Chapter 182

Episode 182. Trouble at the painter’s shop (1)

The painter thought of Jangyang, who could use this kind of trick, but shook his head. he was already dead

‘It seems Jangyang taught someone hypnotism.’

As soon as the fireman guessed the method, he injected the anesthetic wine into the veins of the two people.

Usually, anesthesia is not injected into the bloodstream, but since I have no intention of saving it anyway, I thought to find out the necessary information as soon as possible.

After injecting the anesthetic and removing the saliva, changing the position and putting it back in, the two woke up after a while.

The fireman hypnotized them to free them of their brainwashing and found out that it was Geon-seok who instigated the assassination.

fast.

A grinding sound came from the fireman’s mouth.

“I thought Jangyang was the end...”

* * *

When Donggyeong failed to assassinate and heard the news that the painter was leaving Jangshaseong and heading for the imperial palace, Jianseok’s mind became busy.

“A sick bastard. Be fully prepared and go. I told you so... Anyway, this is a big deal, but if he comes, I’ll be in trouble.”

Geon-seok hurriedly gathered other eunuchs and created public opinion that Hwang Ja-hyeop should be crowned crown prince.

The eunuchs already knew that Hyeop regarded the eunuchs well and especially followed Jianshi, so they easily agreed, and even Empress Dowager Dong listened to Jianshi and began to give the emperor a drink.

Since Yeongje already had infinite trust in Geonseok and Jodeung, he accepted their request and tried to appoint Hyeop as crown prince.

Then, it was Empress Ha who was furious.

Empress Ha had been trying to appoint her son, Hwangja Byun, as the Crown Prince.

Empress Ha immediately summoned her brother, General Ha Jin, to oppose the installation of the crown prince.

General Ha Jin was supported not only by high-ranking generals, but also by civil servants who hated eunuchs.

‘These things...’

Geon-seok was anxious.

In my mind, I wanted to get rid of Ha-jin by either supporting the emperor or mobilizing assassins, but the opponent was stronger in force.

If you can’t do it by force, you have to use a stratagem, but now you don’t have time to devise a plan to kill Ha-jin. In the meantime, when the painter arrives at the imperial palace, everything is over.

Even in the midst of this chaos, Geon-seok sees Young-je bringing Nine to bed at night, and uses moncho several times the usual to make Young-je confused.

The problem happened that day.

“Keuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuwuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!”

Young-je, who was in a state of confusion, was rolling around on the bed with Nain, biting into crab foam and died.

Youngjae’s sudden fortune telling.

Geon-seok was very embarrassed, but after thinking about it for a while, he saw this as an opportunity.

Instead of immediately reporting the news of the emperor’s carp, he hurriedly called other eunuchs to discuss what to do, and agreed to place Hwangjahyeop in the emperor’s seat.

The eunuchs’ decisions were secret and quick, but there are bound to be invisible eyes and ears everywhere in the imperial palace.

Upon hearing the news of the emperor’s crucian carp, General Ha-jin raised an army and stormed into the imperial palace, killed Geon-seok and placed Hwang Ja-byun in the emperor’s seat.

* * *

“Geon-seok is dead?”

The painter, who was on his way to the imperial palace, looked devastated at the news brought by Eulji.

At that time, Hyunseung, who was next to him, tilted his head, and Sang Hyun-ryeong put on a puzzled expression.

“What do you not understand?”

“Almost all families come and give presents, but only the painter did not send a single visitor.”

He was saying that the painter kept acting meanly, so why didn’t he take any action?

Sang Hyeon-ryeong’s face crumpled.

“Keuheum, the painter’s head was a family that was protected by the predecessor Cho Hyun-ryeong...”

“Jo Hyun-ryeong is already from Jinryu-gun, not Cho-hyeon. Didn’t the whole family emigrate?”

“But there are still Hafuga left.”

“Hahuga is concentrated in the county, not much in the prefectural office. And to put it bluntly, the current owner of this prefecture is Sang Hyeonryeong. How long are you going to obsess over the shadow of your predecessor?”

Hyeon-ryeong’s eyes changed as Hyeon-seung scratched his stomach.

“Hmm~. I heard and saw it. Although Hwabok, the eldest son of the painter, is the lord of Dongu-hyeon... Still, you should look good to me here.”

“you’re right. Where did a painter who was in ruins get the wealth to manage dozens of tenant farmers now?”

“It must have come from Donguhyeon.”

“It is. Hyeon-ryeong Hwa brings in wealth from Dongu-hyeon so that the family can grow dozens of times in a few years... Hyun-ryeong is only satisfied with the wealth squeezed out of the declining families.”

Hyeon-ryeong’s face turned red as Hyeon-seung continued to scratch.

“Right. Come to think of it, I acted too softly.”

“In addition, if you want to become governor later, you must accumulate a lot of wealth in advance. Perhaps Hwa Hyeon-ryeong has accumulated enough wealth in Dongu-hyeon to get the position of governor by now.”

As Hyeonseung’s encouragement continued, Hyeongsu Sangsu suddenly felt that the bribes he had received so far were insignificant.

“So far I’ve been catching minnows while leaving big fish behind.”

“There is no family in Chohyeon that has grown in power as much as the painter head.”

* * *

Since recovering her health, Mrs. Hwa has taken care of almost all the small things in the painter’s shop herself.

Then one day, an official from the prefectural office suddenly came and made an absurd argument.

“What nonsense are you talking about that you didn’t pay 150 grains last year?”

Madam Hua’s expression frowned at the government official’s insistence.

“If you look at this tax account book, you will know that other families paid five cents of grain per margin. But didn’t the painter only pay for four islands?”

“I’m sure you paid for five islands, but suddenly four islands? Something is very wrong.”

“People may not remember, but records in ledgers are clear evidence. Add the interest to the missing hundred and fifty islands, and deliver two hundred islands within fifteen days.”

“No, do you want to pay interest on that? Sudden coercion is absurd, but what kind of coercion is there like a robbery like this to charge an outrageous interest rate of more than 30%?”

“It is written so clearly in the ledger, how can you force it? And if the interest is 30%, it will be cheaper.”

“I don’t even believe this ledger. Think common sense. At the time of receiving the grain, would the recipient have been quiet if he had paid only four shillings per grain?”

“At the time, the official was washing his face all at once, so he couldn’t inspect it properly. In any case, if you do not deliver two hundred islands within 15 days, we will enforce it.”

“Hey. Where is this coercion...”

No matter how wrong Mrs. Hwa complained, the official just said what he had to say and left.

Mrs. Hwa was dumbfounded, but she still had to come up with a countermeasure, so when her second son, Hwa-hwa, came home from work, she called and explained the situation.

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