Gu Am Heo Joon
[Episode 42]
Check his condition.
Go ahead.
Yes, sir.
What do you think?
He's suffering from a digestive infection.
Is it a serious condition?
Yes, especially if he shows no symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting.
It could be life-threatening.
Where are you going?
I don't think I'm needed here.
What are you saying?
Doctor Heo just said that the Magistrate could die!
Doctor Heo can handle it alone, so don't worry.
Sir...
Start the treatment.
Master, are you done already?
Let's go.
Has Heo Jun taken over?
Please prepare hot water and salt.
Okay.
Please sit up.
Drink.
Again.
I can't. No more...
You have to take it, sir.
Here...
A bit more.
Why are you back so soon?
Wasn't his condition severe?
Master was pushed aside in favor of Heo Jun.
What do you mean the master was pushed aside?
When we arrived at the office, Heo Jun was already there.
Doctor Yu asked Jun to come in with him and he did.
Doctor Yu came out shortly after.
Heo Jun is treating the magistrate now.
That punk took away Doctor Yu's job?
I can't believe this.
Even if his medical skills are superb, how dare he humiliate his former teacher?
Ingrate!
Although he had been kicked out, he learned everything from Doctor Yu!
We better do something about this punk!
All the patients are going to Heo Jun. We might have to close down.
That will never happen.
Is he getting better?
It seems he is past the critical stage.
It's no wonder people think of you as Doctor Yu's equal.
Although he's better now, he could develop other symptoms later.
Please keep me updated.
Of course. Whatever you say.
Then I'll be going.
Why did he leave the patient to me?
If I failed to cure the Magistrate, then he would've been punished as well.
Does this mean he trusts my skills?
No, he turned me down coldly even when I begged him desperately.
It is a false hope. It is pointless to even think it.
Doctor Heo.
Is the master inside?
Master? Who are you calling master?
You ingrate! Have you forgotten that he had taught everything?
How dare you steal his patient, you beast!
What's wrong with you? Let him go!
Lady, I must teach him a lesson.
What is all this noise?
I came to report to you on the magistrate's condition.
Why would you report to me?
Come in.
Please go inside.
Okay.
What's going on?
That's what I want to know.
What the...?
Is the magistrate doing better?
Yes, sir. But he complained of chest pain. I prescribed the samho-sambaek soup.
Do you know of the after-effects of a digestive infection?
He could have twisted muscles or chest pain and severe thirst.
What would you prescribe?
Lizhong for the muscle pains, Samho-sambaek for chest pain,
and the atractylodes formula for the severe thirst.
Did you perform acupuncture or moxibustion?
I performed acupuncture.
Acupuncture serves two different purposes.
Either to let out bad blood or improve blood circulation.
I used acupuncture for the latter purpose.
Go check on the patients here suffering from diabetes and smallpox.
You mean...
Master!
Master, I shall never disappoint you again.
This is wonderful.
Doctor Yu's has always been aware of your sincerity.
If you didn't help me along the way,
I would've given up and wasted my life hating my teacher.
It was your decision to become a true doctor.
You should go home. Lady Da-hee will be happier than anyone.
Yes.
Da-hee! Mother!
What do you mean?
He's taking you back?
Yes.
Jun!
This is so wonderful!
What? Jun has rejoined Doctor Yu's clinic?
Since Master Do-ji is away in Hanyang, he is now Doctor Yu's top apprentice.
He must be crazy, absolutely crazy!
Crazy? Why?
Think about it.
Heo Jun is famous not only in Saneum, but also in Haman and Geochang.
Why would he want to slave under Doctor Yu?
You're right. Doctor Yu is no ordinary man.
I've known him for decades now, but I still get nervous around him.
It'll be torture to work for him.
Heo Jun should just set up a clinic.
Hmm... That makes sense.
I think Jun is a bit crazy.
Remember when he dug a tomb to get a corpse?
As for Jincheon, I know others praise him for it.
But while other applicants were leaving, Jun treated the patients.
Makes no sense.
That is why Jun is a great, respected doctor.
To ordinary people like you, he would seem abnormal.
I'm strangely feeling offended and feel an urge to punch you.
Why not follow Jun around instead of my husband?
Please, I'm not following him around. We're business partners!
Partners? Is that right?
Technically.
The urge is gone.
Then he took Heo Jun back?
That's right.
What about you, Doctor Lim?
Who are you calling doctor?
Who do you think? You, of course.
You asked us to call you that.
I'm back to my old job as the records keeper.
You don't mind working under Heo Jun?
You wouldn't know since you're ignorant,
but there was once a man named Zhang Liang in China.
Who is he?
Just remember that he was a great man.
And also Zhuge Liang who served Liu Bei. You know Zhuge Liang, right?
Well, the two had something in common.
They were the second most powerful men in their kingdom.
Just like them, I like being second. It's the life I've chosen.
Will you cut the silly talk? I can never take orders from Jun!
Then what will you do?
You'll see.
- Jang-swe! - Bro!
He's too ignorant to understand my words.
He's a darn fool.
Master, it's me, Jang-swe.
What is it?
I need to talk to you.
Come on in.
What is it?
I want to quit.
I worked for seven years, but I don't think I can be a doctor.
You are free to do as you wish.
But Master you owe me for my seven years of service.
You want pay?
I started out as a water carrier then as an herb picker.
I worked seven years like that. Don't I deserve compensation?
I wish I could pay you, but I don't have money with me.
My wife took care of the finances, and now that she lives in Hanyang.
I don't have anything to pay you with.
Then...
Let me have your family's secret ointment formula.
I want to return to my hometown and make a living with it.
Here you go.
Thank you, sir! Thank you.
Live long and prosper, sir.
No, no, don't even think about it.
But why can't I? I worked myself to the bone.
Let's do it.
Wow.
Milady, this is the house.
- Let's go in. - Yes, Milady.
What do you think?
How could you afford this house?
I sold all the land we owned in Saneum.
I've also been saving a lot of money.
Then what about Father?
Why worry about him? He can live on his own.
Hurry and unpack.
Yes, Milady.
Bring everything. Careful, careful.
Do-ji, don't worry about anything.
Do your best working for the royal medical bureau.
For ten days starting today, you will receive training.
You must come in by 7:30 a.m. and leave by 7:30 p.m.
You will learn the rules and layout of the palace,
along with proper manners and proper speech within the palace.
Though you have passed the exam,
if you don't learn the proper manners and rules within six months,
you will be expelled.
Last time, eight people passed, but two of them were expelled.
This is serious business, so keep that in mind.
We will grade you during the training. It is more important than your exam.
Your posting will be decided by the grade you earn during this period.
I expect you all to do your very best.
These are the men who passed this year.
He is the second royal secretary and the deputy supervisor of the bureau.
Congratulations.
Train hard during the training period and become worthy royal physicians.
- Yes, sir. - Yes, sir.
This is the library of medicine.
Follow us.
Most of these books are very rare and hard to get.
Are we allowed to read the books here?
Why, certainly.
You can borrow books any time if you ask for permission.
Darn it! No more!
I can't do this all by myself.
Whatever, that's your problem.
Lady Ye-jin, this is too much.
How can we cook on top of looking after patients?
We have no choice, we're shorthanded.
Mr. Lim is looking for helpers, so let's be patient.
Can I be of any help?
Then can you make the gruel for the patients?
Sure.
I'd rather go to Hanyang than live like this.
What will you do in Hanyang?
Ever hear of royal nurses?
Royal nurses?
There are royal nurses who work for the royal physicians.
I might try to become one.
Do they accept anyone?
Of course not. But I'm more than qualified.
If you say so.
Haman! Are you in?
What are you two doing here?
Let's go to Doctor Yu's house.
What for?
Lady Oh now lives in Hanyang, so there is nothing for us to do.
Doctor Yu took Jun back. He is Doctor Yu's apprentice again.
I heard about that.
Lady Oh took all the servants to Hanyang when she left.
There's nobody to take care of Doctor Yu. There's nobody to cook his meals.
If we help out with the housework, we won't have to worry about food.
We could have gone by ourselves.
But Da-hee wanted to ask you to come, since we owe you a lot.
Will you come with us?
We don't need their food to survive.
If you don't want to, suit yourself.
No, wait!
Why so impatient? I'll get the baby.
Wait here.
Please stand in line!
There are so many sick people!
You're not helping matters. Stand in line!
Make a line!
Please, stand in line.
Oh, you're here.
What are you doing here?
There are so many patients, and they're shorthanded.
Since Jang-swe quit, I decided to come and help out.
Word got out that Jun is working here, so people are coming from all over.
Is Doctor Heo truly better than Doctor Yu?
I think so. Doctor Heo has gentle eyes.
Doctor Yu's icy cold eyes used to scare me.
I feel like I'm cured.
Let's go to work.
Yes, Mother.
Doctor Heo, we're in trouble! All the patient records are gone!
Look, Doctor Heo. Right here.
All the patient records were here. What do we do?
Not only the current ones, but all the ones from the past, too.
How could this have happened?
It must be Jang-swe's doing.
I should've been more careful when he said he was quitting.
I never thought he would do this sort of thing.
The records not only show the sex and age,
but the time of the onset of disease and the prescriptions in great detail.
Anyone can pretend to be a doctor with them.
Right. That's it.
That's why that moron Jang-swe stole the records.
Did you tell Doctor Yu about this?
I couldn't bring myself to tell him.
It's my responsibility to protect them. He'll kick me out for good.
Jun, what should I do?
Make new patient records, Jun.
You want me to do it?
Ask patients for their symptoms and when they got sick.
Then write down the prescriptions. You have to indicate your treatment.
Write down the medicine and treatment for all the patients?
That's right.
I can write down my opinions on their condition,
but there are many patients with long and severe illnesses.
How can I...?
I'm not asking you to cure them all.
Just write their conditions and your choice for their treatment.
I just can't understand him.
Since he knows all the patients, he could just tell me who has what.
Why is he making you do this?
I think he is making you write them in order to test you.
To test me?
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Treat him.
If anything goes wrong, you will be held liable.
This is a heaven-sent chance. My life depends on this needle.
He says that his mother went blind due to your treatment.