Legend of the Northern Blade novel - chapter 218

After leaving the prefecture branch, Kwak Moon-jeong walked toward the slums north of Manghon-ro, his original destination. During the three years of the Dark and Dark War, countless people lost their homes and parents and siblings. The slums in Buhyeon were formed by such people naturally.
Like any slums, a gloomy atmosphere prevailed here. As flies flew around the streets and the dirt rotted, I had a terrible odor that aroused my sense of smell.
Throughout the streets, children who had lost their parents sat with helpless expressions. Kwak Moon-jung sighed in their eyes as if they had lost their souls.
This is what I have seen throughout the entire trip to Buhyeon here. Those children were overflowing all over Jungwon. In the end, as the war with Milya prolonged, the people who suffered the most damage were those who are weak. And no one knew when the war would end.
After looking around for a while, Kwak Moon-jeong walked to the largest house in the slum. A red blanket that had been ripped off was hung on the window of the mother house.
‘I said he was waiting with a red blanket on the window.’
As Kwak Moon-jeong knocked on the door of his mother’s house, an old voice came from inside.
“Who are you?”
“I came from the top of Baekryong.”
“Top Baekryong?”
Only then the door opened and an old man in his early sixties appeared. The old man looked around for a while and said cautiously.
“Come in.”
“Thank you.”
Kwak Moon-jeong bowed his head to the old man and went into the mother house. The inside of the mother house looked bigger than it was seen from the outside.
The old man said, looking up and down Kwak Moon-jeong.
“Someone younger than you thought came. What is your name?”
“I’m Kwak Moon-jeong.”
“You’re Kwak Sohyup. Welcome anyway.”
The old man smiled. He had a dizzying look, not like a slum dweller. However, it was skinny and there was no complexion on his face, so the color of the disease was clear.
An old man who was looking at Kwak Moon-jeong for a while, suddenly covered his mouth with a handkerchief and started coughing. The old man coughed for a long time, as if his lungs were torn.
Kwak Moon-jeong began to inject Jingi by putting his hand on the old man’s back. Jingi gently pushed in and calmed the old man’s lungs. Only then the color of the old man’s face returned for a while.
“Okay, thank you.”
The old man took off the handkerchief that was covering his mouth and expressed gratitude. However, Kwak Moon-jung’s expression did not open. This is because he saw dark red blood stains on the old man’s handkerchief.
It wasn’t simply hemitted blood. I could see broken flesh in my blood. The inner injuries the old man suffered could not be saved even when Daera Shinseon arrived.
The old man smiled.
“As you can see, my life is over. I don’t know if all of the intestines can survive the injury for a few more days.”
Kwak Moon-jung’s eyes shook. It is because of the old man who talks about his death so casually. For everyone, death is a frightening law. But the old man seemed to transcend even that fear.
“So I had to make a decision before it was too late. That’s why I asked him to send someone I could trust.”
“Elderly.”
The old man said to the inner door.
“Seonwoo, come in.”
“Yes, Grandpa.”
Along with the answer, a commotion, which seems to be only ten years old, opened the door.
“It’s my grandson, Han Sun-woo. Sunwoo, say hello. It is Kwak Moon-jung’s small association. Kwak Sohyup will take you to Him.”
Han Seon-woo, who was in trouble, looked at Kwak Moon-jeong. Han Sun-woo was the owner of dark-eyed eyes full of hyeji as well as his grandfather. All the wisdom of the world seemed to be contained in the glistening eyes like stars.
Han Sun-woo bowed his head toward Gwak Mun-jeong.
“This is Han Seon-woo. I’ll ask you in the future, hyung.”
“Oh, I’m really pleased.”
Kwak Moon-jung replied in a hurry.
“Seonwoo, although young, took over all of me. My shallow knowledge couldn’t fill the deep and wide bowl of that child. He may become proud and go the wrong way, so please tell him and lead him on the right path.”
“Don’t worry, old man.”
“thank you.”
The old man smiled.
Although it flowed into the slums here, the old old man was a very famous bachelor. However, during the Dark and Dark War, I lost my son and my son and came to this place.
Even though he lived a hard time in the slums, the old man did not neglect his teachings about Han Sun-woo. Fortunately, Han Sun-woo was intelligent and absorbed the old man’s teachings in a short period of time. Han Sun-woo was a genius that the three people spoke of. It was also a great genius that was hard to see.
So I was worried. Whether it’s not too arrogant because of his intelligence, whether he doesn’t look ridiculously at the world, or whether he makes the wrong choice.
The old man felt that his life was short. The wounds inflicted during the war were getting worse day by day, and they are now reaching their limits. So I had to find someone to entrust my grandchildren.
Not many people had the knowledge to fill the grandson’s bowl, but fortunately the old man knew such a person. He knew how Han Sun-woo existed and contacted him first.
Bulgamcheong (不敢請) Lee Eonjeong Gosowon (固所願).
The heavenly ties reached that way, and he sent someone to take the boy through the top of Baekryong.
The old man thought it was fortunate.
‘Now I can be relieved. He will surely be able to lead my grandson on the right track.’
The story of the old man, Han Sun-woo, and Kwak Moon-jeong continued all night. And like a lie, the next morning the old man died.
With a satisfactory smile as if he had done his job in this world.
After a brief funeral for the old man, Kwak Moon-jeong returned to the residence of Baekryongsang with Han Sun-woo.

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Han Seon-woo, who entered the audience, cried all night. No matter how much knowledge he had in his head, he was only ten years old. The bereavement from my grandfather was inevitably sad.
Kwak Moon-jeong watched Han Sun-woo all night long. He knew well that at times like this it was better to just watch so that he could vomit all his sadness.
Fortunately, Han Sun-woo found energy the next day. The people at the top of Baekryong greeted Han Sun-woo, brought by Kwak Moon-jung. He didn’t even ask why Kwak Moon-jung brought Han Sun-woo. It was just because Kwak Moon-jung brought it to me. Kwak Moon-jung was getting a lot of trust from the top people.
Kwak Moon-jeong came down to Gaekjan’s restaurant with Han Sun-woo. The inside of the restaurant was busy. Kwak Mun-jung asked the nearby Bopyo.
“What about the others?”
“I went to do a deal.”
“Oh, it’s today. I had to follow along.”
“haha! Anything else? The Lord Gong told me not to bother you.”
“still… … .”
“Just relax. Isn’t there anyone who should be responsible now?”
When the staff pointed to Han Seon-woo and said, Kwak Mun-jeong nodded.
“I see.”
“Then I will go out, so eat comfortably.”
“Yes.”
Bopyo went outside, and Kwak Moon-jeong and Han Sun-woo sat face to face at the table.
Han Sun-woo looked at Gwak Mun-jeong with his bright eyes.
“Your brother has a lot of trust.”
“I?”
“There is a firm faith in my gaze at my brother.”
“okay? Can you see it?”
“Yeah!”
Kwak Moon-jung thought it was strange. Han Sun-woo, who talked all night, had little to know. His common sense did not understand how he contained so much knowledge at that young age.
Asked Han Sun-woo.
“Then where are we going?”
“We are going to Sichuan.”
“You mean Sichuan Province?”
“okay.”
“Then there is someone in Sichuan who will be my teacher?”
“right. You are also smart.”
An anticipation rose to Han Sun-woo’s face. No one has yet given him a proper teaching except for his grandfather. Because of this, he was thirsty for new learning.
“He can certainly teach you a great deal. Until then, I will protect you.”
“I can’t believe it, brother.”
“Shall we eat now?”
“Yes!”
After a while, Jeomsoi served the food. The two ate while having a conversation. Han Sun-woo had a lot of questions. In the offensive of his questions, Kwak Moon-jung had to sweat. Other than that, it was a very peaceful time. But their peace didn’t last long.
bang!
Suddenly someone roughly opened the door and entered the restaurant. Kwak Moon-jeong, who confirmed their appearance, frowned. This is because he is a person he knows well.
‘Did you say Nammyeong?’
Those who opened the door were none other than the two disciples of Nammyeong and the Communist Party. They were looking around and striding toward the place where Kwak Moon-jeong was sitting.
I pretended to know my name.
“Oh, who is this? Isn’t that the staff?”
“South Korean society.”
Kwak Moon-jeong got up from his seat and took poverty.
“We came to eat too, so why don’t we stay here?”
“That’s right.”
“What do you think? Is the food okay? I want to eat snacks because I am tired of the food of the prefecture branch.”
“Yes, it’s okay.”
“Hmm! okay?”
Namming stirred the food on the table at Kwak Munjeong’s table with his fingers and took it to his mouth. He whispered for a moment, then suddenly made an impression and spit out the food in his mouth.
“Hey! what? It’s terrible!”
He stared at Kwak Moon-jeong with the expression that his male name had been deceived. Kwak Moon-jung smiled bitterly at the behavior of his nanny. Even if I didn’t have to roll my head, I could see his insides brightly.
“Do you know you’re here?”
“You… … ?”
“I don’t know the major either.”
“I won’t say anything. Don’t linger around major samae for no reason. She is not a person to hang out with a staff like you. A much more noble character suits her.”
“You must be that noble person?”
“huh!”
Namming laughed. Kwak Moon-jeong shook his head as Najik sighed at his appearance.
It is his honest feeling that he does not want to collide if possible. However, looking at the momentum of Namming, it was unlikely that he would withdraw as it is.
“Choose here. If I leave this place like this, I will quietly withdraw. Otherwise… … .”
Nam-myeong patted the sword on his waist. The pupils of the Communist Party who was next to him were struggling.
“It would be better to retire like this.”
“You have to be satisfied with just transporting your luggage and receiving money. Well, if you listen carefully, you can tell my hometown house to make some money.”
“Hahaha!”
At the moment, Kwak Moon-jung’s complexion changed.
It was endurable to make fun of myself. However, they were degrading the whole job titled Bopyo.
Kwak Moon-jung raised her body. Then Han Sun-woo, who was watching silently, took his hand. His eyes were shaking with anxiety.
“brother?”
“OK. My elder brother, whom I admire the most, said something like this one day. It’s foolish to get caught up in useless work without even being able to measure one’s own capabilities. You have to be able to endure humiliation, and you can give your pride to your dog.”
“Hahaha! That brother said the right thing. right. That’s the answer.”
Nam-myeong did a great deal of bakjang-so. However, Kwak Moon-jung spoke without blushing.
“But you also said something like this. There is something you should never bend. Do you know what it is?”
Han Sun-woo shook his head.
“It’s a belief. The fundamental power to achieve what you believe in. Conviction should not be broken in any case. Staff is… … .”
Kwak Moon-jeong paused for a moment and looked at the unmanned men of Nammyeong and the Communist Party. They were making a lot of impressions. It is because he was overwhelmed by the unknown atmosphere of Kwak Moon-jung.
“The staff is… … It’s my conviction. Because I was born to be a staff member. They are denying my beliefs.”
Han Sun-woo questioned his eyes for a moment.
In the body of Kwak Moon-jung, an intense momentum overwhelming the leaders of the communist wave was flowing. I couldn’t find the clumsy appearance just before.
Sensing the unusual atmosphere, the male man stared as if to kill him.
“Where do you dare look like that? Do you dare to stand up to me and against the communists? Can you bear the return?”
Kwak Moon-jung laughed.
“Are there any future problems? Because you can’t talk about being beaten by a staff that neglected you so much.”
“bloke!”
Nammyeong and the warriors couldn’t stand their anger and rushed.