◈ Episode 90. Rumors Spread Like Wildfire
The incident of Danryehwa’s attack that turned the branch upside down was concluded after Jinmurip’s desperate persuasion.
After the two people left, Jeokmogae and Gwanchogeol quietly went to Dongchogae’s room.
“Hey. Are you crying?”
The dog, curled up in the corner of the room, sniffled and spoke.
“Oh, I’m not crying.”
The irises of the raised-headed hawk are bloodshot.
The guard clicked his tongue at the pitiful sight and said:
“Then why are you spreading such rumors and getting in trouble?”
“Ugh… … .”
As tears poured from Dongchogae’s eyes, Jeokmogae shook his head.
“You reap what you sow, you rascal.”
On the way out of the branch.
Danryehwa, who was walking alongside Jinmurip, kept glancing behind him as if she felt regretful.
“Then my jaw will turn. Stop looking.”
“It’s a shame that it’s stopped right after it started.”
“… … .”
Jin Mu-rip, who saw Dan Ryeo-hwa’s radical side for the first time, stuck out his tongue inwardly.
‘Does the dragon know about his daughter’s personality?’
I don’t know who it will be, but I felt sorry for the person who will become my future husband.
“Come to think of it, we haven’t even eaten yet? Let’s eat something before we deal with the evil spirits.”
“A monster? A monster is a dongchogae.”
The smile that spread across her lips was creepy.
“There’s still someone left who leaked secrets to Dongsohyeop.”
The only ones who heard that story in the forest of Jirim were Yongchu, Jinmurip, and Yakgukmyeong.
Jinmu-rip was almost always with him during that time, so he probably didn’t have time to say such things to Dongchogae.
The army name has little to do with Dongchogae.
If so, then it’s Yongchuda.
“Let’s go. If you’re hungry, you can’t even get revenge.”
She smiled brightly, grabbed Jinmu-rip’s arm, and took a brisk step forward.
* * *
As Jinmu-rip and Danryeo-hwa were heading to the guest house.
The rumor spread like wildfire and shocked the leadership of the Sacheon Alliance.
Cheon Seon-gak-ju Jang Yu-gi arrived at the pavilion with angry steps.
“Your Majesty! Are you inside?”
“Come in.”
As soon as Jang Yu-gi finished speaking, he opened the door wide.
Jang Yu-gi’s distorted face is reflected in Dang Moon-gyeong’s pupil.
“What made you so angry?”
“Your Majesty, how can you be so calm? Are you saying you haven’t heard the rumors?”
“I know about Jinmu-rip. Please sit down first.”
“Are you just going to leave it like this?”
Tang Moon-kyung said calmly.
“Getting excited won’t change anything. Just calm down.”
Jang Yu-gi, who looked at Dangmun-gyeong with a stuffy face, reluctantly sat down on the chair.
“If we leave the rumors alone, even the strongholds of the Four Great Factions will be shaken. How can you just sit back and watch?”
“The number of people who returned from the West Gate is about sixty. Among them are even the children of the Four Great Clans. It was natural for rumors to spread unless all of them were locked up.”
To offset this even a little, he persuaded the leader to come forward and rescue them himself.
However, it seemed that it was not very effective because Jinmu Rip’s influence was greater than expected.
Jang Yu-gi said indifferently.
“Okay. Then let’s hear the plan. What do you plan to do now?”
Tang Moon-kyung spoke to him as if to soothe him.
“I’m thinking about a solution right now, so go back and wait a little bit.”
“Huh, so you’re saying that you didn’t even come up with a proper solution for things to get to this point?”
Tang Moon-kyung’s expression hardened for a moment at Jang Yu-gi’s blow, then relaxed.
“It’s not that simple.”
Jang Yu-gi, who was clicking his tongue, got up straight.
“If the response from the Bigak is delayed, we at Cheonseongak will come up with a solution ourselves, so please understand.”
Jang Yu-gi turned around with a cold wind blowing, slammed the door, and disappeared.
As the sound of them moving away disappeared, a faint anger flashed across Tang Moon-kyung’s eyes.
“How stupid. If the Cheonmu-dae had properly carried out its mission in the first place, would this have happened?”
As Dang Moon-kyung shook his head and turned towards the desk, he felt another presence outside.
“Your Majesty, this is Jungho.”
Tang Moon-kyung spoke as if he had been waiting.
“Come in.”
Dang Joong-ho opened the door and came in, bowing politely.
“Hello, my lord.”
“Yes, that’s right. Please sit down for now.”
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“yes.”
Dangmun-gyeong, who had been given a seat, sat down across from him.
“You seem very tired.”
“I tried to come see you yesterday, but when I woke up, a whole day had already passed… … I’m sorry.”
“No. It must have been hard.”
Dang Joong-ho smiled awkwardly at the words of encouragement.
“I haven’t done much.”
Tang Moon-kyung said with a kind smile.
“This mission was truly arduous. Who would have thought that the Cheonmu-dae would fail?”
“I think so too. There were more than one or two strange things about this visit to the West.”
“What’s strange?”
When Tang Moon-kyung’s eyes sparkled, Tang Jung-ho felt secretly delighted.
‘I must give you the answer you want.’
Dang Joong-ho, who had been thinking quickly, opened his mouth carefully.
“The reason we initially went to Seojang was because we were certain that the eastern border would be weakened by the war between the Blood Cult and the Podalap Palace.”
“yes.”
“Besides, the border between Seojang and Sacheon is thousands of li away. But as soon as we arrived at Seojang, the Hui-Hyeol-Dae-Ran-Islanders showed up. It was as if they had been waiting for us.”
“Hmm.”
“That’s not all. The behavior of the open-minded faction is also strange. He clearly entered Changdo on the same day as the leader of the Cheonmu-dae. However, he returned with the blood letter a day later. If he had brought the blood letter before the Cheonmu-dae left, they wouldn’t have fallen into the trap.”
It was a statement that could have been refuted in any number of ways if examined point by point, but Tang Wenjing did not do so.
He nodded as if encouraging an explanation.
“That’s a bit strange.”
Dang Jung-ho’s explanation continued.
“If Jinmu Rip had sent someone to Cheonmu-dae right away when he obtained the Blood Letter of Opening, he could have prevented their defeat. However, instead of saving his comrades, he chose to go to Jeoksa-gok. I still don’t understand this.”
Dang Jung-ho omitted the fact that Jin Mu-rip had raised doubts about the information in the pavilion.
That wasn’t what was important to Tang Moon-kyung.
“Why do you think he went to Jeoksagok instead of chasing Cheonmu-dae?”
“I just can’t seem to shake off my doubts.”
“Doubt?”
“Wherever Jinmu-rip went, it was as if good luck followed him, and everything went according to his intention.”
Dang Joong-ho’s voice sounded small, almost like a whisper.
“Madorim and Hyukyo are groups that came from the same roots a long time ago. I think it’s worth checking.”
A faint smile quickly appeared on Tang Moon-kyung’s lips and then disappeared.
‘This is enough.’
It was not Dang Moon-kyung who did not know that there were many loopholes in the suspicions raised by Dang Jung-ho.
But the truth is not important to him.
If it were the leader and his own power, he could easily hide the truth in lies.
‘It is enough to just raise the suspicion.’
Jinmu Rip made an inordinate amount of contributions in this mission.
If the young prince of Madorim, who suddenly appeared, were to shake the stronghold of the Four Great Factions, there would be many who would be antipathetic, like Cheon Seon-gak-ju.
If you just raise small suspicions and pretend to investigate, those who want to see and hear what they want to hear will spread rumors.
‘Even if the truth comes out later, it will be difficult to restore the damaged reputation.’
Tang Moon-kyung, who had finished organizing the plan in his head, smiled gently and said.
“I will reexamine your opinion as we closely examine the West Jang-haeng.”
“Yes, your Majesty.”
Tang Moon-kyung took out a palm-sized pouch from his bosom.
“You’ve worked hard. I’m going to go out today to relieve some of my fatigue and reminisce.”
Dang Jung-ho, who had been equipped with an example, took care of the bag with a moved face.
“thank you.”
He left through the back door of the pavilion, looked around, then disappeared secretly.
‘Dang Jung-ho.’
Seo Jin-hwan, who had been watching him from under the shade of the eaves, quietly turned around.
He came to Bigak under Jinmu Rip’s orders, but it was not easy to infiltrate Tangmun-gyeong’s office.
There were guards hidden in each passageway, and machinery was installed in places where there were no people.
It would have been virtually impossible to monitor the office without leaving a trace, unless it had been an assassination.
‘I don’t get greedy.’
Seo Jin-hwan, who had been thinking about Jin Mu-rip’s request, disappeared into the shadows again.
* * *
Mad Dragon Jinmu Rip.
A divinity that appeared in the fallen Madorim.
As his exploits in the West became known, people began to reexamine his past.
The prevailing opinion was that Jinmu Rip could have brought down the Great Sword Gate and even eliminated the Bloody Heavenly Sura, which had been dismissed as a rumor.
A genius strategy to annihilate an enemy dozens of times larger in numbers.
The courage and loyalty that came from risking one’s life to rescue Cheonmu-dae.
With all these facts added up, people did not hesitate to count Jinmu Rip as the best later index in Sacheon.
In addition, Madorim, who had lost influence in the Sacheon martial arts world, began to receive attention again.
A black swan swooped down above the quiet bamboo forest.
“Your Majesty! A letter has been sent from the Seongdo branch!”
While Jinmu-rip was visiting the West, the first thing Gwancho-geol did was to establish a network of contact between Madorim and the Seongdo branch.
The expression on the face of Moon Kang-yu, the head of the non-regular faction, brightened after he checked the transcript.
“The little prince has done it again! I will go to Anrimwon for a moment.”
Moon Kang-yoo left the office and flew like the wind.
The inner quarters of Anrimwon where the Rimju family resides.
At that time, Cho Moo-gang and his wife were drinking tea with Taesangrimju Cho Pyeong-cheon.
“How is Yurim doing these days?”
Jeong In-ryeong smiled brightly at Chopyeongcheon’s question.
“Because he has such an outgoing personality, I taught him calligraphy and painting, and he became completely absorbed in it.”
Cho Moo-gang continued speaking.
“Not long ago, a child who was making a fuss about wanting to go to the castle became quiet after learning calligraphy. It seems to be quite helpful in calming down his mind.”
A faint smile appeared on Chopyeongcheon’s lips.
“I’m at an age where I have a lot to do.”
At that moment, the voice of the messenger was heard from outside.
“Lord Lim. The Lord of the Seon Dynasty has brought a letter from the Seongdo.”
“Bring them inside.”
“yes.”
After a while, the door opened wide and Moon Kang-yu came in with a very excited face.
“Rimju… … .”
Moon Kang-yu, who had been paying homage without even having time to look around, discovered Chopyeongcheon too late.
“The Lord of the Non-Seondang, Moon Kang-yu, meets the Lord of the Supreme Rim.”
“It’s been a while. Don’t worry about me and just talk.”
“thank you.”
Moon Kang-yu presented the letter sent by Gwan Cho-geol to Cho Mu-gang.
“They say the little prince who went to the west gate has returned.”
The densely written manuscript was written by Woogasan after he returned with Jinmurip.
Cho Moo-gang, who checked the letter, clenched his fist.
“Father, read it.”
Chopyeongcheon’s eyes trembled slightly as he received the letter.
“That guy… … finally did it.”
There was no mention of the saints being in an uproar because the time when the letter was sent was early.
However, if this fact becomes known, it is obvious that the martial arts world of Sacheon will soon be in an uproar.
As the rich men exchanged glances filled with joy, Moon Kang-yu smiled brightly and said.
“It’s an unbelievable major. The little prince has done a truly amazing job.”
Jeong In-ryeong asked cautiously.
“What is it about?”
Jinmu Rip, who had eliminated the Bloodthirsty Sura and saved her father and younger brother, was not just a nephew to her.
Chopyeongcheon smiled brightly and handed over the letter.
“You read it too.”
As Jeong In-ryeong read the book, her expression gradually darkened.
“Madam, aren’t you happy?”
She forced a smile.
“How could I not be happy? It’s just… … .”
Chopyeongcheon said.
“It’s okay, just speak comfortably.”
She nodded slightly and opened her mouth cautiously.
“Didn’t they say that when a stone meets a nail, it’s like a stone meeting? I’m worried that the Four Great Factions will just sit back and watch.”
A protruding stone hitting its destination has happened many times throughout history.
However, there was no sign of worry on the faces of the rich Chopyeongcheon family.
Jeong In-ryeong asked with a puzzled look.
“Are you saying that my worries are unfounded?”
Cho Moo-gang gently wrapped his hand around hers.
“If it was a stone that would break if hit by a sword, it would not have returned from the West Gate. No, it may have collapsed in the battle with the Great Swordsman before that.”
Chopyeongcheon also nodded in agreement.
“You should prepare, but you don’t need to worry too much. I’m sure that kid will be able to overcome it.”
The trust that the two people had in Jinmu-rip was so strong that nothing could shake it.
Only then did Jeong In-ryeong’s dark expression brighten.
“That’s right. We can’t not trust them.”
“Don’t worry. If anything happens to Murip, which is unlikely, I will do everything in my power to protect him.”
Cho Moo-gang got up from his seat and spoke to Moon Kang-yoo.
“The non-elected leader should immediately summon the leaders. We should inform everyone of this fact and prepare for what happens next.”
Moon Kang-yu immediately lowered his head.
“I obey your orders.”
