Please stop.
--Episode 9-- Please stop it.
Stop being a fool who lost his wife.
Stop it!
Why don't you
kill them instantly? Huh?
Killing him instantly
won't make your anger go away?
Your anger!
Is your anger not going away?
Your wife can't walk anymore.
Who is going to take care of her now?
If you make Man-chi crippled as well,
in this upcoming winter...
how is she going to survive?
She's my wife, so I can't.
It's my child, so I can't.
It's my younger sibling, so I can't.
The sins that my family and brothers have committed,
I should cover it up, embrace them, and forgive them!
A person, who is a head of the group, shows favoritism like that.
That being called human nature...
Human nature!
Human nature.
What's bad about it?
Living a life is not about principles.
It's about compassion.
Compassion!
Bong-Sam!
Was Merchant Gil to your father
any less than Man-chi is to me?
Was Gil Sang-moon to Chun's Gaekju's owner Chun Oh-su
any less than Song Man-chi is to Cho Sung-jun?
Was it?
Even if the sky flips upside down,
what a merchant needs to keep is trust!
Trust!
Do you know where trust comes from?
It comes from the principles!
The principles!
Am I a stone?
Am I...
a piece of iron?
My heart is
never...
a piece of iron.
Head Cattle Broker!
Punishing my family
is harder than cutting my arms and legs,
and it's difficult.
Head Cattle Broker.
If you have to go through this,
why would you be a gaekju owner?
Let's say it's a punishment for living as a cowhide trafficker back in the day.
This is
a tower I found.
Bong-Sam, your tower...
is something you should find.
Of Song-do town, and of Chun's Gaekju, Gil Sang-moon
with opium,
violated the law of merchants,
which put the whole merchant group in danger.
You attempted to make unforgivable dealing.
That crime...
that crime shall be
paid with your life.
Father!
Father.
It must have been so difficult, right?
Really...
It must have been really difficult.
Song Man-chi.
As a merchant of Song-pa Stable,
you violated two rules of the merchant law.
Robbery for stealing the deed to the stable.
Adultery for having an affair with your fellow peddler's wife.
Stop!
My ears hurt.
So stop talking.
Hurry up and cut my neck.
Pull his pants down.
What?
Pull his drawers down!
What are you trying to do?
Just kill me.
What are you doing?
Yes, yes.
Fine!
Fine.
Let me,
to you brother,
say something.
Listen carefully.
Right now, right here,
you should kill me.
If you don't,
I will...
whenever I want...
Brother, I will
kill you.
Okay.
Go ahead.
Do whatever you want.
Cho Sung-jun!
Let's go to Kangkyeong.
Ma'am.
I'm leaving this for the past connection we had.
This is for your medicine.
Come on in!
Boss!
Oh, my!
Head Merchant Shin!
Cho's Gaekju Cho Soon-deuk welcomes you.
I'm his son, Cho Hang-gu.
It's fine, it's fine.
It's really dark at night.
What brings you all the way to our inn?
Because Cho's Gaekju is a known merchant inn in Choongcheong province,
we're here as a friendly visitation of an imperial order.
I'm here to see your daughter.
Alright.
Why Seo-Lin?
Oh, my.
The meal is very poorly served.
My, oh my.
Are you taking me lightly because I'm an old man?
It's a pork-bone soup made with purified soybeans.
My father-in-law used to enjoy this as a healthy meal.
Is that so?
Chang's Gaekju Chang family is known for longevity.
I'll give this one a try.
Sit!
It's rude to get up when an adult is eating.
What do you mean a gift for a mere bone soup?
It's absurd.
I need to pay for my meal.
I ate the bone soup very well.
Bring it in.
Yes, Head Merchant.
Huh?
Head Merchant!
I paid money equivalent to a roof house
to have a famous artist to draw this.
How is this a gift to me?
Alright. Burn them.
Yes.
Oh, no! Oh my goodness.
Oh,no!
Father!
My father told me that this is our means of livelihood,
and that it's used for finding Seo-lin's new husband!
Brother.
This lady.
I will take her.
What...
does that mean?
I'm saying that this Shin Suk-ju is putting you
in the Shin's Gaekju women's quarters.
20,000 nyang. It's 20,000 nyang?
Sir, just because we take this promissory note to him,
will Kim Hak-jun automatically return the deed to the stable?
It may seem like the tail wagging the dog,
we must close the agreement by paying him the interest.
Oh, man. It's coming.
Oh, man.
What... what is this?
Sir, they're robbers.
Robbers.
I'm...
Cho Sung-jun of Song-pa Stable.
Go away!
How long have you all been robbers for?
Don't you know that you must not mess around with cattle brokers?
Fine.
Come on over.
All of you.
I'll beat you all up.
They're swordsmen.
Be careful.
We're cattle brokers!
Don't mess with us cattle brokers!
You rascals!
You rascal. You know us, huh?
Give me the promissory note...
That...
promissory note...
That's not money.
Give... give it back.
Follow him!
Yes.
Bong-Sam!
This isn't what you fools can have.
From when did you guys start following us?
How did you know about this promissory note?
Did Kim Hak-jun of Kangkyeong send you?
Bong-Sam.
Let's head back.
To Kangkyeong.
Yes.
Kangkyeong.
Kangkyeong?
These damn bastards!
Oh... why... did I stand up?
It's not me! Not me!
Hey.
Can't you find the directions?
Why are you going back that way?
We've been there, and if we follow the bracken,
Choongju province will be right there.
Hey, Gae-ddong!
Hey.
This way is 30 miles.
We'll be walking 10 additional miles.
Haven't you heard that one bucket of sweat is like a box of herbal medicine?
Let's just go this way.
Huh?
Man...
Unique.
Very weird.
But indeed, nothing has gone wrong her way.
Anyway, you're weird!
Whoa!
What?
Brother...
What?
Hey.
What is that?
Ugh. Your hand.
You need to let it go, and I can rescue or whatever.
Hey, punk. What are you doing?
Gae-ddong!
Yeah, yeah.
What are you staring at?
Decide if we should leave him or take him.
Oh. Okay.
No!
Not that!
Promissory note.
Give me the promissory note!
Promissory note...
Hey.
Hey!
Isn't he the merchant from Song-pa Stable?
Is he?
I'm right!
Oh, man. What's going on?
What are you doing?
Huh?
Whoa. This dude has a great body.
Anyway, he's a lucky guy.
Let's see who this lucky guy is...
Huh?
What is this?
Song-do town
A Song-pa Stable merchant from Song-do?
Oh!
In Euiju, the gravestone was Chun's Gaekju...
Nonsense!
Songdo town, Chun's Gaekju
Chun Oh-su.
No way...
No. That can't be it.
Chun Oh-su?
That... that's nonsense.
Who are you?
Who are you to take around Chun Oh-su's license?
Brother, brother!
Isn't this the one what you wanted to see?
Kyeonggi Province, Song-pa Stable
Chun...
("Chun Bong-Sam")
Chun Bong-Sam.
Bong-Sam!
Mr. Bong!
Bong-Sam!
Mr. Bong.
We just missed each other. Bong-Sam and us.
Our Bong-Sam went up to find us.
Say something that makes sense!
He fell off the cliff. How would he walk?
You are saying some ridiculous things.
Are you saying I didn't see things right?
Or are you saying a wild boar ate up our Bong-Sam or what?
Luckily,
he is alive, I think.
How do you know?
Footprints and carrier-prints.
They're merchants.
Sir, that's really relieving!
Heaven saved him. Heaven!
We'll head to Kangkyeong first. Find Bong-Sam and then join us.
If Bong-Sam is well enough,
come to Yunshil village near the entrance of Kangkyeong.
Yes, sir.
How dare he order swordsmen to steal the promissory note
and kill my family.
Kim Hak-jun!
You rascal!
Be careful!
Bong-Sam!
How about Cho Sung-jun? Cho Sung-jun?
He's probably getting his act together and heading towards here right now.
If Cho Sung-jun kills Kim Hak-jun, it would be the best award.
If he doesn't...
With my own hands
Anyway, the one who killed Kangkyeong gaekju's Kim Hak-jun
must be Song-pa Stable's Cho Sung-jun.
Mr. Hong-suk told me you died.
What happened?
Well,
you're here because you didn't die.
Bong-Sam.
Where's Soh-leh?
Did you and Soh-leh split up?
When Mr. Hong-suk said Soh-leh left Gaeseong
after getting kicked out by Kim Hak-jun...
Was he wrong on that, too?
Well...
Why would that matter now?
With this,
let's be equal on what we owe each other.
For saving your life.
We need to get cold towel and foment him with it.
So you need to go to a village and sell some rice.
For our meals, we only have grain of barley.
Go sell some white rice, so I can get him to at least a tepid condition.
Are you happy?
What do you mean?
Stop talking nonsense.
I need to put splints on his broken joints,
so go out and get some good pieces of wood.
Let's leave.
Just go by yourself!
Why do you need me to go with you?
This is more than enough!
Let's go!
What are you doing?
Brother!
He's not going to die. He's not a person to die!
Him falling on the leaves. He doesn't have a fortune to die!
Let's go.
I can't leave.
He's Chun's gaekju's son!
Son of Chun Oh-su, who killed my father!
When you say you'll stay here and split up with me,
you're saying you'll end our 8 year relationship.
Is that it?
I don't know what kind of ill-fated relationship it is,
you go ahead.
I'm not going.
I can't leave you with Chun's Gaekju dregs.
You're my sister.
Fine.
If you really can't leave,
I'll stay.
If Bong-Sam opens his eyes,
let's leave then.
If you want to become the Yook-ei-jeon head merchant,
you need to leave now.
Don't go to Choongju. Go to Kangkyeong.
What are you saying now?
You said Song Man-chi didn't have it with him, the deed to the stable.
If you look at him,
Cho Sung-jun doesn't have it either.
Then,
it can only mean one thing.
That's right.
It's Kim Hak-jun, that rascal.
Everything was done by Kim Hak-jun.
So-gae!
When he wakes up,
don't even look back, and come to Kangkyeong.
Eh?
Listen carefully!
Don't just nod your head.
They say you'll get struck by lightning being next to a bum.
So you can't stay close to an unlucky dude.
I'll be waiting. Come to Kangkyeong soon.
So-gae.
What now?
Once you cross the line,
you can't go back.
Once you cross that line,
you're staying in that world forever.
No matter how much you want to come back,
you can't come back to this world.
You're talking about the promissory note?
Huh?
Anything.
When you realize you're crossing a line,
you need to remember what I said.
Okay. I will.
I'm leaving first.
You, wench!
Why would a daughter of nobleman become a shaman?
A shaman?
Mother!
Mother.
Mother!
Mother, help me!
Mother!
Help!
Help me, mother!
Mother!
You have to go now.
You must go before the sun comes up.
If your father and brother see you,
they'll kill you, Hae-ju.
I would rather die...
Being an embarrassment to the family and ruining brother's future,
I would rather die...
I did, too.
That's what I thought, but...
If there's a disease, there's also medicine for it.
That's the world's logic.
Hae-ju.
If you meet a man who can subdue your spirit and marry him,
your shaman spirit will go away,
and you'll be able to live as a normal woman.
How do I find such man?
Even if I bump into him,
how do I know he's my destiny?
You'll know it naturally.
That's what fate is.
Just like magnets pull on each other,
fate is what one calls another and pulls on another.
You'll know it naturally.
If you meet your mate,
you'll know it naturally.
For a period of 10 years,
as I sold salted seafood merchant,
I finally found you in this land of Chosun.
The one whom I've been looking for,
I finally met you.
My mother was right.
Oh? There are people here?
Excuse me.
Excuse me. Excu...
Eh?
What kind of situation is this?
Eh?
Bong-Sam!
What is this? You guys are living together, huh?
Are you his fellow?
Yeah, I'm Bong-sam's older brother.
Who are you?
Why were you hugging my brother and sleeping like that?
It's very disturbing.
You like men?
Why?
Can I not like men?
Oh, man. How disturbing.
Move. Move away. Move!
Don't come here.
Bong-Sam.
Mr. Bong! Mr. Bong!
Wake up!
Are you crazy? To a person who fell off a cliff?
You're going to break all of his ribs!
Move away! Don't you dare to touch...
Mr. Bong, wake up!
It's been 4 days. 4 days.
If it's 4 days, then you should wake up if you didn't die.
Mr. Bong! Mr.Bong!
Oh, Mr. Bong! You woke up?
No! I said no!
Brother.
Pr... promissory note?
They were swordsmen sent by Kim Hak-jun in Kangkyeong.
You already knew this?
Help... help me.
How about Head Cattle Broker?
He already left to Kangkyeong with Wang-bal.
It was Kim Hak-jun.
No.
I said no!
("Kangkyeong Exchange Gaekju")
Kim Hak-jun! Come out!
Come out!
Where's Kim Hak-jun?
Kim Hak-jun, come out!
Kim Hak-jun!
Why are you doing this?
You can't do this.
Where's Kim Hak-jun?
Come out, now.
Kim Hak-jun, you rascal!
You're here?
I expected this situation when I took over Song-pa stable,
but it came faster than I thought.
Song-pa Stable or your life,
I'll take one of them today.
You'll take neither.
You're not a head cattle broker. You're a thief, huh?
What?
Deuk-gae!
Stay still.
Until your owner
hands back Song-pa Stable to us,
not even a single ant can get out of this room.
Can't go out!
Good. Bring it on!
Okay.
Let's see how thick your neck is.
Let me see.
Unfair? It's still a deal.
Profitable? It's a deal.
When did merchants become such moral people?
The one who tore Song-pa Stable apart is you, not me.
I was merely being a merchant, standing in between you two,
and gained little profits.
What? Merely being a merchant?
Is this an anger release from having a cheating wife?
A head cattle broker should still protect your image.
Swaying an ax like that is what thieves do.
Oh, yeah?
So, is that why you, a merchant, sent swordsmen?
You knew it was stolen,
and still bought Song-pa Stable
that's worth 200,000 nyang for 20,000 nyang,
and then sent swordsmen to take away the promissory note.
What?
Wait.
Take away the promissory note?
Don't make up things.
What do you mean I took the promissory note!
Even though I, Kim Hak-jun, uses different ways to do business,
I don't sway swords and steal things!
Shut up! Don't say a thing.
And just sway your sword.
Sending swordsmen and
stealing goods aren't my way.
I don't do such things!
Then, what was it that I saw with my eyes?
Gaeseong's Chun Oh-su.
Chun's Gaekju is what you're talking about?
You're right.
Merchant Gil died at Chaek-moon.
At Geunmoon, Sir Merchant Chun got beheaded.
Are these all by chance?
You didn't strike on the back?
No! I did not!
Same with Chun's Gaekju!
I did start.
But I did not place the last call.
The one who killed Chun Oh-su isn't me!
Stop lying!
No!
I will kill you today, and
there will be no gaekju that will go bankrupt because of you.
Deuk-gae! Deuk-gae!
Call the police.
Go ahead and tie that cattle broker up!
What happened to that promissory note?
No!
Just let him go.
Why aren't you leaving?
Are you waiting until the police comes?
So-Hong!
It won't be good to have rumors in all 8 provinces of Chosun.
While trying to take over Song-pa Stable at once, there was a sword fight?
That's an embarrassment to Kangkyeong gaekju.
Fine.
You are right.
Sir.
This way.
Move!
I said move.
Where are you trying to go? In this condition?
Move out of the way.
Head Cattle Broker went through all kinds of hardships
and survived all of them.
He can handle Kim Hak-jun.
Even if you went through hardships,
you can never win a man who is prepared to see him.
You're just worrying too much.
Brother.
Why didn't the swordsman kill you?
Why kill me?
Why kill poor me?
Let's go to Kangkyeong.
You still don't know?
They intentionally spilled it.
To have Head Cattle Broker in Kangkyeong.
Hey, there's no reason for it. For what?
There's something we don't know about.
Some kind of secret plan.
You, over there, have a body in poor condition.
And you, here, is the same as well.
Won't you go away?
Why is this small kid interfering someone else's boss problem?
If you're really worried, send him a letter.
There are lots of merchants heading to Kangkyeong.
A letter.
You, rascal. When are you going to pay me back that money?
When?
You're scared that I won't pay for food and room?
Do you know who this elder is?
Really? So who is this elder?
Is he a government official who lost all of his support?
He is the head cattle broker of Song-pa Stable.
Even if you don't know where Song-pa is,
you probably already know that he's the owner of a big stable.
Whatever the head cattle broker is, just give me my money!
Money!
Ma'am.
Please be patient.
I have money to receive from this exchange gaekju.
As soon as I receive it, let's calculate the amount.
You can steal all other money in this world,
you can't steal a widow's money.
If you don't have money, then I'll have to have your topknot.
How dare this woman...
Wang-bal!
Fine, fine.
Here. Go ahead and take it.
Cut it.
Go ahead and take it!
Alright.
I'll cut it off immediately.
Stay still and wait.
Cut it, cut it.
Ma'am.
I don't know how much it is, but I'll pay.
Take your husband's topknot when you're giving birth.
Man, what a compassion.
I'm Wang-bal.
I'm a salted seafood seller,
Gae-ddong.
From Song-pa Stable,
I'm Cho Sung-jun.
If it's Song-pa Stable...
You must have read the circulation letter.
You're right.
I'm that stupid head cattle broker
Cho Sung-jun.
You pay back a life-saving gratitude with a life.
Hey!
How could you say something so brutal?
Are you trying to tell someone who just came alive to die again?
Because you insist, I shall let you pay me back the gratitude.
Pay me back in Boeun village.
Instead of life,
make my wish come true.
What do you think?
When I say I'll do it,
I make sure I do it.
Then...
Swear it.
Hey!
Are you crazy? Your prank is too ridiculous!
Dear heaven,
this Chun Bong-Sam swears that he will keep the promise made with Gae-ddong.
I'm not joking.
Dear heaven,
this Chun Bong-Sam
owes Gae-ddong a huge gratitude.
When we go to Boeun
whatever Gae-ddong wants,
I swear that I'll pay back that gratitude.
If I break the promise,
I'll receive any punishment for it.
This Chun Bong-Sam, if he breaks the promise,
I will get punished with life.
Here.
Dear all spirits of god,
protect us so that Chun Bong-Sam can keep his promise.
Hey!
Happy?
Alright.
It's not too heavy, eh?
Let's take a short break.
What?
Oh, I see.
He seems sensitive with this stuff.
Why am I carrying her carrier?
I should be carrying Bong-sam's and he should carry his own...
Give it to me now.
No, no. I'm fine.
You're a savior who rescued my brother.
I'll carry it. I will keep carrying it, but
just don't say anything too scary to Bong-Sam.
Hurry up and take it off.
Here.
You saw that, right?
Yeah.
Bo, for repayment.
Eun, for grace.
Boeun.
Paying back the gratitude.
Gratitude will be paid.
Now, tell me how I can pay you back the gratitude.
Say it clearly. So, how?
Later, at lunchtime,
meet me at the tavern there.
Over there? There?
You'll find out what I want from you when you see me there.
Even if I don't say it,
you'll know.
How would I know if you don't say it?
I'll know it even if you don't say it?
What the...
Oh, don't come near us.
Hey, help me a bit!
Here.
One, two...
Oh, man. This is heavy, huh?
I'll see you later.
Later. I'll see you later.
I'll just know it?
He can just say it.
Let's go.
I came all the way here, but I can't find a way. The way!
Ma'am! Ma'am!
What?
Ma'am, is Song-pa Stable head cattle broker here?
Head cattle broker or whatever, yeah, he's been here.
Oh, then...
hand him this letter. From Munkyeong...
Oh, wait!
That letter!
You can give it to me.
I'm his stable fellow. Isn't it from Chun Bong-Sam?
That's right.
Then, deliver it to him safely!
Okay, I got it.
Dear Head Cattle Broker,
The reason why Kim Hak-jun made you go to Kangkyeong,
until you find that out, stay still.
No one.
Absolutely no one can be trusted.
--The Merchant: Gaekju 2015--
I need to come to a conclusion before Bong-Sam gets here.
Cho Soon-deuk's daughter and Yook-ei-jeon Head Merchant are getting married.
Sun-dol, who is trapped, comes first.
Who are you all?
Song-pa Stable...
You'll die if you get caught.
If you humiliate me like this, I'll have to die.
You can't test people out like this.