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Chapter 46 : City of Peace and Love (3)
Chapter 46 - City of Peace and Love (3)
Murong Cheong wrinkled her nose as soon as she got off the transport ship. To her, accustomed to the port cities of the Liao River, the unique stench of the harbor was nothing special, but the odor flowing from the teeming Han Chinese was unbearable.
It is still swelteringly hot. Unlike the cool and dry Liaoning, Tianjin is south of Beijing. A place where sticky wind blows enough to make one feel unpleasant even while standing still.
“Mixed blood with colored eyes?”
“Did she come alone? Hmm…….”
Ӗń um̀ å . i d̃
“Stop it, she's holding a sword.”
“Even snot-nosed kids carry swords when coming to Tianjin, so what’s new?”
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The bright chestnut hair and vivid blue eyes resembling the sky stand out too much among the Han Chinese. Although it is a region where grand merchants from the Western Regions are not rare, it is not a very safe place for her to wander alone. (There is no such thing as a safe region to wander alone in the Central Plains.)
She bit her lip slightly amidst the gazes around her becoming gradually ominous.
Things that would fall dead in a single move dare to.
She grumbled and adjusted her sword hilt. It was a mistake. She should have at least obtained a bamboo hat and worn it before coming. Since it was too urgent, there was a feeling she came out blindly.
Ӗn̄ u má .i_ď
Just then.
“Hey, Niece!”
“……??”
Whirik, as something flew towards her, Murong Cheong reached out her hand. The object that flew in smoothly was caught in her hand as if winding around it. A black bamboo hat that looked quite expensive was caught.
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As she stood blankly holding it for a moment, the crowd parted and a young man walked over. He approached laughing cheerfully and greeted her without reserve.
“How long has it been? You should have said if you were coming.”
E num̃ а.і̀ḋ
“Me, why Niece?”
“Why else? Since your uncle and I decided to call each other brothers, naturally in terms of generation, you are my niece. Where do you think.”
“Sigh.”
Murong Cheong sighed briefly thinking of her good-natured uncle's face, then placed the bamboo hat on her head. After wearing the bamboo hat while dressed as a man, she looked like a common ronin one could see anywhere.
As the young man appeared, the third-rate warriors of the Black Way who filled the surroundings quickly turned their gazes away. Because the youngest young master of the Peng Clan had been famous in this vicinity due to scattering silver around for the past few days.
Peng Hyeon-hwi approached smiling broadly and stood beside Murong Cheong.
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“I have a lot I want to ask, but for now, walk while smiling.”
“……?”
“If you stay like that, it's obvious you'll die in some back alley, but I can't just leave that be, even if just for your uncle's face.”
Peng Hyeon-hwi sighed briefly.
……
The cross-dressing itself seemed flawless. Should I say it's to the extent that one could understand and pass it off as an excessively handsome man? Even more so since sharp eyes and a cool, high-handed gaze are far from the image of women in this era.
Ѐñūṁ ӓ._і d
Actually, the information power of this era is all analog itself, so the reliability of facial composites converges to zero, and there are no guys who would recognize that this guy is Murong Cheong.
Considering that even with modern montages, criminals can't be found, leading to overflowing long-term unsolved cases in the 21st century, and this damned China has the scale of a single province wider than the Korean Peninsula and a large population.
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Should I say this guy is still a bit lacking for her name to be widely known beyond the regional Jianghu and for her facial features to spread?
Anyway, it's fortunate.
“Young Master, that person is……?”
“Ah, do not mind and wait a moment. It is an old friend from Beijing, and I called him to treat him a little in Tianjin.”
W̆ ėb̈ nov ẽl Êñum̃ ǎ
“Oho, seeing his unusual bearing, he must be a young master from a precious family?”
“Need you ask. A friend I kept company with when I took the Dongsaengsi.”
“Then I will step aside. Please comfortably catch up.”
“Haha, thank you.”
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Our Tianjin Guide rubbed his hands briskly and retreated. He likely intended to run straight to my brother. It was a situation where a sigh came out naturally, but it wasn't something I could stop in the first place anyway.
Even if not for that guy, the fact that I met someone at the port would reach my brother's ears before this afternoon passed.
Е n̊ û m̌ӑ
Only after the surrounding crowd retreated did I sigh and speak to the youngest daughter of the Murong Clan.
“Just where do you think this place is to come here? It's not like you're throwing your life away.”
“It was urgent.”
“I’m sure it was. What was urgent?”
“That is a secret. I am carrying out a very urgent and covert operation.”
“That looks truly very covert.”
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If you were going to do that, you should have worn colored contacts or something.
When I smirked looking at Murong Cheong’s vivid blue eyes, Murong Cheong made a flared-up expression and pressed her brow.
“Then why are you here? Did you follow me?”
“What kind of nonsense is that again?”
“If not that, are you saying we met by chance? That does not make sense. North China is an incredibly vast land. There are many people in Tianjin.”
She was still using a tone that sounded like a translator malfunctioned a bit, but somehow the conversation was established.
Êṅûmа . i d̄
Indeed, even at this moment, an enormous crowd is getting on and off the Grand Canal, and the floating population flowing into Tianjin was incomparable to other cities of this era.
Most of the volume of goods crossing Northern China intersects at this spot. It is a crossroad where massive supplies coming up from Jiangnan are unloaded and sorted here, leaving via the Hai River and Yellow River.
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The possibility of reuniting with someone met in a completely different region by chance here? Finding Mr. Kim in Seoul is unconditionally faster. Because the population of Chinese people is larger than Mr. Kims in Seoul.
When I didn't answer, Murong Cheong’s gaze became suspicious.
“There is something I should apologize for first though.”
“Did the Dragon Slaughter League plant spies in Liaoning after all? Does the Dragon Slaughter League fear Liaoning's development?”
Ė ń ǔ mа̃. і́d
“No, who cares about such a remote corner……. Anyway. Whatever reason you came here for, it’s going to be a bit troublesome now.”
“Yes?”
“Because my older brother cherishes me quite a lot.”
At the same time, I dipped my finger in the teacup and wrote a character on the tea table. Ear (I: There are listening ears.)
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Murong Cheong looked at me with absurd eyes. She made a complicated expression and moved her lips slightly. Immediately, a sound transmission was heard.
—Just what do you have to do for your own brother to surveil you? What kind of things have you been doing within the family? Beheading Blood Wolf?
Е n̈ u m̊а
“It’s driving me crazy. Why did my nickname spread even to Liaoning again.”
—Sound transmission!! Use sound transmission! You said there are listening ears!
“A gentleman does not learn such miscellaneous skills.”
—Just shut your mouth! I understand even if you write!
Murong Cheong’s sound transmission rang my ears stingingly. It's possible to be loud even with sound transmission.
Unlike the first impression, she was a friend with a fierce temper.
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When I nodded, Murong Cheong sighed long.
—Why did a person under surveillance make contact with me?
–You would have died if I just left you. Why did a person from the Murong Clan come here?
Soon, a fantastic conversation began where one side used sound transmission and the other side wrote.
—Write short. If too long, understanding is difficult.
–What did you do without learning characters?
Е̇ n̄ um̂ а̌ . id̊
—I am fluent in three languages. Rather, you should blame your deficiency in not learning the Northern language. Han Chinese are idiots who only know the Han Chinese language. You must respect me. The Murong Clan are geniuses of language and—
–Driving me crazy.
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Was she this kind of character?
–Dragon Slaughter League is monitoring me. It won't take long for your identity to be exposed. Tell me what purpose you came for. I'll help you, so finish it quickly and flee.
—Why do you help me?
–I must repay the grace I received from Brother Murong. What are you saying?
E nùm а.і d
—Mm…….
Murong Cheong seemed to fall into contemplation for a good while. She seemed to be thinking whether she could trust me. Actually, from her perspective, trusting the Peng Clan's youngest young master who popped up in Tianjin where the Dragon Slaughter League headquarters is located would be more awkward.
But anyway, it is a fact that I showed goodwill. Without my help, she might have been attacked by Tianjin's free-spirited evangelists of peace, and even if she repelled them, if a commotion arose, the situation would have become significantly more unfavorable.
And for Murong Cheong, who has no connections in Tianjin, to carry out a ‘covert mission’, there is no corner to ask for help other than me.
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Isn't the Murong Clan's ethos of dumping a solo mission on a kid who can't even speak properly too magnanimous? It's perfect for dying a stranger's death.
Murong Cheong finally seemed to have made up her mind, cautiously moving her lips.
E n̄ ù m̀ ӑ .іď
—Uncle has disappeared.
–Brother Murong has?!
—No. I have very many uncles. We are a clan alliance. One of them has disappeared.
Murong Cheong seemed to struggle for a long time before bringing up the next words. Soon, she said weakly.
—He disappeared taking a secret manual out of the Secret Storehouse Hall…….
–Isn't that just running away……?
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—No!! Do not compare our clan with the insidious and despicable customs unique to the Han Chinese! We do not do at night what cannot be done during the day……! Stop the slander! Does the Hebei Peng Clan envy our honor?
Why doesn't this friend's speech improve when she talks so much?
I could only hear the truth after soothing Murong Cheong first. Murong Cheong muttered sullenly.
—Because I noticed it first, I came alone……. If other uncles knew about this, it is certain they would send a pursuit squad. Uncle Cheon-ju-eun was someone who cherished me very much…….
Right, then that's it.
There's no way a large sect like the Murong Clan would send merely a greenhorn like this to catch an elder who fled with a secret manual.
E ñ ú ṁ a
–But why Tianjin?
Even calculating by sea route from Liaoning to Tianjin, it is difficult to say it is that close. One had to pass through the Bohai Sea completely and come down to the Yellow Sea to reach it, and navigation in this era basically does not involve ocean sailing.
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Going back and forth near the coastline is basic. It is still 400 years too early for humanity to conquer the great seas, and by the standards of this time, the Yellow Sea is no different from an ocean.
It is not for nothing that Joseon envoys walked from Hanyang to Beijing. Navigation is basically no different from gambling. Done by risking one's life.
—The place where Uncle was last confirmed was Yanjing. He took a ship from there. And…….
–All ships coming out of Beijing stop at Tianjin once. Indeed.
Е̇ n̊ǔ m̌ á
Yanjing means the capital of Yan. It was an old name referring to present-day Beijing. Since the Murong Clan claimed to be descendants of the Murong family, the imperial family of the old Yan dynasty, they were still steadfastly calling Beijing, ‘Yanjing’.
At this point, I could be certain. The fact that this guy also suspects her uncle.
It is natural if one considers it natural. Disappeared with a secret manual? This alone is suspicious beyond measure, but even more so if the path led to Beijing.
North China is the Dragon Slaughter League's territory. From the Orthodox Faction's perspective, this side is a home of evil spirits and rakshasas with a difficulty level of almost Demon King's Castle, so if one came in this direction holding a secret manual, it means they are undeniably a traitor.
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On top of that, used the water route? In a world where the northern part of the Grand Canal is no different from a privately entrusted business office under the jurisdiction of the Dragon Slaughter League?
—Can you help me? As for the reward…….
Ӗǹ ů m ä . і̄ d̃
–I have received the reward.
I cut off the guy's sound transmission and dipped my finger in the teacup.
–Since your uncle did not help me hoping for a reward from me.
This wasn't simple meddling. The Murong Clan is a large sect no different from the ruler of Liaoning, and in itself, is a powerful family capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with the Hebei Peng Clan.
How great a grace could I accumulate by helping the Murong Family Head's precious child and catching the Murong Clan's traitor to return the secret manual?
Whether it involves my Eldest Brother or Second Brother, or even matters of a later time.
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Historically, the more friends, the better.
As I nodded readily, Murong Cheong looked at me for a long time, then nodded slightly and turned her gaze away.
“Thank you.”
Speaking quietly as if whispering, without using sound transmission.
……
“So how do you intend to help……?”
Wѐ b̂ n о̆ v̆еl̃_ E n̂ ú.mа̌
“First, we go to the brothels and gambling houses.”
“……?”
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Murong Cheong fell into confusion listening to Peng Hyeon-hwi speaking with a cheerful laugh, then.
“Oh my, Young Noble!!”
“Welcome! Shall I call Seo-hwa again today?”
“Please come to us today! We practiced the zither diligently wondering when you would come……!”
Е̇n̂u̇m а
“Oh my, the Young Noble who came with you is also truly imposing! Friendship of Gold and Orchid must mean something like this!”
Staring blankly at Peng Hyeon-hwi laughing 'Haha' surrounded by numerous clean courtesans from broad daylight.
“This crazy lecherous thief.”
She ended up muttering quietly.
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