Episode 917. From the beginning of the New Year, the whole world was turned
upside down by the New Year’s Celebration Ceremony at Geumwa Sangbang.
If there were only Hocheon and Nammaeng in the place, it might have been covered.
However, they were not the only ones present at Geumwa Sangbang’s New Year’s ceremony. Commoners and merchants did not hide the events of a lifetime they had witnessed.
Rumors tend to gain weight in the process of being transmitted.
What happened at the New Year’s ceremony at Geumwa Sangbang was widely spread with individual interpretation added.
“At the New Year’s ceremony at Geumwa Sangbang, Hocheonmaeng and Nammaeng collided again!”
“Yang-hwa, the owner of Yang, was caught up in the fight and seriously injured, and Nam-chun took care of it.”
“The former master swordsman of the Southern League fell on his knees without being able to receive even one second meal from the Southern Heaven.”
“Namcheon strongly warned, ‘If Hocheon-maeng and Nam-maeng fight again, I will withdraw from Yumyeonggyo.’”
The warning of the enemy enemy made the imperial family perplexed.
The imperial family tried to mediate somehow by sending officials to the Hocheon League and the Southern League.
However, Hocheonmaeng and Nammaeng remained silent about the ‘Geumwa Sangbang New Year’s Celebration.’
He did not even state what he would do next.
In the imperial family, he was going crazy and jumping, but there was no particular way.
Ha Nam.
Jeongju.
Hocheon League General.
Tongcheongak.
It was the first time since the year had changed, but the expression of the representatives of the Chilpamun was not good.
Gongson Illang, a servant of Hocheonmaeng, and Gongsongi appeared in front of the middle class with a clean appearance.
“The imperial family does not want a conflict between Hocheon and Nam. However, neither we nor the South Korean League are giving any answer to that. It means that we will continue to aim for the territory of our Hocheonmaeng. In this situation, if we follow the request of Namcheon and the imperial family, all the breakwaters under Hocheonmaeng will be taken away by the Namcheong.”
Dosan Jinin, the elder of the volcano faction, asked.
“What are you thinking about Namcheon’s warning? If Namcheon withdraws, Hocheon and Nammaeng will be destroyed together.”
“Namcheon can’t do that.”
“What do you mean? Isn’t it a well-known fact that Namcheon can’t lie due to training in a unique technique?”
“By and large, taboos in Taoism are not absolute. It’s a concept of ‘it’s good to do that’. Namcheon is the only opponent between the famous cult leader and Yiseon Cheon. Namcheon knows it, and the world knows it.”
“Isn’t that why you can’t ignore his warning all the more?”
“It’s not necessarily like that. Imagine that the Hocheonmaeng and the Nammaeng are damaged by the famous religion. People will criticize not only our Hocheonmaeng and Namcheong, but also Namcheon, who could have prevented the damage.”
“….”
Dosan Jin-in looked at Gongsungi with an ambiguous face.
I don’t know what it’s like to be criticized.
Gongsunji continued to speak.
“The Hocheon League and the South League are a collection of various breakwaters. Even if you are criticized, the responsibility is not dispersed. Distributed responsibility is virtually the same as no responsibility. But Namcheon is an individual. The blame for him falls solely on him. For example, if a member of the Hucheon League and the Southern Alliance feels responsible for one kun, he will feel the responsibility for ten thousand keun. In the end, he will have to deal with the famous religious leader and Yi Seon.”
At Gongsongi’s words, the representatives of the Chilpai clan nodded.
It was that Namcheon was not free in front of the question, ‘Who is responsible for the damage caused by the Hocheon-maeng and the Nam-maeng?’.
Hocheonmaeng has responsibility, but he is also the victim.
On the other hand, Namcheon is a person who does not like Hocheon and the way the Nammaeng operates.
The greater the sacrifice, the less the criticism of Namcheon.
The leader, the Mugeuk Merchant, stepped in to help.
“As we saw in the case of Geumwa Sangbang, if we are passive in dealing with the Southern Alliance, everything we have will be taken away. Because what they want is the breakwaters under our Hocheonmaeng. As long as the Nammaeng do not give up their greed, we must fight them.”
Then, the representatives of the Chilpamun also spoke one word at a time.
“you’re right. Everything happened because the South Meng did not give up their ambition.”
“It is the South Alliance that provokes, not the Hocheon Alliance.”
“If they provoke you, you must punish them.”
“It is not wrong to fight to defend what is one’s own. It is wrong to covet the things of others.”
“Everything is the Southern League’s fault. It’s nothing for us to feel guilty about.”
Representatives of the Chilpamun blamed everything on the ‘Southern Alliance’s greed’.
In fact, from their point of view, that was right.
He has ruled the political faction Murim for a long time, but the Nam Maeng is threatening that position.
Despite Namcheon’s warning, Hocheonmaeng strengthened his will to confront Namcheong.
***
Namjikryeseong.
End of
the Southern League of Hefei.
Cheonchu angle.
The atmosphere of the Nammaeng was not much different from the Hocheonmaeng.
No, in some ways, as a challenger, he reacted more radically than Ho Chun-maeng.
“Despite Namcheon’s warning, Hocheonmaeng is not responding. It means that we will treat the Southern Alliance as hostile as we are now. As a result, Hocheonmaeng protected Geumwa Sangbang. The incident severely damaged the confidence of the Confederate States. If you stay still like this, Hocheonmaeng’s influence may reach Namjikryeseong.”
The faces of the representatives of the five generations were distorted at the words of Mo Yong-mun, the anti-thousand sword.
It seems that Namcheon has torn both sides apart, but it is because of the great loss in the South Alliance.
While Hocheonmaeng protected Geumwa Sangbang, Nammaeng even went to the swordsman, but returned empty-handed.
It was a great bad news for the Southern Alliance that the former legendary master swordsman was unable to use his strength.
In particular, the face of the Moyong family fell to the ground.
Maybe that’s why Mo Yong-mun’s voice was full of rough emotions.
Seonwudam, the family head of the Seonwu family, asked Hwanwoogum.
“So do you have a solution?”
“Unlike Hocheon Maeng, who keeps his seat, our Nam Maeng is in the position of a challenger. I think we need to expand the front line more aggressively.”
“Nancheon warned us not to fight, but you mean to expand the front?”
“Namcheon has no place in the dispute between Hocheon and Nammaeng. Right now, Hocheon Meng also ignores his warning, but we do not have to follow him.”
“Then what would you do if he gave up on the famous religion?”
“He won’t be able to keep his hands off the famous church.”
“Do you have any reason to be so sure?”
“Everything has a partner. Oh, of course, I’m not talking about male and female pairs. When the heavens send out an out-of-the-way line with a famous religious leader, we must consider that his opponent is also there. And the people of the world know who it is.”
“What does that have to do with it?”
“Even if Hocheon-maeng and Nam-maeng do not obey his will, he will not be able to bear the annoyance of the people of the world and intervene. Isn’t it said that public sentiment is the will of heaven?”
“Are you saying the people of the world won’t leave him alone?”
“That’s right. Today, there is no one who does not know that Hocheonmaeng and Nammaeng are not opponents of famous religious leaders and foreigner Seonseon. In other words, the people of the world are thinking of Namcheon as the opponent of the famous religious leader and the foreigner of the world. Therefore, we cannot turn away from the Hocheon-maeng and Nam-maeng because they did not obey their wishes.”
“Can’t you look away?”
“Can he endure the criticism of the world?”
“So, like being pushed on his back, he will eventually solve it?”
“That’s right.”
“If so, until then, shouldn’t we fight the famous cult?”
“It is not. The reason we held the Moorim Competition and accepted new warriors was to fight the famous religion. However, if you don’t fight with the famous religion, you will be criticized for ‘playing a transfer pitch’.”
“But with all our might…”
“Yes, we have to endure it by giving our flesh and blood to the famous religion. Until Namcheon moves on its own.”
“…”
At his words, the representatives of the five generations shuddered.
It is because the word ‘giving blood and flesh’ means that he will accept the damage.
Mo Yong-wen calmly continued to speak.
“Hocheonmaeng’s thoughts won’t be much different. It should be seen that the fight between the Hocheonmaeng and the Nammaeng has now begun. Namcheon has no place in that fight. Namcheon will be run by the people of the world, not us.”
Peng Muan, the elder of the Peng family, asked cautiously.
“How much sacrifice do you think will follow until Namcheon moves on its own?”
“Only heaven knows that. However, I will not wait vaguely. If you stir up the people of Heaven just a little bit, the timing for Namcheon to move will come sooner.”
Representatives of the five generations shook their heads at the sound of ‘we will plot a plan’.
Since Namcheon and Namcheon had become strangers anyway, there was no hesitation in cheating.
Still, people noticed – his father-in-law – glanced at the wall of the Sword King Namgung.
Namgung Byeok then said as if nothing was wrong.
“Mo Yong Musketeer. Namcheon is a dull person, so it will take a lot of work to get him to move.”
It’s the same as saying that it’s okay to do anything to push Namcheon’s back.
At those words, the representatives of Oh Dae-se laughed out loud.
Nam-maeng, who once shared a meal with Nam-cheon, took a step further than Ho-cheon-maeng.
***
Relations between Hocheon and Nammaeng did not improve despite the strong warnings of Yeon Jeok-ha and the request of the imperial family.
Rather, the Southern League dispatched masters to Shandong, Henan, Hugwang, and Gangseo in all directions.
It’s not like I’m just going to watch it.
In the spring, large and small conflicts broke out in Shandong, Henan, Huguang, and Jiangxi.
The incident of Geumwa Sangbang was reproduced in as many as four castles and six upper rooms.
When that happened, it ended up becoming a funny thing.
In the midst of nervousness, the people of the world paid attention to Yeon Jeok-ha’s next move.
The royal family, whose feet were on fire, sent the golden chair to the stone gyeongjang without even trying.
March.
Namjiryeseong Hapbi.
Yeo Kang-Hyeon Seogyeongjang.
Audience.
Namjin warrior Won Hwa-pyeong said with a dying face.
“Great deal. It’s already March. The Emperor calls the Commander-in-Chief every morning and evening and asks. When does the great man visit the imperial palace?”
“I told you. If Hocheonmaeng and Nammaeng fight, he will give up Yumyeonggyo.”
“Isn’t it a matter of a day or two for the Murim people to fight each other? The imperial family is the root of this country. It is about to be rooted out. Please help.”
“Do you know Samurai Namjin? Hocheonmaeng and Nammaeng fight because they believe that I will take care of Yumyeonggyo. That’s why I warned you. If you fight, you won’t help. Even so, that’s just ignoring me. Do I have to fight the famous cult on their behalf even after being ignored like that?”
Won Hwa-pyeong forced a smile and turned around.
“However, great deal. There is a saying that a whale fight breaks a shrimp’s back, but now a shrimp fight causes a whale’s back to burst. The crime was committed by Hocheon-maeng and Nam-maeng, but the punishment is for the imperial family. Please help the Emperor. What is the emperor guilty of? yes?”
“That’s true, but I can’t help it now because Hocheonmaeng and Nammaeng fed me.”
Yeon Jeok-ha was also stubborn on the matter.
In fact, Hocheon-maeng and Nam-maeng seem to disobey their warnings, but fighting Yumyeonggyo is also because they look funny.
Won Hwa-pyeong, who had been hanging on for almost half a day, returned with his bare hands without getting any results.