Chapter 422
The Youngest Son of the Eunhae Trading Company Chapter 422
Chapter 422. The Marriage of a Friend (1)
A short time later, when dawn began to break, Bok-deok and his men arrived with Pal-gap.
“Are you here?”
“What on earth is going on?”
It was understandable, as the horses they had lost were gathered together, and the black-clad men were bound and kneeling beside them.
“These are the ones who did this.”
“What?”
“They are the ones who deliberately tampered with the tracks so that we couldn't chase after the horses that ran away.”
“You mean...”
Bok-deok quickly understood what I meant.
“Are you saying that they deliberately let the horses escape?”
When I nodded, he burst into rage and asked me.
“What is their purpose? Why would they do such a thing?”
“They say they were ordered to do so.”
I had already finished interrogating them before Bok-deok arrived.
That's why their leader, a martial artist at the peak of his powers, was groaning in pain from the sword wound I had inflicted on him.
“Someone hired them? Who?”
“They say it was the Sambu Trading Company.”
“But that company went bankrupt, didn't it?”
I answered his question.
“It is true that they went bankrupt, but perhaps because they were founded by black-clad warriors, they are extremely vicious. It seems that they scraped together some money and hired them.”
“Damn it!”
“Those filthy bastards!”
“I said I was glad we wouldn't have to see their filthy deeds anymore! And now they do this!”
Naturally, the head of the police and his men were furious.
“Still, it's good that we found the horses. Let's escort them first.”
“Yes, sir.”
“And I think we should send a messenger ahead to inform them of this.”
Fukutoku nodded and sent someone away.
In the meantime, we prepared to escort the black-clad men.
Then Fukutoku tilted his head.
“But what about the horses behind them?”
“Ah, those horses...”
“Huh!”
Before I could answer, Bok-deok Hyeongsu gasped as if he was about to fall backward.
He seemed to have recognized them.
“You recognize them.”
“Of course you do! How many years have I spent caring for horses in Liaoning? How could I not recognize a Zhugang horse?”
He put his hands together and said.
“Among the horsemen of Liaoning, there is a saying that seeing a Zhugang horse means that your wishes will come true. But to see Zhugang horses like this... Ten of them, no less...”
Jukang horses are extremely sensitive and flee at the slightest sign of human presence.
That is why they are so difficult to see, giving rise to such legends.
“But why are the Jukang horses here?”
“It is thanks to these Jukang horses that they were unable to take the horses with them. The Jukang horses stopped them.”
“We owe the Jukangma a great debt of gratitude.”
He bowed his head before the Jukangma, and seeing this, the Jukangma raised their heads.
Pung!
At that moment, a small sound was heard.
“Kui?”
Hearing the sound, the Jukangma quickly lowered their heads. Seeing this, I smiled to myself and said,
“And the Jukangma say they will follow me.”
“What?”
“Let's go anyway.”
“Ah, yes.”
So we safely found the forty horses and headed for the Trading Company.
We had to escort the black Taoists, so we had to go slower than when we came.
And we had to lead the forty horses well.
It is not easy to lead horses without riding them.
But not this time.
“Huh... The horses are moving so calmly?”
“That's amazing.”
This was possible thanks to the ten Jukang horses.
Horses are herd animals, so they easily obey the leader of the herd.
And we had the Jukang horses following me.
Especially since the leader of the Jukangma horses was keeping them in line, the other horses didn't dare to run wild or stray from the group.
Thanks to that, we were able to return safely, albeit a little slowly.
When we returned to the horse ranch of the Gwangjun Trading Company, Captain Bok-yoon was already there, as if he had been notified in advance.
And right behind him, Seo Woo was guarding him well.
I quickly got off my horse and approached Captain Bok-Yoon.
“Why are you here when you should be preparing for your wedding?”
He shook his head and said with sparkling eyes.
“I heard that you got your horses back, so how could I not come? And you even caught the culprit. Thank you so much.”
“Isn't that Captain Jin-woo? I just helped with what I could.”
“Even so, I am truly grateful.”
Captain Bok-yoon expressed his gratitude repeatedly.
He looked at the horses behind me and tilted his head.
“Huh? Those horses...”
His reaction was no different from that of Bok-deok.
“Oh my! Isn't that Joo-gangma?”
“Yes, it is.”
“Oh my goodness! I'm seeing Joo-gangma with my own eyes! My wish is finally coming true.”
Hearing that, I smiled and asked.
“What is your wish, Captain Bok?”
“I want our trading company to be ranked among the top 50 trading companies in the world.”
“Your wish will come true.”
With that, I pulled one of the ten horses toward him.
“Do you like this horse?”
He blinked his eyes, seeming taken aback by my words.
I held out the horse and said,
“This is my wedding gift to you.”
“What?”
“Actually, I brought a car as a wedding gift, but since you use your car so much, I didn't think it was an appropriate gift. It's as if heaven heard my prayers.”
Hearing my words, Captain Bok-Yoon stammered, looking very surprised.
“I really, I mean...”
“Yes. It is my gift.”
Giving peaches as a gift to someone who grows peaches is a bit anticlimactic, but it is a different story if those peaches are heavenly peaches.
Joo Kang-Ma is like heavenly peaches to Captain Bok-Yoon.
“Joo Kang-ma also agreed. Just make sure he has plenty to eat and a comfortable place to sleep.”
“Yes, I understand. I will do so.”
He once again had tears in his eyes.
“I found my lost horse and received such a precious gift. Today is truly the best day of my life.”
“You're not really crying, are you? If you cry before your wedding, you'll have puffy eyes on your wedding day, and as your brother, I can't allow that.”
“Hahaha. I understand.”
We left the horse at the ranch and returned to the main office of the Trading Company, where we found the head of the Trading Company.
After hearing our report, the head of the Trading Company's eyes lit up.
“If he still hasn't come to his senses, we must make him do so.”
Then he ordered us to leave.
We left the office, and Bok-yoon swallowed hard.
“What's wrong?”
“I've never seen my father so angry before.”
“Ah…”
The Sam-bu Trading Company is in big trouble now.
It's none of my business.
He got what he deserved.
With that thought in mind, I returned to my quarters, where I found a servant bound and gagged.
“What's going on?”
In response to my question, the soldier Jin-yu explained the situation.
“This man was trying to relay information about the situation inside to the outside.”
So he was the rat.
I approached him and asked,
“So who did you tell?”
“That...
”The Sambu Trading Company?“
My question made the servant's eyes widen. That's right.
I told Pal-gap,
”Go to the Captain right now and tell him we caught a rat."
It was a good idea to send two samurai to the Gwangjun Trading Company in advance.
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The next morning.
Pal-gap told me that the Gwangjun Trading Company's armed forces had been secretly moving the night before.
I hope we can root them out completely this time.
Several days passed, and finally the day of Captain Bok-yoon's wedding arrived.
“Please wear this.”
The maid assigned to me brought me a ceremonial robe, which was the same red color as the groom's.
The ceremonial robes of the bride and groom were red.
Therefore, the guests never wore red clothes to the banquet.
But what a gorgeous red robe!
Isn't this the same as telling everyone that I am the groom's best man?
“How does it look? Isn't it beautiful? If you wear this, all the guests will know that you are the best man of our young master.”
Ah...
It's really to let everyone know.
“But do you really have to tell everyone?”
“What do you mean...?”
“I'm afraid that if someone named Gap finds out that you are Jinwoo, he will seek revenge, and it will be difficult to protect Gap's wife and children. Considering that, it's better to keep your identity a secret.”
The maid replied to my question.
“Ah, I see how you could think that. But Jin-woo has no obligation to take revenge, so you don't have to worry about that.”
“I see.”
“And Jin-woo's priority is not revenge. This ceremonial robe is to raise Jin-woo's status.”
It means that he will be treated like a benefactor of the family.
It also means that they will not treat Jin-woo with disrespect.
“It is also to make sure that the bride of our Captain and her family know that he is Jin-woo.”
I nodded.
There was a reason for everything.
“Then, let me help you put on your formal attire.”
With the help of the maid and Pal-gap, I put on the formal attire.
“Ugh?”
“What? Why are you making that strange sound?”
Pal-gap nodded in response to my question and smiled happily.
“As expected, you are wonderful, young master.”
“I am a little wonderful.”
I left my quarters and headed for the carriage.
It was time to pick up my bride.
“Let's go.”
“Yes.”
I rode my horse side by side with the groom. Behind us, a magnificent carriage followed.
Actually, the groom was supposed to ride in the carriage, but Captain Bok-Yoon gets carsick easily.
It didn't take long to get to the bride's house.
About an hour or two?
After riding our horses, we arrived at the bride's house.
“Oh my! They're here! They're here!”
“How handsome!”
“Oh my!”
Hearing the people's murmurs, we got off our horses.
Then, we entered the house, welcomed by the people there.
At that moment, I saw a signboard.
“Yuseongmun.”
Seeing that, I felt uneasy.
That's because I knew about the Yuseong Gate and the woman who was to become the wife of Captain Bok-Yoon.
The Yuseong Gate is a place where martial arts based on shooting stars are practiced.
As this place is located where stars can be seen very well, it may have been natural to create martial arts based on stars.
The shooting star sword is a fierce and powerful sword technique.
During the upcoming dragon and phoenix duel, people's attention is drawn to the shooting star sword.
It is because of the eldest daughter of the head of the Shooting Star Sect, who is to be married today.
However, that incident was the beginning of a tragedy that befell her and the Shooting Star Sect.
From that moment on, she began to make a name for herself and was even married to a member of the Moyong Clan, arranged by the Martial Alliance Leader.
However, only five years later, she took her own life.
Two years after that, the Yuseong Clan was accused of conspiring with the Black Sword to capture residents of a nearby village and sell them into slavery, and the entire clan was wiped out.
And then something even more absurd happened.
The Moyong Clan, who had married his eldest daughter, began to pass down a sword technique that was very similar to that of Yoo Seong-geum.
But there will be no more tragedies like that.
The eldest daughter who will make the name of Yoo Seong-geum famous will marry the young master I saved, Bok-Yoon, so she will not participate in the Dragon and Phoenix Duel.
And the Young Master of the Moyong Clan has not changed.
These are the futures I changed.
I did the right thing, didn't I?
We first headed to my father-in-law and mother-in-law.
“My son-in-law, Bok-Yoon, greets his father-in-law and mother-in-law.”
Bok-Yoon, the captain of the guard, bowed to them.
“Come in.”
“Please take good care of our daughter...”
“Don't worry. I will do so with my name and money on the line.”
His father-in-law was slightly taken aback by his words.
“Hmm.”
I quickly explained.
“Money is like martial arts to a merchant.”
“Ah, I see.”
Sect Leader Yoo Seong-moon calmed his embarrassment and looked at me.
“So you are our son-in-law, Jin-woo. But...you look familiar.”
“It is nice to meet you. I am Eun Seo-ho, the captain of the Eunhae Trading Company.”
“Eun Seo-ho... Oh! You are that young warrior!”
Eh... He knows me?
“I saw you in action at the last Dragon and Phoenix Duel.”
You even saw me in person!
“I'm embarrassed.”
When my name was mentioned, people looked at me differently.
That was to be expected, as most of the people gathered here were martial artists.
Heroes are the object of admiration for martial artists.
“You are my son-in-law, Jin-woo. I feel very secure. Now, let me introduce you to my family.”
Sect Leader Yoo Seong-moon stood up and introduced each person one by one.
“This is my mother.”
I greeted my grandmother and introduced the man next to her.
“This is my second younger brother.”
We greeted him.
“I see your second younger brother's wife and children are not here yet.”
“They will be here soon. Hyung-nim. Kyung ate late today.”
“I see. Please forgive them.”
“They are children, after all. I understand.”
“Thank you.”
After saying that, the Sect Leader looked around.
“Huh? Where did Yoo-seok go?”
At that moment, the sound of someone running approached.
“I'm sorry! I'm sorry I'm late!”
I blinked as I looked at the young man running toward us.
He looked familiar...
Ah!
It was the young man who mistook me for a kidnapper at the inn I stopped at when I entered Yeongnam.
He also seemed to recognize me and froze in place.
What a coincidence!