhaps the time to be cautious?”

“What do you think, Lady Jang?”

“I don’t know. No matter how I look at it, it looks like an ordinary guest house. Are they here?”

“They might have heads, or they might have bodies of heads.”

“You didn’t just come in because you were hungry, did you?”

Jang Mu-hee looked at him with suspicion.

That’s understandable, because I was suspicious from the moment he started spending his time buying clothes and eating instead of chasing her.

Jang Mu-hee thought that all such behaviors came from the instinct of openness.

It is a beggar’s instinct to desire warm clothes and delicious food.

Jang Mu-hee, who was looking at Han Bin and his group with suspicious eyes, tilted her head.

In retrospect, it’s because they didn’t seem like open-minded people.

Hanbin answered Jang Mu-hee’s question nonchalantly.

“It’s true that I came here to fill my stomach. There’s nothing better than solving everything at once.”

“You want to solve everything at once?”

“You’ll know when you see.”

As Hanbin shrugged his shoulders, Jeomsoi approached.

Jeomsoi, who was carrying a large tray, put down the food one by one.

Knock. Knock.

In an instant, the table was filled with food. Jang Mu-hee unconsciously looked at Han Bin and his group.

No matter how I looked at it, there was just too much food.

No, the problem was the type of food that was served.

There were so many different types of food, it was just too much.

From noodles to dumplings and all kinds of other dishes!

“I think the food came out wrong.”

“No, this is all Cheonghwa.”

When Seol-hwa pointed to Cheong-hwa and spoke, Jang Mu-hee asked with a bewildered face.

“You’re going to eat all of this?”

“Yes. I ordered mine separately. My sister and brother’s ones will come separately, of course. And our Baekgu’s too… … .”

Jang Mu-hee didn’t understand.

Are you eating this much food by yourself?

The food that was just served was enough to feed ten men.

But, does that kid named Cheonghwa want to eat it all by himself?

But Jang Mu-hee had to change her mind.

Cheonghwa emptied all the plates in the blink of an eye.

Then he trimmed it slightly and licked his lips.

After that, the food continued to come out continuously. Only after the food on the table had changed twice did Jang Mu-hee and Jang Yi-yeon’s food come out.

Jang Mu-hee and Jang Yi-yeon’s food was just a bowl of noodles.

Jang Mu-hee quietly looked at Seol-hwa and Cheong-hwa.

Even after eating that much food, their eyes were shining as if they were not satisfied.

Seeing them, Jang Mu-hee was convinced that they were real beggars.

It was when Jang Mu-hee was lost in thought watching Cheong-hwa eat.

Jang I-yeon got up from her seat, saying she was going to the back room.

Jang I-yeon quickly came down to the first floor and moved busily.

Because I thought it was rude to leave the guests unattended for a long time.

Jang I-yeon, who was about to go up to this floor after taking care of some business, stopped walking.

Because an unpleasant voice was heard from somewhere.

Jang I-yeon turned her head and opened her eyes wide.

In the place he looked, four sturdy men were drinking.

The four were none other than disciples of the Wan Jian School, the most famous sect in the Fujian region.

Jang Yi-yeon chewed her lips without realizing it.

In fact, the Mangeommun and Jang clans were originally one.

It was about twenty years ago that the Mangeommun and Jang clans split.

The Man-Geom-Moon was set up by Jang Yi-yeon’s father, the uncle who rebelled against the head of the Jang family.

Jang Yi-yeon’s unpleasant expression was not only due to his uncle’s actions of betraying his father.

It would have been nice if they had joined forces when they had to go their separate ways and cooperate, but they were in a competitive relationship, not a symbiotic one.

Mangeommun grew by absorbing the vested interests of the Jang family one by one. In addition, they took it one step further and stole the best members of the family one by one with money from unknown sources, gradually expanding their power.

I found out later that the money was slush funds taken from the family.

Jang Yi-yeon also had a personal grudge against them.

It was because of the fight with Mangeommun that happened half a year ago.

At that time, I lost the opportunity to seize the opportunity because I had a seizure.

This happened because someone in the family told them about Jang Yi-yeon’s weakness.

One of the four people who were talking loudly right now was Jang Mu-gwang, the opponent of the secret weapon.

The voice was so loud that everyone around them was looking at Jang Mu-gwang and his group from the Man-geom-mun.

But none of them were conscious of the eyes of those around them.

“I told you I defeated him with one punch.”

When Jang Mu-gwang clenched his fist at his colleagues, they clapped back.

“Haha, is it true that you defeated Fujian First Rank so easily?”

“Of course. Who knew that one move would cost a third of Fujian’s trade?”

Jang Yi-yeon reacted to their conversation.

It was because the humiliating incident that caused them to run away from home was revealed through their own mouths.

Although he tried to hide his expression, Jang Yi-yeon’s shoulders were visibly shaking.

Jang Yi-yeon clenched her fist without realizing it.

But he immediately unclenched his fist.

If something happened here, meeting the youngest prince of the Habuk Peng family could have gone down the drain.

What was more important was that the opponent knew exactly Jang Yi-yeon’s weaknesses.

That was when.

Jang Mu-gwang, who had been shouting loudly, turned his head.

“Hey, buddy.”

The person he called his friend was Jang I-yeon.

At that moment, Jang Yi-yeon’s eyebrows twitched.

Because looking at the other person’s expression now, it was clear that he knew I was there and was deliberately talking.

Jang Yi-yeon unconsciously clenched his fist again.

At that moment, Jang Mu-gwang stood up from his seat.

“Haha, calm down and come here and sit down.”

Contrary to what he said, Jang Mu-gwang held the scabbard with his left hand.

It was a signal that he would draw his sword at any moment.

In the sudden situation, some of the guests quickly ran outside.

***

At the same time, on this floor of the guest house.

While Jang Yi-yeon was away for a moment, Han Bin’s food also came out.

Hanbin’s food consisted of just a plate of dumplings.

Jang Mu-hee tilted her head as she looked at the plate of Han Bin, who seemed to be eating the most.

At that moment, Hanbin picked up his chopsticks. He just tapped the table without touching the food.

He struck not only the table but also the window frame and the floor, keeping time with the beat.

Knock. Knock.

Hanbin, who had been playing the exact beat like a musician playing an instrument, stopped moving.

At that sight, Jang Mu-hee asked in a low voice.

“Confucius, what are you doing?”

“Aren’t you looking into it?”

“What on earth are you looking at that makes you do that?”

“Miss Jang, don’t you think this place is a little strange?”

“What’s strange?”

“The floor, the walls… … even the tables are thicker than in other guest rooms.”

“Why is that weird?”

Jang Mu-hee frowned and touched the table.

But I couldn’t find anything strange. As Hanbin said, the furniture and walls here were thick.

The fact that it was thick meant that it was built sturdily.

Then Hanbin continued speaking.

“This is a strategic point leading to Habuk. So the commercial district is also quite developed.”

“Yes, but?”

“It’s also a place where many martial artists, both political and non-political, visit. The fact that martial artists frequently visit also means that accidents occur frequently.”

“hmm.”

When Jang Mu-hee tilted her head as if she didn’t understand, Han Bin continued speaking.

“That’s why there are so many inns that are closing down due to conflicts between the Gangho and the Han. There’s no need to make it this sturdy.”

“Since it’s a place where conflicts occur frequently, isn’t it built to be sturdy?”

“Even if we make a hundred concessions and say that it was built to be strong, it’s a bit excessive to put iron in the walls and the table.”

After finishing speaking, Hanbin stood up and struck his chopsticks on the table.

Sigh.

As soon as I put my chopsticks in, they got caught on something.

Empty.

The sound just now was clearly the sound of metal clashing.

At that moment, Jang Mu-hee’s eyes widened.

Jang Mu-hee began to look around the guest house with trembling eyes.

After listening to the other person’s words and looking around the guest room, everything seemed suspicious.

Then Hanbin continued speaking.

“Some things are excessive, but some things are not.”

“Th-what is that?”

“There is no shaking.”

“I don’t understand.”

“It takes a fair amount of attention to understand what I’m saying.”

Hanbin’s words were like a riddle.

Jang Mu-hee felt strangely angry. Anyone could see that what Han Bin had said was problematic.

It was human nature to want to solve that problem.

Jang Mu-hee began to look around carefully.

But I didn’t understand Hanbin’s words that there was no shaking.

Even the plate on the table was shaking.

The glasses and bottles of alcohol next to it also shook slightly with the footsteps of those around them.

Jang Mu-hee furrowed her brows as she felt that Han-bin was teasing her.

At that moment, Jang Mu-hee tilted her head slightly.

This is because Hanbin’s gaze was looking at a strange place.

Jang Mu-hee instinctively followed Han Bin’s gaze.

Jang Mu-hee opened her mouth after seeing where Han Bin was looking.

What came into her sight was a neat decoration.

There were lanterns hanging at the top, and antique wind chimes hanging here and there.

Two carps peeking out from the center of the scenery particularly caught my eye.

At that moment, a gust of wind blew outside.

It was a wind that had been blowing since before.

But the scenery didn’t shake at all.

The two carps that should have been swaying in the wind and hitting the bell did not move at all.

Jang Mu-hee, who saw a scene where time seemed to have stopped, shook her head as if she did not understand.

“What the heck is that?”

“We should find out from now on, one way or another!”

Hanbin looked around and nodded.

Jang Mu-hee swallowed dry saliva as she looked at Han Bin like that.

When I first came here, I had no doubts.

But Hanbin’s words made me increasingly suspicious.

Then Hanbin continued speaking.

“If you wanted to be suspicious, you should have done it before you ate the food.”

“Food?”

Jang Mu-hee looked at her bowl.

There was a half-eaten bowl of noodles in the bowl.

At that moment, Jang Mu-hee quickly closed her eyes and examined the condition of her body.

For a moment, Jang Mu-hee tilted her head.

“Is the food okay?”

“We’ll be okay. I don’t know about everyone else, but.”

“What does that mean?”

“Because there’s gold and silver mixed in here.”

“You mean Geumchosan?”

“When gold vinegar and licorice meet, it has the effect of dispersing energy.”

It was true.

Licorice was also a commonly used item in pharmacies.

But the colorless and odorless gold acetic acid was different.

When used alone, the goldenrod that grows in remote areas can be a magical elixir of life, but when combined with common licorice, it becomes a poison that disrupts vital energy.

At that moment, Jang Mu-hee’s eyes widened.

“Now, wait a minute. So does that mean we were poisoned by the mountain air raid shelter?”

But Hanbin quietly shook his head.