episode_0076

“Now! Black tea arrived from Hwangsan not long ago! This is the famous Kimun black tea! There is nothing like this when serving guests!”

“The specialty of Huangshan is Huizhou tofu! On sale only until today! Savory tofu is here!”

“This is the fish I caught in Soho this morning! Last remaining basket! Whoever takes it first is the owner!”

Perhaps because it is Hebi, the center of Anhui Province, the market was bustling with activity after noon with the noisy voices of merchants.

Among them were some items brought in from Huangshan Mountain, the place we had come from.

Perhaps the commercial products that were available at that time were also sold in the market in this way.

Maybe it’s because Soho is nearby, but even though it’s inland, you can see fish being sold here.

However, since I had seen the lake and fish tirelessly over the past few days, I didn’t want to turn my attention to that direction.

“Wow, look at this! The stone shape looks amazing!”

Baek Geon was so excited about going out for the first time in a long time that he was bothering the merchants around him.

Although the merchants were troubled by the fuss, they did not stop the two of us, dressed in the Namgung family’s military uniform, from looking at the goods.

Since Hapbi is clearly under the influence of the Namgung family, even though he is simply dressed up, he cannot be ignored because he is young.

Baek Geon was holding a snack similar to a yakwa in his mouth, which he had bought with the allowance he received from Nam Gung Hyeon when he asked permission to go out.

Perhaps because it is a snack with a sweet taste, the price was quite high.

‘If this continues, I’ll run out of money just for lunch.’

I thought to myself as I followed Baek Geon at a leisurely pace.

“Why are you walking so slowly? There isn’t enough time to see everything!”

The guy didn’t know what this executioner was thinking, and just stamped his feet and urged him to come quickly.

It was just age-appropriate behavior.

” Well, the market isn’t running away, so let’s take a leisurely look around. Now, as long as you ask Master for permission, you can come out at any time, right?”

“It will look different back then than it does now!”

“You have no respect for the death penalty, tsk tsk… I get it. Let’s take a quick look around and have something to eat.”

“Minho sometimes says strange things.”

I ended up looking around the market at a quick pace. Still, because the market was so large, it seemed like it would take a good two hours.

Surprisingly, I often saw items that caught not only Baek Geon’s attention, but also my attention.

In line with the worldview overflowing with various treasures and Buddhist instruments with unique functions, various items were being traded in the market.

Yamyeongju (夜明珠), processed for use when traveling or at night, Amoncheol (唵溫鐵), a metal object that holds fire and used as a hand warmer, and Stepstone (端溪石), which creates ink by pouring water and waiting. .

Although most of them were consumables, they were excellent items that could improve the quality of life in this uncomfortable martial arts world.

Among them, Yamyeongju and Amoncheol are known to be useful in the Namgung family.

If you have them, there is no need to go through the trouble of filling oil, lighting a lamp, or chopping firewood.

Thinking that I might buy something more interesting on my next visit, I went into a nearby, reasonably sized guesthouse.

There was no separate door, and the only way to enter was by removing the cloth attached to the entrance.

The guesthouse was built on two floors. The first floor had low-height chairs and a table for meals, and the second floor had rooms for guests.

Because the ceiling was open in the center, it was possible to look up at the second floor and the sky from the first floor.

Jeomsoy approached us as we stood at the entrance and looked around.

“For what reason did the two small people visit our Mr. Jang guest house?”

‘Mr. Jang’s guest, you have come to the right place.’

Jeomsoy asks politely.

This was my first experience like this, so I put my hand on Baek Geon’s hesitant shoulder and said to Jeom Soi.

“I stopped by to have a meal. Are you doing business?”

When I asked while looking at the empty seats, Jeomsoy answered with a smile.

“Welcome to the right place. Now we are about to start the afternoon business.”

We followed his instructions and placed our butts on the seats inside.

“What kind of food is there?”

“If you want a simple meal, how about dumplings, corned beef, and okmitang (玉米湯)? If you want something a little more hearty, we recommend ordering white meat, long beef meat, and cheongjeungeo together.”

I was planning on just having a quick bite to eat and drinking tea while waiting for the event, but I was more energized by looking around the market than I expected.

After consulting with Baek Geon, I ordered corned beef, dumplings, and Baekyuk.

While waiting for the food to come out and talking about Baek Geon and Cheonpung Sword Technique, the guest room gradually became noisy as more and more customers started coming in.

Finally, the food we had been waiting for arrived.

Chocho, fried rice with meat, eggs, and vegetables, and large dumplings looked like they were going to whet your appetite.

White meat was a dish that looked like sliced boiled pork and was served with a sauce made from soy sauce.

Baek Geon shouted, almost drooling from his mouth.

“Sseu-eup… Let’s eat quickly!”

“Eat slowly.”

No matter how well I’ve eaten at Namgung House, I’m always drawn to eating out.

I tried to stop Baek Geon, but I couldn’t help but notice that his chopsticks got faster and faster.

We inhaled the food in an instant, like a crab closing its eyes.

Feeling satisfied with the surprisingly excellent food from the world of martial arts, I ordered some additional tea to quench my appetite.

The event I was waiting for happened.

“Bring proper alcohol, not this dirty liquor!”

“Ugh…!”

Crash!

“W-what…!”

‘It has begun.’

Making a loud noise, Jeomsoy, who was serving drinks in a room on the second floor, fell onto the table on the first floor.

The table split in half and food and utensils fell to the floor.

Clink!

The noisy interior suddenly became quiet.

Boom~

Next to the table where Jeomsoy fell, a long-boned man who appeared to be about six feet tall landed.

A man wearing a dusty black military uniform and carrying a huge sword with a ring on his back.

He must have already drank so much that all of his skin exposed outside his clothes was flushed red.

He snatched another customer’s bottle of liquor from an otherwise intact table and drank it down.

Jump up! Jump up!

“Wow… It’s good quality white liquor. If you had this much alcohol, would you have lied and said you were out of it?”

Jeomsoy, who was crawling on the floor, spoke in a trembling voice.

“So… I had no choice because the customer didn’t calculate the alcohol he had consumed so far…! The room you are currently staying in has long since expired…!”

“Didn’t I say that I would pay you back with gold soon? Did this Huan Gongdo Jang Gye-hang’s words sound so light?”

Hwangongdo Janggye Port.

He was originally a top-notch warrior of the Sapa who was mainly active in Hubei, but due to special circumstances, he came to Hebi of Anhui, where the Nangong family is located.

He is a unique warrior whose nickname and the name of the weapon he made using ink iron are both Hwangongdo.

I called out to Baek Geon, who had stiffened after seeing the commotion, in a low voice.

“Baekgeon.”

“Huh?”

“Go to Sega and tell them that Sapa’s warrior is acting up.”

“Then what about Minho?”

I smiled while looking at him with worried eyes.

“That Jeomsoy might get hurt, so we should stop the fight. do not worry. I won’t do anything dangerous.”

Anyway, in the original work, Baek Geon is passing by, sees the commotion in the guest house, and brings in the Namgung family’s servants.

Well, it might be okay for me to have a little fun in the meantime.

Baek Geon thought for a moment and nodded with a firm expression.

“You have to be careful. I’ll be back as soon as possible…!”

Since the quick-witted guests were already running away from the guesthouse, Baek Geon was able to sneak out quietly among them.

After confirming that he had completely disappeared, I opened my mouth.

“Why do the martial people harass the helpless Jeomsoi so much?”

“……What is this again?”

Jang Gye-hang, who was scolding me while holding Jeomsoyi in one hand, looked at me.

He continued as he watched Jeomsoi, who had barely escaped his grasp, holding her neck and coughing.

“My name is Minho, and I take Elder Namgunghyeon of the Namgung family as my teacher.”

“Danak Sword (斷岳劍) Namgunghyeon…!”

“Are you saying that that person is a disciple of the Danakgeom Daehyup?”

“Uh-huh, this person! Call me a small cooperative! I know what kind of position a disciple of the Danak Sword Great Association is!”

“But, it’s a somewhat familiar face…”

Jang Gye-hang’s eyes widened when he heard Namgung-hyeon’s name, and he could hear the guests who had not left yet whispering.

“Are you really the disciple of the old Danakgeom?”

“That’s right. You can tell by looking at the clothes, right?”

The clothes I am wearing are the military uniform of the Namgung family.

There is no way there would be someone impersonating them in the front yard of the Namgung family, so in the end, everything I said is true.

Jang Gye-hang must have realized this too, as his face, which had been red due to alcohol, returned a little.

“I am making a reasonable request to Jeomsoy as a guest! Even if this is Hefei and you are Nangong’s disciple, you can’t stop that!”

“But from what I heard, you said you didn’t pay. Didn’t they occupy the guest room without permission and not vacate it?”

Jang Gye-hang’s face heated up again as he calmly pointed out his indecency.

However, he seems to be showing off his anger, as if he doesn’t have the confidence to throw a fit with the disciple of the Namgung family in front of him.

To Jeomsoy, he seemed to have anger control disorder, but when he heard Namgung Sega’s name, he instantly changed to being good at controlling his anger.

As someone who wanted to test my skills against a top-notch unmanned aerial vehicle, it was a bit of a disappointing response.

‘Shall we scratch some more?’

Tukㅡ

“If you are having trouble, I can help you a little. However, please be careful next time.”

“……!”

Jang Gye-hang’s complexion became as hard as a stone statue when he saw the jeon bag on the table.

That’s right, a guy the size of a rat gave money to a beggar as if he were begging for it and said, ‘Don’t do that next time.’ If I say that, I too will stop thinking.

Still, he picked up the bag with trembling hands, as if he had no intention of making things bigger here.

At that time, one of the customers watching around pointed his finger at me and said.

“I remembered! That small cooperative is a bastard! ”

“Do you want to risk your life? I heard that Namgung-se was a person, but was that Sohyeop?”

“That’s right!”

‘When on earth will that star disappear?’

I frowned as I listened to the guests whispering.

It’s been a while since I deliberately changed my training time to dawn, but I guess it was only a short time for that strange star name to be forgotten.

Creep~

When I turned my head again at the sound of teeth grinding, Jang Gye-hang’s face had turned bright red, as if it had been painted.

In his hand was a few coins taken from his purse.

The amount is not enough to pay for it.

Jang Gye-hang, who realized that he had been toyed with by a kid with no blood on his head, growled like an animal.

“I see… It looks like the reputation of both Hwan Gong and Jang Gye-hang are dead…”

He said, tightly gripping the sword on his back.

“Seeing that he doesn’t even use Namgung’s last name… and is called by an odd nickname, I guess I could teach him the laws of a strongman instead!”

Jang Gye-hang, completely distracted by the provocation, struck Huan Gong Island.

Kwaang!