How To Live as a Civil Servant in Murim

But there were familiar faces in the room.

“Middle-ranking adult… No, state public!”

Yeon Woo-hyeok was surprised and hurriedly greeted when Joong-gwan Heo, who cut off the food of young officials in his bloody days, and Gong-gong Ju, who was superior to Jung-gwan Heo, were sitting.

Heo Joong-gwan congratulated with his characteristic benevolent smile.

“Congratulations on becoming the judge. I thought that a talented Fodu like you would surely succeed. Why, isn’t there a word called nangjungjichu?”

“no. I guess I was lucky. Thanks to Lieutenant Ha for using my credit properly…”

“……”

Hearing Yeon Woo-hyeok’s words of gratitude to others without notice, Joong-gwan Heo looked at the governor without realizing it. There was no movement, but Joong-gwan Huh hurriedly glanced at Yeon Woo-hyuk.

‘…Oops!’

Yeon Woo-hyeok realized that he had recently become a judge and was immersed in martial arts training.

Praise the golden chair in front of the alumni eunuchs!

“Actually, Lieutenant Ha was arrogant, arrogant and rude! How painful it was to help him!”

“That, that’s not it.”

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“Isn’t it…?”

Yeon Woo-hyuk did not understand.

It seemed that Joong-gwan Heo was hinting at something, but I couldn’t quite figure out what he was trying to say.

“Well, think about it some more. That’s why you were able to rise to the position of judge. Of course, you are very talented, but as you know, the official position of the court cannot be achieved by one’s own strength…”

“ah!”

Only then did Yeon Woo-hyuk realize what Joong-gwan Heo wanted to say.

Yeon Woo-hyuk was never an ungrateful guy. There is no way we can forget the person who helped us rise to the position of judge.

“Thanks to the help of the head of the branch!!”

“……”

Joong-gwan Heo covered his face with both hands, breaking his rarely benevolent expression.

“You are so talented, why are you not paying attention?”

“Oh, no…”

“That guy is definitely a good guy with wide feet and few enemies, but he’s going to be there. As much as I am satisfied with my position, I do not do anything beyond my means. If you ask me about you, I’ll be happy to tell you, but there’s no way I’ll go ahead and recommend Fodu for the position of judge.”

‘Then who are you talking about?’

Yeon Woo-hyeok wondered if he might have helped in the past. In the end, Joong-gwan Heo spoke in a low voice.

“State Public…”

“yes?”

“State public! I mean, the public servant has clearly used your credit and praised you!”

“?!”

Yeon Woo-hyuk was surprised by the words that were hard to believe.

It was also because the opponent was an alumni.

The alumni were not an easy organization enough to know the notoriety of the alumni.

They were as closed as they were made up of eunuchs, and as threatening as they did background investigations by officials. Occasionally, local officials were assigned to help with the work, but I had never heard of any compensation from them.

However, to say that the state public official used Yeon Woo-hyuk’s credit accurately in the last blood bridge-related incident and reported it.

Surprisingly, Yeon Woo-hyuk fell on the floor.

“I have committed a mortal sin! Heck, even though he had eyes, he couldn’t recognize his benefactor. These eyes are of no use. Eight, Eight!”

“Jin, calm down.”

When Yeon Woo-hyuk hit his forehead on the floor, Joong-gwan Heo hurriedly stopped him. The momentum was unusual.

“Stop it.”

A state public spoke for the first time today. Yeon Woo-hyuk stopped smashing the wooden floor with his forehead and raised his head.

“I couldn’t help but think that the Geumuiwi helped. There is notoriety among classmates.”

“no! I don’t have eyes to see…”

“done. Let’s stop.”

There was a slight desolation in the voice of the state public. Yeon Woo-hyuk felt a danger signal. If I really quit here, the favor shown by the eunuch in front of me might be returned. Originally, isn’t it a way that people don’t get rid of it easily once they are empty?

“The reason I didn’t think of the state public service was because my public service was so insignificant. Who would have thought that such a ball would be written down in the field?”

“……”

Jungkwan Huh was dumbfounded inwardly.

‘That’s a bit…’

To be honest, it was absurdly far-fetched to say that Jinchungbido’s contribution was small during the last blood bridge subjugation. You know that, but you’re shouting so shamelessly.

‘…doesn’t it work?!’

Heo Joong-gwan felt hope in the part where Gong Joo listened quietly without stopping.

If you were the usual state public personality, you wouldn’t have let go of the tongue of the talker when I told you to stop. Listening quietly was itself a hopeful sign.

‘Cheer up, Judge Kite! You can do it!’

“I came back to Hankyung and worked as a podu, but I remembered the time when I was walking around along with the governor. I don’t look down on Hankyung’s work, but it was only on deck at that time that I truly felt myself a patriot! How I miss you!”

“What about the golden chair?”

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The public servant, who had been listening silently, asked a question.

“yes?”

“Compared to when you solved the problem like a golden chair, which one were you more satisfied with?”

“How can you compare a full moon with fireflies! As I said, the members of the Golden Guard were rude and incompetent!”

‘sorry. Professor Ha!’

Yeon Woo-hyuk decided to apologize later and shouted. Professor Ha would surely understand. My classmate Dang Du is standing in front of me with a sword, what should I do?

“Compared to the mother of the state public, it is really frustrating…”

“I mean!”

The state public sighed softly. However, unlike before, there was a faint satisfaction in his voice. Yeon Woo-hyuk let out a sigh of relief.

“more.”

“yes?”

“Tell me more. Curious!”

“……”

After that, Yeon Woo-hyuk had to praise the state public by comparing the degree of Lee Gak with the Geumuiwi and his alumni. Yeon Woo-hyuk made a promise while squeezing out all kinds of flattery.

‘I will be even more careful from now on…!’

I never thought I would end up in such a difficult situation because of a single mistake.

The public official who had heard enough said calmly.

“Of course, the Geumuiwi is also an organization that devotes allegiance to the country. However, it cannot be denied that among them there are many ignorant military men and a lot of dirty-haired scholars. I make mistakes because of that, but how can I not be pitiful when I just hide it without thinking about revealing it?”

“You are indeed right.”

“Most of the notoriety about alumni is spread by them.”

‘I don’t think so.’

Although Yeon Woo-hyuk was not an old official, he was well aware that the notoriety of his alumni was at a level that no organization could create falsely.

And in fact, the notoriety of Geumuiwi was not easy. They are also criticized, but what kind of alumni do you mean? It was just that these two were close to being criticized for what they did.

“They are very bad guys!”

“okay. Judge Kite. You said you liked working with classmates like that. I was thinking of borrowing some of your tricks.”

Yeon Woo-hyeok, who had just risen to the position of judge, had nothing good to do with his alumni.

The state public officials said they would look at it favorably, but it was unknown whether other party leaders or eunuchs would view it favorably, and above all, I was worried about how the officials of the Hankyung would react if they found out. Perhaps Yeon Woo-hyeok looked at him as if he had a plague.

However, in the current situation, Yeon Woo-hyeok was not stupid enough to say, ‘I want to keep my distance from the state public for my reputation, reputation, and future hehehehe’. Today was a day to flatter unconditionally.

“I am very happy. Just leave it to me!”

“Take this.”

The state public threw out a letter. It was a letter full of letters.

Yeon Woo-hyeok was going through it, but there was so much content that he just opened the spiritual eye.

“Listen as you read. It happened in Jangwu Village, and the village chief suddenly collapsed during the celebration of his old age. It wouldn’t be strange if he died right away, but I was suspicious because he was usually so correct.”

“You think it has something to do with the blood cult.”

“that’s right!”

The state public smiled behind the mask. Neither loyal subordinates nor subordinates with excellent military power were very precious, but subordinates who were smarter than herself were truly precious.

“Killing people with curses or magic is a blood cultist’s specialty. Not only high-ranking officials, but even the Murim people do not pay attention to the trivial things that happen in these villages, but the truly important clues start from these places.”

“I agree.”

Yeon Woo-hyuk was slightly impressed.

While the other party heads go after the officials, threaten them, and receive bribes, the state public is still chasing blood ties and receiving reports on trivial chores that others do not pay attention to.

It seemed like a pretty high position, but it was a great spirit.

“But this wouldn’t be the work of the Blood Cultists.”

“Why?”

“Looks like there is an underground cave that is cool all year round in Jangwu Village, and they say that they put a jangbinggo (藏氷庫) there. During the celebration, the ice was taken out and used. You must have put poison in the ice and served it to the village chief.”

Over time, the ice melts and poison comes out.

However, Jungkwan Heo asked as if he did not understand.

“Look. Judge Kite. As you know, it is difficult to poison yourself at a party like this.”

It was easy to misunderstand that a master of poison would be able to kill people at any time and under any circumstances, but the more master of poison, the more likely it was to cover the time and place.

Poison, once released, does not discriminate between friends and foes.

And the most difficult situation for the masters of poison was a banquet or celebration like this.

At first glance, it would seem that poisoning could only be done on tableware or glasses, but in these places, tableware and glasses were easily changed due to food coming and going, and poison was transmitted.

The village chief’s relatives were sitting next to the village chief, and they also enjoyed the iced food together.

“Aren’t they the culprits? Maybe something went wrong and he decided to kill the chief.”

“What, what… poison?”

“If you finish the food before the ice melts, that’s it. You can just say that you are full from the middle.”

After thinking deeply, Gong Ju said to Junggwan Heo.

“Have an autopsy on the body of the village chief.”

“yes!”

“You don’t need to go all the way to Jangu Village.”

The state public set fire to the letter and burned it. Then he pulled out the next letter.

“Let’s read it!”

“yes.”

“This official…”

“This official lied. It would be a lie to say you were attacked.”

Yeon Woo-hyuk, who read the letter, immediately started explaining.

It seemed that a young official was on his way to his new post and encountered a group of bandits in the dark of the night.

After this official was captured, all of his possessions were taken, but his life was not harmed.

This wasn’t too much of a big deal, but the governor was suspicious that the blood bridge had stolen the officials’ certificates or documents.

“I met a band of bandits in the middle of the night, and they describe in too much detail whether the bandits were using swords or swords, and whether they were wearing hoods or not. Even the thieves would have known it was a janitor when they saw the stolen item, so if they saw the face, they would have killed it. Perhaps an official lost something somewhere and made a fake thief.”

“And, indeed!”

Heo Joong-gwan was unknowingly admiring it.

Come to think of it, there was no need to go and check it out. After hearing it, I wondered why I couldn’t think of something so obvious.

‘What?!’

With admiration, Jung-gwan Heo looked at Gong-ju. I thought you would be happy, but surprisingly, I felt a dissatisfaction.

‘Is there something wrong with your guess?’

Joong-gwan Heo wondered if there was something wrong with what Yeon Woo-hyuk just said, but unlike before, he couldn’t find it this time.

It obviously did the job right.

The state public brought out the following letter. And the next letter, and the next letter…

Yeon Woo-hyuk solved it in his seat every time. Heo Jung-gwan admired each time, and the mood of the state public gradually deteriorated.

By the time the last letter was left, Yeon Woo-hyuk was clearly showing his displeasure with the state public, enough to notice.

“Forgive me if I have done anything rude.”

“No… I am doing well. okay. It would be nice to solve everything here today. under. There is no patriotic branch.”

‘What did I do wrong?’

Yeon Woo-hyuk looked at Heo Joong-gwan. But this time, Joong-gwan Heo only shook his head vaguely, as if he hadn’t guessed.