Episode 97. My older brother
is my older brother (2) “Mr.
The fireman’s eyes widened at the words of the poet, but soon changed to a worried expression.
‘It’s congratulatory for the Hyeonbi Mama, but the Cheongbi Mama must be jealous. Please don’t let the sparks fly on me…..’
“Yes. I should go and congratulate you.”
“His Highness Sang and Hyeonbi Mama are still waiting for Congressman Hwabu.”
“ah-. You came to pick me up.”
“yes.”
“Hyung, I’ll be back before Hyeonbi.”
“Okay, I’m fine now, so don’t worry.”
Hwabok, who regained her energy after drinking the decoction, thought to herself as she waved her hands.
‘The poets look at the original painting so highly.’
Hwabok was feeling a sense of alienation while watching his younger brother.
At home, I was just the youngest. At least recently, it has been known that medicine is good, and he has healed his mother, but the youngest brother is still the youngest brother. But when I came here, I saw that my younger brother was already a high official.
‘By the way, I heard that you turned down the position on the city council… Why are the city council members so polite?’
Hwa-bok did not know that his younger brother had been given an inspection plaque to supervise the government of all prefectures in the defeated country. Because of this, it was mistaken that the poets were admiring their younger brother’s medical skills.
‘ha-. Anyway, I don’t have the face to look at the original painting anymore. To think I couldn’t even keep a small promise like this with my younger brother… I’m not qualified to hold a government post.’
* * *
Sang Jin-gyu was determined to recommend Hwa-bok to filial piety after hearing Eun-muk’s evaluation. But in the meantime, when Hyeonbi also became pregnant, the painter looked better.
Hyeonbi felt more like that than Sang.
It was unpleasant to have the same slander against Cheongbi, but in fact, it was not that he did not understand the painter’s position on it, and since he had conceived first of all, he did not hesitate to make such a small fault an issue.
“How are you? Did you really have a meeting this time?”
Hyeonbi asked with a slightly nervous expression as he looked at the painter who took a step back after sifting his hand.
Seonghwan of the city council had already diagnosed that she had conceived, but since Gyeongdeok of the city council had made a misdiagnosis in the past, anxiety remained.
The painter smiled and nodded at Hyeonbi’s question.
“Cut down. A healthy baby is growing in Mama’s belly.”
“You really had a meeting. After hearing what Congressman Hwa said, I feel relieved now.”
Hyeonbi’s eyes were even slightly reddened.
Sang Jin-gyu, who was watching Hyeon-bi, opened his mouth.
“Chief Hwa, then, is the baby in Hyuni’s belly a son or a daughter?”
“The baby is still too small to determine the sex.”
Jin-gyu made a slightly puzzled expression at the fireman’s answer.
“Didn’t you guess the sex of all babies just by looking at them without taking a pulse?”
“At that time, everyone was full, so it was possible.”
“I’m hoping for a son, so maybe you didn’t tell me on purpose?”
“How can you say you don’t know when you know?”
“There were things that Congressman Hwa couldn’t do. I am surprised.”
“My medical skills are still very poor.”
“Tsk, that bastard’s humility. Anyway, I heard that my brother came.”
For a moment, the painter’s complexion hardened slightly.
“Yes, I’ve been here, but there must have been some accidents on the way, and I’m almost dying, so even though I have to get to know your Highness first, I’m treating you first.”
“I heard about what had already happened through Eun Dok-woo.”
“Are you poisonous?”
The fireman suddenly remembered what Ohbo had told him. I couldn’t believe it when I heard Obo’s words, but it seems that he was a real friend.
“Then… the test you were talking about at the time…”
“That’s right. It was directed by Eun Dok-woo. A secret from your brother.”
The painter sighed deeply and knelt down towards Sang Jin-gyu.
dump.
“Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”
“My brother had circumstances, but I couldn’t keep the promise you made until the Dragon Boat Festival. I hope that His Highness will bestow the same grace as Hahae.”
“Ah, are you talking about that?”
Sang Jin-gyu looked at the fireman with an expression of surprise.
“Is it because of the inspection plaque?”
“No. The inspection plaque… is here.”
The painter held out an inspection plaque from his bosom, but Sang Jin-gyu did not accept it, and his eyes twinkled as if he was having fun.
“It’s enough to retrieve the inspection plaque, but what grace are you talking about?”
“Even though my older brother couldn’t keep his promise with His Highness, I’m sure… he’s not neglecting his ability. If I’ve done a little good in the past, please give my brother at least a modest post so that he can repay me for failing to keep his promise to Your Highness.”
“You, who refused to make a recommendation to His Majesty the Emperor with filial piety, seem to kneel at your brother’s disgrace. Hehehe I really envy the friendship of the family. How about doing this?”
“…..”
“If you want to be my city council member, how about giving my four brothers more than 100 bongmi government posts?”
The fireman sighed deeply.
“Whoa… Your Highness wouldn’t even want that, my brother. If my brother had the guts to do that, he probably would have already been in office. My older brother thinks only about integrity and thinks that he should rise to a public office only with his skills. The seat that eats the rust of the nation is a person who thinks he should not go up in debt or tie a relationship with someone. If you do, you will definitely have to look at the person who made the kite. That’s why I haven’t been able to get to the official post until now.”
“Hmm… I see.”
“As I said, I still want to see more of the world’s medicine. Please take my order.”
“Your medical skills have already surpassed poetry and reached an unrivaled level. But what kind of worldly medicine do you want to see more of?”
“There are still many diseases in the world that I have not been able to cure. Please count.”
“He’s a really hard person to get hold of.”
“sorry.”
Sang Jin-gyu looked at the fireman with a smile and said.
“Don’t worry about your brother. Your older brother has already passed the test. According to Dokwoo, it’s the best ever. How can I ignore such a talented person? I was already thinking of recommending to His Majesty the Emperor with filial piety.”
“Your last name is ruined.”
“It’s a waste to lie flat on your face for your brother… It’s a waste no matter how you look at it.”
“…..”
“Ah, this morning I received a message that Uncle Hwang, who is in the imperial palace, is ill. I will write a letter of recommendation, so go to Hwangdo with your brother and treat your uncle.”
The fireman nodded his head.
“I will do my best to treat you.”
But when I came back, I was deeply troubled.
‘If it were the imperial palace, there would still be the best names…’
Sang Sang’s uncle would have to be regarded as a person holding the highest position in the imperial palace, but I didn’t understand it a bit.
‘Anyway… I’ll have to take a look. If I just fix it… would it make my brother’s life in the imperial palace a bit easier?’
* * *
“Heh heh heh… I heard that the Hwabu congressman’s older brother is also so great?”
“Say that. Rumors have already spread around the palace. There is no such thing as a sleeping dragon. If so, would the Sang recommend filial piety?”
“That’s right. I can’t figure out how a family with such brothers fell into disrepair.”
“Even so, there were rumors that he was too good to be hired on purpose.”
“Yes, it would have been. Anyway, I heard that the Hwabu councilor is also going to the imperial palace… Do you want to get a seat there?”
“her! Right. As the saying goes, a person like Hwabu will shine wherever he goes. Would you like to just leave it as the Emperor?”
Ok-joo, the owner of Hyeon-o Gaek-cup, could hear the joyful chatter of the poets.
‘The Hwabu councilor is going to the imperial palace?’
Ok-ju has been eagerly waiting for the painter to come out of Yeongcheon. I couldn’t enter the castle, so I asked for a house visit several times, but I kept getting rejected.
Then, when I heard the words in the car, my heart felt urgent.
‘We must meet before going to the imperial palace…’
After hearing the doctors’ words, Ok-ju almost entrusted the work of the inn to Suk-soo and Jeom-soi, waiting near the castle gate every day for the painter to come out.
There was another person who was waiting for the painter to appear, although with a different purpose from Ok-ju.
Four of Kyeongdeok’s subordinates from the city council.
Sajung had to return to the Taepyeonggyo branch in Yeongcheon-hyeon after the death of Gyeongdeok, the main city. However, he was waiting to take the fireman’s head because he knew that he would be reprimanded if he returned empty-handed after the death of his superior.
However, the fireman did not come out of the castle for several months and has not been able to return until now.
The news that the painter was going to the imperial palace with his brother after a while came to the ears of the foursome.
The four people began to wait for the fireman to come out, blinking their eyes near the castle gate.
* * *
The night before leaving for the imperial palace, the painter had a drink with his brother at Yeoncheong guesthouse.
“How happy my mother would be if she found out that I was being recommended for filial piety.”
Hwabok shed tears as she stroked the letter of recommendation with the official seal of the award.
“I’m in a hurry because I have to go to treat Hwang Wan-tae-wei, but hyung can drop by my house.”
“Didn’t His Highness tell me to go with you?”
“But it is not urgent. I’m not going to start training right away just because my brother is leaving anyway. So come and see your mother.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, do it.”
“Yes, there is no fixed period, and you can get rid of the horse, so it will be a little late, but it won’t make a difference in a few days.”
“I will not enter the imperial palace. I’m going to treat Taewi Hwangwan, so I’ll be at Hwangjijang, so please come when hyung comes to Hwangdo too.”
“I get it.”
“Have a drink from me.”
When the painter poured wine into his brother’s glass, the older brother also poured alcohol into the painter’s glass.
After lightly clinking their glasses, the two emptied their glasses at the same time.
“It is the first time in my life that I have tasted such delicious alcohol.”
“It’s the first time I’ve had such a delicious drink.”
“Come to think of it, this is the first time I’ve done a masterpiece like this with you.”
“uh! I see. Boon and hyung drank it a few times, but this is the first time for hyung.”
“If I knew that the alcohol I drink with you is this delicious, I would drink it often at home.”
“Later, when my older brother finishes his imperial class and is appointed to the prefectural government, then the whole family has a drink.”
“Yes, I will. Thank you anyway. It is entirely because of your virtue that I was recommended for filial piety.”
“It can’t be. Is Sang really that kind of person? All of this is because my brother is good at it. Congratulations brother.”
“It’s all thanks to you, so don’t be humble. Get another drink.”
“yes.”
The two drank as if they were drinking water.
While drinking with his brother, the painter was secretly worried about what kind of disease Taewi Hwang-wan, who was called Sang-sang’s uncle, was sick.
‘I hope it’s a disease that can be cured…’
* * *
‘Huh? What is that bastard?’
Ok-ju secretly started following the fireman and his older brother as they left the castle. In the meantime, I realized that there was someone following behind me ahead of me.
Ok-ju realized that the man secretly following the fireman was of the same type as herself.
‘It looks like it’s Salsu…’
Ok-ju kept a little more distance and followed Salsu.
‘uh! That’s a tombstone. Could it be that he is the executor of the cult?’
Myohyangbo was a secret step that kills signs like that of a cat.
‘It looks like a very skilled enforcer with at least a second grade.’
I swallowed dry saliva.
The B-level enforcer is the same level as the escort chief when he is the branch manager of Chohyeon. If you look at your skills alone, you can overpower yourself, but… The problem is that B-level enforcers basically bring three or four Byeong-level enforcers with them.
‘It would be difficult if that guy ambushed the enforcers…’
He paused.
When the leader suddenly lowered her posture and hid, Ok-ju also reflexively hid herself.
The painter broke up with his brother and went to the stable to buy a horse.
After a while, the horse the fireman rode and the horse the two disciples rode started running, and the man chasing them also hurriedly ran somewhere.
Because Ok-ju already knew where the fireman was going, he did not chase after the man who was following him.
Ok-ju saw three men waiting for the trailer at the corner of the village. They had already finished their preparations by the end.
‘As expected, he had a group of enforcers.’
The follower immediately mounted his horse and began to run down the side road in the direction the fireman had gone.
‘Looking at the shortcut, they also know the destination of the Hwabu Councilor.’
Ok-ju hurriedly ran to the stable, bought a horse, and drove the horse in the direction the painter had gone.
‘If I let them know that Salsu is chasing them and help me avoid them… I’ll be more inclined to treat them.’
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