Chapter 475
The Youngest Son of the Silver Sea Trading Company Chapter 475
Chapter 475. Gung Shin (2)
I smiled at the young man standing there with a blank expression.
“Stay where you are. I won't hurt you.”
Then, looking at the arrow in my hand, I patted my chest.
It was worth rushing over here.
The young man in front of me was Gung-shin.
In his previous life, he had shot the commander of the royal guards.
However, the commander of the royal guards was extremely lucky.
This was also one of those lucky breaks, as the arrow grazed his neck and passed by.
Thanks to that, he survived, and this young man was eventually caught and taken away.
The commander of the royal guards felt sorry for him and forgave him, and the emperor also thought his talent was a waste, so he gave him a light punishment.
However, he eventually took his own life.
This was because he learned things he did not know during the interrogation.
He could not overcome his feelings of guilt.
It was quite a commotion at the time, so I knew the general outline of the story.
I didn't know the exact date of the crime, but when I arrived here today, I heard that the commander of the Akyeonggyeong was coming.
Thanks to that, I realized that today was the day of the crime and moved quickly.
Originally, Seo Woo was supposed to catch this arrow, but Gung-shin's skills were better than I expected, so I had no choice but to catch it myself.
I was only able to catch it by using my extreme skill in the art of no-mark archery, which made me realize once again how skilled Gung-shin is.
That's why I couldn't let him get away.
I said to the young man with a straight face.
“You should be grateful to me. If I hadn't caught that arrow, what would have happened?”
“...”
He just stared at me blankly, still looking dazed.
Then I'll have to deal with the ones in the back first.
“So who asked you to do this?”
“Commission? I don't know anything about that! I came here to stop him!”
As if coming to his senses, the palace guard shouted urgently.
“What do you mean? Didn't you give me a deposit and ask me to do this?”
“When did I? Do you have proof?”
What a shameless guy.
I chuckled and swung my fist at him.
“Guh!”
I grabbed his face, which had turned away, and said coldly.
“Your bullshit has to sound plausible for me to listen to it. This isn't even worth listening to. You said you were trying to stop him? If that's the case, shouldn't you be out of breath and your clothes disheveled?”
“That's...!”
In the meantime, my companions arrived, and I handed him over to them.
Then I turned to Gung-shin and said,
“I helped you when your life was in danger, and you won't even offer me a cup of tea?”
He clenched his fist and opened his mouth.
“Follow me.”
A moment later.
We arrived at a shabby hut.
Of course, we also brought the man who had ordered the assassination of Gongshin.
Seo Woo and Yeo Eung-am cut down a thick tree from the forest, stuck it into the ground, and tied the man to it.
Meanwhile, Gongshin brought tea.
“Please have some.”
“I'll drink it.”
I took a sip of tea and put it down.
Are you sure you want me to drink this?
We are not very good at making tea.
I held back a sigh and changed the subject naturally.
“However, it seems that you still do not trust us. It seems that Chun Bu-jang is inside, but why won't you let us greet him?”
“How did you know?”
“I have that much skill. That's how I caught your arrow earlier, isn't it?”
“That's true.”
He looked up at the sky for a moment, then lowered his head and continued.
“Actually, my father is currently bedridden. He has been for five years now.”
“That must be very difficult. Still, since you've come all this way, shouldn't you at least say hello?”
“He won't respond, though…”
“It's fine.”
At my insistence, he reluctantly led me inside.
When we entered the room, I saw a middle-aged man lying on a sickbed.
His face was gaunt.
I let out a sigh. The energy I felt from him was undoubtedly poisonous.
I had felt it even before entering the room...
The information I had was correct.
“It is a pleasure to meet you. I am Eun Seo-ho, the captain of the Eunhae Trading Company. I am here to visit your son.”
His lips twitched slightly and his eyes blinked.
That meant he was still conscious.
I turned to Gung-shin and asked, “Can you see him?”
“Yes. Fortunately, there is a kind physician who has agreed to take care of your father.”
“Don't trust that physician.”
He expressed his anger.
“What do you mean? No matter how much he has helped me, I cannot ignore what you say. He has been treating my father every other day for five years. How can you tell me not to trust him!”
After catching his breath, he continued.
“I don't want to have anything to do with someone who slanders his benefactor like that!”
“Huh...”
I sighed and asked.
“What did the physician say was your father's illness?”
“He said his neck bone was damaged, causing paralysis in his limbs...”
“That's why you used expensive medicine that was good for bones. And you sold all your property to pay for it. Am I right?”
His face was filled with embarrassment.
It was just as I said.
“Am I wrong?”
“Yes, you are.”
“And who introduced you to the job that author asked you to do earlier? If I'm not mistaken, I think it was the physician who introduced you to it.”
“...!”
“Mister's father's illness is poisoning.”
“What?”
“He's been poisoned.”
“Poisoned?”
“And you said he came to visit him every other day, right? In my opinion, that physician must be working with the person who poisoned your father.”
“I can't believe it.”
“Then I'll prove it to you.”
I rolled up my sleeves.
I am a walking antidote.
“Masters Jin-yu and Lee Pil, please hold the young master back so he doesn't cause any trouble, and everyone else, please protect me.”
“Yes, sir.”
I summoned my inner arts.
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
The powerful movement of my inner arts caused my clothes to flutter.
I carefully examined Chunbu's body.
Fortunately, the poison had not yet reached his bone marrow.
That meant he was still conscious.
He must have used this poison so that he could stay alive as long as possible.
“I am now going to neutralize the poison in your body. Please try to relax as much as possible.”
Then, I infused Chunbu's body with the clear energy of Taeum Byeonghae Shin Gong.
The energy of Taeum Byeonghae Shin Gong is the energy of nature.
Perhaps because of this, even if I infuse it into someone's body, it does not harm them.
I could feel the poison in his body gradually being purified.
A moment later.
I took a deep breath and opened my eyes.
Then I spoke to Chun Bu-jang in front of me.
“How do you feel?”
“Uh... I can hear my voice... I can speak. Thank you so much.”
He immediately called out to his son.
“Jeong-ah. Jeong-ah.”
“Father!”
At my signal, the two bodyguards released him, and he rushed to Chun-jang.
“Yes, it's you, Jeong-ah.”
“Father!”
Hearing his father call his name for the first time in five years, Gong-shin shed tears.
“You're safe... I'm so glad you're safe!”
He hadn't spoken for five years, so his pronunciation was a little slurred, but he had no problem communicating.
“As you said, I was poisoned.”
“What? Is that true?”
“Yes. And that physician wasn't treating me.”
He was out of breath and couldn't continue, gasping for air.
“My body has not yet fully recovered. I will need to continue monitoring your health, but for now, please eat this.”
I took a pouch from my pocket and handed it to him.
“What is this?”
“It is Cheon Yeong-geun.”
“What?”
“It is a medicine that is effective for recovery.”
It was a medicine that Geum-ryeong had given me as a gift on my birthday.
I'm using it like this.
“Isn't that very precious?”
“Isn't this also a kind of fate? And no medicine is more precious than a human life.”
He bowed and expressed his gratitude for my words.
“Thank you very much. Thank you!”
Looking at him, I couldn't help but smile bitterly as I remembered my past life.
How must he have felt when he heard that he had been deceived by the physician and that the physician and his accomplices had killed his father after learning that he had been captured?
The physician and his accomplices were captured by the emperor and could not escape the Senior Brother, but Gung-shin's heart must have been torn into a thousand pieces.
At that moment, Seo Woo, the warrior, gritted his teeth and asked me, "Where is that physician?
“Where is that physician? A man like that must not be allowed to live!”
Come to think of it, Seo Woo also suffered because of a incompetent physician.
And in his previous life, he died because measures were taken too late.
This time, thanks to me, he was treated safely and is now living his life as a warrior again.
But he has had a similar experience, so it must not feel like someone else's problem.
That's why the cautious Seo Woo reacted that way.
At that moment, Gung-shin stood up and said,
“I'll take you there. I have a lot to ask him. And since he did that to me... I don't want anyone else to touch him.”
Gung-shin's eyes were completely different from his previous blind gaze.
Then someone grabbed him and said,
“Jeong-ah...”
“Your father.”
“I have something to tell you.”
* * *
Sang-deok had already packed his belongings.
When he received orders, he had to kill Man-jeong's father and leave this place immediately.
“Huhuhu. You stupid bastard. You don't even know that we were the ones who poisoned your father, yet you're still bowing and scraping!”
He was a member of an assassination group.
They weren't very skilled, but they were persistent and never gave up on their targets.
That's why they were quite popular.
“By the way, I've grown quite fond of this place. It's a shame.”
At that moment.
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Swoosh!
Bang!
The arrow pierced Sang-deok's left thigh and stuck into the wall.
Two more arrows flew in succession, piercing his right hand and right thigh and sticking into the wall.
“Aaah!”
Unable to bear the pain, he screamed, and someone appeared.
“Nice to meet you, physician.”
“What the hell are you doing?”
The person who appeared before him was Man-jeong.
“What did you do to my father?”
“What...?”
“My father has recovered.”
“...!”
“And my father told me everything. Seven years ago, you came to him and asked him to help you kill the evil man! When he refused, you resorted to this!”
“...”
“My father remembers everything you said to him, mocking him.”
Sang-deok bit his lip.
“How did this happen? Was that poison real?”
Seven years ago, Sang-deok and his men received an order to assassinate Eok-yeong.
However, he was a cautious and thorough man, so it was difficult to find an opportunity to kill him.
Then they learned of a family with excellent archery skills living at the edge of Taesan Mountain.
The Yoon Gang-man family.
They visited the family and offered a large sum of money to the clan head, Man-joo, but he refused without hesitation.
However, they did not give up and investigated the area, discovering that his son, Man-jeong, also had excellent archery skills.
So they devised a plan.
They would destroy the family and force the son into a corner so that he would eliminate their target.
In fact, this was also revenge for being treated harshly and rejected as black Taoists.
Sang-deok deliberately kept Clan Head Man-joo alive.
This was so that he could watch his son become a black Taoist with his own eyes.
Whenever he visited Man-joo, he mocked him mentally and physically.
“If I had known this would happen, I would have killed him! Damn it!”
He coaxed Man-jeong gently.
“There seems to be some misunderstanding. Your father has only just regained consciousness, so his mind is not yet clear. That's why he's mistaken...”
“Shut your mouth!”
Pock!
“Guh!”
Man-jeong said, swinging his fist roughly at Sang-deok.
“Isn't there something more important than that? Don't you want to know how I got here and what happened to the person who ordered me to do this?”
“...!”
Come to think of it, something was strange.
He should have contacted me by now, but there was no word from him.
Then,
“Ah, you've already taken care of it.”
A pleasant voice rang out, and a handsome man dressed in colorful clothes approached with a group of people.
* * *
I entered the physician's house.
A man who appeared to be a physician was stuck to the wall of the house with arrows.
Wow, what incredible skill.
It's not easy to shoot arrows and fix a person to the wall at just the right depth like that.
“Is that the physician?”
Gung-shin nodded at Seo Woo-mu's cold voice.
“Yes, it is.”
“I see.”
Come to think of it, what happened to the physician who deceived Seo Woo-mu and Lady Hong Geum-so?
Seo Woo-mu asked for my permission.
“May I touch him?”
“If Mister allows it.”
Seo Woo turned his head, and Gongshin nodded.
“Of course.”
“Thank you.”
Seo Woo clasped his hands together and approached the physician, kicking him in the shin.
Crack!
“Aaah!”
Ah... That sounds like a bone breaking.