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Chilbong Gaekjan.

Chilbong Gaekjan was a living legend and a goal itself for those in the guesthouse industry.

The Chilbong Gaekjan building, which was even larger and taller than the fortress of Luoyang, was a huge facility that could accommodate over a thousand people. Considering that the large rooms that people in the world have experienced are usually not big enough to accommodate even a hundred people, it was truly enormous.

However, Chilbong Gaekjan was a place where not one but seven such pavilions were lined up in a U-shape. There is a building taller than Chilbong Gaekjan’s pavilion in Luoyang, but the presence of the large and gigantic pavilions lined up was like seven mountain peaks rising in Luoyang, a forest of buildings.

“It can be said that Chilbonggaekjan is a place where a total of eight buildings, including seven large accommodations and a restaurant building that sells food, are spread out in a sphere shape.”

“Yes, I have heard about the famous name of Chilbong Gaekjan. Why do you think there are potential comrades in Chilbong Gaekjan?”

“This is because Chilbong Guesthouse is currently the worst choice among the luxurious guesthouses in Luoyang. That’s why it’s inevitable that people who have never even walked in Luoyang will gather.”

“No, why? Chilbong Gaekjan is a famous guest cup, so shouldn’t it be basic anyway?”

“In normal times, it would be okay. However, the current situation in Luoyang is a bit special, and if we consider the special characteristics of Chilbong Guest Cup, Chilbong Guest Cup is the worst guest cup.”

Jang mentioned the shortcomings of Chilbong Gaekjan.

“First of all, the food at Chilbong Gaekjan doesn’t taste good.”

Although the guest cup may not always be full, it is still a Chilbong guest cup that can accommodate up to 1,000 people. So what about Chilbong Gaekjan’s cuisine?

Since it was not possible to take orders from so many people one by one and prepare the dishes each time, it was inevitable that they would be cooked in large quantities, and this mass cooking was the decisive cause of the deterioration in taste regardless of the skill of the master.

What is the most familiar and familiar cooking method to people from the Middle East?

It is stir-fried right away.

However, stir-fry dishes, which require relying on muscle strength to shake the pot and mix the ingredients, were impossible to cook in large quantities, so there was no choice but to steam or boil everything, so it couldn’t be tasty.

“A guesthouse without tasty food is not attractive. Therefore, Chilbong Gaekjan decided to make up for its lost charm through other means, so it is a must-see.”

A stage surrounded by eight buildings. On that stage, high-quality performances are held to help guests taste the food and improve their frowning expressions.

A performance held by invited entertainers who have been recognized for their talents in Luoyang, the center of the world. The advantage of Chilbong Gaekjan was that you could enjoy such attractions just by staying at the guesthouse.

“And the performance, which is its merit, will not be shown today. They’ll probably just call in one or two ordinary villains and try to hit them with music.”

“No, why? With so many people coming from all over, isn’t this an opportunity to further make the name of Chilbong Gaekjan?”

“Why put so much effort into promoting it when there are no competitors?”

This is why monopolies are scary.

The performance fees of famous entertainers in Luoyang are expensive. And the only guesthouse that could make a profit even by inviting entertainers and holding a performance was the large Chilbong Guesthouse.

Since there are no opponents, people will focus on saving rather than investing. Especially on a day like today, when the audience is sure to be full with people flocking to hear Geum Myeong-wol’s presentation, why invest money in putting on a performance?

“And this is an opportunity.”

The stage of Chilbong Gaekjan, where there may be no performance or even if there is a performance, only mediocre music will be playing.

“If the stage is empty, wouldn’t you be able to seize the opportunity to go on stage using your wit as a weapon?”

There was ample possibility.

Even though Jang-i was not a professional jokester, the story he would discuss would still be more interesting than an empty stage or an ordinary musician.

If you can get on stage, you will have the opportunity to persuade over 5,000 people at once!

Jang arrived at Chilbong Gaekjan with high expectations.

As he had expected, there were only two musicians playing on the stage in the guest house, which didn’t look that great, so Jang clenched his fists and ran to the warrior standing guard.

Jang introduced himself as a jokester and said that he would go on stage and talk about what he heard and saw today, and his words were smoothly conveyed to the head of Chilbong Gaekjan.

“Not possible.”

Things didn’t work out the way Jang expected.

“I am really confident. Isn’t this a topic that guests will be interested in?”

“The stage of Chilbong Gaekjan is not something everyone can climb.”

As soon as he found out that he was a nameless entertainer, the general’s attitude changed. It was a very different attitude from what Jang expected, so it was embarrassing.

In any case, if they had invited a not-so-great entertainer, wouldn’t it have been natural to put on the stage a talker who brought up the topic that would most likely become a hot topic?

“Mr. Just give me one chance. Isn’t it difficult to free up the time of musicians who were called in just to kill time anyway?”

“Uh-huh! You’re just saying things that will get you into big trouble! Chilbong Gaekjan always selects performers strictly, so how can you speak so carelessly!”

Jang realized the intention when he saw the commander shouting in anger.

It was clear that today at Chilbong Gaekjan, a not-so-great entertainer was put on stage. This was evidenced by the fact that the governor called Jang-i, hoping that if a good entertainer came by, he might bring her on stage.

However, the fact that a mediocre entertainer was on stage and acknowledging that fact were two different problems.

Jang Yi was a completely unknown entertainer.

However, if an unknown entertainer is put on stage, wouldn’t the audience be acknowledging the fact that the musicians currently on stage are worse than the unknown entertainer who just brought a hot rumor?

“Security! Bring out these people!”

Jang was so crazy with thoughts that his shoulders felt weak. Since I had blindly tackled a topic with no skills or reputation, believing only in the material, getting on stage was impossible from the beginning.

Jang Yi, who had been blankly watching the security guards with wide shoulders approaching with grim expressions, suddenly felt sorry when he saw the bamboo-covered man standing next to him retreating to avoid the approaching security guards.

Because of my reckless behavior, I ended up in trouble.

“Wait!”

It was when Jang was frowning as he thought about that.

The Juklip man stopped and stretched out his arms. The security guards hesitated for a moment at the sight of both hands outstretched and with a resolute cry that drew attention. The commander-in-chief, who saw this, shouted again.

“What are you doing! Pull it out quickly…!”

The commander-in-chief’s shouting did not last until the end.

This was because the moment the Juklip man’s outstretched hands crossed, there was a silver ruler in each hand. A change that inevitably takes away consciousness in an instant.

This question arose in the minds of the security guards, commander-in-chief, and Jang Yi who witnessed the change.

how?

It wasn’t just a slow crossing, it was a movement so fast that you didn’t even have to blink, but how could there be a silver ruler between the fingers and not the palm of your hand?

“sum!”

And when the Juklip man’s arms, which had been crossed with great enthusiasm, spread forward again, they had no choice but to hold their breath.

two!

Between the index and middle fingers of both hands. And it was because the silver ruler was sandwiched between the middle and ring fingers. He was swinging his hands so quickly as if he were doing martial arts, but how could the hermit appear in both hands in the meantime?

It was a technique that not only Jang-i, but even the general officers and guard dancers who had worked at Chilbong Gaekjan and had seen the skills of all kinds of entertainers had never experienced.

The Juklip man’s hand was slowly pulled towards his chest. As they watched both hands slowly bending as if to cross, the four people unconsciously opened their eyes and stared at the man’s hands. Until now, the moment the arms were crossed, the silver character was added, so this time, the silver character will also be added the moment the arms are crossed.

Will a silver character be added between the ring finger and the little finger this time?

The moment their hands slowly crossed, the four people unconsciously held their breath. And the next moment, when I saw the three hermits caught between my hands that had not yet been turned, I sighed involuntarily.

“Haha, what do you think?”

The commander suddenly came to his senses at the Juklip man’s question and cleared his throat. Only then did he realize his actions of trying to chase away the person whose talent he had been watching with fascination, calling him unknown.

The man spoke slyly, naturally shaking his fist.

“I felt like I would be kicked out if I continued like this, so I tried a mediocre trick.”

“Kuhm.”

The commander-in-chief, who was clearing his throat in embarrassment, belatedly realized that the man was taking over and opened his mouth once again.

When?

At what moment did the six silver beads that were held between the fingers disappear and the fingers of both hands became free?

It was literally like a ghost crying.

“One talent alone cannot determine whether a performance is successful or not. If it’s okay with you, I’d like to show you a few more tricks, would you allow me?”

“…Please sit down.”

After a while.

A special performance began to be prepared on the stage of Chilbong Gaekjan.

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“Write.”

Bong-pal frowned as he swallowed the drool that flowed down as he drank cheap rice wine. To cover up the bitter taste, I picked up some vegetables and put them in my mouth, but the mushy texture without any malt only made me even more angry.

Even my ten-year-old nephew knows that beef should be stir-fried in oil, but what kind of person is Sook-su who makes food like that?

Why is the music I hear so poor?

I heard that Chilbong Gaekjan’s performances have a reputation for being of a high standard, but the music that reached Bongpal’s ears seemed no different from the ones he used to perform in his hometown.

Nothing happened today.

Bongpal thought so as he emptied his glass with a gloomy expression. I arrived in Luoyang just in time after hearing the rumor that Geum Myeong-wol was in Luoyang to clarify the suspicions of the inspector general.

The news he heard from the gun stand was completely different from Bongpal’s expectations.

Are you saying that Geum Myeong-wol was really Hyeok-ki-rin and Princess Yuya, the legitimate ancestor of the imperial family? Bong-pal could only listen to Geum Myeong-wol’s words in a daze as it was a conclusion he had never imagined.

Shocked by the shock, I finally trudged back to the guesthouse… Instead of putting my mind together, I became even more distraught because everyone was talking about Geummyeongwol in the guesthouse I finally returned to.

Meanwhile, the snacks were terrible and the performance was nothing special, so Bong-pal was in the worst mood.

Bong-pal, who was pouring alcohol down his throat without any snacks to soothe his mood, suddenly realized that he could no longer hear the distressing music.

When I turned my gaze toward the stage, a man wearing a bamboo hat was standing there.

“Hello! Everyone from Kangho’s East Island! From now on, I’ll show you some tricks!”

Bongpal thought as he looked at the man.

An entertainer wearing a bamboo hat?

To an entertainer, fame means everything. So, since entertainers were people who wanted to make themselves known in some way, why did the author cover up the most important part of a person, the face?

I was intrigued by its uniqueness.

I guess it’s going to be a bit more of a performance from now on. There were quite a few people who had the same thoughts as Bong-pal, including those who were talking passionately about Geum Myeong-wol nearby and those who were resting in the guest room, who opened the windows and stuck their heads out.

And those expectations soon turned into disappointment.

This was because the man wearing the bamboo hat threw three glasses and caught them.

This was because throwing and receiving objects was just a common sight that could be seen even in rural marketplaces.

And you only throw and catch three objects? Isn’t that a level that even a child can do with just a little practice?

“Woo!”

“Knock it away!”

In an instant, boos erupted in the Chilbong guesthouse. Someone uttered an insult instead of booing, but the Juklip man continued to act as if it didn’t bother him at all, and opened his mouth only to wait for the booing to subside.

“Hahaha! If this talent seems unsightly to you, throw your wooden cup somewhere! No matter how many of them fly at me, I will catch them all.”

“Then take it!”

A drunk person threw a wooden glass towards the stage. As the distance was a long distance, instead of reaching the man, he only rolled around on the wide stage, but the Juklip man walked directly and raised his wooden cup.

Those who saw this threw wooden glasses toward the stage. The man lifted the wooden glasses one by one onto the stage, and as the number of wooden glasses floating in the air in the man’s hands increased, the people’s exclamation gradually grew.

“It’s amazing that you can handle so many wooden glasses freely and walk leisurely!”

“Even with the same talent, they are so different. After all, they are Luoyang entertainers!”

Dozens of wooden cups embroidered the air in complex trajectories, and the man continued to walk around the stage to pick up the wooden cups that had fallen, while continuing to add more without the slightest danger.

When it got to the point where I couldn’t even tell how many wooden glasses were hovering over the man’s head, the man raised one of his glasses and shouted.

“Twenty outlines!”

Someone who heard those words walked up to the stage, threw a glass, and shouted.

“Let’s see how many are possible!”

The Juklip man shouted as he caught the wooden cup flying at him with his foot.

“Hahaha! Good! Twenty-one!”

People approached the stage one by one, holding wooden glasses. As if the man had eyes behind him, he amazingly caught wooden glasses thrown from all directions with his feet. As the shoes rotate the wooden cups with your hands and catch them with your feet, an exclamation comes out as each cup is added one by one.

“Thirty outlines!”

“About forty!”

Now, the wooden glasses are thrown simultaneously as if they want to see failure. Bongpal was so immersed in his drink that he forgot to empty it as he watched the man spin around and take the glass.

Eventually, a crisis came to the man.

Glasses were thrown from front and back at the same time.

It’s impossible to take both glasses with one foot.

How will the company overcome this crisis?

“Oh!”

The company’s response was surprising. He used both feet at the same time to catch the pouring glass.

In other words, it jumped.

“ya!!”

“Awesome!”

However, the hand that was spinning the glasses did not waver at all, so the man shouted as he took the two additional glasses in an instant.

“Fifty outline!”

Wow!!

The man who was passing glasses while enjoying a long cheer put down his glasses one by one. Bong-pal applauded with heartfelt admiration at the sight of the man holding fifty glasses on the floor in an instant.

“Kya! This is a performance!”

“As expected, there is a reason why Chilbong Gaekjan’s performance is famous!”

The Juklip man, who was cheering and applauding in all directions and showing off his arms, shouted as he looked at the people watching the performance through the window of the guest house.

“The upcoming performance will be more fun if you watch it up close!”

With those words, a rumbling sound began to be heard in the building. Bongpal, who was sitting in the restaurant as he heard the sound of people rushing in, took turns looking at the beef and rice wine in front of him, and then ran to the front of the stage without hesitation.

Because it seemed much more valuable to see that man perform up close than cheap drinks with terrible snacks.

As people poured out of each palace, the man’s hand stretched out to the sky.

In that hand, the silver charm that had already been placed was sparkling.

The stage that will become the legend of Chilbong Gaekjan opened.