Habuk Pengga Swordsman Genius - Chapter 12



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Episode 12. Black Cat and White Cat (2)

Hanbin furrowed his brows.

‘Father, I’ve only seen you once, so what’s this talisman?’

After a moment, Hanbin nodded.

It was because memories from a past life came back to me.

Hanbin smiled and accepted the talisman.

After leaving the three behind, Hanbin entered the main gate, but the main gatekeeper, Pang Kang-wi, was nowhere to be seen.

At that moment, the side door opened and an old man with white hair walked towards Hanbin.

The old man quietly gave a handshake to Hanbin, who was tilting his head.

“Your Majesty, have you arrived?”

Looking closely, it was Lee Seol-yeong, the general of Habuk Pengga.

I had so little opportunity to see him in my previous life that it was difficult to recall his face.

Hanbin also faced the lottery.

“Your Majesty, it’s been a while.”

General Lee Seol-yeong had been in the position of general since the reign of Taesanggaju.

He was a man whom even the head of household could not treat carelessly.

Lee Seol-young narrowed her eyes slightly at Hanbin’s polite attitude.

After a moment, Lee Seol-yeong held out a silk pouch.

“Please take this first.”

“Yes, sir.”

Hanbin quietly accepted the bag.

Lee Seol-young narrowed her eyes at that sight.

This is because there was no curiosity in Hanbin’s eyes as he accepted the silk pouch.

Lee Seol-young asked.

“Aren’t you curious?”

“I believe the General will speak up if necessary.”

Lee Seol-young’s white eyebrows curved like a crescent moon.

I was a little worried because there were rumors going around that he was crazy, but now that I look at him, I find Hanbin to be amazing because he gives off the vibe of a Taoist who has been training for a long time.

Lee Seol-young continued speaking.

“Confucius, please open it.”

“Yes, sir.”

Hanbin quietly opened the silk pouch.

There was a temple and a black lump of iron.

Hanbin shouted softly.

“Is this iron by any chance a brass wrought iron?”

When Hanbin tilted his head, Lee Seol-young smiled brightly.

“That’s right, Mukcheol.”

“Yes, it’s Mukcheol.”

Hanbin put the fist-sized piece of paper back into his silk pocket.

Curiosity rose again in Lee Seol-young’s eyes.

Agate is a precious mineral worth five times the price of gold.

The price is the price, but if you mix the molten iron with regular iron and smelt it, a treasured sword is bound to be born.

This report was a sign of the Sogaju candidate.

Both the first and second went through the process of making reports in this way.

Lee Seol-yeong had a vivid memory of when she passed the silent prayer to her first and second children.

The first and second showed their joy with trembling hands and helpless expressions.

But Hanbin was different.

“after.”

General Lee Seol-yeong let out a deep breath without realizing it.

But Hanbin’s eyes did not waver.

It was clear that maintaining such a calm attitude was a matter of mental training.

Hanbin slowly opened the letter while Lee Seol-yeong was watching.

Hanbin, who had finished reading the letter, spoke in a low voice.

“If it’s Jeong Cheol-min······.”

Before Hanbin could finish speaking, Lee Seol-yeong answered.

“Your Majesty, you know. He is the best general in Hebei.”

“But isn’t it wrong to say that he is the best general in Habuk?”

“What do you mean?”

“Isn’t it the best in Central Plains rather than the best in Hebei?”

“Haha, that guy asked me to call him the best in Habuk. I also sent him a separate message, so he will do his best to make Confucius’s first beloved soldier.”

“Yes. Thank you, General. But······.”

Hanbin trailed off.

“Please speak.”

“Can I make it as I like?”

“Size and shape don’t matter.”

“Is this your will, Master?”

“Isn’t that the rule? Besides, it’s Confucius’s favorite disease, so he’s the one who takes care of it.”

After finishing speaking, Lee Seol-yeong looked at Han Bin with eyes full of laughter.

Then he tilted his head.

I couldn’t do that after receiving the sword from the head of the household.

Lee Seol-young, who had been observing Han Bin’s expression, asked as if she couldn’t stand it anymore.

“Confucius, do you know about the meaning of the letter and the poem?”

“Of course I know.”

“ah.”

Lee Seol-young opened her mouth wide.

When the head of the household gives a letter and a letter of recommendation, it means that he is giving a sword, that is, asking for a sword to be made, and it means that he is deciding on a candidate for the head of the household.

Previously, the candidates for the small business were the first and second.

But then, out of nowhere, the youngest prince suddenly received a sword.

It was a curse, not a blessing, that the youngest prince, who had no chance of being chosen as the head of the household, received the sword.

It might be okay for now, but if the first prince who went to the Justice Alliance returned and the competition for the Sogaju clan began in earnest, Hanbin would become everyone’s target.

In short, it was obvious that I would be completely stripped of my money at that time.

In fact, General Lee Seol-yeong could not understand Gaju.

As Lee Seol-young continued to sigh with a look of regret, Han Bin opened his mouth with a slight smile.

“They say that a person’s life is a gift from heaven.”

Lee Seol-young suddenly came to her senses at Hanbin’s words.

Hanbin’s expression and words seemed to pierce through his heart.

A moment of silence fell over Daejeon.

Lee Seol-young barely opened her lips.

“Confucius, then stay healthy.”

“Thank you for your concern, General. Oh, just a moment!”

General Lee Seol-yeong hesitated at Han Bin’s words.

“Why are you doing that?”

“This is an amulet I bought at a market. It’s for your health.”

“Ah······. Thank you, Your Majesty.”

General Lee Seol-yeong couldn’t hide the corners of his lips rising.

He could see Hanbin’s mind through the yellow talisman folded in a crumpled manner.

Of course, it was Cheol-no’s mind, but Lee Seol-young could not have known that.

As Hanbin slightly bowed his head and turned around, General Lee Seol-yeong sighed as he watched Hanbin moving further and further away.

“Whew, he’s talented.”

I couldn’t understand why people thought he was crazy when they saw such talent.

* * *

As Hanbin came out of the house, Cheolno, who had been waiting in front of him, ran over.

“Your Majesty, since I see nothing happened, I guess the talisman was effective.”

“Yeah. It worked.”

It wasn’t a lie.

Looking at the expression on the General’s face, I felt like I had stolen a tenth of his heart.

Cheolno asked the question again, curious.

“Your Majesty, what is going on?”

Hanbin shrugged and showed me the silk pouch.

Cheol-no tilted his head, but So-dae-seop, who had been watching from behind, approached him urgently.

It was so fast that anyone who saw it would mistake it for Lee Hyeong-hwan.

“My lord, the meaning of this bag is······.”

“Yes, I am talking about the candidate for Sogaju.”

At that moment, So Dae-seop clenched his fist and shouted.

“Long live my lord!”

At that moment, Sim Mi-ho gently poked So Dae-seop’s side, who was getting excited.

“Calm down, Your Majesty.”

“Vice-Minister, what does that mean······.”

“If His Majesty the Confucius becomes a candidate for the Sogaju, it means that we have to fight against His Majesty the Confucius’s personal guard, the Suho Il-dae, and His Majesty the Confucius’ new Suho Ijo.”

“Now that I think about it······.”

In an instant, So Dae-seop’s face turned pale.

Hanbin smiled brightly and said after seeing them.

“Don’t worry! You wouldn’t let me die, would you?”

At Hanbin’s words, Sodaeseop’s expression returned to normal.

“So, are you confident that you can become a Sogaju?”

“no.”

“······.”

At that moment, So Dae-seop and Sim Mi-ho opened their mouths wide.

Hanbin, who checked their expressions, continued speaking nonchalantly.

“If there’s a difference, we’ll just run away together. What’s there to life?”

“omg.”

“No, Your Majesty!”

While everyone was gaping, Hanbin went ahead, popping the pouch containing the iron.

The warriors guarding Gajujeon opened their eyes wide at that sight.

“Hey, did you hear that?”

“Don’t I have ears, you rascal? I just heard that the Four Princes were stabbed.”

“What is that sound of the North flipping over?”

“Is that so?”

“So you’re saying there are three candidates for the Sogaju seat?”

“yes.”

“I guess I’ll have to wait in line properly from now on.”

“Foot.”

“Why are you laughing?”

“Are you going to stand in line for Prince Sa?”

“Hey, that’s not it.”

“But why are you making such a fuss? This isn’t a change.”

“Then, what is it?”

“He drove the Four Princes to their deaths.”

“Now that I hear it, that’s true. But still, this is truly something that should shock the world.”

“I’ll admit it up to that point.”

* * *

That afternoon, Hanbin and his party packed their bags to go to the blacksmith shop to make swords.

The blacksmith’s shop is located fifty li to the north.

If it was close, it was close, and if it was far, it was far.

Shim Mi-ho asked, looking at Han-bin who was packing his bags.

“Master, why are you packing so carefully? You’re not going far.”

“I don’t know.”

“If you use lightness at fifty li······.”

“Deputy Chief Sim.”

“Yes, my lord.”

“Do you know my level of lightness or not?”

“ah.”

Sim Mi-ho, who burst into tears, quickly turned her head.

Because you never know when the sparks might fly.

Sim Mi-ho glanced at Han Bin’s luggage.

If it’s fifty ri, it’s a distance that can be covered in half a day by a first-class driver.

What about Jim in comparison?

Why are you even preparing ink and pencil for the jerky?

She had a vague sense of foreboding.

Then Hanbin shouted.

“We’re ready, so let’s go.”

“Yes, my lord.”

Sim Mi-ho reflexively took the prize.

I’ve felt this way for the past few days, but Hanbin is completely different from what I saw from the outside.

Although his martial arts skills were low, he possessed an unknown depth of mind and had an unidentified assistant.

There was a relationship there that had an aftertaste.

Then Hanbin’s voice continued.

“Deputy Chief Shim, were you by any chance cursing me inwardly?”

“no.”

Sim Mi-ho shook his head quickly.

* * *

That afternoon.

Hanbin, who left Habukpengga, arrived in front of a pawn shop.

So Dae-seop asked.

“My lord, why have you come here?”

“I have something to take care of for a moment, so you guys just wait here for a moment.”

So Dae-seop asked again with an anxious heart.

“You’re not going to leave the silent treatment to me, are you?”

“It’s a secret!”

After finishing speaking, Hanbin went into the pawn shop while wiping his waist. At his appearance, So Daeseop and Sim Miho lowered their heads.

Even though he doesn’t say anything, he is worried that his master’s cowardice may be on the rise.

There was a brief silence among the group.

Sim Mi-ho said as everyone was looking at the entrance of the pawn shop.

“You’re not planning on pawning your wallet and running away, are you?”

“I’m sure not. There’s no way His Majesty, who has changed so much lately, would do that. Of course, there is no······.”

So Dae-seop’s words trailed off.

I repeated it as if I was under hypnosis, but I couldn’t hide my ominous feeling.

Cheolno just laughed at the sight of the two.

It was after Hanbin had entered the pawn shop that it was time to have a cup of tea.

Hanbin came out smiling brightly.

There was one thing that had changed.

The bulging iron on his waist was gone.

Hanbin shrugged his shoulders at the group’s gaze that was as warm as the beating sun.

“Why does everyone look at me like that?”

“Where did you put your wallet?”

When Sim Mi-ho asked with narrowed eyes, Han Bin smiled brightly.

“I left it to you.”

“yes?”

“My lord, why are you entrusting me with the secret?”

Ominous feelings always come true.

Sim Mi-ho’s voice trembled slightly.

So Dae-seop also opened his eyes wide and asked.

“My lord! Are you saying that you left it in a pawn shop? Why on earth······.”

As everyone’s eyes gathered at how loud his voice was, Hanbin sighed and gestured.

“Calm down, both Major So and Major Shim.”

So Dae-seop took a deep breath and asked again.

“Why on earth did you entrust it to me? This has never happened in Habukpangga. What on earth······.”

So Dae-seop couldn’t continue speaking.