Chapter 208 (1/2)

Chapter 208: Chapter 81

It was right after the third shot was detoxified that he began to open his mouth.

In fact, he seemed to open his mouth at the second shot, but he didn't.

Pyonsu now began to reveal everything he knew about his ties with Yorip Chung.

Hangbok Lee and Chul Chung, who hastily came to the scene, watched him confessing.

“Wow, this is great!”

“I agree, sir.”

“I hear this guy confessed even when he was not beaten up, burnt or fed at all.”

“Yeah, he was a very malicious guy.”

Hangbok was astonished at his unusual resistance.

He even called for the toughest tormentor from the relevant authorities to force Pyonsu to confess, but in vain.

As the last resort Hangbok turned to Kanghyok desperately.

“What's your name?”

At Kanghyok's question, he flinched at the syringe he was holding.

Kanghyok was waving it before his eyes.

And Makbong and Dolsok on both sides were frightening.

“My name is Uiyon.”

“Uiyon?”

It was unfamiliar to Kanghyok, but Hangbok instantly noticed it.

Hangbok approached Pyonsu and asked, “Did you say your name was Uiyon?”

“Yes.”

“As far as I know, Uiyon is a monk. You don't look like him at all,” Hangbok said with a suspicious look.

“It looks like he is not yet ready to confess.”

Rolling up his sleeves, Kanghyok tried to feel his blood vessel.

Then Pyonsu shouted, “No, yes, yes, I'm Uiyon.”

Given his desperate tone, he seemed not to lie.

“How come your hair is long like that?”

“I started to wear my hair long after I met master Chung.”

“Master Chung… Are you talking about Yorip Chung?”

After turning it over in his mind for a while, he nodded.

His eyes were now full of fear and despair, though he resisted all the tortures up to now.

The pain of not breathing properly even with his consciousness was something he couldn't stand any more.

“Yes, that's right.”

“Why did you act as the leader of the acrobatic team here?”

Uiyon couldn't reply easily.

Though Hangbok felt frustrated at his slow reply, Kanghyok could understand.

A little later Pyonsu continued, “I tried to organize Taedonggye even in Hangyang.”

Taedonggye was an armed group doing activities in Hw.a.n.ghae and Cholla provinces.

Even Kanghyok, who was not interested in worldly affairs, came to hear about it.

Hangbok's face became gloomy instantly.

This time Kanghyok, with his eyes meeting his, continued to ask, “Taedonggye? Did you organize a group of martial arts men?”

“You bet.”

Kanghyok nodded silently.

When he thought of Makbong and Yoni, it was not difficult to disguise an armed group as an acrobatic team.

“How large is that armed group?”

“Not many. Less than 100.”

“What? Less than 100…”

Listening to him quietly, Hangbok shook his head from side to side.

Though it was a small group of 100, it was a big danger if the group was now staying inside Hanyang.

If they could find collaborators inside the palance, they could raise a coup any time.

And Yorip Chung, the main instigator of the coup, had a large following among the political faction of Tongin.

“Where are they now?”

Pretty impatient, Hangbok darted a question, but Pyonsu couldn't answer quickly.

Instead he studied Kanghyok's face, and that the syringe he was holding in his hand.

“I don't know as I was taken here for a long time.”

“Don't know?”

“No, I don't. Seriously.”

In fact, it was a long time ago that he was taken by Hangbok.

Nodding his head, Kanghyok grabbed him on the shoulder.

“What were you trying to do with that armed group? Here in Hanyang?”

“We wanted to drive out the current king and open a new era.”

“In other words, you were plotting a revolt, right?”

Kanghyok was upset, asking him.

No matter how dull and incompetent King Sonjo was, he was still the legitimate king.

'How can you plot a revolt when the j.a.panese invasion of Joseon is around the corner?'

Chul Chung, who was present at the scene, became enraged to the point of his beard trembling.

“Treason? Are you plotting treason?”

Chul Chung murmured, clenching his fist firmly.

Only then did Makbong and Dolsok's faces turn very white.

They simply followed Kanghyok to help him with torturing somebody.

And they came to realize that Pyonsu was plotting treason.

When they were s.h.i.+vering, Kanghyok opened his mouth slowly.

“Milord, it's obvious that Yorip is planning a revolt, based on his confession.”

“I know. All thanks to you, Kanghyok,” said Hangbok, at a loss what to do.