Episode 294
“This bastard...”
While Peng Ui-bang was angry with his cheeks shaking, Hye-jo approached Myeong-hyeon.
“Myeonghyeon Dojo.”
“Yes, Ambassador.”
“Can I have a little talk with the shaman?”
“...All right.”
After thinking for a while, Myeonghyeon withdrew his sword and carefully moved out of the way to open the way.
Then Hyejo approached Jinmu and asked with a calm expression.
“Jimmu Dojo.”
“yes.”
“Is what you say true?”
“yes. There is Mukryong-dong there. If necessary, send a chimney to the volcano to check.”
“...”
Jinmu knew that Hyejo was trying to confirm the truth by using the power of Buddhism.
Because the fire in his eyes was already looking at him as if digging into his inner self.
So I didn’t lie.
In order to completely deceive the opponent, the lie must not be excessive. How to add a spoonful or two of lies to the truth.
They said that there was Mukryong-dong, but they did not say that they got Mukryonghonwongong there.
“...hmm. Right. I don’t feel like you’re lying.”
A word from Hyejo erases suspicion from people’s faces at once.
he is such a person
Because he is the biggest adult of the political faction and everyone acknowledges his insight that has been wiping fire for a long time.
“Sounds outrageous! Don’t be fooled by that wicked bastard. He is a master of evil martial arts!”
As Peng’s room shouts in rebuttal, Hyejo stares at him with a slight frown between her brows.
“Isn’t Gwangho’s lord ignoring Shaolin’s Buddhist Seongong, which Binseung learned?”
“...Unknown precedent is not omnipotent. You can’t always be right. How can you not keep in mind that a guy who has mastered wicked martial arts can cheat even that?”
“...I’ll admit that an uneducated pioneer may not be able to judge properly. Hana Jinmoo Dojang overcame Arhanjin with the power of anti-horse. How could you do that with an evil mind?”
“Hey, anyone can destroy Arhanjin!”
At Peng’s words, the expressions of the Shaolin monks, including Hyejo, hardened coldly, but the person himself, perhaps not feeling the atmosphere, glared at Jinmu fiercely and shouted.
“I said with my own mouth that he was definitely helping the rebels in Sapaecheon. What would he do if he obtained the martial arts of the Four Emperors in exchange for his betrayal?”
“Don’t you say you got it from the Golden Dragon and didn’t know it?”
“does not make sense!”
“Also, as Changchun said, martial arts is just martial arts! Human nature never changes.”
“The essence doesn’t change? That is incorrect. Then, what happened to the magicians? Their martial arts change their very nature!”
“so? Was Jinmu Dojang wicked?”
“...what?”
“Everyone saw the showdown with Changchun earlier, but you didn’t!”
“....”
“What do you think would have happened if Jinmu Dojo had avoided the sword force thrown by the blue sky without blocking it?”
“That’s it.”
“No one will think that the Lord of the Changchun made a mistake.”
“....”
“Does it seem that only the practitioners of the shaman were harmed? Jinmu Dojang even turned around and blocked the steps he had avoided to prevent the damage. who is more wicked? Is it Changchun who tried to win by targeting even unrelated people? Or is it Jinmu Dojo who stopped it even though he knew he would be in danger!”
“...”
Peng’s room didn’t answer anything.
It’s an outsider, you bastard.
If you have a bad head, you should speak with your fist like Chun Woo-myeong, but that’s what happens when you speak with your mouth.
Jinmu kept his mouth shut and cheered hard on Hyejo, who showed off her excellent speech.
The more Peng Uibang refuted, the more public opinion turned to him.
“The Jinmu Dojang said he obtained the martial arts of the Four Emperors at the Golden Dragon Gorge of Hwasan. When that is confirmed, his innocence is revealed.”
“...”
Jinmu added words as if driving a wedge into the image of Peng’s cheeks twitching, conscious of the eyes around him.
One person who will add credibility to his words.
“Actually...”
Everyone turned their heads and listened to Jinmu’s voice that leaked behind his back.
“This martial art was obtained by accident after finishing the pyoju in the volcano. And Yang So-bang, whom I met later in Jongnam, knows that I have mastered this boatman.”
“...what what?”
Pang’s room gritted his teeth and glared at Jinmu.
Where do you get your cat’s eyes open and twisted?
You are next. Look forward to it.
“...”
The moment he saw Jinmu’s eyes, Peng’s room instantly felt goosebumps rising up his back.
“Hey there... look. Those eyes... oh damn...”
But no one listened to him anymore.
* * *
Underground Prison in Jeongju Branch.
In the place that had been empty for a while, Jinmu took a seat and sat down.
Myeonghyeon, Jinmyeong and other disciples, as well as Cheongsang and Cheongwu, look at Jinmu with sad expressions.
“sorry. Jangmunin. Because of the greed to achieve greatness, the martial arts of the enemy of war...”
Jinmu, who was seated, said to Myeonghyeon, who was looking at him with a vague look.
“no. no. don’t worry too much I should have trusted you, but I’m ashamed of myself for being shaken for a moment. Wasn’t it you who came in as a shaman in the arms of Myung-jin at a young age that you can’t even remember and lived as a do-dong?”
Myeonghyeon blushes as if embarrassed and comforts Jinmu.
“You were the one who looked after Myeong-jin who was sick more than anyone else, but I had doubts. It won’t happen again. What if it was the martial arts of the Four Emperors? As Ambassador Hyejo said, your essence does not change.”
“...”
Jinmu listened in silence to Myeong-hyeon’s monologue-like words.
“It’s Jinmu. In any case, you are the proud disciple of the shaman and the shaman’s swordsman.”
“...yes.”
At Myeonghyeon’s words, Jinmu felt a little guilty for cheating. Especially by the time I remembered what I had done to the shaman in the past....
Yes, the past is just the past. The present and the future don’t matter.
Don’t worry.
From now on, my life is a shaman-jigeom-jinmu-im and at the same time a sapae-cheonju.
What Jinmu wants is to climb to the top of Sama Jeong and look down on the world, but he has no intention of letting Sapaecheon achieve the unification of the central plains.
All you have to do is live in your own place according to your own ideology.
Reconciliation? There is no need for anything like that.
What are you doing to keep me from fighting? A tribe of warriors would not develop unless they fought.
Still, someday, the shaman should be placed at the top of the political faction.
“Now everyone, go and rest.”
“no.”
“A man of longevity.”
“...”
“Although I am innocent, I am a criminal until Mukryong-dong of Geumryonghyup is confirmed.”
“You are a sinner! It doesn’t matter.”
Jinmu smirks at Myeong-hyeon, who yells at him.
“It is not good for others to see.”
“Are you saying that other people’s eyes are so important to nothing? I’m a shaman’s longevity. The disciple’s sins are my sins. And how can I rest in peace when you are so detained?”
“I feel uncomfortable, Jang Moon-in. I am very tired from the confrontation with Changchun.”
“...”
No, he did something.... After winning so easily...
But after repeated persuasion from Jinmu, Myeong-hyeon sighed and declared surrender.
“Hyuu, the seat will be uncomfortable...”
“It is quite comfortable to collect the straw on the floor and lie on it.”
“...until he is so free-spirited.”
Jinmyeong spoke politely to Myeonghyeon, who was looking at Jinmu with pity.
“Jang Moon-in. Do what the priest says. I will talk to you until you fall asleep.”
When Jinmyeong said that, Myeonghyeon sighed deeply and barely got up.
“...Whoa, I get it. Let yourself stay and talk. The two of them will lead the future shamans, so they must have a lot to talk about. Now, let’s go back.”
Myeong-hyeon chased Cheong-sang and Chung-wu, whom he regretted, and left the prison. All that was left was the soldiers standing guard, Jinmyeong, and the trapped Jinmu.
“Would you mind stepping aside for a moment?”
At Jinmyeong’s words, the guardsmen pondered for a while, then bowed their heads and retreated.
It was a jinmu that wasn’t even restrained properly. There was no one who thought Jinmu was a criminal in the north.
The prison cell was completely emptied.
Jinmyeong looked at Jinmu quietly and calmly opened his mouth.
“You are good at lying.”
“...”
Oh, you bastard. He said something about Daeryongbang. But why didn’t he say a word until now?