Episode 471. Did you give it to Empress Dowager Ten?
Ha Nam.
Namyang.
Dongbaekhyun Baekhwa Sangbang.
mid-April.
There is a saying, “Rumors speak faster than words.”
The story that started in Eungcheonbu soon spread to Namjikryeseong and Henamseong.
When the arks in the upper direction suddenly distanced themselves, Baek Han-saeng, the ark of the upper chamber, hurriedly summoned Baek Il-woong, the acting chief, Baek San-wu, and Baek Seon-hwa, the Sangwol sword of the Middle Yangdaeju.
“Acting Chief: I hear that Mansu and Hwayang have been spreading rumors that we may be closing soon. Is there any problem I’m not aware of? What are you talking about that something happened in Namjiryeseong?”
Baek Il-woong carefully answered the Ark’s question.
“There is nothing to listen to because it is just the noises of the rich people.”
“What kind of luxury is it to say things like that in Mansu and Hwayang?”
“It means that Sangbang Mansu and Sangbang Hwayang are being swayed by the words of the fortune tellers.”
“Please explain in an easy-to-understand way.”
“Hasn’t Geumil Sangbang commissioned us to deliver old books? Going to Ngcheonbu (Nanjing).”
“I’ve been there twice.”
“But it seems that the people who received the old books from Eungcheonbu were killed. As if there was some great conspiracy over that...”
Baek Han-saeng, who was listening, abruptly cut off his words.
“Is the person you did business with dead?”
“I heard that.”
“Because who else died?”
“I handed over the old book to a eunuch named Yu-geun, and Yu-geun gave it to Mo Un-jung, a university teacher... It seems that both Yu-geun and Mo Un-jung are dead.”
“Is there anyone else related to the old books?”
“In Namjikryeseong... none.”
Baek Il-woong briefly thought of the ten warlords, but didn’t say anything.
Even considering the credit of the upper side, the matter had to be carried to the grave.
Moreover, he couldn’t bring Namgung family into such an unpleasant affair.
“That’s why the Mansu Chamber and the Hwayang Chamber spread such rumors. After all, they’re nasty bastards. Every time you see a crack, they try to bite you.”
“Don’t worry too much. That old book isn’t even Moorim’s treasure, so what’s going on? Seonhwa, since you’ve read the old books, tell me. Do you think that is such a great thing?”
Baek Han-saeng looked at his daughter with surprised eyes at Baek Il-woong’s words.
“Did you read the old book?”
“It was just a little bit of confirmation during the process of checking things. It was such an ordinary item that it was not even sealed in the first place?”
“Is it really just a book like that?”
“yes.”
She, too, did not say to her father, ‘I gave a book to Empress Dowager Ten.’
Only then did Baek Han-saeng’s face straighten slightly.
This is because he trusted the words of his cousin, the acting manager, and his daughter.
Just then, the voice of the commander-in-chief came from outside the door.
“Guests have come from the famous bridge of the ark. He wants to see the ark.”
At that moment, Baek Han-saeng and Baek Il-woong, Baek San-woo, and Baek Seon-hwa stood up in a hurry with surprised faces.
It’s because I’ve never been directly to a famous school before.
Baek Han-saeng hurriedly opened the door and came out.
Baek Il-woong and Baek San-wu Baek Seon-hwa followed him without delay.
Baek Han-saeng stood in front of a middle-aged woman holding a pipa and a stout middle-aged man.
The commander-in-chief, who had noticed, introduced Baek Han-saeng to the middle-aged man and woman.
“He is our hundred ark.”
Pipa Seonja (毗婆仙子) and Vajrapani Bodhisattva (金剛菩薩) laughed and said one word at a time.
“I am a non-wrecked man.”
“Geumgang Bodhisattva. Who are the others?”
When Vajrapani Bodhisattva showed interest in the people standing behind Baek Han-saeng, the commander-in-chief hurriedly explained.
“I am Baek Il-woong’s acting chief and the Sangwolgum Daehyeop of Jungyangdaeju and the clerk.”
“If you are the acting chief, Baek Il-woong, is he the one who went up to Namjikryeseong?”
“Yes that’s right.”
“haha. It’s good. It’s good. Even if it wasn’t, I had something to do with Acting Chief Baek.”
Geumgang Bodhisattva, who had been muttering to himself as if talking to himself, suddenly walked to the veranda and sat down at the end.
It’s a strangely confident attitude.
Surprised, Baek Han-saeng hurriedly turned his attention to the acting chief, Jungyangdaeju, and his daughter.
“you! Did you hide something from me?”
“doesn’t exist!”
“no!”
Baek Il-woong and Baek San-woo firmly denied it.
However, Baek Seon-hwa, standing next to them, bit her lip with a pale face.
Unlike her seasoned uncles, Baek Seon-hwa, who lacked experience, hesitated in front of the deaths of her family members.
Seeing her expression like that, a flash of light flashed in the eyes of the eight emperors.
Baek Han-saeng also sensed something was wrong from her daughter’s expression.
“Sunhwa, what’s going on? Be honest.”
Baek Seon-hwa, unable to withstand the pressure, lowered her head.
‘I can’t stand it any longer.’
If you had to choose between Namgung Se and Myung-gyo, anyone would choose Myung-gyo.
“Actually, I gave some of the old books to Empress Dowager Ten as a gift. I didn’t know that it belonged to a famous religious leader. I thought it was simply a book sent to the king...”
“Why! Why would you do that! Baek Il-woong Baek San-wu Did you know?”
Baek Il-woong and Baek San-woo’s shoulders drooped.
“It’s all my fault. Uncles are not guilty.”
“Why did you put your hands on the things of today? My older sister taught me that trust is the most important asset, but would you do something like that just because you lost ‘okju’ and ‘dangsamchae’?”
“It’s not just about that. Actually, on the way up, I made a mistake with the green forest practitioner. I didn’t know who he was, treated him carelessly, and eventually kicked him out.”
Baek San-woo, the head of Chungyang Daeju, who had been listening quietly, belatedly confessed his mistake.
“Actually, the ark, I also sinned against the practitioner. I tried to kill him with my subordinates.”
“...”
Baek Han-saeng shouted at the sound like thunder from the sky.
“What the hell are you talking about! Why are you trying to kill Yeon Gong?”
“It was because he was so suspicious and concerned that he was being followed. It wasn’t until I arrived at the Namgung family that I realized that he was Nokrim’s rival.”
Hwaryongjeomjeong (畵龍點睛) was filmed by Baek Il-woong, the acting chief.
“ha! Lord, everything is my fault. It was not because of ‘Okju’ and ‘Dangsamchae’ that the Namgung family banned Baekhwa Sangbang from entering Hebi. It was because Empress Dowager Ten was angered by the matter of the practitioner. I am the one who ordered Seonhwa to send the book as a gift to Empress Dowager Ten.”
“You all cheated on me.”
Baek Han-saeng, who was staggering by holding the back of his neck at the sudden shock, collapsed to his knees.
As the embarrassing secret was revealed, the department store fell into silence.
Geumgang Bodhisattva frowned.
“You gave the old book to Empress Dowager Ten?”
Baek Seon-hwa looked at him and said.
“Not all of them, but only three of them. Buy the missing three books from the old bookstore in Eungcheon-bu...”
“Have you filled them in?”
“...yes.”
“Any books you copied separately?”
“no. Not only us, but other upper chambers don’t copy all of them as ‘old books’. I don’t know if it’s something with commercial value, like martial arts books or famous scriptures.”
“So, are the three books you gave as a gift to Empress Dowager Ten?”
“Yes, I can vouch for that with my life.”
The Vajrapani Bodhisattva, who got up from his seat, asked the Pipa Seonja.
“I guess so. Trust us that you risk your life to guarantee it. What do you think?”
“I don’t think it’s a lie. Just finish this.”
“Okay. You’ve worked hard before, so I’ll clean it up here. Help only the fleeing ones.”
After he finished speaking, he jumped at the people of the department store.
Then the ruthless slaughter began.
Baek San-wu, the head of Chuyangdaeju, couldn’t take a second from him, and his face was sunken.
When people ran away from Geumgang Bodhisattva, the sound of the lute resonated, and every time, without fail, their heads exploded.
Ting Ting-.
After a while, the pipa stopped.
Geumgang Bodhisattva, who was wiping off the blood from both hands, suddenly burst into a sigh.
“Huh! Now what?”
“I think we should go back to Mt. Fungji and discuss this issue.”
Geumgang Bodhisattva nodded.
Since Empress Dowager Ten and the younger brother were married, it was not an easy matter to solve.