Episode 1227 I don’t know. (2)
“That…”
I thought I should say something. But when I tried to open my mouth, I couldn’t say anything.
I feel like I want to lead them all and head to Gangbuk right now.
But no matter how much I think about it, it can’t be like that.
‘This is not a mission I can do as I please.’
He is now leading members of the Cheonwoo Alliance to rescue Haenam. However, if you abandon your mission and return to Gangbuk, time will inevitably be delayed.
Then everything will go wrong.
Wasn’t the reason for choosing the most dangerous land route in the first place to reduce the time it took to reach Haenam by even an hour? This is not a situation where you can waste time being tempted by momentary recognition.
But…
Baekcheon, seeing the despair on Hyeongwook’s young face, chewed his lips without realizing it.
But can’t we just leave it like this? If they do so, as Hyung-wook said, it is no different from proving that they only say that the people are the most important, but in reality, they neglect them under the pretext of doing something bigger.
How is that choice any different from that of a court?
‘I…’
It was when Baekcheon’s face was distorted in agony. As his expression changed, Hyeong-wook hurriedly fell flat on the spot.
“I’m sorry!”
A bewildered voice came out trembling.
“You bastards are talking without even knowing the topic…”
“⋯⋯.”
“I’m sorry. I didn’t dare say this to Eun-gong, who saved my life… but I was so frustrated that I told nonsense. Please forgive me…”
“Don’t do this⋯⋯.”
Baekcheon squeezed his eyes shut, forcefully suppressing the word ‘please’. I grabbed Hyeong-wook’s shoulder and lifted him up, and he looked at Baek-cheon with frightened eyes.
Baekcheon said while suppressing a sigh.
“I’m not angry, and I don’t mean to harm you. I… we’re not that kind of people. But what you said really resonated with me, so I just wondered what to do. So, you don’t have to do this.”
“⋯⋯I’m sorry, warrior. I didn’t dare say this to the people who gave us lifesaving help⋯⋯. In fact, warriors, no matter what happens to us, it would have been easier if we just closed our eyes and passed by⋯⋯.”
Tears welled up in Hyungwook’s eyes.
“They say that if you don’t know gratitude, you are not a person but an animal… I guess I am that animal.”
“⋯⋯.”
“It’s just an ignorant guy complaining without any sense, so don’t worry about it. How can you stop the warriors who are on their way to do something big? I’m just thankful that you erased their traces.”
What really made Baekcheon feel bad was that there was no particular pretense in Hyungwook’s words.
Instead of being afraid of Baekcheon and suppressing his feelings, Hyeongwook seemed to really think that someone like Baekcheon didn’t need to worry about them.
Baekcheon, who was looking at Hyeongwook without knowing what to do, unconsciously turned his head towards the window. I saw a group of people sticking their heads in. But they also looked bleak, as if they didn’t have any answers.
Rather, they sent a look of hope in their eyes, thinking that Baekcheon might be able to come up with an answer even in this situation.
Baekcheon’s shoulders trembled slightly.
Hyeong-wook looked as if he was going to pass out at any moment if he didn’t say anything, and the eyes of the Cheonwoo-maeng members were only looking at him.
It was at that moment that Baekcheon, who could not overcome all the pressure, opened his mouth to say something nonsense.
“What’s wrong with the atmosphere? Did you get a portrait?”
Cheongmyeong came in with a look of frustration on his face and carelessly put down the two wild boars he was carrying on his back with a thud.
“Oh, damn it! It’s hard to even see a pig on this mountain! Take this to feed the people!”
“It’s meat! Let’s grill it!”
“Boil it! What if something goes wrong after I cook it and feed it to noblemen who have never even seen meat?”
“Ah Okay!”
“Anyway, I have no thoughts!”
The moment Cheongmyeong appeared, the suffocating atmosphere suddenly lifted. Baekcheon breathed a sigh of relief without realizing it. My shoulders, which had been tense, suddenly relaxed.
“But really, what is it? I think the old man is still alive, but why is it like this in a mourning house?”
“Ah… that’s…”
Baekcheon looked at Hyeongwook and Cheongmyeong alternately. Although he couldn’t come up with an answer, he thought that Cheongmyeong might be able to find some answer.
No, even if there is no answer, I don’t think Cheongmyeong will hesitate like that.
“Actually…”
Baekcheon began to explain the situation again as it was.
“⋯⋯.”
After a while, Cheongmyeong, who heard the whole story, looked at Hyeongwook and Baekcheon alternately.
Hyeong-wook had an apologetic expression on his face, as if he wanted to bite his tongue, and Baek-cheon slightly turned his head as if feeling burdened by Cheong-myeong’s gaze.
“No…”
“⋯⋯.”
In a situation where it was not easy to give an answer, the difficult answer that Cheongmyeong came up with fell out among them.
“Is Sasuk really a double body?”
“Cheongmyeong! It’s a long story!”
“You’re right for Sasuk, and you’re right for the head, but you’re a long-time assistant manager!”
“Girl, you shouldn’t call Sasuk an asshole.”
“Oh right.”
Baekcheon’s face was cruelly distorted. People are seriously thinking about these things…
He asked Cheongmyeong with a worried face.
“⋯⋯Are you saying you have the answer?”
“No… In the past, even if you weren’t very lucky, you were smart, but how can it be that as humans go by, their condition gets worse? Are you worrying about this? This?”
“⋯⋯.”
“And you were all just sitting here sucking your fingers? That’s what you’re doing?”
Cheongmyeong opened his eyes and looked at the others. Everyone flinched and slowly turned their gaze elsewhere.
“Oh, my dear. What was I thinking when I brought these things…?”
Cheongmyeong sighed so hard that the ground fell.
“Is there a way?”
“The way is freezing!”
Cheongmyeong opened his eyes and shouted at Hyeongwook.
“Hey man!”
“Yes? Yes yes! Musa!”
“People don’t do that. If you help them, you should be grateful. No matter how frustrating it is, if you take innocent people and ask them to take care of everything that’s left, they’ll use it!”
“⋯⋯I’m sorry.”
“Once people like you have experienced something, they become afraid to help others. Because of one thing you said, people who desperately need help next time may also miss that opportunity. Do you understand what I mean?”
“⋯⋯Yes.”
“To put it bluntly, if you help one person but have to take responsibility for that person’s life, who would be too scared to do anything right?”
“⋯⋯.”
“The reason beggars live with food stuffed down their throats is because they are grateful for the money they receive and do not covet more than that. Who would want to help a beggar if they give him a penny with a good heart and then ask him to buy them a house? Then all the bastards will starve! Do you know what I mean?”
Hyungwook couldn’t even make an excuse and lowered his head. Although it was his true intention that came out after some urging, it was also shameless to think about on his own.
“and!”
Cheongmyeong’s eyes suddenly turned to Baekcheon.
“If you’re going to help, help! If you’re going to refuse, you should clearly refuse! You’re hesitating about what to do! What are you going to do with the man named Jang Moon being so indecisive? Are you going to worry about whether to fight or reconcile when the enemy attacks? Then you all die, you human! ”
Baekcheon pursed his lips and lowered his head. Cheongmyeong asked.
“Do you know what the bigger problem is?”
“⋯⋯I don’t know.”
Cheongmyeong looked at Baekcheon with pitiful eyes.
“Sasuk doesn’t have the slightest understanding of what position Deputy Jangmun of Hwasan is.”
Baekcheon looked at Cheongmyeong as if asking what that meant. But instead of answering, Cheongmyeong kicked the floor and threw himself away.
“The worst bastard is you, you bastard!”
“Aaaah!”
Cheongmyeong’s kick hit Lim So-byeong’s chin. Lim So-byeong screamed and was thrown against the wall.
“Is it fun? Huh? Is it fun? I thought this Sapa bastard was having a hard time climbing the cliff, so I treated him like a human! You can’t stand the fact that I’m away for a moment and you’re playing with people? Come on! Try your luck today, you Sapa bastard!”
“Ah! Ah! The Hwasan Sword Association! That’s not it!”
“Die! Die, you bastard!”
Hyeong-wook’s face turned pale as he watched Cheong-myeong kick Lim So-byeong to death.
“You may not understand, but the side that gets hit is the wrong side, and the side that hits is the right side.”
“⋯⋯Yes?”
“It’s so salty.”
“⋯⋯.”
Of course, well… from the outside, the one who hits is sad, and the one who gets hit is a righteous enemy. From the outside, Lim So-byeong appears to be a scholar who was born and raised in a noble family…
“Whoop! Whoop!”
Cheongmyeong, who had beaten him to a pulp, dragged Lim So-byeong, who was covered in blood, out of breath and threw him in front of Baekcheon.
“Off…”
“Won’t you be quiet?”
“⋯⋯.”
“sit down!”
“yes!”
Lim So-byeong raised his body like the wind and sat upright. Cheongmyeong said with annoyed eyes.
“Do you guys know how to get here?”
“⋯⋯I know.”
“If you use a route other than the cliff, it wouldn’t be a problem to take about 30 people across the Yangtze River. Is that right?”
“That’s right.”
“Just thinking about it makes me angry again. But this bastard!”
When Cheongmyeong raised his hand, Lim So-byeong hurriedly covered his head and fell flat.
“Oh! Don’t hit me! I’m a sick person!”
“If you were that sick, you should have died! You’re still alive, you bastard!”
“⋯⋯.”
“Ugh.”
Cheongmyeong, who was alternately glaring at Lim So-byeong and Baek-cheon, suddenly thrust his hand into his arms.
Kiiiiii!
Baek-ah, who was caught after looking like he was dead, screamed as if he had a premonition of his fate.
“Oh, won’t you be quiet?”
⋯⋯.
Cheongmyeong was sullen and threw Baekah down in front of Lim So-byeong.
“Write a letter.”
“⋯⋯What?”
“Send the Green Forest elites separately. The goal is to get all the people here to Gangbuk. If you take them to the manor, Jang Mun-in will help them settle in.”
“⋯⋯It’s hard work.”
“can not?”
“It could be dangerous… no matter how much it is a request from the Hwasan Sword Association…”
As Lim So-byeong slowly pulled out his butt, Cheongmyeong turned his gaze to Baek-cheon. As if they were criticizing me for what I was doing.
Baekcheon, who only then understood what Cheongmyeong meant when he said that he did not know what the position of Assistant Manager Jangmoon meant, nodded and opened his mouth.
“What if this is a request made under the authority of Deputy Hwasan Jangmun, not the Hwasan Swords Association?”
After hearing those words, Lim So-byeong immediately straightened up and sat upright. His expression, which had been playful until now, changed completely and he began to show the dignity of the King of Green Forest.
“Is this a formal request?”
In response to Lim So-byeong’s serious question, Baek-cheon nodded heavily. Lim So-byeong responded immediately.
“If it is a request sent from the volcano, of course we must grant it. It is not easy, but if we mobilize the elites of the Nokpae, it will not be that difficult. It may take a little while to cross the Yangtze River, but the Yangtze River Waterway is not able to show the same surveillance as before, so it is possible if you take advantage of the night.”
“Then…”
“Just!”
Lim So-byeong said, staring straight at Baekcheon.
“The elites of Nokchae are Since I am not one of the people who will be mobilized for this kind of work, you must also consider that my ability to give orders is diminished.”
“⋯⋯.”
“So.”
A grin appeared on his lips.
“You will always have to pay for this request. I believe you will give it to me.”
Baekcheon nods with a firm face.
“I will definitely do so.”
A satisfied smile appeared on Lim So-byeong’s face. At that time, a gloomy voice passed by his ear.
“Ah. Of course, the debt must be repaid…”
“⋯⋯.”
“If that person survives until they return to Gangbuk. There’s no way I can repay my debt to that guy, right?
“⋯⋯.”
“Honestly, who cares if a Sapa chick is lost in Gangnam…”
“We’ll do it for free!”
At that moment, everyone present felt it painfully.
The truth is that motivated consultation cannot overcome a plan, and even a well-laid plan is meaningless in the face of a crazy person.