Stolen goods 2
An old abandoned Taoist temple known to be haunted by ghosts outside of Sacheon Castle.
The temple had been abandoned and forgotten for a while, but now the inside was filled with people and the strong scent of grass filled the inside.
The identities of the people who filled the place were silkworm experts and craftsmen scattered throughout the central plains.
There was a strange tension flowing inside the temple filled with masters and craftsmen of meditation.
“We have to succeed this time. There aren’t many eggs left.”
All the silkworm craftsmen who had been kidnapped from all over the Central Plains bowed their heads with expressions of apology at Shintu Galjihong’s words.
That’s understandable, because this time it had to be a success.
“I’m sorry, sir.”
“I’m sorry.”
And among those craftsmen, the oldest one nodded and said:
“Yes, is there any chance? Elder Shintu. At this time of year, I have gathered most of the grass and leaves, so this time it will be sure. I, Baekga, have been very careful this time.
Is that all? I have prepared all kinds of trees and grasses, from soft ones to tough ones, and even stems, so I will definitely make it a success this time.”
As the old man Baek, who was in charge of the craftsmen, said, the large bamboo tray was covered with a variety of leaves and grasses.
“Yes, we want to succeed and go home too.”
“This time it will be certain.”
It is a well-known story that if you are suddenly caught and forced to work, you will be rewarded more than what you helped.
The craftsmen who had been dedicated to silkworm farming for decades clenched their fists with a determined look on their faces, determined to succeed this time.
This was a challenge for them too.
The craftsmen were a bit confused at first.
This was because the Shinto adults suddenly caught them and told them to kill a type of silkworm they had never seen before.
However, after several failures, the spirit of challenge that I had lost in my youth was rekindled, and so I was determined to raise and spin silk from silkworms that I had never seen before.
It was absolutely not because of the pile of gold coins that the old monk had thrown into a corner of the old temple.
Because they were not people who were influenced by craftsmen, money, and the like.
Well, the gold really did shine beautifully.
“Okay, let’s begin.”
“Yes, sir.”
After the men’s determined determination, which was once again engraved in their eyes the golden light piled up in the corner, Shintu Galjihong took a last look at the leaves and grass prepared by the craftsmen and took out a small weakness from his bosom.
-Click.
Inside the open container are four large white beads.
There were already many empty spaces in the weakness due to numerous failures, but Shintu picked up one of the beads from there, placed it on his palm, and immediately breathed in his inner strength.
Blow some energy into it and wait a moment, the bead will slowly turn blue.
The orb on Shinto’s palm slowly turned blue as it absorbed the energy, and soon its surface began to bulge.
-Squeak.
A few moments later, something ripped off the bulging surface, and two sharp teeth popped out.
Two sharp teeth emerged from the shell of the bead, and soon the surface split open, revealing a large larva the size of a thumb crawling out.
“You’re awake.”
It has a unique appearance, as white as snow and two yellow horns growing from its head.
The first thing the larva did when it crawled out of its shell was to lick its body, which was full of fluid.
When the larva that woke up like that licked its entire body and dried itself, Shintu quickly placed it on the tray.
Then the caterpillar raised its head above the tray as it had done before and began to look around.
As if looking for something.
-Gulp.
A tense situation.
Only the tense swallowing sounds of the craftsmen watching the scene echoed inside the temple.
That was when.
A caterpillar that suddenly starts crawling to one side.
The caterpillar crawled across the tray, wriggling to one side, and soon attached itself to a leaf.
“Oh! Seo, is it a success!?”
“Joe, be quiet!”
The craftsmen cheered at the unprecedented reaction, but quickly shut their mouths at the old man Baek’s warning.
It was a reaction I had never seen before, but it wasn’t like the guy had eaten anything yet.
No matter how much you move, if you don’t eat something, you’ll just dry up and die like the others that hatched before you.
“But what kind of leaf is that?”
“It’s white. I see it’s a silver wisteria.”
The craftsmen cried out in their hearts, their palms sweating, as they watched the caterpillars clinging to the white silver-leafed leaves.
‘Eat! Please eat!’
‘Eat!’
But the anticipation of success was short-lived.
A caterpillar that seemed to be putting its mouth on a silver leaf, but just stuck its head out as usual.
At that sight, the old man quickly shouted.
“Old man, let’s go to another colander!”
The story is about moving the leaves to another prepared tray.
Since no one can touch him unless they infuse him with internal energy, I asked Shinto to do it for me.
After all, it seems that the first batch of leaves was a failure.
“Okay.”
At Baek No-nyeon’s words, Shin-tu picked up the boy and continued to move him to another tray, but the boy raised his head like he did on the first tray, looked around, and then put his head down again.
“Ouch! All, to the next batch!”
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“next!”
“This, this is the last time···.”
He went through all ten of the prepared trays, but he didn’t put a single leaf in his mouth.
Same reaction as before.
Shintu Galjihong said with a serious expression.
“Another failure…. There are only three eggs left, this is a big problem….”
The craftsmen hurriedly picked flower petals and other things and offered them to the caterpillar, but the caterpillar did not move and just like the other caterpillars, it dried up and died in two days.
It was another failure.
***
Jie Huang rummaged through the large pouch on his waist and put the larvae of the yellow bug into his mouth.
-Ouch.
Then, the rich taste of yellow corvina spread throughout my mouth.
Indeed, the yellow croaker had a unique taste.
It tastes like dried shrimp, but after eating it, the unique, rich, and savory taste of the yellow corvina’s oil lingers in your mouth, reminding you of the taste of yellow corvina.
That’s why I couldn’t stop it.
At first, I was going to just eat what I received.
It was a bit awkward for me to go to the pharmacy run by the Tang family to get this again, as it would save face for the Emperor.
Even though he was the emperor of beggars, it was a bit much for him to beg from the Nine Great Sects or the Seven Great Sects.
However, as if he knew that he would be found again, a Tang family warrior appeared in a hurry as he was loitering nearby just in case.
““I greet you, Elder Geulhwang, one of the Three Sovereigns!”
“Hey, hey guys, be quiet, be quiet. So, what’s going on?”
It was when I was trying to calm him down, worried that the thunderous shouts of the Tang Dynasty warrior might be heard by others.
A warrior handing over a large pouch.
“When Master Soryong and Miss Hwaeun come back, make sure to give them this···.”
“Huh? What is this?”
“This is dried yellow wormwood. If you need it, please let us know and we will bring it to you.”
“Ah …
It was when I put my hand back into my pocket while thinking about getting the yellow dust again.
Now, there is not much left, so it feels like you have to dig deep inside to catch the yellow bug.
As I was thinking about having to stop by the pharmacy in Dangga again soon, I felt an irritating noise.
“Brother. Hehe…”
“Oh, there he comes again.”
The agenda was for Shintu Galjihong to find Geulhwang again.
I had already handed over a list of silkworm masters from all over the Central Plains several times when asked to find craftsmen skilled in silkworms, but this guy came back again.
Geul-Hwang asked annoyedly, throwing the yellow bug he was holding into his mouth.
This was because he knew that the guy was kidnapping most of the people on the list he had given them and putting them in an abandoned pipe to make silkworm silk.
“Why again! Wasn’t it enough that you kidnapped me and threw me in an abandoned duct?”
Then, Gal Ji-hong waved both hands and became serious.
“I’m being kidnapped! Brother! If someone hears, they’ll mistake me for a human trafficker.”
“You idiot! What you’re doing now is no different from human trafficking!”
“No, you know my situation too, brother. It’s because of the precepts, but I will send you all with ample wages.”
“My goodness… I wonder if they’ll call me a thief.”
“Aheh… There you go again. Stop scolding me and let’s go to sleep.”
Gal Ji-hong, who came in and took the seat next to me in a friendly manner and took out a bottle of alcohol.
Geul-Hwang sat up, pretending to be defeated.
It seemed like he had come to ask for something again, but after eating the oily yellow worm larvae, I was thinking of a cool drink.
It was because the yellow corvina was oilier than expected and went well with a glass of cool alcohol.
-Kkkkkkkk.
When I smelled the scent coming from the bamboo cup, I realized that what my younger brother Gal Jihong had brought was bamboo leaf tea.
Geul-hwang asked while smelling the scent of his favorite bamboo leaves.
“Yeah, what’s going on? Things aren’t going well?”
Then, his younger brother, Gal Ji-hong, scratched his head and answered.
“I think I misunderstood something.”
“Am I mistaken?”
“Yes, brother. I gathered silkworm craftsmen to hatch silkworms and make thread. But the silkworms they hatch and the silkworms they make are completely different, so it seems I made a mistake from the beginning.
“I didn’t need someone who knew a lot about silkworms. I should have found someone who knew a lot about insects.”
-Cluck.
“Khuh···. Good.”
As I swallowed the bamboo leaf tea that my younger brother had followed, the oiliness in my mouth melted into the alcohol and disappeared.
Geulhwang took a handful of yellow worms out of his pocket and put five or six of them into his mouth as he spoke.
-Ouch.
“So, you want me to find someone who knows a lot about loyalty?”
“Hehehe… It’s probably something like that, right? But it was the same last time, and every time I see you, what’s that thing you eat?”
As expected, this is a story about finding someone who knows a lot about loyalty.
I thought it would be okay if I brought roast duck like last time, but I thought that one bottle of bamboo leaf tea would be difficult.
“What? Isn’t that a bug? No, hyung, aren’t you feeling refreshed these days? No, what kind of bug are you eating?”
Gal Ji-hong opened his eyes wide, holding in his hand one of the yellow bugs he was eating.
Geulhwang smiled and said to the guy who looked at him with pity, not knowing anything.
“Hey, try this. It’s one of the best tastes in the world.”
“Is this it?”
Tuje Gal Jihong looked at Hwang Bun-chung for a long time with an expression of disbelief.
Then he closed his eyes tightly and put the yellow powder in his mouth.
-Ouch.
The expression on the face of the guy who was moving his mouth while writing a story gradually brightened, and at the end, the guy opened his eyes wide and made a look of disbelief.
“Oh, no, why is this so delicious?”
A guy who starts to eat the yellow bugs in Geulhwang’s hand.
Geul-Hwang shouted, clutching the yellow powder in his hand.
He said he would give it to me whenever I came, but if I went too often, I would feel self-conscious, and my younger brother, Gal Ji-hong, would quickly put the yellow dust in his mouth without any sense.
“Hey, you punk, eat slowly. You have to eat sparingly···.”
“Hey, bro, what kind of bug do you care about···.”
“Oh my gosh, does he know how hard it is to get this?”
“By the way, how did you get this? Please tell me so I can steal some. It’s incredibly delicious.”
“Oh, this guy again!”
It was when I yelled at the guy who asked me to tell him where the shop I was going to steal was.
The face of the child who had taught him the taste of the yellow dust came to mind, and when I thought about it, I realized that the boy was a strange man who had a large spirit, the Blue and White Gong, wrapped around his body.
Moreover, he knows that although this delicious yellow worm is delicious, it can also kill a person.
Not only that, according to the words of the martial artists who recently stayed at Dangga, there is even a golden phoenix flying around inside the Dangga.
Also, I heard that they captured the Inmyeonjiju from Namgungga in Hwangsan, so I think they are very knowledgeable about insects and spirits.
I thought that Gal Ji-hong might be the person who would know best about the loyalty he had been hoping for.
“Hmm···.”
When I told him this and looked at Galjihong while thinking about what kind of oily meal I should get today.
What catches the eye is a guy with his hands in his familiar pockets.
“No! This guy!”
Geul-hwang shouted as he stepped on Gal-ji-hong’s hand, which had quickly stretched out and entered the pocket.
“This guy is now stealing my brother-in-law’s pocket!?”
“No, let’s share that.”
“Ha… I thought of someone who knows a lot about loyalty for a guy like me….”
“Oh!? Is there anyone? Someone who knows a lot about Chung?”
Geul-Hwang nodded and said, firmly pressing on the hand that was trembling while answering his own words.
“Perhaps there is no one in this Central Plains who knows as much about loyalty as that guy. Besides, isn’t your Cheonjam also a spirit?
“I’ve already raised several spirits, so I think I’m the perfect fit for you.”
“Oh! Who is that!?”
Geulhwang smiled at Galjihong’s question.
“Let’s start by laying down two roasted ducks.”
A trade between beggars and thieves was beginning.
