"Tell me, is your woman better in bed than those pretty giseangs?"
"you dare!"
"hahahahaha, do not worry, I will take good care of your family. Your son would fit as a horseman in my stable and your daughter would warm my bed every night when she comes of age... hahahahaha"
"you wouldn't dare touch my family. Remember they are also related to the king"
"That is exactly why they shouldn't be allowed to roam freely. Even the king would be so glad if they're taken care of. Afterall, the king wouldn't want potential threats lurking"
"Minister Choi, please, kill me and leave my family alone... please... they have done nothing wrong"
"Alright then. But i am not generous enough to grant the both of your wishes. I will grant one of them"
Facing the guards, he called out "Kill him!".
Seeing the man he had always loathed run through by a sword, a wide grin appeared on his face.
"Now go bring his family to me"
They had gone into the house to find it empty "my Lord, they have escaped, they are nowhere to be found here..."
"go after them! capture them all back, kill any of them that resists!"
"yes, Lord Choi"
With that, the guards had gone after the people on the run.
Meanwhile, the two ladies and kids had begun to get tired. They were exhausted.
"mom, I'm so tired, can we take a rest?"
"no little sis, we can't! we have to keep going..."
Shortly after that, an arrow had come flying and pierced into the waist of the maidservant.
"noooooooo!!!! Su Ri, Su Ri, please stay with us"
"My lady, they're here, you have to keep going, you have to"
With that, Su Ri the maidservant had passed away.
Th chase had become full-on; with arrows flying everywhere. They soon got their mother. She had instructed her children to keep going until they had reached a family friend's place; miles away. 'At least they would be safe there' she had thought. She had given them the pearl pendant her husband gently put in her hands. They could sell that and eat for days.
What the children never imagined was that they would meet their father's friend and Minister Choi sitting over a table of drinks and discussing. Everyone knew these men had been enemies all their lives. The children wasted no time, they had immediately turned back, to continue wandering in the forest.