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[Episode 1]
[Outskirts of Gaegyeong]
You don't see people share their food too often in these trying times.
Life is too short. We should share food.
Do you come here often?
Every ten days, or so.
It's been eight years for me. Has anything changed?
Eight years?
Yeah, things have changed! It has become dog shit.
Three crazy bastards sitting in the government
mooch off the middle-class.
And the middle-class take the guts out of the common people.
So the common people have to steal from beggars to survive.
So don't give away food just because you have some.
The beggars in Gaegyeong will swarm all over you.
I always plan to eat before I arrive in Gaegyeong...
By any chance...
is that my rice?
What is this?
If you come to me with this later, I'll give you ten rice balls...
You crazy...
I mean it!
Excuse me, I mean it!
Make sure to come find me later!
You bastard!
- Bye! - Hey!
Who are you?
I have been waiting for a very long time.
- For me? - Yes, Teacher.
A student that I don't know about?
Then has the one behind me also been waiting?
Pardon?
I've been waiting for a very long time...
Sambong.
You... You are...
You came too.
Do you... know me?
Of course. I know you very well.
But I don't know you.
Who are you?
And who are you?
The one who got robbed of his life by you.
I robbed you despite not knowing you or having ever seen you before?
Who are you?
I know both of you.
More than that, I know both of you very well.
Who are you?
Right, who are you?
I am Yi Bang Won.
[Eight years ago, Hamju]
Bang Won, it is too dangerous! Don't follow me!
Don't worry! I'll catch him!
Damn.
Let's run!
Brother! An arrow!
[Yi Bang Won]
[Yi Bang Gwa]
[Yi Seong Gye]
Father! Father! I caught him!
I told you to learn the dialect of Gaegyeong.
Yes.
- Tie him up and bring him back. - Yes.
Great!
Wow... my father is the strongest man!
There you go again! That's a Mongol word!
He told us not to use Mongolian or the Northeastern region words.
What's wrong with you?
But he is the strongest man! What else would I say?
Isn't it just perfect? The strongest man!
You're right.
If he's not the strongest man, who else could it be?
That traitor was running away!
I ran really hard!
What about Young Master Bang Gwa?
He was following me from behind.
I was getting closer... and closer...
Suddenly, like this!
Bang Won...
Should you not be studying?
Well?
I do not want to study.
I want to become like you.
Like me?
And what am I?
You shoot arrows well, you ride horses well.
When you go to the battlefield, you win every time!
That is why people cheer for you!
Every soul in this land respects you!
So just like you, I'll go to war--
What is war?
- War is... - Follow me.
Who gave you the order to spy on us?
[Lee Ji Ran] Did you eat your ears?
Answer!
This is the letter you were going to deliver to a spy in our private army.
Lee In Gyeom sent this...
Right?
I'm asking if Prime Minister Lee In Gyeom took care of you!
- Beat him up. - Yes, sir!
Enough.
You have already betrayed once, against me.
If you confess who is behind you now...
you will be betraying one more time.
Don't betray anymore.
It will be better to cut off my tie with you here.
This is what war is about.
No matter how much we stress honor and nobility in war
war is about killing people.
Goodness, were you really shocked? Were you scared?
I wasn't scared. I was just surprised.
Our General is generous beyond belief.
But he cannot forgive betrayal!
Of course! Ever since Jo So Saeng, he never forgives traitors.
- Are you talking about Jo So Saeng? - That bastard...
He put all of his colleagues and friends in danger, and was about to run away.
But then... he got caught by the General.
His heart must have been split apart!
Betrayed by someone he considered a brother!
So, what did he do?
What else?
Jo So Saeng begged, "Brother, please spare me" and ran...
At that moment, Father pulled his bow and said...
"Don't call me your brother!"
As he said that, he shot Jo So Saeng!
And punished him.
Of course, our father is great!
"Don't call me your brother."
Whatever happens, I'll become like Father!
I will never forgive traitors!
Move! Move aside! Move!
[Lee In Gyeom]
[Baek Yoon] Why is Gil Tae Mi making a fuss again?
Sir! Sir!
Move!
[Gil Tae Mi] What did I tell you?
Since you announced that you'd invite envoys from Yuan
I told you Jung Mong Joo was strange!
Did I not tell you that he would cause trouble?
Trouble?
He made visits to the Empress Dowager, and was whispering away.
Now Yi Seong Gye will be called into the government!
The royal command has already left to Hamju!
What?
It must be Lee In Gyeom!
It must be a spy sent by Lee In Gyeom.
Why would Lee In Gyeom send a spy to this border area?
General! General!
General! General, a messenger came from Gaegyeong.
From Gaegyeong?
Yes, Young Master! It's a royal command!
Royal command?
- Is it true? - Of course it's true!
[Poeun Jung Mong Joo] His Majesty approved!
General Yi Seong Gye will become a chancellor!
I also sent a separate message.
He'll arrive by the fifth day of the month when the government meeting is held.
[Hong In Bang] Great! It's done!
We can stop trying to establish a relationship with Yuan and going to war!
It's not because Yi Seong Gye is great!
If Yi Seong Gye comes, there is a big possibility
that Choi Young will cross over.
Then Gyung Bok Heung could back out!
That's what I said.
How many times do I have to tell you?
What if the Empress Dowager in the back room makes a comeback...
It doesn't matter if you're occupying the government!
Besides, what will you do if they partner with the scholars?
[Sambong Jung Do Jeon]
Sambong!
Sambong...
Did you hear? General Yi Seong Gye is coming.
You saw through Prime Minister Lee In Gyeom's scheme last time.
That's how this opportunity came!
When General Yi Seong Gye comes, the relationship with Yuan is over.
We can stop the war!
General Yi Seong Gye...
Don't trust him too much.
What?
What are you saying?
He is just jealous of someone who has done great work!
Sambong wouldn't be that way.
Don't take his side. He does not know his place!
Sambong was the one who saw through the Prime Minister's scheme last time.
Sambong has always been accurate.
Not this time.
It's because Sambong has never met with General Yi Seong Gye.
Send someone in secret to deliver this in Kanggye.
- Kanggye? - Yes.
What do you plan to do?
We have to stop the war.
We'll get ready so that we can leave in three days.
Geun Soo, go to Gaegyeong tomorrow and deliver my message to Poeun.
Also, tell Bang Woo to get ready.
I'm coming too!
I'm coming! I am!
- We'll all be going in a few days-- - No!
I'm not going with you!
The big brother has been there alone, the second brother went alone too.
Bang Gan and Bang Eui have gone by themselves too!
Just because I didn't listen to Father and didn't learn the Gyegyeong dialect...
I know you're planning to leave me here!
Once I get there, I'll learn the Gaegyeong dialect!
[Jo Young Kyu] If that's the case, I will escort him...
If I went with Father, I couldn't have done any sightseeing!
Of course not! You have done well!
By the way, why are your clothes so bright?
Yours are pretty out there, too.
Just in case Gaegyeong kids make fun of me for being a country bumpkin!
Well done!
Let's go!
[Gaegyeong]
Now, make teams of two!
What you're going to do now is walk around in teams of two
and find country bumpkins from out of town.
Country bumpkins?
I'm talking right now!
It hasn't even been a few days since your mom gave birth!
Where has she run off to?
My mom didn't run away!
Boss!
Fine! All right!
Gap Boon, just find someone to feed the baby today.
You have to feed the baby so that the baby won't cry.
- What was I talking about? - Country bumpkins.
But what is a country bumpkin?
The ones who came to Gaegyeong recently, like us?
No! You're not country bumpkins! You're beggars from out of town!
Don't laugh! Don't laugh!
Then what kind of people are they?
Now, listen carefully.
I'll tell you exactly who you should be looking for.
First...
- they wear shiny clothes. - Shiny clothes?
- But... it's too much. - Too much?
They wear clothes that are too shiny!
And they look around too much!
Like this, like this!
We joined the beggar's den just like you said
but how will we find our mother here?
We need to eat!
Since we came to Gaegyeong to find Mom
have we eaten properly a single day?
[Ddang Sae (Later Yi Bang Ji)] Then did we just join them to get food?
[Boon Yi] You said Mom was taken to Gaegyeong
we came to Gyegyeong and looked for her for a whole month!
"Have you seen our mom Gan Nan?"
There are Gan Nans everywhere!
We can't find our mom with her name!
Still... the song Mom sang that night!
If we can find someone who knows the song, we can find a clue.
Hey, listen.
Do you know this song?
What's that? There is no song like that!
See? See?
We haven't met anyone who knows this song!
There isn't anyone who knows the song!
There hasn't been one yet!
So if we ever find one who knows the song
that person must know our mom!
There is one more lead!
On the wrist of the one who took Mom that night...
I saw this drawing!
Gap Boon, go find someone to feed the baby.
I'll find country bumpkins and make sure to get food for you, too!
- All right. - Go ahead!
But...
where are we going to find people with shiny clothes who look around too much?
Over there.
- Aren't they too much? - They are.
A little too much.
I'll go report to the Boss.
Keep a good eye on them.
Sure.
I'll go check if the horses are fed.
Taffy!
Here! We have amazing goods from the Western Region!
- Take a look! - Young Master, look at this!
Is this Hell? Aren't these corpses?
Don't their families take care of the corpses in Gaegyeong?
- Is his family around? - No.
What is it?
Young Master! How much would these cost?
Young Master? Young Master!
What? What about Young Master?
He was here with me...
You should have kept a better eye on him!
I'll look for him this way. Go look over that way!
Yes!
Young Master!
All of you, come here! Here you go!
- Do you know who I am? - No, I don't!
By the way, even his voice is too much.
You're laughing at me? Fine, laugh all you want!
You should laugh now--
Young Master! Young Master!
What did I tell you?
I told you to laugh while you had the chance!
All of you, step aside!
If you don't step back, you will die.
Young Master, come this way.
Where is our mom?
You took our mom!
Me?
You hid this over there!
This drawing on the letter!
The one with this drawing took our mom!
This is the letter he was going to deliver to a spy.
Lee In Gyeom sent this... right?
Are you... the traitor?
Chase him! Chase him!
- Chase him! - Chase him!
Get him!
Boon Yi!
What are you doing? Go chase him!
Are you all right? Did you get hurt?
What are you doing? You should go chase him too!
I need to get dressed.
So frustrating! Both of you are so frustrating!
And we don't need to chase him.
Why not?
He hid the letter... It must mean that he wanted to deliver it to someone.
But you brought it here.
Then where would he go?
I don't know.
The one who was supposed to get the letter...
Wouldn't he take it to him?
Who is that?
Lee In Gyeom.
Really? Then let's go to Lee In Gyeom's house!
Lead the way.
Me?
I don't know it.
You kids! You were loud as if you knew earlier!
When did we do that?
I know.
He lives in the biggest house.
- You know? - Yes, I do.
I sneak in there once in a while to steal food.
Are you that worried about a country bumpkin entering the government?
If you say the word now, I'll go get his head!
[Gil Tae Mi]
What's this?
This is so good!
What is it, really?
What kind of flavor...
I'm sure it's good.
It is a piglet that is fed human milk.
Anyway...
You have control over the Empress Dowager
Gyung Bok Heung, and General Choi Young.
So why are you so worried about Yi Seong Gye?
- Because I don't know. - About what?
Gaining someone in your hand means one of two outcomes.
Realize his ambition and make him become my man...
Or grab onto his fright and weakness...
and make him shiver with fear.
But I don't know about Yi Seong Gye's ambition or fear.
He's never shown his ambition...
and he's never exposed his fear.
That is the reason I find Yi Seong Gye difficult.
This is it.
If you go through here, it's the kitchen. It's really big.
I said we should just go to the police...
If you listen to me, you'll get rice cakes even in the middle of sleep...
Rice cakes are really coming out!
What's this delicious smell?
Hey, we don't have time to eat this now!
What's this dish? How can it be so delicious?
Let's go now.
I said, let's go!
Follow me!
Isn't she Gap Boon's mom?
Are you there?
While I went to see off my guest, someone came in here.
Lock every gate and find him. Now!
Yes, sir!
What is this?
Ddang Sae... what is this?
Why are people feeding piglets...
By any chance... the meat earlier...
Is this...
To cook piglets... They make women feed piglets...
Gap Boon's mom was dragged here for that?
Just wait.
If I tell my father
this place can be wiped out with one attack!
- Everyone, find him! - Yes, sir!
Run!
Over there!
Got him!
Damn kid, how did you get in here?
Let go! Let go of me!
Come here!
Search.
Come this way.
- Little mouse! How dare you come in here! - We found him!
We found him!
Sir, we found him!
He's just a beggar who snuck in here to steal food.
There was no other intruder.
That's enough.
Teach him a lesson and kick him out.
Yes, sir!
Bastard...
For a beggar to learn to steal...
What do we do now? It's locked!
- Butler Song. # - Yes.
Do you know the story about Yi Seong Gye and Jo So Saeng?
They pledged to be brothers
but Jo So Saeng betrayed Yi Seong Gye.
Right? Right...
That's the story the whole world knows about.
Prepare a play as written here.
Bastard... Bastard!
Young Master!
- Where on earth have you-- - Move aside!
Gap Boon, when my father comes, your mom will--
What happened?
What do you think? The baby died!
Begging could only feed the baby for a day or two.
How could the newborn last?
How could Gap Boon's mom abandon the baby...
Gap Boon...
To cook piglets... They make women feed the piglets...
Young Master! Young Master!
Young Master...
Is that a man or a woman?
Down.
You're General Gil Tae Mi, the best swordsman in Goryeo, right?
That's what people call me.
Since I defeated Hong Ryoon.
Now I see General Yi Seong Gye... Nice to meet you.
I heard you're a god-sent archer.
[Yi Bang Woo (Yi Seong Gye's eldest son)] By the way, what brought you here?
Now that General Yi Seong Gye is coming
Prime Minister Lee In Gyeom will hold a big feast.
At Dohwa Mansion tonight.
You are coming, right?
You have to!
Anyway, I delivered the message!
What? Baek Geun Soo was a spy?
That's not all!
To take new mothers away and use them as piglets' nannies?
Then what happens to the babies who aren't fed?
I have friends who saw it with me!
I think they're still locked in the house. We have to rescue them!
Father!
General! Lord Poeun is here!
Hurry up and bring him in here.
- Lord Poeun! - General!
It's been a long time.
What is it that I have to do in the government?
You have to stop the relationship with Yuan, and stop the war.
People with their limbs cut off are everywhere on the streets of Gaegyeong...
And the bodies of people who died of starvation are overflowing in the streams.
In this situation, entering into a relationship with Yuan?
War with Ming?
For the Prime Minister to take on war for his own safety?
Does this make any sense?
Your thoughts and my own are not different.
Although I'm not very talented...
I will defeat Lee In Gyeom, and stop the war from happening.
General!
I have yet to be defeated in any battle.
[Dohwa Mansion: Lee In Gyeom's house]
Goodness, General Yi! How long has it been?
Thank you for hosting a feast for me, although I do not deserve it.
You're a main pillar of Goryeo!
This feast is no big deal.
You are...
Was he your son, General Yi?
I heard that my son was rude.
You little brat!
A son of the Great General of Goryeo shouldn't go around stealing meat!
I came to this house to catch a spy!
A spy?
I heard that a spy in my private squad snuck into this house.
Have you seen him, by any chance?
Oh, really?
I haven't heard anything about that.
I see.
I also heard that new mothers are locked up in this house.
Do you not know about that either?
Of course that's not possible.
I saw it!
You saw it wrong.
Now now... let's go inside.
Now...
For our General Yi Seong Gye's coming to Gaegyeong...
let's make a toast to congratulate him!
Congratulations!
Now now...
Now, it seems it's getting more fun...
Let's watch an interesting play.
Go ahead and begin.
The time was the 86th year since Goryeo surrendered to Yuan!
Nice!
Our King Gongmin finally crushed the thief Yuan!
Great!
- Take off Yuan's hairstyle! - Good!
Push out Gi Cheol, too!
He wanted to reclaim the land that had been taken away!
Oh, but the land was owned by the traitors who sold the country for their wealth!
To tell you more about the traitors' land...
It was the den of bastards who mooched off of Yuan for over a hundred years!
But our King Gongmin gathered soldiers and attacked them!
- The ruler of the land was... - Who was he?
He was...
A shameless and audacious traitor!
Red wolf! It was Jungnang!
- Jungnang? - Brother.
It's too high.
Hey! Hurry up and come down! Hey!
That's the sound of a dog!
The wolf had a real son of a bitch.
It was the traitor Shepard!
[The word 'Shepard' implies Yi Seong Gye's last name 'Yi'.]
Brother Wolf, the tide has already turned.
- Surrender now! - Surrender now!
If you don't surrender, you will die!
You will die!
But if you surrender...
you will die!
I am Jungnang!
[1356, Administrative Office]
Goryeo troops will attack us at midnight tomorrow.
You will have to open the gate.
Father!
[Yi Ja Choon, Yi Seong Gye's father] Yuan will collapse soon.
Then you should convince Brother Jungnang now--
Don't say the name Jungnang!
Now he is only an enemy of Goryeo, Traitor Jo So Saeng.
If Jo So Saeng is a traitor, we are too.
Shut your mouth!
Can't you understand?
If we contribute to Goryeo now
all of Jo So Saeong's assets will be ours.
I... can't do it.
As a swordsman, I won't fight against the Jo family.
Will you really destroy my family line here?
Father!
Your relationship with Jo is personal.
Look at the big goal, Seong Gye!
There was a traitor!
Some bastard opened the gate!
[Jeokgwang Jo So Saeng] We have to go through the north gate! Now!
You can't go.
Was it you?
Did you open the gate, Brother?
Don't call me "Brother".
I raised a dog, not a brother.
Your seeds were the sons of the bitch who opened the gate of their master.
What has... Goryeo done for your family?
I gave you... everything you have.
You'll end up betraying Goryeo too.
That's the dirty fate... of dogs that betray their master.
You dogs of Goryeo!
Your dogs will have the same fate as you!
Give me my sword!
Hey, what are you doing? Why aren't you cutting his head off?
Take my sword!
- I got rid of my enemy! - I got rid of him!
Did you enjoy the play?
Gaegyeong people are good at laughing about nothing.
Since you betrayed Jo So Saeng, someone like your own brother
you must have felt really bad.
Did you have to use the sword because you were in a hurry?
I heard it was supposed to be an arrow.
Since you're a god-sent archer.
It's fine, General Yi.
I'm sure you must have had a reason to accomplish bigger things.
Although the scholars and General Choi Young
who consider loyalty more important than life
will think differently.
Did you plant a spy in Hamju to do this?
I didn't plant a spy in Hamju.
Look, Prime Minister!
I'm finally getting to know a little.
You put your life on the line to fight in countless battles...
You're generous to people without limits...
So, why didn't you have a goal to enter Gaegyeong?
"What ambition does he have to live that way"?
Now I understand.
It's probably because you couldn't forgive yourself.
But... why are you about to forgive yourself at this point?
Why are you trying to enter into politics? Why?
Why do you have to block my path now?
Does anyone else know?
No one else knows.
Whether it will be a secret just between us or not...
What will you do?
Please... look the other way this time.
Please.
[First Dragon]
[Founder of Joseon Yi Seong Gye]
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[Six Flying Dragons]
General Yi Seong Gye will return to Hamju.
Why didn't you rescue my friends?
We can't push this country to hell anymore.
What on earth are you trying to do?
I have to stop the war from happening no matter what.
Everyone could be in danger!
Lee In Gyeom's trap!
Are you trying to do it yourself?
I have to go to stop Lee In Gyeom and the war!
- Can you promise me as a man to man? - I promise.