Habuk Pengga Swordsman Genius - Chapter 280



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280. Whose trap is it? (4)

When Hanbin grabbed his hand, the manager didn’t know what to do.

“What is this all of a sudden… … .”

“Is that so because I wrote it down?”

When Hanbin smiled sincerely, the manager opened his mouth blankly.

“That’s not it… … .”

“Then put it away.”

Only then did Hanbin release the hand that was holding him.

And then he continued speaking.

“Can the people behind me come with me?”

Hanbin glanced back. There was the family that had been kicked out from the entrance earlier.

The manager who looked at them quickly lowered his head.

“Oh, of course.”

At the manager’s words, he looked back at Hanbin and said.

“Let’s go in together.”

The family that had been kicked out by the manager earlier was cautiously watching the current scene from behind Hanbin just in case.

The man holding the child’s hand bent down and said.

“Thank you, sir.”

“He is not a great man, he is just a member of the National Assembly.”

As Hanbin finished speaking and went to the entrance, one of the guards popped out with a spear standing next to him.

“I will take care of it, Your Majesty.”

“Yes, then thank you for your hard work.”

Hanbin bowed his head politely.

Hanbin gave a quick nod to the guard who had guided him and then gestured.

It was a sign that it was time to stop.

“Then have a nice time, Your Majesty.”

The guard turned around with his buttocks out.

After walking a few steps, Seolhwa grabbed Hanbin’s sleeve.

“Look over there.”

In the place that Seolhwa pointed to, people who had passed through the entrance were sitting down.

They were waving the invitations like fans, as if trying to drive away the heat.

Seolhwa let out a gasp when she saw the sight.

“Even the seats were divided.”

The color of the invitations that other people had was different.

What they have is blue.

What Hanbin and Seolhwa had was red.

Seolhwa could clearly see why the manager was so flustered.

The location of the seat also changed depending on one’s status.

Hanbin nodded quietly.

Well, up to this point, it was as expected from Hanbin.

Hanbin narrowed his eyes.

The first preparations were arranged through management, and from now on, it was just a matter of preparing one by one.

While Hanbin was lost in thought for a moment, Cheonghwa pointed to the lanterns hanging in the air.

“It’s my first time seeing a back like that.”

Hanbin also raised his head and looked at the sky.

Small lanterns were embroidered in the air.

Hanbin seemed to know why Cheonghwa was surprised.

It must be because of the shape of the lanterns. While the lantern festival during the Lunar New Year is splendid, the lanterns in Chilyumhyeon are simple.

Each simple lantern created a tiny dot.

It seemed like small dots were connected to form a line.

Should we say that the focus was on calmness rather than flashiness?

Huh?

When I looked closely, I saw that the dots were coming together to form a single letter.

It is a blessing.

I glanced to the side and saw different writing there.

Joy.

Each and every one of them makes a letter!

It was a lantern festival that captured people’s hearts.

As expected, Haedongseongguk’s lantern manufacturing technology was ahead of that of the Central Plains.

Hanbin also quietly admired the lanterns for this moment.

Well, Hanbin had never been to an event hosted by a government office in his past life, so this kind of place was unfamiliar to him.

Hanbin, who was looking at the lanterns for a moment, forgetting his thoughts, his eyes changed.

Now it was time to get to work.

Hanbin, who had been busily looking around, quietly headed towards the place where the name of the company was.

Danggi-myeong was sitting next to Dangmun-ho and was being introduced to lawmakers from various places.

I wonder if they even know the name of the disease that the Sacheondang family is suffering from?

You probably won’t know.

If there was someone who could uncover the truth about the addiction of the Sacheondang family, they would be the best in the world.

Tang Mun-ho and Dang Gi-myeong moved from the blue seats to the yellow seats to greet the royal family and the imperial council members.

then?

What is Tang Moon-ho’s plan?

Hanbin turned his gaze for a moment.

Hanbin looks at the lantern again as if his mind has been distracted.

However, he did not neglect to keep an eye on Tang Moon-ho and the surroundings.

At that moment, a large shadow appeared next to Hanbin.

I turned my head and saw Akbigwang smiling brightly, which was unusual for his size.

“Why did you go first and not me?”

“I thought you were busy, so I came first. But where on earth did you get this invitation, and why are the guards so flustered?”

Hanbin asked, pretending not to know.

Although I knew that it was an invitation issued by the imperial family, I did not know the specifics of where it was obtained.

Akbi Kwang opened his mouth with his shoulders tense.

“Our family has some ties to the royal family.”

“There are strings to the royal family?”

As Hanbin narrowed his eyes, Akbi Kwang continued speaking, hitting his chest.

“Isn’t our family a bit like that?”

“Who the hell are you?”

“That’s a secret… … .”

When Akbi Kwang tried to spit out the words he usually spit out in revenge, Hanbin clenched his fist.

Knock. Knock.

At the sound of his knuckles, Akbigwang quickly changed his words.

“Where is the secret? Especially to you, hyung. Right, Seolhwa?”

It was truly an amazing turn of events.

“That’s true.”

Seol-hwa, who was listening from the side, nodded with an indifferent expression.

Hanbin just smiled without any expression.

Akbigwang quickly continued speaking.

“To be honest, there is a problem with the royal family.”

“Oh.”

“To be more specific… … .”

“Okay, that’s it. That’s like a secret of the evil family. You don’t need to know that much.”

“As expected, you are cool, hyung.”

Akbigwang smiled as if his worries had been relieved.

“It is the law of all men to be precise in tying and breaking ties… … .”

Hanbin looked around, his voice trailing off.

Because I thought I knew who Akbigwang’s relative was.

Of course, it was information pulled from memories of a past life.

Well, since it was a lantern festival attended by the royal family, this coincidence wasn’t strange.

And the colors of the invitations and the seats were clearly distinguished.

Those invited by the royal family or high-ranking officials were in red, and those invited by others were in blue.

The highest seat was a golden chair located a little way away from here.

The people sitting in the golden chairs would have been those who came in without an invitation.

Because the royal family and royalty would not have needed an invitation.

The person in the middle is the one who received the blue invitation.

And this was the person who received the red invitation.

At that moment, Hanbin narrowed his eyes.

It was because Tang Moon-ho started to move.

Hanbin looked around with an indifferent expression.

Tang Moon-ho was walking around busily, as if checking the seats.

Hanbin memorized the route Tang Moon-ho took in his head.

Seol-hwa, who was standing next to him, also follows Han-bin around and looks around.

When the two of them looked around at the same time, they looked like squirrels looking for acorns.

At first, he had been following Hanbin, but now he was looking for something.

But it was a story that didn’t know what it was that it was looking for. It was because something caught its eye, but it wasn’t clear what it was.

At that sight, Hanbin asked Seolhwa.

“Why are you doing that?”

“Something feels strange, but I can’t figure out what it is.”

“There aren’t many martial artists.”

“Are you a martial artist?”

Seolhwa looked around with eagle eyes.

Strangely, there weren’t many people wearing martial arts uniforms. Even for events like this, martial artists would wear martial arts uniforms.

However, the only people who were actually wearing military uniforms were Danggi-myeong, Dangdok-dae, and Akbigwang from Sacheondangga.

As Seolhwa tilted her head, Hanbin continued speaking.

“Could it be a coincidence?”

“What do you mean?”

“There is no such thing as coincidence in this world.”

“Are you saying that if it’s not a coincidence, it’s fate?”

“I think it’s more of someone’s intention than necessity.”

“If that was your intention… … .”

“That’s what we came here to observe. Today, I think it would be better to look at it through the eyes of Lao Tzu, one of the ancient sages.”

“… … .”

Seolhwa turned her head without saying a word.

I understood what Hanbin meant. Today, I felt like I needed to abandon the eyes of the murderer and look at things from the perspective of the old sages.

As the evil spirit next to him tilted his head at their conversation, Hanbin stood up from his seat.

Akbigwang asked.

“Where are you going?”

“I think I dropped something.”

“Can I help you, bro?”

“It is not the way of the martial arts to refuse help when offered.”

Hanbin, who smiled brightly, got up from his seat. Akbi Kwang followed him quickly.

Akbi-kwang, who had been following along for a while, tilted his head.

Because Hanbin grabbed a handful of rice.

At the lantern festival held here, there were bowls filled with millet here and there.

During this time before summer, throwing millet to drive away evil spirits was a common custom in Honam and Hanam.

It is common to throw the rice after the event is over, but it was strange that Hanbin prepared the rice in advance.

There, Hanbin was moving around the blue space, making strange movements as if he was sweeping the air.

It would be something that other people would just laugh off, but to Akbigwang, who prided himself on knowing Hanbin well, it was a strange thing.

Of course, Hanbin’s actions had meaning.

Hanbin was now removing the trap set by Dang Moonho.

Tang Moon-ho had placed invisible secrets in several places.

The intention was obvious. It was clear that his target was not the party itself, but the entire party.

What if a poisoning incident occurs here?

The first person to be suspected would naturally be the party leader.

What if a party leader is confirmed to be the culprit at an event attended by the royal family?

It wasn’t just the head of the Sacheondang family that was the problem, but the entire Sacheondang family might be headed for ruin.

So what is the benefit to Dang Moon-ho?

Hanbin was wondering about this.

* * *

Tang Moon-ho, who was talking to high-ranking officials from afar, tilted his head.

That’s because I caught a glimpse of the member of parliament who was next to Danggi Myeong last time.

He was a strangely annoying author.

He didn’t seem to have any martial arts skills, and he didn’t seem like a doctor, but he didn’t seem to have any special talents either.

But his nephew, Danggi-myeong, seemed to support him.

How famous is the medical skill?

However, no matter how excellent one’s medical skills were, it would be impossible to avoid today’s calamity.

The trap that Dang Moon-ho prepared today was not that easy.

Even if he managed to avoid a few traps, his traps were laid out as tightly as a net.

Tang Moon-ho suddenly recalled his childhood.

A genius with extraordinary intelligence, but an unfortunate one who was unable to learn the martial arts of the Sacheondang family due to the size of his innate danjeon.

That was the label that followed Tang Moon-ho around.

Tang Moon-ho gave up the martial arts of the Sacheondang family and devoted himself to the civil service exam.

Not long after that, he achieved the feat of passing the Hyangsi, Hoesi, and Jinsi exams with the highest score. This is called the Samwon, and it was the first time in a hundred years that this had happened in Sacheon.

The joy was short-lived, as Tang Wenhu, who had advanced to Beijing, had to experience yet another sorrow.

It was soon discovered that his background as a member of the Sacheondang family was of no help to him whatsoever.

Even those who had passed in the past at a lower grade than him were able to rise through the ranks.

All he needed was money or a background.

Because of that, he visited Sacheondangga several times.

However, unlike when Dang Moon-ho used to brag about winning first place, the head of the Sacheon Dang family changed his attitude.

If the Sacheondangga actually supported Tangmunho, it would break the law of martial arts that the government and the martial arts world were separate.

When I came down from Beijing, completely broken, it was an unknown Confucian scholar who reached out to me.

An unknown scholar approached Tang Moon-ho, who had risen to the rank of Samwon in a short period of time, saying that he respected him and promised him absurd support.

I didn’t know his family or his name, but what I couldn’t doubt was his knowledge.

His knowledge of Confucianism was so far beyond that of Tang Literature that it was impossible to doubt it.

A month after I started traveling with him, the scholar made a suggestion.

It was advice to get your hands on the Sacheondangga instead.

Tang Moon-ho first thought that it was because he had told the Confucian scholar about the things that had upset him about Sacheondangga.

The scholar donated a huge amount of money along with rare elixir.

And he even explained how to get it.

Tang Wenhu believed that the scholar was the incarnation of Zhuge Liang who appeared for him.

So far, everything has gone smoothly.

Today he set the final trap to get his hands on the Sacheondangga.