How To Live as a Civil Servant in Murim

“ Aha.”

Heo Joong-gwan smiled brightly. If he took it secretly, he was a greedy guy, and if he gave it without saying anything, he was a fool who didn’t know how to look at the other person.

However, Jin Chung Bido did not choose either and chose the path of honestly revealing what had happened. Let alone giving up greed, it was a difficult situation to do without wisdom.

“You said it well. The state public does not like such bribes very much. If I had offered it, I might have been disappointed.”

“indeed. The governor is indeed a fair and knowledgeable person.”

“You don’t really hesitate and you say that kind of thing well.”

Heo Jung-gwan admired it in a different way than before.

It seemed that the eunuchs would not be able to come out with flattery like that.

“Because I sincerely think so.”

“I-I see… Keep the silver nugget with you anyway. It will be a reward for this job.”

“!”

Yeon Woo-hyuk was surprised.

just take it

‘…Ah, no. If you get caught, it will be difficult to deal with.’

If I were to get caught by the judge, I might really have to kill the judge. There was a corner that made Yeon Woo-hyeok goosebumps with the tenacity of the palace judge.

While giving it back, Woo-hyeok Yeon looked away, wondering how he could not receive just one lump of silver.

A palanquin was approaching from afar. All of the people carrying the palanquin were eunuchs from his alumni, and thanks to their mastery of martial arts, their movements were fast and stable.

“Here you are!”

-Did you wait long?

The voice of the state public came from inside the palanquin. Yeon Woo-hyuk and Heo Jung-gwan answered at the same time.

“no.”

-That’s good. what were you talking about?

“Here, this Jinchungbido tried to bring a useless gift, but he was praising that he did well. public.”

-……

Silence returned within the palanquin.

Alumni, trustworthy friends of the people (3)

‘what?’

As the atmosphere went strangely, Yeon Woo-hyuk wondered if there had been a mistake in the conversation.

Maybe the state public wanted to take a bribe?

– What gift?

“It seems that Hankyung officials wanted to show sincerity. It’s more of a bribe than a gift.”

-Ahh.

At the explanation of Heo Jung-gwan, Gong-gong Ju finally released the spirit in his voice.

– No bribe required. Anyone who takes care of the country should be ashamed of receiving and giving.

“You are right.”

– Well refused.

The State Gong ordered to depart from inside the palanquin. Yeon Woo-hyeok got on the horse next to Joong-gwan Heo.

“Is there anything I should be wary of?”

“Hmm.”

Heo Joong-gwan stroked his fake beard and was lost in thought. This fake beard was the most basic of the reverse techniques used by the alumni eunuchs for camouflage.

Like this, most of the work of alumni is secret, and unlike the Golden Council, there were many times when they came and went without revealing their identity.

“First of all, you shouldn’t find out that you are classmates. Of course you know this, right?”

“yes.”

“Of course I will reveal the name of an alumnus when necessary, but I cannot reveal it even in death until the state public gives an order. Don’t mind if the people behind me die. I’m now Heo Paldal of the Cheong-O-Pyo country. The state public is the prestige of a prestigious family.”

“Cheong-O-Pyo-Guk, Heo Pal-Dal, Gyu-Bang Gyu-Soo. yes. I remembered. Is the principal public a woman?”

“…uh? What did you say?”

“Did the principal disguise himself as a woman?”

When Joong-gwan Heo was taken aback, Yeon Woo-hyuk wondered if he had said something too rude. If it was a classmate’s eunuch, he wouldn’t have disguised himself as a woman just because he liked it, so there was no need to ask that question again.

“Ahh. yes. I guess that’s convenient.”

“Does the state public dislike this kind of camouflage?”

“Ugh. no. You won’t mind. Forget about it.”

Heo Joong-gwan said it was okay, but Yeon Woo-hyuk didn’t believe it. Joong-gwan Heo’s panicked expression was captured by the Spiritual Eye.

‘It could be a b*tch. I shouldn’t mention the fact that I’m disguised as a woman.’

“Other things to be aware of… if it’s not related to a cult, it’s easy to deal with it, but if it’s related to a cult, you might have to wait and not deal with it right away.”

“To get more information.”

“yes!”

Joong-gwan Huh looked at Yeon Woo-hyuk with a trustworthy look. As long as we had worked together once, the work was fine.

Usually, the officials in the neighborhood had no intention of helping out properly. They don’t want to take responsibility for stepping out without reason, so they don’t look at their tails.

It was unbelievably pathetic that they ate green sticks, but in fact, the officials were originally like that. Jinchungbi was also a rare case.

“There are exceptional circumstances, but they are so rare you don’t have to worry too much about them.”

“What is the situation?”

“It’s when other people come to settle things, not just us, but that’s not usually the case.”

People did not easily pay attention to strange things happening in the obscure village. Even the officials who had to rule the village did the same.

But sometimes there are people who are interested in such things and come to solve them.

There were Murim people who went out to practice, Sunan Eosa, who happened to hear rumors while walking around, or Geumuiwi, who was lucky but had bad brains.

“hmm. okay.”

Yeon Woo-hyuk nodded his head, listening roughly to the curse on the throne.

Certainly, in Moorim, there were many times when it was more important who solved the problem and how it was solved than solving the problem.

Yeon Woo-hyuk, who knows most of the correct answers, had to think a lot more to convince people about it.

“Rather than that, do you have any guesses about the job?”

“There are a few, but I will go and see them and then tell you about them.”

Recently, in the vicinity of Jinan, the famous and high-status ambassador, Hongmok, has been increasing his reputation.

Originally, in any era, there is bound to be a guru or monk with high reputation and high spiritual power.

Whether this person was a fake or real, the alumni did not pay attention to each one. Even if it was a fake, my alumni weren’t free enough to catch all the insignificant drug dealers.

The problem is that Hongmok Grandmaster was so great that surrounding merchants and officials also began to participate in the ceremony.

Up to that point, it was marginally okay, but after that, the state public was offended.

“Is it correct to check? At the same time, the prefecture…”

“I checked several times.”

Among the officials who attended the ceremony were nearby hyeonryeong.

Originally, such a ceremony should be attended in moderation as much as it has face, but Lee Hyun-ryeong seemed to have participated quite blatantly, as if he had fallen in love with the ambassador.

Rumors began to circulate as he continued to attend court meetings and donated money from the government office even though he was immersed in government affairs, and the alumni who heard the rumors moved to confirm.

Surprisingly, however, Hyun-ryeong was found in two places at the same time.

There were testimonies that he had participated in the court meeting, but at the same time, there was also a testimony that he was working as a government official at the government office. The state public was suspicious that the hyeongryeong was using some kind of sorcery.

And if they did magic, the easiest thing to relate to was, of course, a cult like blood piety.

‘I’ll have to go to see what method he used, but he’s good at it.’

Yeon Woo-hyuk was honestly a bit surprised.

It wasn’t impossible to show up at the same time in that way, but most of them were laborious and required wisdom. The money was not right to ask to see a court.

Maybe it was really related to the Blood Religion, and the Blood Religion lent the technique at the request of the Hyun-ryeong.

“It’s a fight.”

“!”

Heo Joong-gwan looked ahead and said. The eunuchs carrying the palanquins quickly put down the palanquins and prepared for a fight.

Fortunately, the fight in front was loud and lively, but it didn’t seem to have caught fire yet. Heo Joong-gwan shouted with his inner strength in his voice.

“This is Cheong-O-Pyoguo’s Huh Mo! To cause such a fight in Guandu in broad daylight. Are you guys bandits?”

The two groups of people who were shouting fiercely stopped at the sight of the new ones. The tension that had been pulled tight was relieved in an instant.

“I apologize for showing you my ugly appearance in broad daylight. However, I couldn’t help it because these people acted out of nonsense.”

“What we are going to do! These guys really are!”

“stop! If you’re going to fight, fight. But I will never forget what I just saw. Whoever is called by the coffin will be held accountable!”

Heo Joong-gwan, who instantly broke the momentum of his opponent with firm pressure, released the pressure and quietly asked.

“Tell me. What the hell is going on?”

“We are the people above. I was on my way back from my trip up, and I saw their wagon. Apparently, the axle of the wagon is broken! You asked for help, so you helped.”

“What help! They have come to help first.”

The words of the people at the top made the people near the wagon angry.

“Even though I said I didn’t need it, he kept coming over to help me. Then he touches the wagon axle and doesn’t try to rummage inside! Of course I can’t help but be angry!”

“There is no false name like this. I was going to fix the broken mandrel, but I never thought I would end up like this!”

The person leading the upper rank lamented with a dejected expression.

Hearing the two words, Heo Jung-gwan was lost in thought.

‘Anyway, the upper part is more trustworthy.’

Looking at the situation, it seemed highly likely that the people driving the wagon over there had been falsely accused.

First of all, the top group were those returning from their ascent, but they only revealed that they were traveling for no particular purpose, and said nothing more. For a traveler, the number and luggage were too many.

Besides, what reason would there be for the upper class to rummage inside that wagon? It seemed likely that thieves or those with dark schemes had dragged in that the wagon axle was broken.

“What do you think?”

“The fault was made by the people at the top.”

“?!”

Heo Jung-gwan was surprised when his expectations were wrong.

“is it? why? How did you know?”

“Rather than that, it doesn’t matter now.”

“Isn’t that important? Then what does it matter?”

“Those upper ranks over there look like gold and those wagons look like Murims…”

“…!”

* * *

“How did know?”

Upon hearing the report, the governor was interested and asked.

When I removed the feet from inside the palanquin, there was nothing particularly suspicious about the upper class or the wagon. It seemed difficult to notice just by looking, not knowing if we had talked directly or continued to observe his behavior.

If so, on what basis did this judge determine the identity of the opponent?

“They said they were returning after their trip up, but there were too many things in the wagon for that kind of thing.”

“Maybe I bought a new one after selling it.”

“yes. But on such a trip the horses should be a bit more tired. The horses’ manes are shiny and their eyes are stiff, so it’s clear that they’ve just started. Going up must mean it was camouflage.”

Heo Joong-gwan almost forgot his seat and let out exclamations. It was just embarrassing that I saw them together and didn’t notice anything.

The eunuchs who acted as palanquins also nodded their heads in a muffled voice, as if Yeon Woo-hyeok’s words were interesting.

“Seeing that, I thought it was suspicious, so I looked at the outfit. The sword she was wearing around her waist was sheathed to look normal, but the decorations on it were not hidden. It was a decoration worn by the warriors of the Golden Guard.”

If you don’t know if you’ve met Officer Ha the other day, the soldier of the Golden Guard in front of you was a little sloppy.

Instead of completely hiding the sword, he left a little decoration that revealed his identity.

Thanks to this, Yeon Woo-hyeok was able to recognize that the other person was from the Gold Council as soon as he saw him.

“Wonderful! It’s already worth bringing it.”

The state public urged with a laugh as if it were pleasant.

“Then what about those wagon guys? Jungkwan Heo must have felt that there were those who learned martial arts among them. But it could have been learned as self-defense or it could have been a staff? Why did you say you were a Murim?”

“I was able to know because of the Geumuiwiwi’s attitude.”

Yeon Woo-hyuk answered right away without thinking about it.

“The reason Geumuiwi hides his identity and wanders around here is because he has work to do, but the reason why they are trying to search the wagon with nonsensical reasons is because the other person has a reason to do so. I think they probably broke the wagon axle too. The broken marks are artificial.”

“The reason is that?”

“I wonder if it has a similar purpose to ours, but…”

The state public said with satisfaction.

“I thought so too. Perhaps those Moorim people did their own research. It seems that the gold diggers covet it. Can you search inside the carriage?”