Fabre in Sacheondangga Episode 146
Fire Carp 1
As soon as I finished my explanation, the princess jumped up from her seat and shouted.
“Ah! Are you talking about the story of Emperor Taizong of Tang? The story of Sohyeop? The story of how the people suffered from the sudden appearance of yellow insects and swallowed them alive? I’ve read it too. Or should I say who read it to me?”
‘Oh, that was King Taejong of Tang? Wasn’t it Solomon?’
The princess said that the main character of the story I mentioned was Emperor Taizong of Tang.
But what if that person were Solomon or Emperor Taizong of Tang?
It just has to be aligned with each other’s interests.
“What does it matter to anyone? Whether you’ve read it or someone else has read it to you? What matters is that we can help each other now, at this moment.”
“Really? I thought we’d be helpful if we understood each other. Hahaha.”
I thought the princess had a serious personality, but that was just her outward appearance, and judging by her current appearance, she probably has a cool personality.
The princess was delighted and praised me.
“Yes, there was such a method! If you swallowed bugs alive and then the bugs disappeared, the public sentiment would definitely change… It would also be a good way to inform the court. Yes. Just tell Bin-ak to swallow a few! So-hyeop, you really have great wisdom, don’t you?”
“I hear stories like that a lot. Haha.”
‘Oh my. But didn’t you say Taesu was terminally ill?’
But while the princess and I were having fun together, I thought to myself, didn’t you say that Taesu was dying from an illness?
I asked in a cautious voice, feeling a bit guilty about telling a terminally ill patient to eat bugs.
“But didn’t you say that Taesu had an incurable disease? Isn’t it a bit much to feed worms to a sick person?”
Then the princess said nonchalantly.
“Um… It’ll be okay. The doctor said there aren’t any foods I need to be particularly careful about.”
“Line?”
Although the love bug wasn’t food, what was more surprising was the word “Yi-seon” coming from the princess’s mouth.
If it was Yiseon, he was said to be the best doctor in the Central Plains.
I thought that Taesu was just holding a memorial service to prevent his death because he was terminally ill and wanted to go to Botaam as soon as possible, but it seemed like he was told to get treated by Uisun, so I couldn’t help but find it surprising.
So, when I looked at the princess with a look of surprise, the princess made a serious expression.
“Surely, what’s with that expression? You don’t think I’m some cold-hearted woman who would just offer sacrifices to Bin-ak and have him die, after all, after finding a man with an incurable disease and making him a fake husband, do you?”
‘Wasn’t it?’
I thought that would be the case, but the expression on his face said absolutely not.
The princess continued speaking with a bewildered expression.
“I’m crazy about swords, not a crazy woman.”
Although the princess absolutely denied that she was crazy, she honestly seemed to be out of her mind.
Because the differences between us were clear.
I was crazy about poison, but not really crazy, and the princess was crazy about swords, so it seemed like there was a screw missing somewhere.
But there was no need to break the good friendly relationship, so I quickly waved my hand and answered.
“Sir, no way. We haven’t really talked much, but I don’t think the princess is that kind of a cold-hearted person. Of course.”
Then the princess nodded her head.
The princess explained the details of their relationship.
“Of course. Bin-ak was originally a person who would not have been strange if he died right away. He was shown to Ui-seon and Yak-seon and barely extended his life with medicine. If he was lucky, he would have about five more years, right?
That is why Bin-ak, who was destined to live in poverty and die lonely, entered into a relationship of lord and vassal with me because I was told that he would allow me to enjoy wealth and honor while I was alive.”
“Well, that’s okay.”
Since the best doctors in the Central Plains said that they looked after her body, a bug or two should be okay, and after learning the detailed circumstances between the two, it feels like they are just letting off some steam before they die.
Actually, I too was terminally ill, but if the princess had said she would cure all the teenage poisons, I would not have refused this position as her son-in-law, so I nodded.
Because I die after fulfilling all my wishes.
“Then, let’s have the Taesu come and explain. Judging from the state of the mating insects, we will have to gather people and eat them tomorrow morning.”
“Oh, I see!”
When the princess herself ran outside and shouted for the governor to come back in, the governor hurriedly ran in.
When Taesu ran in and looked at the princess, the princess nodded.
“The story ended well. Fortunately, Sohyeop understood me. Now we are in the same boat. He decided to cooperate with us.”
“Oh, that’s good. So, the princess has one more vassal? So-hyeop, then let’s serve the princess with our lives. Although I am a governor, it’s all thanks to the princess, and I am also of humble origins, so treat me like an older brother.”
‘Huh? What is this? Oops!’
Thinking about the words, “I am on the same boat as the princess” and the words of the Taesu, “I will serve the princess well with my life,” I had briefly forgotten about this as I was thinking of making Yeondoo a commoner again, but in the end, helping the princess means lending a helping hand to the princess’s fake marriage.
The thought of why the princess had said in the beginning that she would die if it was known came to mind again.
The story was that if you get caught doing this, you might get punished by the emperor.
‘This damn thing… I lose my mind whenever it comes to poison… I told you, it’s not my place to blame the princess…’
But what can we do?
The story is already over.
While I was accepting my fate, their conversation continued.
“Did Sohyeop say there was a good way to help the princess?”
“Yes, Sohyeop gave me some good advice.”
“Is that so? That’s good. Then what should we do?”
Taesu asks back with a bright face after hearing that it went well.
The princess spoke to him in a very solemn voice.
“Binak, swallow the worms with loyalty.”
“yes?”
Taesu’s embarrassed expression.
Let me explain in more detail. It seems that the princess has a habit of saying the same thing over and over again with different meanings.
He used to confuse people with leaving home and getting married, but now he seems to be telling them to swallow worms with all their heart.
‘I told you it’s not normal?’
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The next day, a huge performance was held in front of the government office, with people crowding around like love bugs.
Rather than simply showing people eating bugs, they held an event to offer sacrifices to the heavens.
Originally, when a drought or natural disaster occurred, a sacrifice was offered to heaven during these times.
If you hold a ceremony like this, more people will gather than if you call people because the Taesu has something to say. Is that because after the ceremony, the food is distributed to the people?
In front of a magnificently decorated ancestral rite table.
The sound of people talking could be heard between the flying insects.
“So Your Majesty is finally holding a memorial service?”
“I guess he couldn’t just sit by and do nothing since this happened because of the new governor.”
“I’m not saying that this happened because of the governor. If a new person were to come in and take office, wouldn’t such a big change have happened because of him?”
“Oh my, there are a lot of soldiers around this guy. If you do something wrong, you’ll get in trouble, so watch your mouth.”
As expected, the rumors heard among the people were that it was the newly appointed governor’s fault.
Then, in front of the magnificently prepared ancestral rite table.
Taesu walked out and said while burning incense in front of the ancestral rite table.
“Why do you torment the people of Akyang like this? Why do you make the people of Akyang shed tears like this?”
And one deep bow.
Then Taesu opened his mouth again and shouted to the sky.
“I offer a sacrifice to appease Heaven’s wrath, so please appease it!”
“Are you done?”
“Want to oil your throat today?”
“I guess I need to get in line quickly.”
People thought the ceremony would end so easily, and they seemed to be expecting to be given ashes covered in bugs, but the governor’s next words were:
“But I won’t be able to appease that anger. The burden of that anger will be borne entirely by Seo Bin-ak, the governor of Akyang!”
At the same time, Tae-su’s hand swung and he caught a dozen or so bugs that were flying around the ancestral rite table.
And Taesu’s hand heading towards his mouth.
‘I told you to just eat one or two, but you got thirsty during the show?’
Lovebugs are bugs whose intestines are so acidic that they can corrode metal.
That’s why, if you happen to pop one in your mouth, it will taste a little sour, but the gentleman who had a hard time eating even one during night practice put a dozen or so in his mouth at once because it was a live performance.
When I looked at the princess, she was smiling with a very satisfied look on her face.
The plan was executed well as planned, but at first people did not realize what Taesu was doing.
Since Taesu was far away and the love bug wasn’t that big, he didn’t know whether to eat it or not.
What do you need at this moment?
As expected, it’s a wind catcher.
The crew members on the ship, including me, Hwa-eun, Jang-in, and Seol-nu, who were stuck in the crowd, shouted.
“Tae, Taesu ate a black insect!”
“Your Majesty, you are eating black insects for the people!”
Then, a commotion began to arise among the people.
“Huh, you ate some black worms?”
“Ah, no. How could a black insect···.”
“I thought he was just a lucky guy who met a good woman and changed his fate just because he was a prince… But he was someone who thought of his people like that!?”
And two days.
After two days, when all the black insects died and fell to the ground, the atmosphere in Akyang changed completely in an instant, not just from the commotion during the ritual.
The people of Akyang who had been talking behind the backs of the governor, saying that the Heukchung incident was a disaster caused by the governor, and some of them had stopped talking about it as a useless act, and they began to come to the government office gate and ask the soldiers for consolation from the governor.
“Huh, all the black insects fell over there and died. Is your Majesty okay?”
“I, this is a cucumber that I dug up in the mountains. I would like to offer it to you, Taesu.”
“This is angelica, I wonder if it might help···.”
The people began to worry about the governor, thinking that the governor was the one who had to shoulder all the anger because all the bugs had died.
For that reason, people who asked for comfort from the morning and medicinal herbs dug up by the common people, although not great, were being offered to the government office.
“It works so well. I will never forget this favor.”
A person who is happy to see such a sight.
The princess came out of the reception hall and spoke to him alone, smiling with an expression that suggested she couldn’t help it.
“You must keep your promise to help the Murim Alliance.”
“Of course. Not only will I be allowed to go on an expedition, but I will also make sure that they are not allowed to set foot in the Central Plains. If someone sneaks into my residence in Akyang and it turns out they are Blood Cult members, the Emperor will be very angry.”
A princess is the kind of person who would lie to that extent to get what she wants.
Thinking that things had gone well, he asked about the whereabouts of the spirit he had agreed to deal with.
“Then, that flower you mentioned last time···.”
“Oh! That’s right. Did you really think I’d forget? I prepared everything.”
The princess takes out a letter from her bosom.
The princess said, pushing one of the letters towards me.
“Go to Botahma and give this letter to my teacher. Then my teacher will give you what you want.”
“That statue is in Botaam?”
“Yes, in the letters I exchanged with my teacher, it said that there was a large firefly living in the lake in the mountains of Botasan where Botaam is located.”
‘If it’s Botaam, then I can just go down the Yangtze River, go out to the sea, and then go down a little bit to Zhejiang Province?’
It’s a bit far, but it’s easy to get there if you just take a boat.
He nodded with a happy expression.
“thank you!”
“No, I appreciate it. And since we’ve shared our secret, let’s keep in touch from time to time.”
“Are you talking about this?”
It was at a time when it seemed as if the transaction between the two parties would end in mutual benefit.
A shout heard while I was carrying the letter and smiling brightly.
“Oh! I almost forgot this.”
“what?”
When I tilted my head at the princess’s words that she almost forgot something, the princess smiled and said.
“The sacred peak of Botasan Mountain, where the spirit is said to be, is a place that only women can enter. Make sure to dress up as a woman and go. I have written this down in a letter to the master, so please make sure that it doesn’t catch the eyes of others.”
“Huh? Crossdressing?”
Now I have to cross-dress because of the poison.
The path to a hobby life in the world of martial arts was so difficult.
‘Should I change my hobby?’
