Episode 440. Need for Madness (5)
the next morning.
“omg? What is this?”
The face of Jin Guang (辰曠), the head of the Gangseo Chamber of Commerce, turned pale.
“The golden seal? this!”
The golden seal meant the first payment. It is a color that only the lord of the guild can permit, and as soon as the name falls, a letter is delivered to the information center of the guild.
“This is not the time for this!”
Jin Kwang didn’t even look back and ran to the signature reception room at the store headquarters.
And behind him, a ray of secret shadow followed.
“Hoe Lord!”
Jin-Kwang hurriedly asked as he looked at Wizino Bag who had returned.
“How have you been? Are you okay?”
“It’s fine.”
His voice was particularly hard and awkward. But in his urgency, Jin-Kwang didn’t notice it.
“What is the Demonic Sect? Oh, no! That’s not important right now! What happened to the gold coins all of a sudden?!”
“I’m tired. I want to rest, so please leave.”
“Hoe Lord!”
“I asked you to leave.”
“⋯⋯.”
Jin-Kwang had no choice but to lower his head.
“⋯⋯Yes.”
“General.”
“yes?”
“No one will enter my quarters until noon tomorrow. I want to be alone.”
Jin-Woo’s face was worried.
“Sir, could you please explain the circumstances? The elders are agitated. There is a lot of backlash against Zhejiang’s trade routes being blocked without a word…”
“I will tell you tomorrow.”
“Okay. Elders, I’ll try to read it anyway.”
The light went out like that.
Wizinoback, who was left alone, sat down in a chair with a blank face.
He usually had a good posture, but today he was particularly stiff. He behaves like a person whose joints do not stretch well, which gave off a strange creepiness.
After a while.
“Fuhu, it’s very difficult to do stealth after a long time.”
Seo Liang appeared next to Wizino Baek before he knew it.
he grumbled softly.
“They say it’s the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce, but it’s much stricter than most of the great clans. After all, it’s about managing money.”
One of the things people misunderstand is that they think that the boundary of the upper class is weaker than that of the Moorim sect.
Most of the members of the Moorim school are learning martial arts. Therefore, even if there is no separate guard set up, each member of the group is also playing the role of a security guard.
On the other hand, the main members of the upper class are merchants. Most of them are even connected with Murim, so the risk of being robbed and thieves is much greater than that of Munpa.
Of course, there was no choice but to be thorough with money management and expenses. In the case of a guild with a certain size, especially the border of the headquarters should be considered almost impregnable.
Even Seo Ryang, who remembered the martial arts of King Sal, although not as much as during his active duty, had to feel awkward several times even though he put Wi Jino Baek at the fore. Considering the state of Xiliang, it was indeed a great boundary.
“In case you don’t know, should I pay attention to stealth from now on?”
He muttered to himself, but he couldn’t help but be frightened at the heart of Hocheon Mawangdanju, who protected him in an invisible place.
‘What can’t you do?’
He also assisted Chun-sang Lee, the former head of the church.
Lee Cheon-sang had never demonstrated stealth. It was because he had nothing to write about in the first place, and the two heavenly ways of dealing with things were not so secretive.
On the other hand, Xu Liang, the religious master of the time, was good at not only simple martial arts, but also active strategy establishment, unconventional overturning his own strategy at once, and furthermore, stealth and speech.
In particular, in the case of stealth, it was at a better level than the new recruits of the Hocheon Demon Emperor. Even though he learned traditional magic techniques, not magic techniques specialized in stealth like Hocheon Demon Emperor, that was enough.
It was not an area that could be described as high. Ma Huang Dan Zhu was more than amazed at Xu Liang’s versatility and felt terrified.
‘This is why they are called gods.’
There is nothing you cannot do, and there is no place you cannot go.
The one who can see everything and do everything.
“Anyway, since you came in safely, I must do my job.”
Xu Liang put his hand on Wizinobaek’s shoulder.
Wizinoback was immovable. As before, I was just staring blankly ahead, but I didn’t even blink.
“Excluding the public money of the company, how much are your personal assets?”
“Two hundred and forty-five thousand gold pieces.”
Seo Liang stuck out his tongue.
“Did you steal it for quite some time?”
“That’s right.”
Respond well.
Xu Liang ridiculed Wei Jino Baek like that.
“Bastard, you gathered because you hated the main school? What is the purpose of destroying? They are funny. I will do my best to deal with the main school, given that I have a person who is drunk on the taste of money and steals public money as the owner.”
It’s a common saying. To come together for a common goal, but become complacent in the present due to success and wealth.
It was the type of person that Seo Liang hated. It doesn’t matter if you’re complacent, but you hate those who deceive yourself.
It was the same with Wizinoback.
He said he didn’t care if he lost everything, but he trembled with fear as he approached Seo Liang.
It wasn’t because Xu Liang’s presence was overwhelming or because of the primal fear of Magi. In the first place, Wizinoback did not prepare for death. It is because he is tired of the power and power that money gives.
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That’s why it’s so easy to get caught in the dead man’s hand.
‘When can I use it again?’
Commander is more like a kind of mental torture, injecting fear into the opponent and destroying their mind.
However, as the reigning mawanggi approaches Daeseong, there are many things that can be done as a commanding officer. One of them is hypnosis, which can almost completely turn your opponent into a puppet.
However, it cannot be returned to the state before being hit by the beast, and the victim’s brain power is used 10 times more than normal, so the life expectancy drops rapidly. In other words, it is a secret technique that should never be used unless it is a target that can be killed.
In addition, hypnosis is a technique that corresponds to the ultimate secret skill of the spirits, and cannot be used for several months until the spirits of death are recovered.
‘Well, I don’t really like the method either.’
It’s better to simply decapitate your opponent rather than fooling around. That was the way of Xiliang. If it wasn’t for this special case, the commander wouldn’t even have taken it out.
“Okay, let’s get back to work.”
Xu Liang asked Wizinobaek.
“The golden code sent to each intelligence agency is your sole authority, right?”
“That’s right.”
“Isn’t it true that no one can confirm the contents until they arrive at the intelligence agency?”
“That’s right.”
“How long does it take for a golden document to spread throughout the central plains once it has entered the information center?”
“At least two days, and at most five days.”
The Golden Code, which was written by Wizinobaek, more precisely under the direction of Xu Liang, contained details about the illegal businesses that the Gangseo Chamber of Commerce had secretly committed.
If the contents spread throughout the central plains, Gangseo Trading Company will suffer a serious blow. He would no longer care about Honam affairs or trade.
“It’s just fine. And one more.”
Seo Liang’s eyes flashed.
“In order to restore what blocked Zhejiang’s trade routes, you need your seal and secret language, as well as your own permission?”
“That’s right.”
Seo Liang frowned.
‘It can be like seals and secret words, but handwriting…’
People who inspect letters professionally can identify a person with only a slight change in strokes.
Currently, the state of Wizinoback is very unstable. He could clearly handle what he was told to do, but it was unreasonable to do even delicate tasks such as writing letters without mistakes.
‘Well, it will take quite a long time just to hand over the seal and secret language in the first place. That’s why…’
How about changing your mind?
The fact that Zhejiang’s trade route was blocked meant that the southern commercial route was also blocked. Gangseo Sanghoe, the highest peak of Nambu Sanghoe, has blocked seven out of them.
However, if he tried to solve this right away, the link with Dam Sa-young could be severed. Xi Liang didn’t want that.
‘I have to catch both rabbits. It’s a problem that can’t be prioritized.’
It was then.
“uh?”
In a sudden thought, Xu Liang asked Wi Jino Baek.
“Didn’t you say that Dam Sa-young should contact you first? Can’t you contact me?”
“That’s right.”
“How often do you usually get in touch?”
“Each time is different, but if you average it, you will be contacted once every quarter. Sometimes they come over three or three days.”
An evil smile crept across Shi Liang’s face.
“In other words, do you mean putting a period of time?”
“If nothing else happens, yes.”
So, can I make something special?
‘I’ll have to use the old man’s method.’
Power went into his hand that held Wizinoback’s shoulder.
“Now, you have a chance to extend your life for a few more days.”
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“Master.”
“What’s going on?”
Dam Sa-young, who had been talking with Song Seong-baek for a while, frowned.
Danlihu’s face still did not change. However, Dam Sa-yeong felt it intuitively. That Danlihu is confused.
I had an ominous feeling. I had never seen Danlihu so flustered.
Danlihu glanced at the remittance bag.
Dam Sa-yeong raised her hand.
“It’s okay. Report.”
“Gangseo Sanghoe is suffering from bad rumors.”
“A bad rumor? which?”
“All sorts of illegal businesses that Sanghoe has been carrying out over the past dozen years have come to the fore.”
Dam Sa-yeong frowned.
“Isn’t that kind of rumor common?”
“It is, but this time it is more problematic because the atmosphere is condemning anti-jeonghoe and chilpa.”
“what?”
“An atmosphere was formed that it was because the munpa, who should have stepped up at the right time, did not set things right. If such an atmosphere spreads so quickly, it is proof that the rumors about Gangseo Trading Company have been highlighted in detail and seriously.”
“her!”
Dam Sa-yeong shook her head.
“Where do the rumors come from?”
“That is…”
Danlihu couldn’t open his mouth easily.
“Why are you silent? Where is the source?”
“It’s a non-daily stage.”
“Unrefined? Could it be that unrefined?”
“That’s right. The situation is that Biyeondan, the best information source of Gangseo Trading Company, is shooting rumors throughout the midfield.”
Dam Sa-yeong endured the almost outburst of swear words without even realizing it.
Biyeondan’s information power does not match Haomen’s in scope, but it rivals Haomen’s only in the area they are assigned. And that information power has been of great help to the growth of Gangseo Trading Company.
In other words, Biyeondan was an organization affiliated with Gangseo Trading Company and was inseparable from each other. That such an information source spreads such evil rumors?
“There is no way Biyeondan would have done such a thing alone. Is it the lord’s work?”
“I can’t figure out exactly. I just heard that you received a gold certificate.”
“Golden Codex?!”
The golden seal represents an absolute order that only the ruler of the kingdom can write. No one can know the contents until it is delivered to Biyeondan, and it was an unusual color that was not easily used except in times of war.
“It can’t be… unless Hoeju goes crazy…”
“Isn’t that what happened?”
The remittance bag frowned.
“I don’t know the circumstances, but if there are rumors like that, I think it’s certain that someone is playing tricks behind the scenes.”
Dam Sa-yeong nodded.
“You might think so. However, the position of Hoeju of the Gangseo Chamber of Commerce is safer than that of the Jangmunin of the Gudaemun faction. Even if someone did it, he’s not the kind of person who would confess to the enemy about the golden code.”
“then?”
Dam Sa-yeong’s eyes deepened.
“Is this old man suddenly betrayed?”
Chances are good. The odds of being betrayed are higher than the odds of being beaten by someone.
However, Dam Sa-young felt uncomfortable. His intuition, which had been trained through all kinds of conspiracies and demons for decades, was telling him that the situation was far from simple.
“Aside from that, strange rumors are also spreading.”
Dam Sa-young and Song Seong-baek saw Dan-ri-hu.
“Is that a strange rumor?”
“Master’s name is being mentioned.”
“My Name?”
“Rumors are spreading secretly that the person behind the gangseo store, the identity of the black man is Master.”
“⋯⋯!!”
