Episode 1365. After all, you have a big heart. (5)
“Then let’s go.”
“Yes, charlatans. Take a look!”
Hyeong-wook bowed at a right angle and bowed.
A lot had happened, but I could tell that Hyungwook was truly grateful. Therefore, Cheon Woo-maeng and his party also showed their utmost respect to him.
“Oh, that…”
After saying hello, Hyungwook scratched his head awkwardly.
“Could you please tell me where you are going?”
“yes?”
Baekcheon looked at Hyeongwook with a slightly strange look. Hyeong-wook quickly waved his hand and said.
“Oh, it’s not like that. What would you do if you knew where the samurai were going? “I just want to tell you to be careful if you’re going up the mountain range.”
“If you’re careful…?”
“Even though we live in a remote mountainous area, that doesn’t mean we can’t hear the sounds of the world around us. “I heard it’s a bit noisy up there these days, so if you’re heading to Gangbuk, I think it would be better to take the other route…”
Baekcheon smiled at Hyungwook’s cautious words.
“Oh, that’s what you said. No need to worry. “We are thinking of heading towards Nanjing.”
“Ah…”
Hyungwook quickly nodded.
“I’m sorry. You guys all have your own thoughts. “It’s pointless to be ignorant like me…”
“Don’t say that. “I am just grateful for your consideration.”
Baekcheon bowed his head politely and said.
“I have a lot of stories I want to share, but the time is so tight that I think I’ll have to hurry.”
“yes! sure! Of course you should.”
“then.”
Baekcheon grinned and gave up his hand.
As he turned around, the others also waved hello to Hyeong-wook and turned around at the same time.
Hyeong-wook stood there and watched for a while until everyone’s figures moved away and eventually disappeared.
Paaaaat!
The disciples of Hwasan, who were at the forefront, shot out like the wind.
The steps that had been so heavy when I left the village were now much lighter.
Baekcheon ran first, and Jo Geol followed behind him. Jo Geol’s eyes were fixed on the grain that Baek Cheon was carrying on his shoulder.
Baekcheon carries the grain on his own, which would only be a handful if shared by so many people. As if it were a treasure that should never be lost.
“⋯⋯It’s really amazing when you think about it.”
“hmm?”
As Jo Geol muttered, Baek Cheon turned around. Jo Geol’s eyes became deeper than before.
“If you think about it, it’s that person named Hyeong-wook.”
“⋯⋯Okay.”
“When we stopped by the village before, wasn’t he the one who distrusted us the most?”
“Was it like that?”
“That’s right. Rather, the people in other villages were friendly, and that person named Hyeong-wook treated us like robbers who came to show off their power.”
Baekcheon looked up at the sky for a moment and thought about the first time he met Hyeongwook.
“okay. “I think it was like that.”
When I thought about it, Jo Geol was right. Clearly, when he first stopped by the village, Hyeong-wook could not hide his distrust of them.
“But seeing that guy like that doing that now…”
“Was it strange?”
“Rather than strange…”
Jo Geol trailed off as if it was difficult to express in words.
Fortunately, Yoonjong said what he wanted to say in slightly more refined language.
“I think I understand a little bit what Cheongmyeong said earlier.”
Baekcheon looked at Yunjong with bright eyes. Yoonjong shrugged his shoulders and said.
“Of course, just because someone shows evil intent toward us doesn’t necessarily mean they’re a bad person, and just because they show us good intentions doesn’t mean they’re a good person.”
“Of course.”
“yes. But… I guess it was the goodwill we showed them earlier that changed that person’s attitude.”
Baekcheon nodded silently.
Of course, there are concerns. It may be evidence of arrogance to say that showing favor toward this side is the right change. Therefore, both Baekcheon and Yoonjong were cautious.
However, what was important here was not ‘right’ but ‘change’ itself.
As Cheongmyeong said, the agreement is not just about making their lives more comfortable… it may even be changing something.
Something that is still small and feeble, but will grow and become bigger someday.
Perhaps we have now seen that possibility with our own eyes.
“I thought consultation was changing the world. That may be why I was momentarily despaired and speechless by the attitude of the village people.”
“Jong-ah Yoon…”
“But now that I think about it, yes. Neither consultation nor good intentions may directly change the world. But as a person, you might be able to make things a little different.”
Jogeol nodded at those words.
Because I saw it with my own eyes. Because I saw firsthand how a person changes.
“In the end, it is people who change the world. “It’s still rough, but if each person changes, the world may one day be filled with good will.”
“It’s difficult.”
“So, isn’t it the Tao? “If it were easy, there would be no need to spend your whole life seeking it.”
Baekcheon glances at Yoonjong. His face became more refreshed and refreshing than ever before. Baekcheon just felt like he was comforted by Hyeongwook, but Yunjong seemed to have seen something that he couldn’t.
If so, that’s it. That was enough for now.
“I guess we can pursue the Tao later. “Now is the time to move forward.”
“Yes, Sasuk.”
“First of all, it was not distributed as expected… “I guess we’ll resolve it by looking at the situation.”
“yes!”
Baekcheon increased his speed. The wind passed quickly across my face.
The villagers who ignored them, the old man who politely pressured them until the end, and Hyung-wook’s expression of apology until the very end were still vivid before my eyes. It seemed like it wouldn’t be erased for a long time.
But now all that remains is the weight of the heavy sack of grain on this shoulder.
‘Let’s not try to answer.’
Perhaps he and the death penalty judges are still immature to come up with an answer. No matter how much they make a name for themselves in the world and take on important missions, they are still only young Taoists.
How they should live to protect the way they think is something they will have to worry about for the rest of their lives. So don’t be hasty in evaluating it, just remember it. Someday, these memories and everything I saw here will melt into them.
However…
‘Who could it be?’
The ‘acquaintance’ that Cheongmyeong sometimes discusses. Baekcheon once again became interested in that area.
In the past, it was thought that Cheongmyeong was conveying his will by introducing someone who does not exist in the world, but recently, I have learned about it. The words that come out when Cheongmyeong refers to ‘someone’ are full of wisdom. It is even a profound energy that is difficult to find in Cheongmyeong.
“It’s respect…”
As he muttered, Cheongmyeong, who had been running in silence, tilted his head.
“huh?”
“No, no.”
“It’s bland.”
When Cheongmyeong stopped paying attention as if he was dumbfounded, Baekcheon smiled bitterly.
‘Someday…’
And then he kicked the ground with all his might. He held on tightly so as not to miss a single thing that had developed within him.
❀ ❀ ❀
“There is none.”
Yugong flinched at the soft words. I was so embarrassed that I quickly forgot to look around and stopped in place. Cold sweat began to form on my forehead.
I turned around with a squeak and saw the grave face of Hu Jiaming. When our eyes met in the air, Hu Jiaming asked.
“yes?”
Yugong’s fingertips began to tremble.
Hu Jiaming’s words were correct. The mark of the clan is no longer visible. Although I searched desperately, there was not even a trace.
I thought that I might have misinterpreted the sign I had passed and taken the wrong direction, but the possibility of that happening was extremely low. Hu Jiaming has already fully grasped the mark of Haenam. There is no way Yugong and Hu Jiaming could have given the wrong answer at the same time.
“The fact that the mark is broken means that the rear has completely joined.”
“Oh, maybe we haven’t found it yet. “If you give me a little more time…”
“If I give it to you?”
Hu Jiaming asked calmly.
“You mean you can find it?”
Yugong could not bear to answer with confidence. Because he knows very well that he is being unreasonable.
Hu Jiaming narrowed his eyes. At the same time, Yugong also cowered.
However, fortunately or unfortunately, the current Hu Ga-myeong did not care about merit or anything. What filled his head was concern about why Haenam and the Cheonwoomaeng group showed such a sudden change.
‘If you think rationally, it means they realized we were being followed.’
Otherwise, there is no reason to join so suddenly.
The only thing that bothered me was that I had no idea how they knew I was tracking them. Yugong said he was doing his best to pursue him, but from Hu Ga-myeong’s perspective, he was closer to keeping a reasonable distance.
There’s no way I would have noticed it already if there weren’t any variables.
“hmm.”
Hu Jiaming, who was lost in thought for a moment, glanced at Yugong.
“What do you think?”
“⋯⋯Yes?”
“Why do you think they stop leaving their marks?”
“How can I do that…”
Hu Jiaming narrowed his eyes.
“I got curious again.”
“⋯⋯What?”
The corners of his mouth were showing an obvious sneer.
“Didn’t he rip out his own claws and become a dog? “Still, I wonder if I can guess what other wolves are thinking.”
“⋯⋯.”
“But it seems it was in vain. okay. “A dog is just a dog.”
Yugong bit his lip in humiliation and nervousness. Hu Jiaming looked at that and shook his head coldly.
“It’s clear. “Your part is done.”
In fact, the nickname was a word uttered without any special meaning. It was just a word to summarize the situation.
But Yugong could not accept it that way. The moment I combined the three words dog, hunting, and the end, what came to mind was ‘Tosagupin.’
The blood drained from his face in an instant.
“So, fast backwards…”
“What! something!”
Hu Jiaming, who was about to tell him to step back, closed his mouth and looked at Yugong. Yugong was desperately shaking his head and pouring out words as if he was afraid that he might be interrupted.
“There must be something you want to hide! You must never be caught! “Someone in the future should never find traces of it!”
“⋯⋯.”
“I don’t want to leave any artificial traces. Whatever it is! There is something that needs to be hidden and should never be revealed, so it’s not that they want to hide themselves, but something else! So, that’s it…”
It was a rambling remark, but Hu Jiaming understood what he was trying to say.
“It’s something I want to hide.”
A meaningful light appeared in his eyes.
“That makes sense.”
Sigh!
When Hu Jiaming flicked his finger, the deputies quickly approached from left and right.
“Look around. Even small things are good. Report anything that catches your eye. Time is just a moment. “No more is wasted.”
“Yes soldier!”
As soon as Hu Jiaming’s order was given, the lieutenants moved their troops and scattered in all directions.
Again.
Sweat ran down Yugong’s face, pooled on the tip of his chin, and dripped down. I felt like anxiety was consuming my whole body.
Before the sweat cooled off, some of those who had dispersed returned.
“There is a small village about ten miles northwest.”
“village?”
“yes!”
Hu Jiaming touched his chin for a moment and repeated.
“It’s a village…”
That village was somewhere they wanted to hide somehow?
It’s something he doesn’t understand. If what was being pursued was something else, this is information that would naturally have been ignored. But…
Hu Jiaming, who was staring at Yugong, slowly nodded.
“Move.”
If you go, you will find out what is truly hidden.
