The Joseon Prince Went To America And Didn’t Return – 156



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Akashi Motojiro who was the chief of the military police of the Residency-General of Korea and the chief of police of the Police Department.

“Your Majesty! Your Majesty!”

He ran into the building repeatedly shouting the honorific title of Sone Arasuke.

“I came running as soon as I heard the news. How are you feeling? Are you hurt anywhere?”

As soon as Akashi saw Resident-General Sone who had taken refuge at the Residency-General’s residence after being at Myeongdong Cathedral he let out a sigh of relief and asked about his well-being.

“I’m fine.”

Sone had an indifferent expression on her face as if nothing had happened.

Afterwards he jumped up from his seat to dust himself off and fix his disheveled clothes.

“It wasn’t me who was harmed by those bad guys it was others. Prime Minister Lee and Minister of Agriculture Industry and Commerce Song died on the spot.”

Although she pretended that nothing had happened Sone was actually very upset.

Because the faces of the two dead Koreans kept coming back to his mind repeatedly.

‘Fuck… I still feel like I’m there.’

Although Lee Wan-yong was shot in the chest Song Byeong-jun’s last appearance was truly miserable.

Because his skull was half shattered and his brain flowed out onto the floor.

The moment of impact.

His bodily fluids splashed on Sone who was nearby.

Sone’s stomach churns because she still remembers that feeling.

“You are truly fortunate. You almost got into trouble.”

I don’t even know Sone’s true circumstances.

Akashi kept mentioning that incident over and over again.

“By the way those two dead guys were pretty useful paddles. You must be very upset.”

“….”

Sone was unwilling to talk any more about the victims of the incident.

So he quickly changed the subject.

“What happened to the criminals? How many of them are there and who is behind them?”

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Akashi who had been excited for a while became quiet.

He started to roll his eyes and look at the expression on Sonet’s face.

“I’m sorry.”

“Sorry?”

“Oh not yet. Unfortunately we haven’t arrested him yet.”

Akashi pretending to be excited and worried about Sone’s safety was just a fluke to cover up his incompetence.

Sone knew Akashi’s usual behavior well so she narrowed her eyes and approached him a little.

“how?”

“….”

“There are hundreds of our troops stationed around Myeongdong Cathedral… and they couldn’t catch a single rat?”

“that is….”

Akashi dragged his words on and blurted out the excuses he had been thinking of.

“I don’t know how it happened but the snipers hit their targets from an impossible distance.”

“….”

“Furthermore the sound of the new weapon being equipped is also not being heard as much. Above all the Koreans are not cooperating and are hiding the criminals tightly… The investigation is facing difficulties.”

“What? Are you calling that an excuse now?”

This is makgeolli.

Sone was speechless.

It is a well-known fact that there are many people in Hanyang who harbor antipathy toward Japan.

The position of the military police chief is to find the culprit in such difficult times.

“You idiot!”

“evil!”

Sone kicked Akashi’s shin with all his might.

Akashi whose joint was broken grabbed my right foot and started rolling it around.

“If the Joseon bastards were hiding the criminals we should have killed all 100000 people in Hanyang to induce them to cooperate with us.”

“….”

“You’re such an incompetent guy. You act like a carnivore when it’s important!”

Because I’m in a hurry words just come out.

A situation that even mentions massacre.

There were quite a few Western reporters stationed in Hanyang so Akashi thought that something like that should never happen.

There was nothing in Sone’s eyes.

“Eight. I don’t even want to look at myself. Yukihara! Yukihara!”

“Yes Your Excellency the Inspector General.”

After seeing Akashi as a bug crawling on the ground Sone started looking for his secretary.

“Bring the author out.”

“….”

Sone got really angry after yelling at her secretary for no reason.

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“Get me out of my sight even for a moment. Hurry up!”

Akashi was startled by Sonae’s order and banged his head on the ground.

After that he made an apology.

But Sone did not accept this and Akashi was dragged out by his secretary.

“Your Excellency the Governor-General.”

“….”

“Please be careful. This is not a problem that can be solved by getting excited. If you are not careful His Majesty may get in trouble so you must be very careful.”

A normal government would investigate the cause of an incident and take appropriate measures when it occurs.

But the current Japanese cabinet is an abnormal government.

That’s why we will definitely find the person responsible and demonstrate tail cutting.

Yukihara Sone’s secretary with excellent political sense mentioned this and calmed Sone down.

“Furthermore since another problem has arisen in addition to this one the cabinet will not quietly overlook it either.”

Suddenly confusion spread across Sone’s face.

“What happened? Is there something else that happened besides this?”

“Yes. Around the time His Majesty was moving to the Residency-General’s residence a huge explosion was heard in Bukchon.”

“belch?”

“Yes. One Korean official died in the aftermath.”

* * *

asleep?

Who else died?

Although Sone didn’t say anything just looking at his eyes it seemed like he was asking this question over and over again.

Yukihara who was Sone’s secretary quickly mentioned other victims who had been involved in the incident.

“Your Majesty he is someone you know. He was the Minister of Home Affairs in Joseon in the past. Do you remember him?”

Sone is also a familiar figure.

He was one of the collateral royal family members of Joseon and served as the Minister of Home Affairs at the time of the Eulsa Treaty.

Wasn’t he one of the few members of the Hanyang cabinet who met Lee Kang during his brief stay in Japan?

“Ah! That guy?”

“Yes. The first explosion was heard in the annex of that house.”

“….”

“After that it is said that the surrounding area caught fire with a large flame.”

“Oh my…..”

The horrific damage was reported from Yukihara’s mouth.

“Lee Ji-yong and his two sons died from the impact. The fire that spread throughout the area is currently being extinguished.”

Sone seemed slightly shocked.

Even though I am a foreigner three people I knew passed away today.

He began to slightly deny reality clutching his temples as if it were a dream.

“How? How did this happen?”

“The former Minister of the Interior was originally a person who was very greedy for money… It is said that he met with such a misfortune while opening a box sent by a local administrator in Sarangchae.”

“The gift box the governor sent must have been full of gunpowder.”

“yes.”

To fall for such a crude trick.

I heard that something like this happened in Joseon about thirty years ago.

The same method was used when Prince Daewongun eliminated Min Seung-ho who was a member of the Min clan.

“On the day that Yi Wan-yong and Song Byeong-jun died Yi Ji-yong and his family were annihilated… Weren’t all three of them ministers from our side who supported the Japan-Korea annexation?”

I have a rough idea of ​​who is behind this.

When the outlines begin to take shape.

An even more shocking incident was reported from the secretary’s mouth.

“Another high-ranking Joseon official died today.”

“Who else?”

“This is Minister of the Interior Lim Seon-jun who visited Tokyo last month…”

“Ah! Didn’t you visit your home country with that guy of mine? The one with the impressive beard who was good at calligraphy?”

“yes.”

Yukihara mentioned the incident from two months ago and named the person who was the second-highest official in the current cabinet.

“Minister Lim passed away around lunchtime today.”

“how?”

“It is said that a servant working in that house stabbed the Minister of the Interior with a knife and then ran away.”

Unlike the previous incidents this one seems to be entangled with political issues.

A typical Joseon-style love story where a lord steals his servant’s wife and is then stabbed.

But since it happened at the same time as the previous incident it was a bit difficult to dismiss it as just personal revenge.

“I heard that the servant who killed my master ran away towards Jemulpo… Oh there is a ship leaving for Shanghai today. Could it be that he is trying to leave Joseon?”

“Stop departure immediately.”

“Yes I will do that right away.”

If I had innocently fled to Jemulpo I would have been caught by the Japanese military police.

But what if there is outside help?

What if you try to smuggle to another place using a small boat that was prepared in advance?

There’s no way we can stop this.

The coast of Joseon is quite long.

“So to sum it up you’re saying that four Koreans were murdered today? And on the same day at the same time?”

“yes.”

“Do you think this is a coincidence?”

“That’s not possible. Your Majesty can’t you recall the face of one person?”

“….”

“He must be behind this.”

Sone took a deep breath and thought of Lee Kang’s face.

“It’s been a whole 16 months since that incident…”

Why was it so quiet?

So that’s what you were planning.

“That guy Lee Kang has finally put into practice the saying that a gentleman’s revenge is never too late even if it takes ten years.”

A gentleman’s gratitude to his friend will not fade for ten years.

Sone crossed his arms and muttered an old oriental idiom to himself.

“I never thought you’d be here sharpening your sword and dreaming of revenge.”

Other than Lee Kang I can’t think of anyone behind it.

I thought that no one but Lee Kang could fool himself so thoroughly.

“By the way something big has happened.”

“why?”

“I’m talking about the dead gang.”

Sone’s secretary looked worried as he predicted the future mentioning pro-Japanese officials.

“They were the most cooperative cabinet members on our side.”

“yes.”

“The rest are either cowards or those who go with the flow. Or they are still holding their heads up high and don’t know their place.”

“….”

“They are already refusing our orders. We have summoned the Joseon ministers here to discuss related measures but not a single one has responded.”

In order for the Japan-Korea annexation to be successfully concluded it had to be stamped by the approval authority of another country.

Nominally the supreme commander in chief.

Obedience.

Gojongdo.

This is being denied.

Some of the members of the Hanyang Cabinet should proceed on this behalf.

Yukihara kept sighing and worrying because the four people who were most active in the Japan-Korea annexation were all dead.

As he expected the rest were either cowards or those who opposed the Japan-Korea annexation in the first place.

“Your Majesty. Your Majesty.”

When the Japan-Korea alliance promoted by Katsura was being ruined by Lee Kang’s clever plan.

“A letter from an unknown sender has arrived at the Governor-General’s Office.”

A letter was delivered to Sone.

“Because of the unfortunate incident that occurred today I think it would be better for us to check the contents first.”

Although there was probably nothing dangerous in the thin letter paper Sone wanted to be cautious.

That’s why he ordered his secretaries to open letters from unknown senders.

“What?”

“That is…..”

After Sone quickly received it he began to read the contents inside.

“I will not be able to return to my home country safely.”

A short but powerful message.

At this goosebumps began to appear all over Sone’s body.

“You bastard King of Uiwang!”

Squeak-

Could it be because I just read a strange letter?

At the rattling sound of the window frame echoing through the window.

“Ugh.”

Sone reacted in surprise.

“이 개새끼가!!”

Sone shouted loudly cursing Uiwang for no reason.

Because I was so embarrassed at how scared I was by a single letter.

* * *

All life is cyclical.

The sprouts are sprouting.

Flowers are blooming.

After the fruit has grown.

Aren’t the leaves falling?

If there is death there must also be new life.

“Let’s go.”

Ethel’s sandals are coming next month.

The story of a new life that looks just like me being born soon.

So I’m thinking of leaving Russia and heading back to England.

“You must be shaking.”

“I’m shaking…..”

“How could I not be thrilled when they say that twins who look exactly like you are about to be born?”

Since there was no ultrasound it was impossible to be sure whether Ethel was actually carrying twins.

However the stomach is abnormally swollen and the baby’s heartbeats can be heard multiple times.

That’s why everyone assumed they were twins.

“Pack your bags quickly. I want to get to England before the baby is born.”

I wanted to have a child and see my wife as soon as possible.

That’s why I hurried.

When the cries of traitors echoed across the Korean peninsula I left Russia humming a joyful tune.

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