Entomologist in Sichuan Tang Clan Chapter 380

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“Eek!”

It was the moment when the debt collectors of the 18 sympathy clubs screamed at the sight of their children and started a fight.

“Attack!”

“Attack!”

Suddenly, the sound of the enemy shouting for attack can be heard.

At the same time, torches began to burn here and there in the reeds.

‘What, what is it!?’

A moment of confusion at something that happened suddenly.

My stomach turned into a boat with pincers.

At the sight of the crowd of enemies swarming around her, Cheongwol suddenly stood up from her seat and opened her tongs wide.

-Krrrrr. “I knew this would happen! Didn’t I say that I couldn’t trust people who steal other people’s food to live!”

Cheongwol asked me earlier what a thief was, and I explained to her in an easy-to-understand way that they were people who made a living by stealing food from others. Cheongwol reacted very sensitively to that, saying that she couldn’t trust people like that.

In an ecosystem, those who steal food from others are not just thieves; they are also stealing energy for other people to function.

Because being deprived of energy can lead to death in the harsh natural ecosystem.

In response, I said that I couldn’t trust Lee Tae-do, but from what I just heard, it seems that Cheongwol still had her eyes filled with suspicion.

Then, in an instant, Cho, Yeondu, Jeokwol, Moji and Soji started to rise into the sky, and the other children, including Yohwa, were surprised and blocked my surroundings.

The sight of a hand moving towards the waist to pull out the Oryongsambongdo sword.

At the same time, Lady Cheongyu’s cold voice was heard.

-Sia. “I knew this would happen and prepared for it!”

I wondered what he meant, but when I looked behind the boat that Lady Cheongyu was looking at, the river was half water and half snakes.

From somewhere, countless snakes were following the boat.

It seemed like everyone was preparing in their own way to meet the enemies.

A critical situation!

But then the general manager hurriedly ran up to the side of the boat and shouted outside.

“Stop! You idiots! When did I say to attack! I said to show ‘respect’ to the person my younger brother serves!”

At those words, the children who were fluttering about as if to fly flinched, and Lady Cheongyu, who had raised her hand as if to attack the snakes, blinked at me.

-Sia? 『Eh? Respect?』

-Tsuru. “What is respect, Dad?”

-Beep? “Food?”

When everyone was confused, Chaeju, who came over and rubbed her hands, spoke with a very cheerful expression.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I told my subordinates to wait for him since he’s my brother’s servant, and then show respect by coming out. I guess these idiots confused attacking with respect. They’re the ones who only do water damage every day… Ahahahaha. Aren’t they really idiots?”

“Are you confused?”

“Yes, don’t those honors and attacks sound similar?”

The atmosphere was a bit strange, but he was right.

The Chinese pronunciation of the word ‘gonggyeong’ (恭敬), which means to serve with respect, is ‘gongjing’.

The pronunciation of the Chinese character for attack (攻擊), which means to hit something, is ‘gongjii’.

If you pronounce the word ‘attack’ quickly, it can sound like respect, and if you pronounce the word ‘respect’ slowly, it can also sound like respect.

“You idiots. What are you doing! Lining up the thorny waterway and not lighting a fire! Respect! Don’t you know? Respect!”

The ships hesitated as the captain clung to the bow again and shouted to his men.

Seol Nui said with an expression of disbelief at the sight.

“Something feels fishy. You seem completely unprepared. You were going to attack, but then you changed your words because there was a scary-looking spirit.”

My older sister said that the owner of Dongjeongshippalchae was very suspicious, and at those words, the owner of Dongjeongshippalchae screamed and turned serious.

“Heeeeek! Oh, you’re going to be in big trouble! I, absolutely not! I misunderstood what you said, and I’m forming an attack formation because of that. Oh my, those idiots. I can’t believe I’m taking those guys out to play catch-up.”

The general manager makes excuses while sweating profusely.

The children hovered around him, looking at him with suspicion and disbelief.

-Krrrr. “Something suspicious?”

-Sia. “That’s right.”

-Kkuu. “Is there something creepy about it?”

-Beep! “Bob, bob!”

As he hovered around the children, the frightened gun owner shut his eyes tightly and trembled.

He was so scared that he couldn’t even speak and just waved his hands in protest.

“Ugh···.”

At that time, Lee Tae came forward and defended his brother-in-law.

“I thought that my brother, Little Dragon, was the one I was serving, so I tried to greet him with all my respect, but it seems that his subordinates were mistaken, just as you said.

“I would never do that to someone I serve.”

“Is that so?”

First, he stopped the children who were trying to fly into the sky again and made the children who were on guard let their guard down.

I was a little suspicious, but even if he had really tried to attack, I think he would have been too scared to do anything else.

‘I thought it was a mass suicide attempt.’

“Come here, kids. The old men made a mistake. You guys are okay, so calm down. Cheongwol too. And Lady Cheongyu, please put down the snake.”

-Sia. “I’ll move closer for now.”

-Tsrrrr. “Okay, Dad.”

The general manager makes a face that says he’s alive as the children step back.

“Go, thank you!”

The chief steward, with a very grateful expression on his face, quickly ran back to the boat.

He had been very busy coming and going since a while ago, but he looked over the side of the boat again and shouted.

“Can’t you move quickly!? Here is Little Dragon, the son-in-law of the Five Dragons and Four Heavenly Kings. And each and every one of the spirits raised by Little Dragon, who cannot be defeated even if all of the Five Dragons and Four Heavenly Kings rush in, are full of spirits in your belly, so move quickly!”

He shouted something as if he was explaining something in detail, but the crowd still looked dazed.

-Tsururur

-Shaaaa.

-Beep?

-Bugrrrrrr.

Then, as the children lined up next to him and stretched their heads out to Geumdo to look at the water demons, the frightened water demons began to move quickly.

“Huh! Huh!?”

“Hey, that’s a huge ball!”

Soon, boats that had been scattered everywhere lined up in the waterway, and torches lit up along the waterway as if a red carpet had been laid out.

It was definitely a proper show of respect.

***

West Dongjeong Lake, reached by following the waterway guided by the water level monitors during the night.

As the narrow waterway ended, a wide body of water like the sea appeared ahead.

“This is Seodong Lake. We also call it Yunmong Lake.”

“It looks wider than I thought. How long does it take from here to Dong Dong-Jeong Lake?”

“Do you have to go for half a day?”

“That far? Oh, I guess I’ll just go and check. I’ll have to check the scenery to search anyway, so I’ll have to go up there.”

“You’re going up there to see? Where?”

The sight of a vast lake with an endless horizon and no end in sight immediately drew me in.

It was said that whirlpools mainly appeared on the Dong Dong-Jeong Lake side, so the purpose was to check the distance to be traveled and the overall size of the lake to be searched.

“What the heck!”

-Tsuru! “Okay, Dad.”

It flew over the foggy waters, wrapped in a blanket, and soared straight into the sky.

After climbing for a while, clouds appear above our heads.

-Tsuru. “Dad, more?”

“Yeah, Choya.”

-Tsurut. “Really?”

Cho asks with a slightly worried voice as the clouds appear.

Even when he flew alone, for some reason he never went above the clouds, so he seemed a little flustered when I suggested that we go above the clouds.

But to capture the entire lake view, we had to go a bit higher.

Because the lake is not visible from here.

“Yeah. Since Dad is with us, let’s go up a bit further. We can’t see the lake yet.”

The view of the lake only comes into view when you climb higher past the clouds and feel the chill.

When I saw the lake, I couldn’t help but be amazed.

Because the size of Dongjeongho was completely different from what I had imagined.

I had been to China several times to collect, so I had a rough idea of ​​the size of Dongting Lake, but it looked much bigger than that.

When I investigated, it was said to be about 2,600 square kilometers, and during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was said to be about 6,000 square kilometers, which means it was almost like an ocean.

‘I thought it would be ten times bigger than Seoul, which is 600 square kilometers, but this seems to be much bigger than that?’

I can’t tell for sure, but it looks like it’s more than ten times the size of Seoul.

I had a feeling that searching there wouldn’t be easy.

The trembling voice of the first person heard at that moment.

-Tsuru···. 『Dad···. It’s cold···.』

He was saying that it was cold because he had climbed too high.

Since the grass is a fox-based spirit, it seems like it can’t stand cold places.

He quickly grabbed the candle and told me to go down right away.

“Is our daughter cold? Then no! Let’s go down quickly. Choya.”

-Tsururut. “Okay, Dad.”

So I came down to the boat and sat down by the fire and the stove, lost in thought as I thought about the size of the lake that I had seen in the sky.

Considering the size of the lake, I had a feeling that searching it wouldn’t be easy.

Since it was forbidden to sail on Dong Dongjeong Lake, it was impossible to sail on Geumdo Island.

So, if you search, it’s only an aerial search using light and water.

It would be a wider field of vision than searching a boat, but if some kind of spirit were to swim around in the water, it would really be like looking for Mr. Kim in Seoul.

“So So Hyup, do you have any worries?”

When I turned my head to Ji-ryong’s voice, Ji-ryong, who had been waiting for the meal to be prepared, was looking at my face and asking if I had any worries.

“Oh, I just checked the sky a little while ago, and the lake is much bigger than I thought, so it’ll take a long time to find the whirlpool.

“I don’t think it’ll be over in a day or two just to roughly check the slate and the green onions. I didn’t know it would be this big.”

“Oh, that’s definitely true.”

Ji-ryong nods his head at my words.

Soon he smiled.

“But don’t worry. Don’t we have someone to help us?”

“Anyone want to help?”

Ji-ryong was looking at the total number of debtors in the eighteenth district.

***

“So, you’re saying that we should all set sail for Dong Dong Lake tonight?”

“Yes, I need some help.”

Ji-ryong’s plan was to float all of the Dong-Jing-Sip-Eighteen ships on Dong-Jing-Ho at night, and when a whirlpool appeared, I would watch from the sky and then set out.

So, the method was to use the enemies as bait.

I don’t know what kind of spirit it is, but it seems to come to capsize any boat you launch, so they launched as many boats as possible to use as bait.

When fishing, you usually throw ground bait to catch something, but the idea is to throw a lot of bait on the fish.

“But if you set sail on the Dong Dong Dong Lake, won’t your head be cut off?”

The chief debt collector asks in return if he will be beheaded if he sets sail on Dongjeongho Lake.

Ji-ryong smiled and answered his words.

“Wouldn’t that be the case if they were caught? If the heroes of Dongting Lake were caught by the government troops, wouldn’t they have their heads cut off? Surely the heroes of Dongting Lake wouldn’t be afraid of something like that?”

You guys are criminals anyway, so if you get caught you’ll get your heads cut off, so why are you afraid of that?

The general manager made a dumbfounded expression.

Although he used very conciliatory language to describe the right thing, the message was, ‘You guys are criminals anyway, so why are you afraid of something like that?’

You were scared? Something like that.

“Oh, but still. That···.”

As soon as the chief of staff checked his complexion, he continued speaking with an awkward expression. This time, Ji-ryong began to talk to himself with a serious expression.

“Huh. I thought you would risk your life to help me because you respected me, but then again, what you did last night wasn’t respect, it was an attack?”

It’s like saying that if you don’t show respect, I will consider your actions last night as an attack.

At those words, the general manager was startled and replied.

“Wh, what are you talking about! Well, I was just thinking about it for a moment. Of course. How could our Do, Dongjeongsippalchae, be afraid of such a thing, and refuse the request of someone who is our sworn brother!”

I just thought about it for a moment and then answered that of course I would help.

At those words, Ji-ryong winked at me.

It is said that the bait for catching the fish that live in the lake like the sea has been prepared.

‘Then shall we get ready to go fishing?’

Since I had plenty of fresh bait prepared, I thought I should get ready to go fishing right away.

‘What will I catch?’

I was really looking forward to seeing what I would catch.