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Episode 4
What are you doing? Aren't you cold?
I'm not cold. I'm going to dry out in the sun.
Well, I'm cold. I got wet because of you, so you make the fire.
Make the fire strong so that the clothes will dry quickly!
Heo Yi Nok. You better remember this day for the rest of your life.
Why... why?
You really don't know?
We didn't do it in purpose, so let's just forget about it, Gil Dong.
How...
embarrassing.
Not that. Just remember, this is the 2nd time I saved your life.
Oh, that! I thought it was about you and me in the water...
How embarrassing.
That was emergency resuscitation, do you understand?
Yes, let's just forget about that emergency resuscitation.
I can do it because I'm dumb.
Yes, I'm proud of you.
In any case, I won't forget how you saved my life again.
Yes, remember it for all eternity.
I don't know what eternity means, but I'll remember it for a long time!
Put the wood in the fire.
Alright.
Since we have a fire, should we catch some fish?
That's alright.
I'll do it! That's the least I can do.
Just focus on the fire.
Give me that stick.
Hey!
Give it to me! I need it for the fire!
We have to make the fire bigger!
Give it to me! It's freezing!
Let's go back.
Yes, your Highness.
That girl we saw today in front of the Organization was the girl with the Queen's ornament.
I know.
I don't know her.
Nothing good will come of her knowing me.
Pretend you don't know her.
That monk read my face correctly, so he must not be a total crook.
That means Yi Nok...!
Has the countenance of a Queen!
Her, the mother of our nation?
If the monk is correct, then Gil Dong...
Has the countenance of a hero!
Him, the hero of Joseon?
What utter nonsense!
A royal villa? But I have to feed my family!
We have no choice. We'll be killed if it's not built.
Hurry!
I said go away!
This is an advantage for us. It has given us a way to enter the Palace.
We can mix in with the laborers for the royal villa,
and bring in the weapons to the Palace secretly.
It will soon be the day of the civil examinations.
We have find the Sa Yin Sword before that day.
Your Excellency, it is I!
What is it?
In Hyung has heard some news of Gil Dong.
Gil Dong tried to escape to China. He didn't succeed, but I'm sure he'll try again.
A slave tried to escape!
Where did you hear this news, In Hyung?
Everyone's talking about it in the marketplace!
You should be busy studying for the exams!
How are you so familiar with the market's rumors?
That's not important! That Gil Dong...
Enough!
Stop worrying about Gil Dong and pay more attention to this fool!
Excellency!
Then this fool will take his leave.
How can you be heartless to your only son?
That's because my only son is like that!
I'm sure that's not it!
You would rather have Gil Dong be your only son than In Hyung!
You have so much leniency for that lowly boy!
Yet you are so critical with our In Hyung.
You were the same way with that boy's mother and me!
That's why you had her killed.
Yes, I did it.
Then everything should be fine.
Leave me.
I'll do it again if I had to.
The granny who raised me told me on her deathbed,
that my mother was beaten to death and buried here.
When I came here and saw her grave, I finally came to my senses.
I finally understood my place.
Mother! My poor mother!
Now I understand that I am a slave whose life is worth nothing.
Now I understand.
I'm scared! So scared!
Don't be weak. You must be strong!
I realized our destiny the moment I set eyes on him.
The fire in his eyes and the possibility of a heroic life...
I realized it was my destiny to help him fulfill his.
Hong Gil Dong, you will be my disciple and my destiny.
Show me what you can teach me.
I do not wish to hold on to you by showing off.
Don't you feel anything looking at me?
No.
Wait!
Master!
For three years after that, I taught him how to cleanse his soul.
For three years, I just cleaned.
I cleaned the floor and the yard.
I cleaned everything.
There was nothing that came free in this world.
But he taught you martial arts in the end, so he was a good master.
A good master?
Well, I did learn a lot of things from Master Haemyung.
I taught many things to my disciple, Gil Dong.
Master! How long must I hang here?
You must endure.
You said you would let me come up.
Endure!
Master, I think I'm going to fall! Please catch me!
Endure!
Gil Dong!
I tirelessly taught patience to Gil Dong.
It was then that I learned that you can't trust anyone in this world.
Master!
When can I stop getting water?
Empty it.
Master!
I keep filling it, but it doesn't get filled!
Empty it.
Master! This vessel doesn't have a bottom!
That's why I told you to empty it!
I'm so sleepy.
I tirelessly taught him to empty his mind!
I learned that no matter how hard you work, you gain nothing.
That's why you're so lazy!
That's right.
Gil Dong. Do not lose your focus.
Yes, Master.
Gil Dong. Do not lose your focus!
Yes, Master.
Gil Dong. your pants are ripped.
Why didn't you tell me earlier?
I told you not to lose your focus!
Master!
I taught him how to maintain his focus in every situation possible.
I lost my sense of shame because of my master.
I don't get embarrassed at all now.
I taught him many things.
I learned many things.
Like Master...
...like disciple.
In Hyung, don't be too discouraged, alright?
Whatever. I won't pass, and I have no money to cheat.
I'll just die!
Why should you die? Just have faith in your mother.
We're not poor! It's just that your father won't give us any.
We'll just have to take it secretly.
We'll get caught!
I'm going to frame someone else for it!
Who?
Who else? The runaway slave, Gil Dong!
Good.
What are you going to do with these?
I have to make money to go to China.
I have no time, so I'm going to make big money in one go!
I'll help.
Why?
I owe you my life twice!
I'll repay you by helping you!
Yes... you'll be useful.
You're perfect for attracting them.
Who's them?
The valuable ones.
It's time for the hunt. You're the bait.
Gil Dong! It's a fox!
Gil Dong! It's a bear!
Gil Dong! It's a bear! Hurry!
Gil Dong!
It's a bear!
My eye! My eye my eye!
You poked my eye!
This one's difficult!
That tiger's dead. Yi Nok, let's go!
- Let's go! - Let's go!
My goodness, it's a tiger!
This should be enough to get me another ticket to China.
Where did you get this money?
Call me when you get it.
He's trying to get a ticket on a ship through Merchant Wang.
That poor fool is making everything easy for us.
Good for us.
Have you found men to do this?
Yes. Why don't you meet him yourself?
Gil Dong, why don't we just become hunters?
If we combine our strength, we can catch all the bears and the tigers out there!
I'm a tiger!
I'm a bear! Give me back my gallbladder!
What's wrong with you!
Did you forget why we went hunting?
Oh, that's right. You want to go to China, right?
This is your share.
I can't take that! And besides, with our relationship...
Our relationship? And what's that?
Well, we're...
Even though we're husband and wife, I have to leave this country soon.
Let's break up, wife.
Wife? Stop saying that.
You've paid me back already.
It'll stop soon. Let's just wait.
Alright.
What is our relationship anyway?
We're friends!
Friends...
That was...
In any case, it's none of my business.
For what it's worth, I feel sorry for you.
Stop for a moment.
Do you recognize me?
Oh, you're that new gisaeng.
That's right. I'm Seo Eun Hye.
Have you decided to stay?
I guess you've been sold already.
Too bad.
You're the first person that felt sorry for me.
A new gisaeng shouldn't be out by herself.
I'm out on an errand, but I got lost because of the streets and the rain.
I have to go buy medicine. Will you take me there?
They'll scold me if I'm late.
Stay there for a while.
Let's go.
Who's that? She's really pretty.
Go in.
Wait... what's your name?
Miss! Miss!
Why did you disappear like that in the rain?
But it was really fun.
I thought I was going to die! Let's go back.
Give that back, you wench! Give that back!
Why you little...! Take that, you wench!
That's enough. You thieving wench! Let's go.
Here, eat this, your Highness.
Hold back your tears.
Think of your mother. You must not be weak.
But I'm so scared!
Remember this moment. And become stronger.
I have organized a banquet for the government ministers
of the present King through Secretary Choi.
My murderers will all be there.
I will introduce you as a merchant from China.
No one will recognize you.
They won't know who is really sitting in front of them.
The one who killed Minister Ryu and took the Sa Yin Sword...
will be one of them.
Then we will meet soon.
I am filled with anticipation.
Now, let's all drink!
The rain almost ruined this rare occasion for all of us to meet together!
I'm so glad the weather cleared up!
How can you be glad for the rain to have stopped after a drought?
Did we have a drought? Well, it was a bit dry.
Welcome!
Are you enjoying the banquet?
It's wonderful!
China wine, China food and China women!
It's perfectly to my liking, Madam Noh.
So the reason for this sudden gathering was to meet this merchant?
Madam Noh does business with China and is not a mere merchant.
She was of great assistance when the China ambassador visited Joseon.
That's right. This is an important meeting concerning foreign relations!
Madam Noh would like to introduce someone special to you today.
So Young Master Yi is the son of a wealthy merchant in China?
So he's a merchant too.
He may be a merchant in occupation, but he is a royal descendant of the Ming Dynasty.
A royal descendant?
No wonder. You have a noble air about you.
This is a Ming royal sword.
Not from China, but the Ming Dynasty!
I brought it for you to admire, Councilor.
But there are others here. You must have recognized the core of all power.
The royal sword of Ming!
I have also heard that Joseon has a royal sword called the Sa Yin Sword.
The Sa Yin Sword?
It was forbidden to create the Sa Yin Sword a long time ago.
But the late King had created one, did he not?
Yes, I think he did. He gave it to his Minister of Military Affairs.
And that was Lord Ryu Geun Chan, wasn't it?
I would like to view it. Does he still have the sword?
Lord Ryu died a long time ago.
His whole family was massacred by bandits in the middle of the night.
It was such a horrible tragedy. All of Hanyang was mortified!
And what happened to the Sa Yin Sword?
Do you know anything, Minister?
I don't know anything about a royal sword.
But you and Lord Ryu were so close!
You never saw the Sa Yin Sword?
Weren't you the one that handled Lord Ryu's case?
You didn't see it?
No, I didn't!
Then did the bandits take the sword?
How am I supposed to know? I have to leave, as I have other business.
He's always spoiling the party.
Let's drink.
Minister of the Interior, Hong Seo Hyun... I'm certain it's him.
Didn't you murder your friend too?
But you and Lord Ryu were so close!
Lord Ryu must have told his good friend Hong Seo Hyun...
about the message inscribed on the Sa Yin Sword.
He must have killed his friend and hidden the sword in order to protect the present King.
Minister of the Interior, Hong Seo Hyun...
We'll get him.
When I tell you to, come and rob my house.
You're telling us to steal from your house?
That's what I said.
Wear this when you rob the house, and leave this belt when you leave.
I've seen this before... Whose is it?
It belongs to the one we're going to frame.
And don't forget to make some noise on the way out.
Yes, my Lord.
We'll be here for the money, so stay put.
A portion is yours, so don't get any funny ideas!
Of course!
I wonder what Father's expression will be like when he finds out it was Gil Dong who robbed him.
Who was that girl?
She was really pretty.
Do you know her?
Are you close to her? Closer than me?
I don't know her. We're not close.
Then why did you go with her?
Like you said, she's really pretty.
I see. So that's why you went with her, even though it was raining.
And you're not even close to her.
Are you jealous?
Hey!
I... I'm just worried for her!
If you're so worried for her, then why do you hang out with me?
Me?
Because... I'm not pretty!
Stupid girl.
That's right, I'm stupid!
So why do you hang out with a stupid girl?
You're right. I usually don't hang out with other people.
Why am I with you all the time?
It was a bit troublesome at times, but it wasn't too bad.
You're sad when I leave and happy when I come back.
You tell me to cheer up when I'm down. You're not bad.
It wasn't a big deal! You're embarrassing me.
Gil Dong, have some more soup!
Stop!
I'm not eating that soup! You spat into it!
Once it goes in your stomach, it's all the same!
Gil Dong, then do you want to go get a drink at Mae Hyang's? It's my treat!
Welcome, welcome! Please take a look inside!
Fantastic sensual belly dancing! All day! Food only ten yang! Discount for exam candidates!
Are you sure we can do this? The examinations are almost here!
Who cares about the exams? Don't block my view!
To a good job!
Cheers!
One shot!
Why are they giving a fish to the cat? I'm not complaining, though!
Don't you agree?
Minister Hong's house will have some nice things!
Someone will hear us!
After the job, we'll take off. Got it?
That Hong Gil Dong will be blamed for everything anyway!
You surprised me!
Did something good happen?
Yes yes! Here, have a drink.
By the way, who are those girls? They're fantastic!
We invited them specially because of the scholars here for the civil examinations.
Is that right? Keep moving, girls!
Hey, Hong Gil Dong! Are you here for a drink?
Drink up! You'll don't know when your next drink will be.
Fill your own gullet.
Gullet...?
It's him. Go and tell them we found him.
Why don't you just eat the bones too?
This chicken is really small!
You just ate two chickens the size of pheasants. And it's not enough?
I only ate one!
Then this chicken...
had four legs?
Did I really eat two chickens already?
I should eat some rice. If you just eat meat, you'll have indigestion.
But we just had soup and rice. Aren't you full?
I've never been full in my entire life.
My grandfather says it's because I was bitten by a hungry man when I was a baby.
A hungry man?
That's why I eat so much.
He says there's no cure!
So you have an incurable disease. I feel sorry for you.
Order more food.
It's alright. There's enough to eat here.
I should ask Mae Hyang if there's any scorched rice gruel.
Who's that outside?
I thought it was a thief, but it's a gisaeng?
Thieving is a side job. Being a gisaeng is my main occupation.
You must be busy. So are you doing your main or side job?
Side job.
You have to come with me.
I don't want to. Thieves are a nuisance.
I didn't want to do this.
You're good.
It's more exciting this way.
Now you don't want to leave, do you?
Why don't you shut up and come with me?
No.
If you come as your main job, then you're always welcome!
Let's go!
But we still have wine left!
So it's thieves again?
Thieves?
What do you want? Why do you keep bothering me?
You want to repay me?
Repay you?
I've come to take revenge.
Revenge?
Who killed the Chief? Tell me!
Chief? Oh, that thief who died?
Oh, that's his stick! Am I right?
Stick? It's not a stick!
It's the Chief's Moonlight Staff!
Don't make me laugh. You thieves are so silly.
What?
Don't say that. He's kind of cool!
What kind of staff did you say that was?
The Moonlight Staff!
Hey you!
Let me go!
You didn't come to fight him!
Just wait a moment!
You wanted me to go with you, but you're all here.
Tell us about the Chief.
I don't want to be involved in your business.
Find out for yourselves and deal with it yourselves.
That little...!
Enough!
Where is the Chief?
We have to take care of his body. Tell us.
You took me under your wing after my brother died and I was living like an animal.
You understood my bitterness and how I was sold from house to house as a slave.
Thank you for saving me when I tried to hang myself at the brothel.
Rest in peace.
He must have been a good man.
Even so, he's still a thief.
Go on and eat. Your Chief was Master Haemyung's friend.
He wouldn't have let you go without having eaten something.
You're supposed to eat at a funeral! Eat so that you can work!
Oh, I forgot you were thieves...
I wonder where my grandfather is...
Let's eat. We have to eat if we want to avenge his death.
Forget it.
No matter how much you eat or fight, you'll never beat these guys.
How do you know that?
It was the Yongmun Organization.
The ones that killed your chief...
They were the assassins of the Yongmun Organization.
They are the finest in our force.
I will go with them.
That is not possible!
I am the only one who has seen the Sa Yin Sword.
In any case, I have to do this myself.
Thank you for saving us and burying our Chief.
If we meet again, I'll repay you.
Why should you...?
I'll repay him. Let's go.
Are you stupid? The enemy is Yongmun.
Are you going to risk your lives for a dead man?
The Chief was someone worth risking our lives for.
What's life anyway? If you die, you die.
Who's going to die? No one is going to die!
Malneo, what about one time before we die?
One moment of passion...
Never!
Hong Gil Dong. Come look for us if you need help.
Contact us if you need anything. We'll help you.
Just don't die. You're useless if you're dead.
What a...!
But we're going to die! Just once...
Stop it. She said no.
Just once!
Thieves trying to be cool...
Does His Majesty plan on building another palace?
The people are discontent.
We have to stand up and oppose His Majesty.
Councilor, please join us.
Although I am the core of all power, I cannot disobey the King.
Your Majesty! The Minister of the Interior wishes to see you.
He plans to nag me about the royal villa.
Tell him to leave.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, I am excited to see how the royal villa will turn out.
It will be no lesser than the Emperor of China's palace!
You'll fill it with beautiful women and forget all about me!
Of course I will.
How could I forget you when I love you so much?
Your Majesty, I will repay your kindness by giving you a son!
What?
I will give you a son so that you can have a successor, Your Majesty.
You must be insane, you wench! How dare a lowly courtesan...?
Since my mother was a chambermaid,
you thought you could be mother of a King as well!
Your Majesty, please forgive me!
I loved you well, didn't I?
Your Majesty!
Take her and behead her!
Kill her!
- Your Majesty, please forgive me! - Come with us!
Your Majesty!
That makes one more ghost to haunt me.
This is priceless medicine from China.
Madam Noh, not again?
I have heard about the construction of a new royal villa.
Please allow us to be of help, Your Excellency.
I will tell the Minister of Industry to have Yongmun provide the construction materials.
I have arranged for a portion of our forces to disguise themselves as laborers for the royal villa.
They are carpenters.
Indeed.
Come with me.
We will hide the weapons among the construction materials and bring them into the palace.
We are from Yongmun. These are construction materials.
Go in.
On the day of the civil examinations, the rest of the forces will strike
the North gate and enter the Palace.
Our numbers will not be enough for victory.
We must gain control over the civil examinations.
On the day of the civil examinations,
sons of noble families and government officials from all over the country will be present.
If we use them as hostages, the Palace Guards will not make any reckless moves.
On that day, we will avenge the death of the Queen and her loyal subjects.
Please show them who the true King of this country is!
If we find the Sa Yin Sword, it will be my greatest proof!
Who is this enemy they are looking for?
I don't know why they're so hell bent on revenge. It's not like their Chief is coming back to life.
It's not like their parents were murdered.
If your parents were murdered, would you risk your life to avenge them?
But they weren't.
I'm asking a hypothetical question!
If they killed my parents, then of course I would risk my life for revenge!
What about you?
I don't have parents.
It's a hypothetical question!
Hypothetical what, you stupid girl?
You...!
Are you going to keep following me?
You said you liked having me around.
When did I say that?
Wait for me!
I promised to meet him here and pass him the money.
If the weather is nice, you leave tomorrow.
No matter what, you're going to leave tomorrow, alright?
So the ship will take off if the weather's nice?
Yes. I hope the weather's good tomorrow.
Merchant Wang, well done.
Yes, you belong in China. Don't come back.
Let's do it tonight.
Tell him it's tonight.
Excellency, the heating is being fixed in your study and it'll be cold.
I've cleared the room inside, so please go there.
Her Ladyship sent you this wine, so drink this tonight and enjoy yourselves!
What's this? It's really wine?
Yes, finish up and gather in the back yard.
The ship is so small.
It might flip over on the way.
You shouldn't go on ships like that.
I think it's bigger than the last ship.
It's freezing in China right now. You might freeze to death.
I won't die.
Doesn't it look like there might be a typhoon?
Do you want the ship to be grounded because of a typhoon?
Why?
Do you really have to go?
Why?
I wish you weren't going to China. I wish you were staying here.
Gil Dong, can't you just stay?
No, I can't. Go to Magoksa.
You don't have to bid me farewell this time.
His name is Hong Gil Dong?
It sounds like him from your description.
But why is a noble lady like you looking for him at a brothel?
You said you just wanted to know his name. Now you know, so let's go back.
Tell me more about him.
Gil Dong is not someone you should be acquainted with.
If you bored, just do some sewing.
He thinks I'm a gisaeng, so it's alright that we're acquainted.
And I don't sew, even when I'm bored.
Young Miss!
How funny that you made us gisaengs laugh.
Then tell me more about this Hong Gil Dong.
From the look of the moon, tomorrow's weather is going to be great!
Merchant Wang, when the next ship after this one?
What's this? You're not going to go?
But is there another ship?
There're no ships if it gets cold! The next one will be in spring!
Hurry up and go!
Gil Dong, do you really have to go?
I no longer wanted to continue seeing you like that.
Are you really not going to go?
I'm going!
I said I'm going.
You're here. His Excellency wanted to see you.
Go on!
Here!
Where are you going?
They have the Sa Yin Sword. Get them! Hurry!
What do we do now?
Thieves! Thieves! Get them!
Catch the thieves! Catch them!
This... this is...
Is that you?
This is blood.
He... He's dead!
This can't be... Did you kill him?
It wasn't me.
Get him! He did it!
It wasn't me!
Get the thief!
Thief!
Someone... someone died.
That boy killed him.
But he wasn't holding a knife.
We don't know anything, alright?
I have to go to the Police Bureau. Prepare my horse!
This was Gil Dong's doing. No need to go to the Police Bureau!
I said prepare my horse!
Catch the thief!
What's going on?
My house was robbed. It was a group effort.
Find out which group this thief belonged to!
Those guys are Teuk Jae's band.
Where are their headquarters?
I'll find out for you.
Junbal is dead. Who were those men in black?
Did that young lord trick us?
That little...! Let's take this and run!
Yes sir!
He must have been feeling depressed on his last night here. I shouldn't have said all that.
You're stupid! Stupid!
Don't make any sound. Do you recognize me?
Last time you said you didn't know me. What changed?
You're hurt!
I'm in a bit of a predicament. Can you help me?
Let's get you to a doctor.
I can't go out... like this...
Young Master! Young Master! Wake up!
What do I do now?
They're the ones that killed Junbal. Get them!
And what's this?
What's going on?
And what's this?
He's wearing my clothes!
That's him!
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You know too much.
I am not your kind of person.
I won't run away. I should not now.
Gil Dong!
Why aren't you asking me if I stole and murdered?
I know that wasn't you.
Long time no see, brother.
I thought that the young master was a merchant, but he's not.
A while ago, he must have fought, he was wounded by a sword.
To cover you, I can't help Gil Dong.
There's no one to trust in this world.
Well, there's no one who trusts me, either.
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