Chapter 339: Chapter 339

Jang Sam-tae, who remained in the room, took care of Dan So-mi and glanced out the window.

Sa Do-hak, along with Namgung Cheon, Jeok Mu-seong, and Ma Jang-gang, were seen with their heads pressed to the ground.

Although he did not know exactly what they had done wrong, looking at Dan Woo-hyun’s face, he could guess that he was quite angry.

This was surely no ordinary matter.

“Serves them right. Hehehe.”

However, work was work, and feelings were feelings.

Although Jang Sam-tae normally would have had to press his head down alongside them there, watching the others do so while he was excluded made he feel a sense of superiority for no reason.

He even wondered if other people had watched him with this kind of feeling when he was pressing his head to the ground.

Perhaps that was why Dan Woo-hyun told them to press their heads down every day.

“That is it!”

At that moment, thinking of something, Jang Sam-tae sprang up from his seat. He looked around, searching for something in the room, and held it in his hand.

What he held in his hand was a club.

“They need to experience the same thing to know the pain.”

Jang Sam-tae walked out slowly with a broad grin.

When he pressed his head down, Ma Jang-gang would stand beside him holding a club.

If his posture was even slightly disturbed or if he took a comfortable stance, he was struck with the club without any questions asked.

The moment he was hit by the club swung by those thick arms, he felt as if he were crossing the threshold of the underworld.

He would make them feel that sensation.

Jang Sam-tae was such a thought with leisurely headed to the courtyard.

“Manor Lord! I, Sam-tae, shall guard their side!”

Approaching while speaking confidently, Jang Sam-tae was triumphant. How good did it feel to think that he could hit Sa Do-hak, who had harassed him so much, as well as Namgung Cheon and Ma Jang-gang?

The more he thought about it, the better he felt.

“…”

Jang Sam-tae approached with a broad grin on his face. For some reason, he was even holding a club in one hand. Those pressing their heads to the ground frowned when they saw this.

‘That damn bastard!’

‘Hahaha…’

‘Has he gone mad?’

Ma Jang-gang, Namgung Cheon, and Sa Do-hak instantly realized Jang Sam-tae’s intention and scowled.

Just as they were about to threaten Jang Sam-tae while suppressing their rising resentment.

“You press your head down too.”

“Pardon?”

At the sudden sound, Jang Sam-tae wore a dumbfounded expression.

As if he could not believe Dan Woo-hyun’s words, he pointed a finger at his own face and tilted his head.

“Me?”

“Yes.”

“Hey, Manor Lord. Why are you like this! Hahaha, you must not tease me with that kind of expression. I will think you are serious.”

Jang Sam-tae tapped Dan Woo-hyun’s shoulder as if he had heard a funny joke. Everyone watched this from the corners of their eyes in shock.

Tapping none other than Dan Woo-hyun’s shoulder?

It was something one could not do unless one’s gall had not just swollen but exploded.

Dan Woo-hyun let out a chuckle.

Soon, as he lightly reached out his hand, the club Jang Sam-tae was holding was suddenly in Dan Woo-hyun’s hand.

“Uh… uh? Ack!”

Crack!

The sound of a skull cracking was heard.

* * *

Yun Gong and Ja Hak-sang swallowed their groans.

Something was going strangely. The subordinates who should have arrived already had still not contacted them, and Prince Geum’s Estate, which usually stepped forward willingly for any business of the Myriad Gold Merchant Group, quickly washed its hands of the matter.

“I failed to consider the fact that they are close with Prince Yeong.”

Yun Gong gnashed his teeth as he thought about it.

Although they had stripped them of their influence with great effort, from the moment they entered the Hunan Dan Family estate again, many people began to rely on that place once more.

The street stalls created by Zhuge Un also regained vitality overnight, Myriad Gold Tavern saw its customers decrease once more, and visits to the Myriad Gold Merchant Group ceased as well.

That was because rumors were spreading covertly.

The rumors that the Myriad Gold Merchant Group set fire to the Golden Ring Tavern and used Prince Geum’s Estate to destroy the Hunan Dan Family.

Thus, the gazes directed at the Myriad Gold Merchant Group were not favorable.

That was natural, as Yueyang was a place where the influence of the Hunan Dan Family was the greatest, no matter what anyone said.

Slam!

Yun Gong struck the table and stood up.

Gnashering his teeth, he glared at Ja Hak-sang and raised his voice.

“What on earth happened! Why have the Ghost Shadows not arrived!”

“…We are checking, but we cannot establish contact.”

Gnash, gnash.

Yun Gong ground his teeth.

The Ghost Shadows were absolutely necessary for this task.

In particular, he had intended to disguise them as members of the Hunan Dan Family to instigate various incidents, but that plan fell through in an instant.

They could not even attempt the decisive blow that could wipe out the Dan Family’s influence at once and render them incapable of recovery.

The more he thought about it, the more his anger was suppressed.

Bang!

At that moment, the door was roughly opened and the tavern keeper of Myriad Gold Tavern entered.

He looked at Yun Gong with a pale face and trembled violently.

“Disaster… disaster has struck!”

“What is the matter!”

Although they had not completely dealt with the Hunan Dan Family, they had created a situation where they could not move recklessly, so at least there was no worry about being counterattacked.

Yet a disaster?

“The… the army of Prince Yeong’s Estate is surrounding the tavern!”

At the subsequent statement, Yun Gong sprang up. Opening the window and looking down, countless soldiers were surrounding the entire tavern.

Moreover, there were familiar faces among them; one was Prince Geum, and another was Hong Won-chang, the magistrate of Yueyang.

“Yun Gong of the Myriad Gold Merchant Group! Come out quietly and receive your arrest!”

Thunderously!

Hong Won-chang’s voice rang out loudly.

Because his body had not yet recovered, there was no solemnity, but he exuded a powerful momentum that showed his determination to capture the criminal.

Yun Gong frowned.

However, since he had shown his face, he had no choice but to respond.

“Haha, what is the matter?”

His face was full of composure.

However, he could not help the slight trembling. If Prince Yeong had directly led the army to find him, it was by no means a matter to be taken lightly.

“Setting fire to the Golden Ring Tavern, attempting to assassinate an official, instigating the Green Forest to rob innocent merchant guilds, and even silencing those Green Forest bandits by murder, your crimes have reached the heavens, so how can we stay still!”

Tremble!

How did he know all of those situations?

Yun Gong’s gaze turned toward Hong Won-chang. Since the ones who killed the Green Forest bandits were undoubtedly Ja Hak-sang’s subordinates, it meant he knew their whereabouts.

‘No way…!’

Did that mean the Hunan Dan Family had already captured them?

Yun Gong cast an unbelieving gaze.

“What are you doing! Bind them all!”

“Yes!”

Prince Yeong’s fiery roar followed.

He extremely disliked the fact that they had committed such atrocities so casually in this land of Yueyang.

They had even moved Prince Geum’s Estate with money, so if not for Ju Ji-yak, would he not have watched the Hunan Dan Family collapse without knowing anything?

The more he thought about it, the more his resentment surged.

Just as the soldiers stepped inside the Myriad Gold Tavern.

“Aaaack!”

A bizarre scream was heard.

At the same time, a man with a spear pierced through his chest smashed the door and was thrown out. After trembling violently, he went limp, appearing to have drawn his last breath.

Prince Yeong and Hong Won-chang were startled.

Looking inside, those who were dressed in tavern server uniforms were seen holding spears and swords.

“You rascals!”

Yun Gong sighed at Prince Yeong’s thundering shout.

They had already gathered all the evidence.

Since they were dealing with the Myriad Gold Merchant Group of all places, they would not have shown such an extreme stance without a single piece of evidence.

If so, in the end…

‘Damn it…’

Cursing inwardly, he moved away from the window.

He grabbed the sword hanging on the wall and his eyes flashed.

“Do as you wish.”

“Will that be alright?”

“If I am captured like this, I will only be tortured… and returning will only cause harm to the Myriad Gold Merchant Group… Where is there a place for me to go?”

Yun Gong had already laid everything down.

From the moment he first came down here, there had been a sliver of anxiety.

The suddenly rising new family, and the shattered power of the Myriad Gold Merchant Group.

When considering each of the events they had overcome, he thought they were by no means easy opponents.

‘I simply lost in a power struggle.’

He let out a sigh and wore an absurd expression.

Yun Gong, he was not defeated in intellect and strategy.

Even against Zhuge Un.

But he lost to the power possessed by the Hunan Dan Family.

It was proven that no matter how much one racked one’s brain, if the dimension of power possessed was different, there was nothing that could be done.

What if the Ghost Shadows had arrived in time to assassinate Prince Yeong and Prince Geum had continued to protect the Myriad Gold Merchant Group?

What if they had suppressed the Hunan Dan Family with force from the beginning?

Such various thoughts stimulated his mind.

‘It should not have been proceeded like this from the start.’

Yun Gong let out a chuckle with those thoughts. Opening the door as he walked out slowly, the sound of violent clashing stimulated his ears.

Had they utilized all the power possessed by the Myriad Gold Merchant Group, perhaps a different situation would have unfolded.

Since the financial power possessed by the Myriad Gold Merchant Group could move not only Prince Geum but even the imperial court, such a result would never have occurred.

But regret was always too late.

‘To think it is such an absurd result…’

Yun Gong slowly went downstairs and swung his sword.

Slice!

The neck of the approaching soldier was severed and blood splattered. Yet, pressing forward without stopping, he was in a stance to cut down all enemies before his eyes.

Slice, slice, slice!

Yun Gong was by no means weak. Thus, there was no way he would lose to mere soldiers.

Having cut down two or three people in an instant, he looked straight ahead.

There, Prince Yeong, as well as Prince Geum whose complexion was pale, were visible.

Slice!

He stretched out his sword while dodging the spear shafts flying from all directions. At that moment, sensing a strange feeling, he turned his head.

Thud, thud.

Someone was approaching.

A one-armed man wearing a mask.

It was Gunjageom, of whom he had only heard through rumors.

Was he a member of the Hunan Dan Family? A wry smile formed at his lips involuntarily. It was by no means an unpleasant smile, but a proud face as if he were acknowledged.

“It is an honor that Gunjageom has personally stepped forward to capture a single man like me, Yun Gong.”

“Hahaha, is that so?”

Namgung Cheon walked over leisurely.

In the midst of the fierce battle, he was not hindered by anyone.

It even looked as if the energy he harbored naturally pushed others away.

The moment Yun Gong swallowed hard.

Namgung Cheon slowly raised his sword.

“It is a pity it ends like this. Because I have had many interesting experiences after a long time.”

“Indeed… thank you.”

Slice!

No one would be able to resist even that single sword strike.

Swung simultaneously with the end of Yun Gong’s words, Namgung Cheon’s sword split Yun Gong’s body as it was.

Since even the sword he held was cut in two, it was enough to make everyone burst into screams of shock.

Even more so because Yun Gong was also by no means a weak master.

However, Namgung Cheon looked at it and clicked his tongue.

“He touched someone he should not have… A storm will soon rage over the Myriad Gold Merchant Group.”

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