Episode 1228 I don’t know. (3)
“Can’t you stand up straight?”
“⋯⋯.”
“You told me to stand up straight?”
Hyungwook’s expression was just devastated. Don’t people have their own common sense? Anyone who encounters the sight of escaping from there would be embarrassed.
Of course, if you keep your mind wide open, you can somehow understand it.
The menacing men who defeated the evil thugs of the fearsome scam group with a single sword suddenly start beating up their colleagues like catching rats, and the fact that the person wielding such violence is even the youngest-looking person among the group… can somehow be understood.
But…
‘Isn’t this a bit too much?’
It wasn’t shocking to see him, who looked the youngest, craving another person in front of him.
Except that the person who became the target of that greed and became sullen was not a person but an animal.
“If you go the other way in the middle, it will leak.”
“⋯⋯.”
“If you think you can run while resting properly, then I also get a suitable scarf. Do you know what I mean? Even if we live, we die together, and if we die, we die together!”
“Cheongmyeong. Even if we live, we live together.”
“That’s it!”
“It’s a lot different…”
“anyway!”
Cheongmyeong glared at Baekah as if he was going to eat her, then took something out of his arms and waved it in front of the black nose.
“This is the 10,000 li-jeong that that beast palace lord gave me… 10,000 ri chu… Anyway, it’s something like that. You said you can smell this scent from thousands of miles away, so if you feel like it’s even a little late, then you’ll really be late. Do you understand?”
“⋯⋯.”
“Did you understand?”
Baek-ah, who had a small bag hanging around her neck, nodded with a sullen face.
“Tsk!”
Cheongmyeong clicked his tongue and looked at Baekah as if he couldn’t trust him at all.
“Anyway, you have to be able to trust it!”
Despite the unbelievable sight, the people around them were just calm.
“Well… I can’t help it. Let’s go.”
Kiyi!
Baek-ah turned around.
“You’re so straight when I ask you to… Hey! I’m not done talking yet! Hey!”
Baek-ah ran with all her might without even looking back and disappeared in front of Cheongmyeong.
“Wow, look at the speed.”
“That’s really fast.”
“You could go there in almost a day? What’s so urgent?”
“⋯⋯You’d rather just run than listen to that nagging. Even if it were me, I’d say the same thing.”
“I agree.”
Everyone shook their heads as they saw Cheongmyeong shaking his fist and screaming behind Baekah, who had already moved away.
Cheongmyeong, who had lost his appetite after losing his prey, suddenly turned his head and looked at Lim So-byeong. Lim So-byeong, who flinched, busily rubbed his blue-stained eyelids.
Cheongmyeong opened his mouth.
“You too! Maybe…”
“Are you saying that you know that if you don’t rescue the people properly, you will be defeated?”
“That…”
“And you’re saying that you’ll rip the skin off the rotten Sapa bastards if they even say they’ve been rude to people?”
“No…”
“The cliff we passed by would be difficult for ordinary people to pass through, so did you write in the letter that we should take another route instead of that one?”
“⋯⋯.”
Cheongmyeong was speechless. Lim So-byeong smiled triumphantly and opened his fan.
“Hehehe! Who am I? As the right-hand man of the Green Forest King Lim So-byeong and the Hwasan Sword Association, I carry out orders perfectly… Wow!”
Lim So-byeong, who was struck in the middle of his forehead by the flying sword sheath, rolled around on the floor.
“Who is the right-hand man? Who is this? You bastard from the Sect! A bastard who uses the Chinese character ‘evil’ is trying to invade the body of a sacred Taoist! I am this bastard. In the past, I was the one who did not even drink water within a five-mile radius, let alone get sick with the bastards of the Sect! ”
Baekcheon sighed as he watched Cheongmyeong catch Lim So-byeong again. Then he took his gaze away from that area and spoke to Hyeong-wook.
“Never mind.”
“⋯⋯Yes.”
“More than that…”
He said after clearing his complexion.
“No matter how late, the people who will take you will arrive within five days, so you just have to wait until then.”
Hyeong-wook looked at Baek-cheon with a face that didn’t know what to do.
“Musa… I’m really… really sorry. I didn’t mean to say that…”
“I know.”
But Baekcheon calmly shook his head.
“I didn’t reluctantly take action because of blame. I just corrected myself because I learned something new that I didn’t know before.”
“How shall we repay this favor…?”
Baekcheon smiled wordlessly as Hyungwook was unable to form words out of gratitude, apology, and embarrassment.
“If you really appreciate it, please tell us the story you told us when you go to Gangbuk. If people there ask why, just tell it as it is, without adding or subtracting anything.”
At that moment, Hyungwook’s complexion became slightly pale.
This is because he could guess how his fellow warriors would react if they found out about the shameless act he had committed.
But Baekcheon seemed to have guessed such concerns and shook his head.
“They are not like that.”
“⋯⋯.”
“The reason I’m asking this is because they need to know what the people suffering in Gangnam are going through and how they feel.”
“Warrior⋯⋯.”
“We are not as great as you think. We just know how to swing a sword a little better than others. You may think that we know about it but turn a blind eye, but the truth is that there are many things we don’t do anything about because we don’t know.”
“Ah…”
Hyungwook nodded as if he understood what I meant.
“So, please tell it as it is, without any additions or omissions. That is enough of a reward.”
Hyungwook nodded with a stern face. Even if he gets criticized, he seems to keep his word.
Baekcheon smiled as he looked at that solemn face.
“Well, we’re busy on the road so we’ll just go.”
“I may be an uneducated and ignorant person, but I know that these are people whose feet should not be held back by polite words. So, I just wish you the best with all my heart.”
“yes.”
Those who were watching their conversation from behind smiled at Hyungwook and turned around.
“Then pay attention!”
Tang Xiaoxiao smiled brightly and waved his hand.
Those who had been fed by her came to the entrance and looked at Cheon Woo-maeng and his party leaving, but they still could not easily reply or say hello. I just watched, not knowing what to do.
However, Tang Xiaoxiao bowed his head with a wrinkled face and turned around. Because I know that if they keep looking at me, the burden they will feel will increase.
“Let’s go!”
“okay.”
Cheon Woo-maeng and his party moved away in an instant.
Those who were staring at the scene in a daze took turns looking at the road they had left and the grain piled up in the center of the village.
In the silence, an indescribably complex expression appeared on their faces.
“Hyung-wook, you are there…”
“Don’t say anything.”
Hyungwook sighed deeply.
“I was swearing at the Sapa people, calling them beast-like… but now that I shut up, I feel like I’m just like an animal.”
“⋯⋯.”
“Huh…”
Hyungwook, with his shoulders slumped, headed towards the house where his father was lying in bed. The village people stared at his back with complicated faces.
Paaaaat!
Those led by Lim So-byeong ran like the wind.
Time was delayed due to something unexpected. To make up for it, I needed to speed up even if it meant taking a bit of risk.
Baekcheon, who had been running in silence for a while, glanced sideways at Cheongmyeong, who was running next to him. He was looking straight ahead with an expressionless face the whole time.
Baekcheon sighed briefly and looked ahead again. This was inexcusably his fault.
Because my field of vision was so narrowed, I couldn’t even think about having someone next to me who could be of use. He was disqualified not only as the leader of the party, but also as Hwasan’s Deputy Jangmun.
But there was something else that really complicated Baekcheon’s mind.
Only this time, thanks to the Green Forest King, I was able to somehow find a solution. But what would you have done if you were in the same situation and there was no Green Forest King by your side? Was it really a question with an answer?
“I have a lot on my mind.”
At that time, a harsh voice pierced Baekcheon’s ears. Baekcheon sighed involuntarily. Anyway… this guy doesn’t miss a single detail.
Cheongmyeong said.
“There’s no need to make it complicated.”
“⋯⋯.”
“Because things in this world are not always as simple as you think. There is never a perfect solution that will satisfy everyone.”
“⋯⋯.”
“But those who lead have to come up with answers even in the midst of all this. That’s why it’s difficult.”
Baekcheon nodded.
“Are you thinking about what you would have done if the Green Forest King wasn’t there?”
“⋯⋯How did you know?”
“Tsk, tsk. Dongryong, Dongryong. Why do you overestimate yourself so much?”
“⋯⋯.”
“No one shows their thoughts on their face as well as you, but I heard you know that you are a very serious person and good at hiding your true feelings.”
“Okay.”
Cheongmyeong laughed and shrugged his shoulders.
“What answer is there?”
“⋯⋯.”
“It’s foolish to try to find an answer to an unanswerable problem.”
“Then…”
“The important thing is not to find an answer that doesn’t exist. It’s not to create such a problem in the first place.”
“huh?”
Baekcheon looked puzzled and asked back, and Cheongmyeong let out a long breath.
“That’s why it’s a volcano, and that’s why it’s called Cheonwoomaeng.”
“⋯⋯.”
“Get rid of the arrogant idea that just because you become a manager, you have to shoulder everything and make the right decisions. It’s not because you lack personal knowledge. There is no one in all of history who has accomplished something like that.”
Baekcheon closed his mouth.
“Both the founder and the ancestors knew that it would be difficult, so they created a clan and gathered people. Even that was not enough, so they joined forces with more clans and gathered opinions. Because if even one person adds strength, more can be done. .”
Baekcheon, who had been listening quietly, opened his eyes slightly.
He knew it too. No, rather, I knew it very well.
Still, I completely forgot about it.
“It’s not something I could have done because I had the Green Forest King. I could only do that much because I only had the Green Forest King. If the Ghost Gate had come along, it would have been quicker, and if the Great Gate Sect had come along a little more, the bastards of the Four Lions wouldn’t have set up like this in the first place. I couldn’t have done it.”
“⋯⋯I see.”
“The answer that Sasuk was looking for is where Sasuk is going now. Consultation is not everything. If more people believe in and put into practice the consultation that Sasuk believes in, we will end up in a world where problems without answers do not exist in the first place.”
Cheongmyeong, who had been speaking quietly, suddenly clicked his tongue with a displeased expression.
“So don’t think about useless things, just look ahead and run. If you run, the day will come when you will find the answer.”
“⋯⋯The little bastard keeps saying the right things.”
“that’s right.”
“You’re so cheeky, Assistant Manager Jang Moon!”
“That bastard needs to get disciplined!”
“What?”
A playful voice came from behind. Baekcheon smiled slightly. I felt like I understood the meaning of Cheongmyeong’s words.
‘There’s nothing wrong with worrying.’
The important thing is not not to worry, but to persevere in your own path. If reaching an agreement was so easy, why is the word “consultation” gradually disappearing from the world?
It is a path that you choose yourself and a path that you believe in. So, we have no choice but to push forward with more confidence.
Those who are running behind him now and those who are watching him from afar will help.
“⋯⋯This is not the time to waste time talking nonsense, so let’s hurry!”
“yes!”
Baekcheon kicked the ground first and shot forward. The disciples of Hwasan and the small masters of other sects followed closely behind him.
Cheongmyeong laughed as he looked at the backs of those running out first.
“They really work hard.”
Taaaaaaa!
Soon, he too ran quickly along with the group.
The destination was south.
Haenam, the furthest place from Jungwon.
