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Did you just say Ko Un from Goguryeo?
Yes.
He showed up and told our chief.
He said Houyan would help if we cut off all transactions with Goguryeo.
I was right there.
You're lying.
Why are you toying with me?
I'm not.
I saw with my own eyes.
Your Majesty, isn't Ko Un the son of Gae Yeonsu?
He must want revenge.
If Ko Un changed side, this is a serious problem.
He knows everything about the Goguryeo court.
Yes, Your Majesty.
This is a betrayal.
We ought to capture him and...
Enough!
What?
Stop it.
Nothing has been confirmed yet.
You can't talk like that.
But, Your Majesty, he lost everything he had in Goguryeo.
It wouldn't be surprising if he did betray Goguryeo.
Don't say things that haven't been confirmed yet.
Ko Un was a loyal servant who gave everything for Goguryeo.
There has to be a reason.
There must be!
He should have been killed.
His father caused a rebellion.
Now, the son is serving Houyan.
Your Majesty, are you alright?
Make me a list of the people who are to receive merit.
Yes, Your Majesty.
The Mohe achieved a high merit.
I told the prime minister to thank them.
Go to Seol Doan and thank him for me.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Doan. Doan.
Mohe envoys' quarters, Gungnaeseong
His Majesty asked me to thank you and he said he would keep his promise.
The Mohe will be fine this winter.
Yes.
There is enough food for everyone and more.
It will be a great gift for tribes that starve in the winter.
A gift?
Are you upset because it's from the king of Goguryeo?
We worked for it.
How is it a gift?
It's the price of our blood.
I know that.
I hope you will maintain good relations for the future of the Mohe.
What we have to pass on to our descendants isn't some food.
It's pride.
Pride only comes after there is a foundation and the people live in comfort.
Goguryeo is not like Houyan.
They will help the Mohe and find a way to coexist.
A wolf that is fed can never hunt on its own.
I am going to give our people pride with my own hands.
That is the reason I live as a Mohe.
- Doan. - Ji.
Fine, but I hope you're grateful for what the king gave you.
Khitan camp, outside Houyan
Why didn't you help us?
Houyan promised an alliance.
We never went against our promise.
The Goguryeo army was so covert that our soldiers found out too late.
Our soldiers also suffered losses because Goguryeo was so careful.
Losses?
Yes, roads to Khitan were all cut off.
Even if they broke through, they couldn't have helped you.
At least you got away alive.
Are you going to help us?
Do you have to ask?
Didn't you see the food and goods we brought?
Find a place to settle first.
Houyan will help you.
Fine, I'll accept your help.
But the Khitan will not be Houyan's shield again.
Shield?
You told us to betray Goguryeo and hold hands with Houyan.
But the Khitan suffered all the damages.
If this happens again, you'll have to be prepared for what we decide to do.
Calm down.
If Houyan doesn't help, I will help the Khitan.
I promise you.
Zhongsan, capital of Houyan
What?
You want to give salt to Goguryeo?
Yes, Your Majesty.
You want to help Goguryeo?
Goguryeo must know that we bought salt from the Khitan.
We should make the first move.
The first move?
Giving them help would be a good chance for us to prove our friendship.
They will try to blame us.
Helping them would avoid that and keep them quiet.
That's a good idea.
Giving them a little salt is better than being doubted.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Who will you send to Goguryeo?
I will go.
You will?
Yes, Your Majesty.
Our goal is to shake Goguryeo up.
The king will be shocked to see you.
Is that your intention?
Do it.
I'm curious what his response will be when he sees you.
Thank you, Your Majesty.
Gungnaeseong, capital of Goguryeo
Someone named Ko Un.
Did you just say Ko Un from Goguryeo?
Yes.
He showed up and told our chief.
He said Houyan would help if we cut off all transactions with Goguryeo.
Your Majesty.
Did you want to see me?
Yes.
This is an order I will send to Houyan.
I'm demanding an explanation for their secret alliance with Khitan.
I was hoping you could look it over.
Everything you say is right, but wouldn't this excessively provoke them?
Provoke them?
Khitan might be a feudal nation,
but we can't restrict their transactions with other countries.
That's not all.
Houyan tried to make them stop paying tribute and offered military support.
Houyan will deny it.
There is no proof.
You should think if this is the time to face them head on or let it go.
Being rational and calculative can be an advantage at times.
Even if something upsets you more than this, please remain rational.
A ruler's movement must be heavy like a mountain.
Did you hear about Ko Un?
Yes.
I'm sure there is a good reason.
I have to see him to know the truth.
Your Majesty.
A letter came from Houyan.
Houyan envoys are already near Gungnaeseong.
Envoys?
Let's go.
Yes, Your Majesty.
You're...
Do you have a death wish?
How dare a traitor's son come here?
Your Majesty, he is Gae Yeonsu's son.
He should be arrested for his crime.
Arrest him right now!
Arrest him!
Stand down.
You can't be so rude to a Houyan envoy.
What's going on?
I thought you would be agonizing, so I came to lessen your burden.
Ko Un!
I'm here as an envoy.
You should show some respect.
Before that,
you're my friend.
You were also my sister's husband.
I don't know if my only sister is dead or alive.
My father was executed for being a traitor.
I had to find a way to survive if I didn't want to end up like them.
Your solution to survive was to become a servant of our enemy?
Do you want revenge?
Don't be mistaken.
My goal isn't just revenge against you.
I'm a servant of Houyan.
I swore loyalty to the emperor.
I swore loyalty to a country that was to be my enemy forever.
I wouldn't do all that just to take revenge against you.
That wouldn't be any fun.
Do you want to relieve your guilt by abandoning Goguryeo?
You want to take revenge against me and betray Goguryeo to maintain a conscience?
I don't care about any guilt or conscience.
My country was like chains.
I just wanted to be free of them.
It's better than being killed like my father or abandoned like Doyeong.
I'll be a real traitor and fight you and Goguryeo.
I trusted you.
Even when a Khitan prisoner said it was you.
Even when you appeared as a Houyan envoy.
I believed you had a good reason.
I believed you had no choice because Houyan threatened or humiliated you.
How can you destroy my faith like this?
I lost that faith a long time ago, Your Majesty.
Have the prime minister and taedaesaja come in.
Yes, Your Majesty.
- I'm the prime minister, Gye Pil. - I'm taedaesaja Iyeong.
I know.
I'm sure you don't need an introduction from me.
We were going to demand an explanation from Houyan.
An explanation?
Houyan offered a lot of money to the Khitan for their salt.
That disrupted our trade relations with Khitan.
We also heard if this lead to battle between Goguryeo and Khitan,
Houyan would send reinforcements to Khitan.
This was a deliberate act by Houyan to cause damage to Goguryeo.
I'm not sure why you're saying that.
Don't play innocent.
We were told this by a Khitan general who we took prisoner.
You want to accuse me and Houyan just because of something a Khitan general said?
Give me proof.
Show me a secret treaty.
Or show me a dead Houyan soldier.
Look here!
If you don't want to break off the friendly relations over
a comment made by a Khitan general,
don't bring this up again.
If you continue with this matter,
I will just have to bring back all the salt I brought today.
We will increase our military funds with it to fight Goguryeo.
Oh...
Your Majesty, why don't you decide?
Will you accept Houyan's generosity to save your people
or will you prepare for battle again.
How dare you talk to His Majesty like that?
Your Majesty, you can't let him talk to you like this.
That's right. He should be punished.
Since you're not answering...
Houyan's generosity...
Tell them I accepted with gratitude.
You made a wise decision, Your Majesty.
I will tell the emperor.
Record the amount of salt we received and distribute it to the people.
We have to stabilize costs.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Was this really my home?
I can still hear father and Doyeong's voice.
Damdeok was hurt by what I said.
His eyes looked nervous with every word I said.
Why didn't it make me feel good at all?
I'm not ready yet.
I have to start over.
I'll bury all my regrets here and start over in Houyan.
It's better than being killed like my father or abandoned like Doyeong.
I'll be a real traitor and fight you and Goguryeo.
Your Majesty.
The queen was here.
Your Majesty.
Ko Un just returned to Houyan.
To Houyan.
He went to Houyan.
Goguryeo will face three crises.
First, prices will rise and the people will suffer.
Second is
betrayal.
Sagal Hyeon.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Did you find that bold fortuneteller?
Yeo Seokgae and Cheongun joined the search a few days ago.
I see.
Are you concerned about what he said?
The prices did go up and then this.
Everything is as he said.
Every word he said makes me think.
I will tell everyone to look harder.
Hongmae. Hongmae.
What brings you here?
Did you see that man who was showing off with all that talk?
Huh?
The man who was showing off with...
Oh, Ha Muji.
He was just here.
What?
He was just here?
It was so much fun listening to him.
He said he traveled the world.
He traveled the world?
Qianqin, Houyan, Mohe, Khitan and even the southern area.
His stories were so vivid.
Do you know where he lives?
He fixed up an abandoned house near the north gate of Gungnaeseong.
North gate?
Okay.
Let's go.
Look at all this.
You should knock first.
This is the Cheongun head officer.
I don't care. You can't barge in like this.
His Majesty would like to see you.
Get ready.
He kicked me out when I went before.
Why does he want to see me?
I don't know.
Just get ready.
Wear the clothes he gave you.
I won't go.
Besides, I exchanged those clothes for wine.
What?
The clothes His Majesty gave you?
They're just silk clothes.
Listen, you should go when we ask nicely.
You don't have to ask nicely.
Tell him to come if he needs to see me.
I won't go.
What? You rude little...
I'm the head officer.
Get up right now!
Let go of me!
Untie me right now!
You're going to be in a lot of trouble.
Untie me right now!
You should have listened when I asked.
Untie me right now!
You're going to be in a lot of trouble.
- What's going on? - How should I know?
Your Majesty.
- Get him on his knees! - Yes, sir!
Untie him.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Let go of me!
I'm sorry.
It looks my servants were a bit rough with you.
Why did you want to see me?
How dare you talk to His Majesty like that, you wretch?
Don't call me a wretch.
You can't look down on people because you have a high position.
What?
General Hwang.
Even the court didn't know about the things you said.
How did you find out?
Why should I tell you?
Your actions are suspicious.
You could be a spy.
A spy...
Think what you want.
Are you testing my patience?
If your patience important and not the disgrace of the people?
You have to earn respect to be respected.
Do you really have a death wish?
Kill me if you want and starve me to death if you want.
I didn't expect a three-legged raven, but I thought you'd at least be a raven.
I'm disappointed for being wrong.
How rude.
Your Majesty, you should cut off his head right now!
Hey!
You should off someone else's head, not an innocent person's head.
What?
What is that supposed to mean?
Didn't you find out who betrayed you by now?
You almost ruined national matters because of petty affection.
Am I wrong?
Lock him up in prison right now!
Yes, sir!
- Take him away! - Yes, sir!
Get in there.
He must be crazy.
Let's go.
Yes, sir!
Your Majesty.
I heard about Ha Muji.
I heard he's ill-tempered and rude.
He wasn't wrong about anything.
He knew things he didn't have to.
It's a serious problem if he really is a spy.
He told you everything himself.
A spy would never do something that would make him suspicious.
Are you saying he has the power to see the future?
He mentioned three crises Goguryeo will face, right?
You want to know what they are.
I have to know to be prepared.
That is, if he's right.
From what Yeo Seokgae said, he loves wine and meat.
I will prepare some food so he will talk.
You should provoke his pride.
A person like him considers pride to be more important than his life.
- Open the door. - Yes, sir.
I guess nobody can stand hunger.
Did you say you won't open your mouth?
You opened it and the food I gave you is in your stomach.
How is opening your mouth for food and opening it for talking the same?
It's the same mouth.
What's different?
I just wanted to confirm it because a few things you said came true.
Of course, that talent won't be able to save your life.
I'm curious what the third crisis is.
But I can just bury it like the meat you just ate now.
If I knew, I could save the people, but that's too bad.
The third prediction could just be a lie or nonsense.
Isn't that right?
The energy of a new king in the south is covering the north.
How is that nonsense?
What?
A new king in the south?
Do you mean Asin?
So you know him.
Goguryeo was already humiliated once by sending the princess to Houyan.
If Asin becomes the king, he'll humiliate you in a worse way.
He won't allow two suns in this land.
That's nonsense.
Only Goguryeo is the descendant of the heavens.
His Majesty is the only sun in this land.
Well, Asin thinks he's the only sun, too.
With his ambitions, Goguryeo will become a sea of battle.
What?
How dare you?
I knew you had guts, but this is a huge gamble.
You dare toy with the fate of this country?
Whether it's toying or advice is up to you.
A ruler's decision decides the future of a country.
It will be no use regretting it after all your people are dead.
I will shut that mouth of yours right now.
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If he goes to Baekje, it will be fatal for Goguryeo.
- The prisoner escaped. - Get him!
Where will we go?
To Baekje.
I will make Damdeok regret losing me.
I will die?
There is a thorn in your neck.
The lord of Gwanmiseong will step down from his position.
This is nonsense.
Watch the king's surroundings.
We must capture Ha Muji.
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