Hyeonjilmusin - Chapter 122



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122. Land of the Blind (1)

Since Sisa is dead, the black market cannot be maintained. Apart from that, since it was caught by the Geumuiwi in the first place, it is a foregone conclusion that there will be no mercy.

As soon as Baek Yu-gyeom left Heuksi, he went to Pojeongsa and called in government troops to dismantle Heuksi. It was a natural fact that all the merchants and visitors in Heuksi were sent to prison.

“You handle things neatly.”

“It’s hard to say it’s clean. They just cut off the sprouts without removing the roots.”

“Isn’t it too big to remove?”

Behind Jin Ik-chan was the King of Gansu. If so, it was possible to speculate that the King of Gansu was behind Heishi of Xi’an.

No matter how powerful the Jinguiwi Bukjin Musa was, it was impossible for him to touch the royal title.

“Anyway, you’re saying that the Northern Jinmusa is my direct superior?”

“Yes. Because I am in charge of the martial arts inspectors.”

The Murim Inspectorate. Of course it would be a secret organization.

Of course, there are only two of us in this room right now. I sent Myeong-il and Yeo Hong-yang back. It would be useless to get involved with the Geumuiwi.

“So, did you like me after watching me secretly?”

I put emphasis on the word secretly. Baek Yu-gyeom smiled brightly.

“You have personality. To put it simply, I liked you. Your martial arts skills are much stronger than what I’ve heard.”

“That’s fortunate.”

This was a real blessing. There’s nothing more annoying than being targeted by a member of the Imperial Guard.

I once eliminated an admiral from my class, but that was because I was sure that he wouldn’t be able to track me down. He had a different weight from an admiral from my class who was only a branch manager and one of only two Jinmusas in the Royal Guard.

“By the way, how did you know I was coming out and wait for me?”

“The information power of the Golden Guard is excellent. It is incomparable to that of the eunuchs.”

One was right and the other was wrong. It is true that the information power of the Geumuiwi is very excellent, but Dongchang is also excellent to a degree comparable to it. It was just that the Geumuiwi and Dongchang were natural enemies, so it was natural that they hated each other.

“Do you even know where I am going?”

“Aren’t you going to Gansu? To see His Majesty the King.”

“Heh heh.”

A cold sweat ran down the back of his neck. This was something that was said at the Cheonsu Sangdan when only the elders and the King were present. If he knew that much, his information power was definitely excellent.

“Actually, that’s why I came. To see His Majesty the King.”

“Come to think of it, when Jin Ik-chan mentioned His Majesty the King, he said, “as well.” What did he mean by that?”

I was speaking when suddenly I was startled and had to correct myself.

“If it is information that would be dangerous to hear, I will not listen.”

My defensive instinct kicked in. It was an instinct that had developed since I had died in my previous life taking care of useless things. Baek Yu-gyeom shook his head.

“It’s not information that would be dangerous to hear. It’s something that a martial arts inspector should know.”

“What is it?”

“I don’t know why, but His Majesty the King seems to want to exert influence on the martial arts world.”

“This is a violation of the non-interference rule.”

“That’s just a fancy word. Just look at the fact that Habukpengga is constantly being selected as a military officer in the Imperial Army.”

“That is true, but.”

They say that official duties are inviolable. How could they not be entangled when they live on the same land? It was impossible for them to treat each other like cows and chickens.

“The problem is that it seems like you want to influence things in a bad way.”

“What if it’s on the bad side?”

“His Majesty the King is famous for being a tough guy in the martial arts world. He was kidnapped by martial artists when he was young. Of course, we went out and he came back quickly, but such childhood memories last a lifetime.”

“Is that so?”

I don’t know for sure, but kidnapping a member of the royal family? There’s a limit to how much you can do to be angry. Anyway, there are many people in the martial arts world who are very reckless.

“So the Golden Guard is keeping an eye on His Majesty the King.”

“yes.”

“How exactly do you want to have an impact?”

“As you may have heard, the martial arts skills of famous clans are often sold on the black market these days. That’s ridiculous.”

“That’s true.”

“The sects and factions that are already aware of the information are already responding.”

“Deal with it. Are you buying the martial arts of your own school?”

“That’s a passive response. An active response would be to learn about other people’s martial arts schools and live off of them. In a way, it’s an opportunity for them to become stronger.”

I sniffed. It certainly was. And I had a rough idea of ​​what the Royal Guard was worried about.

The Imperial Palace values ​​the balance of the martial arts world. If the martial arts world loses its balance and becomes chaotic, the common people will suffer.

At that time, there was one Sega that suddenly came to mind. The Sega that I expected to go down the path of defeat.

“Is the Zhuge Liang family taking any active measures?”

Baek Yu-gyeom flinched. And then soon agreed.

“How did you know? Even those below the rank of Jinmusa don’t know this.”

“I took a picture.”

“You must be very talented.”

Baek Yu-gyeom nodded with satisfaction. In any case, I am his subordinate in name only, and there is nothing that makes me more proud than seeing my subordinates being capable.

Anyway, I heard that Zhuge Liang is looking for martial arts skills. I thought that it might not be long before the declaration of war is made.

“I suspect that His Majesty the King is the one spreading the martial arts of that prestigious family.”

“That’s right. It’s something that could drastically shake the balance of the martial arts world. Honestly, I don’t know what His Majesty the King would gain by doing that.”

I stroked my chin. I didn’t know for sure, but it was definitely related to the rebellion that the King was going to cause. But I couldn’t mention the rebellion here. If you frame the royal family and it comes back to bite you, you’ll be put to death at the very least. It wasn’t something I could pull out if I wasn’t prepared.

“But does it have to be me?”

“First of all, the Royal Secretariat has no opportunity to meet His Majesty the King in person. Gansu is tightly controlled by the eunuchs. However, you were able to meet him thanks to the recommendation of the Cheonsu Sangdan, and this is a golden opportunity for us to observe His Majesty the King’s movements.”

There was a reason why someone as high as the Northern Warrior came to see me. In the end, he was telling me to get information from the King.

“okay.”

“And there’s more. In some ways, this is more important to you. All the secret agents of the Imperial Guards who were operating in Gansu have disappeared. It’s because of an insider leak. The Southern Jin warriors are looking for Ganja.”

I frowned as soon as I heard that.

“Wait a minute. That’s a bit.”

Isn’t this a blatant suggestion to go into a place of death? Baek Yu-gyeom immediately waved his hand and said.

“The ones in Gansu are the censors under the command of the Nanjin Musa. It’s rare for the censors of the martial arts world to go to Gansu. I believe that the censors of the martial arts world have not leaked out.”

“Missing person? That’s scary. Don’t you track that kind of thing?”

“There’s nothing we can do. If the eunuchs and we go missing, we won’t have time to look for them. We can just hold a simple memorial service among ourselves.”

Well, that’s why I just let it go when I killed my classmate, the admiral.

I quickly rolled my head over the numbers and opened my mouth.

“As you may have heard from Ubudo, I am only supposed to report on suspicious events in the martial arts world. That wasn’t something I asked to do, it was just thrown in there. And you didn’t even tell me that I would be in charge of this work, you just told me to report on things that seemed natural to me. This is something outside of work.”

“Hmm. Is that so?”

Baek Yu-gyeom made a troubled expression. This was the opportunity.

“So, I would like to be temporarily employed by the Jinmusa, not the Royal Inspector.”

“Hiring?”

“That’s right. Now that I think about it, I don’t even get a salary from the Royal Guard. It’s just an honorary position.”

“I see. If I don’t get my salary, I have nothing to say.”

As expected, the people of the palace communicate better than the people of the martial arts world. Being a warrior is not a profession, but being an official is a profession. This is why people have to live in society.

“So you’re saying that if I hire you, you’ll find out information for me?”

“Yes.”

“How much is the employment cost… … Wait, no way.”

Baek Yu-gyeom’s face turned pale. But the fishing rod had already been cast and the bait had been bitten.

“Yes.”

I laughed.

“It’s ten thousand nyang for a silver coin.”

“……crazy.”

Baek Yu-gyeom muttered absentmindedly. Originally, items that only had one supply were priced by calling out.

* * *

A single word can repay a debt of a thousand nyang.

Have you ever seen such an incompetent person? I paid off my debt of ten thousand nyang with just one word. This was the difference in ability.

“Why are you smiling so brightly?”

“The money is frozen.”

I told the story of how I paid back the silver ten thousand nyang with words. Yeo Hong-yang listened to everything and stuck out her tongue.

“That’s amazing.”

“fraud.”

Myeong-il, who heard that from the side, blurted out like that.

“The word ‘scammer’ is a compliment to a merchant. It means that the profit margin is high enough to be considered fraudulent.”

“It’s not just a fraud, it’s a fraud.”

“A fraud is a fraud only if the victim feels it is a fraud.”

Myeongil shook his head. It was difficult to convey the merchant’s spirit to a person without a master.

So we passed through Shaanxi and entered Gansu.

Ah, Baek Yu-gyeom took the Twenty-Four Plum Blossom Sword Technique. He said he would return it directly to the Hwasan faction and give them a warning. The Hwasan faction will be in for a huge shock.

A palace person brought their core martial arts. Baek Yu-gyeom, like a palace person, didn’t seem to like the martial arts people very much, but judging from the fact that he returned it safely to the Hwasan faction, he seemed to be a person who could tell the difference between public and private.

“There are fewer people than I thought.”

Yeo Hongyang said. Yeo Hongyang is a Huizhou merchant based in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces in the southeast. It can be said that he has almost no ties to the northwest. So it was natural that he did not know Gansu, the end of the northwest.

But I was different. I had traveled all over the Central Plains in my previous life doing business. So I knew the atmosphere of Gansu very well. No, I thought I knew it.

“Yeah. There’s not much.”

I answered.

As Yeo Hongyang said, there were really no people. My answer meant that there were far fewer people than the Gansu I knew.

Gansu’s capital, Lanzhou, was the key to the overland trade route for Western merchants. Of course, it was inferior to Hangzhou or Suzhou, which had the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, but at least it was a bustling place for merchants.

But what about now? Even though it was still broad daylight, there was not a single merchant peddling his wary trade, and even the few people walking on the street had their collars buttoned up and were clearly wary of their surroundings.

“hmm.”

The Gansu I know is at least ten years later. The Huiyingdan also started in the southeast and took quite some time to spread to Gansu, the tip of the northwest.

Still, it didn’t make sense. Western merchants and land trade had been open since ancient times, and the environment of a city doesn’t change that easily. It’s ridiculous to say that Gansu’s floating population increased in just ten years.

Anyway, the Gansu I know now is completely different from the Gansu I knew in my previous life. Of course, in my experience, there are some things I can guess when there are no people out and about in the city and the locals are very cautious.

As expected, a small child suddenly rolled out of the alley onto the street. The child’s face was covered in blood, so much so that even the boundaries between his facial features were blurred.

Myung-il’s expression hardened in an instant and his hand went to the sword.

Yes, in a ghost town like this, there were bound to be a lot of swindlers.