Hyeonjilmusin - Chapter 145



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145. Fate (9)

“Wait, wait. Let me sort things out.”

Before I could answer, Cheongsu touched his forehead and spoke. Of course, Cheongsu had more than one headache right now.

Cheongsu looked at the Bang family members who were unconscious in the corner and looked at me.

“Did you kill him?”

“No. I just mentioned blood transfusion.”

Cheongsu’s head turned again. This time, it was the body of the Nanga Sword King that I had separated.

“Did you defeat the Nanga Sword King?”

“It just so happened.”

“Huh. So you achieved something like that? If you’re the King of Nanga Swords, you’re a master whose name is known throughout Hanam.”

“I was lucky.”

I shrugged. I wasn’t in perfect condition either, but I thought it was possible since the King of Nang’a Sword was very weak from fighting Cheongsu.

“By the way, when you fought the Nanga Sword King, I vaguely remember you using the swordsmanship of the Shamanist faction.”

“That’s right. I couldn’t win if I kept something hidden.”

“… … Then the reason I did this will all fade away.”

Cheongsu was surprised when he touched his face. Of course, the wounds on his face had all healed.

“Isn’t it okay if this case isn’t linked to the nonpartisan faction?”

“That’s true.”

“But if I kill them, it’ll be a bigger problem. It’ll be the same even if I kill Bang Ga-ju. The governor knows my face.”

“The Governor’s Office?”

Bang Su-yun is not a commoner with no family tree, but the greatest leader in Luoyang. If he dies, those who are connected to him will investigate the case, and the governor-general will naturally come looking for me. Then, I will eventually become involved with the Wudang faction.

As I explained it to him, Cheongsu looked at Bang Su-un. There seemed to be a whirlwind of emotions in his eyes as he looked at Bang Su-un.

“… … Then that’s fine.”

“You’re not killing me.”

“I can’t afford to be a double whammy to the nonpartisans.”

“Would someone like that sell the Taegeuk Hye Sword and make a fortune?”

Cheongsu lowered his head at my words. He also knew that he was embarrassed.

“I originally planned to die here, no matter what the revenge was.”

“But why did you sell the Taegeuk Hye Sword?”

I came back without hearing much from Cheonghwa. I only heard that Cheongsu had to be stopped, so I couldn’t help but be curious.

Cheongsu briefly explained her circumstances. Her younger sister Jang Hae-rin committed suicide because of Bang Soo-woon, and her mother was in need of a lot of money for medicine.

“No matter what, it’s like that.”

“That’s why I tried to kill myself. I even wrote a note asking to be excommunicated.”

“What should I do now that you are alive?”

“I haven’t thought about that. Anyway, if I don’t kill that guy, can I avoid getting involved with the shamans?”

“You have to try for that.”

I walked up to Bang Su-un and slapped him hard across the face. Cheong-su put his hand on his cheek.

“I felt a pain in my cheek. How many times did you hit me?”

“Yes. Then I thought you would at least give me a polite shoulder shake?”

“No matter what, isn’t it a disgrace to slap a private tutor in the face?”

“But I didn’t sell the emergency kit.”

Cheongsu’s mouth closed. It seemed like I had inserted the blood transfusion too deeply. It was only when his cheeks turned red, or rather blue, that he reacted.

Soon Bang Su-woon’s eyes opened. Bang Su-woon was startled as soon as he saw me and Cheong-su next to him. Even though Cheong-su’s facial features were distorted, he could still guess that it was Cheong-su by looking at the scars on his face.

“Sir, are you trying to kill me?”

Bang Su-woon stuttered. It was strange to speak normally when the shadow of death was hanging over him.

“I’m thinking about it. No matter what, I think it’ll be a bit of a headache if I kill you. You’re a civilian, and if you die, the governor-general won’t step in.”

I continued.

“But that doesn’t mean I can’t kill him. As you’ve heard, I’m a royal inspector, and I know some people in the palace. The Bang family’s connections are probably great, but if I work hard, I think I can somehow cover it up.”

Cheongsu’s eyes widened. It was only natural that he would hear that I was a member of the Geumuiwi.

Bang Su-woon’s expression darkened as he already knew that I was a member of the Geumuiwi. This was probably because he knew that the Geumuiwi, ​​along with his classmates, were the only groups that could be summarily executed.

“So you’re going to kill me?”

“I’m thinking about that.”

Bang Su-woon looked at Cheong-su anxiously. Before Bang Su-woon could open his mouth, Cheong-su’s cold voice came out.

“If you apologize here, I will kill you. I would be very offended if I heard a face-saving apology like, ‘You are reflecting a lot right now.’ Also, even if you sincerely reflect, my dead brother will not come back, and my parents’ wounded hearts will not heal.”

“… … .”

Bang Su-woon closed his mouth that had been twitching. It seemed that he was trying to apologize, whether it was for the sake of saving face or sincerity, as Cheong-su had said.

“I’m not trying to forgive you. Even now, my hands are shaking because I want to kill you. I’m staying still because I’m afraid of harming my sect. So what you need from me now is not an apology, but a promise to bury this incident and not let it get any bigger.”

Bang Su-woon nodded vigorously at Cheong-su’s words. After all, if he were to keep his mouth shut, he would be spared, so who would disagree?

“Then, are you just going to go?”

“Of course I have to keep my promise.”

I interrupted Cheongsu’s words and intervened. Bang Su-un rolled his trembling pupils.

“I can make a promise a thousand times.”

“I guess so. What’s the point of a promise that’s only made verbally?”

“Shall I write a memorandum for you?”

“How can you believe that?”

I pointed to Bang Su-un’s daughter who was lying on the ground with her chin up.

“I will take that child.”

“What, what nonsense are you talking about! You want to take my daughter away!”

“Why? I think I can raise her better than someone with a history of raping women.”

Bang Su-woon closed his mouth. I continued.

“You also have to think about your daughter and wife. Your daughter won’t want to grow up under a rapist father, and your wife won’t want to live under the same roof as a rapist.”

As I said that, I shook the shoulders of the two people who were still sleeping. When I grabbed their shoulders and shook them, Cheongsu looked at me with eyes filled with betrayal.

As I continued to shake, the girl and the woman opened their eyes. Naturally, the mother and daughter were terrified to see me in front of them.

“Don’t be surprised. I woke you up to ask you something. Of course I don’t intend to kill you.”

“Wh, what’s going on?”

The woman hid her daughter behind her back naturally, trembling. The daughter, who looked to be no more than ten years old, clung tightly to her mother’s back and looked at me with frightened eyes.

“Are you going to continue living with Bang Soo-woon?”

I asked the woman. The woman looked at Bang Su-un. Then she opened her mouth in a slightly calmer voice.

“Can I check one thing first?”

“of course.”

“You. Did you really rape a girl when you were young?”

There was a chill in the woman’s voice. Bang Su-woon looked at the people’s expressions. Cheong-su added more here.

“The raped woman died of shame.”

Bang Su-un trembled. It was truly a dilemma. As long as Cheong-su was here, there was no way he could back out.

“Oh, a mistake from my childhood… … .”

Cheongsu’s eyes turned sharp at Bang Su-un’s crawling voice. Cheongsu, who had lost his family, was shocked by these words, but I grabbed Cheongsu’s wrist.

“It really was.”

The woman’s voice was now filled with cold air. She got up and hugged her daughter.

“I can’t live with such a shameless person. I can’t raise my daughter under such a person.”

“Hey, honey!”

Bang Su-woon shouted. It was really funny. The guy who ruined other people’s families was trying to take care of his own family so terribly.

I had a rough idea. A prestigious family like Banggajang would have a family of no lesser quality to send off her husband to. I figured the woman would have learned everything she could and wouldn’t be the type of person to be dragged around by a man.

The woman turned her face coldly towards Bang Su-un and looked at Cheong-su.

“… … I have a favor to ask of you, Grand Master.”

“Great Swordsman? It’s a bit embarrassing to hear that title now.”

Cheongsu said. The woman shook her head.

“You only killed the unarmed ones, but you didn’t kill the family members who didn’t know martial arts.”

“Let me tell you so. What do you want?”

“I know it’s really unfair, but I want you to spare Lee’s life.”

Cheongsu frowned at the woman’s words. This was unexpected even for me. They were about to part ways, but she asked me to save Bang Su-un.

The woman continued speaking.

“Of course, from the perspective of the Great Swordsman, he is someone to be chewed out, but he is this child’s father. Of course, I will not let them meet, but it is different for a child not to see his father and not to have him. Please spare his life, even for the sake of this child. I apologize for asking such a shameless favor.”

The woman bowed with perfect posture, clearly from a well-educated family. Cheongsu sighed.

“Get up. I had no intention of killing you anyway.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. If this piece of trash dies, we’ll be in trouble too.”

“Thank you anyway.”

The woman stood up and bowed her head again. I interrupted, clearing my throat.

“You asked for a favor, so I’d like to ask for a favor here as well.”

“What can I ask you?”

“We want to take care of our daughter.”

The woman naturally expressed strong resistance to my words.

“……why?”

“He might break his promise and report me. Then I’ll really come kill him, but it’s a pain in the ass. I wouldn’t want to let my daughter die even if I can’t see her.”

“That’s why.”

Bang Su-woon was shedding tears. It seemed like the story he heard in his past life about loving his family was true. Of course, to me and others who knew the truth, it was just disgusting tears.

“great.”

“That’s fortunate. I will educate my daughter while she works as a waitress at the top where I am. Of course, I will send my mother to see her whenever she wants to.”

“no.”

“hmm?”

“I’ll go too. If it’s at the top, you could at least make room for me, right?”

I let out a sigh. I didn’t expect this child’s mother to come.

“I can do many things too. I grew up in a prestigious family. Do you know the Liu family of Jinzhong in Shanxi?”

“ah.”

The Confucian family of Shanxi Jinzhong. It was a family that was considered one of the most prestigious in Shanxi, so it was obvious that they knew about it. It was truly a prestigious family. Aren’t they descendants of Emperor Xiaojing? In terms of history and current power, it was a family that was higher than the Bang family.

“I know you well. You were born into a prominent family.”

“Yes. I feel embarrassed saying it myself.”

“Okay, then let’s reserve a seat.”

If she was a woman from a wealthy family, she would be able to find a place to be used no matter what she did. There were many servants who couldn’t read and write, so it was a job to entrust them with their education.

“I think everything is sorted out now.”

I clapped my hands. It was a satisfactory arrangement for everyone except Bang Su-un.

So, Bang Soo-yoon’s wife, Liu Cha-ryeon, left home with us, taking her daughter Bang So-hwa with her.

Of course, the matter with Bang Ga-jang was settled, but Cheong-su’s matter was not completely settled.

A fork in the road outside of Luoyang. I looked at Cheongsu and said.

“Your Majesty, we are now going to Hubei.”

“We should go together.”

“No. Live a new life. Your face is also wrinkled, so even if you happen to meet a shaman, no one will recognize you as the head of the household.”

Cheongsu was taken aback by my firm words. I continued speaking calmly.

“You want to live, right? And honestly, as you may have noticed, the energy inside that body. If I go with that body, I’ll be in trouble too. I have no excuses.”

“… … I wanted to ask this. What on earth is going on?”

“I fed it to you because it contained that elixir. If it weren’t for that, you would have died. There’s nothing you can do about it.”

I summarized it simply. Cheongsu seemed to have a lot to ask, but soon lowered his head.

“Go back to your family.”

At my words, Cheongsu clenched his fist and trembled. Many emotions would come to mind. Regret toward the shaman, shame, and the desire to live and take care of his family. They all came together and fell as tears. Still, Cheongsu was an adult. After shedding a single tear, he did not shed another tear in an ugly manner.

“……thanks.”

Cheongsu nodded and turned around. He probably knew where his parents lived since he sent them money.

I felt a vague sense of longing, so I watched Cheongsu’s back as he went over the hill. Just before he had gone over the hill, Cheongsu stopped in a distance where we could barely see each other’s faces, and turned to me.

Cheongsu, who had been standing still for a while, turned around and disappeared over the hill.

Ah. This is a later story, but I heard that Bang Ga-jang really went downhill. There was a rumor going around that if you were to become Bang Ga-jang’s guest, you would be cursed by a blood demon and die. Bang Su-woon was so sad about sending his family away that he was unable to take care of Jang-won, so he slowly declined.