(All people, organizations, locations, and incidents...)
(in this drama are fictitious.)
Wol.
- No, Physician Yoo. - Wol is dead.
Even so, Physician Yoo!
Even so,
if they were to kill you as well,
there will be no one left to tell her story.
But...
Do not go.
Where have you been?
A fool dared to...
stab a member of our clan.
That is why I was late.
Please spare me, my lord.
You know I did so out of loyalty, my lord!
Pull yourself together, Physician Yoo.
We must get away from here. Stay strong.
Darn you.
He told me to kill the brat.
What are they up to now?
Why did you not kill him?
I asked why you have not gotten rid of Yoo Se Yeob yet!
Give me one more chance, Father.
Please.
Prove to me...
that you are not weak.
I will.
I will take care of Yoo Se Yeob...
and retrieve the stiletto needle at all costs.
There is something you two must finish.
Are you all right?
The blade went in pretty deep.
If you were to cut me down now,
would your father not suspect you?
That you killed me because of a guilty conscience?
What you took from me.
Hand it over.
I have no idea what you mean.
You just as good as showed me your hand.
That object you speak of. It must be very important.
You must hurry with the task your father gave you.
The harvest is fast approaching.
I will need your help...
to distribute the goods.
(Episode 11)
Your foot is bleeding.
You cannot go further like this.
Physician Yoo.
I keep...
failing to protect those close to me.
You could not have prevented it.
Even I did not think...
Sin Woo would do such a thing.
I was...
too foolish.
Do not beat yourself up.
Please do not do that.
You are...
the biggest victim.
Punishment is...
for those who have sinned.
Oh, dear.
What if something bad happened to my young master?
Do not cry.
Stop whining, will you?
Here. You should eat something and cheer up.
I do not want any.
Just eat this!
My gosh. Do not worry. They are both incredibly clever.
And Wol can talk now,
so she just needs to return home safely now.
Oh, boy.
Should we reach out to His Majesty for help?
Who knows what else could happen?
Father, go to Hanyang at once...
- and speak with His Majesty. - Yes.
Do I have a title?
I have no connections now.
How could I meet the King?
Oh, dear.
Then shall I go instead?
I will just pretend to be the Queen.
You should pretend to be the Queen Mother.
I am too young for that!
You were born in the Year of the Black Horse.
You are 40 years older than His Majesty!
What are you talking about?
It is true...
I am 19 this year.
My gosh!
- Young Master! - Lady Seo.
My gosh!
My lady.
Thank goodness.
Where is Wol?
Wol is...
dead.
What?
- No... - What?
What do you mean?
Why did she suddenly die?
What happened?
- My lady. - Wol...
- No! - My gosh.
- Wol... - My pretty Wol. That sweet child.
- Wol... - No! She is so young!
- What do we do? - Wol...
- Oh, dear. - Wol...
Wol...
Wol... No...
Wol...
- No. - That beautiful child.
- Please, no... - Poor child...
- Calm down. - No...
That poor child.
Wol...
So? What will you do now?
Get me a horse.
I must go to Hanyang.
You cannot go anywhere in that state.
You must be devastated too.
I must...
inform His Majesty.
The Second State Councilor was clearly involved in this.
He must be punished.
Wol, the sole witness, is gone now.
What will you do in Hanyang?
I will go with you.
No.
- You absolutely cannot... - Since you have been banished,
you cannot even pass the gates on your own.
I have a visitor's pass issued by His Majesty,
so do not worry.
The Second State Councilor must still be looking for you,
so you should not use that pass.
I have an idea, so please let me go with you.
Okay.
Do as she says.
Is there anything I can do to help you?
Stay here...
and find out what Commander Im is up to.
Im Soon Man?
Yes. He is conspiring with the Second State Councilor.
Tail him and find out what he is up to.
Okay, I will.
Do not leave me alone. You cannot leave.
I will find you.
- I will drag you back here! - Please, do not abandon me.
- Do not leave! - How dare you...
- Do not abandon us! - sell your own children?
Just for that?
Die!
What is he doing?
Father, come out at once!
Hey, you!
I...
I am sorry for everything.
No!
It was not my fault.
What happened was...
They put that in there.
That is why there was not enough.
- It is okay, Jang Gun. - Please spare me.
Please do not hit me.
Darn it. Not a day goes by quietly here.
Does he have a mental illness?
What is that? He keeps talking nonsense.
It is like being sick in the head.
People often say they are possessed.
Your master specializes in treating people like him.
He had to show up when that dunce was not here.
Are you two married?
We got married two years ago.
My husband and I wish to start a business in Hanyang.
I see.
Pass.
Eun Woo. Without the pass, I am afraid we cannot...
Just a moment.
Your name is Yoo Se...
Poong?
Where are you from?
Cheongju. Sorak...
We are...
from Sorak Village.
(Yoo Se Poong)
Pass.
Wait, you.
You two.
What brings you to Hanyang?
Oh.
That is...
My husband and I wish to get a house in Hanyang.
We got married a year ago.
He is planning to take the civil service examination.
You may go.
Eun Woo.
Yes?
Thank you for coming with me.
However,
you will not get involved in anything dangerous. Promise me.
Yes. As I promised, I will only help you with my cleverness.
The bugs...
are gnawing away at my flesh.
Please save me.
You are not dying! Do not be such a crybaby!
I can see that his energy and blood flow is slightly disrupted.
So what could be causing his pain?
- My gosh. - Is that the best you can do?
All I did was touch his arm.
Jang Gun, it seems as though he needs anshintang.
But we are out of wild jujube seeds and sweet flag.
What the...
Get ready to go to the market, then.
When it is almost time for our next meal?
Would you prefer it to be your last meal?
I am ready and will head out.
Off I go.
Why do you not have wild jujube seeds or sweet flag?
They have been in high demand lately.
Has there been an increase in patients with mental disorders?
Tell me about it.
Maybe it is the aftermath of the plague.
Get out, I told you!
I will sell my wife if I must to make good on the money.
All I ask for is one smoke worth of opium.
The pain is too much to bear.
Whenever the wind blows, it cuts into my skin.
If you are that desperate, sell your wife for the money first.
Get lost!
Confucian classics are over there, others are over here.
It is two nyang per book.
You are not someone I recognize.
When did you open this new bookstore?
Why do you ask? Must one ask for your permission...
in order to do business here?
Forget about the books.
How about some opium?
Show me that you can pay first.
Is this a joke?
This is not enough for even a single smoke.
Run along, then.
Is it that expensive?
Well...
What I sell is nothing like the usual opium you will find.
Let me see your product, then.
I will have him bring the rest of the money.
Take a look.
The color of it is nothing like what you have seen before.
But... This must have been dissolved in water once.
That is why it is killer!
Do you have a pipe?
How dare you sell this wicked powder.
You made this? Name your manufacturer!
Dong Pal!
Yes? Did you summon me, my lord?
- Get them out of my face. - Yes, my lord.
Why you...
You must go through me first in order to reach him.
Tell me. Do you wish for a broken bone?
Emotionally, it has been a depressing day for me.
Just know that breaking a bone in my body...
will cost you one of yours as well.
You little punk.
Gosh, that must hurt.
My gosh!
Goodness me.
This is the last time I will ask nicely.
Who made this?
Who?
Follow me.
Your Majesty.
Se Yeob.
Who is this young lady?
She is a physician at Gyesoo Clinic.
She is here to aid me.
I see.
Tell me about Wol. Has her condition improved?
Forgive me, Your Majesty.
I failed...
to protect Wol.
Do not forgive your foolish subject...
who failed you.
The body was kept in Seobinggo.
She is the royal court taster...
who risked her life trying to inform me of the truth.
I cannot trust those at the Medical Office...
which is why you must do the autopsy yourself.
- My lady! - What on earth?
What happened to you? Please wake up!
There is a court maid who was involved...
in the death of the former King.
It is the same discoloration found in dansacho poisoning.
Then...
Are you saying traces of dansacho lie within her blood?
Yes.
Those who murdered the royal food taster...
poisoned the former King with dansacho as well.
The stiletto needle is proof of that.
The color of the boils on the court lady's skin...
is like that of the boils we had during the plague.
That is correct. I am afraid...
Then the disease that ripped through the village...
The one I suffered from.
It wasn't the plague.
Do you have an answer for me?
You must know by now...
what this is.
This is given to the best physician in the Medical Office.
The pattern tells me...
it is most definitely from the royal family.
Is that so?
Why is it discolored?
Look only.
It seems to have been exposed to a very rare and deadly poison.
A poison?
Have you heard anything about how the former king died?
There is a rumor...
that he was poisoned.
Poisoned?
On this prime plot of land,
there is nothing but a crumbling clinic.
If I were in charge,
I would have built it up to be grander than the grandest pavilion.
Hand over Gyesoo Clinic.
The reason he kept wanting to take over the clinic.
If it were because he needed land to grow opium poppy...
The Gumiho case blocked his route to steal tributes from the King,
so he tried to take over the clinic to distribute opium.
When that did not work,
he sold opium through the bookstore?
I will sell my wife if I must to make good on the money.
All I ask for is one smoke worth of opium.
Im Soon Man has sided with the Second State Councilor.
If I find proof he is distributing opium...
to bribe the Councilor,
it will help build a case against him.
Starting today, harvest three times as much.
So we will be done in ten days.
That could get us caught.
I have someone watching my back.
I will send this all over Joseon...
and turn my life around.
Quit slacking off and get moving!
Okay?
Im Soon Man is selling opium that can be smoked.
Opium for smoking?
The commander...
is making his own people sick and some even die.
You must arrest him immediately.
How did you find out?
I confirmed the new bookstore owner is selling it in secret.
Then the first step is to bring him in for questioning.
Im Soon Man is a crafty schemer.
He might find a way out.
I cannot go after the commander first without proof.
I have bad news.
The magistrate will arrest you soon.
What? What right does that fool have?
What is it about?
The Gyesoo physician happened to catch the new bookstore owner.
That darn Gye Ji Han.
He upset my table again?
Get my litter.
We must hurry.
- My litter! - What?
You fool. Hurry, get me a horse.
- Now! - Okay.
(Do not pass)
We must spend the night here.
Where are we?
This is...
my home.
It is the home of a criminal,
so it is rundown and a mess.
No.
It is grand.
Then shall we sneak in?
(Do not pass)
This house is like you.
Is it because I was born and raised here?
Where are you going dressed like that?
I was summoned to the Palace. I must hurry.
No, wait.
I said I was in a hurry.
It was here...
where I lost my mother.
I swore never to lose anyone else,
and that is why I became a physician.
Yet again,
I lost my father.
I lost too many people.
Physician Yoo. Give me your hand.
Simmun.
Sobu.
Do you not feel more relaxed?
You used the pressure points that help control the heart.
You are smarter than I am.
You agitate Simmun when you are upset, like now,
and when one is possessed by spirits. Correct?
Yes. Well done.
Controlling the mind...
My lord!
My lord.
I need you to help me out.
How dare you come here?
Throw him out.
My lord.
I have the stiletto needle.
Do you know?
The stiletto needle that was used on the former king...
is discolored because it was exposed to poison.
And...
you want the physician who used that needle dead,
and also a court maid who worked at the Royal Kitchen.
I smell something almost like treason, my lord.
My lord.
If you kill me now,
the stiletto needle...
will be delivered to His Majesty.
Do you not care?
Why would you ask me that?
What?
Is there a reason...
the King should not see that needle?
Well...
It is of no concern to me.
Do whatever you wish.
Save me, my lord.
All I want...
is to be in the same boat as you.
Would I dare...
offer up that stiletto needle?
So,
what is it you want?
Stop Sorak Village's district governor...
from destroying the opium farm.
I just need you to write a letter.
Now, I serve...
no one but you.
Once the opium is harvested,
I will give you the stiletto needle too.
Your father was found...
with a discolored stiletto needle in his hand.
The man who stabbed me probably took the needle.
Your father was murdered.
Physician Yoo.
You woke up.
Let us return to Sorak Village.
Open the door.
Commander Im Soon Man is to be tied at once.
- Should we let them in? - Do not worry.
Open up, or we will break the door down!
Stop.
The royal court has ordered you to follow proper procedures.
The constables are to leave the premises at once.
(Gyesoo Clinic)
What is happening?
It looks like you have come to the wrong place.
Identify yourselves.
What is this? What is going on here?
Move!
You little...
What?
What are you waiting for?
- Arrest them all! - Yes, sir!
Who are you to arrest us?
- Let go, you little... - How dare you!
- You crazy scoundrels! - Do not come near us!
Go away. Do not touch us!
- You piece of... - Stay away.
It is okay, Jang Gun. Do not worry.
- Let go! - Hey, Gye Ji Han!
- Go away. - You little...
Do you want them all dead?
I suggest you stop fighting and come with us.
Father.
It is okay.
Physician Gye!
Jang Gun! Ip Bun!
Man Bok, where are you?
There you are! You are back.
Granny, what happened? Where is everyone?
I do not know. Some men came and dragged them away.
They were not foreign intruders.
That scoundrel who looks like a rockfish!
You mean, Commander Im? Did Im Soon Man take them?
Yes.
Look, he is weird.
Please! Do not hit me.
Please do not kill me!
They are coming.
Commander Im is coming here to get me!
Please believe me. I did not steal it.
I did not steal any opium!
Commander Im?
Opium?
This man seems to know something.
Did you work for Commander Im?
No, I did not.
My lord, please do not hit me.
Could you tell us what happened?
Stop.
I should just die.
I...
I sold my own family off...
Because of opium!
Stop, please. Stop hurting yourself.
You said you sold your family. Where did you take them?
Tell us.
I do not know.
My lord, please help me.
Please save my children.
The people from the clinic must be there too.
They are like our family.
I beg of you. Please tell us.
You cannot run away from them for the rest of your life.
You must tell us where it is. Only then can we punish him.
Tell us. Where is it?
I do not know.
I know nothing!
The dark land.
The blackened land.
And once night falls...
You hear those darn ghosts!
I am scared. I am terrified!
I told you.
You must never follow them.
It is a scary place.
Granny, do you know the place he is talking about?
Why is it scary?
It is terrifying.
The barbarians will kill us all.
I told you that they left our soil in the Year of the Red Ox.
Before they leave,
they will kill everyone.
They will drag us away.
What is it?
Have you figured it out?
Physician Yoo.
You can put it in here. I brought limewater.
I am boiling sumac, ginkgo,
monkshood roots, and aconiti tuber together.
It smells awful.
The more it stinks, the better.
Although the books said to use caper spurge too, a poisonous herb.
We do not have time, so this will do.
Caper spurge?
This is it here.
I will put in some of this too.
How dare you sleep on the job.
Strike him!
Move your behinds and get to work.
What on earth are these things?
Is this not the herb that is highly addictive?
The one that Father does not brew.
Why does one need...
so many herbs?
Opium poppy. Six times more lethal.
- Lethal. - Jang Gun.
- Jang Gun, please calm down. - Opium poppy.
- Jang Gun... - It is...
- Quiet! - Opium poppy.
A lethal herb.
- It should not be allowed. - Why you...
- No! - Wait!
Like I said, be quiet.
Ip Bun?
- Ip Bun? - Ip Bun.
- Ip Bun! - Ip Bun!
Goodness, I smell money in the air.
How fragrant.
Stop dawdling and get to work.
Is this what you have been up to?
A worthless lowlife like you should not get in my way.
I will not allow it this time.
This is way above anything you can handle.
How could you have caused such chaos?
Why you...
Should you not be more worried about yourself?
Because of you, I almost had...
to torch the field before harvesting them.
All because you got nosy.
Have you not once considered living a respectable life?
That is rich coming from the quack of a physician...
who is also a murderer.
Having money and power gives you a respectable life.
There is no honor in being broke and letting your family starve.
Where is my family?
Do not fret.
I will treat them like royalty...
on their way across the River Styx.
Why you...
You will need to work harder in order to break free from that.
Off you go
Across the River Styx
This seems like a path unknown to most people.
I did not realize there was such a place.
As a child,
I heard stories about a blackened land that is home to ghosts.
Are you saying that such a place exists?
Granny was right.
During the war, the barbarians murdered the refugees...
who had fled deep into the woods.
Ever since then, people stopped coming here afraid of the ghosts.
That is why there is no tidied path.
It is actually my first time up here.
Black soil.
The dead bodies of the innocent...
fertilized the land making it black.
Could it be any sadder?
He is endangering the people...
by utilizing this land to grow opium poppy.
I cannot forgive him for this. We must find him.
Of course.
We must get out of here.
Or Ip Bun will die.
- Jang Gun... - We must get out of here.
- Calm down. - I cannot!
Jang Gun, look at me and calm down.
Ip Bun!
Do not lose consciousness. Stay awake!
We must get out of here.
- We must leave. - I will not die.
We must get out of here.
Or Ip Bun will die.
We must leave.
We cannot stay.
Darn it!
There are fewer people here than I expected.
Yes, that I am glad of.
Where could our family be?
In there perhaps.
What the...
What is this?
What on earth is this?
The smell!
What is this?
- Lady Eun Woo? - Lady Eun Woo!
Ip Bun!
What on earth happened?
How did you know to come here?
Let us leave first.
Lady Eun Woo is here.
We must leave.
Ip Bun, wake up.
Ip Bun?
Ip Bun, my gosh.
Let us get you on your feet.
We must leave or Ip Bun will die.
Can you walk?
- I will hold you. - Me too.
- Right. - Slowly.
Slowly.
Jang Gun, come.
How did you know to come here?
Let us leave first.
Who is there?
Do not move. Stay right there.
I see that the dunce is still alive.
The Second State Councilor has been wanting you dead.
And you came to me on your own accord.
It is why I offered you to stand by our side.
Let the people go and burn the opium poppy.
Hold on a second. Are you here...
for the stiletto needle?
You must not be aware that it is in my possession.
The stiletto needle is sure in high demand.
Maybe I should bury it with you when you die.
What?
Go after them!
If you lose any of them...
You two, kneel. Kneel!
Let this be as far as you go.
Shut it, you persistent snob.
You will die in my hands today.
This will only lead to your own death.
Are you sure you can trust the Second State Councilor?
This is your last chance to do what is right.
Such idiocy.
Do not just stand there.
Slay them!
Yes, my lord.
Heed the royal command!
What?
Burn them!
My goodness.
Let us go.
Darn it.
Darn!
He went that way!
Darn it.
Do not come any closer!
Come any closer,
and this stiletto needle will be tossed into the fire.
This...
is important to you, is it not?
This stiletto needle...
will clear your name regarding all you were framed for.
I will give you this if you let me go once.
It was mine to begin with.
So I will give it to you. So...
let me off this once, Se Poong.
Hand it over.
Okay.
Darn!
How...
could you live like this?
You fools! Do you know who I am?
I am under the protection of the Second State Councilor.
You can take me away tonight,
but I will be released tomorrow.
You forced civilians to work for you...
and got them addicted to a drug that ruins their bodies and minds.
The people will prove your crimes.
Let us see if the Second State Councilor truly protects you.
No, wait!
Fine.
I am sorry. I did wrong.
But I did it because the Second State Councilor told me to.
I had no choice. That is the truth.
It is time...
to reveal the truth clearly.
What command you were given,
and what evil you did...
to bribe the Second State Councilor!
Yes. Of course.
I will tell you everything.
Will you...
help me get out of this alive?
Yoo Se Poong.
No. Yoo Se Yeob, sir.
What the Second State Councilor made me do and took,
I will tell you everything.
Believe me.
I, Im Soon Man,
will expose the Second State Councilor's corruption!
The Second State Councilor gave dansacho to the former king.
That ledger. I found it.
What does this mark mean?
Did you think you could live...
as if nothing happened when you poisoned a king?
I must look into who is behind it.
The stiletto needle and Yoo Se Yeob.
Neither can be allowed to exist.
I will do that.
I will condemn them all...
and correct everything.
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