Episode 1236 Who came? (1)
Guo Huansao looked at the scene in front of him with a cold, stiff face.
Haenam’s disciples In the Great Sea Hall, where only Jinsan disciples could enter, there were people wearing the civilian clothes of the Saga, not the military uniforms of Haenam.
Kwak Hwan-so quietly clenched and unclenched his fists.
My anger rose to the top of my head.
It was not because an outsider entered a place where only Jinsan disciples could enter. This is because the people wearing civilian clothes are none other than Jinsan disciples of Haenam.
“you guys. “I heard you decided to leave Haenam.”
When Guo Huanxiao opened his mouth, several disciples glanced at him and spoke in silence.
“Yes… execution.”
Guo Huanxiao bit his lip for a moment and then opened his mouth again.
“Do you mean to be excommunicated?”
Normally, if he had asked this with such an angry face, everyone would have been confused. This is because Kwak Hwan-so is the greatest disciple among Haenam’s great disciples and his personality is very outspoken and impatient.
Of course, everyone was still uncomfortable with Kwak Hwan-so. But…
“⋯⋯There’s nothing you can do about it.”
Now, I am saying things without hesitation that I normally would not have dared to say out loud.
“Then what are we going to do… “There is no way to win by fighting the Sapaeryun without knowing when they will attack.”
“You…!”
“I know. I know. In times like this, we have to die together. But… I’m sorry, the death penalty. “We are not courageous people like the death penalty.”
“You call that a horse?”
“Don’t blame the priest too much.”
Before Kwak Hwan-so could say anything more, someone else intervened.
“It’s not a question of courage.”
Kwak Hwan-so looked at the person who intervened without saying a word.
“We are not people who have become monks. Haenam’s disciples are all people with families. “Don’t you know that Priest Go Hong, who just spoke, has an elderly mother at home?”
“⋯⋯.”
“It’s good to be loyal to our clan, but if we die, what will the rest of our family do? “Giving up your life to protect your pride isn’t real courage, is it?”
The expression disappeared from Guo Huanxiao’s face. I knew it meant he was really angry, but this time they weren’t going to back down easily.
“Your brother-in-law has no family, so he won’t understand how we feel. If you’re going to get angry, do it. If you’re going to curse, do it. But don’t call it immoral. “Filial piety is as important as loyalty to one’s clan.”
At that moment, Lee Ja-yang, who was silently guarding the back of Kwak Hwan-so, laughed.
“I didn’t know that my brother-in-law had an old mother. “Hasn’t it been a while since your parents passed away?”
“Jayang!”
“You’re right, so you’re saying that the people who are leaving the clan now all have old mothers and families to protect? “Are you a bastard with no family or parents who gave birth to you?”
Lee Ja-yang’s face was full of ridicule.
“Why are you talking so much if you’re just running away because you’re scared? “If you’re going to swear, say it. If you’re going to be angry, say it, but you don’t want to hear it to my face, do you?”
“Don’t speak carelessly!”
“execution. You don’t seem to know, but I’m having a hard time choosing my words right now. “If I had said something really carelessly, one of them would have pulled out a sword.”
“⋯⋯.”
“I wish it would be done quickly, whether it is an excommunication or a no-brainer. “I hope you can understand how I feel about having to call someone on death row a death sentence in order to uphold the law.”
Yu Gong bit his lip and glared at Li Li Yang. Lee Ja-yang was about to sneer again, but Kwak Hwan-so stopped her.
“stop.”
“⋯⋯ Ambassador type. “That human…”
“Didn’t Yugong get married some time ago?”
“What’s so great about that!”
“The child is now 100 days old. “I am a baby who cannot even recognize my father’s face.”
At those words, Lee Ja-yang was momentarily speechless and pursed her lips.
“No matter what…”
“stop.”
Guo Huanxiao shook his head with a heavy face.
“It was decided in the text. One disciple should not discuss right and wrong when it comes to the faults of a religious sect. “Isn’t this something that Jang Mun-in decided after deep consideration?”
Lee Ja-yang turned her head away with a disapproving look on her face. However, he no longer criticized Yu Gong or Go Hong.
Above all, I couldn’t keep my mouth shut because I knew how Kwak Hwan-so, who would normally scold and criticize them in the loudest voice, must have been feeling when he said such a thing.
Kwak Hwan-so looked at the two people and sighed.
“You seem to have misunderstood what I meant, but I have no complaints about you leaving the sect.”
“⋯⋯Then⋯⋯.”
“However, just as there is between people, there are minimum etiquette that must be observed between disciples and sects.”
Kwak Hwan-so looks at the people in civilian clothes with cold eyes.
“Have you been officially excommunicated?”
“⋯⋯.”
“From what I heard, you requested an excommunication ceremony for Jang Mun-in and decided to hold it once the typhoon stops. “Isn’t that right?”
“⋯⋯That’s right.”
Everyone slowly averted their gaze as if they also felt guilty about that incident.
“That means you are still Haenam’s disciples until the excommunication ceremony takes place. But…”
Kwak Hwan-so’s eyes were even colder.
“Why can’t I see the Samparang that should be on your chest?”
Samparang (三波浪). A three-branched wave pattern engraved on the chest of Haenam disciples’ clothing. This was a symbol of Haenam and the pride of Haenam disciples.
However, those who changed into civilian clothes naturally did not have the Samblue pattern on their chests.
“This is a place where only Jinsan disciples from Haenam can enter. There’s no way you don’t know that, so you probably still think of yourself as Haenam’s disciple. “But what on earth were you thinking, showing up here dressed like that?”
“We…”
Kwak Hwan-so said as if chewing.
“I understand your position. I am not criticizing the decision to leave the clan. However, we must show at least some respect to those who are prepared to be imprisoned. “Isn’t that a courtesy to those who have shared hardships and hardships under the same roof under the same roof, as well as a courtesy to the clan that served as a barrier?”
People in civilian clothes bowed their heads.
It’s not that there is no room for excuses. As usual, I was going to be excommunicated and leave the sect today. However, due to a sudden typhoon, they were unable to leave Haenam.
It was awkward to put on the uniform again after taking it off.
However, if you thought that way as Kwak Hwan-so said, at least you should not have entered this great sea battle. This is because only those who consider themselves to be Jinsan disciples of Haenam can enter this place.
“If you can’t wear Haenam’s military uniform again, and you don’t want to carve the three blue flags on your chest again, at least get out of here now. “This is a place for Haenam’s disciples.”
Those who gaped as if they were trying to protest something also lowered their heads after seeing Kwak Hwan-so’s face. And one by one, they left Daejeon without saying a word.
Kwak Hwan-so let out a long sigh. As those in civilian clothes left, Daejeon looked very empty.
‘I guess this isn’t everything.’
Even those who have only been paying attention until now will secretly join the procession and try to escape once the excommunication ceremony is held. Or, one morning, it’s gone and gone.
How many will remain? How many people will be here tomorrow and how many will be the day after tomorrow? After a week, will half of this remain?
He was lost in thought and then burst into laughter.
‘Think about what to do.’
There was a time when we all had the same dream together. A dream to make Haenam the best sect in the world. I have a grand dream of showing how strong and great Haenam is to the cultural factions in the central plains who ignore them, calling them South Sea country bastards.
But now that dream has been swept away, like a pavilion built with sand on a white beach. The only ones left are idiots who can’t give up their dreams that have already collapsed.
“Jayang. “What about the three great disciples?”
“⋯⋯I’m ready to send you away by slapping your butt when you cry that you’re not going. “They are young people who don’t know what to do, so they should be kicked out.”
“okay. Good job.”
A look of blatant contempt flashed across Li Liang’s face.
“Those young guys are saying that they will die along with Haenam, but those guys who were going around in Haenam, eating all the rust and giving strength to their shoulders, are running away to save their lives.”
“⋯⋯.”
“It seems that getting older doesn’t make you more human, death penalty.”
“done.”
This time, when Kwak Hwan-so shook his head, Lee Ja-yang said angrily.
“Are you pretending to be a good person? “If it were normal, my brother would have been the angriest.”
“Nothing will change if you get angry, so what are you doing?”
“Isn’t it because you’re too angry?”
Kwak Hwan-so did not answer. Maybe it really is. But he quickly shook his head.
“If you want to go, just go.”
“⋯⋯.”
“I am the great disciple of Haenam. “The people I should care about are Haenam’s disciples. Why should I care about those who refuse to be Haenam’s disciples?”
Lee Ja-yang chuckled.
“Then the only people the death penalty would care about are the stupidest people in Haenam Province. “These are people who are willing to throw away their lives and die.”
“So you have to pay attention. “Because you’re stupid.”
Kwak Hwan-so smiled slightly.
Literally. Those who remain until the end are the most stupid and thoughtless in this wide Haenam Island. These are people who are trying to hit a rock with an egg.
“But won’t you get one?”
Miss Lee shrugged her shoulders and said.
“Unfortunately, we could not make Haenam the best sect in the world, but in the future, it may be evaluated as a sect with the most stupid people in the world.”
“That’s what you mean…”
“It is better to leave something behind than to leave nothing at all. “Isn’t that right?”
Miss Lee joked. A smile spread across Kwak Hwan-so’s mouth when he saw his bronze face.
“okay. Well, that’s not wrong either. “Even if you search all over the world, you won’t find people as stupid as us.”
“Yes. “If you want to be the best at something, isn’t that okay?”
So the two people looked at each other and smiled. There was a mixture of slight self-deprecation and awkward pride.
It was then.
bang!
“execution! Ambassador!”
The door of the pavilion burst open, and one of Haenam’s disciples, completely soaked in the rain, rushed in. Kwak Hwan-so shouted in surprise.
“What! “What’s going on?”
“I’m here!”
“who? “No way!”
“The volcano is here now!”
“⋯⋯Who came?”
“volcano! A volcano!”
“⋯⋯who?”
“Oh my! A volcano is here now! “We arrived at the mountain gate!”
At that moment, Kwak Hwan-so’s eyes turned to the open door. The rain and wind were blowing fiercely.
“⋯⋯You came this way?”
Lee Ja-yang also muttered in an embarrassed voice.
“⋯⋯Are they really crazy people?”
At those words, Kwak Hwan-so came to his senses for a moment.
“let’s go!”
Without delay, he ran outside into the wind and rain.
“Death penalty! Let’s go together!”
Lee Ja-yang and the other disciples hurriedly followed behind him.
Paaaaa!
The pouring rain hit my face like needles. But there was no time to pay attention to such trivial things.
‘You came here?’
Going through this typhoon and going to Haenam, where we never know when we will go to war with Sapae-ryeon?
There are degrees of stupidity. At that level, you’re not just stupid, you’re crazy. It really doesn’t make sense.
But at that moment, the image of a volcano I encountered in the past came to mind. The faces I saw at the dance competition were gaunt but confident.
And countless stories about the volcanoes he heard about.
Paaaat!
Kwak Hwan-so ran with all his might and saw the scene in front of the mountain gate. Haenam’s disciples and about a dozen people standing in front of them were at a loss.
‘Really…’
It was truly a downpour of rain.
It’s so pouring down that it’s so blurry that it’s difficult to see clearly.
After reaching the mountain gate, Guo Huanxiao slowly stopped. Looking at the dozen people standing proudly in front of him…
“⋯⋯It’s cold!”
“Here we go!”
“But what can I do when it’s cold! “You survived so well that you made it this far!”
“How long do I have to wait?”
“I’m never peeing south again!”
“⋯⋯Bob. “Someone give me some food…”
⋯⋯No. I looked at all sorts of irritating, strange things that I couldn’t tell whether they were drowning mice or beggars who had starved for months.
At that time, someone who was openly annoyed turned his head and looked at Kwak Hwan-so.
“uh?”
“uh?”
“Then come that gisaeng…”
“That ignorant hillbilly back then!”
“Who is the hillbilly, you bastard!”
Kwak Hwan-so shouted without realizing it.
The thin, thin guy who looked like a gisaeng brother flipped his bangs that stuck like seaweed to the side and took a step forward. Then he confidently gave up.
“This is Baekcheon, Deputy Jangmun of Hwasan. I came here as a special envoy of Cheon Woo-maeng. “Please let me see your long-awaited return!”
Crumbling!
As soon as he finished speaking, the sky started flashing and he cried terribly. Baekcheon glanced at the sky and spoke again with a pale face.
“If possible, quickly before lightning strikes.”
“⋯⋯.”
“hurry.”
Kwak Hwan-so thought. It’s a little… no, a lot different from what I thought.
