Episode 1425. Is this Sacheondangga? (5)
Jeok-ho, who was looking back at the Four Seas Store, turned his head forward again and looked at Jang Il-so’s back. Towards the back where I can’t even guess what he’s thinking.
“Ryeonju.”
“hmm?”
“May I ask why you left them there?”
The Jang Il-so that Jeok-ho knows is not afraid of seeing blood. Or perhaps it should be said that he is a person who has no qualms about seeing blood more than anyone else in the world.
The reason why Jang Il-so does not touch the civilians is not because he has any great principles. It’s just because there is no benefit to be gained from touching it.
If there was anything he could gain, whether it was the common people or the royal family, Jang Il-so was the one who could trample it without any hesitation.
That’s why it’s puzzling.
Just burning down the Four Seas Association would be enough to cause pain to the disciples of that volcano. Of course, it can’t be said to be such a great pain, but killing them isn’t really a very difficult task either.
“If you’re saying you don’t have enough time, I’ll come by for a bit.”
“Why…”
Jeok-ho spoke carefully, but Jang Il-so muttered to himself as if he couldn’t hear him. Soon, a strange smile spread across Jang Il-so’s lips.
“Do you really need a reason?”
“⋯⋯Yes?”
“Then let’s just say it’s a simple whim.”
A complex expression appeared on Jeokho’s face. It was because it was an answer I couldn’t understand. But Jeokho did not ask any more questions.
Jang Il-so asked as if he was surprised.
“Why don’t you ask again? “It looks like you don’t understand?”
“You already heard the answer.”
Asking Yeon-ju to give an answer that he can understand is also disloyal. Just hearing the answer was enough. Jeokho thought that was his duty.
Jang Il-so glanced back at Jeok-ho and twisted his red lips.
“I know you hate pseudonyms.”
Jeokho’s face hardened slightly. It felt out of nowhere. Is there any reason to suddenly say something like this here?
“This is why I keep pseudonyms around. If the pseudonyms were here, they would have stopped me from playing with them. And they must have taken care of them without even touching a single hair.”
“⋯⋯Why?”
I have no doubts about Jang Il-so. However, if the other person is a household name, it is a different story. Jeokho’s face distorted slightly in disapproval.
Jang Il-so saw this and laughed as if it was fun.
“What would you do if your mother had an enemy?”
“I will tear you to death. “No matter what it takes.”
“You are a very filial child. “Tsk, it’s not fun.”
Jang Il-so shook his head and continued speaking.
“okay. So what would you do if they were holding your mother hostage?”
Jeokho could not answer for a moment.
The mother’s enemies must be killed. But how do you deal with someone who is holding their mother hostage?
The more you value your mother, the more you will be unable to do anything. At least it won’t be easy to move.
“That’s why the pseudonym tried to keep them alive.”
“⋯⋯.”
“It’s especially meaningful for guys like volcanoes. As long as that company is in our hands, we won’t be able to make any moves. Do you understand? It’s lame to hold a grudge or something like that. “What matters is whether it’s useful.”
Jeokho pursed his lips. That was definitely true.
Cheongseong and Army have already collapsed. And now the party song and fortune telling will be sorted out. In other words, it is no different from the fact that the entire Sichuan province is under the control of Sapae-ryeon.
Everything that exists within Sacheon will become the property of Sapaeryeon. Rather than having to kill them and get rid of them, it is better to use them as usable cards.
He saw the present, but if it were his nickname, he would have seen the future.
These words were an extremely painful comment to Jeokho.
“Wouldn’t it be better to send some troops now to prevent them from escaping?”
“Leave me alone.”
This time, Jeok-ho could not help but look at Jang Il-so with questioning eyes.
“Tsk tsk. You don’t understand people. “I’m just saying that’s what I would have done if it were a pseudonym.”
“What if… Lord Ryeonju?”
“I told you. “It’s just a whim.”
“⋯⋯.”
“I just wanted to do that. Why not?”
Jeokho burst into laughter for a moment. Now you know. What mistake was he making?
Jang Il-so is just Jang Il-so, and we should not dare to try to understand his thoughts and actions. In the first place, this person cannot be interpreted through the thoughts of ordinary people.
Jang Il-so smiled.
“I guess that’s not what’s important right now.”
“You are correct.”
What was important to them now was, of course, Sacheondanga.
Jang Il-so’s eyes became dark.
“If there is a sight you want to see, you can do it at the party house.”
At least it won’t be there.
Both whims and luxuries called mercy.
❀ ❀ ❀
There is a huge door in front of him.
Sacheondangga (四川當家).
The handwriting on the huge plaque was truly that of a warrior. Jang Il-so, who had been looking at the door for a while, slowly moved to the side.
There is an unfamiliar yet strangely familiar pattern engraved on the gate.
‘Is it a plum blossom?’
There is a plum blossom pattern on the gate of Sacheondangga. It didn’t suit me terribly.
However, the reason for the strange light in Jang Il-so’s eyes was not because of the strange feeling that the pattern gave.
“Is this… Sacheondangga? “This quiet place?”
A laugh escaped Jang Il-so’s mouth for a moment.
It’s so quiet that it’s so quiet.
Of course, Sacheondanga would have been quiet anytime and anywhere. Moreover, those who greeted Jang Il-so would not have shown hostility by shouting. Even if you have the intention to fight back, it is normal to hold your breath and aim at him.
But this calm does not come from a solemn determination. This… was the silence that comes when there are no people around.
Besides…
“Lord Ryeo. “The smoke…”
Jang Il-so laughed.
Beyond the large gate, black smoke is rising from all over Sacheondangga. It was as if the phone call had already passed by once.
Another enemy? Is that possible?
While coming here to Sacheondanga, we did not encounter a single enemy in Dangata. Just by looking at this, I could guess what happened here.
Jang Il-so’s expression twisted slightly.
‘Sacheondangaga…’
He thought that the Tang family was something that could not leave its territory due to its nature, but was his judgment wrong?
“Anyway, I’ll have to check.”
Jang Il-so gestured forward.
“Open.”
“yes!”
Quang!
The gate that had protected the historic Sacheondang House for a long time was broken into pieces.
Everyone couldn’t help but look dumbfounded at the sight that was soon revealed.
There wasn’t a single ant baby to be seen inside the house. And the buildings that were supposed to fill the interior with splendor were half burned and collapsing. It looked like it would soon become a heap of ashes.
“⋯⋯This⋯⋯.”
If someone had only seen this scene, they would never have believed that this was the Sacheondang House, which was famous throughout the central plains.
“Hmm.”
While everyone was looking for something to say, Jang Il-so shook his head as if it was absurd.
“Should I say I got a kick out of this? “I never thought those great party members would turn their backs and run away.”
“⋯⋯.”
“That also means setting my own house on fire. “I feel so vain like this.”
Jang Il-so laughed as if it was fun. But other than him, no one else dared to laugh.
Who would have imagined that the party would do something like this?
“This is ridiculous…”
Jeokho bit his lips.
Other sects may be like that. But it’s not just Danga. Isn’t the Tang family a place where you can’t abandon your family and leave due to its nature?
“Search!”
An angry voice burst from Jeokho’s mouth.
“It might be camouflage. There is no way they would have abandoned their dock and defense and ran away. Check where they set the fire and make sure they aren’t hiding! right now!”
“yes!”
Except for the Hongyeoms guarding Jang Il-so, all the other forces scattered in all directions at once.
“Tsk.”
Jang Il-so briefly clicked his tongue.
‘It’s strange.’
Of course he is not God. So, it cannot be seen as something special that his expectations were wrong.
But something is different about this situation. A strange sense of discomfort twisted Jang Il-so’s insides.
‘I don’t understand.’
A situation in which Sacheondanga deviates from his expectations and sets fire to his own house and runs away? That is definitely a situation that could happen.
What bothered Jang Il-so was that there was a sense of urgency in the sight before his eyes.
If they had really decided to abandon this place, they would have set it on fire even more thoroughly. Because he wouldn’t have wanted to leave anything behind to the Sapaeryun.
So what is the meaning of the confusion that is everywhere in this palace?
Isn’t it like the traces left by those who were pushed away without any intention of doing so?
“Oh no!”
“Everything that appears to be their poison warehouse is on fire! “All kinds of poisonous substances are burned to death inside!”
“The weapons in the weapons arsenal were scorched and unusable. “It looks like he really set the warehouse on fire himself.”
The voices of panicked people were heard from all directions.
Jeokho’s face distorted. But Jang Il-so just laughed. It was just at the moment when I was about to give the order to stop doing something useless.
“Lord Ryeo, here…!”
Jang Il-so’s eyes narrowed.
“There is someone to buy!”
The expression on the face of the person who ran to report seemed somewhat complicated. As if he himself was at a loss as to how to explain this situation. Jang Il-so took a step forward.
“Let’s go.”
Kaang!
It wasn’t a loud sound.
Kaang!
But the sound spread far beyond the quiet workshop. It’s so weak that it looks like it might break at any moment, but it’s firm and wide.
Kaang!
A workshop that had burned down and was half reduced to ashes. In the center of the workshop that seemed ready to collapse at any moment, an old man was swinging a hammer. With a brazier as small as my body in front of me.
The hammer, which soared into the air, fell down at once and struck the heated iron on the anvil.
Kaang!
The old man picked up the iron with tongs and carefully examined the iron he held up close to his face. With eyes that seem cloudy and clear but stuffy and pensive.
Kaang!
The old man struck the hammer again.
As if attracted by the sound, the Maninbangdo gathered around him one by one, but the old man continued hammering without even turning his head as if only he and the brazier existed in the world.
It’s a strange thing.
It is a sight to see that the elites of the Ten Thousand Worlds, who may not be the strongest in the world, but can easily be called the most vicious, do nothing even when faced with an old man who is clearly their enemy.
They too seemed to have no idea how to deal with this situation and just watched the old man hammering from a distance.
And at that time, Jang Il-so looked at the old man, Tang Jo-pyeong, and opened his mouth.
“What is this… again?”
His face distorted as if cracked.
