Chapter 498
The Youngest Son of the Eunhae Trading Company Chapter 498
Chapter 498. Baekroju (2)
I couldn't help but be surprised by Dong-hyuk's sudden action.
I never thought he would throw an axe at the door.
When did he even get the axe?
And the axe hit the door latch perfectly, breaking it.
“What the hell are you doing?”
The warriors who noticed this became angry.
But Master Dong-Hyeok-Su ignored them and shouted inside.
“Hey! You bastard! If you're in there, come out right now!”
“We can't let you come out like this.”
“If you keep this up, we'll have to use force.”
Master Dong-Hyeok-Su exchanged glances with me while arguing with the two warriors.
I nodded and immediately rushed toward the door.
“No, don't!”
The two warriors tried to stop me, but Master Dong-Hyeok-Su blocked them.
When I opened the door, I saw Master Yeong tied to a chair.
“Master Yeong!”
“Purple Mist Pills!”
“Are you okay?”
“Yes.”
I quickly cut the rope tying him up, helped him up, and took him outside.
Master Dong-Hyeok-Su was still fighting with the two warriors.
“Stop!”
“...”
The warriors who saw Master Palm print looked defeated.
Master Dong-hyuk looked back and smiled.
“Hey! You're alive?”
“I'm not that easy to kill.”
Master Palm print smiled and picked up the axe that was lying on the floor.
“Did you throw this?”
“Yes. So what?”
“Thank you.”
At that moment, a man who must have heard the commotion was rushing over with the warriors.
“What's all this commotion...”
He couldn't finish his sentence. That's because he saw Palm print standing next to me.
In an instant, his expression changed, and he said, "Goo-jin, what are you doing?
“Gu-jin, what are you doing? How dare you come here with an axe and cause trouble!”
I tried to say something to him as he tried to push Master Yong-gu-jin away.
But Master Dong-hyuk-su was faster than me.
“Long time no see, Hyung-nim.”
"You...
“And don't hurt an innocent man. That axe is mine. I brought it to save my friend from you.”
“Hurt him? What are you talking about?”
“Look at the marks on this man's arm.”
Just as he said, there were clear marks on Palm print's arm where he had been tied up.
“Come to think of it, you said that Hyung-nim was away on business. Did you take advantage of this opportunity to do this? In any case, I will not let this go.”
“This is a matter for the Seon-gu family. No matter how close you are to Gu-jin, you cannot interfere in the affairs of the main family.”
He's trying to get out of it by saying it's a family matter.
This leaves us with no room to intervene.
But Master Dong-Hyeok-Su is not the type to give in to such things.
“I guess the Seong family is a family that has a rule of tying up and imprisoning their own brothers? When I met Chun-Jang before, he boasted about his family, but he never mentioned anything like that.”
Wow!
Well done! Good job.
I wanted to applaud him silently.
“Gu-jin has committed a crime against the family! Therefore...”
“Ha! That's too much! Hyung-nim! How many lies do you have to tell before you're satisfied? I committed a crime? What crime did I commit?”
“You brought shame to the family.”
Master Dong-hyuk looked utterly ridiculous.
“Are you saying that this boy has disgraced the family because he makes alcohol?”
“Yes!”
Ugh... This isn't going to work.
I stepped forward and said, “It's nice to meet you.
I am Eun Seo-ho, the captain of the Eunhae Trading Company.”
“This is no place for a mere merchant!”
“No, I am qualified to be here. I am here on behalf of the trading company that sponsors the master craftsman, Yeong-gujin.”
“...”
“The master craftsman Yeong-gujin, whom our Eunhae Trading Company has been sponsoring, disappeared right before the product evaluation, and we are in a very difficult situation.”
I continued in a low voice.
“However, we discovered that you are holding the master craftsman, Yeong-gujin. Who should we claim compensation from for this loss?”
“That...”
“Shall we report this to His Royal Highness, who is in charge of this week's liquor tasting, and settle this matter?”
At my words, he took a step back with a troubled look on his face.
“So, wouldn't it be better to settle this here? What good will come of it if this gets out?”
“Ugh...”
I said to the master craftsman and Master Dong-hyuk.
“Let's go.”
And so, we were able to leave the mansion safely.
“Are you okay?”
When we arrived at the Beijing branch, Jin-ho greeted us.
“Thanks to you, we're fine.”
“I'm so glad.”
I said to Jin-ho.
“Just in case, please pay more attention to security.”
“I will.”
Jin-ho nodded.
I didn't have to worry about security at the Beijing branch with him around. He was that thorough.
Except for the occasional nonsense he spouts.
Still, I liked Jin-ho better at this time. Later, when he became Chief Administrator, he became more serious than Go Il-pyeong and lost his sense of humor.
I said to Palm print.
“Then let's talk.”
“Yes.”
I took Palm print and Master Dong-hyuk to the reception room.
When we sat down, Pal-gap poured us some tea.
“Please have some. It's tea that calms the mind.”
“Thank you.”
We spent some time drinking tea and calming ourselves.
Excited conversations don't go in the right direction.
Mmm, this tea is delicious.
Pal-gap's tea Your skills are improving day by day.
When I felt that the excitement had calmed down a little, I asked Master Palm print.
“Who was that person earlier?”
“Ah... That is my second older brother, Yong-gu.”
Master Dong frowned and added from beside me.
“I really don't like him. He's always playing dirty tricks…”
“It's his survival strategy.”
In order to get what he wants. They say that the second son of a family tends to be more enterprising.
Hmm, Hyung-nim…
“Seo-ho. I also think that the position of captain of the Trading Company should go to Jung-ho. It is my pride to protect this company.”
Yes, you can't generalize.
And whether you are enterprising or not, it is not right to achieve what you want by harming others.
“Then why did you detain Palm print?”
“I don't want to say it honestly, but it's not right to do that to our patron.”
He sighed and continued.
“I hope what I'm about to say stays here.”
“I understand. I'll keep it a secret.”
“They want me to get married.”
“Marriage... Did you say marriage?”
“Yes.”
He nodded.
“The Minister of Military Affairs has a daughter who is mentally ill. However, due to the status of their family, they cannot marry her off to just any man...”
“So you wanted to make the master craftsman your son-in-law and gain benefits through his connections.”
“Yes.”
“That son of a bitch!”
Master Dong-hyuk was furious.
Even as a third party, I was boiling with rage, so how must he feel as her childhood friend?
By the way, the daughter of the Minister of War is insane...
Actually, I already knew that.
In my previous life, I learned about it during the trial of her husband, who died while trying to stop her from committing suicide.
He was found not guilty of murder.
The ruling was that it was an accident.
However, since he was the cause, the Ministry of Military Affairs had to pay a huge compensation to the groom's family.
A few years later, she was cured of her madness.
A Daoist priest from the Mosan sect cured her.
That accident happened several years later and had nothing to do with me, so I didn't think much of it.
No matter how far back in time I went, I couldn't save everyone in the world.
I had to accept my limitations.
Besides, my goal was to make the Eunhae Trading Company the world's best trading company and take revenge on the Martial Alliance and the Baekcheon Trading Company.
Sigh...
I washed my face.
But now the situation is different.
The victim of that incident could have become a Palm print master.
Now that he is connected to me, I can't pretend I don't know about it.
By the way, her madness...
Her madness is that she self-harms when it rains.
It wasn't like that from the beginning, but she suddenly started doing it one day.
The fact that it was cured by a Palm print master, not a physician, means that it is not a disease.
But I'll have to put off finding out about that until later.
I have more urgent matters to attend to right now.
I said to the master craftsman.
“Even though there was an unfortunate incident, I hope you will do your best tomorrow.”
“Of course.”
* *
Eung-gong gritted his teeth.
His plan had been ruined.
Dong-hyuk-soo.
He had never liked his younger brother's childhood friend.
It was probably because he was similar to him, even though he was not like him.
He was hot-headed and impulsive, but once you got to know him, he was actually quite intelligent.
People just didn't realize that.
On top of that, he was the eldest son of the governor of Gyeongju.
He was someone Yong-soo couldn't easily mess with.
That's why he naturally directed his hatred toward Eun Seo-ho, who was standing next to him.
“How dare a lowly merchant interfere with me?”
He gritted his teeth and thought about how he could get back at Eun Seo-ho.
Then he noticed that Eun Seo-ho was a merchant.
If you are a merchant, the place you fear the most is the Ministry of Revenue, which is directly related to merchants.
The next day, he entered the royal palace and headed straight for the Ministry of Revenue.
“What is a martial arts academy doing here?”
“I have learned of corruption at the Trading Company and have come to report it.”
“What? Where is that?”
“The Eunhae Trading Company. I witnessed Eun Seo-ho, the captain of the company, accepting a bribe.”
It was impossible for a trading company not to exchange bribes.
That is why his accusation is false, but not untrue.
Soon, they will send officials to the Eunhae Trading Company.
If the officials of the Ministry of Justice investigate him, every day will be miserable.
As he was imagining such a happy future, something seemed strange.
“Is your report true?”
“Of course.”
“Then write down in detail when, where, and from whom Captain Eun received the bribe, and how you found out about it.”
“What?”
“We need accurate, very accurate evidence to deal with Captain Eun Seo-ho.”
The Ho-bu official continued.
"That's why we have a saying in the Ho-bu. When dealing with the Eunhae Trading Company, be prepared a hundred times more than usual. Otherwise, we will suffer the consequences.“
”....
“What? A place known for not accepting bribes has accepted a bribe! This is very important. What are you doing? Write it down!”
Hearing this, Yong-sang broke out in a cold sweat.
If he wrote a false report, it would become a trap that he could not escape from, and he would be ruined.
Furthermore, false accusation was a serious crime.
“Actually, I don't remember very well... I'm sorry.”
He ran out of the Ministry of Military Affairs as if he were fleeing.
“Damn it!”
He couldn't give up just because his first plan had failed.
The second place that came to mind was the Royal Guards.
He had worked at the Ministry of Military Affairs for a long time, so he had connections with the Royal Guards.
There were often people who transferred from the Military Department to the Royal Guards.
They had the authority to arrest and interrogate people even without detailed evidence.
“There is a risk that my father or Hyung-nim will hear about this, but there is no other way to get back at that merchant.”
Yong-sang approached Han Jin-mu, a member of the Royal Guards who was his close friend. He informed him about Eun Seo-ho.
“I heard him make remarks that seemed to indicate he had treasonous intentions toward His Majesty the Emperor.”
“What?”
“So hurry up and arrest him...”
“You bastard! How dare you slander him like that?”
“Huh? What?”
“He is our benefactor! There is no one among us who has not received his kindness! We all recognize his loyalty! Not only that, but he is also favored by His Majesty!”
Completely taken aback by this unexpected response, he was confused, and his friend spoke coldly to him.
“If you slander him like that again, you'll die by my hands! And I'm warning you, if you touch him, you'll be killed by our Royal Guards, and your family will be destroyed by His Majesty the Emperor!”
“...”
“Ugh! I call this guy my friend!”
With that, he stormed off.
Only then did Yong-sang realize what was going on.
The lowly merchant he had sought revenge on was not a lowly merchant at all.
“Damn it! I'm done for!”
As he was pacing nervously, a man approached him.
“Hey! There you are!”
It was his older brother, Yong-gu.
“Hyung-nim, when did you come back?”
“I just got back. My youngest son is participating in a liquor tasting competition today, so I hurried back.”
He smiled and continued.
“My youngest son is finally achieving something! Hahaha! It's just making liquor, but it's still a big achievement to stand before His Majesty! What are you doing? Let's go see him.”
“...”
This tasting competition was hosted by the Cheongsu Trading Company and the Eunhae Trading Company.
The captain of the Eunhae Trading Company, Eun Seo-ho, would definitely be there.
And Dong-hyeok would be there too.
Young-woo really didn't want to go there.