I Became the Crown Prince of a Ruined Country

33 – The Hill of Faith

In the northern fortress of Handan, there was Yongdae, the palace where the king of Zhao stayed, and a mansion comparable to that of Pingwongun, the largest private family.

The main house, located at the very center of the mansion, was a space for only one person. However, given the size of the room, the furniture was only a few things that could be seen at a glance.

However, if you see the person sitting there, that thought will disappear.

A huge presence that fills this large but small room.

The woman looking at the bamboo scroll with her legs crossed on her desk looked like she might be in her late twenties, but her spirit and atmosphere were like that of a general who had been training for a hundred battles.

No, actually, she was a general. Although she is not now.

However, her momentum still hasn’t rusted in the slightest compared to the time she commanded the 100,000 army. On the contrary, her charisma, which has matured further, is not only intense but also soft, and is in a state of being close to perfection.

How tragic is her position in this little room, with a dignity that would cause everyone to admire and admire from the depths of their hearts.

Of course, he doesn’t seem to think so, but from the standpoint of the diners watching from the side, it was very unfortunate that his brilliant talent seemed to fade away instead of shining.

But she wasn’t completely ignorant of her outer circumstances. She never went out in person, but she was always the one who kept her ears wide open to what her diners were saying.

Just like now.

“It is said that the Wei Dynasty formed an alliance with the Zhao Dynasty.”

“Hmm, is that so?”

It was a boring answer. Even so, she had already expected it to go like this.

Heidan was helped by her knowledge of the future, but she penetrated the currents of her world only with her own insight.

She must have guessed that her diners knew this much as well, so she continued her words steadfastly despite the dry answer.

“But there was something very interesting about the author.”

“Huh?”

This time, she reacted properly.

When she finally moved her gaze from the bamboo to her diners, her eyes lit up.

“You say pores are interesting?”

Gong Mo, a diner, said with a playfulness when his master showed interest.

“hehehe, are you curious?”

“Yes. Please.”

She rolled up the bamboo stick she was holding and set it aside to listen.

“I went to a gambling board for the first time in a while, and a kid named Nogucheon was holding onto the floor.”

“It’s Nogucheon, I think I’ve heard of it before. But then, isn’t it that our pores have taken up the empty space?”

“That’s true. If you only look at gambling, that kid Nogucheon was originally a swordsman, not a gambler.”

Pores, on the other hand, were gamblers.

That is also a gambling board. He is a professional player who mastered all gambling boards.

Now he came in as a woman’s guest and left the gambling table, but when he was active duty, he said that he had no opponents like Nogucheon or anything.

Nogu-cheon, who is well versed in various types of gambling, including hand-to-hand combat, and has excellent swordsmanship and dexterity, succeeded in grabbing the gambling board he left. Even so, he was nothing compared to pores.

In pure force, Nogucheon will have the upper hand. However, if it was limited to gambling, Po Gong was confident of a landslide victory against Nogucheon.

This is only true when it comes to gambling, and the skill of Nogucheon that Pogong saw this time was something beyond gambling.

“Joe and Wee. Playing money with the currencies of the two countries, it was truly amazing.”

The woman’s eyes sparkled even more as Pore, who vaguely understood Noh Gu-cheon’s trick, explained it.

“Really? I mean…”

“Do you want to visit?”

When asked by the pores that noticed the master’s swearing at talent, she nodded her head proudly without hiding anything.

“Of course.”

“Before that, why don’t you listen to me a little more?”

“Is there a back story left?”

“Yes. Isn’t that a little strange? If a man named Lu Gu-cheon had such great skills, it wouldn’t be strange if he could not only control the gambling tables, but also take possession of all the back alleys of Handan.”

“That’s right. But can’t you just say it was a flash of realization?”

“I thought that too at first. He was a good guy. However, after hearing the news recently, I changed my mind.”

“News?”

“It was the information sent by Xue Gong.”

Eye pores and pores.

The two were diners serving the same owner and close friends who had been together for half a lifetime.

If Po Gong was the ruler of the gambling table, Seol Gong was the one who was in the liquor business. If the two of them were together, it was possible to find out the information going around Handan’s pleasure district as clearly as reading the palm of your hand.

Although much of his influence has disappeared since he retired from the front line and became a foodie, Seolgong was still gathering a lot of information through his vast personal network.

“It was said that it was to the point of going out to the snow. So? What kind of information did our pores change their mind?”

“I saw Nogucheon meeting someone secretly.”

It was truly miraculous luck. Nogucheon worked hard to thoroughly cut off the pursuer, and in fact almost went to the brink of success. Again, until just before, it was.

Heedan wouldn’t know if it was him, but he wouldn’t have thought that Nogucheon would be found out. But no matter what, Nogucheon allowed him to catch his tail, and the information passed on to Seolgong passed to Pore.

When the pores did not respond coolly, she responded.

“Who?”

“I was a hostage from the kite.”

“Yeon’s pawn? Could it be that Young master named Heidan?”

“That’s right.”

“Are you 10 yet?”

“I’ll be 11 soon.”

“Huh…So, what Gong said is that Young master of the kite is the one who led this incident?”

She also knew something about Heidan.

It’s strange not knowing. There are only three major incidents caused by Heedan.

However, the currency exchange transaction that the pores talked about this time was too bizarre to be designed by that young child, and did not properly penetrate the flow of money.

“Why are you so sure he’s behind it?”

“After meeting Heidan, Nogucheon began to spend the profits he collected. It is clear that he received Heidan’s instructions, or even discussed what to do with it, if not to that extent.”

Although he said it might not be, he was convinced that Heedan was the main body of the pores and that Nogucheon was nothing more than an executive role of Heedan, which he could not directly participate in.

If you say ‘When did Young master of Yan really plan this job? Perhaps the reason he approached him was not to distance himself from Pyeongwongun or to get his brother Ga, but to contact Nogucheon.’

If so, it could not have been surprising at such a young age.

“Why did my older brother (姉 兄) do so cheaply and donated so much, he clearly saw his talent.”

To be honest, she has thought deep down that she is better than her brother when it comes to looking at people. It’s not that bad judgment, her brother didn’t even know the true value of the two people who are supporting her now.

So, when my older brother was counterattacked by Gunsin-gun because of Heidan, I thought that I had seen the wrong person this time too.

But this time it seems she was wrong. Although she lacked some parts, she was also the owner of outstanding abilities.

‘Yes. It’s because the older brother has a prejudice based on her background, because she has a good eye for herself.’

Unfortunately, she couldn’t protect Heedan until the end.

‘Is that all the same thing that I’m picky about?’

The reason Heidan and Prince Pyeongwon broke up was in the portrait of a princess in the Qin Dynasty.

No matter how much she was one step away from Jo Na-ra’s situation and out of her interference, it was difficult to approach her easily.

If Yeongjeong was the real official princess of the Qin Dynasty and her hostage, she would not have even considered it in the first place. However, she did have a bit of a possibility, given that Yeongjeong is actually the daughter of a collateral royal family abandoned by the Qin Dynasty.

Noticing her distress, her diners eased her master’s troubles.

“If you want to meet Young master in Yan, you don’t have to think too hard.”

“Oh! As expected, our pore teacher. Do you have any good tricks?”

“It’s not even a silver bullet. If you stay still, they’ll find it on their own.”

“Coming on its own? You might come to seek my help, just like you did to your brother.”

That is also true, but the reason why Pore assumed that Heidan would act like that was based on the aforementioned use of the proceeds.

“After meeting Hee Dan, No Gucheon gave some of her proceeds as free money to those who wanted to return to Wei.”

“…It’s probably not because I made money simply because of Wei Nara.”

She regarded Hui-dan’s alms-giving to the refugees of Wei as an allusion to herself.

Insinuating that she intends to introduce herself that at the same time gain her liking, that her own abilities will be enough to help her and her Wei Nara.

‘If that’s the case, it was very successful, Young master of Yan.’

And it turned out as the two masters and servants thought.

After a while, Heidan came to visit her.