Merchant

We arrived at Eulrim Inn. Normally, this was the second or third inn people stayed at after getting off the boat. But for us, this was the first. Which meant one thing – we’d ridden here at a ridiculous pace. The idea was to stop at as few inns as possible and leave as little…

I was flustered by what was written in Young Lady Seohyang’s letter. [Check his shoes.] Check his shoes? What was that supposed to mean? But no matter how many times I read it, that was all it said. The future Young Lady Seohyang saw came only in fragments, so what she wrote could only be…

At that sound, everyone tensed and reached for their swords, but I calmly sipped my tea. Mm, this tea’s good. There was something nice about drinking tea to the sound of rain. “You hear that ritual bell, don’t you?” “I do. And there’s no need to worry. A Daoist from the Maoshan Sect is guiding…

Palgap looked at my face and asked, “What’s wrong?” “Run!” But Escort Guard Seo Wu gave a small shake of his head and whispered, “I think we’re already too late.” “…” I let out a sigh to myself. He was right. They’d already recognized me and were hurrying this way with bright smiles on their…

At my question, the old servant answered. “It was over ten years ago. Lord Song gave it to my former master at his younger sister’s funeral, but my former master threw it away on the way back. I was attending him at the time, so I secretly picked it up and kept it.” Wow… I…

On the second day after Hae Chul arrived at his wife’s family home. ‘My life really is pathetic.’ He let out a sigh and wallowed in his own misery. He’d thought he’d be treated like an honored guest once he came to his in-laws’ house. It didn’t take long for him to realize how wrong…

“Father, are we really flat broke now?” At his son’s question, Hae Chul could only bite his lip in silence. “You’ve got some emergency money stashed away, right? Come on, hand it over. I already promised the guys I’d go have fun at a pleasure house with them today. You really want your own son…

At that same moment. Hae Chul was in his office. He’d only had an office made because the other manor lords had one and he didn’t want to be the odd one out. In truth, he hardly ever used the place. He left most matters to the Chief Administrator, after all. He ate when he…

The next day, Monk Ji Sang headed straight for the Penance Cave. I hadn’t expected him to go in immediately, but he moved a lot faster than I’d thought. At dawn, he met with the Venerable Discipline Hall Master and entered the Penance Cave without carrying a single possession. The truth was, the Penance Cave…

I was so dumbfounded by that answer I couldn’t speak. Monk Ji Sang’s mother had already died ten years ago, and her husband was perfectly fine? I didn’t know what his maternal uncle’s purpose had been in telling Monk Ji Sang that, but something about it was definitely wrong. I asked again. “Could it be…