episode_0069

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‘What am I doing…’

The black cat was wandering alone in a distant place, but when it saw the monks and monks bustling about to leave, it took a step forward.

I was still confused about how to deal with Ho Cheon-an, so my steps back were very heavy.

“Seoul, you came back just in time. You were worried because you thought it would be late!”

The black cat nodded silently and got into the wagon.

“All the passengers have arrived, so let’s depart!”

The command of Ga Gil-yeom, the leader who had lost his strength, sounded, and the parade resumed.

“Seoul.”

The black cat turned its head at Ho Cheon-an’s call. Ho Cheon-an’s appetite was tickled by the awkward movement, which was so awkward that it almost felt like it was creaking. I don’t know why the black cat was in such a state, but I had to talk to Ga Gil-yeom first.

“What happened earlier…”

Black Cat opened his ears and listened to Ho Cheon-an’s story. After Black Cat left, Black Cat, who had been listening to the story of what happened with Ga Gil-Yeom during the two bodies, unconsciously turned his ear towards Ho Cheon-an.

“So, ‘Where is the direct descendant of a nobleman going on a journey in a luxurious carriage and wearing silk clothes? Ha ha ha ha ha! If there was a Confucius like that, he would either be truly crazy or an unthinkable mess.’ I heard that CEO Ga Gil-yeom’s face… Oh, you should have seen it too.”

The black cat chuckled. Ho Cheon-an pretended not to know the black cat’s reaction and revealed what happened while the black cat was away.

“So now, even if you go to a place like a guesthouse and get a big meal, Ga Gil-yeom is in a position where he can’t say anything.”

The black cat smiled and realized that his worries were useless. I still wasn’t sure how to deal with Ho Cheon-an, but it was exactly as Ho Cheon-an said yesterday.

Let’s talk, get to know each other’s thoughts, and work together if something happens.

‘I see…yeah…all I had to do was do that.’

As I listened to Ho Cheon-an’s story, I laughed and was amazed at the same time. While the black cat was preoccupied with the distance between him and Ho Cheon-an, Ho Cheon-an was gradually building up a plan to rob and eat Haesun-an.

“I’m sorry.”

“..huh?”

“It was something I asked to do, but I didn’t do anything and only my senior worked hard.”

“Um…well, it’s like that. Then, shall we discuss together and plan a strategy from now on?”

The black cat laughed and moved its hips. The distance to Hocheonan has become much closer. Somehow, I couldn’t help but laugh because it felt like the distance in my heart had narrowed that much.

“Yes. I think I’ll be sleeping out in the open for the next day or two, so why don’t I eat some dry food and act a bit glum?”

“Oh…that’s okay. Then…”

Black Cat talked with Ho Cheon-an and learned to be together little by little.

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Together with the black cat, we set out to rob the unloading boat.

Ha Seon-su, who came to visit us in the evening, was shown a black cat gnawing on dry food, so he was treated to a very rich meal at the next guesthouse.

“Eat a lot of soju.”

The black cat literally inhaled the food, and Ha Seon-su watched with satisfaction and ordered a drink.

“Jumsoy! What good alcohol is there here?”

“I’ll post it as Sohongju!”

“Hmph! Hmm!”

Ga Gil-yeom cleared his throat loudly. I turned my head to an angle where Ha could not see, then said to Ga Gil-yeom, ‘I understand,’ and squinted.

“Ha Seon-su, Confucius. Wouldn’t it be better to quit drinking today?”

“Look at Busan. How can alcohol be missed in such a good place?”

“But even in today’s travels… wouldn’t it be better to just enjoy food today?”

I blurted out my words vaguely and a slightly uncomfortable expression appeared on Ha Seon-su’s face. The black cat struck at the right time.

“I felt uncomfortable seeing Confucius suffering from a hangover. I have a weakness for alcohol. Rather than overdoing it, how about abstaining from drinking?”

Ha-sun blushes as he hears the voice of a black cat for the first time in a while.

If you listen to Black Cat’s words right away, it’s likely that he’s concerned about the condition of the disembarkation player.

What would Ha, who thinks of himself as a pleasant guy who enjoys the arts and has fun, think about it? I heard that I was weak when it came to drinking in front of women.

It was something that inevitably hurt my pride.

“Jumsoy! Ten bottles of Sohongju!”

“Uh-huh, Confucius! Today, just enjoy food.”

“No! I just had a bad day yesterday! I am someone who usually drinks things like Sohongju alone!”

The actual alcohol content of Sohongju is slightly higher or similar to that of Soju. So now, Ha is claiming that he usually drinks soju by the bucketful. The situation is truly outrageous. Even so, the current state was not enough to make Sohongju into a Buddha.

If we were to look at Ha-sun’s current condition, he would probably be in a state of serious labor.

I tapped the table and gave a signal to the black cat.

“Confucius, the best thing is not to overdo it…”

In this situation, holding a woman back is practically equivalent to fanning the flames of a burning house. I wouldn’t mind if I hadn’t bluffed from the beginning, but I’ve already bluffed once, so now I’m getting rid of it? That can’t happen.

After hearing the black cat’s words, Ha Seon-soo jumped up and down as if water had been poured into boiling oil.

“Why are you doing this instead of serving me alcohol!”

“Hey, Confucius, here we go!”

Before Jeomsoy could put down the bottle, Ha Seon-su grabs it and blows the bottle. Gil-Yeom Ga had already sensed the unfolding future and was bowing his head.

And the only future that Ga Gil-yeom saw continued as it was without any turning point, and Ha-seon became a runaway locomotive, blowing wildly as soon as So Hong-ju came out.

And the result?

“Wow!”

He fell down in the same posture as a loyalist drinking poison, leaving only his short hair behind.

“…Serve Confucius.”

At that point, we had already chewed, torn, tasted, and enjoyed the food that was prepared to the point where our upper legs were breaking.

I gave Ga Gil-yeom an apologetic look and opened my greasy mouth.

“Oh my, I’m sorry, CEO. I tried my best, but…”

The black cat also lowered its head, pretending to be sullen. Ga Gil-yeom couldn’t bear to say something bitter in front of the black cat, so he just waved his hand.

His expression showed that he had a lot of things he wanted to say, but Ga Gil-yeom, who was watching the situation right next to him, couldn’t bring himself to blame the two of us. On the surface, we tried very faithfully to stop Ha-sun, but it was Ha-sun himself who rejected our efforts and went on a rampage.

We pretended to be downcast, went into the room, and then looked at each other and laughed. The black cat gave me a thumbs up, so I shook my head.

“In times like this, this is what you do.”

When I held out my hand, the black cat also held out its hand. My palm collided with the black cat’s palm.

“Oh!”

The black cat seemed to like the high five, and after bumping his hands a few more times, he was satisfied and went to bed.

The black cat’s strange behavior disappeared, its pouch was the same as before departure, and its stomach was full.

The trip to Yunnan went smoothly.

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The journey to Hyeongguisan Mountain took about two weeks.

Hyeonggui Mountain, our target, was not the final destination of our journey south. In the first place, this type of travel involves traveling throughout Yunnan to deliver goods, linking up with other local bureaus to entrust goods, and traveling to various places before ultimately returning to the territory.

Ga Gil-yeom, who resented us for making Ha-seon-seon lose his temper, pushed my back and arranged a drinking party with Ha-sun.

It is not possible for the guests to stay away from each other for a day or two every day, and Ha-sun, who woke up from alcohol, said that he would show the black cat a good side, but he often found fault with Jaengja-su and Pyo-sa and shouted at them, and the atmosphere in Pyo-haeng became extremely bad. .

“Keck!”

“Kwaeng!”

So, Ha-seon was in a position to faint with a horse in every room he came across, and we were able to leisurely enjoy the food that was laid out after Ha-sun was taken to the room.

By the time we parted ways, we had already gotten rid of the disembarkation ceremony, shared food with the envoys, and exchanged simple magic tricks.

Apparently, there were more than 10 servings of food on the table, but since we were only planning to eat it between the two of us, I was conscious of it, so I ate with the people in the country and showed one or two of them to the priests and servants who were being harassed by Ha-Seon as a consolation, and before I knew it, it was like that.

“Hehe, I came here comfortably thanks to Geum Sojeo and Geum Busan.”

Ga Gil-yeom was looking at me and the black cat with an expression dripping with lingering regret, as if he was sad to part with the two of us, who were great fighters and suppressors.

No, seeing as they are looking at me so intently, it seems like it’s a pity that I can’t watch the witchcraft performance.

“Yes, I would like to say hello to Confucius.”

Yesterday as well, the player disembarking collapsed and being loaded into the carriage, leaving behind a short-haired horse that looked like a honey badger. Ga Gil-yeom just sighed.

After exchanging greetings with the envoys and envoys whom we had become close friends with over the past few days through performing arts and sharing food, we remained in the inn and resumed our journey to the south.

“Senior, you’ve gained a lot of weight.”

It’s “. So.”

It’s really not easy to gain weight while traveling. On a wagon trip like that, even if there is no action, the food tends to be poor.

When you travel for a long period of time, you tend to lose weight not because of exercise, but because your body becomes weak. Because he ate so well and played so well, he gained weight like a yellowtail in winter.

I’m a black cat expert and I only ate food to begin with, but I ate as much alcohol and snacks as I could to compete with Ha, so my stomach grew fat after only two weeks.

“Then now I really have to go see Dok-ui.”

Last night, I had a lucky breakfast for the first time in a while and worked on my body to the best of my ability. Although I have gained weight, my body is in optimal condition.

We walked towards Hyeongguisan Mountain.