Episode 889 We’ll see you again soon. (4)
Hyeonjong, sitting at the head of the conference room, looked towards the entrance with blank eyes.
All kinds of boxes and bundles were piled up to the ceiling.
Hyeonjong, who was blinking at the scene, slowly turned his gaze to Hwang Jong-ui, who was sitting next to him.
“That’s all….”
“It’s a gift.”
“gift?”
Hyeonjong frowned.
After Hwasan became famous, gifts from wealthy people began to arrive from time to time. Even though he accepted the gift because of an old man and a young man who complained to him about why he refused to give him a gift when his family was in dire straits, it was King Hyeonjong who he always disliked.
But when I heard that gifts were flying all the way to the top of this galaxy, which wasn’t even a volcano, I felt somewhat uneasy.
“…Is there really a need to pile it up like that?”
Hwang Jong-ui smiled happily as he watched Hyeonjong forcefully swallow the words to send him back.
“It’s not what you might think. “Those gifts were sent by the people of Xi’an to express their gratitude to the volcano.”
“…Xian people?”
“yes. These are things like things harvested through farming and things sold in stores. Although they are not that great in terms of monetary value, I thought Jang Mun-in would like these gifts, so I decided to bring them in.”
“Hmm. “I guess so.”
Hwang Jong-ui could clearly see the corners of Hyeonjong’s mouth turning up slightly. When he guessed that rich and powerful people had sent him gifts, he couldn’t hide his displeasure, but as soon as he heard that it was the helpless people who expressed their gratitude, he couldn’t hide his joy.
‘Normally it would be the opposite.’
This is why the sect called Hwasan is interesting.
“I’m thankful.”
“Luckily, it looks like we weren’t too late.”
Hyeonjong nodded his head sharply at Hyeonjae’s words.
At that time, Hong Dae-gwang, who was watching in the corner, slowly raised his hand. Then a thunderous crash came down.
“no.”
With just those two words, everyone here immediately knew who was speaking.
“This isn’t the bottom of the market, and beggars from some neighborhood are coming in?”
“What a local beggar! “I’m still an open Bunta owner!”
“So, why is a gentleman who is a member of the Open Buntaju here? Are you blind? Did he leave the old group and join the Cheonwoo Alliance without my knowledge?”
Hong Dae-gwang smiled happily.
‘The neighborhood Hwang-gu will become more serious once he gets three years older, you bastard.’
How can it be that three years have passed and nothing has changed? At this level, it’s embarrassing to even use the word “super consistent.”
“That’s not what’s important…”
“Wow, now you decide what’s important. “We should gather all the beggars in the neighborhood and break them on a large scale.”
Hong Dae-gwang desperately turned away from Cheongmyeong and asked Hyeonjong.
“Where have you been? “I climbed the volcano, but there was no one there…”
“Ah.”
Hyeonjong answered calmly as if it was no big deal.
“I entered the Buddhist monastery, but it was difficult to practice only there, so I moved my residence.”
“No, why…”
Instead of Hyeonjong, Hyeonyoung answered with a distorted face.
“Every day something is broken and shattered. What kind of training do you do there?”
“….”
Uh…. That’s right.
When Hong Dae-gwang looked in, it was so shattered here and there that he thought someone had invaded.
“It’s a shame that we moved even then. If it had stayed the same, we would have had to build a new building starting from the Xian, Nabal, and Hwasan buildings. If at least a wall remains, it is a seal. Why is this guy training so aggressively? “Egh!”
When Hyeonyoung clicked her tongue as if she was getting angry even thinking about it again, Hyeonjong smiled bitterly.
“There was that problem, but it was difficult to concentrate on training because there were people who came to see me even though I was a monk. So I had no choice but to vacate my sect and go to a place where no one visits, to practice.”
As soon as those words were finished, grumbling began to come out of the mouths of Hwasan disciples.
“By tearing up the grass roots.”
“Catch the wild boar.”
“why? Is it better to cut down a tree and raise the shrine?”
As Hyeonyoung rolled her eyes, Hwasan’s disciples secretly turned their heads.
Hong Dae-gwang asked, still having unresolved questions.
“Then how did you know and how did you arrive on time? “When you broke through the gate, did you even see the civilians of Xi’an fleeing?”
“Hmm?”
Hyeonjong looked at Hong Dae-gwang as if wondering what that meant.
“What does that mean?”
“yes?”
“Didn’t you come up the volcano and look for us?”
“How do you do that? “There was no one at the volcano?”
The moment Hong Dae-gwang opened his eyes, Cheongmyeong’s chest bulged, and something white quickly jumped out of it. Then he stood with both feet on the table and pushed his stomach forward.
“…that one.”
Hong Dae-gwang’s face became blank.
Baek-ah climbed up onto the table, showing a proud expression… It was surprising that a beast could make such an expression. If I could speak, I would definitely say ‘ahem’ right now.
“That one, that one. Look how proud he is that he only paid for one meal. “I should have taken off the fur a long time ago.”
When Cheongmyeong clicked his tongue, Baekah, who had been sticking out her stomach, became sullen and looked at Cheongmyeong with big, black eyes and lowered her gaze.
Baekcheon burst into laughter.
“I had enough money left over to pay for the food. “If I can save even one more civilian, I can feed that guy for the rest of his life.”
“That bastard eats as much as a cow! “Does Sasuk earn that money?”
“…That’s what they say.”
Cheongmyeong shook his head and glanced away.
“Well… there are people who can’t even afford food.”
I flinch.
“no. Anyway, that’s true. A man of about the same rank as an open-headed man couldn’t sense the presence of a beast… What? no one is here? no one?”
“….”
Hong Dae-gwang, who had nothing left to say, looked blankly at Baek-ah. As I looked at the pure white fur that stood out so well, I couldn’t think of anything to explain.
Fortunately, Hyeonjong saved Hong Dae-gwang.
“It’s impossible to leave the volcano completely empty. I made that guy guard the volcano. “I had no choice but to take the dogs with me because I had to feed them, but that dog has the ability to come and eat when the time comes.”
“So… I didn’t see that guy, but he saw me and realized something was wrong and reported it to the volcano?”
“yes.”
Hong Dae-gwang slumped down on his chair in despair.
“No… I’m just an animal…”
I couldn’t bear to say that.
In any case, I should be thankful that I was able to avoid the bloodshed thanks to that little spirit creature…
“Kii!”
Why is the sight of someone tapping the floor with their front foot so obnoxious? why?
“Anyway… I’m glad.”
A weasel saved the fate of Xian. Even if I knew this, it was something I couldn’t talk about.
“So, have you solved the seal now?”
“That’s right.”
Hyeonjong nodded.
“Even if Baek-ah didn’t bring any news, I thought preparations were almost complete. “The seal was longer than I expected, so there was no need to drag it out any longer.”
“But why did it take you so long?”
At those words, Hyeonjong’s face visibly became pale.
“…There was a guy who said rice had to be ripe to become rice, but that guy’s rice didn’t ripen even if he boiled it for three years because of what kind of sand it was made from. So what can I do?”
“Oh, is that my fault? It’s the executioners’ fault, right? “Well, I can only say that my skills have improved!”
Seems like a lot?
No, I think it’s a bit excessive.
Hong Dae-gwang trembled as he recalled the images of the volcano swordsmen literally chewing on sapa.
“Then Jangmun-in.”
At that time, Hwang Jong-ui implicitly asked Hyeonjong.
“Have you achieved the purpose of the seal?”
Hyeonjong smiled knowingly.
“I don’t know what to answer, but…”
A stern voice came out of Hyeonjong’s mouth.
“At least now I have come back with the confidence that no one in the world will dare to ignore Hwasan’s skills.”
It was a young horse with obvious pride.
King Hyeonjong was never easily conceited. Aren’t you always a humble person even in situations where others might put pressure on your shoulders? Just by hearing him say that, I was able to guess the hardships and efforts Hwasan had gone through in the past.
‘no. ‘I’ve already seen it with my own eyes and confirmed it, so there’s nothing to do other than guess.’
Moreover, the fact that even a demon-like person who would normally have attacked right away kept his mouth shut proved this fact even more clearly.
Of course, with his facial expression, he is constantly saying things like, ‘If I were to strain my shoulder even though my skills have improved as much as a rat’s tail, I would go somewhere and get hit and have my shoulder dropped?’, but the fact that he doesn’t say it with words but does it with his facial expression is amazing in itself. Wasn’t it?
“Thank you for the reduction, Jang Mun-in!”
“We are reducing it!”
Wei Lip-san, who attended the last meeting before leaving for Namyang with Hwang Jong-ui, gave his congratulations.
King Hyeonjong also received the congratulations with a smiling face without any humility.
“This is all the result of the students’ desperate efforts.”
It was a heartwarming sight.
Even if I couldn’t hear the volcano disciples muttering.
“If you don’t do it, you’ll lose it. Is there anything you can do about it?”
“I just came back alive. “That’s it.”
“If I’m going to do it again, I’ll just return home and go home.”
“Yesterday, while I was sleeping, I practiced in my dream. “I woke up in the morning and wanted to jump into the well.”
“I went in and out once.”
Hong Dae-kwang desperately closed his ears and ignored those scary words.
‘So, they were always like this, right?’
Three years isn’t a very long time, so why is it so new that I can’t get used to it?
Once the atmosphere calmed down to some extent, Hyunyoung got to the point.
“Right now we need to stabilize the West Bank a little more, but the volcano won’t have much to do.”
Hong Dae-gwang, who naturally blended into the meeting, implicitly asked King Hyeonjong.
“Then what do you plan to do after that?”
“Hmm.”
Hyeonjong smiled and looked at one person.
“Wouldn’t that goby know best?”
Hong Dae-gwang’s gaze slowly turned to the side, following Hyeonjong. Seeing Cheongmyeong, who was so grumpy, made him feel anxious for some reason.
“…But why do you keep looking so upset from earlier?”
“What am I?”
Baekcheon chuckled and patted Cheongmyeong’s head next to him.
“Never mind, Lord Bunta. “I barely got out of the gate, but even though there were enemies in front of me, I couldn’t even swing my sword, so my stomach was twisted.”
“They should have skinned those bastards!”
“….”
This guy definitely hasn’t changed.
“More than that.”
Cheongmyeong slightly raised his chin and spoke to Hong Dae-gwang.
“I’ve just come down from the mountain, so I think I need to find out what’s going on. Coincidentally, the owner of the upper house and the beggar man are here, so I can ask them. “Tell me something.”
“From what?”
“first.”
The corners of Cheongmyeong’s mouth curled up.
“Start with what that bastard Jang Il-so is doing now.”
There was a sword-like light in his eyes.
