The Hwangbo Clan’s Beloved Live-In Son-in-Law - Chapter 73
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Chapter 73
The air in the banquet hall instantly turned cold at the behavior of barging in without waiting for their turn.
Although most of the martial artists were people from within Jinan, the other guests were renowned figures from all over Shandong.
No matter how much Pahosamun was a faction of the martial arts world, this level of audacity was not something that could be understood and overlooked.
“What rudeness is this?”
“It seemed like it would take forever if we waited.”
They had taken seats at the very end of the banquet, in the most secluded corner at that.
From their appearance, it seemed they had no intention of properly paying their respects.
The young scholars nearby turned pale and sat with their buttocks pulled back, their expressions saying they had nothing to do with these madmen.
“…I apologize, Household Head. We should not have let them in from the beginning.”
Huangbo Lüli bowed his head to Hwangbo Seungjeong with a hardened face.
Considering both the purpose of the banquet and the caliber of those present, he had never imagined they would show their true colors to this extent.
Did they really think the prestigious families of Shandong would entrust work to them after acting like this?
“Enough. Leave it be. When someone spits on their own face, how can we stop them?”
Hwangbo Seungjeong shook his head as if it didn’t matter.
Still, he didn’t seem comfortable about it. His eyes briefly glanced at Xie Baowei’s expression.
He was checking to see if his feelings might have been hurt by having the celebration in his honor ruined.
“I’m sorry. It’s unnecessarily because of family matters.”
“…It’s nothing.”
For Xie Baowei, his grandfather’s dejected face was more uncomfortable.
Really now.
“We should have taught those bastards a lesson long ago. Ugh. Tsk.”
No matter how much Xie Baowei managed his expression, it seemed it didn’t sit well with Hwangbo Seungjeong.
The Household Head clicked his tongue as if only thinking more about his own fault for responding passively to Pahosamun’s continued provocations.
“Get them out as quietly as possible. Let’s discuss Pahosamun’s matter separately once more. Have Yeon-taek call for it.”
“Yes, Household Head.”
Fire blazed in Hwangbo Seungjeong’s eyes as he turned his head away as if they weren’t worth dealing with further.
He had also heard rumors that this young Lin Qing bastard had a nasty temper.
However, his own grandson Hwangbo Yeontak had an even nastier temper.
When he glanced toward where he was, he could see his face turning red and blue, ready to jump out at any moment, being barely restrained by those beside him.
Meeting those eyes, he nodded to him.
Hwangbo Yeontak smiled brightly as if he had never been angry and ran outside.
“I ask you. Is it truly you who caught Tougui?”
Lin Qing raised his voice once more.
The chilled atmosphere and the quiet murmuring whispers, the Hwangbo clan members whispering in apparent confusion, and even that idiot who shut his mouth like a fool.
What ridiculous things.
Ten years, a full ten years it had been.
In a situation where even the renowned great families of the martial world would be forgotten after two or three years of silence, seeing them now calling themselves Hwangbo after suppressing external activities for ten years made his stomach turn.
Such people dared to interfere with Pahosamun’s event, which had already unified the Shandong religious sects and become dominant, and killed a member.
“Lord Lin, close your mouth and leave this house. We can no longer treat Pahosamun as guests.”
“Ha. You don’t answer the question and just deflect!”
Yet the old men of the sect only kept saying things like be patient, wait for an opportunity, so they ultimately couldn’t advance further.
Lin Qing was determined to use today as an opportunity to break Hwangbo’s pride and renew the sect’s atmosphere.
With that firm resolve in his heart, his spirit soared even while being in the middle of enemy territory.
He shouted.
“I ask if that person is truly the warrior who slayed Tougui!”
“How dare you! You bastard! Must you see a coffin before you shed tears!”
At Lin Qing’s outrageous words, Hwangbo Yeonhwi burst into anger.
A stern aura spread out from his body in waves.
The guests were startled and quietly began to move away from their seats.
Originally, quickly resolving the situation would have been the way to maintain the host’s dignity.
It would have been basic courtesy for the other party to appropriately withdraw at that point.
A mere individual’s rampage couldn’t stand against a great family’s power, and if it was a conflict between great families, the side causing trouble would also lose considerable prestige.
So at this point, it meant going all the way.
Hwangbo Yeonhwi strode toward Lin Qing.
The Hwangbo Family’s Guards also hurriedly gathered.
Lin Qing and Pahosamun’s Followers also didn’t remain still. Though only three had entered the banquet hall, each wore sneers as they glared at their opponents.
“Stop there.”
Lin Qing raised his voice once more.
Sring.
With a chilling sound, blue-black blades appeared in the hands of him and his followers.
The guests scattered toward the walls in panic, and deep wrinkles carved into the Hwangbo faces.
They were wrinkles like wounds. Blood flowed freely from their pride.
Lin Qing pressed flames against those wounds.
“Imperial Guard… Is he truly a properly appointed officer? This is the first time I’ve heard of an officer who doesn’t work beside the Crown Prince. Although Nobleman Zhibu and the envoy came during the recent mourning… wasn’t it just a matter of a few words? Wasn’t it a measure that deceived Nobleman Zhibu’s eyes… that’s what I’m saying.”
Ha.
Was he truly insane?
Rather than being angry, Xie Baowei was so dumbfounded that he unconsciously let out a hollow laugh.
Thinking he wasn’t the only one surprised, he looked around and saw that the former and current officials looked at Lin Qing with expressions asking what kind of crazy talk this was, as if they had never been afraid.
Seeing their eyes unconsciously turn toward Xie Baowei, there were also expressions of surely not, right? even in the midst of this.
Those who didn’t know better looked at Xie Baowei and Hwangbo Seungjeong with faces asking …surely? Is that so?
Seeing they were full of interest, they seemed more surprised by the audacity than the truth of the matter.
“…Are you insane?”
“Hmph. If you’re confident about the suspicions, then present proof! Was the position of Imperial Guard originally such a leisurely post in the first place?”
Hwangbo Yeonhwi also spat out words as if he was beyond anger and found it absurd, but Lin Qing was relentless.
At his brazen nonsense, some among the people began to show expressions of… huh?
“The busy Crown Prince’s hands and feet with so much work! The loyal hounds who follow only the Crown Prince’s commands even in the Imperial Palace called Bokma Hall! The evil spirits who would risk their lives to bring what the Crown Prince orders them to bring, and would carry out what he orders them to do even if it means being stained with blood – aren’t those the Imperial Guard? They belonged to the Imperial Guards, but now even the Imperial Guards cannot treat them carelessly – the Crown Prince’s close associates! And commanding them is the Imperial Guard Captain, which even a swordsman like me has heard of. Yet that busy Captain is here cleaning up after martial arts riffraff, how curious.”
Hmm. That’s right.
When he said that much, even Xie Baowei had to nod.
His words were indeed correct.
But it was unfair.
It was the Crown Prince who had carelessly thrown away that heavy, disloyal, immoral, and dangerous position of commanding troops that follow only the Crown Prince, which people dare to call separately Leiwei or Leimingwei.
Since even Xie Baowei was like this, doubt appeared on people’s faces.
The rumor that he had risen to the position of Captain had spread long ago, but what had he done since then? He had stayed stuck at home playing around, then made a big fuss going out, only to return making a big fuss holding his wife’s hand.
People of the Imperial Palace are supposed to be so hard to see that once you enter, you might not see their faces for years!
“You, come to think of it, where’s your appointment document?”
Hwangbo Yeonhwi, who had come close at some point, quietly asked Xie Baowei.
“…I don’t have one.”
Xie Baowei shook his head slightly.
-You come under me. …Imperial Guard Captain should be appropriate.
-I refuse.
-Fine. I understand. Zhao Guang. Tell Vice Minister Wang to register him with the Jingyiwei and send him under me. For now, put him in the Baihuwei and make him an appointment document. Let the salary be handled by the treasury. For the time being, let’s focus on matters outside the palace.
After that, he left as if fleeing, so in fact, he only learned for the first time after the messenger came whether his registration had really been submitted and whether the appointment document had been issued.
So, how could there be one?
“…You? No. No, I believe you, I believe you. Who else would I trust if not you? Haha.”
Hwangbo Yeonhwi’s eyes became very irreverent for a moment, then became gentle upon seeing Xie Baowei’s delinquent gaze.
However, that wasn’t what mattered right now.
“Bring proof! You are the Imperial Guard Captain, right? You did catch Tougui, didn’t you! I thought from the beginning that crippled bastard couldn’t have done it! Isn’t that right!”
Uhaha!
Lin Qing shouted triumphantly.
Everyone wanted to sew up that mouth right away, but no one could touch him. This would only deepen suspicions.
At that moment, when Xie Baowei was about to step forward.
“Hey. You dog!”
…The words that followed couldn’t be heard properly.
No, let’s pretend they weren’t heard.
From behind, a gorgeous silk skirt with silk vest, jade collar ornament lightly flew through the air.
Thwack.
With a sound, it left a deep footprint on Lin Qing’s forearm.
If he hadn’t quickly blocked it, it would have been a slap.
“…Wh-what is this!”
“Won’t you shut up, you bastard!”
It was Lüli.
She, dressed in gorgeous clothes and beautifully made up, glared at Lin Qing with a completely reddened face.
“How dare you disgrace my husband, I won’t let you get away with this!”
Killing intent exploded from her body.
Looking at what she held in her grip, it was a fire poker. She had undoubtedly hastily picked it up and rushed over.
“Hee… Madam.”
“Lüli!”
Hwangbo Yeonhwi jumped out in shock and pulled her away.
However,
Crash!
“Won’t you bastards also stay still!”
Yeon-gung and Yeon-taek, who had rushed in at some point, had already knocked down the two Pahosam Gate warriors except for Lin Qing.
Only Imho barely escaped by wildly swinging his sword.
“Is this the law of the Hwangbo Family! You’re trying to cover the sky with force!”
Lin Qing, not knowing his place, shouted arrogantly.
Hwangbo Yeonhwi rubbed his face.
It was a complete mess.
“…I’ll step forward.”
“Sigh… Stop it. There’s no need for that.”
Xie Baowei patted Hwangbo Yeonhwi’s shoulder and shook his head.
Lüli’s eyes, which had been blazing with fury, softened when she saw Xie Baowei’s face.
“There’s no need for you to step forward, my lord.”
“The Captain’s matter is nothing special, but shouldn’t we protect the family’s honor?”
Though it might seem like a grand conspiracy now, the truth was always simple.
And that simple truth would strangle Pahosam Gate through Lin Qing’s mouth.
So, that matter wasn’t important.
What was important now was proving themselves as a martial arts sect.
Hadn’t Hwangbo Yeon-gung once said?
-We are martial artists.
Martial artists live and die for honor alone.
If it were just Xie Baowei’s honor at stake, he would simply laugh it off, but what was added behind it was the name of Hwangbo.
In that Hwangbo live those he loves.
“I caught Tougui with my own hands.”
“Hah. What can’t one claim with words alone.”
Lin Qing’s eyes gleamed with ecstasy.
It worked. His move had drawn the dragon onto the canvas.
Now only one thing remained.
He would gouge out those eyes.
With a pounding heart, Lin Qing stared at Xie Baowei’s mouth.
“Since this is a matter of the Martial Arts World, we shall follow the laws of the Martial Arts World.”
“Ha! You do know what that means when you say it, don’t you?!”
Lin Qing stepped forward.
Even as he spoke, his feet were already treading the secret footwork of Mengmanliu.
His sword swayed like waves.
Xie Baowei smirked.
Whoosh!
From somewhere, a short spear came flying.
Cheongeum.
It was a familiar spear.
“I’ll show you directly.”
Xie Baowei said.
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