Tangmunjeon - Chapter 263



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Episode 263 Daily Outing Log Hyungong

Going back a little bit in time, it was the time when Dangmujin was sparring with Samanbul.

Hyun-gong left Danggajang, saying he would go find the flying dragon that he had blown away so vigorously. The flying dragon that had been flying far away appeared before his eyes.

‘I thought I could bring him back to the party even if I couldn’t catch him with my hand.’

Hyun-gong did not think that his martial arts skills were inferior. However, Heo-gong-seop-mul was a slightly different story.

However, it was nothing compared to the skills of those who focused on training in Heo Gong-seop’s techniques, like Dang Mu-jin and Nam Gung-myeong.

‘This is becoming a nuisance.’

Hyun-gong walked with heavy steps toward the direction where the wheel had flown away.

However, Hyun-gong did not think that he would be able to find the missing wheel. Where in the vast castle could he find such a small and thin piece of iron?

There is only one reason why Hyun-gong left Dangga-jang while thinking like that.

‘If you lose something precious and give up right away without even looking for it, you’re bound to be hated. At least pretend to look for it.’

After wandering around the city, you can return to Danggajang late at night or early tomorrow morning.

I thought that it would be better to do it at dawn. It wouldn’t be easy to give another hard time to someone who had wandered around in the night dew and only returned at dawn.

Hyun-gong began to walk slowly down the streets of Seongdo, enjoying his hobby.

Just then, an old man selling rice cakes on the street recognized Hyeon-gong.

“Isn’t that the Seungryong Sword?”

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you. But the nickname Seungryonggeom is a bit burdensome.”

“Haha. Then it would be better to call me Jeong-eon.”

Hyun-gong smiled faintly.

Thanks to Hyun-gong’s constant efforts, his second nickname, Jeong-eon, was well established in Seongdo.

“It’s also a very extravagant nickname, but I like it better because it’s much less grandiose. How have you been, sir?”

“What’s wrong with me? Yesterday is like today, and today is like tomorrow. That’s my life.”

“Your son, who followed you on your way up, must be coming back soon.”

“Oh, you remembered all that?”

“If it were someone else’s story, I might forget it, but isn’t it a story told by you, my elders?”

The old man selling pancakes smiled broadly and handed the pancakes to Hyun-gong.

Although the food was offered out of simple kindness, Hyun-gong insisted on giving the old man a coin and accepting the pancake.

One of Hyun-gong’s hobbies was to wander around the city of Seongdo like this, making a humble remark.

It may sound a little strange, but to say that I am being modest is a very accurate description.

I want the other person to recognize who I am, but when they do, I react very humbly.

After all, what matters is that a lot of people recognize you, not how overbearing you can act in front of them.

Hyun-gong used to fill his self-esteem by raising his reputation among people in this way.

Hyun-gong spent his time talking to people who recognized him and playing the janggu leisurely.

As expected, the people of Seongdo regarded Hyungong as a very kind and excellent martial artist.

After some time, Hyun-gong went into a nearby guest house.

The food is just okay, but this restaurant is especially crowded at lunchtime.

The innkeeper who discovered Hyun-gong smiled brightly.

“No, it’s not true! It’s been a while since you’ve been here.”

“I’ve been meaning to come here soon. I’ve stopped by a lot of inns on my way to and from Mt. Mudang, but none of them serve dumplings as good as this one.”

“Okay, can I have some dumplings?”

“please.”

After speaking kindly, Hyun-gong handed four coins to the innkeeper and sat down in a corner of the inn.

At first glance, it seems like you should just sit in the middle of the room and enjoy the attention, but that’s a foolish idea.

This guest house is not very large. That is, even if Hyun-gong sits in the corner, people won’t notice him. In essence, it doesn’t make much difference where he sits.

However, there is an important reason why Hansa-gong insists on holding on to his corner position.

If you take the center seat in a party like this and brazenly show off, you’ll look like a fool who likes to show off. This is especially true for someone who has learned martial arts.

But when someone as talented as Hyun-gong is pushed into a corner, people’s gaze changes.

It can instill the perception that he is a humble martial artist who does not like to reveal himself in front of people.

As Hyun-gong sat down and waited for the dumplings to be prepared, people began to flock into the guest house.

The guests who came to the inn noticed Hyun-gong sitting in a corner and nodded slightly.

A model of a martial artist who is young and accomplished, but not arrogant and has a great personality. People will accept Hyungong as such.

Since Hyungong entered the inn before anyone else and ordered dumplings, Hyungong’s dumplings were prepared first.

As Jeomsoi walked through the crowd holding a wooden bowl filled with dumplings, the hungry people’s eyes were drawn to the plate of dumplings.

And the other guests realized something surprising.

‘There are eight dumplings!’

The price of dumplings at this inn is four coins, and the regular price is six dumplings.

However, the plate delivered to Hyun-gong contained as many as eight dumplings. Two dumplings were given as extras.

Hyun-gong picked up his chopsticks with a calm expression, not showing his feelings.

You should finish your meal indifferently, as if you had assumed that everyone else would be given eight dumplings as well, and as if you had not noticed the kindness of the innkeeper who had given you the dumplings.

Only then will the ‘humble meddling’ that Hyun-gong had been hoping for be completed.

Hyun-gong enjoyed the subtle awe and distance he felt from people’s gazes.

It may seem like nothing special, but the two dumplings were also a symbol that separated the common man and the nobleman. The two dumplings that a common man could never receive even if he visited the inn for his entire life.

After finishing his meal, Hyun-gong walked in the direction where Bi-ryun had disappeared.

And before long, I started to feel like things were strangely chaotic.

‘What’s going on?’

Hyun-gong didn’t bother to get involved in the crowd or ask what was going on. People would recognize him first and come up to him to talk.

As expected, as I approached the noisy area, a man whose face I could barely see pretended to recognize Hyun-gong.

“Isn’t that the Seungryong Sword?”

People’s eyes were focused on him. Hyun-gong pretended to react with embarrassment.

“Shh! Please lower your voice. It’s bothering me.”

“Oh, yes. By the way, did you hear the story?”

“What are you talking about?”

“It seems there was an assassin targeting the Northern Commander!”

“yes?”

Bukdowi is one of the top three most powerful officials living in the vicinity of Seongdo.

It is a high-ranking official position with a salary of two thousand seok, so there is no need to talk about its power.

But at the same time, Bukdowi was also a person who had a connection with the Tang family.

I heard that Dang Mu-jin cured the stomachache that Buk Do-wi had suffered from for a long time, and that he met Chu-sam through a connection that came about through Buk Do-wi’s story.

Of course, Hyun-gong also had some acquaintance with Buk-do-wi.

The Northern Commander would regularly visit Danggajang to receive treatment from Dangmujin, and when Hyungong had nothing to do, he would hang around Dangmujin.

However, Hyun-gong felt a deep sense of unease in this situation.

‘What a coincidence.’

The mansion of the Northern Commander, located in the direction where the wheel was blown.

The commotion that occurred shortly after the flying of the wheel.

‘I need to check the situation before it gets any worse.’

Hyun-gong pushed his way through the crowd and headed towards the gate of Buk-do-wi’s mansion.

In front of the gate, there was a soldier holding a spear and glaring at the people, but it was of no concern to Hyun-gong.

The soldier looked at Hyun-gong in surprise.

“Aren’t you the Duke of Jeong-eon?”

“Hello. I’d like to find out what happened. Can I come inside?”

“Hmm. I don’t think it would work if it were someone else… Please go in.”

Hyun-gong leisurely passed the soldier and entered the mansion, looking around.

There was concern that, in the worst case scenario, Bi-ryun might have cut off Buk-do-wi’s head, but fortunately, Buk-do-wi was wandering around the yard without a single scratch.

When Hyun-gong first looked at the North Star and won the lottery, the North Star also pretended to know Hyun-gong.

“Isn’t that right? I was just thinking about sending someone to Danggajang or Cheongseongpa.”

“I’m lucky enough to have stumbled upon this place. Can you tell me what happened?”

“I just got into the mansion, so that’s all I’ve heard. A little while ago, while my men were working in the yard, something sharp flew at them and they were almost badly hurt. I’m sure it was a secret weapon.”

When the North Korean leader finished his story, the servant standing next to him raised his left arm and showed the place where the ‘dark energy’ had passed by.

Fortunately, he wasn’t hurt, but his clothes had been cut by something sharp, leaving a large hole.

You can tell just by looking at the strangely sharp cut marks. They are marks from where the wheel grazed.

Although his heart sank, Hyun-gong spoke without showing it.

“It’s a blessing in disguise. Has anyone seen the assassin, or the assassin’s secret weapon?”

The North Korean leader shook his head.

“That’s the strangest thing. I feel like there should be a dagger rolling around somewhere, but I can’t see it at all. But since his clothes are torn, it must be an assassin, so I’m just here.”

Hyun-gong clenched his fists so as not to be caught by the Bukdo-wi.

Fortunately, it seems that the scandal hasn’t been discovered yet.

“Then, can I take a look around the grounds for a moment?”

“Do so.”

Hyun-gong looked around with as little suspiciousness as possible.

If the flying unicorn from the market had grazed a person’s forearm, where would the unicorn be now?

After a while, Hyun-gong discovered a piece of silver iron shining under the stone wall. It was a wheel.

If the assassin had really thrown the dagger, it would not have been able to penetrate under the stone wall, but the wheel was so thin that it was able to hide itself under the stone.

‘thank god.’

Hyun-gong took the wheel and put it in his sleeve without anyone noticing.

With this, there was no reason for the party leader to be suspicious.

Hyun-gong returned to Buk-do-wi and spoke again.

“We didn’t find the weapon. But fortunately, no one was hurt.”

But the eyebrows of the Northern Commander did not show any sign of lifting.

“It’s too scary to call it a blessing. No matter how I look at it, it seems like the assassins did this to warn me.”

People tend to judge everything that happens around them by associating it with themselves, and Bukdowi was no exception.

However, rather than going against the wishes of the Northern Commander, Hyeon-gong chose to listen to his words.

Hyun-gong spoke in an angry voice.

“A warning! What wrong did an upright person like the Bukdowi do that mere assassins are giving him the arrogance to warn him?”

“I think someone is upset that I go to the Tang House so often. I go to the Tang House almost every month.”

“It’s not a matter of martial arts, but rather you came here to check on my condition as a patient.”

“They probably didn’t know that much either. They probably weren’t sure, so rather than harming me directly, they tried to threaten their subordinates as a warning. I think they must have mobilized the authors called Salmak.”

Even though Dang Mu-jin blew up the Salmak leadership, he only managed to get rid of the Salmak leadership.

No matter how powerful the party is, there is no way to punish all the small-time assassins in each region.

Of course, most of the mediocre water supplies in each region will remain the same.

They probably know that their superiors have disappeared, but they probably don’t bother to find a new path. Most likely, they’re just surviving by taking on small requests from the local area.

But the saints are an exception. There is certainly no remnant of Salmak among the saints.

Since Dang Mu-jin hates Salmak terribly and Salmak’s assassins cannot operate without being noticed by Namgung Myung, Salmak cannot remain.

However, the North Korean military did not know the details.

“Don’t worry, there are no deadly creatures in the castle.”

“There are no assassins? Then who was after me?”

Hyun-gong was a little embarrassed. Is that how the story is going to turn out?

Hyun-gong hid the wheel a little deeper and surrounded it.

“···This means that Your Majesty the Northern Commander doesn’t need to worry about it. I can guarantee that you will never see any traces of the assassination again, so you don’t need to worry about it at all.”

The North Korean leader smiled with satisfaction.

“Is that what you meant? If it were someone else’s story, I would have been skeptical, but since Jeong-eon’s Hyeon-gong says it like that, I believe it.”

“It’s just an embarrassing nickname.”

“Isn’t the attitude you’ve shown towards life so far what has become your nickname? You don’t need to be ashamed. Rather, you should be proud.”

Hearing the story of the Northern Commander, Hyeon-gong lowered his posture a little more and gave the prize again.

“You are too kind. I will continue to work hard.”

“Even if we assume that what you said is true, it’s hard to guess why the assassins targeted me.”

A situation where you have to answer something.

Hyun-gong thought for a moment and then came up with the first excuse that came to mind.

“Elder. This is something I learned from Mt. Mudang and Mt. Gongdong.”

“Hmm?”

As Hyun-gong lowered his voice, Buk-do-wi’s voice became filled with deep interest.

“There was a story that the Sapha warriors were targeting the Jeongpa martial arts world. This incident may be related to that as well.”

“But I’m not a martial artist, I’m a military officer. They probably know that it’s rare for a martial artist to get involved in a fight between martial artists. Why would they bother picking on me and making a fuss?”

My thoughts were short.

Hyun-gong changed the direction of his story again, thinking that the story he had told might spread to a point where it would entangle even the coffin.

“Didn’t you say that the Northern Commander also learned martial arts?”

“Even so, my martial arts skills are only mediocre.”

“It’s often the case that people in the martial arts world make mistakes. Since Master Bukdowi has such a great physique and such a strong spirit, I might have mistaken him for a martial artist of a much higher level. It wouldn’t be strange at all if I had mistaken him for a martial artist for a moment.”

Hyun-gong’s story was flawed in many ways.

But such sloppiness is easily hidden in front of skilled flattery.

Even Hyun-gong’s flattery was not ordinary.

Unlike other flatterers who can’t hide their sly attitude, Hyun-gong’s tone was simply calm. It was as if he was telling an extremely obvious truth, like the story that the sun rises in the east.

In the end, the North Korean leader burst into hearty laughter.

“Haha, is that so!”

“It’s a little late, but the Sapha warriors and the Black Swordsmen will realize that there’s nothing good to come from being involved with the Northern Sword Master. Furthermore, the Dang Family Leader will take responsibility for uprooting the remnants of Salmak hiding somewhere in the city, so you don’t have to worry in the future.”

The North Korean leader smiled with satisfaction.

The relationship between the government and the martial arts world is tense.

Hyun-gong was anxious, but in a way, it was an excessive worry.

If the Northern Commander had been murdered, it would be understandable, but if the hem of the Northern Commander’s clothes was cut, there would be no reason for the coffin to be opened.

However, the Northern Commander liked Hyeon-gong and thought that he had received help from Hyeon-gong.

In a way, the burden on the mind is the heaviest burden, and didn’t Hyun-gong relieve that burden with his dignified attitude?

“Okay. Since I’m receiving something, I should give something in return.”

“yes?”

“Didn’t you say that the Sapa warriors would move soon? If I hear that they’re moving, I’ll let you know. After all, the eyes of the government can see farther than those of the martial arts people.”

“It would be a great help if I could get that kind of help. But I wonder if I should readily accept such a favor…”

“No problem. It’s not like anyone will notice that I spoke.”

Hyun-gong rolled his eyes.

The story was a bit tricky, but it ended on a good note.

Hyun-gong bowed his head slightly while giving a lottery.

“thank you.”

“Take a look.”

Hyun-gong straightened his shoulders and returned to the Danggajang. Dang Mu-jin was busy practicing Bi-ryun next to Hyeol-woo-gaek.

Hyun-gong approached Dang Mu-jin and handed him the wheel.

“I came to find Bi-ryun.”

“What? You really came looking for me?”

“Of course. I have been contributing to the peace of the Jeongpa martial arts world and the Tang family.”

“···What the hell is that?”

“You’ll find out someday.”

Hyun-gong walked around the Tang Dynasty with an air of arrogance.

But unlike when he was walking around the city of Seongdo, no one paid attention to Hyungong.