My Younger Siblings Are the Greatest Masters in the World - Chapter 110

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110.

As they approached the Provincial Command Headquarters, Bang Goyang and the Beggar Sect disciples disguised as Geumeuiwi scattered in all directions.

Seol Mujin on horseback slowly approached the city gate.

Inside those city walls was Gwak Jongoh, who had killed the innocent couple.

If only Seol Mujin hadn’t told them to come to Jinan, they would be living a peaceful life.

Seol Mujin bore at least fifty percent of the responsibility for the good couple’s death.

It took considerable patience to restrain himself from storming into the city walls.

“Who goes there! This is the Provincial Command Headquarters where outsiders cannot enter!”

Two of the four soldiers guarding the city gate pointed their spears at them.

Seol Mujin showed them his identity plaque as a Geumeuiwi commander.

“What’s this Provincial Command Headquarters that I can’t enter?”

The Geumeuiwi were people who could freely enter and leave even the Imperial Palace.

How could a mere Provincial Command Headquarters block the steps of the Geumeuiwi?

“We, we greet the honorable Geumeuiwi Commander!”

The law does not apply to the swords of Geumeuiwi officers.

Being in the military, they knew the power of the Geumeuiwi better than anyone.

So the soldiers trembled as they opened the city gate for Seol Mujin to enter.

Not a side gate, but the great main gate itself.

“Hehehe! This way!”

A ball rolling among playing children happened to be stepped on by Seol Mujin’s horse.

Pop!

The ball made from pig bladder burst with a loud noise.

The children chasing the ball stopped in surprise.

Then they looked up and saw the disguised Triplets.

“Waaah—!”

Six children burst into tears almost simultaneously.

The Triplets’ faces were… such that children would cry just from looking at them.

One of the soldiers guarding the main gate went ahead of Seol Mujin’s group to announce the Geumeuiwi commander’s visit.

It was extremely rare for a Geumeuiwi officer to come to a regional military command.

The Geumeuiwi, who mainly handled the emperor’s protection and intelligence, rarely left Beijing.

The Provincial Command Headquarters situated within the fortress was like a village.

Senior soldiers and military officers often had houses within the fortress instead of commuting from outside.

So children were common and women could be seen frequently as well.

There were training grounds on both sides, and beyond them, residences and barracks could be seen scattered about.

As Seol Mujin rode his horse, a man in blue military uniform came running breathlessly.

“Captain Jang Baekgu greets the honorable Commander!”

Jang Baekgu, who had neatly groomed his beard like a scholar, bowed deeply before the horse.

Though a captain held a fairly high position of the fifth rank, everyone’s backs became flexible before the Geumeuiwi.

“Jang Baekgu. Easy to remember, a good name.”

“Thank you!”

“Who is in charge here?”

“Provincial Commander Baek Gangju, sir!”

“Guide me.”

“Yes? Excuse me, but what brings you here…?”

When Jang Baekgu met Seol Mujin’s gaze, words wouldn’t come out.

That thick killing intent was not something a military officer with a belly full of grease could handle.

“I, I will guide you. But could I perhaps see your identity plaque once more?”

When Seol Mujin frowned, Jang Baekgu lowered his body as if a blade had touched his throat.

“I, I request this out of concern that there might be some mistake leading to inadequate hospitality for your honor!”

Though knowing those words were false, Seol Mujin showed his identity plaque again.

Jang Baekgu silently repeated Seol Mujin’s position and name to memorize them before respectfully returning the plaque.

He would probably immediately send Jeon Seoggu to verify if Seol Mujin was real.

‘He should be real, right?’

Surely Ju Cheonmyeong wouldn’t have made him a fake Geumeuiwi.

The place Seol Mujin was guided to was a building located at the center of the fortress.

The outer area of the fortress was soldiers’ residential quarters, while the inner area was off-limits to outsiders.

The L-shaped building was topped with roof tiles, giving it the appearance of a government office.

News of the fourth-rank Geumeuiwi commander’s visit had already reached here, with soldiers lined up on both sides.

Upon entering the main gate, the soldiers lined up on both sides struck the ground twice with their spears and shouted.

“We welcome the honorable Commander’s visit!”

They were so well-practiced that it sounded like one person shouting.

Seol Mujin thought, ‘Instead of practicing this, they should do more military training,’ as he rode his horse into the courtyard.

Three people were waiting there, and judging by their clean blue military uniforms and glossy faces, they were clearly high-ranking.

Among them, the graying man in his fifties in the center bowed.

“You must have had a hard journey coming so far.”

When Seol Mujin dismounted, the Triplets and Jo Cheongkwan also got off their horses.

The expressions of people startled by seeing the Triplets were somewhat amusing.

The graying man introduced himself first.

“I am Provincial Commander Baek Gangju, commanding the Hubei Provincial Command Headquarters.”

Though a provincial commander was second rank, much higher than a commander, Baek Gangju’s attitude was extremely respectful.

The Geumeuiwi wielded truly unlimited power, so rank meant nothing.

The middle-aged man on the left with narrow eyes and a pointed nose, looking mean, offered his greeting.

“I am Vice Commander Gwak Sugyeong.”

Seol Mujin looked intently at Gwak Sugyeong.

‘So you’re Gwak Sugyeong.’

Someone on the right also greeted him, but Seol Mujin didn’t care.

“Please come inside.”

Gwak Sugyeong respectfully guided Seol Mujin to the reception room.

Originally, this wasn’t how he had planned to approach Gwak Sugyeong, but the innocent couple’s death had created this situation.

‘Gwak Sugyeong. The one who killed the couple is Gwak Jongoh.’

Could having the same surname be a coincidence?

Though Gwak wasn’t a rare surname, it wasn’t as common as Jang or Wang either.

Seol Mujin entered the reception room with a ‘what if’ thought.

The reception room, filled with paintings and porcelain on all sides, was extremely luxurious.

It clearly had nothing to do with an honest soldier’s appearance.

Even the tea was served by a young maid.

Even though this was clearly a men-only area.

“This is the finest green tea.”

Tea was also placed before the Triplets, but they couldn’t dare drink it.

The fake hands made of wood and covered with gloves had no problem hitting people but couldn’t hold teacups.

As Seol Mujin drank his tea, Baek Gangju casually asked.

“What business brings the honorable Commander to this humble place?”

Seol Mujin took Gwak Jongoh’s identity plaque from his pouch.

Since he held it in his hand, what it was couldn’t be seen.

“I have a very close cousin. His cooking skills were so good that he ran a restaurant in Wuhan.”

Tap!

Seol Mujin briefly tapped the table with the identity plaque.

“His wife was also diligent and pleasant, so business was very good. But unfortunately, they got caught up in an unpleasant incident.”

Tap!

Seol Mujin slightly raised his finger to show that what was in his hand was an identification badge.

However, whose it was had not yet been revealed.

“So we had no choice but to leave Wuhan and go to Jinan. Since they were so skilled at cooking, they surely would have succeeded in Jinan as well.”

As he spoke, the anger sleeping within Seol Mujin began to stir.

Snap!

Huu—.

Suppressing his anger with an invisible breath, he subtly revealed the name on the identification badge.

The moment the name was revealed, Gwak Sugyeong’s small eyes widened, and Seol Mujin didn’t miss it.

‘Oh ho! Look at this.’

Since they shared the same surname, he had suspected it, and clearly Gwak Sugyeong and Gwak Jongoh knew each other.

Perhaps they were even father and son.

“But on the way from Wuhan to Jinan, they met with misfortune.”

Baek Gangju quietly asked.

“By misfortune, you mean…?”

Thud!

Seol Mujin slammed down the identification badge with a sound.

“They died. The elder brother was stabbed with a knife and the sister-in-law was strangled to death.”

At the thick killing intent, everyone except the triplets trembled.

Of course, the person who felt the greatest fear was Gwak Sugyeong.

Seol Mujin tapped the identification badge with his index finger as he spoke.

“This was found dropped at the crime scene. Hubei Provincial Command Headquarters White Tiger Gwak, Jong, Oh.”

Baek Gangju was flustered and Gwak Sugyeong clenched his molars tightly.

Seol Mujin spoke through this tension.

“Where is White Tiger Gwak Jongoh now?”

Receiving Gwak Sugyeong’s gaze, Baek Gangju spoke with a flustered face.

“Th-there is no person named Gwak Jongoh among the White Tigers of our Provincial Command Headquarters.”

It was an obvious lie.

Seol Mujin’s gaze was so cold that Baek Gangju instinctively shrank his neck.

“Listen here, Commander Baek. Lying to a Geumeuiwi Ch’ŏmsa is no different from lying to His Imperial Majesty.”

Even though he invoked the Emperor’s name, Baek Gangju did not tell the truth.

Then someone Seol Mujin hadn’t paid attention to suddenly stood up.

“J-just in case, I’ll go check and come back!”

Baek Gangju was delighted.

“Oh! Commander Bang would do that? Actually, there are so many White Tigers in this Provincial Command Headquarters that I can’t remember them all individually. Heh heh heh!”

Seol Mujin asked Gwak Sugyeong.

“Ch’ŏmsa Gwak doesn’t know the name Gwak Jongoh either? You share the same surname and he’s just the right age to be your son.”

Gwak Sugyeong, startled, shook his head.

“I don’t know that name either.”

He is his son.

“Well, Gwak is such a common surname after all.”

Seol Mujin waved his hand toward Commander Bang.

“Go check quickly.”

When Commander Bang left, Seol Mujin also stood up.

“Wh-where are you going?”

“It seems like a rat will be caught and brought here.”

“What do you mean by that…?”

Leaving Baek Gangju’s question behind, Seol Mujin went out to the courtyard.

It was a beautiful courtyard covered with fine grass.

Seol Mujin, who had gone down to the courtyard, gestured to two soldiers.

To the soldiers who ran over in surprise, Seol Mujin said.

“One of you bring a twelve-ja long log and plant it here. You bring a long iron stake and iron handcuffs.”

Since wooden stakes were erected everywhere, logs were readily available.

Iron stakes and handcuffs wouldn’t be difficult to obtain either.

“What?”

“Should I pierce your eardrums so you can hear better?”

“N-no! I’ll carry it out immediately!”

The soldier who ran off somewhere brought back a log that looked to be not twelve ja but fifteen ja long, then dug the ground.

After digging a five-ja deep pit and burying the log upright, it became the post Seol Mujin wanted.

The iron stake and handcuffs were also placed beside the post.

After checking the firmly planted log, Seol Mujin looked around.

‘It should be about time for them to come.’

Gwak Sugyeong approached cautiously and asked.

“What is this post for?”

“You’ll find out within half an hour.”

Seol Mujin’s prediction was not wrong.

“You bastards! Move aside! How dare you block the path of the Geumeuiwi!”

Bang Goyang’s voice rang out loudly, and Gwak Jongoh, grabbed by the scruff of his neck, appeared first.

Behind him, Bang Goyang and a Beggar Sect disciple dressed as a Geumeuiwi guard appeared, carrying attendant Hwang Baekjung under his arm.

Gwak Sugyeong’s face turned pale white upon seeing Gwak Jongoh.

“Do you know this person?”

At Seol Mujin’s question, Gwak Sugyeong could only open and close his mouth like a carp without answering.

Bang Goyang approached as if he were a real Geumeuiwi guard and bowed to Seol Mujin.

“I have captured the fleeing criminal! Ch’ŏmsa sir!”

“Good work.”

Gwak Jongoh, thrown to the ground, shouted.

“Wh-what wrong have I done to be treated like this!”

“If you’ve done nothing wrong, what were you so afraid of that you ran away?”

“Wh-who said I ran away? I just went out because I had business to attend to!”

Anger surged at that shameless face, but Seol Mujin forcibly suppressed it.

Breaking his neck right now would be too merciful a death for Gwak Jongoh.

Seol Mujin approached Gwak Jongoh.

He tried to move away by dragging his buttocks on the ground, but Seol Mujin soon stopped very close to him.

“You truly claim you’ve committed no crimes?”

“I-I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“The young couple you killed in Jinan.”

“I didn’t kill anyone!”

“Well, I didn’t think it would end easily. That makes me feel even better.”

Seol Mujin picked up the iron stake placed beside the post.

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