
The sun almost sank when Hagi and Jong Hyun reached the border of the capital, Jong Hyun moved quickly down from his horse when Hagi almost fell off the horse from exhaustion not to mention the wound on Hagi's hand was just wrapped in a cloth to taste and it did not help at all on that trip not even this half.
"I think we need to rest first, your situation will not be better if we continue now Agasshi, we can find the nearest village before dark." Jong Hyun's words were only in reply to a weak nod from Hagi. Jong Hyun further tightened his grip on Hagi's shoulder as the Yeoja's body weakened, trying to restore his strength Hagi took a deep breath of his body was already very exhausted now, indeed, Hagi also had time to check his pulse the state of his organs also deteriorated, even though forced to continue the journey Hagi not sure still alive before reaching Jeju waterfall.
"Is Agashi okay riding with me? I'm not so sure I left Agashi alone in the saddle." Hagi smiled slightly then nodded once more, he could not even talk too much, Hagi had to save his energy and riding alone had greatly exhausted him from having to stay focused on the horse harness. After getting approval from Hagi, Jong Hyun helped Hagi ride in the same saddle as Jong Hyun, hagi's own horse is tied to Jong Hyun's arm, because Hagi can't keep saddling with Jong Hyun.
But it seemed like things were not on their side, just now the two of them saw a village in the distance, suddenly the horde in black clothes blocked the two, Hagi who was almost unconscious was back awake. If in good health Hagi might be able to beat those people, but his condition is now far from good. Jong Hyun instantly knew who was blocking them when he saw the symbol on their heads and it was no good.
Jong Hyun looked anxiously ahead, his body condition was so exhausted now, he could not fight while protecting Hagi who seemed to not even be able to fight especially the people in front of him were not amateurs. Finally Jong Hyun made the decision to break through the dense jungle when the horde was ready to attack them, the horde also continued to chase even when Hagi and Jong Hyun had already deep into the forest.
Jong Hyun stopped his horse near a cave and helped Hagi down from the horse, as Jong Hyun stared back, as the sounds of people approaching grew louder. The two entered into a damp cave, Jong Hyun immediately helped Hagi to sit down.
"Agassi stay here, I'll try to distract them with our horses, don't come out before I come. I don't know how the Jang family hit man came after us, but this must have something to do with Jang's minister." Hagi closed his eyes annoyed, his plan was not as smooth as he thought, although he had thought about this possibility, Hagi never thought it would be this complicated, more precisely the incident where Hagi could not fight or defend himself when in danger.
Hagi held onto his chest that was getting sicker, the more cold sweat soaked his forehead, his face was as pale as a corpse, making Jong Hyun even more anxious, they had to quickly treat Hagi.
"Go, I'm waiting for you here." Jong Hyun stared at the mouth of the cave as the voices got closer, Hagi understood he could do nothing now but rely on Jong Hyun.
"Go away." Jong Hyun once again looked at Hagi anxiously but despite a slight hesitation, Jong Hyun finally left Hagi in the cave.
The silence of the cave made Hagi realize something if now he misses his family very much, while holding his chest that back hurts Hagi cried in silence, Hagi hoped that even if he had to die, even if he had to, Hagi is still given a chance to meet his family or at least Hagi is given the opportunity to see the face of the namja he loves once again.
"Kyuhyun_ah..."
At the mouth of the cave Jong Hyun directly mounted his horse and then drove it quickly while Hagi's horse deliberately Jong Hyun pointed in different directions, at least it would break up the hordes that were chasing them, the rest of Jong Hyun might still be able to deal with it. Jong Hyun pushed his horse further away from the cave, the men should not know if Hagi was in the cave.
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Hyunmie looked at Kyuhyun anxiously from early morning until the night before her husband did not wake up, Kyuhyun had a fever this afternoon due to wounds in his stomach, although the healer had done her best but Kyuhyun seemed to have lost the spirit to live, Hyunmie smiled bitterly as her husband continued to call out Hagi's name with a hurt expression.
"I can understand how you feel Kyuhyun_ah, but I will never forgive you if you leave me like this." Hyunmie clasped Kyuhyun's hand tightly, her tears that she thought were dry from crying turned back out.
"Yungmu will definitely be angry if anything happens to you, so please get up." Hyunmie sobbed when there was no reaction at all from Kyuhyun.
"He's not awake yet?" Hyunmie wiped her tears and turned towards the door and shook her head slowly at the namja that had entered her room.
"There's no motivation for him to wake up, he has the heart for me." Nam Young took a slow breath, behind him following Changmin who also visited his best friend. The state of the kingdom began to stabilize now after some soldiers in some offices outside the palace were pulled to guard before troops from the north came home.
"He must wake up otherwise I will seize his position as the head of the bodyguard." Changmin gave a small grumble when his best friend did not get up making Hyunmie smile amusedly in his sobs. Nam Young only shook his head slightly, if the threat could wake Kyuhyun up, Nam Young would not stand in Changmin's way now, but his friend did not wake up making the room go back to silence.
"You think Hagi would love to see you like this? He won't forgive you if you die like a fool." Nam Young's words successfully made Hyunmie look down deeply, Changmin looked at Nam Young commemorating however now Kyuhyun was married to Hyunmie, but Kyuhyun's finger movements stunned Hyunmie.
"You have to remember what Hagi sacrificed in order for us all to live longer, don't you forget it's Kyuhyun_ah? So please don't make Hagi mad at me for not making you happy." Hyunmie's words successfully made Nam Young and Changmin look at each other and silence.
"Why are you so noisy." The weak voice successfully made Hyunmie, Nam young and Changmin shout calling Kyuhyun's name together.
"You awake? Shit I thought you'd sleep longer, the position of the head of the bodyguard would be happy to occupy." Changmin's words successfully made Nam young hit his best friend's head awkward, while Hyunmie directly helped Kyuhyun to sit down.
"Drink..." Hyunmie directly helped Kyuhyun to drink, it was only natural that Kyuhyun felt thirsty in addition to the tonic that Kyuhyun drank Kyuhyun had not drank anything else since early morning.
"Is there anything else you want?" Hyunmie's question made Kyuhyun look at her heartily, Hyunmie's words before his consciousness completely recovered made him feel guilty.
"I'm sorry.." as if understanding her husband's intentions, Hyunmie just shook her head slowly.
"No, you're up. I'm happy. I'd better prepare dinner for everyone, can you guys take care of it for a minute?" Hyunmie's words were only in response to the nods of Kyuhyun's two best friends. After Hyunmie completely exited the room Kyuhyun just looked at Nam Young seriously.
"How's the palace?" Nam young took a slow breath as Kyuhyun turned back to his job as a bodyguard.
"You don't have to worry, Changmin and I have done our best that's why we can both see you now. His Majesty also said this time you really should rest." For a moment Kyuhyun touched the wound on his stomach and breathed a sigh of resignation. This time he had to take a complete break.
The commotion in the yard of the house successfully made the three look at each other, the sound of horse weakness also finally made Nam Young wake up from his seat as well as Changmin who helped Kyuhyun who insisted to get up. The three were further shocked when one of the male servants came into the room while opening the door that Nam Young had just opened.
"Sir, Kim Jong Hyun came over he was seriously injured sir." Nam Young immediately ran to the courtyard, while Changmin helped Kyuhyun walk.
"Why is he here? Shouldn't he be in the north with Hyungmu?" Changmin's question was only answered by Kyuhyun's head. He only hoped that the Hyungang confidant would not bring bad news about the war that is now taking place in the north.
Kyuhyun was surprised not to play when he reached his yard, Nam Young is now helping Jong Hyun who was sitting on the ground with injuries everywhere, what is terrible is that there are several arrows lodged in Jong Hyun's back that Nam Young is trying to pull. A little run while taking off the help of Changmin Kyuhyun approached Jong Hyun.
"What's going on? Why are you like this? Hyung? Is Hyung okay?" Fear takes over her body again, Kyuhyun will not be able to bear it if he has to go back to losing the person he loves.
Jong Hyung groaned loudly when Nam Young managed to pull out one of the arrows on his back, with Jong Hyun's weakened voice whispering softly.
"Hagi agashi.he is in danger.." Jong hyun's words suddenly made everyone freeze on the spot Kyuhyun was no exception.
"Whatchu mean? Consort Suki is dead." Nam Young's words suddenly returned Kyuhyun's consciousness, for a moment Kyuhyun thought hard as everything became clear in his brain.
"Hagi Agashi is now in a cave in the forest on the border of the capital city.Martri Jang's hit man is after him..." Jong Hyun again groaned strongly when Nam Young again pulled out the last arrow on his back, this time Jong Hyun instantly lost consciousness, leaving Kyuhyun now stricken with overwhelming panic is also confusion for some people at the Kyuhyun residence.
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Wait for me, I'm coming. Please don't go again...
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The Kim family's residence has been tense since the arrival of Jong Hyun, who injured everyone at the residence, was asked to keep his mouth shut, Jong Hyun himself had been treated by the Kim family physician and asked to keep this incident a secret. Kyuhyun himself asked for it, when Nam Young and Changmin asked Kyuhyun for an explanation did not say anything. Even when Kyuhyun was now dressed ready to leave, none of them managed to get Kyuhyun to speak.
"You can't be like this Kyuhyun_ah we have to know what happened, at least let us help you." This time Changmin held onto Kyuhyun's arm as Kyuhyun prepared to ride the horse, Hyunmie herself had already frustratedly asked Kyuhyun not to leave, Kyuhyun had just escaped death and that obviously made Hyunmie worried.
"There's something I can't tell you, after all you have to go back to the palace, protecting the King is more important in a crucial time like this, is this how you still want to help me?" Changmin and Nam Young looked at each other.
"Tell me the point, we can think of something else after hearing your explanation." Kyuhyun looked at Nam young while breathing out then looked at Changmin nodding.
"The point is that Hagi is still alive, I don't understand how the story is clear My hyungku contributed to this problem. More importantly Hagi is now in danger, I can understand if Minister Jang is after Hagi because his fake death makes Minister Jang have to be sentenced to death even though I don't understand how Jang's minister knows that Hagi is still alive." Nam Young seems to think hard, it seems like he is starting to understand why the last few days before the fire happened Hagi was often visited by Kim Jong Seo, he said, there is some suspicious activity actually just Nam young believes in Hagi, the girl will not do anything without intelligent thinking and Nam young is quite surprised by Hagi's tactics of manipulating his death.
"If what you're saying is true, shouldn't you need our help? Your circumstances make it impossible to protect or help Hagi, Anni, even if you're in good health you can't conquer Minister Jang's assassin alone." Kyuhyun held the wound in his stomach uneasily, Kyuhyun did not think that far all he now had in mind was to help Hagi wherever Hagi was now, as soon as possible.
"How about the palace? You must return however we do not know what Jang's minister plans to do with His Majesty." Once again Kyuhyun looked at his two friends restlessly, Kyuhyun was not much time left but on the other hand he also had to think about all the possibilities that would happen if the hit man Jang found him with Hagi.
"Not exactly the opposite minister Jang will be more focused on pursuing Hagi for now, it takes a mature plan if the minister Jang intends to attack the kingdom, he said, as for Hagi no one would have thought if he was alive no one would care about him it would be easier to target Hagi." Nam Young's words made Kyuhyun even more agitated.
"Then what should I do? We can not buy time anymore, if not.." the three immediately fell silent, as if understanding the existing conditions.
"Give me 5 minutes." Changmin's speech broke the silence of the three as Changmin directly called the Kim family butler to prepare some paper as well as ink.
"What are you gonna do?" Kyuhyun's question was not answered at all by Changmin, he was just busy writing on the paper that had just been given by the Kim family's butler. After Changmin finished writing and gave it to Kyuhyun and Nam Young, Kyuhyun was surprised to read Changmin and Nam Young.
"This is the only way I can think of, make a decision now Kyuhyun_ah." Kyuhyun held the letter in his hands worriedly.
"But what about my hyung? His Majesty will not easily forgive his actions for whatever reason." Nam Young immediately pulled the letter in Kyuhyun's hand and folded it into an envelope.
"You have to decide now, Hagi, Hagi is also my best friend even though not too long ago but I like him he is already like my sister. Your hyung problem I'm sure His Majesty won't be rash if the war in the north is won." Once again Kyuhyun looked at his two best friends restlessly and then looked at the envelope in Nam Young's hands.
The contents of the letter that Changmin had just made were clearly telling King Sejong if his beloved concubine was still alive and in danger, Changmin asks King Sejong to give the three permission to save Hagi from Jang's assassins. The letter also explained that the three would wait for His Majesty at the temple near the border of the capital to see also hear the explanation from Hagi directly and ask the King to keep everything a secret. Taking a deep breath Kyuhyun drew the letter in Nam Young's hand and sealed the envelope with his seal.
"Let Minho deliver this letter, he will directly deliver it to His Majesty without passing through the royal soldiers." Changmin said a nod from Kyuhyun and asked the butler at his house to deliver the letter to Minho.
After all, the three of them immediately prepared with their respective horses that was when Hyunmie clasped Kyuhyun's hand while taking a deep breath Hyunmie smiled softly.
"You have to save him, you have to." Kyuhyun looked at Hyunmie while nodding steadily.
"Thank you. and forgive me..." Hyunmie once again smiled slightly then nodded slowly.
"Go away..." Kyuhyun rode straight on the horse and then spurred it quickly on after Nam Young and Changmin.
Kyuhyun rode at high speed he paid no attention to the wounds that had not even dried up in his stomach, although the conditions are not at all favorable somehow there is a feeling of happiness that flows through his body also gives Kyuhyun more energy to move his weak body, the fact that Hagi is still alive gives tremendous encouragement for him. Although anxiety also overshadowed his feelings, Kyuhyun was convinced that God was still kind to him by reuniting them, no matter what happened Kyuhyun wanted to know everything right. Tears blocked his eyes but Kyuhyun quickly wiped them away.
"I easily shed tears..."
"Wait me... Hagi_yeah..."
King Sejong had just prepared to leave the garden where he usually spent time with Hagi while in the palace as a concubine, it had been two hours at least King Sejong was alone, as he had been, queen Seoheon also several concubines had tried to help eliminate the suffering that was now being felt by the King, but nothing could pull the young King from the grief of losing his favorite concubine. While on the way the young King also tends to be moody, some palace ladies who expect the smile of their king must swallow disappointment until the palace hall.
Since Hagi's death, the, King Sejong is more drowned with his work as King in the palace hall is not uncommon King Sejong will fall asleep at the table where he does his state work today was likely to be the same day as yesterday, if only Minho one of his personal bodyguards had not instructed his activities.
"I'm sorry if it bothers Your Majesty, there's an important letter coming from the residence of Kim's bodyguard and it's very important Your Majesty." King Sejong nodded then Minho placed the letter on the table.
"Aren't Changmin and Nam Young there as well?" King Sejong's question was only answered with Minho's lowered face which made King Sejong quickly read the letter before him.
The young King's expression changed alternately as he read the letter, there was a feeling of happiness, anxiety as well as anger that alternately appeared on King Sejong's face.
"Are you sure this letter came from Kyuhyun's residence? Anni, does anyone else know about this letter?"
"No Your Majesty, this letter was sent directly from the residence of the head of the bodyguard Kim to me." King Sejong nodded slowly.
"Prepare a few bodyguards for me, I'll go out now make sure everything is confidential. Eunuch Choi prepare my departure now quickly." Minho and Eunuch Choi instantly obeyed their King's orders and prepared all the necessities of King Sejong.
Although he was happy this time King Sejong was more anxious and worried about what would happen after this, he said, secretly the King went from the palace if he was not mistaken the place he was going to was the place where one of the Hyungya lived, it could also be an alibi if one of his ministers finds out if he goes quietly tonight.
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