Episode 199. Behind the scenes finally revealed (2)
“I’m suspicious? What’s suspicious?”
The painter tilted his head involuntarily.
“The medical skills of Congressman Hwa, the pictures drawn in the book, and the unknown letters from which country. All of that was award-winning.”
“The letters can be stolen, so they are written in words that only I can recognize, so why do you think medicine or pictures are suspicious?”
“My teacher said that the pictures drawn in Congressman Hwa’s book could not be drawn by dissecting one or two people. It is said that it is a medical technique that can only be known and achieved by dissecting dozens or even hundreds of people. And I agree to some extent with that statement.”
Sadang looked at the fireman with sharp eyes as if interrogating a sinner.
The painter couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
Future medicine was made with numerous high-tech equipment and accumulated over a long period of time, so it was not something that could be explained to the people of this era.
‘How should I answer this?’
The painter turned his head slightly and looked at Janggoe, Okju, and Eulji.
All three of them seemed to be thinking the same thing, only paying attention to their mouths.
“Whoa~. I haven’t told anyone so far because I don’t think others will believe it, but since the commander of the company’s escort is so suspicious, I have no choice but to let you know. In fact, I’ve almost died at the hands of bandits before. At that time, I woke up after wandering between death and death, and while I was wandering between death and death, I had a dream of becoming a doctor in the very distant future. It may be unbelievable, but my current medical practice is what I learned from that dream at that time.”
“You said you learned such ridiculous divine medicine in a dream? You’re not telling me to believe that right now, are you?”
“It’s unbelievable, but it’s true. Guard Chief Ok, who is here, is from my hometown, so you should know when I was known as an outstanding doctor.”
People’s eyes turned to Ok-ju at the painter’s words.
Okju thought for a moment and then opened her mouth.
“It was at the age of 16 that Dr. Hwa began to stand out in medicine. If Senator Hwa had killed and dissected people as the guards thought, it would have to be before the age of 16…. That child kills hundreds of thousands of people? It’s hard to believe. Also, there should be such incidents around, but of course there is no such thing.”
“You mean you came to prominence when you were only sixteen?”
“yes. How old do you think Mr. Hwa is? I’ve been watching for ten years, but I’ve never lived to see anything other than human life. No, rather, he only does good things, to the point where I even wonder if he is not a human being, but a immortal, who should be in the sky, descending to the human world and accumulating virtue to become a god.”
Janggoe and Eulji nodded their heads after hearing Okju’s words.
“I have been with Congressman Hwa so far, but I have never seen him commit any evil.”
“Me too. That’s why, like Guard Chief Ok, I think of you as half a freshman.”
As the three defended the painter, the sadang put on a confused expression.
“But can only dreams explain Dr. Hwa’s ridiculous medical skills?”
“How can it be unexplained but true? In the world, there are often geniuses or eccentrics who go far beyond common sense. Our Congressman Hwa should understand that as a person like that.”
“you’re right. I’ve been watching Congressman Hwa so far…”
While the people supported the painter, the painter was observing the eyes and breathing of the shrine and the subtle changes in emotions.
‘At first, the person who gave me absolute trust and even claimed to be an escort is now full of doubts. Could that crazy old man know how to hypnotize?’
Come to think of it, it was even doubtful that Sagajang had grown up with the active support of Jangyang and other townsfolk. They gave so much support because there was a point of contact, but they probably did not give full support simply because they paid a lot of bribes.
“Do you know Zhang Yang?”
When the painter suddenly asked, as if throwing a stone fastball, Sadang’s face showed embarrassment.
“Now, if you’re talking about Yang Yang… are you referring to Jangyang, the queen of the palace, who was the royal court eunuch?”
“yes.”
“Zhang Yang was my priest.”
Seureungseureung.
At that moment, Ok-joo and Jang-goe drew their swords and aimed them at the sadang’s neck.
“What are you doing now?”
Sadang made an absurd expression when he saw two people, no four people, who suddenly revealed their intentions to live.
The fireman opened his mouth.
“Zhang Yang is the one who used enchantments to manipulate the Emperor and tried to kill me after I cured him and freed him from the enchantment.”
“I don’t know what you are talking about. Priest Jang is the pride of our monks who served the emperor for decades and gained the trust and was sealed to the 10th queen.”
“Did you know that Zhang Ju, who caused the Yellow Turban Rebellion, was Zhang Yang’s son?”
“Zhang Ju is the nephew of Priest Zhang. According to common sense, how can a castrated eunuch see offspring?”
“no. I don’t know how he fooled the officials, but Zhang Ju is Zhang Yang’s son. And the brothers Janggeo and Jangsoon are nephews.”
“You are truly misinformed. Zhang Ge, Zhang Ge, and Zhang Shun are all nephews of Master Zhang.”
“Well, if you claim that, it is. Anyway, it doesn’t change that Zhang Yang is my enemy. And whether it be a child or a nephew, there is no doubt that they are traitors who rebelled against Your Majesty.”
“The tyranny of the eunuchs and officials was so severe that Zhang Guo started a rebellion. Even though it was a treason, how tyranny would have been? I think Zhang Jia was wrong, but he could do it well enough.”
“is it so? But isn’t that a bit strange? His father, Zhang Yang, is the head of the Ten Sangshis who sell his office and control the emperor at will, but his son, Zhang Ju, doesn’t like that and rebels.”
“Because I am not a son, but a nephew.”
“Isn’t it strange that any relationship is closely related by blood?”
“That’s kind of weird.”
“Guard Jang, Guard Jade. Please put away the knife.”
At the fireman’s words, Jang-goe and Ok-joo hesitated without retracting their swords.
“Miss Hwa. The four guards are masters.”
“No matter how skilled you are, you can’t do anything here. And he’s not the kind of person who’s going to make a sneak attack.”
“Hmm~. All right.”
When Jang-goe took the knife, Ok-ju also took it, but neither of them put the knife into the house.
The cook got up, took out tea leaves, cooled the boiling water slightly, and poured it into brewing tea.
“I think we need to talk a little bit more…. Please quench your thirst.”
“I’m still thirsty, but thank you.”
As the painter drank tea, the sadang also drank tea.
The fireman took a few sips of tea before opening his mouth again.
“Did Zhang Yang learn how to seduce people from Old Man Nanhua?”
“How to seduce people? Do you have any tricks like that?”
“There is such a trick. Because Jangyang used that technique to control the emperor at will.”
“As I said earlier, Priest Zhang was loyal to His Majesty the Emperor through generations, so he was recognized for his merits and was sealed as an empress.”
“Can a person who is loyal to His Majesty remain ignorant when his nephew rebels?”
“In that situation, you can pretend you don’t know enough.”
“no. When his nephew rebelled, he secretly tried to replace the emperor and become the emperor himself. But when it was discovered, he put the blame on the other eunuchs and escaped himself.”
“What nonsense are you talking about?”
“Why doesn’t it make sense? Then, later, when I healed the emperor and the emperor returned to normal, what is the reason for suddenly running away?”
“How do I know that?”
“It is wrong to blindly believe that Zhang Yang is your priest. It is also wrong to blindly trust the old man Namhwa, his teacher. When he first wanted to be my escort, he called Old Man Namhwa a bad guy, but now he has reconnected with the teacher and his wife and calls me a bad guy. When the hell did I do something bad?”
“That’s…”
Sadang was confused and couldn’t answer easily.
“I made a bad person just by guessing without seeing what I did. A man called your master! Is that really right?”
“Cheum~. Would you like some more tea?”
Sadang drank the tea at once, probably thirsty, and held out the cup to the painter.
The painter waited calmly after pouring hot water into his glass.
After a while, the fireman had Janggoe, Okju, and even Eulji go outside.
The three said they would stay, concerned about the fireman’s safety, but the fireman sent the three people out, asking what the story would be like in a bloody atmosphere.
After that, I began to talk calmly with the shrine.
Sadang, who was initially heartbroken, calmed down as he drank tea and talked to the painter, and gradually began to doubt his teacher, the old man Nanhua.
“Think carefully. I made the disciple’s niece into a spy and sent it to me, and when I couldn’t get what I wanted, I robbed, and when that wasn’t enough, I tried to feed my estrus pill, which is only for animals, through my niece. Is this really the right thing to do?”
The fireman purred and took out the vial of green powder Sarah had brought and placed it in front of the shrine.
Seeing the bottle of medicine, Sadang’s face naturally showed embarrassment.
He knew that this vial had been given to his niece by the master.
“This is a estrous drug?”
“Yes, when I experimentally fed it to a rat, the male rat immediately attacked the female rat and started copulating. The person who is said to be the master guard’s teacher gave these medicines to Sarah, the captain’s niece. Can you imagine what evil I would have done if I had taken this medicine?”
“I knew this as an elixir that would increase the likability…”
“If it’s such an elixir, you can feed it to the escort commander’s teacher and make the relationship between the escort commander and the master better.”
The painter handed out a bottle of medicine to the shrine and began to suggest.
In fact, the tea Sadang drank earlier was brewed with cannabis leaves.
‘Anyway, old man Namhwa seems to have hypnotized you, but I’ll use it in reverse.’
The more Sadang talked with the painter, the more he became aware of how bad old man Namhwa had done to him and his niece, and began to build absolute trust in the painter.
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When Sadang entered the inn with steamed duck cooked with various spices, the old man Namhwa made a slightly puzzled expression.
“Duck dishes are also sold here…”
“There is a place called Payang Gaekjan that sells cooked duck in a unique way, and it was rumored that the taste was amazing, so I bought it and brought it. Owner, can I eat this here?”
The owner of the inn had a slightly flustered expression, but soon forced a smile and nodded.
Since he had been staying at the inn for more than 10 days and ordered food and drinks to raise sales, he had to take care of this.
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