In the middle of the night with pouring rain.
There was someone on the mountainside, wearing bamboo hats and a bamboo raincoat, looking down at a small village with twinkling lights.
As I was looking down at the village, I heard the sound of a cane being touched on the muddy ground from behind.
Then, soon a voice was heard.
“It is exactly as you said. Finally came here. “It turns out it was an inducement.”
“Escape is inevitable because the situation is difficult, but unless you are an idiot, there is no reason to do anything that stands out.”
“Right. Thanks to you, the wait was worth it and you won the bet.”
-Tang!
Someone behind him flicked a silver coin with his finger.
Then, the person wearing the bamboo raincoat caught it without turning his head even once.
Silver coins were the price for betting.
Juklipin, who put the silver coin he accepted in this way into his bosom, said.
“Are you sure you’re ready?”
“Hehehe, you don’t trust Nobu?”
“It could be so. If that were the case, there would be no reason to be with Elder So. “Let’s watch the old man’s skills.”
“Wait and see. “I think we can resolve this quietly.”
Someone called an old man showed strong confidence.
* * *
-thud!
“Big!”
Jae-jeong Jae-jeong, an apostate monk, put down a liquor jar the size of a five-year-old child and looked at Nie Chun across from him with a grinning face.
Just like him, Nyeop-chun was holding the liquor jar with both hands and gulping it down, but more than half of the liquor was not on his mouth, but on his chin and jacket.
Then, Nyeopchun stumbled and put down the liquor jar.
-thud!
“f*ck it!”
“Kkeulkeul, you can’t do this to Daengjung.”
Jae-jae-jeong, who checked the alcohol remaining in Nyeop-chun’s liquor jar, said with triumph.
Nie Chun looked at Jae-jeong with an expression of disgust.
I was confident that I was a drinker, so I decided to compete, but this wasn’t even a live liquor jar, it was just pouring alcohol.
It’s not like I’m pushing away the alcohol with my inner strength, so how can I be so fine?
“Are you really okay?”
“Do you think you’ll get drunk just by emptying three liquor jars this size? Hahahaha.”
After being betrayed, he drank alcohol every day.
Because he didn’t want to see things he couldn’t see and wanted to stay drunk all the time, he became one of the most drunk people in the Jungwon martial arts group.
“haha······.”
“You little brat. “If you know now that you can’t do it, don’t fight.”
“What’s wrong with that? There’s still a long way to go. “Do it again.”
“Even if it doesn’t work out for you.”
“Let’s do it again!”
Since Nyeopchun was coming, I grabbed the liquor jar and drank it again.
Then, after a few sips, I couldn’t hold it in and ended up running outside as if I was vomiting.
“Woo!”
“You brat. Clue.”
Jae-jae-jeong laughed as he looked at him and started drinking again.
Meng Wuyue looked at these two as if he was pitiful, shook his head, and then took a sip of the warmed yellow wine.
“Things even the capital city doesn’t know about.”
What kind of taste do you enjoy when you drink alcohol like that?
They were really pathetic guys.
-widely!
Meng Muyak, who put down his glass, raised the corners of his mouth as if he was feeling better.
Since entering the imperial palace on a mission, I had to remain in a state of constant tension, so I had no time to drink like this.
“Whoa.”
However, I had a drink to relieve the fatigue from traveling south without rest for nearly five days, and the blood rushed to my whole body and my insides felt warm.
Maybe that’s why the alcohol felt particularly sweet.
“Branch manager. Did you say that this Huang Zhou is Shaoxing Zhou?”
“you’re right. This time, when I went down to Jiangnan, I brought it from Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. How is it? “Does it taste good?”
“It’s delicious. The tastes of sourness, spicyness, acidity, bitterness, spiciness, and astringency are well balanced. “It is indeed the drink enjoyed by Gu Qian of the Yue Dynasty.”
The Henan region, where the Yue Dynasty was located, was a granary area, so the brewing method of making alcohol from rice was developed, and thanks to this, there were many famous yellow wines.
Shaoxing liquor (紹興酒) is a yellow liquor that can be said to be a specialty of Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province.
Shaoxing liquor, which is considered the best among yellow liquors, is a brewing method that has been passed down since the Spring and Autumn Period and was famous for being distributed to soldiers by King Guqian of the Yue Dynasty before he went to punish the Wu Dynasty.
“As the deputy head of the intelligence department under Lord Hoe, you have great insight. “You are truly brilliant.”
Mong Wuyak smiled at the branch manager’s flattery as if nothing had happened.
His father, Buhoeju Mong Seo-cheon, had a great knowledge of alcohol and placed importance on the state of the capital, so he also gave his son Mong Mu-yak a taste of alcohol from various regions of the Central Plains.
Therefore, Mongmuyak also had a lot of unique alcohol experience and had extensive knowledge about alcohol.
“Fuhahaha. “You’re just drinking and you’re acting all noble.”
At that time, Jae-Jeong-Jeong laughed and provoked Meng Wu-Yao.
One of Meng Wuyak’s eyebrows rose upward at his provocation.
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But soon he ignored it.
Playing with low-class people would only tire the noble self.
“The Bodhisattvas, who are so pretty and drink like Saenim, seem to put their mouths to their mouths and sip, saying, ‘Oh my, I can’t drink it.’ Fuhahahaha.”
‘······Saen? sniffling?’
Blood appeared on Meng Wuyak’s forehead, which he tried to ignore.
Jae-jae-jeong gave him a funny look and scolded him.
“Why are you upset? But what if it’s true? “The head of the company can’t drink properly, so he can’t participate in the masterpiece.”
-Park!
Before he could finish his words, Meng Wuyak immediately stood up from his seat, picked up a liquor jar, and immediately drank it down.
He was the one who drank it in without stopping and emptied it all at once.
But it didn’t end there.
Immediately afterwards, he picked up the liquor jar next to him and gulped it down, making it a dreamy medicine.
Until the first poison,
‘I fell over, kid.’
Jae-jae-jeong, who was relaxed with this expression on his face, soon swallowed dry saliva and his eyes widened.
I thought this guy was a clumsy saenim who was the leader and all, but it seems that wasn’t the case.
-thud!
Meng Muyak emptied the two poisons in one go and quickly found a full liquor jar.
Then, he shouted at the branch manager at the same time as Jaejeongjeong.
“Bring out all the alcohol you have.”
“Please bring me more alcohol.”
The branch manager was taken aback by the two men’s request, but soon could not resist their urging and motioned to his subordinates to go to the warehouse.
-Growl! Grumble!
Despite this noisy situation, the Holy Spirit was sleeping, snoring under a blanket in front of a warm brazier.
She hadn’t been able to sleep properly, so it was natural that she couldn’t bear to fill her hunger and be in a warm place.
There was someone who looked at this Holy Spirit Spell with disapproval.
He was the masked Marahyeon.
If it weren’t for his pact with his lord, Mok Gyeong-un, he would have wanted to kill her right away and find out how his father died.
However, since he had made a promise, he had to endure until Mok Gyeong-un’s business was completed.
“joy.”
Marahyun snorted and quickly took a sip of her teacup.
Mok Kyung-un, who was drinking at him, pointed to the full glass and said.
“If you’re not feeling well, why don’t you at least have a drink there?”
“no.”
“This is my first time drinking warm alcohol, and this is quite delicious.”
“it’s okay. “When everyone drinks, their senses become clouded, so someone must stand guard and protect the lord with a sound mind.”
Mara-hyeon resolutely refused this.
Although he had been moving south without stopping for five days and there had been no traces, he still believed that he should not let down his guard, so he had no intention of drinking alcohol.
Looking at him like this, Mok Kyung-un smiled.
Although he seemed stubborn, Mok Gyeong-un looked good on him as he showed off his energy even after coming here and never neglected his vigilance.
“It’s not bad. “It would be nice to have at least one drink to warm up your body.”
-braided!
Mok Kyung-un clinked his glass against his full one and poured it into his mouth.
In response, Marahyeon reached for the cup for a moment, then politely held the teacup with both hands and raised it towards Mokgyeongun, saying,
“I will take this instead.”
I drank the warm tea with him in one gulp.
Accordingly, Mok Gyeong-un no longer encouraged him to drink alcohol.
* * *
Dark dawn, about two o’clock.
-Shoot!
Outside it was still noisy with the sound of rain.
The lights were turned off in the noisy dormitory, and soon the only sound was the sound of snoring.
Inside the dormitory building, a middle-aged man carefully opened the door and came out.
He was the branch manager here.
The branch manager who came out of the dorm immediately raised his hand up, gave a hand signal, and flicked his fingers.
-Just right!
As soon as that happened, dark figures appeared from the surrounding buildings.
They were all wearing black masks.
Thanks to the sound of rain, they were even more free from movement and boldly surrounded the lodging building.
The number of masked people surrounded like that amounted to dozens of people.
Nevertheless, more masked people appeared from nowhere.
Then, unlike the masked men, an old man with a fierce appearance, holding a bamboo stick and a bizarrely shaped staff with the head of a snake, walked toward where the branch leader was.
When he appeared, the branch manager smiled and said,
“Like the old man said, after about an hour, they all collapsed one by one and fell asleep.”
“Didn’t I tell you? Everyone will fall asleep after one hour. “But there was a guy who lasted for almost two o’clock. He was a terrible guy.”
“I think the guy wearing the mask fell asleep late because we couldn’t put a lot of the medicine the old man gave us in the Geumjeong tea just in case. One guy secretly drank a lot but fell asleep last.”
“It looks like you have some tolerance.”
“Tolerance?”
“okay. That medicine is not a poison but closer to a medicine. Since it is not harmful to the body, no matter how expert I am, it helps me relax because it naturally causes me to fall asleep slowly. However, if you have been prescribed even a little of that medicine, you will have no choice but to take it late because you are resistant to it.”
“okay. Anyway, you are amazing. As expected, you have reached the highest level not only in poisons but also in all medicinal herbs.”
“Hehehe. The praise doesn’t stop there. “Are you sure you’re asleep?”
“yes. “I tried pressing the point you mentioned, but it didn’t budge.”
“That’s it.”
With those words, the old man wearing the bamboo hat turned his head.
Then, as if he had been waiting, a person wearing bamboo gloves and a bamboo raincoat walked up from behind and said.
“It’s worth it to bring old man So.”
-Sigh!
The person wearing the bamboo raincoat slowly raised his hand.
Then some of the masked people stepped forward.
They were people who were good at killing enemies and their martial arts skills were not average.
When a total of six people came out, Juklipin gave an order.
“Take out only the old woman and kill the rest by stabbing them in the heart.”
“insect!”
As soon as the name was announced, six masked people approached the dormitory with cautious steps.
-Shoot!
Because the sound of the rain was so loud, there was no problem killing the sight.
So one by one, they entered the dark building with the lights off.
As we entered, Juklipin folded his arms and watched quietly.
I was glad that things turned out easier than expected.
It is said that the guy who looked exactly like him already lost his life in the imperial palace, so all we have to do is deal with the rest and steal the Seonghwa Spirit Pillar.
Then, the head of the Cheonjihoe branch approached him and spoke carefully.
“Now that this mission has been successfully completed, can you recommend me to the Third Realm as promised?”
To his question, Juklipin immediately answered in a heavy voice.
“Don’t be impatient. “You have played an important role, so of course you will be rewarded.”
“So, I’m sorry.”
The head of the Cheonjihoe branch bowed his head, apologized, and then quickly stepped aside.
They looked at him like they didn’t like Juklipin.
‘What a scum.’
For a guy whose inaction is only at the level of the Four Realms, he is too greedy for taking on such an easy task.
While I was feeling sorry for him, the old man holding a staff in the shape of a snake’s head tilted his head and opened his mouth.
“You’re late.”
At the old man’s words, the eyes of the bamboo holder seen through the bamboo rips narrowed.
It’s definitely late.
A person who falls asleep after taking the medicine prepared by an old man will not easily wake up no matter how much he hits or shakes or even presses on the acupuncture points.
It was too late to kill those people.
-Kkeeeeeek!
But soon the door to the dormitory, which had been closed, opened.
When the door opened, Inyoung’s face was seen coming out of the dark dormitory.
Looking at its form, it appears to be a masked person.
‘!?’
At that moment, Juklipin frowned.
I thought it was one of the masked people, but it turned out to be none other than the masked person’s head.
In the darkness, someone was holding the masked man’s hair and holding it out.
‘What the hell is this?’
The branch manager was embarrassed and didn’t know what to do.
How on earth did this happen?
Apparently everyone inside was asleep and he himself checked by pressing the acupuncture points.
But who is the person holding out the masked man’s severed head from within?
But I heard a voice.
“I thought it was a consideration because it was full of maekmundong, angelica root, and jujube seeds, so it would grow well, but it turns out that wasn’t the case.”
‘!?’
At that voice, the eyes of the old man holding a snake-head shaped cane widened.
‘This… ‘You noticed?’
That’s because it was refined using a special secret method to change the scent and taste, and the ingredients used were precisely matched.
-with a splash!
At that time, the severed head of the masked man fell on the ground filled with rainwater.
Along with him, someone who looked like he was in his twenties and had two sword sheaths on his waist walked out of the darkness.
He was none other than Mok Gyeong-un, who was wearing a bast face mask.
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