The Hwangbo Clan’s Beloved Live-In Son-in-Law - Chapter 98
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Chapter 98
“Are you saying you’ll abandon the Household Head’s will!”
Tang Qihun shouted angrily.
Even if his own son had tried to break Tang Qihun’s will, he wouldn’t have been this shocked.
Glancing sideways, Insan looked at his older brother Inhyeok.
Inhyeok also looked at Insan.
Even so, the killing didn’t stop.
Insan once again moved close to Tang Qihun and opened his mouth.
“Brother. If that guy isn’t Namgung Bin, then he’s just a madman who caused bloodshed in the Dang Family’s territory, so there won’t be much of a problem. But if he is Namgung Bin.”
If he is Namgung Bin.
Jeok Insan’s eyes gleamed.
His eyes met those of his wavering sixth cousin.
“It would mean clipping the wings of that arrogant Namgung who dares to covet this land.”
“Huh. This, this bastard.”
Tang Qihun opened his mouth as if dumbfounded.
What is this.
What kind of nonsensical.
Tang Qihun shook his head.
He often heard that the Dang Family people were insular.
Since it was actually true, the Dang Family didn’t even get angry at such words.
Tang Qihun was the same.
He held great pride as a member of Sichuan’s Dang Family and had an equally great desire to protect the family.
For instance, when he occasionally got drunk, he was someone who would say things like “Do we really need the Wulin Alliance? Wouldn’t Chokmaeng alone be enough?”
Thus, he was also someone who had great dissatisfaction with Namgung’s recent moves.
But.
But still.
“Bastard! There are lines that must be observed in all matters, and there is a proper way! If I kill an ally’s legitimate son who entered my territory with my own hands, who would say the Dang Family has honor!”
Honor and such.
He thought even that couldn’t come before family affection.
Where is there any chivalry in Gangho these days?
This was also something he often said.
We’re not strangers! Honor and whatnot, we just need to live well among ourselves!
However, that didn’t mean it was okay to live like a coward.
Born as a man, one shouldn’t do things that make one unable to face the sky with dignity.
It was something his father always said, and now it was what he said.
“Ah, damn it, brother Qihun! Do you know what people say about why you remain as merely the second leader of Bichiryeong?”
“What? What’s wrong with being second leader of Bichiryeong?”
“Isn’t it because of that damn righteousness! Because you want to maintain that damn righteousness, you won’t do this, you can’t do that, and after picking and choosing, the Household Head keeps you at a distance!”
“This, this bastard!”
“You need to go up! Up! How long will you just circle the family’s periphery! What good does it do if outsiders respect you! Moreover, brother, you’re a Tang! A Tang that we can never reach no matter how much we run like dogs!”
Jeok Insan poured out words like a storm.
Tang Qihun was so surprised by the momentum of his young sixth cousin’s outburst that he couldn’t even respond, rather than focusing on the content.
It was when the content was gradually sinking into his head.
Jeok Insan, also surprised by his own words, hesitated and stepped back.
When his older brother Jeok Inhyeok ran over and gestured, Insan gritted his teeth and jumped back into the battlefield.
The fighting ground was still fierce, but the man receiving the combined attack wouldn’t fall easily.
He had used his left forearm like a shield so much that new wounds kept appearing on the already tattered limb.
Jeok Inhyeok watched this scene with his eyes and approached Tang Qihun.
“Brother. You know what kind of feelings we have.”
“Bastard. Inhyeok.”
“Let’s go up together. Even if you live so righteously, will you only leave Sa Yun a position as a Bichiryeong guard?”
“…Bastard.”
“What exactly is the reason Sa Yun can’t enter Yurok?”
Yurok was said to be the Dang Family’s greatest military force.
The pride of the Dang Family and its main players. Only those from Yurok held the family’s power.
When he heard the name of his son, who was already showing talent, Tang Qihun’s hand trembled slightly.
Jeok Inhyeok patted Tang Qihun’s shoulder lightly.
“Brother. Enjoy happiness in this life. Right? You have to enjoy it while alive, what’s the point of leaving a name after death? No, if you don’t go up while alive, you can’t even leave a name.”
Then he turned around and ran forward. Blades continuously flew from his hands.
Tang Qihun stared blankly at the back of his neck.
“Huh. …These bastards.”
Tang Qihun’s eyes grew coldly calm.
His eyes swept over the battlefield.
Tang Dieshan was shouting from behind, causing a commotion telling them to kill, while Fan Chong was going mad at the very front.
Beside them, the four from Qingshigol—no, two had fallen, so the remaining two were moving around trying to draw attention somehow, making the view chaotic.
It was hard to believe these were the same guys who had been hesitating and protecting themselves throughout this entire pursuit.
No. It would be different.
Thinking of the Qingzhugol guards who had scattered in different directions earlier.
Now, following the most likely traces, excluding himself, Tang Dieshan and Fan Chong, the Inhyeok and Insan brothers, and all the remaining guards were volunteers.
Tang Qihun, who had observed this series of events, frowned deeply.
“These bastards dared to form a faction within the Dang Family.”
And a foul-smelling, impure faction at that.
Enjoy happiness in this life.
He had heard those words before too.
Unlike the tedious words of Buddhist monks or Taoist masters, these were truly sweet and appealing words that ignorant people followed so much.
The reason the Jeok family brothers, whose usual dissatisfaction he hadn’t even known about, had gone mad was probably there too.
However.
“What exactly is the reason Sa Yun can’t enter Yurok?”
“Damn it.”
Tang Qihun shook his head.
The Household Head who, despite his displeasure, trusted him.
Privately, on bright moonlit nights, he would sometimes call him over and, along with nonsense like “You arrogant bastard, do you think everything’s fine as long as you’re clean?” would offer him drinks – his father’s cousin brother.
“Yes. Still, it’s good that you’re clean. Even if I’m not upright, it’s good that you are upright. Even that bastard Dang Cheongi is inferior to you. You annoying fellow. Though I cannot give you the seat beside me, a seat more precious than that is yours.”
A person who was his fifth cousin uncle.
“Bring him back alive. Is there anyone more trustworthy than you for such matters?”
The Household Head’s command was heaven’s command.
At least Tang Qihun knew it that way.
Though when it went against his will, he would stubbornly defy heaven.
His words were correct.
At least for such matters, there was no one more trustworthy than him.
“Can’t you stop!”
With a single roar, flying rings and projectiles poured from Tang Qihun’s sleeves.
Ratatata!
Ugh!
In an instant, three people clutched various parts of their bodies and retreated, while two people twisted their bodies several times to dodge the projectiles.
Tang Qihun’s ghostly attack, which had even knocked down flying weapons in mid-air, finally ceased.
“Elder Brother!”
Jeok Inhyeok and Insan, who had barely avoided the attack, shouted while looking at Tang Qihun.
“You, you… fool!”
“Bastard! How dare you speak so rudely to the Grand Master.”
Tang Qihun no longer shouted but scolded in a low voice.
Not daring to confront the Grand Master who had boldly cast aside his worries, Jeok Inhyeok and Jeok Insan bowed their heads deeply.
Tang Qihun walked step by step, passing the two people and approaching the man.
“We’ll see when we return. You two will have a long conversation.”
“…Elder Brother.”
“Call me Grand Master.”
At Tang Qihun’s blade-sharp voice, Jeok Insan tried to open his mouth further but was restrained by his elder brother and shut it tight.
His face was filled with resentment.
“Grand Master! Have you gone mad?!”
Behind him, Tang Dieshan jumped up with a pale face.
Tang Qihun didn’t even acknowledge him, merely glancing at him briefly.
“G-Grand Master!”
Fan Chong was the same.
The assault captain of Chokmaeng, called the mad dog of Qingshigol, clutched his side and looked back and forth between Tang Qihun and the man.
Tang Qihun bit his lip and then looked at Fan Chong.
“I liked your loyalty and simplicity.”
“…Elder Brother, this isn’t about that!”
Fan Chong shouted as if wronged.
“At this rate, everything will be taken by Nangong! Look at what’s happening in Nanjing right now! The birthday celebration of the imperial concubine favored by the Emperor is being held in Nanjing! Nanjing! Everyone knows that concubine comes from a branch family of Nangong! When Prince Zhu, that concubine’s son, becomes Emperor, all of the Central Plains will belong to Nangong! Even now, those arrogant merchants build houses with gold and wash their bodies with wine and meat! But the people of this land are just withering away with talk of rebellion and war! Meanwhile, those Huizhou bastards are making all sorts of excuses trying to enter Sichuan! At such a time, if Nam Gilin, called a genius of the ages, becomes the household head! Even this Sichuan will become Nangong’s!”
Fan Chong spouted rumors circulating in the marketplace as if they were his own opinions.
Tang Qihun had often heard such words too. Regardless of their truth, Tang Qihun no longer cared.
“The Household Head’s command is simply more important to me.”
“Ugh! Elder Brother! It’s because of people like you that our Sichuan is ruining!”
“Be quiet!”
Ruining, indeed.
That Fan Chong, who used to say the world could go however it pleased as long as he had alcohol and sparring partners, how had he become like this?
Seeing this military leader of such a massive organization swaying back and forth, swept up by the current times, left a bitter taste in Tang Qihun’s mouth.
However, what person from Sichuan wouldn’t be shaken by those frightening words?
Tang Qihun himself had agreed with and nodded to such words more than once or twice.
But such thoughts were not for him to have.
No. Because there was nothing righteous in the world, such words also ran rampant.
Though he might worry through sleepless nights, what he would follow now was only one thing.
“Bring that man back alive. That is simply what I must do.”
Tang Qihun raised his head and faced the man.
The man faced him with his hunched body barely leaning on his sword.
Though the thick and persistent killing intent still swirled around him like red mist, and his gaunt, harsh features remained blurred.
The light in those eyes was truly piercing.
Tang Qihun nodded.
“Go.”
“Elder Brother!”
“Grand Master!”
Tang Qihun shook his head.
How could someone who couldn’t even look after his own feet look after others?
Though he had only half-fulfilled the Household Head’s command, the Household Head would overlook this much.
He had always been that kind of person.
“I have no confidence in protecting you from these wolf-like bastards. But remember this. The Dang Family also has people of worth.”
“I won’t forget.”
The man nodded.
No. Namgung Bin nodded.
Having come this far, there was no way not to know.
Though he might not know Namgung Bin’s face, he knew Nangong’s sword.
The deep blue color that permeated his every step and every sword strike inevitably brought that epithet to mind.
A blue sword.
No, a heavenly sword.
Even in that weary and clouded state, how could one doubt seeing the lofty sky dwelling within the sword?
“However, do not forget this as well. If even a single drop of innocent blood from anyone related to the Dang Family stains your sword, we will come for you at any time.”
“Pilboeun baebowon . How could I not know the Dang Family’s motto?”
Namgung Bin smiled coldly.
Tang Qihun nodded his head.
Song Ok and Ban An, he said. Those were understandable words.
Namgung Bin turned his back.
Just then, a gust of wind blew, carrying a small butterfly that rode it toward Namgung Bin’s neck.
Tang Qihun finally noticed it and drew in a sharp breath.
His voice called out a name like a scream.
“Insan!”
The Dang Family’s hidden weapon, slow yet ever-changing, making it devilishly difficult to block.
It was the Butterfly Ring .
In an instant.
The wind stopped.
No, the world stopped.
The Butterfly Ring came to a sudden halt in midair, then fell.
Namgung Bin disappeared into the Forest Shade.
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