Chapter 200
The Youngest Son of Eunhae Trading Company Chapter 200
Chapter 200. Jin-ho's Spring (4)
When I visited Luoyang last time, I stopped by Daebyeolsan and obtained Cheonhyangroju.
It is a magical medicine that can cure any kind of heart disease.
I got three bottles of Cheonhyangroju there, and I gave one bottle to Min Ik, the son of the Chairman, to cure his illness.
I mixed half a bottle with other liquor and gave it to people around me as gifts.
I had originally promised to hold a banquet, but I couldn't find the time.
I gave a bottle to each of the people who were there at the time, my family, and the officials.
The reason why half a bottle was enough to give gifts to so many people was because the flavor and aroma of Cheonhyangroju was so rich. It was so rich that it could be mixed with other liquors at a ratio of several dozen to one.
Even after giving out all the gifts, there was still quite a bit of diluted liquor left in my warehouse.
Of course, everyone who received the liquor praised it.
As a result, there was one and a half bottles of pure Cheonhyangroju left.
Miss Ha So-min's bottle was for a three-beat heartbeat.
Although it was the same type of heartbeat, it was not as serious as a two-beat heartbeat. Normally, people with a two-beat heartbeat do not live past the age of 18, but Miss Ha had a three-beat heartbeat, so she passed away at around the age of 20.
In that case, half a bottle of Cheonhyangroju should be enough.
No matter how good a medicine is, it is not good to take too much.
I have experienced it myself after eating Cheongbingseolmaesil.
If I had been careless, I could have died.
However, I have no intention of giving it to Young Master Ha myself.
Every story has a protagonist. And the protagonist of the story of Jin-ho and Young Master Ha is not me, but Jin-ho.
So Jin-ho should give it to Miss Ha.
After finishing my training, I headed to the dining room to eat breakfast.
I'll go to Jin-ho's annex before work starts and give him the Cheonhyangroju.
When I went to the dining room, my father was already sitting there.
“I'm late.”
“No, it's fine. I just got here myself. Sit down.”
“Yes, sir.”
As I sat down, the other family members began to gather one by one.
However, even after everyone had taken their seats, Hyung-nim Jin-ho still hadn't arrived.
“Jin-ho is very late.”
“I'll go check on him.”
At my grandfather's words, my father called for his attendant.
A moment later, my father's servant rushed over with a panicked look on his face.
“Um... there's a problem.”
“What is it?”
“Well... the second captain is not here. And...”
Hesitating, he handed over a letter.
“This was left on the table.”
My father took it, read it, and sighed, putting his hand on his forehead.
“That bastard...”
“What's wrong, Father?”
In response to my brother Jung-ho's question, my father handed him the letter, and my brother took it and opened it.
I quickly got up from my seat and read the letter behind my brother.
“I am leaving to find a miracle cure. Miss Ha Su-min has a three-beat heartbeat. And in order to save her, she needs a miracle cure for yang energy. I cannot live without Miss Ha Su-min...”
Ah...
I forgot. My brother Jin-ho's determination.
But still, this is too fast.
I already have the medicine to cure the three-beat heartbeat, and he went to find it.
Oh, Jin-ho. That's not right.
It's a waste of time.
On the other hand, I could see how serious Jin-ho was about Miss Ha.
Because of Jin-ho's sudden departure...
Should I call this a departure?
Anyway, there was a brief commotion due to Jin-ho's sudden action, but everyone calmed down and ate breakfast.
Everyone in the family knew that Jin-ho was not the type of person who would go and die somewhere.
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After breakfast, I started working in Hyungpung-guk's office.
But I couldn't concentrate.
Still, I tried to pull myself together and continue working, when my assistant, Cho Yeong-yeong, came to find me.
“The Captain of the Trading Company is calling for you.”
“What?”
I tilted my head and followed Cho Yeong-yeong to my father's office.
By the way, it seems like Assistant Cho still has feelings for Chief Administrator Yoo... I'll have to find out more about this later.
“The governor of Hyungpung has arrived.”
“Show him in.”
When I entered the office, my father was frantically looking through documents.
“....”
After a moment, my father looked up and put down the documents he was looking at.
Then, after washing his face, he asked me bluntly.
“Did you say Geumryeong?”
“Yes.”
“I heard that you need to give him silver coins to do the job.”
“That's right.”
I think I mentioned it once before, but he remembered.
Tuck
My father took out some silver coins and handed them to me.
“Go find Jin-ho.”
“What?”
“Seeing how you were able to deliver a letter to me from such a distant place, I believe you have the ability to find anyone, no matter where they are. Isn't that right?”
That's right.
It was because of that ability that I was able to rescue Kim Haeng-soo when he was kidnapped last time.
“So go and bring your brother back.”
Just as I had hoped.
I couldn't concentrate on my work because I wanted to go find Jin-ho, and now you've given me a reason to do so.
“I knew that Jin-ho had feelings for Miss Ha, but I didn't know his feelings were so deep.”
“...”
“Still, it won't do any good to act without a plan. Our trading company will be able to find out about the elixir.”
My father is right.
Our Eunhae Trading Company's main product is medicinal herbs.
That's why we can obtain even elixirs at the trading company level.
That's also why I was able to obtain Cold and Hot Ten Seconds in my previous life.
Jin-ho must know that, so his sudden departure probably means that he doesn't want to cause trouble for the trading company.
However, by leaving without saying anything, he has already caused enough trouble.
“There is still a year left, so you can start looking now.”
“What?”
How does my father know that?
My father cleared his throat at my question.
“Actually, the head of the Changin Escort Agency and Head Escort Ha visited me a little while ago. So I asked them a few questions.”
They came to ask you to find a magic potion.
“And they knew that Jin-ho had left home.”
The rumor that Jin-ho ran away from home to find a magic potion for Miss Ha has spread that far.
Wait a minute...
Our Eunhae Trading Company's security isn't that lax, so how did the rumor spread so quickly?
My father sighed.
“They said they sent a letter to Miss Ha. They said they would definitely find the medicine.”
“...”
Oh, Jin-ho.
“Our trading company has agreed to help find the medicine.”
“I see.”
“Anyway, with Geum-ryeong's abilities, it shouldn't take long to find Jin-ho. It should be possible before your birthday banquet. So hurry up and bring him back before he causes any trouble.”
“Yes.”
“Oh, and when you find your second brother, kick him in the shins for me.”
As soon as I returned to Hyungpung, I instructed Pal-gap and the bodyguards to prepare for departure the next day.
Then I began to take care of business as quickly as possible.
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The next morning.
After finishing my preparations, I said goodbye to my family and left the Trading Company.
Then I tapped my sleeve.
“Geum-ryung. Come here.”
“Kui?”
“I have to find Jin-ho.”
“Kui?”
I handed Geum-ryung the silver coin I had received from my father yesterday.
Geum-ryung quickly swallowed it and sniffed.
He wanted Jin-ho's belongings.
When I took out Jin-ho's clothes, Geum-ryung sniffed them and quickly decided where to go.
“Wait!”
I quickly tied the letter I had prepared earlier to Geum-ryung's tail.
“You can go now.”
Geum-ryung ran toward the southeast, and we quickly followed her.
Around lunchtime, Geum-ryeong returned.
It seemed like he had gone farther than we thought, considering that he returned in only an hour and a half.
Still, if Jin-ho just stays where he is, we should be able to meet him soon.
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Eun Jin-ho scratched his ear as he read the letter.
It was a letter delivered to him by a strange animal just a moment ago.
“Seo Ho sent this. Come to think of it, Seo Ho said he was raising a small pig. Was it a spiritual beast?”
Even he thought Seo Ho was a strange guy, so it made sense that he would raise a spiritual beast or two.
The letter was written in familiar handwriting.
“I understand your situation, Jin-ho, but what are you going to do if you leave home so suddenly? Your family is worried about you.”
Hearing that Miss Ha was dying, he couldn't think of anything else.
When he came to his senses, he had already left home in search of Yanggi's elixir.
He knew his family would worry about him, but he rationalized that he had no choice.
And he didn't even leave a letter explaining why he was leaving.
When he first saw her among the escorts from the Changin Escort Agency, he didn't think much of her.
But as the journey continued, she began to grow on him.
Now, he was completely consumed by this woman named Ha So-min.
The thought of her disappearing from the world made his heart ache so much that he couldn't breathe.
He frowned and finished reading the letter.
“You don't even know where the medicine is, and you're going there like that. Something bad will happen.”
Eun Jin-ho sighed at that sentence.
“There's nothing I can do. I have to do something. If I ask around, I'll be able to find the elixir. But I can't shamelessly ask the Trading Company to get it for me... Huh?”
He couldn't finish his complaint.
The last sentence caught his attention.
[I know where the elixir is, so don't move from there and wait for me!]
* * *
How far did we go?
My companions and I rode our horses as led by Geum-ryeong.
We rode on and on, but I couldn't see Jin-ho, so I began to wonder if Geum-ryeong was leading us in the right direction.
However, Geum-ryeong was a man who always did his job well once he was paid.
That meant Jin-ho must have gone far.
How far did we go?
It was getting dark.
“Liege, I think we should start looking for a place to spend the night.”
I nodded at Seo Woo's words.
“You're right. How far did Jin-ho go?”
As we were complaining, we saw a small light in the distance.
What is that light in the mountains?
When Geum-ryeong saw it, he wagged his tail.
Could it be?
I hurried toward it and soon felt a familiar presence.
I found him in just one day!
“Hyung!”
“Huh? Seo-ho?”
I got off my horse and sat in front of the bonfire, then approached Jin-ho, who had just gotten up.
Then I kicked him in the leg.
Pock!
“Ugh!”
There was a little bit of my own feelings in that, but I was just following my father's orders.
“My father told me to kick you in the shin when I saw you.”
“Huh...”
Knowing he was guilty, Jin-ho could only rub his leg.
“Do you know what you did wrong?”
“I'm sorry.”
“Did you eat dinner?”
“Not yet...”
I turned my head and looked at the horse Jin-ho had ridden on. He must have left in a hurry because only the bare essentials were loaded on it.
Still, at least he didn't run away with nothing but the clothes on his back.
When he saw the bag, he nodded and replied.
“I bought some dumplings at an inn. I'll prepare them right away.”
A short while later, we ate tea and dumplings warmed by the bonfire for dinner.
“By the way...”
Just as we were eating the dumplings in silence, Jin-ho opened his mouth.
“Is it true?”
“What?”
“No, you wrote it in your letter. You said you knew where to find a medicine that could cure Miss Ha's illness. Is that true?”
“Yes, it's true.”
“So where is it?”
I sighed and asked him.
“Why? Are you going to look for it?”
“Of course! I'm going to save Miss Ha! Without Miss Ha, I...”
Remembering Jin-ho after Miss Ha's death, I made a bitter face.
“Why are you making that face?”
“No, it's just... I want you to marry her.”
“I will.”
I hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“Actually, that elixir... it's mine.”
“What?”
“The magic potion I have.”
“....”
Jin-ho blinked, as if he didn't quite understand what I said.
“I have a magic potion that I got by chance. As soon as I heard that Miss Ha had a three-beat heartbeat, I thought of the potion and wanted to give it to you, but you were already gone from the Trading Company, right?”
“....”
“I was too fast.”
Hearing my words, Jin-ho slowly said to me.
“Then what? So I...”
“Yeah. It was all for nothing.”
“...”
Jin-ho buried his face in his knees.
Even he must have felt ashamed.
I patted him gently on the back and said,
“Here, take this.”
“What is this?”
“It's Cheonhyangroju. It's a magical medicine that can cure any kind of heart disease.”
At my words, Jin-ho's eyes welled up with tears.
“So, now that we're here, let's put on a play, shall we?”