My Younger Siblings Are the Greatest Masters in the World - Chapter 28
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28.
“It looked like their nose bones were broken. Some of the kids also had broken arms, legs, and ribs.”
“What? How could you beat the children so severely?”
“Those brats have no manners! No manners! There are things you can say to adults and things you can’t, do you know what they said? To Ruju… Oh my, I can’t even repeat it because it would dirty my mouth. Kids like that need to have their habits corrected when they’re young. Otherwise, they end up exactly like that.”
Seol Mantong, who was being pointed at by Seol Ryeoseon, got angry and said, ‘You caused the trouble, so why are you picking on me!’
“Don’t you know whose children they are?”
“All the kids were wearing martial uniforms with ‘Hwangui Martial Hall’ written on them?”
Hwangui Martial Hall was quite a famous martial hall in this area.
It seemed to have some connection with the Hwangbo Family of Jinan, but he wasn’t interested enough to remember more than that.
Since they didn’t know the victims, they had no choice but to wait until someone came looking.
That wait wasn’t very long.
“Which bastard made my child’s nose look like this!”
The people entering Yeonji-ru were eight women.
They ranged from their thirties to forties, and all had angry faces.
Seol Mujin sighed inwardly.
If they were men, he could try to resolve things through conversation and resort to fists if things went wrong, but he couldn’t do that with women.
The mothers brought two children with them, while the other six were all lying in the medical clinic.
Explaining the circumstances to the women who were screaming at the top of their lungs was completely useless.
To them, their own children were the most important thing in the world, and they had no interest in the reason why their children were beaten.
“What could children raised under courtesans possibly learn! Those kinds of people should all be caught and thrown in prison for life!”
“We should castrate them so they can’t have children! They’d only give birth to brats just like themselves!”
Seol Mujin sighed.
So that’s where the children learned such language.
“Those foul-mouthed women!”
If Seol Mujin hadn’t told her absolutely not to intervene five times, Seol Ryeoseon would have already flown through the air and smashed those women’s faces.
She had displayed truly superhuman patience, but the women’s words shattered Seol Ryeoseon’s limits.
She flew up to kick the nearest woman in the face, but Seol Mujin caught her in mid-air.
“Ryeoseon! Endure it! Endure it!”
“Let me go! I’ll burst their brains and throw them to the maggots!”
Seol Changho and Seol Mantong didn’t try to stop Seol Ryeoseon either.
If Seol Ryeoseon hadn’t stepped forward, they would have wanted to do it themselves.
The fat woman, who didn’t even know her head was in danger of being split open, foamed at the mouth.
“That… that murderous bitch! Is that any way to talk to an adult! Those raised under uneducated women are always…”
Finally, even Seol Mujin couldn’t endure it and spoke.
“We’ll pay enough for the medical expenses, so please leave.”
“Where does a young brat get off glaring at me! Do you know who I am?”
“Who are you?”
He wasn’t curious, but just asked anyway.
“Do you know the Hwangsan Gang on Sanghyeon Street?”
It was a familiar name.
“The Black Society with Go Hwangsan as Gang Leader?”
“Bastard! You do have ears since you’ve heard of it! That child’s father is Go Hwangsan! You’re dead, you bastard!”
“I see.”
“Are you finally coming to your senses? Should I have my boys set fire to this pathetic pleasure house?”
She seemed to think Seol Mujin’s silence was from fear.
“You come to the Hwangsan Gang tomorrow by the beginning of the hour of the Sheep (1 PM to 3 PM) with one hundred nyang for medical expenses. If you don’t, I’ll kill all those brats and turn this pleasure house into ashes!”
The woman who casually spat out those terrible words disappeared with her group of women.
It was like a storm had swept through.
“Hey! You bitches! Stop right there!”
Seol Ryeoseon, whose anger hadn’t subsided, shouted at the top of her lungs.
“Ryeoseon, calm down.”
Only after saying those words about a hundred times could he finally stop Seol Ryeoseon’s struggling.
“I’ll handle this, so the seven-year-old should act like a seven-year-old and stay still.”
“What do you mean seven years old!”
“Your current behavior is exactly like a seven-year-old’s though?”
Seol Changho clicked his tongue.
“Tsk tsk tsk… An old hag fighting with kids. You should act your age.”
“Heh heh heh… Still, it is entertaining.”
“Shut up!”
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Seol Mujin went to the Hwangsan Gang at the appointed time with one hundred nyang in silver coins.
The Hwangsan Gang, located in the middle of Sanghyeon Street in the downtown district, was a Black Society that was currently expanding its influence.
After Go Hwangsan became Gang Leader, they absorbed a nearby Black Society and increased their membership by twenty people.
The Hwangsan Gang was an organization that openly boasted about taking over Jinan’s nightlife.
Whether dogs or wolves took over Jinan’s nightlife was not something Seol Mujin needed to concern himself with.
As long as the tribute money came in regularly.
In that sense, the Hwangsan Gang was a decent Black Society.
They expanded their influence without causing major incidents, and they paid quite substantial tribute to the government office.
Since they were a relatively diligent(?) Black Society, he hadn’t had much occasion to see Go Hwangsan.
Had they met twice so far?
But this third meeting would be the worst meeting for Go Hwangsan.
Seol Mujin entered the Hwangsan Gang through the wide-open door.
On the left, one person was working an abacus while another was diligently writing something in account books.
Among the eight thugs chatting, there was a woman mixed in.
Since Seol Mujin was dressed in plain clothes, a thug near the door immediately spoke down to him.
“What do you want?”
As always, these thug bastards have no manners.
The woman who turned her gaze pointed her finger at Seol Mujin.
“That bastard’s here.”
The thug who was drinking tea with the woman asked.
“Is that bastard the one who hit the young master?”
“They said he’s that bastard’s brother, but it’s all the same thing.”
Seol Mujin looked around the Hwangsan Gang.
He had been a leader for two years, yet not a single one of them recognized him.
A thug with a scar on his cheek swaggered over.
“Kid, you’ve got guts. Walking into a tiger’s den with your own feet.”
Seol Mujin asked.
“Where did Go Hwangsan go?”
“This bastard, have you lost your mind? Carelessly saying the Gang Leader’s name…!”
Seol Mujin walked past the scarred thug and sat across from the woman.
He pulled out a silver pouch from his chest and threw it on the table with a jingling sound.
“Treatment fee, one hundred nyang.”
The woman was startled.
“You really brought one hundred nyang?”
She hadn’t thought he would be able to prepare such a large sum.
She had demanded one hundred nyang planning to take over the pleasure house if he couldn’t provide it.
It was a plan the woman had made alone, and she believed her husband Go Hwangsan would praise her for it.
But he brought one hundred nyang?
She hurriedly opened the mouth of the pouch.
Sparkling silver coins filled the pouch completely.
“Madam. Are these real silver coins?”
The woman showed the silver coins to the thug sitting beside her.
One hundred nyang was a fortune that even black society thugs would find hard to see.
“How could a pleasure house servant get such a fortune…?”
“Is the kids’ fight settled now?”
“Look at this bastard’s short way of speaking.”
“Now it seems we need to move on to an adults’ fight…”
Just then, a thug’s voice was heard from the entrance: “Has the Gang Leader arrived!”
The woman jumped up.
“Honey!”
“What brings you here?”
“I was going to tell you, but you didn’t come home last night…”
“You came all the way here because your husband didn’t come home? Are you out of your mind?”
“No, that’s not it…”
The thug who had been beside the woman quickly explained the situation.
“What? The servant brought one hundred nyang in silver? That’s ridiculous.”
Go Hwangsan’s footsteps drew closer.
“Let me see what kind of bastard this is.”
At those words, Seol Mujin slightly turned his head to the left.
Go Hwangsan’s thread-thin eyes met Seol Mujin’s gaze.
Go Hwangsan’s thread-thin eyes widened like large marbles.
Seol Mujin wore a smile.
“Gang Leader Go, it’s been a while.”
“Se… Se… Se… Captain Seol!”
“Your wife is scary. Extorting one hundred nyang from me.”
“There, there must have been some misunderstanding!”
Seol Mujin rose to his feet.
“I heard the Hwangsan Gang has been doing well lately, and it seems that’s really true. You don’t even care about a captain anymore.”
Go Hwangsan felt his heart sink.
No matter how successful a gang leader he was, he could never survive if he became Seol Mujin’s enemy.
Eight gangs had disappeared after crossing Seol Mujin.
Eight gangs had vanished within just six months of Seol Mujin becoming captain.
The vanished gangs had looked down on Seol Mujin as merely a captain.
That made sense since government officials were the ones who received pocket money from gangs and did their dirty work.
If push came to shove, they could beat them up and solve it with a few coins.
But fundamentally, Seol Mujin couldn’t be beaten.
Seol Mujin was someone who could easily subdue about thirty thugs with just one club.
They couldn’t pressure higher-ups to fire him either, since Seol Mujin’s backer was the magistrate, who could be called the king of Jinan.
The gang that had paid bribes to eliminate Seol Mujin disappeared without lasting even a day.
That’s why the gangs called Seol Mujin “Seol the Reaper.”
It meant the reaper of death, and also because whenever Seol Mujin appeared, someone would inevitably die.
After eight gangs disappeared like that, no gang dared to touch Seol Mujin.
How else could the saying arise that the magistrate ruled Jinan’s days while Seol Mujin ruled its nights?
If he let Seol Mujin go like this, the Hwangsan Gang wouldn’t survive the day.
Go Hwangsan dropped to his knees before Seol Mujin with a thud.
“Please, please spare me just this once! My wife didn’t know anything and acted like a fool!”
“There’s also a saying that crimes committed in ignorance aren’t really crimes.”
His easy agreement was even more frightening.
Seol Mujin was never a gentle person.
Though not even twenty years old, Seol Mujin was someone who harbored a hundred serpents in his belly.
“Even crimes committed in ignorance deserve punishment! I will certainly punish her, so please withdraw your anger!”
Go Hwangsan was desperate.
He couldn’t let the Hwangsan Gang he had worked so hard to build disappear over such an absurd incident.
“Your crime is raising your child that way and failing to discipline your household. How do you plan to receive punishment for that?”
“How about you see the punishment I impose on myself first, and if you find it lacking, then you punish me?”
He had to buy time first.
Seol Mujin looked down at the kneeling Go Hwangsan and tapped his head with his hand.
“So you committed the crime but want to serve your sentence later? Is there such a law in this world?”
Go Hwangsan’s shoulder was pushed by Seol Mujin’s foot and he tumbled backward.
But like a roly-poly toy, Go Hwangsan knelt again and even prostrated himself.
“Please, Master Seol! Just spare me this once! If you spare me, I will never forget this grace!”
“Who said anything about killing? Though the Hwangsan Gang will be gone by tonight.”
That was killing Go Hwangsan.
“You can eat well and live well with the one hundred nyang you gave your wife.”
Go Hwangsan grabbed onto Seol Mujin’s pant leg as he tried to leave.
“Master Seol! I’ll kick that woman out right now!”
The woman who had been at a loss was startled.
“H-honey, what are you saying?”
“You bitch! You have to clean up the mess you made! How dare you extort one hundred nyang from someone of his stature!”
“Even if he’s a gang leader… All those gang leaders call you big brother…”
Smack!
The woman who was slapped by Go Hwangsan fell down with a scream.
“You think Master Seol is like any other gang leader! The wife of a Black Society Gang Leader doesn’t even recognize Master Seol! You stupid bitch! Go home and pack your things right now!”
“P-pack? Where are you telling me to go?”
“Get out, whether you starve to death somewhere or not!”
The woman finally felt the reality of being kicked out of her home.
Then her knees automatically buckled and her hands came together in front of her chest.
“P-please don’t kick me out!”
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