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Taejonbirok Volume 2 Episode 6
Chapter 10 – The Censor (3)
Percussion!
Wi Yeon-ho's stone landed roughly on the board.
A wrinkle formed on the old man's forehead.
I had heard rumors, but it was really an atmosphere that made me nod my head.
'What a violent atmosphere.'
Even if you play Go in the middle of a battlefield, you won't get a game like this.
It wasn't simply a matter of being impatient or not. If being impatient is enough to cause such a fight, then it would be normal for someone to pull out their sword if someone even brushed against their collar while walking down the street.
But the man sitting across from me with his arrogant expression on his face didn't seem to have such an aggressive personality.
That's why I was first surprised by the change in impression as soon as I sat down at the Go board, and secondly, by the fact that the atmosphere that came out was even more impressive.
'What kind of life have you been living?'
The more I looked at him, the more incomprehensible he seemed to be.
“Aren’t you leaving?”
Wi Yeon-ho, who was wearing a stern expression, opened his mouth.
"hmm……."
The old man put down the stone. There was no point in playing Go any longer.
“Huh? You’re not going to leave? Aren’t you going to ask me to step back?”
“That won’t happen.”
The old man ordered Moon Yu-hwan to bring out the tea and quietly looked at the table. The table, where a storm had passed, was littered with untidy pieces.
It was as if the low-level players had laid out the pieces of Go without even knowing what Go was.
'That's not right.'
Neither the aggressive appearance shown on stage nor the lazy appearance usually shown were the types of talent he wanted.
The old man took a sip of tea to calm his mind.
I needed to find out a little more.
“Did you say you were performing?”
Wi Yeon-ho shook his head.
“No.”
“Didn’t you say that you came to Confucius to uphold your teacher’s teachings?”
“That’s right.”
“…….”
The old man's eyes twitched.
“But does that mean it’s not a practice?”
“I’m doing it because I was told to, but it’s not considered training.”
The old man coughed in vain.
It's hard to say that he had a bad way of speaking, but strangely, he had a way of speaking that really annoyed the people he was talking to.
“Yes, can you tell what kind of person the teacher is?”
Master?
Wi Yeon-ho was troubled.
How on earth should we explain Baek Muhan?
The person in the world that Wei Yanhu found most difficult to explain was Baek Muhan. It might not be any different for other people, but for Wei Yanhu, it was truly difficult.
After thinking for a while, Wei Yanhui found the most perfect word to describe it.
“He’s a scammer.”
The old man's body shook violently.
If I had been a little careful, I would have splashed the tea I had been holding in my mouth onto Wi Yeon-ho's face.
“A, a conman?”
Wi Yeon-ho nodded calmly.
“He claims he’s not, but no matter how you look at it, he’s a fraud.”
“Are you saying that the teacher is a fraud?”
Wi Yeon-ho nodded without hesitation.
“That’s right. When I think about the time I was rotten by that guy…….”
Wi Yeon-ho looked as if he was about to burst into tears.
The old man let out a deep sigh.
If the teacher is a swindler, then what use is there for someone who learned from a swindler? And if the teacher is not a swindler, then what use is there for someone who calls the teacher a swindler?
“……Then what did you learn from your teacher?”
Wi Yeon-ho answered with his eyes wide open.
“What did you learn?”
“He must have learned something, right?”
"ah!"
Wi Yeon-ho nodded.
“Well… I learned how to not get hit, how to get hit less, how to not get hit and then hit again, how to not get hit but you get hit until you die.”
The old man laughed in vain.
'Was it unmanned?'
But Wei Yanho's appearance was not that of a man at all.
Not only the most skilled warriors of the imperial family, but also the rookies who had just ascended to the rank of military officer all had sharp eyes and a magnificent physique.
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It is said that those who have reached a certain level of maturity know how to control such momentum, but isn’t it too much to expect such a level from Wi Yeon-ho, who seems to have only just passed his prime?
The old man nodded.
“Okay, I’ll go now.”
Wi Yeon-ho glanced at Moon Eun-ji.
The old man answered in an irritated voice.
“You don’t have to play any more baduk, so go and rest.”
Only then did Wei Yanhu go out with a stupid smile on his face and a happy expression.
The old man's deep sigh filled the room.
Moon Yu-hwan looked at the old man with a slightly troubled expression.
“You don’t like it?”
“Did you ask if I liked it?”
“…….”
The old man shook his head.
“It was a waste of time. I can never understand why you hold that great man in such high esteem.”
Moon Yu-hwan smiled softly.
Although the old man's rebuke was enough to make him blush, Moon Yu-hwan didn't seem to care at all.
“What you see isn’t everything.”
“There may be more to it than meets the eye.”
“My lord, how can I doubt your eyes, who have seen many people for a long time, but that man is clearly a man who has something we do not know.”
The old man clicked his tongue.
“Tsk tsk, you are…….”
The old man's anger was somewhat alleviated by Moon Yu-hwan's kind smile.
“Why do you think so highly of that person?”
“Because I saw it.”
“Did you see it?”
Moon Yu-hwan nodded slowly.
“There was a moment when I made a divine move while playing a game. I thought it was a really good move.”
“Umm…….”
The old man nodded heavily. It was Moon Yu-hwan, who was praised as a noodle by the world. For the word “sacred move” to come out of Moon Yu-hwan’s mouth meant that it was a truly good move. It must have been a perfect move that could have decided the course of the game with just one move.
"so?"
“I thought the game was over, so I took my eyes off the table and looked across. And then, I saw. The face of that person looking at the table with a completely different expression than before.”
Moon Yu-hwan looked into space as if lost in thought.
“That face is not something you can see easily. It was a face of selflessness that only someone who is completely absorbed in writing can show once in a while. How could someone who shows that kind of face while playing baduk be ordinary?”
But the old man was still negative.
“Did I see things wrong?”
Moon Yu-hwan shook his head firmly.
“I couldn’t have seen it wrong.”
"hmm."
Moon Yu-hwan continued speaking with a serious face.
“Whether it’s learning writing or learning anything else, learning is the same. Many people try, but there are few people in the world who can continue learning without giving up. If he can continue learning at such a young age and easily reach the state of selflessness, no matter what he learned… he can never be ordinary.”
It was a confident statement.
If it were normal, the old man would have nodded without saying anything.
Moon Yu-hwan's words contained the truth. And it was extremely difficult to find someone whom Moon Yu-hwan held in such high regard.
But the old man turned his head away with a displeased expression.
“Hey.”
That's absolutely right, but how can you say something like that after seeing someone like that?
Moon Yu-hwan's words were right, but the person he was referring to was by no means a righteous person.
“Anyway, I have no intention of writing about it.”
“Is that so?”
Moon Yu-hwan smacked his lips as if he felt regret.
The old man sighed deeply.
“I wasted my time. Well, I guess I can’t say it was a waste of time since I was able to see you like this. Anyway, I’ll have to leave early tomorrow.”
“Are you that busy?”
“Didn’t I tell you? The atmosphere in the royal family is not good.”
Although Moon Yu-hwan was reluctant, he had no choice but to respect the old man's wishes.
What could he say when he was not providing any help to the royal family?
"All right."
The old man looked out the window with a slightly vain expression.
“That’s too bad.”
I came to seek talent, but when I found out that what I thought might be a phoenix was actually a chicken, the disappointment was indescribable.
bang!
“Where did you go?”
Moon Eun-ji kept looking around with an angry face.
However, Wei Yanho was nowhere to be seen in the room. It seemed that she was not happy with the conversation with the old man just a little while ago.
However, Moon Eun-ji couldn't have been happy about using such rude language while talking to an old man who looked like he had a high social status at first glance.
I couldn't act rashly in front of my father and the old man, but it was a different story when the two of us were alone.
Moreover, didn't Moon Yu-hwan end up being humiliated because of Wi Yeon-ho?
“This human of mine!”
bang!
The door slammed shut again.
Then Wei Yanho poked his head out from under the bed.
“Did you go?”
A triumphant smile appeared on Wei Yanhui's face.
“I knew this would happen.”
It was a good choice to trust the ominous feeling that was running down my spine. If I had just laid in bed without thinking, things would not have turned out so well.
“By the way, why is that woman like that to me?”
Wi Yeon-ho clicked his tongue.
What use would a woman with that kind of personality be?
Of course, Wi Yeon-ho was someone who had no consideration at all for the feelings that the people around him might feel when they saw him.
“Anyway…….”
The space under the bed was cozier than I thought.
The darkness was perfect for sleeping in the middle of the day, and I was able to rest comfortably without being noticed by others. The only problem was the cold air rising from the floor, but for Wei Yanhu, that level of cold was no problem at all.
Wi Yeon-ho stretched and hugged the blanket.
“Until tomorrow…….”
Wi Yeon-ho closed his eyes with a pleasant smile. It was the first time in a long while that he could properly indulge himself in laziness.
Night has come.
As darkness fell, a deep silence settled over the garden. The lights in the rooms of those who had been reading until dawn began to turn off one by one, and the sound of reading that had been leaking out little by little also died down.
The time when everyone is asleep in order to take classes and study from the early morning.
There were those who moved secretly.
“I'm ready.”
The men in black nightgowns whispered to the man with the large build. The man with the large build nodded and opened his mouth.
“Suppress them all quickly.”
"insect!"
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of night walkers jumped over the wall and ran into the manor.
The man with a large build smiled and walked slowly toward the front door.
Creak.
The unlocked door opened, making a creaking noise.
The man looked at the garden quietly.
“You should have listened to me.”
Nokmokpung smiled triumphantly and watched the commotion taking place in the garden.
“Who are you!”
“Ahhhh!”
“It’s a robber! It’s a robber!”
A loud noise erupted from here and there.
Nokmokpung closed his eyes and hummed happily as if he was listening to music.
“Huh, that sounds good.”
A smile was hidden beneath his thick lips, barely visible.