Gu Am Heo Joon
Episode 131
Can you get some onion roots and castor oil?
Yes, of course.
Listen closely and do exactly as I say.
Yes, Doctor.
She has a fever induced by chills.
This kind of fever in the summer...
...is not lethal if treated quickly.
First take her home and prepare warm porridge.
Wait until her body is covered with sweat.
Not too long or it can be dangerous.
No more than an hour.
Yes, sir.
You knew what was wrong with her?
You knew that it was fever induced by cold.
Her condition looked serious.
I checked her pulse before calling you.
You've studied medicine?
My father was a doctor.
How did you come to be a slave?
He served as a medic for volunteers during the war.
He treated enemy prisoners of war as well.
That was used an excuse to execute him for aiding the enemy.
My mother died at the same time, and I'm...
Your name is Eun-ok?
Yes, sir.
Study as much as you like.
Ask me anything you like.
Thank you, my lord.
Ilsuk...
Ilsuk!
Huh? What? Is it another war?
Go home and sleep.
We're not busy now.
Life, I'm tellin' ya. So boring.
That's just like you.
Whining when things are good.
Too true. Plenty of cash, a full larder.
And now life is no fun.
You need the bitter with the sweet in life.
Or it's all blah.
Father, have you been well?
Not really. You busy studying?
Yessir, I'll pass this time. I've been immersed in my studies day and night.
'Immersed day and night.' Hear that? He's learning.
Can you write it?
'Immerse-day-and-night.'
'Of-course.'
Hang on, you know medicine.
Help me out.
Are you ill?
Here.
My heart. It's awful.
Life is blah, nothing helps.
You'd think courtesans would do it.
But nothin'.
Got any ideas?
There is no medicine for what ails you.
What?
There's only one thing to do, just one.
I know a place where the stakes are high.
We'll go and play a few hands.
That will do the trick.
Twit! That's just stupid.
I don't even care enough to smack you.
Wait...
...wait...
Wait.
Maybe the thrill of gambling is just what my life is missing.
You're amazing, you're Doctor Heo, you are.
Come on. Your wife will kill you if she finds out.
Either she kills me or boredom does, what's the difference?
This is medicinal.
Medicinal gambling, see?
You know a good place?
Yessir.
We'll need a plan so we can squeeze 'em dry.
My son-in-law, my boy.
Let's go talk it over.
Yessir.
- Shall we? - We shall!
Father!
R-r-really?
Yes, ma'am.
Both your husbands are off gambling.
That man.
He's at it again.
I'll take care of THIS.
On-nyeon, hold on.
What?
That won't cure him.
Look at me. I've been fighting this all my life.
This time we'll tear it out by the roots.
How will we do that?
I know a way.
What?
First find out where they are.
Right.
Here you go. Thanks, thanks.
To bleed them dry...
We need to be in tune.
In time.
In turn.
Yessir.
I pick my ear like this, raise me.
I pick my nose, discard.
- Ah, okay. - If I let one rip...
That means...I'm feeling gassy.
It don't mean nothin'.
- To victory. - Victory.
Mom.
You find out?
Uh-huh.
And the other thing?
It's in hand, just you wait.
Will it be all right?
Relax.
We've got to be tough to cure 'em real good.
This is my first time. Do I bet now?
10?
See you.
I pick my ear like this, raise me.
See 10, raise 15.
15.
I'm makin' a killing.
Wait.
You think I'm a sucker?
You're playing us.
Prove it.
I will. You dealt me nines.
You dealt him deuces. Am I wrong?
Time to pay.
Hold on. You so eager for blood?
You cheat, you bleed.
Fine. I bet it's not deuces.
All this...
...and my left hand.
What do you bet?
Tough guy, huh?
Fine.
All this and MY hand.
It'll hurt.
Dueces. It's deuces.
You're cheaters.
Wait... wait!
Wait!
I was wrong. Cut me some slack.
We were wrong, forgive us, just this once.
We're sorry.
Right. Get the chopping block ready.
We're sorry. Really really sorry.
Take my money, his money.
Just give us a break.
I didn't know he was cheatin'. Spare ME!
And ME!
Some tough guys you are.
Take their hands.
Yes, sir.
Wait! Waity-wait-wait!
I have a wife, a daughter. You can't.
Just this once.
Don't! Don'tee-don't-don't!
On-nyeon, you ready?
Ready.
Then let's go.
What're you doing?
Oh no! A cutting block!
Not his hand.
Take mine instead.
Yours, huh?
Have it your way.
Take the bitty's hand.
Yes, sir.
Wait! No, no, no.
Not her hand.
Take mine instead.
Sweetie.
No, no, don't.
Daddy!
Take mine.
- Darling! - On-nyeon!
Enough! Enough!
It's my doing.
Take my hand.
You!
Yes'm.
You cured?
If I'm not, lop off my woohoo.
You?
Mine, too.
If I ever gamble again...
Neuter boy, neuter-rama.
I will never ever ever gamble again.
Please honey-pie-sweetie...
...forgive me.
Ri-i-ight. 'Never, ever, ever?'
All right. Maybe this will convince you.
We'll write it in blood.
Get ready.
Yessir.
What are you doing?
You're up?
What is this?
We did what you said and my mother is fine.
I'm a poor man. I can never repay you.
Doctor.
Please don't do this.
Breakfast is ready.
- Serve the doctor. - Right.
Please eat.
You could get in trouble.
Please go.
Don't worry about us.
They can only kill me once.
- It's not much, but please eat. - Please.
Doesn't anyone else come to see you?
I guess not.
How do you mean?
My wife here, well, you know how people talk...
Eun-ok. Heading out?
Yes, sir.
Nothing to report?
Nothing.
We've been ordered to go with you today.
What's that?
Please leave, don't do this.
Doctor, please help us.
We won't tell anyone. Please.
Please. Just this once.
What is this?
Listen, if the magistrate finds out, we're all for the chop.
You listen.
We don't talk, you don't talk.
How will he find out?
How long has your wife been laid up since the baby?
I know, but...
For folks like us to have a doctor like him,
it's a blessing, that's what it is.
Just look the other way, come on now.
Sir.
What should we do?
We can't let the magistrate find out.
Say you didn't know.
And send them away.
Yes, sir.
Doctor, please help them.
I've known them all my life. They're like family.
We won't say a word.
Please look at them Doctor.
All right.
Acorn will help if the loose stool persists.
Peel, roast, and grind them to powder.
Take it three times a day, mixed with warm water.
Take her inside and massage her stomach.
I'll be right there.
Yes, Doctor.
Let's see.
How long since you had the baby?
Over a year, but it still hurts.
It's just postpartum complications.
What would you prescribe?
What?
Go on.
Well...
There's no infection or chronic illness.
Mugwort should ease her pain and fever.
Hear that?
Mugwort isn't expensive and it's easy to get.
Take it for a month.
I will.
Your Majesty, the Chief Physician.
Enter.
Doctor Yu.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Do you know how Doctor Heo's family is?
I heard he has a mother, a wife, and a son that serves the state.
His mother took ill after his exile.
His son, Kyeom, is a prefect.
Ill? Is it serious?
I really couldn't say.
I want you to treat her yourself.
Your Majesty.
I regret banishing him.
I'd bring him back now if I could.
But the court sees it as an affront to the royal house.
My hands are tied.
Treat his mother as you would me.
Look after her.
As you command, Your Majesty.
Does this treat senility?
Ignorant...
It's not senility, it's dementia.
Senility, dementia, will it work or won't it?
C'mon, I'm no doctor, how should I know?
Doctor Yu prescribed it.
It should.
Here.
How is she?
She was already weak. Her son's exile made her worse.
Who's there?
Who is it?
It's me. Open up.
How's things?
Oh, hey, what brings you here?
Hello.
I'm here with the Chief Physician.
You mean... Do-ji?
His Majesty sent him personally.
Exile him then send a doctor? Sending the curse and the cure.
Hush, you.
So what brings you here?
We brought a restorative for Jun's mother.
Excellent.
Any news on Doctor Heo?
How when he's in exile?
I don't know a thing.
Listen, her ladyship thinks he's fine.
Not a word.
Got that?
- What? - What else?
Think. Not a word.
You keep quiet and we're good.
Got it, got it.
What is this?
Water for the tonics.
Where did you get it?
The village well.
Did your father use water from the well?
What else is there?
Stagnant water isn't even good for wine.
What use is it for medicinal purposes?
I made a mistake.
I'll get more.
Mistake, you say?
So when your patients die from bad water you're going to say, "Oops, my mistake?"
You're good with pulse points and herbs.
But you haven't mastered medicine.
Now take note.
Yes, Doctor.
There are 33 different types of water.
First dawn well water.
Sweet to the taste, no toxins.
Because dew has formed on the surface.
It's ideal for strengthening the Yin.
Second, autumn water.
Collected before the cock crows after summer and before winter.
Ideal in basic tonics.
For paralysis, chrysanthemum water.
Liver disease, snow melt.
Cleaning infections, monsoon water.
For paralysis, chrysanthemum water.
Liver disease, snow melt.
What...?
Here you are.
What is this?
My lord.
You! Is this what you call keeping an eye on him?
My lord, it's not...
Silence! You're....
- My lord! - My lord!
My lord... my lord...!
My lord.
Are you all right?
Eun-ok, what's wrong with him?
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I want him back from exile to attend the royal house.
Not a word to anyone. This is between us.