Episode 220. The master of reverse magic (1)
“Huh? Boy, where did the patient in the recovery room go?”
The painter made a puzzled expression when he did not see Lee Dang-ji in the recovery room.
There were no other patients in the recovery room, so I knew who I was referring to when I asked this question.
“I don’t know either. I’ve been looking for it for a while, but I couldn’t find it. I think he ran away at night because he was scared because the warriors of Seonggajang were questioning him yesterday.”
“Hmm~. Even though I told you not to run away. Foolishly...”
The painter gave a short sigh with a pitiful expression.
Then the enemy lion approached the fireman.
“Mr.”
“Your enemy escort. Oh, it seems that the owner of the door has disappeared... Did you let it go on purpose?”
“no. It was there until dawn.... In the morning, it disappeared without me even noticing. I should have kept an eye on him... I’m sorry.”
“no. We talked that far yesterday and were promised, but I must have thought that someone would run away.”
“sorry.”
“Because it is not. I have to go around Dokmok Village this morning and go to the slash-and-burn village in the afternoon, so hurry up and get ready.”
“All right.”
The enemy lion bowed to the fireman and went to the wagon to help load it.
While the fireman and his disciples were preparing to go on a visit to help the poor, a Sojeo who looked very similar to Sarah appeared from the side of the aide.
“uh?”
The person who was most surprised to see the sojourn was Ohbo.
“Ray.”
“Your death penalty.”
“Did you ever have a sister?”
“You know that there are only two older brothers on top.”
“That’s right. By the way... then who is that Sojeo?”
When Obo raised his hand and pointed to the side, Sara turned her head, and the fireman, the other disciples, and the escort warriors who were far away turned their heads to look at her.
“uh? Who is it?”
“Isn’t it your cousin or sister?”
“All my cousins are young.”
“Then, by any chance, the seed that the deceased father-in-law sowed outside...”
“Brother!”
Sarah showed displeasure to the point of calling Oh Bo an older brother rather than a death penalty.
“I’m so sorry...”
I said sorry, but even though they resembled each other, they were very similar.
As she approached Sarah strode closer to her.
“who are you?”
Come to think of it, it was early in the morning and the patient hadn’t been accepted yet.
“I’m Lee Dang-ji... Oh, you don’t recognize me.”
Sara took a step back in surprise when a thick male voice came out of the mouth of a pretty woman who looked just like her.
“If this is Dangji... a patient in the recovery room?”
“I don’t know if the warriors of the castle may come today, so I dressed up as a woman.”
“Costume of a woman... This would be a heavenly woman if she hadn’t heard her voice...” Not
only Sara, but everyone in the courtroom were surprised and put on a puzzled expression.
“They say you are the master of Haomun, but you have mastered great counter-yongjutsu!”
Lee Dang-ji hurt her pride, but couldn’t reply any more.
“After a few more days of treatment and when you can move, go off. It’s a different area, so there’s no need to collide.”
When the enemy lion turned and left, Lee Dang-ji put on a dazed expression for a moment.
I was very upset about something and wanted to keep arguing about it, but if I did, what would I do? It just hurts my mouth.
After a while, Okju also left and the disciples began to move busily to do their own work, and Lee Dang-ji went to the bed in the recovery room and sat down.
‘Even a member of the council is not an ordinary person, but an escort warrior... at least a longevity-level armed force! What the hell is this outfit?’
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“How on earth did you find out about Lee Dang-ji’s role? I think I played the role, but I still don’t know.”
At the painter’s question, Ok-ju scratched her head with a slightly embarrassed expression.
“It’s kind of like a feeling, so it’s a bit difficult to put into words. Don’t Congressman Hwa immediately notice if there is a lawmaker among many people? It’s like that.”
“Congressmen have their own unique characteristics and habits... Ah! Even people who act against you have something unique to them.”
“Yes, I can’t pinpoint anything, but it’s like paying more attention to other people’s eyes when playing a role or being more immersed in the role... I don’t know if I expressed it properly, but anyway, those little habits there is.”
“okay.”
“Anyway, why are you covering him up so much?”
“well. Actually, I don’t even know why. It is suspicious, but strangely not.”
The painter tilted his head, thinking that his attitude towards Lee Dang-ji was different from his usual.
When the group arrived at the slum, treated patients, distributed grain, and were eating lunch, two men in their early 40s appeared dragging a pig.
In the slums, pigs are very precious livestock, so many people looked at the two men with mouth watering.
Jang Han immediately came to the fireman’s party, bowed his head, and said that he would slaughter a pig today and distribute it to the poor.
“Well, it would be nice to catch a pig and share it, but why are you asking us for permission?”
“I received an order from Lord Moon to do it in the name of Congressman Hwa.”
“If it’s Munju... Ah! You don’t even have to do this. All right. Do as you please.”
“thank you. Oh, and these days, a group of suspicious people are said to have settled on the side of Bokma Mountain. So I told them to tell me that it would be better not to go to the slash-and-burn village.”
In an instant, the eyes of not only the fireman but also Eulji and the guards around him widened.
The fact that some of the remnants of the black bandits who had been kicked out of Yeonju in Mt. Bokmasan had begun to take root was an issue that Eulji had recently found out and reported to the fireman.
But Haowen also found out about it.
“All right. I’ve heard that bandits are frequent there, so I’m planning to go with my defenses.”
The slum I visited today was a small village with only about 30 households, so morning treatment was enough. Therefore, after finishing the meal, I planned to go to the slash-and-burn village of Mt. Bokmasan in the afternoon.
If there were bandits, the slash-and-burn villagers would also be persecuted. The fireman intended to drive out the bandits if they appeared.
Since each and every one of them was an escort with the strength of a longevity on the battlefield, they were confident enough to deal with a group of black bandits gathered by the remnants of defeated soldiers.
“I don’t know what the defenses are, but the number of suspicious groups is said to be in the hundreds. So it is better not to go.”
“How many hundred?”
In an instant, the fireman’s eyes widened. I knew that some of the black bandit remnants had descended, but I didn’t know there were that many.
Of course, it’s not scary even if it’s a few hundred, but with that number, it’s too much for an escort.
“yes.”
“All right. Please tell me thank you for the good information.”
“yes.”
After a while, the two men killed a pig, distributed it to the poor in the village, and went back.
Hwabu changed his schedule in the afternoon and did not go to Mt. Bokmasan. After touring other slums, he returned to Uibang.
Lee Dang-ji, dressed as a woman, was still in the recovery room.
“Did you send someone to slaughter a pig today and tell them that a group of bandits have been infesting Mt. Fuma?”
“yes. After hearing about it yesterday, I was worried about going to a slash-and-burn village in Mt. Bokmasan.”
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