Habuk Pengga Swordsman Genius - Chapter 484



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484. The genius Confucian scholar of Yulim Seowon (7)

Hanbin nodded as Seolhwa narrowed her eyes.

“Yes. So we have to go in and take a look.”

“ah.”

As Seol-hwa let out a sigh, Han-bin entered the formation.

Seolhwa also quickly followed suit.

Cheonghwa held Sogun’s hand and walked together.

Hanbin entered the forest and looked around.

Then he said to Seolhwa and Cheonghwa.

“From now on, you must catch all the rabbits in this forest.”

“Without missing a single one?”

“Hey, that’s impossible. Just catch every rabbit you see.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Seolhwa took out the Uhyeolranggeom again, slightly shaking her head.

Sling.

At that moment, Hanbin quickly grabbed Seolhwa’s sleeve.

“Seolhwa, please don’t kill me.”

“Ah… … . Yes!”

Seolhwa put the blood-curdling sword back into her bosom.

Hanbin opened his mouth with a pleased expression.

“It’s good to be proactive, but the important thing is not to make mistakes. It’s easy to lose a life with a single stroke of the sword, but it’s hard to bring that life back.”

“Oh, that’s right. I should write this down.”

Seolhwa took out a piece of cloth and wrote on it with black charcoal.

This was the way Sulwha wrote down Hanbin’s words while on the move.

There are now quite a few words written down like this.

Seolhwa called this ‘Jinryong Eorok’.

Of course, this was a fact known only to Seolhwa and Cheonghwa.

The little boy opened his mouth wide at their conversation.

The soldier was shocked as if he had been hit in the head with a hammer.

Why do we feel the demeanor of a Taoist in Hanbin’s few words?

For a moment, So-gun shook his head.

I couldn’t understand how people could treat mice like rats but still cherish the lives of rabbits.

The little boy shook his head and looked around because something seemed strange.

“omg.”

The little boy opened his mouth wide.

Hanbin, Cheonghwa, and Seolhwa all disappeared at the same time.

It was clear that they were all out to catch rabbits.

“What should I do… … .”

The little boy looked around, flinching.

Because I didn’t know what to do.

After a brief moment of confusion, So-gun clenched his fists.

I couldn’t understand why I was hesitating like this.

At that moment, Hanbin’s words came to mind.

One of the things Hanbin always emphasized was to earn your keep.

The little prince instinctively knew that it was now his turn to earn his keep.

* * *

After a while.

Hanbin, Seolhwa, and Cheonghwa gathered in one place.

It was the exact same place where they had initially scattered.

Seolhwa quickly took out a thread from her bundle.

Seeing this, Cheonghwa picked up a branch and stuck it in the ground in a circle.

The snow flower unraveled and wrapped itself around the branch.

A rabbit hutch was built in front of them.

At first glance, it looked a little shabby, but the yarn covering the rabbit hutch was silk.

Anyone who saw this sight would be shocked and their jaw would drop, but Seol-hwa used the sled to build a rabbit hutch without a care in the world.

They dispersed again, caught rabbits, and put them in the rabbit cage.

Hanbin then repeated similar actions several times.

Hanbin opened his mouth as the rabbits swarmed in the rabbit cage.

“Snow flower, blue flower. What do you see?”

“A rabbit, Your Majesty.”

After Seolhwa answered, Cheonghwa also continued speaking.

“I see a cute rabbit, Your Majesty.”

Hanbin smiled brightly at their answer.

“Haha. That’s right, they’re all rabbits. But they’re not ordinary rabbits.”

“What does that mean?”

As Seolhwa tilted her head, Hanbin continued speaking.

“Try to catch the guy in the middle.”

“This guy?”

“okay.”

“Here it is.”

Seolhwa grabbed the rabbit’s ears and shook it in front of Hanbin.

Hanbin narrowed his eyes as he handed over the rabbit.

Then he pointed somewhere.

“Now, take a good look at this place.”

“Huh, why over there?”

Seolhwa opened her eyes wide.

I didn’t notice it at first because the rabbit was so colorful.

But upon closer inspection, the colorful parts of the rabbit were not patterns, but letters carved by someone.

While Seolhwa was surprised, Cheonghwa clapped her hands and said.

“That’s the character ‘時’.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Why are there letters here?”

“If you think about it, the clue that Dean Jang Yu-jung gave was clear.”

“A clue? I haven’t heard anything like that.”

Seolhwa opened her eyes wide.

Although Seol-hwa was outside the classroom, she was able to hear everything that was happening inside because she had used her inner energy to heighten her hearing to the max.

No matter how much I thought about it, there was no such thing as a clue.

When Seolhwa made a curious expression, Hanbin nodded and continued speaking.

“Dean Jang Yoo-jung clearly told us to be friends with nature. He also told us to be active because he was worried about the health of the students… … .”

Hanbin continued his explanation, slightly raising his voice.

“When I first entered Yulim Seowon, there were strangely many rabbits. I thought that was suspicious too… … .”

Seolhwa couldn’t help but nod at Hanbin’s explanation.

Small clues came together to form one clear clue.

But what was strange was that Hanbin’s voice was a little loud.

Hanbin was always the one who put secrets first.

But now he was raising his voice as if he wanted to tell someone.

* * *

There was a pavilion a little bit away from where Hanbin and his party were.

In the pavilion, Jang Yu-jung was holding a teacup.

In front of him, a woman was sitting facing him, drinking tea.

A woman who was leisurely savoring the fragrance of tea looked at the wind chimes hanging from the eaves of the pavilion and hurriedly put down her teacup.

Even though there was no wind, the scenery was trembling slightly.

Jang Yu-jung, who was standing next to him, asked at that sight.

“What happened, Hyehwa?”

“I think someone has entered the formation, Brother.”

The woman narrowed her eyes.

The woman called Hyehwa was Jang Hyehwa, Jang Yujung’s younger sister. Jang Hyehwa was none other than the manager of the Yulim Seowon restaurant.

The reason she kept her identity a secret, despite everyone thinking she was just a kitchen worker, was simple.

Jang Yu-jung believed that a restaurant is the place where a person’s nature is best revealed.

It is human nature to desire food, clothing, and shelter, to want to eat delicious food, sleep comfortably, and wear nice clothes.

Food was one of them.

But what if the only people there are managers who treat you like nothing?

I thought that perhaps out of a hundred, all of them would reveal their true nature.

That prediction turned out to be exactly right.

When the dean and the faculty were not watching, the students showed their true nature.

Jang Hye-hwa had never gotten involved in the disputes between Confucian scholars.

For a long time, I had just been quietly managing the restaurant as an observer.

Except today. Today was a really special day.

A scholar gave him a silver coin.

She had never heard a single warm word from a Confucian scholar before.

Confucian scholars were a group that only knew how to study.

To be exact, there were many twisted people who only knew themselves and did not know the world.

What would the world be like if those who only studied and did not know the world were managed?

The result was corruption in management that was more frightening than a family or a typhoon.

Yulim Seowon even tests their character.

But the students actually had no idea who was verifying them.

In fact, even the workers here had ranks given by the country.

The students could consider themselves under surveillance by them throughout the twelve o’clock hour.

Such detailed arrangements were the driving force behind making Yulim Seowon the prestigious Seowon it is today.

Jang Hye-hwa had never given high marks to her students before.

But I wanted to give high marks to the student I met today.

It wasn’t meant to be a silver lining.

It was because his attitude was admirable.

Jang Hye-hwa hoped that the student would pass the test given by her older brother.

But that is impossible.

The problem Jang Yu-jung posed was not a problem that was meant to be answered correctly.

It was a question posed to show students that the depth of learning is endless.

But on the first day of class, you came into the formation that had that clue?

This didn’t make sense.

Jang Yu-jung opened his mouth at Jang Hye-hwa’s embarrassed expression.

“Then I should hurry up and guide you. Why are you dawdling, Hyehwa?”

“How on earth did you find out about this place?”

“There must have been a student who listened to everything I said in the first lecture.”

“Even if you heard it, are there any students who understand what you are saying just after entering school?”

“Didn’t you say someone came in?”

“Let’s go first. We might get lost.”

“Haha, that makes sense. If you understood what I said and came here, then even if you can’t solve the problem, I’ll have to acknowledge you as a genius.”

“That probably won’t happen. Let’s just go for now.”

“Let’s do that.”

As Jang Yu-jung nodded, Jang Hye-hwa started walking ahead.

Jang Yu-jung followed his younger brother quietly.

His younger sister, Jang Hye-hwa, was in some ways a pitiful person.

She was called a genius in military strategy and formation.

However, she is an unfortunate person who was not promoted to an official position because she is a woman.

The only place where she could be active was at Yulim Seowon.

One of the reasons why Yulim Seowon was called an impregnable fortress was because of the formation that Jang Hye-hwa put so much effort into setting up.

At that moment, Jang Hye-hwa shouted as if urging him on.

“Brother, come quickly. You know you have to follow my footsteps, right?”

“Okay, let’s go slow instead.”

“Yes, please follow me slowly.”

Even though she said that, Jang Hye-hwa did not slow down.

After a while, they arrived at the area where the intruder was.

They watched the intruders carefully.

Since they couldn’t see this side from the inside, they could look inside the formation with peace of mind.

Jang Hye-hwa and Jang Yu-joong, who had been watching them for a while, looked at each other with astonished expressions.

The first one to speak was Jang Yu-jung.

“Haha, we’re almost on the clue. How did this happen… … .”

“… … .”

Jang Hye-hwa did not answer.

I couldn’t close my mouth when I saw the face of the Confucian scholar who had approached the clue.

The scholar who approached the clue was none other than the person who first felt humanity at Yulim Seowon.

How did someone who should clearly be at the restaurant end up here?

But there was also a sense of joy.

What if there is a student who can solve the problem given by his older brother?

That’s exactly what I thought I wanted to become.

As Jang Hye-hwa opened her mouth, Jang Yu-jung asked.

“Why are you so surprised, Hyehwa?”

“Oh, it’s nothing, brother.”

“We’ve gotten close to the clue, but solving the puzzle will probably be difficult. Of course, we have to acknowledge the genius of that guy just for making it this far.”

“yes?”

“What I care about is not the correct answer to the question… … .”

“Or else?”

“The process of solving a problem is important. This country does not need officials who only shout out the correct answer without knowing how to solve it.”

“hmm.”

“Why do you look so sad?”

“I hope that student does well. By the way, what is that student’s name?”

“I heard his name is Peng Hanbin. I believe he is a direct descendant of Habuk Pengga.”

“Are you going to Habukpyeong?”

Jang Hye-hwa opened her eyes wide.