Hong Gil-Dong
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Heo Yi Nok...
It's alright.
It's not alright.
I... I...
Episode 20
- Take her back to Yongmun. - Yes, Your Highness.
Hong Gil Dong may not be able to kill his father.
Why did you stop her?
If you did it for her, you should not have stopped her.
I have no choice but to seize her.
Is it for the sake of the man you have tried to protect all these years?
I saw him.
I saw the man you have protected by murdering countless people.
No matter what others say, he is the king of Joseon, and I am his subject!
To my eyes, he looked like a mad tyrant who made his people's lives a living hell.
And you are a despicable fool who watches his insanity by his side.
So do you mean to support the prince and serve him as king?
You're wrong. I do not want to serve anyone as king.
I want to become a citizen the king fears. I will raise a new king and he will protect us.
Today, I had to block Yi Nok's sword because I'm your son.
But I will fight against your filthy world that made that girl go crazy.
Go.
I did not want you to become like this.
I'm sorry.
I will protect you so that you will never be hurt again.
So stay with me from now on.
Grandfather...
Yi Nok, your real grandfather is still alive.
Grandfather?
My grandfather is here.
Your real grandfather is still alive.
When you are ready, I will let you meet him.
Young Master, I... I don't know what's going on.
My grandfather is dead, but now you tell me he is alive.
I lived all my life as Heo Yi Nok, but now I'm Ryu Yi Nok.
Yes, you're not Heo Yi Nok. You're Ryu Yi Nok.
I know.
I... I stabbed Gil Dong.
Heo Yi Nok was lucky.
But Ryu Yi Nok is really unlucky.
I'm going to think hard about this.
I'm going to think about this slowly,
so that I don't go crazy like I did before.
Let's go back. You don't look well.
I'm not going back. Just let me be.
But you can't go to him anymore.
I know.
I know that very well.
We had a nice funeral for him.
Yi Nok said that she was going to leave for a while.
She was given a burden too heavy for her innocent character.
She will time to accept everything.
Let's take it slowly at her pace and wait for her.
Your Excellency, try and open your eyes!
Father!
I'm alright.
Why have you ordered us to keep silent about the assassin when you've become like this?
Is this Gil Dong's doing?
I don't want to cause a commotion. I would rather this be quiet.
So keep silent about this.
How sick is the Interior Minister that he has not appeared before me!
He is so ill that he cannot walk, Your Majesty. Please forgive us!
I hear that you were duped by Hong Gil Dong at Mt. Geumwa.
There are so many gangs that call themselves Hwal Bin Dang these days!
We cannot know which is the real gang!
All the mountains in this country is filled with Hwal Bin Dang?
- Which mountain is closest to Hanyang? - It is Mt. Machun.
If Hong Gil Dong is working with the prince, he will be near Hanyang.
Go to Mt. Machun first!
But Mt. Machun has a treacherous terrain. To find Hwal Bin Dang, we must...
Then block off the entire mountain!
- Your Majesty, block off the entire mountain? - That's right.
If they can't go anywhere, they'll crawl out at some point.
Your Majesty, Mt. Machun provides firewood and coal for the people of Hanyang.
And there are several hundred houses on Mt. Machun.
Then tell them to bring Hong Gil Dong if they don't want to freeze or starve to death!
Hwal Bin Dang and Hong Gil Dong...!
Tell him to suffer at the hands of the people he is trying so hard to rescue!
All the roads leading to Mt. Machun have been blocked!
Until Hong Gil Dong and Hwal Bin Dang are arrested, no one in Mt. Machun can leave!
Then how will we survive? We have to sell coal to live.
If you don't let us leave, then are you telling us to starve to death?
If you don't want to starve, then find Hwal Bin Dang's hideout!
When Hong Gil Dong is arrested, we will open the roads again!
Take Hwal Bin Dang and leave Mt. Machun. Come to Mt. Geom where my men are.
Then if the king threatens that mountain again, should we move and move again?
We have to fight.
The people do not want you to fight. If you do, you will fall at their hands.
If you are the source of their suffering, then you must leave for their sake.
They are suffering because I am with them?
It's the same as you-know-who.
Let me think about it.
If we are to survive, we have no choice. Give us Hong Gil Dong!
Hand him over! Give him to us!
The villagers have taken the monk.
They want Gil Dong.
We have no choice! If we don't hand you over, the roads will stay closed!
Leave this mountain! Leave!
We're grateful for your help so far, but we're sorry. We have no choice!
- You have no choice? - If you won't leave, then we have no choice!
Let's get him! All we have to do is keep him until the guards come!
Damn it. Really? Then try and get me.
Get me!
Hand me over to them! I can't stand this anymore too!
- Come and get me! - Let's get him!
That chap...
That's enough! Stop it! Get up.
Don't stop them! Let them get me! Just let them try!
Let's go!
You should have let them hand me over.
Are you joking?
Just look at me! This lump on my head was given by the granny we gave potatoes to.
And this bruise was made by the man whose land title we reclaimed with a hoe!
This is too much.
This is useless! As the prince said, I must have been doing this pointlessly while nobody want it.
Hong Gil Dong, my foot!
- Where is that pride of yours? - It collapsed when it got hit with a hoe!
But can't you understand them?
They were too fearful to fight this great enemy, so they turned against you instead.
Why me?
So if you gathered your strength and asked them to help you fight...
You may give them hope and fight with you.
The villagers captured Hong Gil Dong, but he escaped with help.
How do we know if they let him go?
They are working with Hwal Bin Dang. Burn the entire mountain down!
Under His Majesty's orders, we are burning this village down!
- But we're not Hwal Bin Dang! - Hurry!
Yes, Sir.
No, not our house! No!
We're going to have to help them again.
Let's go!
Burn everything down!
Hong Gil Dong is here! Hwal Bin Dang has arrived!
Let's see if he can rescue everyone at Mt. Machun.
Use all power necessary to destroy Mt. Machun!
If we can't leave, then we must stop the king's goods from passing by.
Stop all of the king's property from getting to the palace!
- That's tribute from Jeolla province. - We'll take care of that.
- That's tribute from Chunchung province. - That's ours.
Let's go!
We will take everything that is going to the king!
Hwal Bin Dang has taken all the tributes and taxes coming into the capital.
Hong Gil Dong...
Share everything!
Look at the roe in this fish! This is meant for the king's table!
- This is the famous Glory corvina? - We get to eat this?
That's right.
Just take one each!
- Hey, isn't that Doe Eyes? - Where?
- Why would she come here? - It was her! Maybe I was mistaken?
All the villages in Mt. Machun have now joined Hwal Bin Dang.
Our efforts have all been in vain!
Our men have not been able to approach Mt. Machun at all!
Are you saying that Mt. Machun has become the property of Hwal Bin Dang?
How dare they...?
What?
- Burn down Mt. Machun. - What?
Set fire to Mt. Machun!
- How can we do that...? - I am the king!
Burn and destroy the entire Mt. Machun
for they chose to obey Hong Gil Dong rather than their king!
Yes, I will go and watch the flames.
Mayor! Bad news! The king is approaching!
He said he is going to set fire to the entire mountain!
What? Set fire to Mt. Machun?
What do we do now?
No one stopped the king from setting fire to the mountain?
Yes, what can we do if he insists on destroying the thieves himself?
I must go to him!
Minister!
Your eyes....? You can't see?
Yes, this place is perfect for watching the fire.
- Set the fire from this side and then this side! - Yes, Your Majesty.
- Get ready! - Yes, Sir.
Now...!
It started smoking.
When this mountain goes up in flames, it will be beautiful!
Wine!
Fire and wine!
It's perfect!
- It's Hong Gil Dong! - Men, go forward!
Yes, Sir!
How anticlimactic. You came out before the fire started!
You came all the way here to set the fire. How could we sit by and leave you alone?
You will die here before you can put out that fire.
Let's hurry!
- Can you see any smoke? - Yes, Sir.
- Then let's hurry! We must stop him! - Yes, Sir!
Hurry!
We're not going to put out that fire.
Actually, we wanted to follow your suit and set it on fire.
And we will block you from leaving this place until you are dead.
You picked a good location for scenery, but you don't know this mountain well.
If we don't allow you to pass, you cannot leave this mountain.
And the upward wind is strong from this valley.
If we set fire here, this place will be in flames.
All the villagers are waiting for you in the valley.
Now try and set fire to this place. Before the mountain burns up, we will die.
Even if we die, we will come back as ghosts and hold you here so that you cannot escape.
If you don't want to burn to death, call off your men and stop the fire.
Extinguish the fires and halt the men!
Halt! His Majesty has ordered you to put out the fires! Hurry!
Try and set fire again. We will stand against you with a bigger fire.
Some places may burn down.
But we will gather those people whose homes you have burnt down
and go to the palace you live in with a bigger fire.
Don't stand near the people's homes with your filthy feet.
And since you've played with fire today, make sure you don't urinate in your sleep.
Hurray! Hurray!
He has gained those people's trust.
Everyone! We will support Hwal Bin Dang and Hong Gil Dong forever!
Everyone who has been victimized by the king will be waiting for Hong Gil Dong!
Hurray! Hurray!
Is he the only one you will look at?
I found a boar that was roasted in the fire today. Shall we go back and have a feast?
What's life anyway? Let's go and drink!
Gil Dong, I'm not sure if I saw it properly, but...
I saw Doe Eyes here.
She might be here. Everyone knows you are here, so she may have come to see you.
Young Master!
Have you been here all along?
You came to see him?
You were going to go to him?
How far away are you? Dummy...
Are you alright now?
I'm not alright.
I've been thinking very hard on how to be alright again.
I'm dumb enough at it is, but I lost my mind when I got angry.
But Gil Dong stopped me.
I'm going to live as a human being. I won't be like those women and live as ghosts.
I just wanted to see Gil Dong from afar before I became Ryu Yi Nok.
I've seen him now.
Now I'm ready.
Let me meet Ryu Yi Nok's grandfather.
Living as Ryu Yi Nok will be difficult for you.
If you tell me you want to forget this, that you want to leave things as is...
I can help you.
I can help you stay as you are.
When I saw Gil Dong stop the king from setting fire to the mountain, I realized something.
That I want to be with Gil Dong.
But now I can no longer be with him as Heo Yi Nok.
So I will support him from afar as Ryu Yi Nok.
If I stay with you as Ryu Yi Nok, that means I will be supporting Gil Dong too.
Did you decide this for his sake?
I don't know what Ryu Yi Nok will be useful for.
But if she can do something, then I want to help change the world and make you king.
I will help Gil Dong.
Hong Gil Dong used his magic to put out the fires set by the insane king!
And Mt. Machun has become a stronghold of Hwal Bin Dang! Even the police can't approach it!
What if Hong Gil Dong becomes king?
Then what about the prince? Hwal Bin Dang wants to make him king!
In any case, our hero is Hong Gil Dong!
Yi... Yi Nok!
Are you my grandfather?
You're identical to him! You look exactly like your father!
She has to avoid the eyes of the king and the Interior Minister. We will protect her here.
Thank you!
I will never forget what the prince has done!
I was so young that I don't remember anything.
Does my existence change anything?
You will be our witness in proving that the king and the Interior Minister sought to hide the sword.
It is not your memory, but your very existence that will change things.
You cannot dress like that anymore. We have prepared something for you to change into.
The people are saying that Hwal Bin Dang is going to change the king.
They are saying that they will make the prince into king.
In any case, the anti-sentiment towards the king has grown, and they are ready for a coup.
- It is now time for us to act! - We have the Sa Yin sword now!
The witness to the Sa Yin sword will be here today.
She is the living daughter of Lord Ryu Geun Chan,
the Minister of War who received the Sa Yin sword.
I am the granddaughter of Lord Ryu Young Ho,
and the daughter of the late Minister of War Lord Ryu Geun Chan, Ryu Yi Nok.
Please gather all the scholars together in support of ousting the king and Interior Minister
who murdered my parents and stole the Sa Yin sword.
Please support us!
These are all petitions regarding revealing the truth about the Sa Yin sword?
Yes, Your Majesty.
The prince and Hong Gil Dong are taking turns in really making me angry!
How dare they!
Arrest all the men who have sent those petitions to me!
Your Majesty, you cannot arrest all the scholars in the country.
The petitions continue to pour in regarding a re-investigation of the Dowager Queen's death.
- Then go and get the mastermind! - That will most certainly be the prince.
Are you saying that I can't do anything about these scholars?
If you cannot give a response regarding the Dowager Queen's death and the Sa Yin sword,
you do not have a valid reason to arrest them.
I heard about the petitions and the scholars coming to the capital.
They remained silent when the king tried to set a mountain on fire.
But a few words inscribed on a sword is greater!
That is how a king is made.
Whatever the case, that is the answer to why I must be king.
You have accepted the fact that I must be king, haven't you?
That's right. I made a realistic choice because you are the legitimate heir.
A realistic choice...
You make it sound like you have a choice.
But even without that reason, you're not a bad guy.
Don't forget that. And don't lose your confidence.
When things escalate, your father will not be safe.
Your father will try to call you out with his own death.
What will you do then?
Someone is here to see you.
He can't see.
Where are you, Gil Dong?
I'm here.
How can I catch Hong Gil Dong?
Execute me.
If I stake the Interior Minister's life...
No.
I can't do that!
Not the Interior Minister!
I will give up my life to protect my king.
And I will take that life to create the world that I want...
- ... Father. - You are not my son!
The world I have protected is such.
That is the law and cannot be changed.
- The world that I create will change that. - If you are my son, then don't try to stop me.
I will now allow you to do so.
That is what I have come here to say.
If the world you yearn for becomes real, then you may come and visit my grave.
But before you create that world, do not show yourself before me.
Is the person beside you the prince?
Yes it is.
Gil Dong, protect and guard your king until the end.
I will. I promise.
Take me to the palace.
Are you really blind, Father?
I have now finally seen the truth.
That is enough.
With my death,
I can finally protect him and let him go at the same time.
Interior Minister... Are you really...?
Are you really blind?
Are you no longer able to see me?
I, Interior Minister Hong Seo Hyun,
As a subject who can no longer assist his king,
I have come to confess my sins.
What do you mean?
I will confess my crimes towards you and the people of this country.
I stole the Sa Yin sword with the late king's inscription.
And the person who murdered the Minister of War and my friend Lord Ryu Geun Chan...
It was all me!
And the one who set fire to the Dowager Queen's palace...
That was also me.
Interior Minister...!
All the events that are being questioned by the scholars by petitions...
I am responsible for all of them.
Please punish me for these crimes...
... with death!
The Interior Minister is taking responsibility for everything.
That means the king escapes condemnation.
That is the same for everyone here.
In any case, since he has confessed to everything, he must be punished.
The Interior Minister has used his final card to protect His Majesty to the end.
Even though this case has been closed like this...
What will happen to us if the prince returns?
He will try to hold us all responsible.
That is the very reason why we must stop the prince!
- We must stop him! - That's right!
Why?
This is my final act of loyalty to you.
I will take all of our sins with me to the grave.
The people have said that they will raise a king that they want.
You cannot defeat them at the present.
I cannot defeat them?
Please do not forgive me.
I have disobeyed your command to stay with you until the end.
So this is how...
... you will leave me! This is how you will give up on me!
I will never forgive you!
Hear me, Chief Secretary!
The punishment for the Interior Minister for his crimes...
... is death by poison!
You know, I will become a good king,
so that I can get revenge on those who look down on my low birth status.
If I can overcome my own status, then the people can do it as well.
I will guard and protect you until the end, Crown Prince.
Yes, guard and protect me until the end.
I was not able to guard and protect you until the end.
That boy, that boy must be looking at me.
Father...!
Because Hong Gil Dong still exists! And the noble Chang Hui becomes stronger.
I will not allow him to become king and parade before the people!
I will destroy him!
I can't tell you I'm sorry.
I can't tell you not to cry.
Because I'm Ryu Yi Nok.
Now I really can't stay with you.
But...
I'll watch you from afar.
Because...
I'll continue to miss you.
Even though I can't be any comfort to you,
I will always think about you.
Always take care of yourself.
Dummy...
If we join forces with the government officials in power,
we can depose the king and take over the government.
If we can do this before we use our army,
we can win without sacrificing too many lives.
But they are our enemies.
The officials in power now are those who killed my mother and those around me.
But they can help us eliminate your greatest enemy the king.
If I join forces with them, that is the end of my relationship with Hong Gil Dong.
Your Highness, just the people's favor cannot make a king in Joseon.
You said you wanted to be a king that the people loved.
If the people want Hong Gil Dong, then will you give up the throne to him?
The one that the people want and love is Hong Gil Dong.
He is like a dream to them.
Even just to prevent that from happening, you must join forces with the nobles.
Gil Dong!
Because of him, you have been hurt.
But even still, is he the only one for you?
The one that the people want and love is Hong Gil Dong.
Gil Dong...
Yi Nok...
Please, just once...
Just once, look at me.