Episode 338. The Falling Moon’s Poisonous Love
When Haesa Bang Bang Ju Il Bae Geum Bul Wi entered Ryu Wang Chae Village, his heart was in turmoil.
‘Damn, did I do something wrong?’
If you ask for 2,500 nyang just because you are from a noble family, even if it is rotten, what if it fails?
Not only would he be labeled as a traitor by the two wealthy men, but in the worst case scenario, he could even be kicked out of Heochang.
I’ve known Sambojeolmyeong Dangunwang for about three years, but I’ve never seen any of his martial arts, poison techniques, or secret techniques.
That’s all I heard when Dang Woon-mang was drunk and talking about the past.
But why did you recommend him?
Of course, it is because he is considered the best among those who have come into contact with him.
‘Then, even if they are top-class ronin, they could be reduced to a handful of blood, right?’
No, it has to be that way.
If Tang Yunmang’s ability was half of what he said while drunk, it would be enough to melt Yeon Jeok-ha.
‘The question is how much of it is true… … .’
People tend to exaggerate about themselves, especially drinkers.
The problem is that whenever he meets Dangunmang, he is drunk.
So, while meeting him and talking to him, I kept checking his facial expression.
I needed to know how much was bullshit and how much was truth.
Even as the conversation drew to a close, there was still no complete trust.
“I would normally get an advance payment for this kind of work, but since we’re pressed for time, I’ll get this done first. For your sake and theirs, you must keep your promise.”
Dangunwang, along with his horse, pointed to a large tree on the riverbank.
At that time, I didn’t know why.
Without thinking, I turned my head to where his fingertips were pointing.
Thud-thud-.
Surprisingly, the tree that had been healthy lost its lush leaves and became withered and twisted.
Then it started to melt from the top.
The explanation was long, but it all happened in one breath.
I have never heard of such a poison.
Even the absolute best in the martial arts world won’t be able to avoid it.
“Have you seen this? This is what a poisoner looks like.”
“Yes, yes, sir. Don’t worry. I’ll make sure you don’t have to worry about money.”
The title that was previously ‘senior’ has now changed to ‘elder’.
Tang Yunmang looked at the Golden Buddha with a satisfied expression.
It seems that ‘Nakwol Dokjeong (落月毒情)’, which was completed after twenty years, surprised him.
He may not know because his vision is lacking, but if we compare it to a swordsman, ‘poisonous emotion’ is at the level of ‘sword of the heart’.
It’s not called ‘The Poisonous Heart That Would Make Even the Moon Fall’ for nothing.
He also practiced his own martial arts and learned the most exquisite of exquisite techniques at a crossroads between life and death.
‘Nakwol Dokjeong’ contains the essence of 108 types of poison that he has learned throughout his life.
‘Haha! How can a ronin deal with a poison that even the ten greatest masters in the world can’t handle…?’
Dang Yun-mang shook his collar and turned around.
Geumbulwi did not dare to raise his head and only cautiously looked at his heels.
The question ‘When and how will it be dealt with?’ is meaningless.
He left in a hurry only after Dang Woon-mang had gone into the room and closed the door.
***
Heaven and earth.
Shinsi Jeong (4pm).
Geonwon Pyo-guk So Ji-woong, who was sitting in his office checking the ledger, got up from his seat and went out onto the veranda.
Then, the three Cheongju warriors who were resting under the eaves ran towards him and bowed down.
Yeonjeokha leisurely got up and stood next to Cheongju Samhyeop.
After a while, Jang Wi-an, the leader of Cheongju Samhyeop, took a step forward.
“Your Majesty?”
So Ji-woong said after looking around Cheongju Samhyeop and Yeonjeokha.
“If I remain motionless in fear of the King’s threats, the people of the world will look down on Geonwonpyo.”
“It’s not too late to start working in earnest starting the day after tomorrow.”
“That’s not true. Since ancient times, there has never been anything that is not dangerous in the affairs of the state. If I were to show my fear here, who would come to the state of Geonwon?”
“… … .”
Since it was true, Jang Wi-an did not try to dissuade him any longer.
If So Ji-woong were an ordinary upper-class person, it wouldn’t matter if he stayed hidden.
However, as an agent of Geonwonpyoguk, he is the owner of Heochang branch.
If he had been hiding, the Heochang branch would have closed as soon as it opened.
The second son, Ilsoohan, asked.
“Your Majesty, where are you planning to go?”
“First, I plan to meet people who don’t have any hostility towards me.”
So Ji-woong was reminded of the collaborator in Yeonghadaegok.
He was the only person who spoke to me at the gathering at Mugoksanjang.
They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, so I plan to first try to make him my man.
“Is there such a person?”
To Ilsoohan’s question, So Jiwoong smiled and nodded.
“The person who works at Yeonghadaegok is that kind of person. Let’s go and see.”
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As So Ji-woong came down to the yard, Jang Wi-an took the lead, and Il-soo-han and Baek-ok-jo took their places on his left and right.
The four of them followed him, keeping a distance of two or three steps, as if they were part of a different group.
***
The road to Sangcheong-hyeon.
Even though it was a new city, the sun was so hot that I couldn’t walk for long.
So Ji-woong, who was walking along the road, sat in the shade of a tree to cool off.
The Three Heroes of Cheongju formed a tight circle around him in the shape of a character for quality.
The other escorts were not brought out.
Anyway, if it doesn’t work out with Cheongju Samhyeop and Yeonjeokha, then you know that it doesn’t matter who you bring.
About twenty feet (about 60 meters) away from them, an old man wearing a bamboo hat collapsed on the ground.
Besides the old people, there were many people resting in the shade of the trees, so they were not noticeable.
The old man lifted the bamboo stick he was holding.
It is the Three Jewels, the Dangunwang.
He untied the gourd tied around his waist and drank it in hastily, as if he were thirsty.
His appearance was no different from that of other old people in the countryside.
Dang Yunmang put the half-empty gourd aside and looked around naturally.
They are all just strangers and ordinary people.
Dangunwang pretended to brush away the dirt from the hem of his clothes.
First of all, I plan to start by breaking the barriers to gauge my opponent’s level.
As its name suggests, Pacheonmanri is a poison skill that can be cast from a distance, meaning it “breaks the sky ten thousand miles away.”
The energy that arose from his palm flowed to one side, carried by the wind.
Yeonjeokha, who was sitting next to Baekokjo, tilted her head.
A sweet fragrance was felt from somewhere, and the scent of ripe fruit was faintly mixed in the air.
He looked around, his lips licking his lips.
But no matter how much I looked, I couldn’t see any fruit trees around.
‘what?’
It was definitely not the scent of flowers.
It was a very ripe, tangy fruity scent.
At first, I smelled it and thought it was the scent of a white jade bird, but it wasn’t.
Baekokjo asked him as he watched him wandering around.
“Yeon So-hyeop? Why is that?”
“Oh, where does the fruit smell? But no matter how much I look, I can’t see any fruit trees.”
“Smells like fruit?”
Baekokjo looked around and muttered.
“That’s strange. I don’t smell anything. Brothers, do you smell any fruit?”
Jang Wi-an and Il-soo-han shook their heads.
Jang Wi-an, who was sniffing lightly, said a word.
“It seems that the internal energy of Yeon So-hyeop is so deep that he smelled a scent that we cannot smell.”
“aha!”
Baekokjo looked at Yeonjeokha with envious eyes.
I can’t believe that someone the same age as me is already a top-level ronin.
From his appearance, he seems like just a wandering ronin, but I don’t know when he started training like that.
“Yeon So-hyeop, are you still here?”
“No. It doesn’t happen anymore.”
For a moment, Zhang Wei’an frowned.
‘The wind direction hasn’t changed, but the smell that was there before suddenly disappeared?’
Could that be possible?
Jang Wi-an’s expression hardened slightly as he pondered something.
“Yeon So-hyeop. Just in case, try your luck.”
At Jang Wi-an’s words, Ilsoo-an and Baekok-jo looked at Yeon-jeok-ha with surprised eyes.
Since he has a lot of experience in martial arts, he understood the meaning of the large words.
“Good luck?”
I took a deep breath and focused on my danjeon.
And according to the nine rules of the Nine Thousand-Yeo-Il-Jin-Gyeong, the true energy was sent around the world.
My lungs felt tingly, unlike before.
It’s a physical change you’ve never experienced before.
“My lungs feel itchy?”
“It looks like someone has poisoned you. Is there anything wrong with anything else?”
“Yes, it’s just a little irritating when I breathe. Nothing else is wrong.”
Jang Wi-an looked at Yeon-jeok-ha with a puzzled expression.
It feels like it’s poisoned, but it just makes it irritating to my breathing.
It’s hard to tell if the poison is special or if his power is amazing.
Cheongju Samhyeop and So Jiwoong slowly stood up from their seats.
I couldn’t just sit back and relax knowing that someone was poisoning me.
Late in the morning, Yeonjeok-ha woke up and brushed the dirt off her butt.
Baekokjo asked.
“Big brother, we were all together, so why was only Yeon So-hyeop poisoned? Yeon So-hyeop was the only one who smelled the fruit. How could that be?”
“That means he is very skilled in poisoning. Poisoning a single person from a distance… … That is truly a famous technique.”
Yeonjeokha said with an effortless expression.
“The technique may be famous, but the poison is not very good. Can you catch a rabbit with this kind of poison?”
“Don’t say that, Yeon So-hyeop. It might be hard to breathe for now, but you never know when or how it might happen. Poison is not something to be taken lightly.”
Baekokjo looked at Yeonjeokha with worried eyes.
Poison has nothing to do with the high or low of the martial arts. Even masters who have reached the level of myth are wary of poison. That is why Dangga is considered a great martial arts master without any great achievements.
Baekokjo, who had thought that far, looked back at Jang Wi-an.
“Big brother, did Geumbulwi bring in the Tang family?”
“That can’t be. There are no people from the Tang family in Heochang, and they won’t even bring the Tang family there.”
So Ji-woong, who was listening, added a word.
“That’s what Jang So-hyeop said. No one would bring in a tiger to chase a wolf.”
“Then who poisoned it?”
“I don’t know. The world is vast and there are as many eccentric people as grains of sand.”
Zhang Weiyuan looked around as he answered.
There was no one who looked suspicious within ten jang (about 30 meters) in all directions.
‘Hmm! If it was read outside of the ten chapters, it would be a really serious situation… … .’
At that distance, it means that the other person has already gone beyond the ordinary.
Even the highest level of ronin has no guarantee of being able to handle it.
‘No, the Yeon So-hyeop will definitely lose.’
Zhang Weiyuan, who was biting his lips, spoke to his two younger brothers.
“The second and third, take So Haeng-su and return to Cheonji Jang-won. I will stay here with Yeon So-hyeop and search for the poisonous man.”
“… … .”
Ilsoohan and Baekokjo opened their mouths as if they were about to say something, but eventually nodded.
I wanted to refuse, but I couldn’t.
Right now, protecting So Ji-woong’s descendants was the priority, not Yeon-jeok-ha.
Ilsoohan, Baekokjo, and Sojiwoong went back the way they came.
After sending off his younger siblings and So Ji-woong, Jang Wi-an asked Yeon-jeok-ha.
“How about now?”
“It’s the same. Don’t worry too much about it.”
“I feel like we dragged the small business into this difficult situation for no reason. I’m sorry.”
Jang Wi-an, who was looking at Yeon-jeok-ha with a bitter expression, shouted at the top of his lungs.
“I don’t know which deceased person did the poisoning, but let me see their face! I am Zhang Wi-an, the eldest of the Three Heroes of Cheongju! Don’t hide like a rat, if you are not afraid of me, come out and see!”
It was a kind of aggressive strategy to provoke the opponent.
Twenty chapters later, Dang Yun-mang groaned and rewrote his bamboo stick.
I didn’t know that he would be so fine even after being hit by ‘Pacheonmanri’.
I think I’ll have to write ‘Nakwol Dokjeong’ to finish the work.
However, in order to write ‘Nakwol Dokjeong’, you have to approach within ten chapters.
I don’t want to seem like I’ve fallen for that guy named Jang Wi-an’s tricks, but what can I do?
‘You idiot, where would you find a fool who comes out when you tell him to?’
Dang Yunmang grumbled to himself as he walked towards them.
