How To Live as a Civil Servant in Murim

It was absurd, but Yeon Woo-hyuk was less shocked than before. In fact, it was a story that made more sense than before.

Murim people also ask for understanding and pay the price if they are active in other Sega districts, but it seemed that the Jang Dosa only believed in the favor of the elders of the branch and did not show kindness to the officials at all.

‘I’m not afraid. If it were me, I would return about half of it.’

The door to the room opened, and Master Jang entered. In his expression, he could see a gimmick, and his outfit was very old-fashioned. Some of the servants greeted deeply as if they were already deeply in love with Master Chang.

“How are you, Dou?”

“Yes, yes! Master!”

“Help…”

Master Zhang left the officials alone and grabbed the servants one by one and said various things.

“The reason why Dou’s face was red was because fire came up to his face. Suseunghwa River! This talisman will help with the cold energy.”

“Thank you thank you!”

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‘I don’t know much about guru, but he looks like a real pseudo.’

Yeon Woo-hyuk was shocked.

The guru Yeon Woo-hyeok knew was Cheong Heo-jin at best, but he could tell that the guru in front of him was not the real guru.

Not only did he not feel much aura from the talisman, but every action he took was suspicious.

Above all, even if he pretended to be decent, his heart, seen with his spiritual eyes, was full of greed.

‘however…’

Surprisingly, unlike all these dubious elements, I could feel the spirituality and inner strength of the master in front of me. It was a characteristic of a guru who built up internal energy through mental methods and practiced magic.

‘…No, I didn’t cheat without anything!’

The guru was greedy, but he didn’t have any ability at all.

Well, not all Taoists seemed to have attained enlightenment like Cheongheojin. Why would Moorim call it ‘magic’ and call it a sorcerer? Due to the nature of Taoist magic, it was easy to get corrupted if you messed with it.

“Meet the head of the branch.”

“Jang Dosa! Come on, come on!”

When the elders of the branch welcomed the guru and started making noise, the officials made expressions that wanted to kill the guru or block their ears.

Despite the gloomy atmosphere, Master Jang didn’t care and finished the flattery and opened his mouth.

“As much as I was invited to such a great banquet, I must show something to the head of the branch.”

Master Jang beckoned, and two boots of the master came in. The boots, each dressed in red and blue, began to walk around and hand out amulets to officials.

Yeon Woo-hyeok was puzzled and asked.

“What is this?”

“It’s magical power.”

The palace judge gritted his teeth and said.

The old master called all sorts of evil spirits, saying that he would show off his magical powers if he was invited to a banquet like this, and that worked very well for the head of the branch.

‘Isn’t it mystic power?’

Yeon Woo-hyuk, who was watching the situation with his spiritual eyes, asked again.

“Old Judge.”

“Why do you keep calling me?”

“What if I block this magical power and disgrace that guru?”

“Then you are my son!”

“……”

I expected a right hand, a confidant, or a reliable subordinate, but a much more intense reaction came out. Yeon Woo-hyuk was taken aback, but nodded and got up.

“Master Jang!”

“?”

When the guru suddenly called out to him for the first time, the guru looked at him with eyes that said, ‘What is that guy?’

“I was really impressed!”

“What do you mean…?”

“The master’s magical power! ruler. Look!”

Yeon Woo-hyuk took one of the amulets handed out to the official and waved them in the air. The amulet coated with white phosphorus suddenly began to burn.

“This is a talisman that burns when you shake it like this, like this, like this. Isn’t it amazing?”

Yeon Woo-hyuk did not stop there and grabbed the start of the guru. Inside the sleeve of the blue boots was a living, wriggling bird.

“When fires rise everywhere, birds fly like this!”

“Yeah, that’s what it was!”

The gold plate hit the knee.

Every time the goblin fire suddenly rises, living animals pop out one by one and transform, but it turned out that it was hidden from the boots.

Master Jang’s face flushed red as the madman suddenly uncovered the trick before it even started.

“A bird here! Mice too! That’s really great! Admire it!”

“Do, help, now…”

“Look at this. When you shake this silk, it changes color like this.”

For Yeon Woo-hyeok, who was armed with the Spiritual Eye, the fake supernatural power prepared by Master Jang was an easy prey.

Officials present burst into laughter.

“Uh ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!”

“The real supernatural power is that of Yeon Podu!”

“Try more, more!”

Even the elders of the branch burst into laughter at the sight of Yeon Woo-hyuk exposing each one.

“What is this, Master Zhang! What kind of magic is this! Isn’t that childish trick! Even Yeon Podu found out!”

“I’m sorry. Branch person. Actually, this isn’t real supernatural power, it’s a kind of entertainment…”

“All right. it’s okay! this man You made such an excuse that you were caught? Mystic power is real here in this kite podu. Stop talking and sit down!”

Master Jang, who was disgraced, glared at Yeon Woo-hyeok. However, Yeon Woo-hyuk did not care.

‘taoist. I have to eat and live.’

The downfall of Dosa Jang was that he was eating without compromise.

If I had been a flexible person, I could have held hands with Yeon Woo-hyuk!

***

The drinking party continued into the evening. Yeon Woo-hyeok stood on the railing feeling drunk. The cold evening wind awakened the spirit.

While Dosa Jang was miserably sitting in the corner, the officials poured alcohol over Yeon Woo-hyeok and questioned each and every one of the magical powers that Dosa Jang had shown so far. Yeon Woo-hyuk took it down without blinking an eye.

“Look!”

“?”

Woohyuk Yeon turned his head. The disgraced guru was glaring at himself.

“How dare you do this? Aren’t you afraid of the aftermath?”

“I don’t know what the guru is talking about.”

“Do you know who is behind me?”

‘Doesn’t look like much?’

There was no one except for the elder at the branch, and the elder at the branch just now had an expression of disappointment at the master chief. No matter how hard he tried to harm Yeon Woo-hyuk, it would be difficult to do.

“Who is there?”

“joy. What would you do if I told you Better to show it in person. Here it is. Great man!”

Master Jang shouted, and suddenly a man flew up from the front of the boat. Yeon Woo-hyuk was surprised.

“You touched an alumni. interpersonal! This Yeon Fodu ruined my work by trusting only his skills!”

“Have you ruined your job?”

“yes!”

alumni.

It was the name of an organization referred to as the Golden Guard, feared by officials regardless of rank.

Made up of eunuchs, they secretly worked hard and collected all kinds of information and presented it to the emperor.

No matter how high-ranking he was, his head could be blown off if he looked wrong to them, so his power was such that he could knock down a flying bird with just his fingers.

Contrary to its notoriety, the classmate’s martial arts was ordinary. A body that is neither big nor small in shabby plain clothes. One thing that was peculiar was that he was wearing a mask.

“Can you mess things up? Did you make any mistakes in the trick?”

“No, no! Would I make such a mistake! That Fodu has been exposed!”

“How do you uncover that? Wouldn’t it be easy to know?”

“That… That’s because he has a strange talent. Other officials did.”

The classmate Mu-in thought for a while.

Then he said as if he knew.

“Are you Hankyung’s Kite Podu? You helped Geumuiwi to solve Ki-nam’s affairs?”

“…you’re right.”

“!”

Even through the mask, the classmate Muin could feel the surprise.

“If you knew that such a talented guy would ride here, he would have asked you.”

“Adult. Is that guy ruining my job? One podu…”

“Shut up.”

Alumni Mu-in blew away Jang Do-sa. Dosa Jang flew out of the wooden boat and landed in the depths of the river. As if he had no interest in life or death, his classmate Mu-in beckoned Yeon Woo-hyuk to come.

“Okay. okay. I wondered why Podu had a fight with his favorite guru, but did he notice that I was behind him? Even if you’re not an alumnus, you must have found out that someone was controlling the guru behind the scenes and provoked it! to find out its identity. He has great talent. Really great.”

“…That’s an exaggerated statement.”

Yeon Woo-hyuk, who belatedly grasped the situation, could only answer with humility.

The blue river flows (3)

“But how did you know there was someone behind that lowly guru?”

The uninhabited classmate asked curiously.

That Jang Dosa was not originally the alumni of the alumni, but the alumni warrior who had been dazzling the branch of the Hankyung was found and threatened and recruited.

It was hard to guess that there was someone behind that guru. In fact, the Hankyung officials did not even think that there was someone behind the Jang Dosa.

‘How do I know that…’

Yeon Woo-hyuk thought so to himself, but his mouth was already moving in search of an appropriate excuse. I had to be careful with every word and every action in front of my alumni. Aren’t they more vicious and persistent than the Golden Guard?

If a classmate unmanned compliments you, you should say ‘yes’, but if you say ‘no’, you will end up looking like a guru who just sank into the river.

“I could tell by seeing that they had come to the pavilion.”

“On the pavilion?”

“yes. Today is the day when Hankyung officials play a leading role. Although Dosa Jang is favored by the elders of the branch, he is also cunning and cunning. If you come to the pavilion and show your supernatural power, the officials of Hankyung will hold a deep grudge. Wouldn’t there be a reason for taking such a risk?”

“!”

The masked alumni Mu-in admired the insight of the young Podu.

The men on the Golden Guard praised an outsider, and even a mere podu, to the extent that their mouths drool.

Among the classmates’ Dangdu, there was no one so wise.

“Excellent!”

“Thank you for taking good care of my lack of talent.”

“Then can you guess why I was acting as a Jang Dosa?”

“…Is this because of the pavilion?”

Yeon Woo-hyuk felt fear creeping up.

After remodeling the military ship, they were holding a banquet on the Cheonggang River.

However, Mu-in, a classmate, did not understand Yeon Woo-hyuk’s words.

“A pavilion?”

“I remodeled the military ship at will…”

“Ahh! That was the sound.”

The alumnus Mu-in, who understood the meaning belatedly, burst into laughter. It was the sound of laughter like jade marbles rolling on a silver tray.

“There’s no way you’re doing this because of such a trivial sin! Farming is quite good.”

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‘Is it trivial?’

Yeon Woo-hyeok was a little taken aback by Mu-in’s way of thinking.

I don’t think it’s trivial to secretly bring a military ship and remodel it into a pavilion for a banquet…

“Then, did any of the officials in the Hankyung report go up to the court because they were too greedy?”

“stop. No matter how good your farming is, once is enough.”

The alumnus Mu-in waved his hand as if telling him to stop.

In order for alumni to be interested, they had to be treacherous or shake the foundations of the country. Or the eunuchs could benefit very greatly.

Hankyung’s officials stole military ships and turned them into pavilions, sold them and turned them into hermits, and secretly siphoned off tax revenue that should be dedicated to the court.