Episode 107: The General is Passing by (1)
Still, even though he was the head of the family in name, he couldn’t interfere with the children’s exercise yard.
Jinsan Yu stood at the corner of the training ground and calmly waited for the sparring to end.
Although it was the warriors of the Paedo clan that suffered one-sidedly, they also seemed to enjoy it, as if they had gained a lot from fighting with their granddaughter.
When the commotion was over, Yu Seol and the warriors faced each other and embraced each other.
“Thank you uncles for your hard work.”
“Our Seol has become stronger while we haven’t seen each other.”
“What on earth do you eat to grow so fast?”
Yu Seol exchanged a few more words with the warriors and then approached his grandfather.
“Grandpa, why didn’t you come up? “It’s fun.”
“I can’t be hanging out with those kids at this age, right? “Are you feeling better now?”
“It’s still not enough. “Where did Uncle Baek-gyu go?”
Jin-san Yu shook his head once, with his back facing Yongsalchang.
“Uncle is a little busy right now with customers, so let’s get on our way.”
“already?”
It’s been so long since I’ve been here that I’m already leaving.
Disappointment appeared on the child’s face, but it could not be helped.
Soon, Shaanxi will become a battleground in civil war.
Their goal was to obtain the family’s wealth, and they had no intention of getting involved in a political war fighting for each other’s ideology.
And now, the priority was to decipher the secrets of the Unwritten Lion God.
“I’ll be able to see you again when I’m done, so you don’t have to be too sad.”
I also knew the legend well. When my grandfather talks so seriously, there is no use in arguing.
“...huh. “Can I come see Aunt Maeng for a moment?”
It was Maeng Ryeon-hwa, Baek-gyu’s wife. She was particularly fond of the fairy tales and even taught me how to write.
“Yeah, I guess so.”
* * *
The purpose of Paedomun Gate was to briefly see each other while passing by.
After briefly greeting them, Joson carried his luggage one by one and set off for his destination.
After a day’s travel, we arrived at the southern part of Shaanxi and crossed the Han River again by water.
And after many twists and turns, the place they arrived at was Mt. Manggong (望空山) in Sichuan Province.
The two stopped to rest for a while and slowly walked down the mountain path.
“Grandpa, this mountain feels strange. “I feel lighter.”
“Hoo. Are you saying you felt that? “Although this place is not a famous mountain, it was said that in the long ago, it was a place where ancestral rites were held in the sky in the country.”
“really?”
“then! When has your grandfather ever lied to you? “It is not often visited by the general public, but for shamans, it is a mountain that is no different from a sacred place.”
“Wow. “Then is there a mountain god here?”
“It could be. Otherwise, how could it be so full of spiritual energy? But why are you curious about the mountain spirit?”
Yu Seol asked, stroking the Yonghwachang piled up in the cloth.
“Are mountain gods good at fighting?”
Jinsan Yu answered with a serious expression.
“You have to be careful what you say. It is said that when the mountain god is angry, humans like us will be killed with a single wave of his hand.”
Yoo Seol covered his mouth at the grandfather’s joke.
Yu Jin-san, who was watching this, had a hard time suppressing laughter.
The reason he has this knowledge is because in the past, among the adults in his family, there was a shaman.
But he did not believe in God at all.
It was a time when we were joking around.
On the other side, I saw an old woman wearing a divine attire slowly coming down. It seemed like a shaman was coming down from Yeongsan after holding a rite.
At that time, her eyes met theirs and her steps suddenly stopped. No, isn’t it rather a slow step backwards?
Yu Jin-san, who was watching this, narrowed his eyes and scolded his granddaughter.
“Grandpa told you not to play pranks on ordinary people, right?”
“huh? “I didn’t do anything.”
“This guy is still!? “Didn’t they say that if an ordinary person receives the power of Hwagyeong, he or she will die?”
Yoo Seol cried as if she felt unfairly treated by the continued scolding.
“...I didn’t really do anything.”
“Then why does that person back away when he sees you?”
It was then. Isn’t the shaman who was taking a step back suddenly kneeling down?
As the distance got closer, her whole body began to tremble and convulse.
“Hurry and stop before your grandfather gets really scolded.”
‘Learning martial arts and serving God are two completely different paths, so what’s the point...’
Immediately, as he stood up, Yu Jin-san’s face hardened.
Eyes full of murderous intent.
His expression, which was as sharp as a blade, showed the will to kill someone.
At that time, Yoo Seol whispered in a low voice next to me.
“I think that guy is about to do something bad. “Let us chase after him and take a look.”
“I have a long way to go and I don’t have time to meddle in other people’s business.”
I tried to walk away like this, but my granddaughter’s mind was very firm.
“It is said that a true warrior should not ignore the rules.”
What do you think a small thing knows?
Although it was frustrating, it was also an opportunity to comfort my sulking granddaughter.
“Instead, we will pretend that what happened earlier never happened.”
“okay.”
Yu Jin-san and his granddaughter joined forces and began following him from a distance, hiding their presence.
I couldn’t get closer than a certain distance. This is because shamans convulse when a rumor approaches within ten pages.
Grabbing his sword, he trekked through the mountains and headed to a nearby village.
Soon, a magnificent manor was standing in the place where he walked.
Looking at the long line of people who came to see fortune telling outside the entrance, it seemed like it was a family that practiced martial arts.
“That must be a very rich family.”
“Seeing as they even have bodyguards, it sure looks like that. Well, with so many people flocking there, it’s impossible not to make money. “That must mean he is brave.”
Anyway, that wasn’t what I was curious about.
The shaman with murderous intentions was hiding on a hill near the manor, waiting for his moment.
And the yin-yang twin monsters watched him from a high tree.
“Shall we catch it now?”
“What do you catch? Do you know what the author committed? “For now, let’s wait and see.”
There was something that seemed unclear. No matter how much I looked, it seemed like the shaman in front of me couldn’t take on the guard warriors inside alone.
Soon after, when it got dark and all the guests had left, he began to take action.
“I think they’re going to start a fire.”
“Hmm... I think it would be best to keep watching for now.”
After lighting the torch, he quickly threw it into what appeared to be a barn beyond the fence.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!!
As the straw bales caught fire and a strong flame blazed, there was chaos inside.
“Fire! “It’s fire!!”
Taking advantage of the commotion, the warrior sprinted to the other side of the manor.
Then he leapt and jumped over a wall that looked secluded.
Yu Jin-san, who was watching the scene, glanced at his granddaughter.
“Oh, that’s the strategy called gender equality.”
“I know.”
Admiration appeared in Yu Jin-san’s eyes. This is because he had no recollection of what he had told him.
“how did you know?”
“You know everything. “You’re pretending to hit your left cheek while hitting your right cheek.”
It seemed like someone at Paedomun had given the information in a clumsy way.
He asked, patting his granddaughter’s head as if she was amazed.
“okay. Anyway, it’s just a matter of having the same meaning. “What kind of person does Seol think that guy is?”
He climbed over the wall and was secretly approaching what appeared to be a shrine. It seemed like that was the goal.
“Bad people? “You set fire to someone else’s house and climbed over the wall.”
“hmm. It still looks that way to my eyes. However, you should not judge people carelessly until you know the whole story.”
“Why?”
“Everyone has a story. “There may be right and wrong methods, but the distinction between good and evil is very complicated.”
“So you’re saying that guy is a good person?”
Jinsan Yu shook his head once with a faint smile.
“When did your grandfather say that? I’m just saying that you need to know the context before interfering in other people’s affairs.”
As soon as he finished speaking, someone’s angry shout came out from the manor.
“I will kill all of you beasts today without fail!!”
It was a middle-aged shaman who trespassed with a sword.
It wasn’t long after he entered that his whereabouts were discovered.
Yu Jin-san clicked his tongue and muttered as if he was pathetic.
“It looked somewhat awkward.”