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[Episode 3]
What do you think you're doing?
Why is he tied up?
What is he being punished for?
Heo Jung Woon is suspected of Shin Heung Bok's death.
Untie him now.
But...
Untie him and bring him a chair.
Your Highness.
Even if he's a suspect, he hasn't been proven guilty yet.
Get up and have a seat.
How could I?
It's alright.
Sit comfortably and tell me everything you know.
Why did you leave Dowhasun after the reinvestigation started?
What were you afraid of?
Did you see Shin Heung Bok die?
Or do you know who killed him?
Answer me.
How did he die?
Please kill me, Your Highness!
Are you the one...
...who killed him?
Did you throw him into the *Uhjung?
[Uhjung: Well of the royal tomb]
Is that why you ran away?
No!
That's not it, Your Highness.
Then what is it?
This is Shin Heung Bok's handwriting.
What is this?
What is...
...all this?
Answer me.
I'm asking you what this is.
It's a letter I got from Shin Heung Bok.
That means...
...all of this...
...written here is...
It's all true.
Shin Heung Bok always...
...resented the royal family.
He's been slandering the royal family for a long time.
No. That's not true.
You can't answer me like that.
Shin Heung Bok was never like that.
He never slandered the royal family.
He would never do that even in his dreams.
That's what you should tell me.
That's what you testified before the investigation.
Don't change your story now.
Please kill me, Your Highness!
Then why?
Why did you run away?
If all this is true...
...why did you run away?
I was scared to be seen.
I knew what he was like...
...and I didn't *Gobyun.
[Gobyun: Report a traitor]
I was afraid I'd be treated as a traitor too.
What I want is...
...the prince's power...
...and not his friendship.
Brother!
I am so sorry!
Jung Woon!
No! No!
Brother!
It will be...
...your neck next time.
Brother!
Shin Heung Bok has the Maenge?
The fight just has begun.
Catch Heo Jung Woon the Dongchamwhasa first.
Checkmate.
I think I've overcome the hardship.
Checkmate, Your Highness.
You're still not bad.
What happened?
What did you just do?
I don't have...
...anything to say about that.
Hey! Hey!
The first letter was written...
...almost two years ago.
More were written afterwards.
All of it is slander against the royal family.
Enough.
We even have a suicide note.
Go away.
[Youngji: Order from the king or prince]
I will after you conclude this case.
Just finish it.
I said go away.
Conviction...
...is the easiest way to misjudge things.
That's what you said to me, Your Highness.
That Shin Heung Bok wasn't a traitor and would never do such a thing...
...is all your conviction.
It's clouding your judgment.
Just conclude the investigation.
If you support him as a traitor...
...you might lose *Juwee.
[Juwee: The position of prince]
Juwee?
What do you think I've lost until now?
How do you think that compares?
Hey, Heung Bok.
What is your dream?
My dream?
I just want...
...not to be worried about my mother's illness.
There's one more thing.
I'd like to see...
...my younger sister marry a great man.
All your conviction...
...will lead to misjudgment.
Shin Heung Bok always...
...resented the royal family.
He's been slandering the royal family for a long time.
Tonight, I'll visit you once the Saecheck crackdown is over.
I have something to tell you.
It's important...
...so please don't go to bed before I arrive.
Father.
You were out this late?
Are you doing it...
...because you're hurt?
Once is enough.
Don't do it to yourself twice.
Son.
For the man who's going to become king...
...there is one thing you should never do.
That's...
...having friends.
Even though you're lonely...
...don't ever open your heart to anyone.
Trust no one.
A friend to the king?
There is no such thing.
A friend...
...to the king?
There is no such thing.
We've determined that Shin Heung Bok was a traitor.
His head will be put on display in the streets...
...and his family will be destroyed.
Put them into slavery...
...and sell them to the North.
Let's go!
Get out of the way!
I should just burn this.
It's all over.
What's going on?
Hey, Ji Dam!
Why are you burning his picture?
And what is that?
I desperately request...
...that anyone who knows the truth...
...about the death of Shin Heung Bok...
...proceed to the royal court.
How could you?
Why have you been concealing it?
Let's forget it and end this.
It's all over now anyway.
Shin Heung Bok's mother and sister were sold into slavery.
What is there to end?
How can we end this?
If we don't, what are you going to do?
We have to fix this.
Fix it?
What if the story ended when Choonhyang...
...was thrown in jail?
How unfair would that be?
Unfair?
That's reality.
Lee Mon Gyong opens the door and shouts...
..."Here comes the royal secret investigator!"
It's just a story like a fairy tale.
Things like that don't really happen.
If they don't, then we have to make them.
We can't give up before we even try.
What we need is...
...something bigger...
...than just a fairy tale...
...to turn things around.
That's what we need.
[4 days later]
[Sedapbang, the laundry room of the Chosun Dynasty palace]
Who are you guys?
This is the royal foxglove tree box...
...that Court Lady Han ordered.
Leave it here.
This is as far as we can go.
I hope you're safe.
Thank you!
Why would you stop?
I don't need your mercy or respect.
Bring real swords.
Your Highness!
Didn't you hear me?
I will show you no mercy.
Fight me if you want to survive.
It's happening again tonight?
Yes.
He hasn't even eaten since the decree.
I wish he could settle his mind.
What should I do?
These clothes are for nobles.
Your Highness!
Aren't those your clothes?
Who are you?
Which party are you from?
Who do you serve that you would wear royal clothes?
Arrest her now.
Catch her!
Stop right there!
She ran away...
...to the prince's palace.
Yes, that's right.
Open the door.
There is no way.
You can't stop me.
After you return to your palace...
...I will tell the prince that you came by.
I...
...have to see...
...what's going on here.
There is no way.
Why not?
Are you hiding a suspicious girl in there?
Princess...
Where are your manners?
Come in if you came to join me.
If not...
...why don't you close the door?
If you'd been caught...
...you would have been killed.
The law is enforced by cold-blooded men.
The palace is...
...a dangerous place.
Why would you come somewhere so dangerous all alone?
What is it you want to tell me?
The truth.
Soopyo Bridge.
This was found at the murder scene.
You can't damage it like that.
You think I'm damaging it?
I'd call it a creative enhancement.
An artist's Saecheck sign should be creative.
Isn't that something?
So he was...
...at Soopyo Bridge.
Of course.
If he made a promise...
...he would always keep it...
...no matter what.
What is...
...your name?
Ji Dam.
Seo Ji Dam.
Your Highness.
Court Lady Kim is here.
Did you go to the laundry room? What was...
What is going on?
Why do you have that now?
Someone must have returned it to the laundry room.
One of the mischievous court ladies...
...must have worn it for fun and things got out of hand.
She must have returned it and run off.
The problem is...
...no one saw her do it...
...and she disappeared.
How can she just disappear like that?
Is that true that...
...Heo Jung Woon said Shin Heung Bok was murdered?
He said he might be next...
...and that he was scared.
Can you...
...say that again in front of Heo Jung Woon?
If necessary...
...I can even bring you the person who told me.
If we go through that door, someone might think we're suspicious.
So...
[Heo Jung Woon's house]
Hey.
Hey, Heo Jung Woon.
This is a suicide note.
"I am guilty for not stopping Shin Heung Bok's treachery."
"I will take responsibility with my death."
No.
This is the real message.
"Whabootado."
He wrote it in blood right before he died.
He wouldn't have left this...
...if he had killed himself.
After someone killed him...
...they made it look like a suicide.
He left this message...
...to let someone know.
Whabootado...
What does it mean?
I think it means knife.
Maybe...
...he meant this knife.
I know the owner of this knife.
What are you doing here?
Who is that guy?
Where is your boss?
Are you the head of the East?
Yes, I am.
Who are you?
I could fight you, but...
...don't you think it's polite to introduce yourself?
Why did you kill Heo Jung Woon?
Did Heo Jung Woon know...
...you killed Shin Heung Bok?
Is that why you killed Heo Jung Woon too?
I don't know where you heard that...
...but it wasn't us.
Go somewhere else.
Wait!
This dagger.
How can you explain this?
Why did we find this *Amgi...
[Amgi: Weapon intended to be hidden]
...at the scene of the murder?
I see...
That's why.
You lost your dagger?
We didn't say anything...
...but he even tried to cut his own ear...
...to punish himself.
A swordsman losing his knife is the same as losing his life.
I should be punished.
That was enough.
Go get some rest.
So...
...does that answer your question?
I don't know who it was...
...but someone's stolen one of our weapons...
...and used it for murder.
If this does become a murder case...
...you'll get arrested.
Of course.
Why though?
There are a lot of reasons someone would do that to us.
Swordsmen were divided...
...into the North, East, South and West.
We've been fighting over power for a long time.
Then among people who want you dead...
...is there someone who uses a knife called Whabootado?
Whabootado?
Never heard of it.
Now...
...is my turn to ask the questions.
Who is that guy?
How close was he to Shin Heung Bok...
...to barge in here at this hour and cause such a mess?
That is...
I am sorry I was rude to you.
I didn't recognize you.
No.
I am the one who should apologize.
I'm sorry to make a bad first impression.
You don't need to apologize, Your Highness.
If I'd lost my best man...
...I would have already killed the person responsible.
I realized it...
...while we were fighting.
You really care about him.
You were drenched in sweat.
Do you...
...want to see him?
I don't know...
...how to thank you.
You don't have to.
I am helping because of her.
I don't have any intentions.
Would you like to pour a drink?
No one's done that for him yet.
Was it two years ago...
...that the prince drew this boy?
Yes.
Please don't.
Please don't...
...abdicate the throne.
That winter...
...he sat out in the cold...
...and with frozen hands...
...he still painted that boy.
It must have been hard...
...but he was still smiling.
His face said...
...that it was okay.
It's okay.
It's okay because I have a trusted friend.
That's what I saw.
When he was young...
...he used to draw flowers and butterflies.
It's because...
...there was no one close to him then.
Isn't that common for someone living in the palace?
In my son's case...
...I think that artist was the first one...
...he truly opened his heart for.
Hey.
What if he'd been born to a father who was an artist?
Then his father...
...would have let him...
...live his life just drawing...
...things that made him happy.
Your Highness...
But his father's a king...
...who's taught him how to lose a friend.
Just the fact that I'm king...
...is brutal.
Everyone here...
...is savage and disgusting.
Everyone.
It's a good thing no one else has discovered it yet.
Why do you want to preserve the crime scene?
I want the murderer to believe things went well.
I'll stand and testify.
I'll say I saw someone murder Shin Heung Bok...
...at Soopyo Bridge.
If you do that...
...you'll be their next target.
I can't let you become a witness.
I can't do any more investigating.
If we do...
...they'll take this even further.
That's...
...the lesson I've learned...
...from the investigations.
We should work secretly now.
I don't want to...
...buy any more time...
...for those criminals.
Whabootado...
What was it that he wanted to say...
...with his last breath?
Heo Jung Woon said...
...Shin Heung Bok was carrying a very dangerous document.
A secret people won't even dare speak...
What is it?
What did he know...
...that cost him his life?
Are you sure this time?
Don't take care of it like you did last time.
I'll put my life on it.
Just kill...
...the witness girl from the illegal library.
Is that necessary?
We scared her enough with the surprise inspection.
She wouldn't dare do anything now.
Don't worry too much.
What can a peasant do?
Everything should be perfect.
If anything could possibly get in the way...
...we should eliminate it.
[Ahjitoe]
What is this place?
It's a secret only I know about.
I bet it is.
There are a lot of secret documents...
...hidden here.
What do all these mean to you?
Wait a minute.
Maybe...
"Kwangmoon."
"Main character."
"He's a policeman, but also a clown."
Joochukjangsin?
No way.
Are you...
...the library courier?
Someone guessed the murderer...
...even before the second book was released.
I was so surprised that I wanted to meet him.
That's how you ended up seeing Shin Heung Bok's murder.
But...
...Your Highness...
Didn't you find a book...
...where Shin Heung Bok died?
It's not just the book.
His sketchbook disappeared too.
Sketchbook?
Shin Heung Bok used his sketchbook like a diary.
If...
...he'd found out the truth...
...it's possible he wrote something about it there.
Then...
...it is possible that the culprit took it.
I need you to tell me the details...
...of everything you know.
This is...
...the record of my investigation.
You look very worried.
Byeon Jong In ignored testimony...
...and Min Woo Seob ignored the officer's report.
I'm sure the police were involved...
...in covering it up as a suicide.
Hong Gye Hee...
...is a fair and impartial person so he's perfect...
...to lead the investigation.
I'll be back.
I told you to be wary of coming to my house.
Who was it that killed...
...Shin Heung Bok?
Oh ho!
Don't ever speak his name again.
Pretend you don't know him.
Most of all...
...we didn't do anything that night.
It's...
...too late now.
What are you talking about?
The prince came...
...to see me last night.
Why on earth did he do that?
Your Highness, what brings you here at this hour?
What did you...
...just say?
Heo Jung Woon also said he was killed.
Of course...
...it will turn out to be a suicide.
I thought about it...
...on my way here.
I mean why you recommended Investigator Hong to me.
How far will this go?
The reason you asked me to visit the crime scene...
...was to ask if I could catch up to you.
You tried to find the prince's intentions.
You were trying to mock me.
Now it's your turn.
Why aren't you scolding me...
...for my poor answers?
Not you...
You can't be the one...
...who conceals the truth.
Your Highness.
What was the secret document Shin Heung Bok and Heo Jung Woon saw?
Why did they have to die for it?
Is investigator Hong the main culprit?
Or is there someone else?
Please say something.
Tell me the truth.
Will you be able to handle it...
...even after you know the truth?
I'm the prince of this country.
I can't just ignore the deaths of innocent people.
The moment I do...
...I'm not qualified either to be a prince or to become...
...the 22nd king of this country.
What is the truth?
I will endure...
...even if the truth is too much to handle.
Your highness, I'm sorry.
Even though you want to know the truth...
...there is only one thing I can tell you.
The truth...
...is something...
...you need to find for yourself.
Teacher.
Don't trust anyone...
...if you want to find the truth.
You can't even trust...
...your own teacher.
Why didn't you reveal the truth to the prince?
Leave.
At least tell the prince...
...that you tried to stop...
...the crime from being concealed.
The truth isn't what you think.
The truth that you and the prince are trying to reveal...
...is also what I want.
I know it was wrong, but I put the corpse...
...into the well at the royal tomb.
I still didn't find anything.
Heo Jung Woon died because...
...I underestimated the enemy.
This isn't just a murder.
It's something that could control the whole kingdom.
You can't just believe you're right.
You have to figure out...
...how to find the proof.
Aren't you going to try too?
One of our daggers...
...was found at the crime scene.
If the western swordsmen are trying to turn the blame on us...
...I can solve this.
But...
...if it was someone who knows about our relationship...
...what will happen then?
Then...
...we just have to be faster...
...than they are.
Master.
It's clearly a suicide.
Take the note to his family...
...and tell them to take the body.
Yes, sir.
Leave.
Please leave.
Get out of the way.
Master Kim is on the way.
Jung Woon!
Come in.
How is she?
She's been drinking and sleeping.
This is some herbal medicine for her.
She has to live.
Come on.
Thank you for taking care of her.
I just covered her with a blanket.
It was all I could do.
Dad.
What does being human mean?
What do we have to do...
...to live as human beings?
Ji Dam...
What should a human do for...
...the wrongful death of a friend?
Shouldn't I do much more than...
...covering her with a blanket...
...if I'm really human?
Are you saying Heo Jung Woon was also murdered?
This is a list of people involved in the investigation.
Secretly look into them...
...especially Byeon Jong In and Min Woo Seob.
Tighten the security of this investigation.
Other than you, no one should know about it.
Yes, Your Highness.
It's just...
...that it's hard to accept...
...that there's someone...
...who would do such a thing against you.
It's someone who can at least...
...control the police chief.
Were you enjoying the lotuses?
They're always beautiful.
This is a reward after all of the dirty work.
Since thirty years ago...
...since the deal was made...
...I've been the one...
...to do all of the dirty work.
It's still the same.
I took care of things perfectly.
Now there isn't anyone to talk about the Maenge.
Thank you.
I guess I can just...
...enjoy the lotuses for a while...
...because of you.
You should enjoy something...
...more than the lotuses.
Now is the time...
...for us to straighten out our history.
Is that so?
That doesn't sound too bad.
Let's start with Hong Gye Hee.
There you are.
Were you looking for me?
Yes, I was.
Why are you standing?
Why don't you come sit down?
Yes.
Son.
I think he's really upset.
Son.
I called you because...
...I was hoping you would pour drinks...
...for Police Chief Hong Gye Hee.
Pour drinks?
He brought his letter of resignation...
...and asked to leave the capital city.
He's stubborn.
Under your orders...
...I tried to maintain the royal family's honor.
It's my fault the results were not satisfactory...
...so I've decided that I'm no longer qualified for this job.
Just take this back.
Your Highness.
Hurry.
Son.
Why don't you just let him become Byungjopanseo?
[Byungjopanseo: One of the highest Joseon government positions]
I think it's about time for him to take the position.
I couldn't, Your Highness.
Just let me handle this.
Son.
Pour him a drink...
...as an apology...
...for not recognizing your loyal servant.
We can't lose such a talented servant.
I did my best on this investigation...
...so I'm confident about it.
I'm sure the police were involved...
...in covering it up as a suicide.
I only found out...
...that she was a witness that you were looking for...
...just now.
I think they did the inspection...
...in order to stop me from testifying.
Here.
You should die, bastard!
I am going to kill you...
...for making innocent civilians suffer...
...and then killing them.
How dare you?
Do you want me to kill you?
The real fight...
...starts now.
Did you just say Maenge?
Revenge begins here.
Don't you ever lose the prince like today.
Does that mean the Noh part might be behind this?