Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Became the Eldest Son of Sun Ce - Chapter 170



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Episode 170. Aftermath (6)

A faint mockery inherent in seeming indifference.

Sim Woo opened his mouth calmly.

“Your Majesty, you have already appointed this Sim Ja-jeong as your subordinate and are ruling Xingzhou peacefully. What are you worried about?”

I raised the corners of my lips slightly in response to the unanswered flattery.

“Worried? Does it look like worry? If it looks like that, then you’ve backed down.”

I’m not worried. It’s just a shame. That such a talented person had to die like this.

Then, Sim Woo slightly twitched his lips as if in protest, then answered with a determined face.

“…Uphold the Emperor of Han above and embrace all people below. If you do so, you will have nothing to worry about or regret.”

“…Generally speaking, that would be the case. But…. If Han Shi and the court of this country force me to do something I cannot bear, what should I do? Should I convince them under the pretext of loyalty? This, Son Baek-so?”

Sim Woo bit his lips and opened his mouth.

“…If you have been appointed to an official position under Han Shil, you should be convinced. That is loyalty. How can someone who has studied enough to read and write try to judge loyalty by adding this and that to it? Is that loyalty to your lord?”

‘… But why do your eyes waver?’

Contrary to my pessimistic remarks, Sim Woo’s eyes clearly wavered for a moment. He seemed to have caught a glimpse of what I was saying.

‘The emperor had tried to assassinate Cao Cao before. But if he had done it once, wouldn’t he be able to do it a second time?’

I smiled broadly and looked into Sim Woo’s wavering eyes.

“Is that so? Then, you are saying that the achievements of Son Ga, who cleared away the chaos in Gangdong and stabilized Hyeongju, are not worthy of the current Han Dynasty and the court’s wishes?”

“…….”

As Sim Woo’s face became more and more complicated, I stood up from my seat.

There was still time left before Gan Ning arrived. At this rate, it would not be a problem to spend half an hour exploring the hearts of the people of Yangyang.

“Follow me.”

Then Sim Woo narrowed his eyes slightly and asked.

“Where do you want to go?”

“Seonbi, if that is what Shim Ja-jeong wants, shouldn’t we also ask the people of Yangyang about their intentions?”

Sim Woo took a deep breath. Then he raised his head with a stern look and spoke.

“…I will obey your command.”

***

Sim Woo and I walked around the Yangyangseong market in our traditional clothes.

Although he chose a somewhat shabby outfit to avoid the gazes of those around him, no one approached him as he was escorted by a fierce-looking man.

As the people avoided eye contact or ran away as soon as they met, Sim Woo glared at Ju Tae and said.

“Huh, who are you going to ask when he runs away before you can even say anything?”

Despite Sim Woo’s indirect criticism, Ju Tae stood behind us like a totem pole.

At that moment, a middle-aged farmer caught my eye.

The farmer’s gaze shifted behind me as we met eyes. His lips slowly parted. As he averted his gaze, the farmer hurriedly tried to move away.

I used a spell to catch the farmer’s footsteps.

“If you don’t run away, you’ll get a silver coin.”

Sim Woo looked at me with absurd eyes, but the magic was effective. The farmer who was about to run away stopped in his tracks. A fierce conflict appeared on his crumpled expression.

Then I decided to use a spell to lighten the farmer’s steps.

“If you appear before me, I will give you three nyang of silver.”

The middle-aged farmer ran up to me as if he had never thought about it before. Then he bowed and said,

“Have you called me, sir?”

“Oh, yeah. Welcome.”

As I nodded, Sim-woo asked the farmer, who was shocked.

“…No, the farmers we encounter keep running away. What’s going on?”

Then the farmer who had been waiting opened his mouth.

“Well, that’s because you are noble people.”

“How do you know that?”

The farmer, who had been hesitating, answered quickly when I took the silver out of his bosom.

“With a pale face that looks like it was powdered with rice flour and a bodyguard of such a sturdy build, who would want to approach you?”

The farmer said it with a smile, but it was a part that showed how much the Yangyang farmers suffered from the ‘noble ones’.

I said, smiling slightly.

“But I guess you do know. Well, it’s only natural since we live off the grace you gave us. Isn’t that right?”

Sim Woo’s questioning eyes turned to me. He wondered why I was borrowing the names of the Yangyang aristocrats.

But I ignored him and continued talking.

“Yes, but thanks to us, you guys are eating well and living well. You guys, you know that the favors of us Yangyang locals are much deeper and more important than those who appeared only recently, right?

In fact, who doesn’t know that the Son family has grown so much thanks to the support of Han Shil and us, the powerful families? Right now, the Son family’s power is great, but in the end, they have to kneel and beg before the strict majesty of Han Shil!”

Then the farmer’s face became strangely distorted. As if he had heard something he shouldn’t have heard. And not only that. The faces of the people who had been listening to my story around him also became distorted, as if they had been hit.

“You think so too? After all, who doesn’t know this simple truth?”

The farmer said, trying to smooth out his wrinkled face.

“That, that’s right….”

Then, the people around me who were listening to me glared at the scholar as if he was being ridiculous. It seemed as if they would kill him if he said one more word.

The middle-aged farmer, who had been observing the surrounding atmosphere, looked up nervously. Then, as if he had made up his mind, he shouted loudly.

“…Sir! There is a slight problem with that statement!”

At that moment, I swallowed my joy and asked.

“Oh! What does that mean?”

Now that it has come to this, the farmer shouted, “Let’s go as far as we can.”

“It hasn’t been long since the great lord Songa ruled Yangyang, but he has taken much better care of us than those powerful nobles!

“It is not you, the powerful people who only recite the lines of the text, but the one who has been appointed by the great Master Son Ga, the great Master Jegal!”

“What? This guy really needs to be beaten up!”

“We can breathe a sigh of relief because He judges fairly and strictly! It is not the Han shills or the powerful families that you talk about every day!

“It’s the same today! If you tell him everything, he will judge you fairly!”

“Your mind will truly be enlightened when you see the coffin!”

The bewildered people crouched down and groaned.

Without realizing it, my lips kept twitching. I was curious about what Shim Woo was feeling right now.

The moment I turned my gaze to look at Simwoo.

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Perhaps because the commotion had grown louder, the soldiers on patrol came shouting and approaching.

“You guys! What are you doing out on the street in broad daylight? Can’t you clear the road quickly?”

‘Wait a minute, I didn’t think about the soldiers’ intervention?’

Why was I out here in my underwear, struggling like this?

Isn’t this to pretend to be a Yangyang local leader and half-insult Son Ga to hear the people’s true feelings?

But the moment I shout “Son-ga” at this spot, the picture becomes very bizarre.

And that’s not all, aren’t the Yangyang aristocrats already feeling resentful because their influence has been reduced because of me?

I could have given them the impression that I was disguising myself as a powerful clan to reduce their power again. If this incident were discovered by them, who were already very hurt… it would have been quite a headache.

Meanwhile, the people who did not know my feelings raised their voices as if it was a good thing.

“Oh my, soldiers. Please arrest that guy over there.”

“That’s right! They’re saying that the Yangyang aristocrats are more powerful and that we should kneel before them and stuff like that!”

When the people arrived, the soldiers’ eyebrows shot up to the sky and they started jumping around.

“What?! What kind of family would utter such a mindless remark in Son Hyung-ju’s territory!”

As the angry soldiers approached, I patted Jutae, who was still standing like a statue of the guardian deity, and spoke.

“Yu-pyeong, what are you doing? Why don’t you clear the way quickly?”

“yes?”

I looked at the soldiers who were gradually getting closer and whispered quickly to Ju-tae.

“I insulted Son Ga by mentioning the names of the powerful here. If this fact spreads, how can I face my subjects and the powerful? What are you doing? Hurry up and open the way!”

“I will obey your orders! Guards, clear the way quickly!”

At the sound of Zhu Tai’s magnificent shouts, a path was made to break through the crowd. It seemed that guards were waiting nearby.

Meanwhile, I grabbed Sim-woo, who was standing there blankly, and moved him.

“You, wake up. You have to get out of here.”

“…Oh, yes.”

But the loyal soldiers were so angry that they shouted.

“I really need to see which family made fun of Son Hyung-ju! Catch them!”

“Run, run!”

Perhaps because I ran away with all my might, I was able to return safely without being caught.

***

I barely made it to the dentist and asked Sim Woo.

“Yeah, thanks to you I was able to jump around like this for the first time in a long time. Should I thank you?”

Then Sim Woo responded calmly with a complicated expression.

“How could that be my merit? It is because my lord borrowed the name of a noble family from Yangyang.”

“That’s why I looked into the honest feelings of the people. Otherwise, I would have heard a lot of empty talk.”

Perhaps because my question was sharp, Sim Woo ended up speaking with a vain expression on his face.

“…I can’t be sure if this is really the right way.”

“You’ve clearly seen the will of the people of Yangyang.”

“…That’s right.”

I waved my hand at Sim-woo, who had a complicated expression on his face, and sent him away. If I kept looking at that face, I thought my mood would get twisted.

But there were clear results.

‘Who would have thought that someone who was loyal to Hansil would end up with such a mess?’

Sim Woo, like Sun Wook, is not a useless person.

Not long after Sim Woo left.

Gan Ning, who came in grumbling, exploded with anger.

“My lord, have you heard that story? It is said that some local chieftain insulted and insulted you and your son-in-law!”

“Hmm… Let’s talk about the interesting news later. For now, I’m here to give you a fief.”

When we naturally changed the subject, Gan Ning’s face melted and he quickly lowered his head.

I was lost in thought as I watched Gan Ning like that.

Where on earth would be a good place to give it to?

At that time, Xinye County, where Liu Bei had stayed, came to mind.

‘… It might be a good idea to give Xinye County to him. Liu Bei was just a guest general guarding Xinye County, but I could show him that my general is the lord of Xinye County.’

It seemed like it would be possible to lightly touch on the feelings of Liu Bei, who had left for Yizhou.

I said with a smirk on my lips.

“I will give you 500 households in the northern part of Hyungju and Sinya County. Is this enough for you?”

“Hahaha, I’ll just take whatever you give me.”

“Okay, then I’ll cut off Shinya County’s fief and give it to you. Can I call you Shinya County from now on?”

The marquis who received the fief was mentioned by its region and lord.

But Gan Ning shook his head in disgust.

“Oh my, what do you mean? Please call me Heungpae like you usually do.

“How could the merit of defeating the Emperor be solely attributed to Sojang alone? Wasn’t it the Lord’s grace in sending Sojang to battle?”

“If that’s you…. More importantly, are you well-versed in the waterways of the Yangtze River?”

“Are you talking about the Yangtze River? I don’t know which river you are referring to, but wouldn’t it take some time before you get used to it?”

“I see.”

There will be no war for the next few years.

Cao Cao will be preoccupied with swallowing up the northern part of Ji Province, and Yi Province cannot even dream of attacking first.

So now, it was necessary to train the troops scattered all over Geon-eop to gather them near Geon-eop.

For those who underestimate the small number of troops in Yangju, this training will be a sharp knife.

Time passed like that.

***

December 209.

Yangju Danyang-gun Geonup-hyeon.

A young man with a rather tanned face. There were quite a few soldiers waiting behind him.

The man stared blankly at Geon-eop with a face filled with a strange emotion.

“Really…. You’ve arrived here. … It’s been a while.”

The man who said that glared at Geon-eop gloomily.

“Brother, I have come to receive the share of this younger brother that you took away.”

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