Episode 30. Miscellaneous skills and secret affairs
“I’m already busy, but did it really have to be like this?”
Da-ryeon spat out with an expression full of dissatisfaction.
Then Cha Doo-haeng laughed and said.
“No, I said we were meant to be just by brushing each other’s collars, but how could I not help him when I met such a great brother?”
Da-ryeon said.
“No, that person is not some kind of child…”
Cha Doo-haeng said, shaking his head.
“It’s him! What kind of speech habit does a child have? To my brother.”
“joy. “They decide it among themselves and it’s really funny.”
It was like that.
Cha Doo-haeng bought Han Yi-bi some alcohol to repay her, and the three of them became close to each other while constantly making big plays while drunk.
In doing so, they naturally formed a relationship as sworn brothers.
The Qingcheng faction was located in Sichuan Province, adjacent to Shaanxi Province.
But it could never be considered close.
They promised to guide Han Yi-bi to the beginning of Sichuan Province for his help.
And now he was keeping that promise.
Da-ryeon Lee is dissatisfied with such a situation.
At that time, Cha Doo-haeng spoke.
“This gentleman. Anyway, I’m not busy and I don’t have a specific destination. “Why do you keep arguing if I help you?”
Then Da-ryeon raised her eyes and said.
“no! “Who do you think started the fight?”
“If what you’re doing right now isn’t arguing, what is?”
“What did you say? Are you really doing this because you want to start a fight?”
The sight of Lee Da-ryeon talking bluntly while rolling her eyes was absolutely adorable.
Han Ibi suddenly felt touched.
Such a comfortable feeling. This friendly atmosphere that feels like a friend or a brother…
in real life… even here… How long has it been since I felt this feeling?
Ibi Han thought it would be nice if the road to Sichuan Province was a little longer.
But I quickly came to regret that thought.
This is because as I passed by, I could not see a single guest cup that had been so numerous.
That damn homeless person…
But Han Ibi and the others had no choice but to find the point of homelessness in the end.
As night fell, it became chilly.
Lee Gye-tak lit the dry firewood that Han Ibi had picked up with a firewood jar.
The smoke that had been rising thinly was suddenly burning brightly with a crackling sound, giving off hot heat.
After dinner, Da-ryeon went into the carriage early and went to sleep.
The remaining three people ended up having another drink as they couldn’t bear the feeling of being homeless.
There was a lot of alcohol. Aren’t these people liquor sellers?
There was still a lot of ‘Gyeomju’ left in the carriage.
The snack is roasted squirrel that Han Ibi caught using her old skills.
Even though the ingredients were poor, I pretended to be Jo Jin-sook and tried to taste it to the fullest.
Lee Gye-tak said.
“That’s great. Excellent. “Even though the meat is only worth one bite.”
Since the words flowed out of the blunt Lee Gye-tak’s mouth unconsciously, they must be really delicious.
Cha Doo-haeng also chuckled and said as if it was fun.
“That’s right. Gyetak admits that his younger brother’s cooking skills are truly excellent. If I had the right ingredients….”
“Oh my. Brothers. Please stop talking about it. My brother’s embarrassed face is about to wear off. My name and color are Jeomsoy….”
At that moment, Han Ibi realized that she had changed jobs.
“I learned how to cook from them. In the old days. Ahaha.”
“Oh, he really is a very talented young man.”
However, Cha Doo-haeng, who had been laughing excitedly for a while, looked down for a moment and called out Han Ibi.
“Han brother.”
“yes. “Brother”
“Actually… we are not ordinary warriors.”
“I already guessed it.”
“ha ha ha. “How?”
“That’s obvious. Take a look at yourself. How can these people be ordinary…”
“Stop joking. “That’s not what it’s about.”
Han Ibi also stopped laughing and said.
“Your brothers… are you martial arts people?”
Cha Doo-haeng said.
“Yes. “We belong to Hao Mun.”
Lee Gye-tak helped from the side.
“To be exact, I belong to the Haomun Survey Committee.”
Cha Doo-haeng added.
“It can be said to be an organization that oversees information. This outing is also for information gathering. And Da-ryeon….”
Cha Doo-haeng looked back toward the carriage and continued.
“…He is in charge of the important role of a strategist in Haomun.”
“Ohh. “A young lady like that?”
“ha ha ha. If you look down on him because he’s young, you’ll get seriously hurt. “Because you’re smarter than you look.”
“ha ha ha. I think I know that without you saying it. But… why are you saying this to me, whom I have never met…”
“How sad is that, that you have never met me?” Haven’t we already built up a relationship as sworn brothers?”
“Of course it is. But…”
Then Cha Du-haeng shook his head as if he couldn’t handle it and said.
“good. “You are also very perceptive, so let me be blunt.”
“That’s right.”
Cha Doo-haeng’s expression changed to serious.
“You too… you are probably not an ordinary person.”
Actually, I want to be very ordinary…
“Besides, I don’t think I belong to Hao Mun. “Perhaps…”
When Cha Doo-haeng trailed off, Han Ibi spoke as if urging him on.
“Speak comfortably.”
Then Lee Gye-tak came in from the side as if he was frustrated.
“Hey little brother. Are you a member of the Women’s Dan?”
huh? Women’s group? I don’t grow anything like that.
Ebi Han said.
“You mean those scumbags I met on the street? “That was the first time I heard about the Women’s Dan, but…”
Cha Du-haeng said.
“good. Of course I thought so, but I asked once. If there is even a single lie in this story, I will not forgive you even if I go to hell…”
His expression was so serious that it was almost scary.
Ebi Han said.
“of course. How could someone who was born as a man’s wife, take on a false identity, and lie all the time? If it turns out to be a lie, brother, cut off my head with a single sword!”
Then Cha Doo-haeng said with a relieved look on his face.
“I like that. One brother. Join Haomun.”
Han Ibi was startled.
“yes?”
“Join Haomun. “Any martial artist in this world who has any skills is a member of Haomun.”
That bottom… must be the real ‘bottom’… wandering martial artists without any affiliation…
“Oh yes… of course it is. But…”
Han Ibi was conflicted for a moment.
‘I’ve never even thought about joining a powerhouse… But hmm… I have to be careful when deciding on affiliation. You used your mouth carelessly and ended up in Jeomsoy class. If you join Haomun now, your future steps may be hindered.’
“This younger brother has a family history that needs to be resolved.”
“Family history?”
“yes.”
“Is this something difficult to talk about?”
“A little bit… yes.”
Cha Doo-haeng looked a little disappointed.
As expected, Lee Gye-tak was expressionless.
“good. “Then I won’t insist any longer.”
“thank you. However, if the complicated issues are resolved, I will definitely meet with my brothers again and make a decision.”
Cha Doo-haeng laughed and said.
“good. It’s good to have a conversation. We will reach Sichuan Province in about three days. “If that happens, we’ll break up.”
“It’s truly a shame.”
“It’s the same for us. So…”
Cha Du-haeng thought for a moment and continued.
“…as a parting gift, I’d like to teach you a few tricks of the Charyeokshaman…”
“Tricks?”
“Tsk tsk tsk. okay. “You could say it’s an investment for the future.”
Han Ibi recalled the scene of Lee Gye-tak inhaling fire and then spitting it out, and she shuddered and said.
“oh my. Brothers. “If you want to do fire tricks like that, my younger brother will politely decline.”
Cha Doo-haeng said with a chuckle.
“ha ha ha. Not like that. “It is helpful for self-defense and physical health… so it can be said to be a miscellaneous technique of magicians.”
“Miscellaneous liquor?”
“okay. “I can’t help it since you say you don’t like fire magic, but… I’m going to teach you flying sword techniques and dark monster techniques.”
I guess Bidojutsu is like standing a person up and throwing a knife at them so that they hit an apple on the head… What on earth is a blacksmith attack?
At that time, Cha Doo-haeng spoke as if he could see through Han Ibi’s heart.
“Damgeogong can be said to be a technique similar to Geumgangbulgeong, for example.”
Then Han Ibi thought.
‘The Diamond Buddha is a piece of cake… What kind of Diamond Buddha is on the subject of Charyeoksa? You’re talking about Cheolposam (鐵布衫). Training their bare bodies as if they were wearing iron armor… the feats shown by the martial arts masters by beating each other…’
Han Ibi said.
“But brother… isn’t it taboo to teach martial arts to someone who is not a monk in Gangho?”
“If it were a normal monk, it would be like that. But that rule doesn’t apply in Haomun. Besides, this technique… is nothing like martial arts.”
After all, Haomun is an association of all kinds of bastards.
“How is it? cadet. Do you have any thoughts?”
‘okay. There is nothing to lose by learning. Anyway, my job was changed to magician.’
“yes. older brother. of course. “If you would teach me, I would be very impressed.”
Then Cha Doo-haeng smiled and said, as if he was satisfied.
“good. good. I’m saying that I like my younger brother because he’s hot. “Get up right now.”
“Now… now?”
Cha Doo-haeng was already pulling out several odd-looking daggers from his belt.
* * *
The journey to Sichuan took about four more days.
Every evening, Han Ibi learned ‘Bidosul’ from Cha Doo-haeng and ‘Amgeogong’ from Lee Gye-tak.
Is this the latent influence of Hongmong Dabeop? Han Ibi absorbed Charyeoksa’s skills in an instant.
Cha Doo-haeng, unaware of the situation, told him that he was a ‘charyeok-dead to his core’ and told him to return later and join Hao-mun.
In the remaining time, I asked Lee Da-ryeon about the ‘Cheongseong faction’.
This was due to Han Ibi’s judgment that a strategist from a certain sect would be familiar with the political situation of Gangho.
And his guess was not wrong.
Lee Da-ryeon, who was a bit stiff at first, succumbed to Han Ibi’s tit-for-tat comments and flattery and ended up spewing out all the uninformative information she had.
“The position of the Qingcheng faction in the current power situation is extremely insignificant. There was a time when he was famous throughout the world as a member of the Old Sect… but things have been going downhill since then. The fact that it has maintained its reputation so far can be said to be a fluke. The decline of the Qingcheng faction is comparable to the decline of the Zhongli family, which lost its place as the Five Great Powers to the Hebei Peng family…” ‘
Egg. If this bold girl finds out that I am from the Zhongli family, she will be shocked.’
The explanation was quite long, but in summary, the situation of the Qingcheng faction could be summarized in one line as follows.
‘Benefits Oh. Between second and third class.’
At least, it could be said that the clan’s operation was barely maintained based on its past reputation.
Even in the old factions, which are the clichés of many martial arts novels, the Cheongseong faction, unlike the Shaolin shaman Hwasan, is always relegated to being a pull-up faction or a villain.
The old glory of Qingcheng has now moved to the ‘Jianchang School’.
But what kind of trick of fate is this?
The location of the Jianchang Sect is Yunnan Province, just south of Sichuan Province.
However, the Yunnan region was on the outskirts and there were no prestigious clans.
For that reason, they were fighting for hegemony in the Sichuan region for a long time.
Of course, except for Sacheondangmun and Amipa, who are in a different world.
In terms of soccer, it could be called a ‘derby’.
It could be said that it was a truly painful situation as he lost his seat to a local rival who was like his enemy.
The current leading scholar of the Cheongseong faction is a man named Hong Gu-geum (洪救昑). Although he is not very good at martial arts, he is good at ‘politics’ and is managing to run a monk.
Anyway, past and present…
I thought it was similar to a situation in which ‘righteousness’ becomes more active in companies that are not doing well in business.
Anyway, her speech was like clear water and it was fun to listen to.
A few days passed like that.
And finally….
“Han Oh. It’s finally time to part ways.”
Cha Doo-haeng said, squinting one eye as if he was upset.
(Continued in the next part)
