Chapter 1065:
Now that the Emperor’s permission was given, I went straight back to the iron room.
Admiral Tae-gam commented on this incident as follows:
– Since it means erasing the traces of the previous emperor, it is not something that would be this easy. Well… it’s possible because it’s so unknown.
Does breaking your father-in-law’s arm mean nothing to the emperor?
Well, you might be wondering if it’s that difficult since you didn’t kill him or send him into exile, but just broke him into pieces.
‘Even if he was a great general in the world in the past, he was ultimately nothing more than a fly in front of the emperor.’
Jin Cheonhee sighed softly.
Although we live in a time when people’s lives are like flies, I have never heard a good review of the Emperor.
He was a tyrant and a cancer.
Even if such a being is the emperor and the parent of the current emperor, he must be respected for the sake of legitimacy.
The way of thinking of this era is sometimes difficult to follow as a modern person, but it doesn’t matter.
First of all, the most important thing has been resolved.
‘You don’t even take the royal title with you.’
Originally, it would have been appropriate to show respect by issuing an edict to forgive sins, but this time it was too simple and there was no such thing.
‘You don’t always show respect to the emperor.’
It means that it is a small matter and will be dealt with quietly.
It seems like he doesn’t want to make a fuss about fighting with the government officials.
In accordance with his wishes, Jin Cheon-hee met with Iron Metal Ark, talked to him in secret, and showed him the letter.
Inside the letter was a small wooden tablet.
“Oooh! “This is the exoneration card used in class.”
“Is there something like that?”
As expected, I immediately recognized the acquittal as it was an iron ark that I moved frequently with my classmate.
“yes. I use it for things like this. When it is a small matter that does not need to be exposed, it is used to absolve the criminal of his or her sin. The governor probably doesn’t know. “This is an alumni matter.”
Right.
It seems to be used quite universally.
When the indulgence tablet was dipped in ink and stamped on rice paper, the name of the criminal was written underneath along with a dragon symbolizing imperial authority.
‘You can also use it as a seal.’
Take exactly three shots.
He kept one for himself and sent the remaining two somewhere.
“One is Dongchang and the other is Dochalwon. “The classmate receives this and sends it to the emperor, who then has an emissary see him and stores it in his brother’s library.”
And the indulgence plaque itself is retrieved from the government office by someone.
“If you do this, your classmate will stop by the government office and pick up the waiver. “An exemption card that has been used once is quietly destroyed.”
“Then this piece of paper I just took is the most important document.”
“yes. You should put it in a safe. But… let me do one more thing.”
After saying that, I hurried to the inner hospital.
Visit to Cheolgeumbang.
The military flag is hung like a decoration.
Even though they were not sharpened, their majesty was still impressive.
The majesty of it makes one guess how much Cheolgeumbang ate the rust of the world while accompanying the royal family.
The ark arrives in the deepest part of the world.
The door is deeply closed.
“Father, let’s go in!”
“What’s going on you busy guy!”
There was a hint of drunkenness in the voice.
“Hahaha, good news has arrived.”
“…what is the good news… come in.”
When permission was given, Ark Cheolgeumsan and Jin Cheonhee went inside.
Inside, an old man as strong as Taishan was drinking.
And there were bottles of alcohol lying around the old man, and the smell of alcohol was as strong as his open face.
‘Hey, it’s good that you don’t get diabetes.’
Just by looking at it, you can see that it is a body that has learned martial arts and is even boneless.
With a body like this, there is no need to worry about diabetes.
“hmm? Who is the beauty over there? “Did you at least bring in a new concubine?”
“….”
“Oh my… father! No matter how much you don’t know about the world, that’s true. This is Governor Jin Cheon-hee. He is also the emperor’s personal physician. “I told you this before, right?”
When he was rude in such an unfortunate situation, the Iron Ark was embarrassed and raised his voice.
“Ahhh! Cheon Ha-jin Ilgwang Jin Cheon-hee! ah. Okay, okay. I heard. I didn’t hear it. haha. Taesoo Jin. I’m sorry that this old man is in charge. What? “I’m an old man who doesn’t have much time left to live, so please understand.”
Although it was said out of politeness, it did not contain any soul.
The tone of voice is, “If it’s bothersome, just hit your head.”
From that look, Jin Cheon-hee saw the old man’s despair.
‘Does this mean it doesn’t matter how the situation turns out?’
We live in an age where pride is more important than life.
If Jin Cheon-hee had a picky personality, she would have screwed up Cheolgeumbang somehow.
But even so, the old man had already let go of something in his heart.
To put it to the extreme, I felt like I would die if I were told to abolish my dantian like this and die.
“….”
That is how great the old man’s despair was.
Jin Cheonhee smiled slightly.
Then he gave a deep hug and said.
“Jin Cheon-hee, the incinerator of Baekrin Uigak, meets Cheolnoya, the ten greatest masters of the world.”
At Jin Cheon-hee’s words, the hand of the old man who was drinking stops.
“….”
The silence continued like a river.
His eyes become watery, but then anger fills them.
But even so, uncontrollable sadness overtook the old man.
Soon the old man answered expressionlessly.
“Haha! He is one of the top ten masters in the world! Hey, Governor Jin. Are you here to mock this old man?”
“Is that possible? And I did not come to this position as governor. As I just introduced you, I am here as a member of the National Assembly.”
“….”
The eyes of the old man and the young man met in the air.
“Father.”
“Yes, father.”
“I have something to discuss with Councilor Jin, so go first.”
Surprisingly, the voice was clear.
I couldn’t tell where all the drunkenness I had felt just a moment ago had disappeared.
“Soja, I will step down.”
After saying those words, Cheolgeumshin quickly left.
The air
fell like a thousand pounds.
“…Will you heal my arm?”
“That’s right.”
“Have you not heard why this arm is like this?”
“of course. And…”
Sigh –
Jin Cheon-hee brought out the indulgence.
“…I was entrusted with obtaining permission for treatment from the Emperor.”
At that moment, Noya’s eyes widen.
“This this!”
He held on to the indulgence with trembling hands.
He felt the texture of the ink that had just soaked in, looked at the smear, and finally smelled the scent that had his name engraved on it.
The old man was trembling, buried his nose, and held on to the rice paper.
It was like kissing an old lover.
His eyes are obscured by the paper.
But I know that that expression cannot be described in any words.
Jin Cheon-hee feels the passage of time. I saw the old man’s regret.
“…Haha, permission is given… Hahaha… I just wanted to see this…”
The old man laughed.
The injustice was finally resolved. The arm that was shattered by the emperor’s whim has now decided to pretend that that incident never happened.
Pretend it doesn’t exist.
The person you should blame is already dead.
So let’s pretend it doesn’t exist.
“I should be happy… I should definitely be happy…”
Something that I had imagined hundreds of millions of times happened half a hundred years later.
There was a problem.
Half a hundred years.
A punishment of more than fifty years, not ten, twenty, or thirty years.
And then a piece of paper arrived.
A thin sheet of paper.
The old man crumples the paper.
If they were going to tear it up, I planned to stop them.
But my dry hands can no longer give strength and just tremble while being crumpled.
Eventually, he rolled up his sleeves and exposed one arm.
The arm could be seen to be twisted even with the naked eye.
It was like pine roots growing on a rock.
“This is what the former emperor did. “It’s something that the Son of Heaven did… hmm… he allowed his son to treat it.”
“….”
“…For half a hundred years, I was not allowed to live or die. “Just when I was deciding to commit suicide, a piece of paper arrived.”
People are hurt creatures.
I don’t have the ability to beat someone to the point of death and then, 10 years later, say they’re sorry and laugh and wave that it’s okay.
Because the marks of time were too great for that.
absurdity.
The terrible absurdity crushed the arms of the world’s craftsmen.
There is no way I can resist. If you resist, you will be accused of treason and your family will be destroyed.
That’s power.
“Huh… When that crazy emperor broke my arm. For my wife. For my son. And do you know how much pain it is to endure for other families?”
bang!
He hit Datak and started sobbing again.
“I would have cut off this arm… I would have hung myself… but I didn’t do that. okay. Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk… I did not do that.”
Grump –
He grabs the paper again.
That was his regret.
It was his life.
An absurdity arose and the absurdity unfolded.
Jin Cheon-hee could never say that she had won it with only a ruby board.
“….”
Because it was infinitely like a feather to determine a person’s life.
The weight was extremely light, as if it were a mockery.
That’s power.
I know that no words can comfort him.
It is unclear what kind of life this old man has lived.
It would be no different from a surgeon losing an arm.
Everything that he had cultivated throughout his life was simply denied to him by the whim of someone in power, and he was once again absolved by the whim of the next person in power.
Jin Cheon-hee quietly looks at him.
Noya thinks that it looks like a lake.
“I don’t know how Cheolnoya feels. I’m just a congressman. Just treating patients. I have received permission from the Emperor to treat Cheolnoya, and I am here now. So, I would like to ask you a question. It’s an iron oar. Would you like your arm treated?”
Blue eyes looked quietly.
What was reflected there was hatred, anger, sadness, and injustice, and yet we lived.
He was an old man who never gave up on living.
I don’t know why I was killed, and I don’t know why I was saved.
The old man doesn’t know that the decision was made simply as a game to pass the time with the dice on the red jade board.
However, I had guessed that he was saved for such a trivial matter.
Life is…
because it is fleeting and easily broken like a dandelion seed.
The old man-
“Indeed. They say he’s the greatest madman in the world… I guess that’s not true. “I just want to fix my arm, is that it?”
“Oh, I am not a good person. I also have something I would like to ask you to do. “I came here as a request because I want you to make a weapon out of the Imoogi’s teeth and scales.”
“So…”
“It’s your medical expenses. “Please make me a new soldier for the cost of treatment.”
The old man could not understand the young man’s true feelings.
However, I guess it is thanks to this young man that his arm was healed.
If his son had been able to use that money, he would have been exonerated before he was ruined any further.
“Although this body was called one of the ten greatest masters of the world in the past, that was decades ago. “He hasn’t held a hammer once in a while. Do you think this old man will be able to make something properly even if his arm is repaired?”
Phew –
one breath.
In a gap just wide enough to take a breath.
The young man has a good posture.
“of course.”
He answered, looking straight at the old man with his eyes without any doubt.
Seeing that sight, the old man felt an uncontrollable yearning for it, but he was also embarrassed by that longing.
Nevertheless, I ask like a child reaching for fire.
Containing the innocence of the past.
“Why are you so sure?”
“….”
The young man chooses his words.
Although he is now broken, he was once a great general and the one who led Cheolgeumbang to this point.
I couldn’t tell such nonsense to someone like that.
So, I had to choose the most sparkly word, but it had to be transparent.
There couldn’t be a single lie.
“There is a person in our office who goes by the name Dokgo Junghu. You are the leader of the armed forces. This is his recommendation. “I trust his recommendation.”
“…!?”
At that moment, the old man’s eyes bulged-
“That friend of mine… hmm… that’s right.”
It may be because the connection from my younger days has reached the present of my old days.
The old man closes his eyes.
“Please give me a few days to think about it.”
Can this old body run again?
Can you hold a hammer again?
“of course. I’m going to stay here for a while. “Please tell me when you have organized your thoughts.”
Jin Cheon-hee gives a small bow and leaves.
At that sight, the old man sees a bird.
A large, agile bird with large wings.
I saw a bird that flew over Mount Tai with a single flap of its wings.
The bird landed in the iron room today.
I don’t know how long it will be, but I’m waiting for his answer.
The old man looked at the place where Jin Cheon-hee left for a while and then took out a bottle of alcohol from the cupboard next to him.
“Medium. This guy… hahaha.”
I can’t stop laughing.
But the tears didn’t stop.
An old relationship woke up the old man.
Golgolgol-
“Is this the little master you serve?”
If he had simply followed Zhuge Lin, there was no way he could have told Jin Tianxi the old story.
The old man knew that nature.
‘That’s why you introduced me to this person. I put your faith in me…’
Since losing my arm, I have closed off my heart for the rest of my life.
Many powerful people pleaded with him to give him advice even if he couldn’t make a weapon, but he never listened.
Because he, as a craftsman, is dead.
My heart is just getting colder.
For the first time, curiosity flooded my mind.
Curiosity as a blacksmith.
It was someone I thought had already cooled down and worn out.
‘What kind of recruit does someone like that want?’
I just had a gut feeling that it might not be the world’s most famous sword.
The old man offered alcohol to his old relationship.
