< Episode 65 Ignoring the Demonstration Department (6) >
Not long after that all cadets’ endurance measurements were completed.
“hmm.”
Looking at the number of successful applicants and those who failed Chae Ho-seong of the Sixth Thousand raised his eyebrows and let out a faint groan.
Of the total 103 members 37 were eliminated.
There were 66 successful applicants.
Much more people passed the internal performance test than last year’s selection process.
‘It’s unexpected.’
At that time Chae Ho-seong participated as deputy commander.
At that time there were 48 successful applicants but this time the number was much higher.
This meant that the rider this time had relatively high skills.
“Interesting. “Isn’t that right?”
At his words the six Cheonho of Yukseongwan below the podium nodded and agreed.
Even from the beginning there were sometimes outstanding cadets.
But this rider was particularly different.
Even in the Geumuiwi two cadets with military rank higher than Cheonho rank appeared.
‘Mu Gyeong-un and Zhou Yun-xiang.’
They are two people with completely different feelings.
Neither of them had any expectations but they were hiding surprising inaction.
Even though neither of them were nominated candidates they were in fact strong candidates for Jang Won (壯元) and Bang Bang (榜眼) (second seat) for Mushi of the Demonstration Department.
While Chae Ho-seong and other Heavenly Guardians were making similar evaluations Six Heavenly Lord So Ye-rin was keeping an eye on someone.
He was none other than Mok Gyeong-un.
‘…I feel dangerous.’
If he were the gunner in charge of the general supervisor he was judged as someone who should not have been accepted for any reason.
But it soon killed my heart.
In any case he did not come to the top of gold nor was it to enjoy wealth and glory or to be loyal to the country.
There was no reason to care unless he directly caused something.
Yukcheonho Chae Ho-seong said while looking at those who passed the internal strength test.
“Congratulations to the cadets who passed the first round of the selection process.”
“Waaaaaa!!!”
The cadets who passed the exam cheered at his congratulations.
Becoming a member of the Golden Guard a special guard under the emperor was a great honor and honor for them.
To those who were cheering Chae Ho-seong of the Six Thousand Troops pretended to be quiet.
When the hall became quiet again he spoke.
“But now is the beginning. “From now on we will begin the selection process for the Gold Council in earnest for one month.”
The successful candidates focused on his words.
This is because it is an explanation of how things proceed.
“Prior to the secondary selection process we will teach the Geumnasu method related to trapping techniques which can be considered the basics of Geumuiwi and the Geumuiwi Jin method which is the basic technique for five days. “Here no one is eliminated from the selection process.”
At those words the successful applicants breathed a sigh of relief.
The story was that I could breathe for at least five days.
At their reaction Chae Ho-seong the six-thousand-ho smiled and continued speaking.
“There is nothing to like. “And during the remaining month of probationary period for the Geumuiui Commission we will constantly assign scores and select those who are eliminated.”
“Huh.”
“You’re always eliminated.”
At these words the cadets’ expressions darkened in various ways.
This was because it meant that you had to stay on your toes at all times except for five days.
One of the cadets who was listening to this in silence raised his hand and asked.
“You said there would be a probationary period for the Geumuiui Commission. How would it proceed?”
Everyone murmured at the cadet’s question.
Even so this was my first time hearing about the apprenticeship period.
In response Yukcheonho Chae Ho-seong said.
“You could say this rider is lucky.”
“What is that?”
“At least before being eliminated I was given the opportunity to tour the palace grounds and experience what the Gold Council does.”
The cadets were agitated by those words.
I didn’t know that apprenticeship was really an opportunity to experience the Geumuiwiwi.
Maybe that’s why some cadets couldn’t hide their excitement.
‘I guess so. Opportunities like this are rare.’
The commander’s opinion was entirely taken into account regarding this Geumuiuiwi apprenticeship.
It was a process passed with the consent of the Southern and Northern Jin Warriors.
It wasn’t a bad idea to test the cadets’ practical skills through apprenticeship.
In this way Mok Gyeong-un’s eyes were different from those of the cadets who were full of expectations about the practical field.
‘It’s just as Marahyeon said.’
It was as mentioned by Cheonho Mara-hyeon of the Masked Council.
That meant that the opportunity to go to the underground Geumok might come quickly as he had promised.
This was the right opportunity.
In any case the explanation was not yet finished so Chae Ho-seong of the Sixth Heaven continued his story.
“Do you understand why each Cheonho came to the Yukseongwan as a deputy supervisor? “This is to provide an opportunity to experience each department by rotating through them for five days a month.”
“Oooh!”
At those words cheers came from the cadets.
This provides an opportunity to experience all ministries rather than just a specific ministry.
The frontline department which could directly interact with the royal family and the Ministry of Internal Affairs was everyone’s most preferred department in the Yukseongwan.
‘Do whatever you like.’
‘Laughable things.’
‘I didn’t even know that hell was starting from now on.’
At their reaction the heavenly officials of each ministry secretly laughed.
Although it was an opportunity to experience each ministry it could also have been a harsh process with the highest dropout rate among all selection processes in history.
This is because scores will be assigned throughout the apprenticeship period as if monitored and many people will drop out.
“If you do so I will designate you a group for the first apprenticeship in advance of the five-day basic training of the Geumuiui Commission.”
“already?”
“It’s so chewy.”
“Please front line!”
“I want to go to the Yukseonbu.”
Everyone was filled with anticipation upon hearing that the groups had already been decided for each department of the Yukseongwan.
It was natural to wonder which ministry would be designated first.
Among them the most preferred ministries are of course the Ilseonbu which holds the position of inner palace; the Samseonbu which is the information department that can be said to be another center of the Jinuiwiwi; and the Yukseonbu where the peerless beauty Yukcheonho So Yerin who is called the ice flower of the Jinuiwiwi is located. It was.
‘Anyway if we take turns in a certain order we will cover all the ministries in some way so it would be Josammosa (朝三暮四).’
Mok Kyung-un thought to himself about the cadets’ wishes.
There was nothing to like or dislike about being placed first.
It was a structure where everyone had no choice but to become an apprentice in some way.
In the end the secondary test was to determine how well they could adapt to whatever department they were assigned to and how excellent their work ability they could demonstrate as a member of the Geumuiui Commission in the future.
‘Did you say that the person in charge of Geumok was the firing squad?’
Of course I wanted to be deployed to the firing line first.
This means that you will be able to save more time.
and
‘I wish we could split into groups as much as possible.’
The subjects whom the group wanted to be divided into were Nie Chun and Meng Muyak.
Although they swore loyalty to him they were strictly members of the Cheonjihoe.
It was still questionable whether he would obediently follow his orders even if it went against the Cheonjihoe.
At that time General Supervisor Yuk Cheon-ho and Chae Ho-seong continued her words.
“Teams were assigned based on performance in a performance test and assignment to each ministry was done arbitrarily by the heavenly officials here so we will not tolerate any complaints. Do you understand?”
“yes!!!”
That’s how the group name calling began.
Hwa Young-in the leader of the front line came out first and called out the names of the group members.
“Cadet Namgung Cheonghyeon.”
At the first name the corner of Namgung Cheonghyeon’s mouth which had been calm until now twitched.
He also seems to have preferred the front line which was the inner palace position.
Before I knew it Meng Wuyak who had come to the side just like Nie Chun spoke in a whisper.
“Maybe it’s because Namgung Hye the sister of Nangong Qingxian is the emperor’s concubine.”
“rain?”
“yes. “Her side of the Namgung family has also had relationships with high-ranking officials for a long time and through this she seems to have allowed the eldest daughter of the family head to enter the palace early on.”
“okay.”
After hearing this she guessed why Namgung Cheonghyeon was reacting like that.
She got a chance to meet her sister early so she seemed to like her.
In this way starting with Namgung Cheong-hyeon the names of each group were called one after another.
“Kiyatho!”
“You’re on the front lines from the beginning!”
“You’re lucky.”
Naturally the cadets who became the front line from the beginning cheered and could not hide their joy.
To that extent the Naegung office where the emperor and the royal family were located seemed to be the ministry to which everyone who wanted to become a member of the Jinui Committee wanted to be assigned.
‘Fortunately the front line is avoided.’
Unlike these cadets Mok Gyeong-un had no interest in the front line.
He only wanted one quarter the Saseonbu where the underground gold mines were located.
‘I said it would be based on grades and Namgung Cheong-hyeon a member of Samseok was assigned to the front line so there will be no need to be assigned to the front line.’
Now that there were five remaining Buddhas the odds were 20%.
But there was an unexpected name here.
“Cadet Mok Gyeong-un.”
‘huh?’
Then she called herself.
In response Mok Kyung-un raised his hand without showing any signs.
“This finally concludes the group formation of the front line.”
‘!?’
Mo Kyung-un frowned.
If grades were taken into consideration at least the top six would never overlap.
However there was something that did not make sense to me that Namgung Cheong-hyeon who was a member of the third party and himself who was a person of one stone were teamed up.
He doesn’t know if he was seventh in rank.
In response Mok Gyeong-un stroked his chin.
‘…It doesn’t seem like it just happened like this.’
Since raising an objection here was not a situation that would change the Buddha Mok Gyeong-un was skeptical but quietly kept his mouth shut.
And so the group of names ended.
He had 66 people so he called just 11 people.
“I will call the next group.”
Lee Seon-bu’s heavenly friend Siwoo-ryang came out and started calling out his name.
Iseonbu was in charge of inspection and security of internal and external palace officials.
It could be said that he was given the opportunity to contact numerous officials in the imperial palace.
“Cadet Seopchun.”
The first person to be called was Seopchun.
When the group was divided Seop-chun said to Mok-gyeong-un as if he felt sorry.
“It’s a shame. “If we were a group if we did well we would have been able to get there more quickly.”
Mok Kyung-un smiled silently at his words.
It seems that Seop Chun also realized that he had an opportunity to enter the underground Geumok more quickly after hearing that he was serving as an apprentice to Geum.
If they go in together it will be difficult because they will not be able to carry out the secret orders of the head of the Amjong clan.
Actually it was better this way.
“Cadet Jonghyun Geum.”
The next person to be called was Geum Jong-hyun whose internal performance measurement scores were excellent.
When I called him he didn’t look very happy.
Namgung Cheonghyeon also frowned when he was called but he seemed to react that way because he was in the same group as Nyeopchun the latter-day leader of the Cheonjihoe.
“Tsk tsk. “Who knows what’s good?”
Because the disciples of the Jongnam faction were members of the Justice League Nie Chun was not very pleased.
Meanwhile the rest of the cadets in this group were called.
When this group’s name was called unlike the first group the cadets did not show any signs of cheering or liking.
“I will call the next three groups.”
Ohmugi the guardian of the Samseonbu came out and started calling out names.
There were many cadets who preferred the Intelligence Department so there were quite a few positive responses here.
In Group 3 10 cadets including Mong Mu-yak were called.
“Next I will call the four groups.”
Mak Myeong-ho the Cheonho of the firing squad walked forward.
The cadets flinched as soon as they saw him.
Of the six ministries of the Six Seon Pavilions five ministries had some who preferred them to a large extent but not the four ministries.
‘In charge of Geumok.’
The Four Masters manage all the gold jewels and criminals in the imperial palace.
There was a place that was particularly infamous and that place was the Geumok Underground of the Imperial Palace.
Numerous felons from the Central Plains including high treason criminals were imprisoned there and everyone was reluctant to do so because it was the Yookseongwan’s envoy department that managed them.
‘Please don’t get caught.’
‘It wasn’t Geumok from the beginning.’
Everyone hoped that it would not end up in the private sector.
At that time Mak Myeong-ho the Cheonho of the Saseonbu opened his mouth.
“Cadet Joo Yun-hyang.”
‘it’s okay.’
‘Great!’
The moment his name was called several people cheered.
The disciples of the Hwasan faction included Yeom Gyeong and Wi Bucheng.
It seemed that Zhou Yunxiang had more enemies around him than he seemed.
‘It’s a shame.’
Mok Gyeong-un quenched his appetite.
He actually wanted to go to the Four Masters himself first but someone named Zhou Yunxiang went.
‘There’s nothing I can do.’
Now that things were like this I just hoped that my next assignment would be in the firing line.
“Foot.”
Yan Qing a disciple of the Huashan Sect openly laughed at Zhou Yunxiang.
Although the others did not know there was a reason why Yan Qing disliked Zhou Yunxiang so much.
That was because he was humiliated by Zhou Yun-hyang in front of the true believers of the Hwasan faction the Joint faction and the Jongnam faction at a meeting of the Taoist faction.
‘Damn bet.’
Thanks to that bet Zhou Yunxiang was recognized as a martial artist and he himself was treated as a commoner.
Because of this Yan Qing disliked him very much.
I was just hoping that he wouldn’t do well but in the meantime when Joo Yun-hyang was placed in the firing line which everyone was reluctant to do I was so happy that I almost cheered.
‘I heard Geumok is so difficult that even the Geumui Committee members are reluctant to do it but I had bad luck with placement from the beginning. Zhou Yunxiang.’
Yan Qing openly sneered at Zhou Yunxiang.
Then Cheonho Mak Myeong-ho called the next cadet from the firing squad.
“Cadet Yeomgyeong!”
‘!?’
As soon as those words were out Yeomgyeong’s expression became distorted.
‘Damn it!’
I was laughing at him just a moment ago but what kind of lightning is this?
“Why?”
Yan Qing who could not accept this eventually raised his hand and said:
Then Cheonho Mak Myeong-ho frowned and raised his voice.
“I would have said that objections to group assignment will not be tolerated.”
“but….”
“Cadet Yeom-gyeong. “Points are deducted from the beginning.”
“four?”
“It would be better to talk about it in advance. During the probationary period if we as assistant supervisors deduct points three times from our grading we will be immediately eliminated from the position and demoted to a trainee in the demonstration department. Do you understand?”
At those words Yan Qing’s stomach boiled.
Who would have imagined that points would be deducted as soon as an objection was raised?
“Are you dissatisfied?”
“Oh…no.”
If you look at it further here it was he who suffered the loss.
Yeom Gyeong who suffered from the worst group placement from the point deduction gritted his teeth and internally reprimanded Cheonho Mak Myeongho.
There was one person who was disappointed after the name of the company was announced.
He was Wibucheong a disciple of Samilgeom (邪謐劍) Gisaman the leader of the Four Leagues Alliance.
‘Tch.’
Deep down he wanted to be in the same group as Joo Yunyang.
This was because there would be an opportunity to somehow hinder Zhou Yunxiang from becoming the Jinuiwi or do something to him.
Then Wei Bucheng shook his head.
‘No it doesn’t matter.’
There was no need to be in the same group.
For a moment a faint spark of life flashed in his eyes as he looked at Zhou Yunxiang.
* * *
After the group placement for that day was completed the basic training of the Geumuiui Committee began in the afternoon.
Basic training was conducted at the Geumwiwi Training Center rather than the Demonstration Department Training Center and the 66 people who passed the selection process were randomly assigned to accommodations there.
late evening after training
The cadets were scattered throughout the Geumuiwi training center.
After dinner it was free time after that.
I could go to my dorm and rest or I could use the private practice room at the Geumwiwi Training Center.
However most cadets chose to train in the workshop rather than rest for future challenges.
One of the empty accommodations.
-Sigh!
Even the lights were turned off and the door to the dark dorm room slowly opened.
Someone carefully entered through the open door making almost no sound.
A face reflected in the faint moonlight coming through the window.
He was none other than Wei Bu-cheong a disciple of Samilgeom Gisaman the leader of the Four Alliance Alliance.
‘As expected there’s no one there.’
Wei Bucheng raised the corner of his mouth.
I assumed that everyone including him would be in a private training room and that was correct.
The Wibucheong came in and looked at the 4-person room.
Then he checked the luggage on the table next to one of the beds and immediately smiled sarcastically.
‘I found it.’
Wei Bucheng who found the desired person’s place took out something from his chest.
It was a very small and sharp needle.
He took out several inconspicuous needles walked over to the wooden needles on the bed next to the table and began to insert them.
‘Hehehe.’
Wei Bucheng covered his mouth and looked at Seo-yi in amusement.
I couldn’t hide my excitement as I thought about the owner of this place coming back and lying down in bed to sleep.
If these needles penetrate into the back or head everything will be fine.
Imagining like that Wei Bucheng whom I liked turned his body and tried to take his steps to leave.
however
“The person I was waiting for didn’t come and some rat came.”
-Shudder!
Before I knew it someone was standing in front of the door leaning against it.
Wi Bucheng who was staring at him opened his mouth in a surprised voice.
“You…are you really Mokgyeongun?”
The person in front of the door was none other than Mok Gyeong-un.
Wibucheong who discovered him like this could not hide his embarrassment.
As expected he entered the room after checking that no one was there and he didn’t even feel like he was there the whole time he was inserting the needle into the neck needle.
But how is this guy in the room?
At that time Mok Gyeong-un sniffed his nose and soon opened his mouth.
“It’s poppy dried with valerian root sambaekcho gobihap root ground centipede poison… I’ve prepared something interesting.”
‘!?’
Wei Bucheng’s eyes widened.
I don’t know exactly what kind of dictatorship is in acupuncture.
All I know is
[Poisons that penetrate the body very slowly include poppy which causes hallucinations so this will affect the brain and gradually cause one to go crazy.]
It was like this.
But I didn’t know that poppy would be mentioned in this guy’s mouth.
But the problem wasn’t that it matched the dictatorship inside.
‘How do I do this?’
How can you tell the smell on that little needle from this distance?
It was impossible to do this without touching the nose directly.
But this wasn’t what was important right now.
It was a big deal for someone to discover what he was doing.
Accordingly the Wibucheong tried to calmly resolve the matter.
“hey. “Calm down.”
“What do you mean calm down?”
“This isn’t a bad thing for you either. Everyone may be in competition but the most annoying person to you is Zhou Yunxiang.”
The owner of the bed was none other than Zhou Yunxiang.
Wei Bucheng thought that Mok Gyeong-un would be interested in the story he told.
“Once you resolve this guy there will be no one who can challenge you in the demonstration department.”
“Hoo.”
The guy reacted.
He would know how beneficial this would be if he were not a fool.
If I did well I felt like I could just get over it.
“I laid the board so everything else is fine. All you have to do is quietly close your eyes.”
“Please pretend like you don’t know. Is this it?”
Wibucheong said with a grin and a smile.
“okay. I thought you and I might have something in common. “If you keep staying here it’s okay to go out…”
-Sureuk!
At that moment Mo Qingyun’s figure disappeared from the door.
Surprised Wei Bucheng looked around and before he knew it Mo Qingyun was standing next to Zhou Yunxiang’s assigned bed.
‘when?’
He couldn’t even see what was in front of him.
In confusion Mok Gyeong-un held out his palm toward the wooden acupuncture needle on the bed.
Then the needles that had been inserted into the wooden needle came out and floated.
‘Huh empty space?’
He knew that his internal strength was not average in the first test but he did not expect that it would be so deep that he could even attack the air.
Wibucheong who thought something was wrong tried to throw a new weapon at the door.
But before that happens
-Park!
Before he knew it Mok Kyung-un grabbed his hair and pulled him back.
“omg!”
For a moment I was about to scream in pain.
“fizzle. “You need to be quiet.”
Mok Gyeong-un warned him.
Wei Bucheng embarrassed by this hurriedly said to Mo Gyeong-un.
“Why on earth are you doing this?”
“well.”
“What do you mean? This isn’t a bad thing for you either. All you have to do is close your eyes but why…”
-closely!
“Turn it off!”
Before he could finish his words Mok Gyeong-un pulled Bu-cheong’s hair even further brought his face closer and said with a smile.
“I actually don’t care if you do this or not.”
“It doesn’t matter why on earth?”
“The problem is that people who have had fun doing something once don’t do it just once and end it.”
“no. that…”
“You don’t have to make excuses. “I am like that too.”
“Me too what does that mean?”
“Once I taste blood I can no longer control it.”
‘!?’
With those words the corners of Mo Kyung-un’s mouth reach up to both ears.
Wei Bucheng’s eyes were trembling like crazy as he looked at that face filled with nothing but malice.
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