Release him!
Release Chun Bong-Sam!
Release him!
Hit him!
What do you mean by cowhide trafficking?
What do you mean by illegal butchery?
Our Song-pa Stable...
We have never, not even once, violated the cattle trading law!
Then?
What about that evidence over there?
Those are cowhides found at your stable!
I'm being falsely accused.
I've fallen into a trap.
Gil So-gae...
Please interrogate Gil So-gae!
You didn't get punished enough, huh?
Hey! Hit him more until he confesses!
Yes, sir.
Please interrogate Gil So-gae!
I am being falsely accused!
--Episode 24--
Why are you pushing this off?
Hurry up and make a final decision!
Why are you hesitating?
The evidence is weak, and there is no confession.
Because you were a Sun-hye Palace Ambassador,
so you should know what merchants are like.
Hey, hey.
Because the magistrate of Gwangju Court is scared of stupid merchants,
Chun Bong-Sam is able to bear like that!
Sir Ambassador!
Because you're not beating him to death, he looks down on you.
That is why he is not confessing!
Then why don't you, who isn't looked down on, make him confess?
What?
Do you think I'm your subordinate?
Do you think you're still the Lord Ambassador of Sun-hye Palace?
You damned...
You used to be a stupid farmer living in a rural town in Yeoju.
You are high in spirits just because you got Queen Kyotaejeon on your back, huh?
What?
You haven't had dinner yet, right?
Let's eat together. Sit down.
What did you do to Chun Bong-Sam?
I told you to step on him.
When did I tell you to kill him?
Chun Bong-Sam, Chun Bong-Sam!
If it isn't about him,
is there nothing else to talk to me about?
Are you trying to break off relations with me?
Take him out of the jail cell right now.
Because you're the one who put him there, go and save him!
It's not me. It's Shin Suk-ju.
What?
The one who put him there is Shin Suk-ju!
Shin Suk-ju?
Shin Suk-ju, Kim Bo-hyeon, and Yook-ei-jeon board members.
There are so many people who are desperate to kill Bong-Sam.
Gae-ddong.
We won't be able to save Bong-sam's life this time.
He is my destiny.
I will save him.
Gae-ddong...
Fine.
Good.
After Bong-Sam dies, you will have new destiny.
Bong-Sam is in danger, too.
It won't be surprising to get a message from Gwangju jail to tell us
to take Bong-sam's dead body tomorrow.
Yeah.
How much longer would he able to endure?
Let's just run into them!
What the heck are you doing?
If you take that off, you can permanently go blind!
No, Sun-dol. Don't take it off!
Seriously, you can't take that off!
Are my eyes important right now?
Can you see us?
Man-chi, how much money does our stable have?
Altogether, we got roughly 20,000 nyang.
That is not enough.
Either borrow it from Merchant Hwang or Merchant Jang,
we must make that 30,000 nyang.
I will go and borrow that money!
You guys follow me.
Okay.
Come out. / Okay.
Will they release him with that money?
We have to.
We have to save Bong-sam's life.
We need to bring him back to the stable.
Hurry up, Gom-bae.
Okay.
Hurry up, Man-chi!
Okay.
The situation is complicated, so I accepted this meeting, but...
what brings you here?
What affects Peddlers Association affects Sun-hye Palace, too.
This magistrate of Gwangju Court is the cousin of that family.
So just say it without hesitation.
This is from us merchants.
Because Chun Bong-Sam was falsely accused,
please reveal the truth and pronounce his acquittal.
30,000 nyang?
This is 30,000 nyang.
You rascal! Are you trying to bribe me right now?
How would I dare to...
I am paying for Chun Bong-sam's food.
This is a high food cost, but...
Because we don't have enough evidence,
there is no way to pronounce his acquittal even if he's innocent.
I got beaten up by you big time.
You're amazing.
Amazing.
Whoa, Gil So-gae.
You completely took me down this time.
Completely.
Drink it.
It will temporarily relieve your pain.
Is it you?
The one who hid cowhide at our stable?
You did it, huh?
You asked for interrogation, huh?
Swear to your father, Mr. Sang-moon,
and tell me.
Gil So-gae...
has set this up to kill Chun Bong-Sam, right?
You're wrong.
It's not me. It's Shin Suk-ju.
Shin Suk-ju.
No matter how much I think about it,
there's no reason for him to make you like this.
What in the world did you do?
Drink it.
Because Shin Suk-ju decided to kill you,
there is no way for you to get out of here.
Just confess,
and rest in peace.
Shin Suk-ju.
You're the only person who can save his life.
Please beg Sir Head Merchant.
Tell him to think about the child in your stomach and beg him for life!
Even a strong merchant cannot endure more than 4 days in front of a hawk.
It's the fifth day already.
His life is like a candle flame in the wind.
I can't do it.
I can't.
This is all because...
Because of you.
But are you afraid that you'll lose your life?
How could I tell you everything that is in my heart?
I can't do it.
I just can't do that.
You will kill Chun Bong-Sam to save your own life.
That is what I hear right now.
I'm not saying it to save my life.
Then what?
Because Sir Head Merchant is your husband,
you can't open your mouth to ask him to save some other man's life?
I am a mother.
Didn't you tell me to live as a mother?
If I could save his life with my mine,
yes, I would do so.
The child in my stomach...
That child will die, too.
If Sir Head Merchant kills me, he kills my baby, too.
How can I kill the baby to save the baby's father?
I can't do it.
I can't.
Mother.
Now, where do I have to go?
Where...
Where do I go now?
Mistress.
It was his wishes to become the president of the association.
It's something that a great man did by risking his life,
he must take responsibility for the consequences.
You're wrong.
The one who has set this up is Shin Suk-ju.
Shin Suk-ju!
Honorable Mama.
Did I hear it right?
Mm-hmm.
What do you mean by save Chun Bong-sam's life?
There is no reason to kill him.
You see, I...
Unlike Poongyang Cho family or Unhyeong Palace Ambassador,
or the current Mi family,
I never got myself involved in politics, and I have survived.
Do you know how I did it?
Don't be a bulky tree.
Live as I lie down flat on the ground and lower myself.
If it's blowing a gale, make myself lie down even more to avoid that gale.
Why is there no reason for Chun Bong-Sam to die?
He is only a hill that looks like an upside down bowl,
but he is acting like he's a big mountain.
That's why he needs to die.
I'm saying, even if you kill him, you don't get any benefits.
If you save him promptly, you will get a great stroke of luck.
The Chun family and I do not get along.
Honorable Mama, your fortune-telling seems wrong this time.
The one who got elected as the new president
of Peddlers Association is not Gil So-gae.
It's Chun Bong-Sam!
Didn't you lose the position at Sun-hye Palace to Min Kyeom-ho?
If you hold hands with the association president,
you get to control 200,000 merchants with those hands.
Think carefully.
Song-pa Stable's case on trafficking cowhide.
I do not understand how I'm affiliated with it.
Just as you requested,
I brought Gil So-gae to interrogate him.
Why can't you say anything?
I did not traffic cowhide...
I didn't do it.
No matter how much you say that,
do you think that is enough to prove you innocent?
Either provide me with evidence or confess!
You're wrong.
It's not me. It's Shin Suk-ju.
Shin Suk-ju.
Shove him in.
Chun Bong-Sam.
Chun Bong-Sam!
I brought medicine.
Wake up.
Chun Bong-Sam.
How did you...
How...
You're here.
So where else would I be at?
Wherever you were,
whether it was Poongdeungryeong or Gunsan,
the place you were at, my heart has been...
always with you.
Destiny told us to stay together all the time.
Because our bodies are apart from each other,
it doesn't mean our hearts are apart from each other.
You must survive.
You need to wake up and get out of here.
For my sake...
You must get up.
Seo-Lin.
Lord Ambassador.
What brings you here?
Chun Bong-Sam.
Go and get Chun Bong-Sam for me.
Why...
Just tell me and I will take care of it.
Hey.
You must lower yourself, too.
There are separate things that I need to do!
You're here?
Gae-ddong, did you make him move?
There's a way to survive.
You can survive.
You can make a deal with a person that wants something.
Make a deal!
You need to live.
You must live before anything else.
Just say "okay".
No matter what he says, tell him you'll do it. Okay?
You need to get out of here first.
This is the only way.
Gae-ddong.
I want to live, too.
Save me!
Gae-ddong!
Oh, wow.
Honorable Mama is here, too.
This is a serious matter of yours.
How can I not come here?
Thank you.
He can't even stand alone. Have him sit down.
Alright.
Do you see the angel of death in front of your eyes?
Lord Ambassador.
You must have realized this situation by now, right?
You know, our stable...
has never done illegal trading of cowhide and illegal butchery.
If someone brings in our stable ledger, I can prove everything, Lord Ambassador.
You rascal!
You still don't understand the situation, huh?
I don't want to die, Lord Ambassador.
I have a lot of things to do.
I need to regain our stable, rebuild Chun's Gaekju, and...
I can't die like this.
Hey, rascal.
Even when a crossbreed mutt meets its opponent stronger than him,
he flips over and shows his white stomach.
Even though it's a stupid mutt, how intelligent is that?
He doesn't overrate himself and flips over.
Lord Ambassador.
Please save me.
I want to live, Lord Ambassador.
Please save me.
You've been on a grain ship before, so you should know this well.
You should know how I make money and build money.
Alright.
If I save you and make you the Peddlers Association president,
can you fulfill your duties well?
That's...
Well that's...
Whatever Chun Bong-Sam says, he doesn't mean it.
His sister, Chun Soh-leh, died because of the grain ship incident.
How couldn't he have a grudge against you and think about revenge?
Whether it be a grudge or revenge,
that's only when a man has the same level of power.
A person can do anything to protect his own life.
Honorable Mama!
Hey, hey!
What's the point of making a fuss about it?
Chun Bong-Sam.
Swear to your father, Chun Oh-su, the person you respect the most, and answer me.
If I save your life, could you put Peddlers Association under my feet?
Chun Bong-Sam!
Thank you! / Chun Bong-Sam!
Lord Ambassador.
I almost...
become a barking crossbreed mutt.
Because you're the one who is holding my life in your hand,
I almost became a crossbreed mutt, barking and begging to live.
But I can't.
All 200,000 merchants cannot become barking crossbreed mutts!
Yes.
By killing me, end it, Lord Ambassador.
Okay, okay.
Because this mutt doesn't recognize its owner,
I must cook it in an iron pot.
Drag him out!
Yes, sir.
What did you just say?
Just once...
For the last time...
allow me to meet him.
So ridiculous.
Is that why you called me out here?
Honorable Mama.
While I was running around to save Chun Bong-Sam,
what did you do?
What else did you do other than lying down and crying?
Just stay lying down.
This child is...
still unborn, but...
help me to let this baby say good-bye to his biological father.
Honorable Mama.
Honorable Mama, have a safe trip back.
Escort her safely.
This is my spiritual daughter.
We're here to feed him food.
Open the door!
Yes, sir.
Open your eyes.
I'm here.
Is it really you?
This is the last solution I have.
This is the only way to save that man.
What else am I supposed to do?
I wanted to serve you food that I made with my own hands.
You must have worked hard.
I'm sorry.
It's delicious.
Delicious.
I can't believe the first meal I've given you is this mere...
thin rice gruel.
Don't cry.
Please don't cry.
If I think about you being alone and crying like this,
how am I supposed to leave?
It's a good day.
I am on my way to see my father and my sister.
It's a good day.
So don't cry.
I...
can't let you go.
I can't let you go.
Don't cry.
Damn it.
Why the hell are you dressed up like that?
Are you coming back from meeting Chun Bong-Sam?
Go outside.
Mistress.
It's okay, Wol.
Go outside.
Please save Chun Bong-sam's life.
Chun Bong-Sam.
Please save Chun Bong-sam's life.
Please protect Chun Bong-Sam.
Are you trying to threat me with this?
It's not a threat. I'm telling you of my duty.
What?
You're saying that you'll kill yourself, along with the baby.
How is that a duty and not a threat?
He's the one who gave life to this baby.
When the foster father kill the biological father, how can the kid
call you "father" and lead Shin's Major Gaekju?
I wasn't the one who wanted a baby from another man.
He didn't wanted it either.
Everything was your decision.
Hey, hey! Shut your mouth!
Shut up! Shut up!
Either save all three lives,
or kill all three lives.
It's your decision.
I'm sorry, baby.
Please forgive your mother.
By any chance, the person who is trying to kill you..
is Shin Suk-ju?
Bong-Sam, is that it?
Because of that mistress, have you decided to stay silent and die?
Then what should I say?
Tell the Gwangju Court Magistrate that Shin Suk-ju set this up?
Should I tell him that Yook-ei-jeon Head Merchant got jealous,
so he is the one who hid cowhide at our Song-pa Stable?
You can't do that, but...
I'm not afraid of Head Merchant Shin.
I haven't done anything for that woman other than make her cry.
But, with my own mouth, reveal Head Merchant Shin's intention,
how could I make her live in hell, again?
I can't do that.
I can't.
I've really grown old, eh?
This Shin Suk-ju has gotten really old.
People from all over the place are running towards me with clubs because
I became old and powerless.
I, foolishly...
learned that the relationship between a man and a woman can't be severed with
treasure nor with power.
I just learned that.
Chun Bong-Sam, that rascal.
I'll spare his life.
Sir Head Merchant.
Instead!
You have to give birth to a healthy baby!
If you promise me that,
I will raise my son,
at a proper time,
I might send you to Chun Bong-Sam.
How could a mother leave her child?
I will stay next to you, and sincerely take care of you.
For sparing all three lives,
I will never forget that gratitude.
Sir Head Merchant.
This is to Min Gyeom-ho.
Deliver it with care.
Yes, Sir Head Merchant.
Sir!
Shin's Major Gaekju secretary is in Hanam.
In Hanam?
I'm sure he is here because Sir Head Merchant sent him to
do something at Gwangju City Hall.
Right.
Let's see what he is up to.
Let's go.
I had a good meal.
This is delicious.
Here.
Thank you for the meal. / Thank you.
Oh my goodness!
Oh my goodness, everyone!
Oh my goodness!
He's a pervert!
Pervert! Pervert!
No, I'm not!
Everyone, come over here!
Hey, let me go!
You rascal!
Hey, you aged bastard!
How dare you harass a woman?
Let's get him on a straw mat!
No, I didn't!
Oh, man. This speech-impaired woman is falsely accusing me!
This is unfair!
Whether it is unfair or not, let's go find out at Hanam government office.
What are you guys doing? Hold him tight.
Sir!
Gom-bae, hurry!
Gwangju City Hall Deputy Mayor's Observation
You were right. You were right!
20,000 nyang?
Money isn't the point right now.
What does it say?
Dear sir, this Shin Suk-ju has a favor to ask you.
Never allow Chun Bong-Sam, who is in one of the jail cells,
to step outside of Gwangju while he is alive.
Please kill him.
What?
Kill our Sir Head Cattle Broker?
I will...
Stop making a fuss about it, and stay still.
Can you do it?
I heard you are number one at forging documents in this area.
Here.
Alright, let's see.
What are you going to do now?
What now?
My sister cannot get married anymore.
You're responsible for it!
You're responsible!
Yeah, you're responsible!
Here. Marry my sister.
Marry...?
What in the world is going on?
Whoa, how can you slap...
I'm sorry.
I think you got fooled by a wench.
Give her some money.
Hurry.
It's so violent around here.
I almost died of shock!
What brings you here?
I am here to deliver a letter from Sir Head Merchant to Sir Deputy Mayor.
He said there will be a final judgment soon.
Things are wrapping up faster than I thought it would.
But, why do you think they called all of the merchants to gather up?
It's going to be a chaos. Why would they do that?
Acquittal?
Everyone, listen carefully.
Although 60 sheets of cowhide were accepted as evidence,
there is no clear evidence that they belong to Song-pa Stable.
There is no confession made by Chun Bong-Sam.
Therefore, Gwangju Court accepts the signatures of thousands of merchants,
that states Chun Bong-Sam is without guilty,
and we acquit him.
They acquitted Chun Bong-Sam?
What did you say right now?
Just as you wanted, I acquitted Chun Bong-Sam.
So I'm here to get the promissory note.
If you have the letter with you, let me see it.
Dear sir, you must do this Shin Suk-ju a favor.
Release Chun Bong-Sam, who is in one of the jail cells.
Is something wrong?
The heavens...
pushed away the incoming tide of a long river to the back, huh?
Dear sir, this Shin Suk-ju has a favor to ask you.
Never allow Chun Bong-Sam, who is in one of the jail cells...
Read it.
step outside of Gwangju city while he is alive.
You all read this, right?
Why would you burn that?
This is the only useful evidence we have.
Why would you get rid of it?
These words aren't important.
Just put this into your heart.
I'm going to fight through business.
Against Yook-ei-jeon Head Merchant Shin Suk-ju!
I'm going to fight using my business skills.
With business skills.
--The Merchant: Gaekju 2015--
Was there a business trip that was not challenging?
I see that money. That money!
You must squeeze tightly until then.
What is Shin Suk-ju hiding?
Sir Head Merchant is trying to get rid of you.
Shin Suk-ju isn't going to let Bong-Sam be.
It must be a boy! A boy!
Mistress!