Chapter 59

While Yeon Ji-hong was humming, Samak Gangseo was meeting three blood lions. “Did Geum Hong just let you go?”

“Yes. It was just one light hit in the head.”

“It hurts.”

“If Geum Hong hadn’t hit him lightly, he wouldn’t be sick, but would be lying in bed or in a coffin.”

Do Pyeong-su, who spoke, said to Seo Seok-san. “Isn’t it really nothing?”

Seok-san shook his head resolutely. “There is definitely something. If I had broken even their legs, I wouldn’t have suspected any more, but just letting them go is a conspiracy. It’s not that I don’t want to make a big deal out of it. I was right, too.”

“Yes? So, did you know that Master Yeon would find out and let us go?”

“Of course. Did you guys think that Geum Hong could fool her eyes? We are not stupid.”

“Then what if our legs were broken….”

“Mandok must have fixed it well.” Gangseo Samak just sighed. He then left behind the three people who were worried about the certainty of what Hong was up to.

“They say that the back of a shrimp is going to burst in a whale fight, so we are like that.”

“That’s it. But, if something really happened and we found out, it would be cute.”

In his mid-fifties, he was in desperate need of cuteness. “Would you like to know?”

Oh Tong-su said worriedly at Ko Seo-bang’s words. “Then if Master Yeon catches you again, you will really break your leg.”

“You have to use the workers, not Master Yeon. One can’t fool everyone completely when you’re in the same house, can you?”

Galmapyeong waved her hand. “You don’t have to do that. If we get hated by Master Yeon for making a mistake, we have to do our own damage. Don’t you know the old Seonghyeon saying that if you stay still, you can even do the main hall?” The old man asked.

“Do you still want to call Sehwa Sister-in-law?”

Gangseo Samak had been together for so long, so he didn’t pay much attention to the death penalty and priestly ranks, but he was the same as Sehwa. “Maybe this could be an opportunity to break free from calling Sehwa his sister-in-law.”

“How?”

“I do not know. In any case, you should grab all the lines you can catch. You can’t remain a priest of Sehwa’s house for the rest of your life!”

In the end, they decided to keep looking at aloe vera. Of course, the possibility of getting caught was moved within the smallest possible range. As if passing only by the workers, he asked about the aloe vera, and when he actually encountered the aloe vera, he deliberately avoided it.

“Where have you been, Mr. Jang? It just disappears these days!”

It was Gong Seong-tak who came complaining.

Gong Seong-tak’s position was difficult to define in Oh Seong-tak’s Manor. Although he was not a teacher, he was teaching Geom Woo-bin the martial arts, so Samak Gangseo treated him politely as a guest.

Fortunately, Gong Seong-tak was not a rude person, so he kept his manners. “Gongdaehyup, why are you not feeling so well?”

At this, Gong Seong-tak grumbled at Go Seobang’s question. “I’m building my blacksmith’s shop, but the Sehwa Sojourner keeps hiring workers.”

“A worker? What happened?”

“I don’t know that either. No matter what the hell they do, one Si-jin takes them to their place a day.”

“OMG! Well then maybe….”

She said that a woman would take her man to her place one hour at a time, and that was the first thing that came to her mind.

“Why do you have that face…? Ah! no! I am an old man in his seventies.”

Do you have special tastes? Thinking of it soon turned into realization.

‘I should have pursued Sehwa, not Master Yeon!’

If Jeon Yeon-hong was really planning something, Sehwa could have put a leg up on it. “It won’t be a big deal.”

The late West thought he had to find out on his own before telling anyone first. Because it was clear that if nothing happened, they would be cursed for making a fuss.

Geom Woo-bin could clearly feel the aura of tension in her these days. Even if she didn’t pay close attention, it was clear that she was in a battle between Gem Hong and the other three priests. In the eyes of Geom Woo-bin, there were already three buildings that were blown up while fighting over something that was not a big deal.

However, this time, the atmosphere seemed more serious than before. So, Geom Woo-bin brought her blood-blooded messengers together.

“What’s going on these days?”

“Yes? Is nothing wrong?” Nguyen Hong said calmly, but the other three denied it with Lee Gu Dong-seong.

“Geum Hong is plotting something.”

“What do you think I’m up to?”

“I don’t know what it is, but it’s definitely not a good thing.”

At Seo Seok-san’s words, Jeon Yeong-hong snorted. “Are you framing me for something you don’t know?”

Do Pyeong-su said. “I don’t know what it is, so that makes me feel worse.”

Jang Mandok nodded his head as a sign of agreement. “It is truly a march of fools. There is nothing to catch, so now I catch pods by not knowing what it is.”

Even after Geom Woo-bin heard, the reactions of the three people did not make sense. However, he knew from experience that the senses of the Blood Lion were accurate. “Please don’t argue over trivial matters. Because of you, my nerves are on a high these days. To the extent that it interferes with the performance.”

When Geom Woo-bin even brought out a new ball that interfered with the practice, the Blood Lion was shocked. “If it gets in the way of the death penalty, I can’t do it. I will be careful in the future!”

“I will never mind you!”

The person who smiled inwardly at Do Pyeong-su and Seo Seok-san’s resolve was Yeon Ji-hong. However, the belief that the stumbling block has been removed had become a hasty decision.

“Sehwa?”

“Yes. I don’t know what kind of work they are doing, but I can hear the carpenter working in the room next to Sehwa. He locked the door and couldn’t check… Wouldn’t there be a way if it was Master?”

Watching secretly didn’t suit Seo Seok-san, but since it was something related to Yeon Ji-hong, he could move like a mouse. Seo Seok-san climbed up to the roof, lifted the tiles, and then made a small hole in the ceiling of the room that the old Seobang told him.

“I, that one!”

It was definitely a brewery with ten jars arranged neatly. “Why are you making a brewery in your room?”

Half an hour was enough to answer my curiosity. “Geum-hong, you cowardly girl!” Chi trembled at the plan to secretly build a brewery to become their in-laws and produce ten more jars of Yeogeumju. Seo Seok-san, who was going to inform Jang Mandok and Do Pyeong-su, stopped walking.

“Wait! This is ingenious!” If you can bear the cowardice of a moment and hear the three people being sentenced to death for the rest of your life, it is a business that has a lot of leftovers. Seo Seok-san went to Go Seobang instead of Jang Man-dok and Do Pyeong-su.

“Yes? Are you building a brewery where you can secretly make 20 pots of Pungryu liquor?”

“Okay. Is there any suitable place?”

“There is plenty of empty space in the manor.”

“It should be a secret place that workers will never find, and you should be able to come and go. Like the room next door to Sehwa.”

“Then go to the room next to me. It faces north and the wind is quite good.”

“Can you make a brewery secretly?”

“I will move on my own without using any workers. You shouldn’t act like Sehwa to step on your tail.”

In the same way, a new brewery began to be built in the room next to the old west room. It was a strange atmosphere where peace and tension coexist.

“What do you feel good about? Why are you laughing so hard? Especially when you look at me?”

Seo Seok-San frowned at the question of Yeon-Joo-Hong. “When did you say I laughed out loud? Hum! I don’t know if the liquor is ripening in the brewery. Isn’t it a bit faster for us to get drunk than the completion of Oseongiru?”

Jeon Yeong-hong was troubled by Seo Seok-san talking about alcohol. ‘Didn’t you notice that guy?’

“Seoksan-ah, can I not know what Geum Hong is up to?”

Seo Seok-san was indifferent to Do Pyung-soo’s question. “Are you going to do something that interferes with the death penalty?”

“No, it’s not like that, but I think I’m going to get hit in the back of the head if I stay like this.”

“What’s the big deal? Just forget it.” Do Pyeong-su and Jang Man-dok were also suspicious of Seo Seok-san, who was about to pass by.

“Seok-san, that tenacious bastard can’t give up easily.”

Do Pyeong-su’s eyes read Jang Man-dok’s expression as well. And I was concerned that the old seobang often fell into the practice for a few days. So, he called for his disciple, Galmapyeong.

“Look at the old bookstore.”

“Yes? Why the West?”

“I think he and Seok-san are planning something.”

It wasn’t too difficult if the person to be monitored was Go Seobang, not Seo Seok-san. And three days later, Galmapyeong announced a surprising fact. “The West is making something like a brewery in the next room. Twenty jars?”

“The foundry? Why?”

“That’s it, I don’t know. Shall I ask you?”

“No, just pretend you don’t know.”

From then on, Do Pyung-su wrapped his arms around his head.

‘Why are you making a foundry? If you want to produce more sake, you can expand the brewery, right? Are you secretly trying to get some money back?’

However, the lack of interest in money was a rare commonality of the blood lions. ‘It’s not like I’m trying to drink secretly, I need to sell more scammers….’

He felt like he was covered in cold water. This was because he remembered the fruit that Seo Seok-san Mountain would get if a large number of Pungryu wines were sold, not the entire Sage wine. It had been a long time since I made a bet and I couldn’t even imagine such a trick, so I couldn’t think of it easily.

‘Seok-san is this child! I’m trying to become the director!’

‘Wait! Maybe Geum-hong too?’

Seo Seok-san turned on the lights and looked for the plot of Yeon Geum Hong, but at some point, she drooped like a full-fledged cat. ‘I didn’t know that Geum Hong was making more Yeogeumju. And he was thinking of making more pungryuju!’

The mouthpiece of the story was just right. Then a smile appeared on his lips. If Yeong Jeongheon and Seok-san come out like that, one could do the same for him. Rather, it was a foul later, so he wouldn’t be able to say anything else, so this was a chance for a genius Il-woo.

The question was, how does one not get caught? As Do Pyeong-su admits, Yeon Ji-Hong and Seo Seok-San were smarter than themselves. They were also caught in the middle, and they had to deceive even Jang Man-dok. In order not to get caught, you have to do the opposite with the two of you.

It was also necessary to avoid the foolishness of being found out while building a brewery in a manor. At this, Do Pyeong-su immediately looked around and found a suitable vacant lot in the middle of a nearby mountain. It wasn’t difficult for him to cut down trees and build a warehouse-like hut to use as a foundry.

Do Pyeong-su, who built a brewery in one day, went out to the city to buy a pot. As Seo Seok-san made 20 jars of Pungryuju, the amount of aloe vera was smaller than that. Still, he decided to buy fifty jars just in case. Only after Do Pyeong-su asked the owner of the pot shop, ‘How much?’ did he realize that he had no money. He also didn’t know that he would run into trouble for money.

“Can’t it be traumatic?”

“It’s the first time in thirty years as a merchant to ask for credit for the first transaction.”

Someone bowed his head to the desperate Do Pyeong-su. “Are you going to get to the city by the salt boat?”

Among the Hangjusa ships, Do Pyeong-su was called a new nickname called Hoyeomseon. The owner was surprised when he heard the nickname. “Hey! You were an old man on the Hoyeom ship among the Hangzhou ships! I don’t even know the hornbill, this guy has eyes, but mana. Can I deliver it to Oh Seon Jangwon?”

“No, just put it on the cart. I will take it.” Do Pyeong-su pulled the cart with a light footstep. And he completely forgot that he had brought the jar as a foreign currency. Do Pyeong-su thought that the owner had given the jar free of charge.

“Master Do.” Oh Tong-su called out Do Pyeong-su while he was muttering rice in his mouth. Do Pyeong-su answered by picking up the host greens with his chopsticks.

“Huh?”

“I went out of town today and the owner of the pot store asked me when I was going to pay the credit? Why did you buy fifty jars?”

In an instant, Do Pyeong-soo, as well as the chopsticks of Pension Hong and Seo Seok-san, who were eating together, stopped at the same time.