episode_0043

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“Brother! I guess the family heard about your brother’s isolation! The payment has just arrived!”

“Do-kyung! It’s a royal decree with the decree of the family stamped on it! If you don’t cancel the declaration of isolation, I will strip you of your Tang clan name, block your internal affairs, and imprison you in prison for ten years! Come back with us!”

Dang Do-yeon. Sweetness rate.

He was a close friend and relative of Dang Do-gyeong, having attended the same school at the same time as Tang Do-gyeong. Each of them is one year older than Dang Do-kyung.

“Hehe, did you come all the way to say that? If this news is heard, the family will not remain silent.”

“Our situation right now is dire! If you stay in prison for ten years without any training, you might die!”

Dang Do-yeon stamped his feet and Dang Do-yul pounded his chest in frustration.

“Do-kyung! I understand that there is a feeling of oppression in the family. But how can you drive a nail into the heart of a family like this!”

“I know I feel sorry for you and Doyeon.”

“Brother…Why are you doing this…”

Tears flowed from Dang Do-yeon’s face. Tang Dao-gyeong quietly closed his eyes at that sight. Dang Do-yeon’s sobbing sound quietly echoed in the room.

“Yuna. Brother Doyul. My decision now is not impulsive. What do you think will happen if I return to Tang Dynasty?”

“It is…”

“I will probably be unable to go out of Dangata. At least, I will remain within the party family until the family deems that I have sufficiently reformed myself. That would probably mean giving up martial arts and learning dark techniques, right? Isn’t that right?”

Doyul could not bear to answer. It was so obvious that such a measure would be taken against Tang Do-kyung.

“If that happens, what will happen to the martial arts method I was creating? In Dangga, where memorization and dragon reading are the mainstays, it is impossible to gain experience in general martial arts. The most widely used weapons in this world are swords and swords, but no one in the Tang family uses such weapons. There is no need to talk about boxing techniques, and most of the fighting techniques are connected to poison techniques, so they are completely different from the general fighting techniques. There is no way I can perfect my martial arts if I am stuck in this kind of party.”

“What will my father….mother do?”

“What are you going to do about Ryo? Are you going to drive a nail into that little child’s chest?”

“….”

Tang Dao-gyeong’s eyes trembled. I didn’t think isolation would be easy, but I had no idea it would be so heartbreaking.

“It is a martial art that I have dedicated my whole life to even though I am young. This Tang Do-gyeong. Although he is a member of the Tang family, how can he abandon his martial arts skills as a martial artist? If I had to choose between Dangga and martial arts, I would choose martial arts.”

In response to Dang Do-gyeong’s determination, Do-yul only clenched his fists, and Dang Do-yeon also shed tears.

I sent Dang Do-yul and Dang Do-yeon away and Dang Do-gyeong closed his eyes.

After that, Tang Do-gyeong did not leave the room.

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“CE Pearl~”

Ho Cheon-an gave up everything and slumped on the chair. After seeing the female master of the Tang family leave the guest room with tears streaming down her face, she intuitively realized that she had failed, and that intuition became reality, and from that day on, Tang Dao-gyeong did not even come out of the room.

“Danghyung! How do you plan on winning?”

“I’m sorry, bro. I just want to be alone.”

Even Yabawi failed to bring Dang Do-gyeong outside.

Fearing that the cheers of the Ronins might drag Dang Do-gyeong out of the room, he gathered all the Ronins together and tried to make a fuss, and even pretended that a fire had started by blowing out black smoke inside the guesthouse.

‘It could have been successful if Yu Sa-yeon hadn’t rushed in and performed a double side kick.’

Blood rushed to his head and he was so nervous that he immediately set fire to Yu Yu-yeon without prior agreement. It was natural for Yu Yu-yeon, who came down in a hurry thinking that there was a real fire, to be extremely angry. Ho Cheon-an had a large bruise on his side and a long fingernail on his right cheek. A mark was drawn.

Although he knew Tang Dao-gyeong would not appear, Ho Cheon-an grumbled so much.

smart.

“Senior~ Can I come in?”

“Come in..”

“Here is Geumchang Yak. Oh, and I also learned about the punishment that Dang Do-gyeong will receive if he is caught.”

“…Tell me.”

“Sealed internal organs and sentenced to 10 years in prison. For something that is insulated, it is rather moderate. When I am released in 10 years, I will be able to function normally. Of course…whether he can survive for 10 years in the infamous Tang family prison is entirely up to Tang Do-kyung.”

“Fuck.”

I know that this is a very moderate measure for insulation. They may lock him in prison, but since the measures were taken so moderately, they will not actually let him die.

However, spending 10 years without Naegong meant that Tang Do-gyeong as a martial artist came to a halt. No, maybe it was death as an unmanned person. If the inner energy is sealed for 10 years, the energy and energy will be damaged and the energy will also deteriorate.

And you won’t be able to practice martial arts either. Because martial arts training without using courage is just a struggle.

“Ah…”

Ho Cheon-an sighed. There was nothing left to do but scream enlightenment for Tang Daojing to hear. Ronin, who is worried about Tang Do-gyeong, is in a situation where they can see the third floor.

There is no way to enter the room as Tang Do-gyeong has locked the door and is not leaving the door.

Tomorrow morning, the time that Tang Dok-gi promised will come.

“Black cat…not after.”

To achieve enlightenment, you must go to the door of Tangmungi. Ho Cheon-an, who was about to ask Black Cat to protect him, realized that the plan was unrealistic. The sound-blocking membrane only blocks sound, but the flow of energy is almost the same as blowing a wake-up trumpet.

The flow of energy was enough to make the ronin of the first class or the best ronin guesthouse wake up even if they were just sleeping… In the end, it was the same as announcing to the whole world that Ho Cheon-an had enlightened Dang Do-gyeong, just because he could not hear the sound.

“What are you going to do now?”

“….”

“Have you not done enough? You did everything you could to save Dang Do-kyung.”

Ho Cheon-an thought about Black Cat’s words. Maybe what Black Cat said might be right. If I did this, I did everything I could. I did everything that a human being could do, saying that I am a true human being, but what can I do if heaven did not help me?

‘That means it emphasizes what hasn’t been done yet.’

Ho Cheon-an closed his eyes in a situation where even his inner thoughts were not going as he wanted.

I stood up.

“Do you want to go?”

The black cat spoke to Ho Cheon-an, who put his hand on the doorknob.

“Why?”

Ho Cheon-an glared at the black cat, who looked somewhat happy, and spoke bluntly.

“I don’t think I can sleep at night.”

“Ahahahahahaha!!”

Ho Cheon-an was startled by the sight of the black cat suddenly bursting into laughter. The black cat, who was bending over and giggling while hitting the table, wiped away her tears.

“Senior, do you know that? Senior, you’re so cute sometimes? I was so anxious to save Dang Do-gyeong, but I pretended not to be!”

“Well, what are you talking about…”

“Secret.Wheat.”

Hu Cheonan saw the black cat’s fingers moving. I tried to avoid it reflexively, but it was impossible to avoid the memorization thrown at me by the black cat who was only one step away from reaching the climax.

Ho Cheon-an felt a tingling sensation in his neck.

“You…you…”

“Good night, senior.”

“Ungrateful…suffering…”

The black cat pouted. I was planning to catch him when he falls, but he’s such an ungrateful cat. This is all for the senior.

thud!

Black Cat picked up the back of Ho Cheon-an’s fallen neck and laid it on the chair. The black cat smiled and looked down at Ho Cheon-an’s face. Just looking at it, he had an ugly face, not a good-looking one. No, isn’t it to the point of being ugly? Still, it was a common impression that if you were people-watching on the street, you would meet at least one person who looked exactly like you at a time.

“Heungheung~”

After putting Ho Cheon-an in the chair for a while, the black cat wrote a message on the memorial tablet in his arms and threw it outside. As I watched the Wolbok Party members who were waiting pick it up, I decided to kill time until the Wolbok Party members airlifted the item.

Black Cat pinched Ho Cheon-an’s cheek. I pinched and stretched the uninjured side, but as the skin on my face stretched, my other cheek began to hurt as well. The sight was quite comical and the black cat burst into laughter, but its hand movements soon became delicate.

“Uhm…I guess things will get better once I clean up this dirty beard.”

As I was thinking about random things, the word ungrateful cat came to mind again and I pinched my lips.

“No matter how hard I work for my senior, he doesn’t even know how I feel.”

There were many things that Black Cat did for Hocheonan.

First, the rumor that Yeo Il-ye gained enlightenment from a ronin evolved. It was inevitable that it would spread, but Wolbokdang mobilized all its power to erase and conceal the rumor. The attempt to find Ho Cheon-an’s personal information at Golden Street was also fruitless. The information about Hocheonan that arrived at Golden Street is nothing but chaff without all the substance.

Why has Yeo Il-ye, who was supposed to show up with five pieces of gold, not even been able to see her nose? It was all because Heukmyo led Yeo Il-ye to a place other than Sichuan Province.

And even now. I decided to consume a very precious Gijin Ibo for Hocheonan.

The value of Hocheonan has been confirmed. Black Cat had a good idea of what Hu Cheon-an would do. Perhaps, if Tang Tao-gyeong is enlightened, people will change like Yeo Il-ye. And I will respond to Tang Dok-gi’s proposal.

‘Well, it’s common for people to change after experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime event.’

Because I have the confidence to change the Dando-gyeong. And because I knew what would happen if the incident spread outside, I thought about it until now and eventually left the place. Heukmyo was confident in the fact that Hocheonan could see or know the enlightenment of others.

“Senior, if I wanted to, I could just kidnap you and imprison you to get the enlightenment you need.”

They are second-rate people who cannot withstand even a single poisonous sting. If they didn’t have human feelings, they would have kidnapped them and imprisoned them somewhere, drugged them, tortured them, or engraved prohibition laws on them.

The black cat licked its lips with its tongue. This was also an attractive option in its own way. Making this ball of yarn called Hocheonan into my own yarn ball and putting it in my garden.

But I didn’t want to do that.

“If I hadn’t been such a nice person, I might have done that.”

How ugly are people who are revered as good people? Black Cat knew the other side better than anyone else in the world.

I thought that both Dogwi and Tang Dogyeong were people who really liked people. He survived until now because he was very talented, otherwise he would be a strange person even if he didn’t live in a back alley.

Gyeongsu Market, the Hwasul performance in front of Hwanggeumga, Literature Day, and the Hwasul performance that took place there.

Afterwards, Ho Cheon-an’s accident, which left him half out of his mind, was all fun.

Black Cat had no choice but to admit that a liking for Ho Tian-an had sprouted in his heart. Well, I decided to use up Gijin Ibo for Hocheonan, so how can I deny that feeling?

A kind, fun, and curious ball of yarn.

However, because it is so fragile and second-rate, it is a ball of thread that will quickly burn if it gets a little taste of the fire of the world.

‘What should I do to protect him?’

If they attack Tang Dao-gyeong, it will be a situation where the ronin will inevitably suspect that Ho Cheon-an holds enlightenment… but Ho Cheon-an must have had a plan in his head. Ho Cheon-an has always solved cases with unusual solutions.

But the situation was very bad. The twisted and twisted situation is too much to solve with Hocheonan’s base alone. I don’t know what will happen right now, but things done in a hurry inevitably leave gaps.

At some point, that gap will widen and split apart, swallowing up Hocheonan.

So I decided to intervene. To finish everything cleanly, leaving as few gaps as possible.

The fact that Ho Cheon-an hesitated so much and then moved at the end was like proof that it was difficult to finish the job. So I thought it was right to forcibly intervene this time.

‘What kind of expression will my senior make when he wakes up?’

The black cat laughed, imagining Ho Cheon-an’s expression. You may not remember before or after the needle due to the aftereffects of the needle. So, I guess I should tell you directly that Tang Dao-gyeong achieved enlightenment. In Ho Cheon-an’s memory, he thought about it for a long time and then lost consciousness and woke up, so he must have made a stupid expression, but somehow, that expression in his imagination now felt friendly.

The black cat stroked Hu Cheon-an’s face.

Although it took quite a while for the Wolbokdang member to hand over the item.

It wasn’t that boring.

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[Please come out]

Dang Do-gyeong, who was engulfed in endless anguish, twitched his eyebrows at the sound that resonated in his mind.

Black cat. Dang Do-gyeong is a female ronin whose name I do not know.

Dang Do-gyeong, who tried to ignore it, opened his eyes to the deadly sight being shot at him.

[I am different from my senior. If you don’t come out, I might really set the guesthouse on fire.]

Tang Dao-gyeong sighed deeply. Even to Tang Tao-gyeong, the woman who operated the assassination technique was a suspicious person and unusual. It was not the first time I saw them eating puffed rice while watching the movements of the Sichuan people from a distance.

‘There were quite a few strange corners, so I can’t just ignore it.’

midnight. Dang Do-gyeong, who was not happy about being caught leaving his room, quietly went down to the first floor.

‘Hey bro…’

I saw Ho Cheon-an sitting on a chair with his head down and a black cat standing next to him.

[The senior says he has something to say, so come a little closer.]

[What’s all the fuss about at this time of night? Hey, my brother’s method isn’t like this. Did Soje plot it?]

[Of course, I decorated it. However, Tang Do-gyeong Sohyeop. It’s true that your senior tried to step up for you. It’s just that I prepared the situation because if this matter spreads outside, my senior could get into a lot of trouble. Everything that happens tonight is a secret. This applies to others as well as seniors.]

What is this sound. Tang Do-gyeong frowned at the sudden sound.

Meanwhile, Black Cat took out a marble, rolled it on the floor, and scattered it in the air. At first glance, beads showing off unusual colors blew out the wind.

Ssss…

The eight beads exchanged wind with each other, forming a complete curtain of wind. Except for the slight sound of wind leaking, no sound from inside this tent will leak outside.

‘It’s Gibo.’

What should I say while using these things? Tang Dao-gyeong frowned as he saw the black cat whispering something in Ho Cheon-an’s ear.

“What did you do to my brother..?”

Tang Do-gyeong, who sensed that Ho Cheon-an’s condition was strange, was about to say something.

“How can a plant with poor roots become a huge tree? The roots of a person are family and blood, and those who neglect them will never be successful or become big. Some people may think that they live alone, but how can they forget that fate is the root?”

Dang Do-gyeong’s movements stopped at the suddenly given topic.

“Those who are called giant trees are those who have done righteousness. What is righteousness? It becomes righteousness only when one, like a sheep, sets the intention to protect good people and acts accordingly. The amount you want to protect. Why do people who have no ties to protect want to become big trees?”

“Gogeunyaksik (孤根弱植), unuimun (不義問巨).”

‘Is this enlightenment?’

With his eyes half-open, the black cat looked at Tang Dao-gyeong, as if all sorts of thoughts were swirling within his eyes. Heukmyo pulled out the needle with the poisonous ingredient that made the body spin and injected the needle with the detoxifying ingredient into Hocheonan’s body and quietly retrieved the wind chime jade.

If it disappears quietly like this, the ronin who go out for training in the morning will find Dangdogyeong and make a fuss to protect the dharma.

Then, if I naturally wake up Ho Cheon-an and head to the first floor, it would be a perfect crime.

The black cat carrying Hocheonan went up to the second floor without a sound.