Chapter 64

Chapter 64

Guan Guo tried to kill Mr. Zhao, who had begged him to save his life by flattering the powers that be. What a way to die.

If I continue to live like this, I will kill Mr. Zhao and die myself.

That’s how I felt.

He followed Mr. Zhao with a silent heart. When the archer left Mr. Zhao to his own devices, Guan Guo tightened his grip on the hoe.

Jab, jab, jab.

“I’m sorry. Guan Shuang.”

As he approached, Mr. Zhao’s power-hungry expression turned somber.

“But if you don’t do this, you’re going to die.”

What does that mean? I was about to shout at him to cut the crap, that it was just an excuse he was making to avoid being killed by his own hand.

But.

“…… Do you know why they’re treating us Simmani so badly?”

“Shut up.”

“It’s because of the bamboo shoots. Panax ginseng.”

It’s the bamboo shoots.

It was one of the legends of the Simmani and the herbalists. It was said to be the only elixir given by the god of the North Sea.

It was said that if you could find it, you could live the most luxurious life in the North Sea.

“…… Cut the crap. Ten thousand years old ginseng? Who believes in that?”

“It’s true. Really.”

Guan Guo grimaced and tried to hit Mr. Zhao with the hoe. As Guan Guo leaned in closer, breathing heavily, Mr. Zhao spoke with a calm face.

“I got you.”

He flinched and stopped moving. “You’ve found it?

An earthquake erupted in Guanxi’s pupils. He had found the bamboo ginseng.

“……What the hell.”

“I found it. Tonight, follow me.”

Guan Guo swallowed hard. Should I really trust this man?

A man who flatters, flatters, and begs for power. A tramp who lives parasitically on his superiors, who would abandon us to live on his own.

If this moment passes, when else can I kill him?

How many hellish days would I have to go through to find that opportunity.

Torn, Guan Sack narrowed his eyes.

“……If you’re lying, you’re on your own. I’ll make you think you’re better off dead.”

“Thank you for believing me.”

With that, they parted ways in the night. Mr. Zhao had already earned the trust of the Binggung’s uninhabited people, so no one questioned his decision to work at night.

“They’re looking for bamboo ginseng. It’s like they’re looking for a lifetime’s worth.”

“How long has it been like that?”

“Since some crazy Taoist bastards came over from a place called …… Zhongyuan.”

“Crazy Taoists……?”

“Yeah, they’ve been stirring up the North Sea.”

“……What do you mean?”

Guan Guo wonders why he’s been captured here, and why the martial artists of the Ice Bowl are yelling at him.

He now understood why the Beihai Sea was becoming like this.

Now that he understood what was going on, Guan Sack looked at Mr. Zhao, whose breathing was getting ragged as he climbed the iceberg, and he looked shaky.

“Then you should go to…….”

“Man, I’ve been living as a simian in the North Sea for over forty years now. I’ve been living in the North Sea for over forty years.”

Mr. Zhao, more than anyone else, realized that this was a strange atmosphere, and he tried to figure out how to behave and act accordingly.

He may have been called a bastard for it, but he was doing it to save everyone’s lives.

“……It must have been lonely.”

He was fighting a lonely battle. Among the captured Simmany, there must have been quite a few who were dying, blaming Mr. Cho.

“What can I do, I’m old. I’m going to die in time. But I want everyone else in the North Sea, and my family, to have a warm day in this cold.”

Mr. Zhao is an ordinary man. But right now, he’s not so ordinary. It was a moment when the ordinary became extraordinary.

“Besides, the nations haven’t turned into nations.”

“What do you mean?”

“Someone has committed treason, I’ve heard, a vassal lord.”

“A vassal is…….”

“Yes, they’re called the Han and Han sons. Do you remember the two sons who accompanied you on your inspection tour of all the villages in the North Sea?”

Han Tae-moon, the palace lord of the Beihai Ice Palace, was a relatively good man. He traveled to the villages of the North Sea a couple times a year and listened to what they needed and what they lacked.

That’s why those who remember the past call him Nara.

“No way.”

“You’re right. A man named Han Il-sang committed treason.”

“Damn it…….”

As they reached what appeared to be the shore following the tunnel through the iceberg, Kwan-sik felt his breathing become ragged. The scale of this place was staggering.

“……The problem is that most of the people who followed Lord Hantamun are also trapped.”

The problem was worse than I thought. There was a rebellion in the North Sea, and that rebellion, in turn, was causing a bloodbath in the North Sea.

“I want you to carry this.”

Inside the iceberg that Cho had reached, in a tunnel that had been dug out of the ground, he could see that it was covered with human tracks, tracks known only to the Simians.

“I hope they escaped the North Sea and found help.”

“……You mean escape the North Sea?”

“Yes.”

The moment they found what they were hoping for, they were all as good as dead. Mr. Zhao was genuinely worried about the North Sea.

He didn’t know that…….

Shuffling, shuffling, he kicked up the soil and dug. The cold, frozen soil was not easy to dig out unless you were a deep man.

The book is a collection of essays on the history of the United States and the history of the United Nations, including the history of the United Nations, the history of the United States, and the history of the United Nations.

Then.

“Take a good look.”

Guan Guo gulped and swallowed, and there it was.

“……pu, twelve roots…….”

This is a ginseng that has been condensed with extreme energy for ten thousand years. The extreme cold has been concentrated for so long that it is no longer transparent, but draining.

Each of its twelve roots shone with a brilliant light.

“The Ten Thousand-Year Snow Ginseng.”

“Ten thousand years of snow ginseng.”

I gazed at the glittering figure as I pondered Mr. Zhao’s words. Everyone who has ever sailed in the North Sea has heard of the legendary snow ginseng.

To see it in person.

It was literally like seeing a miracle before your eyes.

Guan Guo felt something stirring inside of him, and then looked at Mr. Zhao, who was showing it to him.

“……I’m sorry.”

All the resentment of the North Sea.

Abandoning themselves for what they seek.

Seeing Mr. Zhao unable to rejoice in the face of such a miracle, Guan Guo burst into tears.

“Don’t blame him.”

“Why do you have to be the bad guy?”

“Because I have to do something …….”

Guan Guo shook his head. He shouldn’t have to fight alone like this. Everyone must work together.

Even if Sima Mani and the herbalists can’t do much.

They have found what they are looking for, and Mr. Zhao has earned their trust.

There are many Simmany and herbalists here.

“Let us work together. The North Sea belongs to all of us. Let’s protect it.”

Mr. Zhao was taken aback by Guan Guo’s words. He hadn’t expected such a response.

But Guan Shou was stubborn. From now on, I will never let you fight alone.

* * *

After hearing everything, Sima Mani, the herbalists, Guan Xue, and Mr. Zhao became one. The whips extended by the men of the Ice Palace no longer seemed so fierce.

They weren’t just being exploited for labor, they were protecting the North Sea.

And when everyone was asleep, they would carefully gather to strategize how they would escape the Beihai with the bamboo ginseng.

“I heard that there are people in the middle …… who just drop thunderbolts and fly like the wind.”

“Oh, no, not even the Daolings can do that, and the countries in the North Sea are not like that.”

“Uh-huh, I don’t know!”

As soon as he felt the conversation drifting elsewhere, Guan Shuang raised his hand to silence his son-in-law.

“The important thing is that you must ask someone you trust for help, otherwise this bamboo ginseng will be taken away from you and you will not get the help you need.”

“……Then where the hell am I supposed to go?”

“So.”

Guan Shao pulled a small ginseng from his bosom.

“……What is it?”

“White ginseng.”

“White ginseng? What is it for?”

At the other Simmany’s words, Guan Sack made eye contact with Mr. Zhao and nodded slightly.

“I’ll try to bargain with them with this …… first: I’ll give them the ginseng if they save the North Sea.”

“Will you believe it?”

“I have found five of them. Five is enough to make anyone sick.”

“I’ve traded for ginseng before. They were Zhongyuan people, and they were like children when they found the treasure.”

Hundred-year ginseng, even snow ginseng with the aura of a hundred years, would be a treasure in Zhongyuan.

“Good. Very well, then I’ll go.”

“No, you should take care of this. You’re the youngest and fastest.”

Just as they were talking.

Jab, jab, jab.

It was an ambitious vision. Even the unmanned guards of the Ice Palace would shift, but it was still early. Who would come here at such a time?

When Sima Mani and Guan Guo jumped up in surprise, Mr. Zhao placed his index finger over his mouth and calmly spoke.

“Shhh. Calm down, everyone.”

Then Mr. Zhao shouted loudly.

“You bastards, didn’t you want to work at night!”

“……Aigo, please help me, please help me, please help me!”

The simmani screamed for help, echoing Mr. Zhao’s words.

“Yeki!”

A young man’s voice came from behind Mr. Zhao, who was about to scream for help.

“……Mr. Zhao?”

Huh?

Mr. Zhao, Guan Guo, and the Simmanys’ faces turned puzzled. No one else recognized Mr. Zhao except for themselves…….

“Chu, Chun Shik!”

Chun Shik said, and.

“Go, Kang-seok, you too?”

His father, Kang-seok, was in sight. He was accompanied by a sturdy man.

“We’ll help you, North Sea.”

And just like that, everyone was united in the fight for the North Sea.