-=Episode 21=-
Those competing, come to the front.
Baek Dong Su. It is not the Sword Saint, but you?
Your Highness, this is an evil plot from those who are aiming for your life.
-=Yi San (the future King Jeongju)=- . Your Highness, this is an evil plot from those who are aiming for your life.
To know what string they will thread next,
we have to pretend to know nothing.
-=Queen Jeong Sun=-
Prince Heir, you are here.
-=Yeong Ju=- . Why are you so late?
For getting the gak gung made, I wasted some time.
-=Gak Gung: a bow made using a cow or sheep's horns as decoration=- . For getting the gak gung made, I wasted some time.
This really is a brilliant bow that you can't find fault in.
Listen.
This is to be given to Do Ju as his return gift.
-=Do Ju : Lord of island Daemado (Korean name for Tsushima, in Japan)=- . This is to be given to Do Ju as his return gift.
Battle.
Your Majesty.
Before the match, I would like to do a seubsa.
-=Seubsa: testing of bow and arrow=- . Please consent.
Fine. Do so.
Protect His Majesty. Protect His Majesty.
Protect His Majesty...
What are you doing? Hurry and protect His Majesty.
Yes. Protect His Majesty...
You wrecked my plans every time, how can I keep you?
Please let me die, Your Excellency.
Do you want to be an assassin your whole life?
Be the tiger every year, month, day and period. This is a Sa In sword that engraves that.
I will make your name to go down in history.
If the King lives, you die. If the King dies, you live.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty...
Can you... afford to be here?
Don't tell me...
Sa... Sa Mo...
Listen!
Sound the alarm!
Capture every one of the assassins who come into the palace!
- Yes. - Yes.
Stop!
Capture all of them!
- Yes. - Yes.
What? You fellows...
Come with us.
I am not the one to catch, you fellows!
Let go!
You have captured the wrong guy!
Captain...
Tie these people up as well!
- Yes. - Yes.
This is His Excellency Hong Dae Ju's plot.
Heuk Sa Mo and the guards have all been caught?
What exactly does this mean?
The assassins that snuck into the East Palace, were all wearing guard uniforms.
Then, this is all...
It was a trap.
So, how did it go?
We dealt with the matter according to your orders.
Thanks to you, the situation seems to have turned out well.
What are you going to do about Jeon Heung Mun?
For having done a big thing for us,
we should help him out.
-=Heuksa Chorong=-
You have to leave?
It seems like something big happened. Don't worry.
Have you found out anything?
Something big happened at the banquet His Majesty was holding.
It was treason.
Treason?
His Excellency Hong Dae Ju is going a bit too far.
By any chance, is that Japanese called Kenzo involved in this treason?
The specific details are still not very clear.
Inquire for more details.
Yes.
Defense Minister, what is going on?
Your Majesty.
This was treason by the East Palace guards who used to follow Crown Prince Sado.
What?
Give me the exact details.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Those dismissed guards were plotting a rebellion.
Today at sin si, they sneaked into the main hall.
-=Sin Si: 3pm to 5 pm=- . Today at sin si, they sneaked into the main hall.
One of them slipped in amongst the guard officers,
with the intention to murder Your Majesty.
Thankfully, the arrow shot by the Japanese envoy killed him on the spot.
Then,
what happened to the other assassins?
We don't know why, but they all went to the Prince Heir residence.
Luckily someone called Jeon Heung Mun subdued all the assassins.
That's a relief.
Who is this Jeon Heung Mun?
He is a wrestler from Hwanghae province.
If Sword Saint without one hand were to come out for a competition this time,
for fear that it wouldn't go well, I had secretly called in that wrestler.
You mean that all the assassins died by that man's hands?
No, Your Majesty.
One of the assassins is there in prison.
His name is Heuk Sa Mo.
You fellow, you will die soon.
Yet you are over there laughing non-stop. What is there to be so happy about?
-=Jeon Heung Mun=- . Yet you are over there laughing non-stop. What is there to be so happy about?
-=Jeon Heung Mun=- . . .
-=Jeon Heung Mun=- . The one who is going to die is not me, but you.
Me?
What was he talking about just now?
Come out.
You fellows! How about us? These fellows!
So, who plotted this rebellion?
I'm asking who plotted this rebellion!
Your Majesty, I am sorry to say this.
The incident this time is from His Highness Prince Heir...
Prince... Prince Heir?
Prince Heir...
is connected to the act of treason this time?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Isn't this the sword I bestowed upon the Prince Heir?
Your Majesty.
What was found in the hands of the assassin who tried to murder Your Majesty,
was really that sword.
You all listen well.
Prince Heir...
would absolutely not do such treason.
Till the truth of this treason incident comes out, everyone is to keep your lip sealed.
Whoever dares to speak nonsense,
will be killed immediately.
Do you understand?
- Yes, Your Majesty. - Yes, Your Majesty.
What exactly is going on?
This is all part of the plan that Hong Dae Ju thought of.
-=Gim Han Gu: Queen Jeong Sun's father=- . This is all part of the plan that Hong Dae Ju thought of.
-=Gim Han Gu: Queen Jeong Sun's father=- . But the one who took the Sa In sword from the East Palace was I.
But...
what about that young man who drove the Defense Minister to the edge of the cliff?
You mean the one who saved my life?
Yes, Your Majesty.
His name is Baek Dong Su.
He is the Sword Saint's disciple.
I see that he has a lot of potential.
How about making use of him?
So...
You two have to clearly identify where these assassins came from.
Look around again for any traces of evidence they may have left.
- Yes. - Yes.
This is absolutely meticulously prepared.
You help me keep an eye on the situation outside.
All right.
Master.
Are you not feeling well?
No, I am fine.
What?
So, you're saying,
Sa Mo hyeongnim is locked in prison?
Aigoo, aigoo...
Heuk Sa Mo orabeoni... Aigoo.
When the truth comes out, he will be freed.
Don't be too worried.
Imo... (Imo - Aunt)
So, what happened to Ji Seon?
I've looked in a lot of places, but I couldn't find her anywhere.
Tomorrow at daybreak,
I will take a look at the government office.
Fine.
Until when do you plan to remain like this?
Are you feeling a bit better now?
It was because I was worried about you, that I came over.
Then, I will get going.
Child...
Take this.
These are things that Ga Ok used.
Mother's... things?
The moonlight feels nice. The breeze also feels nice.
If I had known that you were here,
I would have come looking for you earlier.
Time goes by like the river.
Has it been three years now?
So... will you be leaving Heuksa Chorong?
I am thinking of leaving this place itself.
Though I used to only ask for favors from you, Sky Lord...
If you want to leave, I won't stop you.
But can you wait a little while?
It will be difficult?
So...
I wonder what happens now to that promise to cut off the Sword Saint's head...
Your Excellency Hong.
Never stand behind me again.
The assassin who tried to murder His Majesty died immediately.
He was His Excellency Hong Dae Ju's right-hand man.
Furthermore, as he was carrying His Highness Prince Heir's Sa In sword,
His Highness Prince Heir is being taken to have plotted the rebellion.
It seems the palace has lately been falling for the tricks from His Excellency Hong Dae Ju.
Although His Majesty has not asked His Highness Prince Heir about it,
things won't be easy, as all of the evidence points to the Prince Heir.
How will he escape from those hands?
Isn't it His Excellency Hong Dae Ju's grip, after all?
It's a tough situation to handle.
What the heck will you do... Baek Dong Su?
Isn't that the tteoljam?
Please accept it.
Isn't this my tteoljam?
-=Tteoljam: Decorative hairpin with jewels used by princesses and noble women=- . Isn't this my tteoljam?
-=Tteoljam: Decorative hairpin with jewels used by princesses and noble women=- . .
-=Tteoljam: Decorative hairpin with jewels used by princesses and noble women=- . The thing you are looking for is this.
It was hard for me to get this.
This is my tteoljam.
Then, that fur cap...
This tteoljam, was given to me by His Highness Crown Prince Sado.
Do you still blame me?
I no longer bear a grudge against others.
That is what Sir Baek Dong Su taught me to do.
Excuse me.
I am porter soldier Baek Dong Su.
Please sit.
I heard you saved my life.
So I want to repay you.
Is there anything you want?
I did not do it for a reward.
How can you refuse?
Her Majesty is personally offering it.
Father, you yourself
should take care of this youngster.
Yes, Your Majesty.
You brat, is now the time to wander around the palace grounds?
I am sorry.
Captain, aren't these new faces?
Yes, they are all people I've never seen before.
Go to the Hanseong personnel office and check if these people are in the Seon Saeng An records.
-=Seon Saeng An : a record of transferred officials' names, address, positions etc.=- . Go to the Hanseong personnel office and check if these people are in the Seon Saeng An records.
-=Seon Saeng An : a record of transferred officials' names, address, positions etc.=- . - Yes - Yes
-=Seon Saeng An : a record of transferred officials' names, address, positions etc.=- . . .
This is it.
Is this the Seon Seong An of all the treasonous guards of Prince Hair?
You aren't sure even after seeing it?
Can I make a copy?
This is important evidence in the treason case.
Well... You can do that.
They are all lies.
The ink smell from the register is still fresh.
It hasn't even been four days since it was written.
Let us first investigate the names added in the Seon Seong An.
But, Dong Su,
where did you go this morning?
It's nothing.
This is the place. Quickly take it in.
What is going on?
These are royal gifts to Baek Dong Su from His Excellency Gim Han Gu.
Ai...
What are these?
We're leaving, then.
What are these?
Imo.
How about taking some time out?
Huh?
Imo, Imo, Imo.
Why are you calling?
His Excellency Gim sent Baek Dong Su silk,
cloth, and also rice.
A pile of it has been sent in.
What?
We heard that he saved Her Majesty earlier.
It's the reward for that, right?
Shall we go and grab some good stuff too?
Huh?
Is that what we should worry about now?
We don't even know how Sa Mo orabeoni is doing in prison.
Aigoo, my head!
That's right. Uncle....
Most of these people are from rural areas.
They are people without any relatives here in Hanyang.
So it is confirmed to be falsified.
One person here is the son of the chief of the Chungcheong local government office.
I will try to go and meet him.
Dong Su.
You try to meet that officer who made the fake register, once more.
Yes.
But you want to go by yourself?
Those are people who are framing His Highness the Prince Heir.
You may go with Sang Gak.
I only want to find the actual truth.
But there is no need to go and take risks.
You should follow Deputy Commissioner Hong.
Yes, Your Highness.
How is it going... with the captain?
He is still locked up in prison.
Then Your Highness, this subject will be leaving.
How did they knock out the prison guards and escape?
It wasn't Dong Su,
and it wasn't Sa Mo ajussi either.
Was it my father?
It can't be...
Could it be... Yeo Un?
Should be about this tall.
Skinny looking woman. Have you seen her?
It doesn't seem we have seen.
Thank you!
Please accept this.
It's a purse made of camel skin that will bring you good luck.
- Camel? - Yes, camel!
Have you guys heard?
There was another act of treason at the palace.
Treason?
- Treason again? - You fellows, don't be so loud.
Anyway, thank you for this.
Oh come on, what is there to thank...
But, there...
You even run so nicely!
-=Gim Han Gu's house.=-
Put them down.
Tell that we returned these things that we don't need.
Yes Sir.
Father... Father.
Is he at the liquor place?
You are Hwang Jin Gi's daughter, as well as the Sky Lord's?
This sounds complicated!
You have two mothers too?
Carry her off.
What is that?
Yes, this is Jin Ju's pendant.
Jin Ju.
Please let me go.
I just need to go back.
You still have people coming after you.
I've thought a lot about it.
I just cannot abandon the the trade group like this.
Though I understand your kind heart to do this for my sake,
I can't just leave the trade group people and not care.
Please give me a bit more time.
I will take you back safely, Miss.
If you want to live free,
then become Heuksa Chorong's master, as the Sky Lord.
Un, you do what you feel like.
Stop that!
That so-called fate... If you just dump it for good, that would help.
-= Kwae Do Nan Ma: Cut the Gordian Knot. =- -= Solve the dilemma with determination =- . . .
-= Kwae Do Nan Ma: Cut the Gordian Knot. =- -= Solve the dilemma with determination =- . They went to the Hanseong Personnel office?
-= Kwae Do Nan Ma: Cut the Gordian Knot. =- -= Solve the dilemma with determination =- . . Yes.
So this matter is becoming rather interesting.
Call in Kenzo.
Yes.
I will take you back safely, Miss.
Why have you come here?
Is His Excellency Hong Dae Ju inside?
Yes.
Is that woman doing fine?
As per our agreement,
you should let her be safe.
You absolutely cannot touch her.
A person of your caliber
is picking the life of a woman
over that of Heuksa Chorong?
That woman's life... is indeed my life.
I am sorry but I only see you lying.
Aren't you using that woman as an excuse,
to come after my life?
That is not wrong, Your Excellency.
If I were to become like you,
first, don't I have to join hands with you?
Correct! That's the answer I wanted to hear.
Fine then...
You have heard about the incident in the palace, right?
Though I heard that it was treason,
wasn't it something you came up with, Your Excellency,
...with this person here?
Come on.
Please greet him. This is Sky Lord's successor.
So then...
That fellow called Heuk Sa Mo is locked up in prison,
which you already know, right?
Just kill that worm of a fellow,
You need to show us your mindset, right?
Hasn't the former Sky Lord said this?
"To kill someone, even an assassin must naturally have a reason"
That's right.
So that is how it is.
But then, there is one other issue.
That Heuk Sa Mo is who I am talking about.
You have to go and deal with it.
Please let me live.
I am sorry.
Please... Please let me live.
Please.
This is the original.
Please let me go.
Consider yourself to have died,
and never again come to Hanyang in the future.
Thank you!
Hey, Yeo Un.
Put away your sword.
This is for Miss' sake.
Miss Ji Seon...
Why did you have to take her away?
Do not worry about it.
Compared to being with you, she is staying much safer.
Where?
Where is Miss Ji Seon?
Baek Dong Su!
Since you can't protect her, you should give her up before it's too late.
What?
Captain Heuk Sa Mo
is locked up in the prison.
You'd better hurry.
The assassins will be there soon.
Would Sa Mo orabeoni be doing fine?
Dong Su has already gone to handle it.
Don't worry.
Excuse me...
By any chance have you seen our Jin Ju?
Jin Ju?
This thing was dropped in the yard.
That is Jin Ju's, right?
Yes it is.
Where did that girl run off to, now?
Is Miss not around?
You are...
You are Miss Jin Ju's father right?
Yes. So?
Why are you helping me?
For a long time, the Japanese settlement
has been in competition with Hong Dae Ju.
You don't trust anybody now?
That is exactly why I can't trust.
Dong Su.
I finally made it here.
Are you alright, Sa Mo?
What, Sa Mo?
Rotten brat, even without you... I would be fine, by myself.
Fine.
Now you can do it with me.
Dong Su!
It's a pity, but...
a win will have to wait till next time.
Let's go!
You wake up so quickly.
Though a silly bitch, you seem tough.
Stay there quietly.
Ah, really.
Didn't I ask to stay quietly?
Didn't I ask you to be nice and quiet?
Quietly, quietly.
Obediently.
You have to stay nice and quiet.
That is not how you behave nicely.
Everything is set as you ordered.
Good. You did fine.
Stay outside.
Yes.
Why, you aren't going with them?
I am not messing around here, so...
Just wait here a little while.
You brat.
Did you call me Sa Mo just now?
You brat, so you have not forgotten me.
Brat.
Wait a moment.
The traitor Heuk Sa Mo has escaped from prison.
Re-capture him immediately.
Yes.
We must re-capture him before dawn.
He is a traitor.
What is all this chaos in the Palace compound?
Your Excellency, the traitor has escaped.
What did you say?
Your Excellency,
Let us go and take a look at the prison.
In the middle of the night,
what business brings you ministers here?
I heard all the noise, that a traitor escaped.
Is there anybody else like that aside from me in this prison?
What is going on?
Your Excellency,
Perhaps you haven't seen Sword Saint hyeongnim?
He should almost be here.
You wait here.
Yes.
So you have all the evidence in your hands?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Who is the mastermind?
Tomorrow at the palace, my disciple can make it public.
Please grant your consent.
Fine.
But before that, give me one answer.
Is the Prince Heir involved?
His Highness Prince Heir has nothing to do with this matter.
You said it has been two hours since dinner?
This is a symptom of banwi.
-= Banwi: Stomach Cancer. =- . This is a symptom of banwi.
-= Banwi: Stomach Cancer. =- . .
Did you say banwi?
Yes, Your Majesty.
How did it turn out with Sa Mo?
Now he is locked up in prison.
First of all we need to leave the palace.
Master.
You don't look too good.
Sa Mo is still locked up inside.
How can I feel good?
Just follow me.
You mean you killed him?
Then, we shall meet again.
By any chance...
Did you get the original of the Seon Saeng An?
I have no such thing.
Why is your hand blood-stained?
Please get ready.
Don't move much.
I told you to stay nice and quiet.
Do you see this?
Look carefully.
Bad guy.
This way I can only become really bad.
You would be the one making me a bad guy.
Please go back.
Thank you!
Oh...
What, where did it go?
Dong Su.
Do you know where the royal gifts from Minister Gim Han Gu go?
What are you talking about?
Don't you know?
When you had gone to the palace, Minister Gim Han Gu had sent them.
Silk and hemp clothes.
You don't know?
Looks like the Sword Saint got them returned to the Minister's house.
Cho Rip!
Cho Rip, how did it go?
I found a witness.
Now the only thing left is to strangle the Defense Minister.
Great. Good job, you brat.
Dong Su, be careful.
These aren't people who would show goodwill without a reason.
Sure. Thank you.
Hey, sir Deputy Commissioner Hong,
I'll show the way. Let's go.
- What? - Just come.
- This... - Don't want to?
- Come. - This...
Damn!
Miss!
Miss...
Miss, are you alright?
Miss...
What about Un?
He asked me to give you this.
Have you got your senses back?
Kindly stay there, nice and quiet.
I have to give you a fun show! You got it?
Look, do you know what this is?
Sword Saint, Sky Lord, Baek Dong Su, Hwang Jin Gi, Heuk Sa Mo.
Even if I die a hundred times, these are the people I have to kill.
You are here because of this.
One by one, limb by limb, ripped apart, I want to kill them all.
What did you say?
Ah... Your mouth is covered, I guess.
Sure, I'll just untie this.
Now tell me.
Umm... Let me help you. I will help you. I will help you.
You... I will have to kill you.
Untie me right now!
Again! Again, again, again and again, you make me become a bad guy.
Didn't I tell you not to make me a bad person again?
If you dare hurt them even a bit,
I absolutely won't let you go.
You girl, please be well-behaved.
If not, I might just kill you in a fit of anger.
That shouldn't happen.
That can't. Or things go upside down.
It absolutely can't go like that.
Therefore,
So you don't get excited. Then I won't get excited either.
Let's play a fun game.
What game, you ask?
It's like this.
We will see whom I should kill first.
Isn't this fun?
I too am curious.
I am so excited. I am so curious too.
Exactly whom will I kill first?
I feel this is fate.
It is simply incredible.
Are you curious?
It is your father.
But you have two fathers, right?
Your Majesty,
Your servant and royal guard captain, Seo Yu Dae,
in compliance with Your Majesty's order,
is here to announce the truth behind this treason plot.
Isn't this the Seon Saeng An?
-=Seon Saeng An : a record of transferred officials' names, address, positions etc.=- . . Yes, Your Majesty.
-=Seon Saeng An : a record of transferred officials' names, address, positions etc.=- . . .
-=Seon Saeng An : a record of transferred officials' names, address, positions etc.=- . This is the original of the Seon Saeng An record and the name-tags of the Crown Prince's guards.
Original copy?
Yes, Your Majesty.
According to my investigation,
the name-tags of the dead Royal Guards match the Seon Saeng An at the Personnel department,
and all of them are made up.
The Seon Saeng An was falsified?
How can you confirm that this is the original?
Your Majesty.
If there is no confirmation from the Hanseong Personnel department official,
we cannot to confirm the authenticity of that Seon Saeng An.
Call in that Personnel department official.
Your humble servant is afraid that
the Hanseong official who was to be in the palace hall today,
has still not arrived at the palace.
Even if the Personnel department official is not here, we can still confirm it, Your Majesty.
That Seon Saeng An and the name tags
are made up, and it can be summarily proved.
The owner of one name tag is this person.
I am the son of the Chungcheong local government office's chief.
I am No Bil Hyeong.
Chungcheong local office?
I am not a member of the Royal Guards.
Forgive me but...
I'm just a weakling who didn't even pass any martial arts training.
Your Majesty!
There are also others from rural areas whom I found,
who have never set foot in the capital Hanyang.
If so,
who are the fellows who attacked the Prince Heir's palace?
They were Japanese people, Your Majesty.
What? Japanese?
That is the sword used by an assassin who snuck into the palace.
How do we know that this is a Japanese sword?
The Joseon and Japanese methods of forging swords are much different.
That sword is made using steel-like volcanic metals also as raw materials.
As different types of iron materials are added during the forging,
the Joseon swords are made much differently.
Is this true?
It's the truth, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, what he said should be the truth.
That is the person who was behind the josam incident, who also tried to harm you last time.
He has already admitted it.
Your Majesty, this has nothing to do with the Do Ju.
I am willing to own up to all of this and atone for my guilt.
I hope you will let me kill myself for it.
Haven't you saved my life before?
Behead this man and display his head to the public outside the palace.
We shall have this treason case end with that.
We are humbled by your grace.
Are you alright?
What is there for me to say I am alright?
You've done really well.
Done what? Haven't I said that I hate places like this palace?
Let's go.
Orabeoni, aigoo, Orabeoni, aigoo, Orabeoni, Orabeoni.
How did you manage in the prison?
I couldn't sleep all night, as I was worried about you, Orabeoni.
How can you be like this? You should have taken care of yourself.
I was doing quite fine.
So you're back.
What happened to Jin Ju?
Child, this is beef jerky. Have you tried it?
You eat it.
Hey, child!
Jin Ju.