Chapter 134 (1/2)

Chapter 134: Chapter 7

“Ugh?”

Kanghyok hurriedly took off his back from the wall.

“Looks like something happened,” said Dolsok.

Knitting his brows, he looked outside.

The members of the Aeogae team, who got drunk and fell asleep, now began to gather around Pyonsu.

“They're pretty rough, so you better be careful.” Dolsok shut the door quietly.

As there were no soundproof walls in Chosun, Kanghyok could still hear the noise.

“Pyonsu! Please open your eyes!”

“What the heck is this?”

“Dad! He isn't breathing!”

Kanghyok heard a female voice among the thick voices of men there.

He already knew who it was, though he didn't sense it was Pyonsu's daughter.

Kanghyok carefully listened for what was going on in the next room. Dolsok was right beside him, too.

“Master, looks like someone collapsed.”

“I hear it's Pyonsu.”

“Oh my G.o.d, I hear they're going to perform at the mayor's residence tomorrow. That's impossible now. The mayor will punish them if they don't show up…”

“He's terribly sick. How can the mayor punish them?”

“It's such a big show. Even your parents will be there. I think all the n.o.ble men, governors and ranking officials nearby have been invited to the show.”

“Oh, I see.”

How do they save the mayor's face?

Kanghyok looked down at the bag he was holding in his hand.

‘Can I check his condition?'

When Kanghyok moved his hand, Dolsok became tense, too.

“Master, you want to go and check him?”

“Can I?”

Dolsok closed his lips for a moment.

Kanghyok normally didn't want to interfere with others.

‘I am here in Chosun.'

Who would touch a n.o.ble man like him?

In addition to that, he was not in a remote village, and it's broad daylight anyway.

Dolsok felt the same way. “I think you can go…”

Kanghyok was a n.o.ble man of the powerful Paek family. Though his father was not inc.u.mbent, Sungmun once served as a justice minister. And his juniors were still in the court. As he was still powerful, many ranking officials nearby constantly sent him gifts.

“Let's go then.” Holding the bag, he walked out of his room.

The door was flung open. When he looked inside, they were shaking and spraying water on Pyonsu.

“Call for the doctor! Doctor!”

Orumsani now gave up her role as a male. She was shouting at the top of her voice. As she had a mask on, some of her hair was wet with sweat. Some of them were crying as if they were resigned to the helpless situation.

“What's the point of calling for the doctor? He died already,” someone said.

Kanghyok cleared his throat and knocked on the door. Though the door was open, Kanghyok wanted to let his presence known. “Is he okay?”

They were all wary about the stranger's voice.

“Who is it?”

The guy who was playing on the swing cheerfully stood before him.

Though he was smaller than Kanghyok, he had thick forearms and muscled calves. As he was crying until a moment ago, he still had tears welled up in his eyes.

Dolsok hurriedly stood between them.

“Well, well, How can you behave like that before a n.o.bleman of the Paek family of Suwon?”

“Paek family?”

The guy didn't move back, but he reluctantly stood down. In his eyes, Kanghyok looked like a n.o.bleman.

“Are you a doctor?”

Dolsok wasn't sure of that, though it was the first time that his master showed his medical skill yesterday.

“Umm…” Dolsok couldn't answer.

In the end, it was Kanghyok who answered. He went into the room and approached the sick man. Even the well-built guy had to step aside when Kanghyok came in.

“Yes, I'm a doctor.”

Kanghyok approached Pyonsu, who collapsed. He felt Pyonsu's neck.

Typically, a doctor of the Chosun era touched a sick man's wrist. Though Kangkyok's actions were unfamiliar to them, n.o.body dared to stop him.

Kanghyok, who seemed relaxed a moment ago, was now tense. ‘I don't feel any pulse…'

When one's blood pressure was too low, it was sometimes impossible to feel the pulse in one's carotid artery. In that case, the doctor usually tries to touch the artery in the thigh right near one's groin.