Episode 238. Iron Blood (2)
“I inform the commander-in-chief. It is said that the current Sogyo Master has passed through the city gate.”
“Um, okay.”
“Enough if you do.”
Ho Yo-seong, who was watching Mine leave after the report, looked back.
“Anyway, you made a big decision.”
“What?”
“It’s the Kill King Train. Didn’t you hide it so that it could be shown during Pasun Festival this time?”
So Yeon-shim laughed.
“Your eyes cannot be fooled.”
“Cluck, you know it when you see it, me.”
“Anyway, even the teacher won’t be very impressed. I am not surprised by that.”
“That is correct. It would be a better choice if you handed it over to the young schoolmaster.”
“I think so.”
So Yeon-sim, who was sipping tea, tilted her head.
“By the way, the volcanic faction master decided. It won’t be easy either.”
“Have you heard from the minor teacher?”
“Roughly.”
Ho Yo-seong shook his head.
“Hongsanja, a long-time scholar of Huashan, has been a talkative person since ancient times. His martial arts are noble, but his personality is uncharacteristically radical.
Not only does he have strong pride, but they say his arrogance has reached the sky.”
“To pick such a person as a master writer, it seems that the former master writer had poor eyesight.”
“uh? Didn’t you know?”
“What?”
“It is because of Hong San-ja that the previous leader resigned.”
“yes?!”
“The reason why Hong San-ja, who has a radical and arrogant temperament, was able to become a Jangmun-in is because he is good at acquiring power.
It’s hard to be evaluated as good at politics even with empty words, but it seems that he was able to do that unexpectedly. If I had to compare it, would I say that I have the temperament of an alley leader?”
“It makes sense.”
“yes. With that power, the power of the previous generation was pushed back as it was. I don’t know if there was an actual knife attack.”
“In a way, he is a great person. It would be hard to dare to do such a thing with moderate distribution.”
“The crime of destroying knights. It is a serious crime that will be cursed for forever by the members of the political faction, Murim. However, looking at what was actually possible, it seems that the current political faction Murim has rotted a lot.”
“Iknow, right.”
Soyeonshim let out a sigh.
“Every time I hear this kind of information, I wonder.”
“which?”
“I shouldn’t have thought like this, but… … Why did the headmaster reduce the school’s external activities?”
“Hmm.”
“They said that if you see one, you know ten. If Hwasan Jang is such a person, it is obvious that he does not look under him.
Furthermore, it would not be an exaggeration to say that if the Volcano faction, which is known as the master of swords, is like that, then the whole of the five generations as well as the Gupaibang are rotten.”
“It is.”
“Sometimes it is frustrating. If the headmaster steps forward, I think we can crush them all at once.”
He was not unaware that fighting for power between powers was not so simple.
However, the power of the two heavens and the current Protestant forces are so powerful that it is difficult to find precedents. That means you can be active enough.
Ho Yo-seong showed a meaningful smile.
“Is it really so?”
“yes?”
“Isn’t So Wonju looking at the order differently?”
“What do you mean?”
“Is it first that the tiger cub grew up and became the king of the jungle, or did the house-sized serpent step out of the jungle first?”
“… … !!”
“Is it really thanks to tigers that the jungle is rotting away because of the disappearance of hungry beasts? Couldn’t it be thanks to the Imoogi’s waiting to turn the jungle into poison?”
There was surprise in So Yeon Shim’s eyes.
“Does that mean that the religious leader deliberately reduced his external activities?”
“Who can see right through the inside of the headmaster?
However, it is a clear fact that the political sect Murim began to rot after the leader reduced his external activities.”
Ho Yo-seong took a sip of the tea.
“And now, the small school principal has left the main school.”
“… … .”
“It will be fun in the future. Isn’t it?”
I laughed as if my heart was broken.
“okay. I guess I was worried for nothing.”
“It’s nothing to worry about. Doesn’t that mean Wonju’s loyalty to the school is that deep?”
Ho Yo-seong buried his back in a soft chair.
The emotion that floated on his drowsy face was clearly excitement.
“This is the move of a Demon Lord who runs without any roughness… … I really look forward to it.”
It was then.
Mine’s voice came from outside the door.
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“Sir General.”
“What is it?”
“Gongnyeo Oh came to see the general.”
Ho Yo-seong and So Yeon-sim’s eyes widened.
* * *
“Awesome.”
Surprise crept up on Xu Liang’s face.
“Can a wagon be this comfortable? Isn’t this worse than the one sent from the Demon Shrine?”
Seat comfort was by far the best. Should I say ride comfort? Obviously, the tremor felt inside the carriage was extremely subtle even as we rode down the mountain road.
The vibration is this much, but the sound is terrible. The soundproofing was thorough enough to say that it was quiet.
Sangrin Yeo also looked around inside the carriage with surprised eyes.
“It’s big enough for five people to lie down, and even the soft seats… … I could just sleep here. First time seeing a carriage like this.”
“That’s right. Is it your first time to do cherry blossoms?”
Aenghwa had an expression as if her spirit had almost run away. She opened her mouth to look down at the seat, but her pupils were blurred.
Xu Liang clicked his tongue.
“That’s crazy.”
“It deserves it.”
Yeo Sang-rin sighed.
“That’s sad. It would have been nice if the Ma escort also rode with us.”
“Well, I think so too, but he himself would be rather uncomfortable. In particular, if I told you to drive, would you jump up and down?”
Ma Dong-pil took himself as a coachman himself. It would be dangerous to bring a coachman anyway, so he said he would pull the wagon himself.
Although he did not have much experience driving a wagon, the ability of a master master who has risen to the level of transcendence is beyond imagination.
After the wagon covered 30 li, Ma Dong-pil’s ability to drive a horse reached its peak.
Yeo Sang-rin looked at Seo-ryang.
“cool.”
“what.”
“How can someone as thick and heavy as the Ma escort give his allegiance to the young master?”
Xu Liang snorted.
“why? Are you dissatisfied?”
“I’m just curious. No matter how you think about it, the personalities of the young schoolmaster and the Ma escort are polar opposites.”
I don’t know the extremes, but they’re never the same type.
“We went through life and death together.”
“You mean comrades?”
“There are things like that. In fact, if Dongpil wasn’t a subordinate, this relationship would never have happened.”
“I think so. I don’t think the young master will bow his head to anyone.”
“It’s possible if you’re forced to.”
For example, blood clots.
Xu Liang turned his head to the window. When I recalled that time, my mood sank.
“Anyway, are you going to keep going like this?”
“yes? Food is plentiful. I’ve packed a lot in preparation for homelessness.”
“It’s not like that. It means that I will go straight to Shaanxi without stopping anywhere.”
“Then where are you going?”
“… … Well, when you say that, I have nothing to say. I’m going to the middle of the central plain of Yiwangji Temple, but I thought it would be great if I went on a tour of a good place in the mountains and streams.”
Seo Liang looked at Yeo Sang-rin with an angry face.
“Do you know we are going to play?”
“It’s just like that.”
Sangrin Yeo inflated her cheeks.
It was clear that he liked to travel quite a bit when he went on a cruise from the distant North Sea to the central plains.
Usually, if you are held hostage by the Shinkyo, it is normal to be nervous and tremble, but Yeo Sang-rin stomped her feet, saying that she would visit every corner of the Shinkyo in three days.
He’s a great guy in a way.
“It will be a very boring trip.”
“boring… … Could it be?”
“yes?”
Seo Liang smiled.
“I’m going to move while receiving information from the guide, so it won’t be boring.”
“What do you mean?”
“I know when I see it.”
Three days later, Yeo Sang-rin realized what Xiliang’s words meant.
When I approached Changwon in Honam, which is adjacent to Guangdong, Ma Dong-pil stopped his horse.
As if Xu Liang had been waiting, he opened the carriage door.
Then, someone standing on a hill far away, on a particularly large tree, approached the carriage.
“Long time no see.”
“okay.”
The man, Haomen’s minor lord Gong Yachi, bowed his head.
“Congratulations on becoming the little master of Protestantism.”
Seo Liang smiled.
“How else did you know that?”
“It was written in a letter from Howie Ma.”
Xu Liang glanced at Ma Dong Pil. Ma Dong-pil coughed.
“sorry.”
“What else are you sorry about? You’ll find out anyway.”
Gong Yachi said calmly.
“I was in the middle of looking for ways to help in many ways, but I never thought I would become a winner so quickly.”
“Somehow it happened that way.”
Seo Liang shook his hand.
“Let’s stop talking about things that don’t work, shall we get to the point?”
“great.”
The stiffness is still there. It reminded me of the first time I saw Ma Dong-pil in Gojukrim.
Of course, he was much more businesslike than Dong-pil Ma at the time.
“There are three ways to get to Shaanxi from here, but seeing that wagon, I will exclude the two through the waterway.”
“good.”
“Still, you have to use the aqueduct once. Even if you can only go to Honam by land, it is better to get help from the Yangtze River Canal if you want to pass through Hubei.”
Green Forest Seventy-two Houses and Changjiang Thirty-six Houses were famous thieves in Murim.
It was impossible to simply ignore them as thieves, but their ability to grow independently was so great that even small and medium-sized munpa could not compete with them.
If you gather all the forces of Sanchae and Waterfall, you will come out with a force that exceeds the size of the Daemunpa.
Seo Liang frowned.
“Why?”
“It is the wolf who knows more about the sheep than the shepherd. In particular, the Yangtze River is their main stage. You will be able to travel faster than any speedboat.”
“If it’s quick and sure, that’s it. But, won’t they cause trouble?”
“A group of bandits need several virtues to survive for hundreds of years. One of them is thorough execution of contracts.”
Gong Yachi’s eyes sparkled.
“I assure you, they will never cause trouble.”
“Then fine.”
“Rather, the problem could explode elsewhere.”
“hmm?”
“It is overland. There is information that troops from the Iron Blood Castle are secretly moving from the northeastern part of Gangseo to the west.”
In an instant, Xu Liang’s eyes flashed.
It was difficult for even Gong Yachi in the world to face Xi Liang’s eyes. Gong Yachi’s face slowly turned pale as he lowered his head.
“Where is the Iron Blood Castle?”
“Details are still being worked out. The movement speed that reached one divine skill,
It is presumed to be Mukpungdae (默風隊), one of the main troops of the Iron Blood Castle, judging from the precision of leaving almost no traces while moving.”
“Mukpungdae!” … All of them?”
“That’s right.”
The Mukpungdae is the main unit of the Iron Blood Castle, utilizing mobility, and is specialized in fighting in mountainous areas rather than plains or in urban areas.
The power of the Mukpungdae, which consisted of a total of 300 people, was not much lacking compared to the Gwangmadae.
“If all three hundred members of Mukpungdae move, this is not normal.”
“yes.”
“Is there anything you expect?”
Gong Yachi said after struggling for a while.
“This is strictly my opinion.”
“okay.”
“I think it’s probably on the way to pick up the concubine of the Sangvis Castle.”
“The Iron Blooded Lord’s concubine?”
“That’s right. The Iron Blood Castle lord took a concubine three years ago without anyone noticing.
She was the daughter of Cheongsabang (靑蛇房), a literary faction near Mt.
“Hoo?”
Seo Liang stroked his chin.
“Did you go to your parents’ house for a while?”
“That’s right.”
“Wasn’t he sent with an escort when he was sent to his parents’ house? By the way, even Mukpungdae?”
“I don’t know that. Maybe not a concubine. Due to the character of the iron-blooded lord, it’s questionable that he loses all his strength because of a concubine in an unstable situation like these days.”
“Hmm, interesting information.”
Seo Liang nodded.
“Anyway, you just have to be careful with them, right?”
“For now, yes. However, the air in Hobuk and Honam is unusual, so please be aware of this.”
“good. Where should I look next?”
“I will go to Hubei first.”
“Looks like there’s a quicker byway. Can’t we show you the way too?”
“sorry.”
“It’s Hao Mun’s secret. OK.”
“then.”
Gong Yachi lowered his head once and backed away with agile movements. His sense of power is incomplete, but as for the new method, he was as fast as a master of transcendence.
The sage’s eyes sparkled.
“… … Mukpungdae?”
