Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 306

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Chapter 306: The Lazy One is Captured (1)

People have many experiences in life. Even an ordinary person lives a life full of ups and downs, and the warriors of the martial world even more so.

But of all those warriors, how many have been surrounded by so many soldiers?

It was a valuable experience.

Huh?

My state of mind?

I don’t know how to describe it.

I thought that even though we were surrounded by soldiers, since we were members of a righteous clan, and the Beggar Sect cooperated with official investigations sometimes, we could get out if we talked nicely. I was wrong.

Huh?

Isn’t that right?

Yes.

That’s right, logically speaking.

There was only one problem.

That there are illogical people in the world.

And that the most illogical person was right next to me.

Do you need more explanations?

***

“Why the soldiers?”

Daehogun asked in horror, and Wei Jeonghan was also pale.

“No! Why have they come just now?”

“Isn’t it a trap?”

“Someone set us up!”

While Wei Yanho, Jangil, and the others were trying to understand the situation, Wei Yanho raised his hand.

“Why?”

“Because it’s strange.”

“What?”

“Is it strange that the soldiers are here to catch bandits?”

“……”

“Shouldn’t we be praised for doing our job?”

“……”

Wei Jeonghan nodded without saying anything.

Yes, but…

Wei Jeonghan realized that they were with bad people.

“It’s not that simple. If the soldiers attacked normally, could these bandits live here? The fact that they have come with soldiers, not officers, after decades…”

“We should be praised.”

“Yes. Good job. A new magistrate?”

Jangil frowned:

“Lord, what are you saying!”

“S… sorry. I got carried away.”

Wei Jeonghan sighed:

“Anyway, let’s get out.”

“Get out?”

“Yes.”

“Wait, Yanho.”

“Why? We haven’t done anything wrong.”

Wei Jeonghan shook his head seriously:

“This is a bandit hideout. If we go out, people will think we are with them.”

“But if we don’t go out, we’ll have to face the soldiers here.”

“Hmm…”

Wei Jeonghan groaned with concern.

Since they were already surrounded, escaping without being discovered was difficult. Many soldiers had come to destroy the fortress.

What should they do?

“Well, let’s get out.”

“No, if we get discovered, it will be bad.”

“We can avoid being discovered.”

“How?! If we go out, they will see us!”

“If they don’t show their faces, they won’t know who we are.”

“……Huh?”

“I have a good idea.”

Wei Yanho looked towards Daehogun, who had brought large taxidermied specimens. Wei Jeonghan trembled at the sight of them.

“Really?”

Wei Yanho nodded significantly.

***

A smile appeared on the face of the man watching the fortress.

“It is completely surrounded.”

A general with a large sword and armor bowed:

“No one can escape.”

“I don’t think so.”

“It’s better not to be sure. I don’t like those who only talk. If a single bandit escapes, you will know how terrifying a lightless dungeon is.”

The general swallowed.

Although it was not that big of a threat, he began to sweat. The lightless dungeon was Dongchang’s interrogation room.

The place where one enters walking and leaves carried.

Being taken there was the worst threat to an officer.

“I won’t let a single ant escape.”

“We’ll see.”

The man took a cup of tea. After checking that the tea was a little cold, he used his internal energy to heat it and savored it slowly.

“You must know why I am here. This is not just an operation to catch bandits. It is to follow their order. Do you understand?”

“Yes!”

The general stiffened with tense eyes.

That person.

There was only one person whom the beardless eunuchs blindly followed.

Nok Gi, Gong Gong.

The leader of Dongchang (East Palace), who had the emperor’s favor and absolute power.

If he disobeyed, not only would he die. Many had been executed for disobeying him.

‘This is terrible.’

He didn’t know why Nok Gi wanted to destroy the fortress, but if he failed, he knew what would happen.

“We will begin.”

“Okay.”

The general stood up firmly.

‘Even the magistrate feared that person.’

He didn’t know who the eunuch was, but the magistrate didn’t dare to look him in the eyes, which meant he was of high rank.

He couldn’t make any mistakes.

Yosong looked at the high fence surrounding the fortress. Seeing the bandits peeking their faces out in fear, he thought it wouldn’t be difficult. They had already won in aura.

“Soldiers!”

When he was about to give the order to attack, the door began to open.

“Wait!”

“Huh?”

The large door in the center began to open.

‘Are they surrendering?’

Normally, he should ask them to surrender, but his order was to destroy the fortress, not capture them. No one would survive even if they surrendered.

‘But if they surrender, there is no reason to stop them.’

He could disarm them, tie them up, and kill them. Yosong decided to wait.

But what he saw was different from what he expected.

“Huh…?”

Three people were standing in the open door.

But were they people?

They looked like people, but they weren’t…

“Who are you?!”

Yosong shouted in disbelief.

The three people who appeared were wearing animal masks. The one in the center was wearing a tiger mask, the one on the left a deer mask, and the one on the right a bear mask.

‘It’s not that they are looking…’

The masks were facing them, but it was not known where their eyes were looking.

“We want to negotiate.”

“Negotiate?”

Yosong blushed.

“Men want to negotiate with masks? Take off those masks! Are you mocking the imperial army?”

“We have our reasons.”

“Damn it!”

“You are cruel.”

The man with the tiger mask muttered, and the man with the deer mask hit him.

“Speak!”

“Ouch! Why are you hitting me?!”

Yosong didn’t understand what was happening.

“What’s wrong?”

A eunuch who was behind Yosong approached.

“S… strange people…”

“Hmm?”

The eunuch frowned upon seeing the three people.

“Bandits are strange. Are they bullying the villagers in this way?”

The man with the tiger mask raised his hand.

“What is that?”

“……It seems they want to say something.”

“Hmm…”

The eunuch nodded upon seeing the man with the tiger mask. Normally, he should order an attack, but he was curious.

“Speak.”

“Are you a eunuch?”

*Crack*.

The teacup in the eunuch’s hand broke. He had used too much force. The tea and pieces of cup fell to the ground.

“Huuuup.”

The eunuch took a deep breath to calm himself and spoke:

“I am a eunuch. You can call me Zhao Gong, I am also called: Jo Gong.”

“So, you are a eunuch.”

That guy?

The veins on the eunuch’s forehead swelled.

“Yes, I am a eunuch. What? Why is it important?”

“No. You look like a eunuch. You don’t have a beard and you look thin.”

He felt dizzy. He realized that one could faint from anger.

“I’m going to…”

“Since you are a eunuch, you seem to be the leader. I heard that eunuchs are very powerful. They are the center of power, the people who move the world.”

Zhao Gong’s expression softened.

The man with the tiger mask was foolish, but he didn’t seem to have bad intentions. He was just talking rudely…

“My master said that no one would castrate themselves if they couldn’t gain power.”

“Aaaaaaaaaaah! Damn it!”

Zhao Gong screamed.

“What are you doing? Kill him! No, don’t kill him! Bring him alive! Now!”

The man with the tiger mask tilted his head, looked at Zhao Gong, and asked the man with the bear mask:

“Did I say something wrong?”

“…I told you not to tell the truth.”

“I called a beggar a beggar, and a eunuch a eunuch. What’s wrong? It wasn’t an order, you wanted to be a beggar, and he wanted to be a eunuch…”

“Zhao Gong, please, take this guy away. Please!”

Jangil was dreaming an impossible dream.