(All figures, locations, groups, incidents, medical terms,)
(and others in this drama are entirely fictitious.)
(Animal scenes were directed and filmed...)
(under production guidelines along with animal experts.)
(3 years ago)
(Goguryeo army's headquarters in the northern border region)
(The 9th King of Goguryeo, Go Nam Mu)
Have you heard?
Myeong Rim is taking issue with His Majesty's inability...
to produce offspring and asserting dethronement.
It is certainly a trick...
to steal our title as the Queen Family.
We simply have to stop him from stealing it.
But there is no way to do it, is there?
If it is to protect the title as the Queen Family,
there is a way.
Our Woo Family...
has another daughter.
(Head Maid Woo Soon)
(Great Shaman Sa Bi)
Will His Majesty accept it?
I have already made preparations for it.
He will not be able to wake up for the time being.
(Head Secretary Song Woo)
I missed you.
Hui.
Your Majesty.
- Last night... - Who ordered you to do it?
I am keeping you alive simply because...
you are the Queen's sister.
If I see you again here,
I will have you beheaded.
(Queen Woo)
(Episode 5)
Wait.
One party is trying to kill us,
and the other party is trying to kill them.
(Former Wangdang's horseman Mo Chi)
Darn it.
Big brother. You know, do you not?
The White Tigers.
They will never lose their catch once caught.
Good grief. Really.
(Daemodal Mu Gol of Wangdang)
(White Tigers Pa Ya)
Over there.
They are taking the side road to Baeuitu.
They are like rabbits squirming to survive.
- Gal Ro. - Yes, Father.
It is your chance to show the tribesman what you are capable of.
Take the lead.
(White Tigers Gal Ro, Noe Eum's son)
I will catch her no matter what.
Let us go!
Bow.
Rise.
(Prime Minister Eul Pa So)
Those who know His Majesty have died.
Among them, there is a spy.
He must have ordered the poison.
It is not Mil Woo.
He always assisted me.
Besides, His Majesty could not afford to lose him and had him...
serve me instead of leaving Wangdang due to an injury.
He has no reason to betray His Majesty.
Do we have no news from Her Majesty?
She should have arrived by now.
It could not be them, either.
As much as they want power,
His Majesty's death will play unfavourably to the enemy.
Not yet.
However, Woo Do.
He could be...
This man is most suspicious.
Head Secretary Song Woo.
But why?
Bow.
Rise.
Let us leave.
I wonder how this could have happened.
Have you found a suspect, Prime Minister Eul?
The one who wrote the letter...
could be the man who murdered His Majesty.
Is that so?
(Eastern Temple Sabaegol)
Make the land divine.
- To the sky we pray. - To the sky we pray.
(Chief Priest Seol Joo)
To the sky we pray.
- Make the land divine. - Make the land divine.
(Sa Gu, Sa Bi's father, the Eastern Authority)
To the sky we pray.
- To the sky we pray. - To the sky we pray.
- Make the land divine. - Make the land divine.
To the sky we pray.
- To the sky we pray. - To the sky we pray.
Make the land divine.
- Make the land divine. - Make the land divine.
It is from the hidden one, Chief Priest.
Sa Bi.
Have you seen it?
I have.
I saw the Fourth Prince rise to the throne.
- Mal Woo. - Yes?
Inform all the faithful at the palace...
that the time has come.
Understood.
Through Sa Bi's eyes,
I saw our time would come again.
So, trust in it!
- To the sky we pray. - To the sky we pray.
The time of the stars will soon come!
To the sky we pray.
- To the sky we pray. - To the sky we pray.
To the sky we pray.
- To the sky we pray. - To the sky we pray.
To the sky we pray.
- To the sky we pray. - To the sky we pray.
I am not certain if Her Majesty arrived safely.
If Bal Gi refuses...
What then?
Who in the world killed His Majesty?
Putting that aside,
should we not get rid of...
Eul Pa So...
in preparation for when they return?
After we make Bal Gi the King,
we should win back our family's power again, should we not?
Eul Pa So.
Acting all clean on the outside,
he is wicked on the inside.
We do not know his plan.
It is too early to make a move.
Have you found anything?
(Royal Physician, Yak Gwang)
We found nothing.
Did you say the poison was the lily of the valley?
Yes, Head Secretary.
Now that I think about it, I remember seeing that flower.
Let us see.
Is it?
It is certainly the lily of the valley.
Chief Commander, I found it.
Darn it.
I will examine the road first.
Look around.
If you hear any hooves, shoot mercilessly.
Split up.
Your Majesty. We will soon reach the road to Baeuitu.
The road to the ferry dock is narrow.
We can eliminate each enemy if they follow us.
However, the enemy can surround our carriage on the Baeuitu road.
With not enough men, we will get caught.
Keep going.
There are only three hours until sunrise.
There is no time to lose now.
It is safer to go to the ferry dock than Baeuitu.
Your Majesty.
Taking the carriage will get us caught before reaching the dock.
As Father ordered, we should return to the Third Prince.
Have you not heard of the Baeuitu's legend?
We are to go to Baeuitu one way or another.
Only then can we stop the enemy from chasing after us.
Yu Hwa, hush.
Let us run away. Come with me.
- What do you think you are doing? - Hush.
Did you not see the White Tigers earlier?
You have no idea how horrifying they are, do you?
Hold on. Give me a minute.
Listen to me first, all right?
You see, fighting them is useless.
We will all get killed once caught.
I already received some money.
Put your faith in me, and follow me.
Yu Hwa. Come this way.
Come on.
For goodness' sake.
All torches have been put off.
How do you think the Third Prince found out?
Only we are aware of the reformation.
He might have found out through the palace's hidden one.
We should not go any further.
Why am I not getting a message from Hae Dae Bu?
Have you not seen Mo Chi?
Darn it.
I do not have time to pee.
Really. What is it?
What?
Let us go. Come now.
Get ready.
Understood.
Let us do this.
(Baeuitu)
Let us go.
Do not stop. Keep going.
Big Brother. Why must we get a fire going...
when there is not a soul on this road every night?
Have you not heard...
of when Liaodong invaded us?
Do you mean the one of King Daemusin defeating them all?
Even babies...
in Goguryeo know that story.
The Liaodong jerks...
took this road to Guknaeseong back then.
Then we should keep it pitch black.
Why must we light the torches?
Are we giving people a warning or what?
You fool!
Only then can we catch if the enemy is coming!
I see.
Do your work without complaining.
Make a mistake, and it will be the end of Goguryeo.
Understood?
- Yes. - Come now.
Where is the Head Maid?
The Head Maid... Here she is.
I am sorry. I had to avoid drawing attention.
Why do you not just return to the Third Prince?
You know about Father's command.
Seriously, my wish...
was to die in battle if we lost,
not die in vain like this. Darn it.
Listen, Big Brother. Am I not right?
I only needed to drive the carriage, no?
As if kicking me out of Wangdang was not enough,
must you kill me as well? Really.
Gosh.
- Mo Chi. - What is it? What?
His Majesty...
has passed away.
(Jashi: The Time of the Rat, 11pm to 1am)
It smells of a Persian silk tree.
It is likely the same potion found in the acupuncture room.
Do you think the Head Maid is the culprit?
Someone must have made the poison with the flower.
Let us go to the acupuncture room.
There are both Persian silk trees and dried buckwheat flower powder.
The potion was certainly made here.
You may leave.
Tell me.
Did you give the Head Maid drugs other than this one?
Prime Minister Eul asked you a question.
Answer him.
Why did you approach the Head Maid?
Was it the Chief Priest's order?
The Chief Priest...
took hostage of me...
and made my father into her puppet.
- Gosh. - Good grief.
Why did you give this potion to the Head Maid?
You know well, do you not, Prime Minister Eul?
What she wants.
I simply helped her with it...
and was promised something small.
And what was that?
Take her.
I will interrogate her myself.
Mil Woo.
Go ahead. I will take care of them.
Let us go.
Are you all right?
Who ordered you to approach the Head Maid?
Though I read others' fates,
I could not read mine.
The last star of Sungtaeseong...
must have been me.
Prime Minister Eul.
Her...
Her Majesty...
It is my fault.
Are you all right, Prime Minister Eul?
What brings you here at this hour?
I left out of the habit of visiting His Majesty.
They were those who served you and His Majesty.
How did this happen?
Someone must be behind it.
Wishing I would die.
Is that so?
Could they be the ones who killed His Majesty?
Faster!
Darn it. Will we just keep running away?
Even if we lose them here, they will continue to chase us.
It may sound crazy, but it is not wrong.
Even if he is chosen, the Crown Prince will not sit still.
Bal Gi is the only prince who can stop him. Am I not right?
Anyone would disagree about...
making the Youngest the King, skipping the Fourth.
To spare anyone's life,
I think it is only right to return to Bal Gi.
Darn it. Faster.
Your Majesty. Are you hurt?
Do not let them get away!
- Go! - Get them!
- Let us go! - Hurry!
Protect Her Majesty!
Darn those scumbags. If only we had archers...
Mo Chi. When I give you a signal, turn the carriage.
Yu Ha. Go to the front of the carriage.
Now!
Are you all right, Your Majesty?
Your Majesty, it is dangerous out here. Please go inside.
Grab the weapons. Now!
Yes, Your Majesty.
This is our chance. Close in on them!
Darn it. Come on!
Surround the carriage.
Hook the carriage!
Let us keep going!
Pull it harder!
Go!
Hurry!
Good grief!
Watch our rear.
Did you say the Head Secretary, Song Woo, told you that...
the lily of the valley was in the Head Maid's room?
Yes, my lord.
You can leave now.
Do you think Song Woo poisoned His Majesty?
That does not make sense.
He knew he would be the first one to be suspected.
"Kill by the hands of another."
It would not be entirely out of the question...
if he were to achieve it through someone else.
Let me take care of it.
What could make...
the heart's blood coagulate and lead to death...
without burning the oesophagus was only the lily of the valley.
However,
the country manages the flowers.
Do you remember how the Great Shaman was killed?
The eunuchs were after the Great Shaman, not me...
as if they were trying to silence her.
The one in charge of eunuchs in the palace is...
He is distorting the truth of the evidence.
I am certain he will deny it.
It does not matter.
He will have no choice but to tell the truth.
"Baeuitu."
What is it like there?
Baeuitu is...
named after an old term from Goguryeo.
All right. "Baeui" means rocks.
"Tu" means banks.
Rocky banks.
This region does not have a river.
Are you telling me there is a bank made of rocks?
This happened a very long time ago.
During King Daemusin's reign,
our enemies from Liaodong once attacked Guknaeseong.
I remember reading about it in the book.
I heard the name of a man who helped the king...
and brought down the commander of Liaodong's military...
was Eul Du Ji.
Yes, that is correct. Eul Du Ji was his name.
So luckily, he was able to drive out our enemies,
but the king was concerned.
What do you think was the cause of his concern?
The king could not live forever.
He must have thought that the enemies were bound...
to come back at one point.
That is correct.
That is why Eul Du Ji, the general,
devised a plan.
All right. It was...
to make a wide path to lure in the enemies...
and to build a bank with rocks on the path.
(Baeuitu)
Go!
But I do not understand.
How could we use the rocks...
to stop our enemies?
Spur the horses.
Let us go!
Father, here I will show you what I am capable of.
They have entered Baeuitu now.
Cut the rope.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Mo Chi. Get the carriage as close as possible.
I will give it a try,
but all of us will be dead if it hits us in any way.
Come on.
Your Majesty!
How is this working?
Go!
Now!
Are you all right?
Yes.
- We must go faster! - Yes.
- Mo Chi! - Yes, Your Majesty!
Should we inform our kingdom of this?
Go!
Do not stop!
Gal Ro!
Hold!
Enough with playing games.
The true hunt begins now.
(Work by Director Jeong Se Gyo)
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