Let go!
I'd like to confirm it myself with my own eyes!
An impertinent fellow!
Release cheon bong Sam!
Release him! Release him!
Hit him!
What do you meant I did leather black market?
What do you meant I did illegal butchery?
Our songpa stable
never violated the rules of cattle trade.
Then what about that evidence?
That's cowhide that came out from your stable!
I'm being falsely accused.
I am being framed.
Gil so gae...
Let me talk to Gil so gae face to face!
After all that beating you still need more beating.
Look here! Hit him with more force until he confesses!
Yes!
Let me talk to Gil so gae face to face!
This is false accusation!
Why are you pushing it off so much?
Make a decision, quickly!
Exactly what are you stalling for?!
The evidence is weak and there's no confession.
Since you ran the tax collection office, you should know how tough the peddlers are.
Since you are scared of those mere peddlers,
cheon bong Sam is sticking out like that?!
My lord!
Since you aren't beating him to the brink of death, he looks down on you and won't confess!
Then why don't you, who isn't looked down on, get a confession?
W-what?!
Does it look like I'm your subordinate?!
Do you think you are the chief of tax collection office still?!
You were a country bumpkin farming beans and sweet potatoes in yeoju.
Now you are afraid of nothing because you got the queen's support!
What?
You haven't had dinner yet, right? Let's eat together. Sit down.
Exactly what happened to cheon bong Sam?!
I asked you to step on him, when did I ever ask you to kill him?
Cheon bong Sam, cheon bong Sam!
Aside from him, do you really have nothing else to say to me?
Are you planning to to see me again?
Take him out of the jail cell right now.
Since you put him in there, you should save him!
It's not me, it's shin suk joo.
What?
The person who put him in there is shin suk joo!
Shin seok joo?
Whether it's shin seok joo, Kim Bo Yeon even the various head merchants' club of the yukijeon...
There are just too many people who can't wait to kill bong Sam.
Gae ddong.
You won't be able to save bong Sam's life this time.
That person is my destiny.
I'll save him.
Gae ddong-
yeah.
This worked out well.
After bong Sam dies, your new destiny will start.
Bong Sam is facing a catastrophic problem too.
Even if Gwangju bureaucracy notified us that... bong Sam died, and we need to claim his body to carry him on my back...
It wouldn't sound so weird after all. In a sense it's expected.
You are right. How long can he endure?
Let's just bust the jail door!
What are you doing?
If you unwrap that, you might never see again!
You can't. Sun dol, you can't.
You really can't.
Are my eyes important right now?
Do you see us?
Head merchant, how much money do we have at our stable?
About 20,000 nyangs to buy the goods.
That won't do.
Borrow from merchant elder Hwang or borrow from merchant elder jang.
We need to have 30,000 nyangs.
I'll... I'll go to borrow it. I will.
You guys, come out. Come out, come out.
-Come out, quickly.-Yes, hyungnim.
Will they let him go with that?
We have to do it. We have to save bong Sam.
We have to bring him to our stable!
Hurry, gom bae.
Yes.
Hurry up, head merchant!
The situation is dire, so I allowed for face to face conversation.
What is it?
The merchant association business is also the tax collection office's business.
He is my cousin so don't worry about him and tell me what you want to say.
This contains the wishes of the merchants.
Cheon bong Sam was falsely charged
so reveal the truth and release him with not guilty verdict.
30,000 nyangs! This is 30,000 nyangs.
Are you saying you'll bribe me right now?!
Ah... how could I dare to do such a thing?
I am paying for cheon bong Sam's meals.
It is quite hefty for meals.
Since there's no evidence to prove that he was falsely charged,
hence there is no way to find him innocent.
You got me good this time.
You are something.
You are something. Wow Gil so gae
skinned cheon bong Sam completely.
Drink. You'll be at peace for a little while.
Was it you?
You were the one who hid
cowhide in our stable, weren't you?
I heard you asked for face to face conversation?
Put your father's name, sang moon ahjussi's name, on the line
and tell me, just tell it to only me.
Gil so gae planned all of this
to kill this cheon bong Sam, right?
You're wrong.
It's not me, it's shin suk joo. Shin suk joo.
No matter how much I think,
there's really no reason shin suk joo would turn you into this.
Exactly what have you done?
Drink.
Since shin suk joo has resolved to get rid of you,
there's no way to get out of here alive.
Just confess and
leave in peace.
Shin suk joo...
The only person who can save him is you.
Cling onto the great head merchant elder.
Tell him to think of the child inside your stomach and spare him, beg, plead, cry.
Even a sturdy merchant can't endure longer than 4 days in front of the paddle.
Today is already the 5th day.
His life is like a candle flame in the wind.
I can't do it. I can't.
All of this is because of you... It's all because of you
but do you treasure your life right now?
How could I tell you all of my feelings?
I can't do it. I can't do that.
You're going to kill cheon bong Sam so you can live?
That's all I hear right now.
I'm not doing this because i treasure my own life!
Then... because the great head merchant elder is your husband,
can you not open your mouth to ask
him to save another man?
I...Am a mother.
Didn't you tell me to live as a mother?
If I could save him with my life,
I would.
The child inside my stomach... My child will die.
If I die in the great head merchant's hands,
this child will die as well.
How could I kill my child to save the child's father?
I can't do it.
Mother.
Where do I have to go now?
Where... where do I have to go?
My lady.
It was the merchant's elder's own wish to become the representative of merchants.
Since it was something that a male general did by risking his life, he must also take responsibility for the result.
♪ You turned away and left ♪
♪ do you remember? ♪
♪ The you who said you♪
♪ couldn't come to me, ♪
♪ is it not possible to see you again? ♪
♪ No can fill the ♪
♪ empty space you left ♪
♪ in case you might come, I long for you ♪
♪ and my tears fall because i can't endure it anymore ♪
♪ since only you live in my heart ♪
♪ I have no other choice than to love you ♪
♪ even if today is the only time given to me, ♪
♪ I want to give everything to you, my love ♪
♪ is this really the end of our love? ♪
♪ Is it a love that can't be held onto? ♪
You're wrong. ♪ even if I die, ♪
The person who planned this to kill you is shin suk joo. Shin suk joo!♪ I can't forget you ♪
♪ because you're the only one for me ♪
Your highness, did I hear correctly?
Mm.
Spare cheon bong Sam?
There's no need to kill him.
You see, I...
Whether when it was the 'era of poong-yhang-Jo's noble clan or the 'great lord of uhoon-young-palace,
or the 'mee last named clan' that took political office as of now,
I never got myself involved in politics and survived. I didn't play into the political windstorms of each parties.
Do you know what that secret is?
Let's not be a huge tree.
Let's live by sticking close to the floor and live while crouching.
If strong wind comes blowing then lower my body even more to avoid the wind.
Why is there no reason for cheon bong Sam to die?
He is a small mound
but acting like a big mountain already. Of course that will get him killed.
Even if you kill him, there'll be benefits or advantages for you.
It will be very beneficial if you take him under your wings.
The cheon people and I don't match.
Your highness, it seems your reading this time is wrong.
The person who was elected to be the representative of merchants isn't head merchant Gil,
it's cheon bong Sam.
Didn't you also lose the position in the tax collection office to lord min gyeom ho?
If you obtain the representative of merchants in your hands,
you'll get 200,000 peddlers in 8-provinces in those hands.
Think about it carefully.
In songpa stable's cowhide black market incident,
I have no idea what I have to do with it.
I let you have face to face conversation with Gil saeng won as you asked.
Why can't you say anything?!
I...
Did not traffick
cowhide.
Do you think that by just repeating those words,
those words become evidence to prove your innocence?
Either provide evidence or confess!
You're wrong.
It's not me, it's shin suk joo. Shin suk joo.
Shove him in.
Cheon bong Sam? Cheon bong Sam!
I brought medicine.
Pull yourself together.
Cheon bong Sam!
How... did you come all the way here?
When you're here,
where else would I be?
Wherever that place is... whether it's the poongdeung mountain pass or the gunsan port,
my heart was always
at the place you were.
Destiny told us to be together forever
so just because our bodies are apart doesn't mean that our hearts are apart as well.
You have to live.
You have to get up and get out of here.
For me... you have to get up.
So lin...
So lin.
My lord.
What brings you all the way here?
Cheon bong Sam. Call cheon bong Sam.
No, why would-
please just tell me. I'll take care of it.
You should also lower yourself a bit. There are things you have to do
and there are things I have to do.
What?
Gae ddong, did you move him?
There's a way to live. You can live.
You can make a deal with someone who wants something. Make a deal.
You have to live.
You have to live to do anything else.
Just say you'll do it. No matter what he tells you to do, just say you'll do it. Okay?
For now, it's important to get out of here.
This is the only way.
Gae ddong. Gae ddong, I want to live too.
Save me, gae ddong. Gae ddong!
You came too.
This is your important business, so how could I not be here?
Thank you.
Since he can't even hold himself up, sit him down.
Yes.
Yes,
do you see the grim reaper going back and forth?
My lord.
By now you should be enlightened.
You know, our stable...
We don't do or sell any type of illegal tradings. Whatsoever.
If you bring the stable's ledgers,
I can prove all of it, my lord.
This bastard! You still can't understand the situation.
I don't want to die, my lord.
There are still many things I have to do.
I have to regain our stable and raise the Chun merchant group again...
I can't die.
You bastard, even a mixed-breed mutt
flips over and shows its white stomach
as soon as it meets an opponent stronger than him/her.
How smart is it even though it is a mutt.
It know its place and flip to its stomach on its own.
My lord.
My lord, save me.
I want to live, my lord.
Save me.
I'm sure you already know since you've rode on the boat transporting the rice taxes.
How I am expanding my properties and how I am growing my assets.
Yes. If I save you and place you in the position of the representative of merchants,
do you think you can accomplish that job well?
That... you see, that's-
whatever cheon bong Sam says
is not Sincere.
His older sister, cheon so rye, died due to the incident in the transportation of rice taxes.
If he has a conscience, how could he not have a grudge?
Whether it's a grudge or revenge,
you do that when your power is about the same.
A human can do anything to protect their life.
Your highness!
What's the use to make a useless fuss?
Cheon bong Sam.
Answer me with your father's name on the line whom you respect so much.
If I spare you, can you keep the peddlers headquarters under my feet?
Cheon bong Sam! Cheon bong Sam! Cheon bong Sam! Cheon bong Sam! Cheon bong Sam! Cheon bong Sam!
Cheon bong Sam! Cheon bong Sam!
My lord.
You know, I almost
became a mixed-breed mutt who barked aimlessly.
Since you're the one who holds my life,
I almost flipped over to show my stomach and barked aimlessly like a mixed-breed mutt to live.
But I can't.
Our 200,000 comrades,
can't become a mixed-breed mutt who barks aimlessly!
Yes...
Just end it with getting rid of me, my lord.
Yes, yes.
Since you barked aimlessly without recognizing your owner,
you need to be put inside the iron pot and boiled.
Drag him out!
Drag the criminal out!
Yes.
What did you just say?
Just once.
Please allow me to meet him
for the last time.
What nonsense.
Is that the reason you called me all the way here?
Your highness.
When I ran around fervently to try and save cheon bong Sam,
what did you do?
Did you do anything other than lay down like that and cry?
Just continue to stay lying down.
Although this child
is still unborn,
please help me so it can say it's last goodbye
to his biological father.
Your highness.
Your highness...
Your highness, take care on your way back.
Escort her well.
She is my shaman daughter and she brought some food.
Open the door!
Open your eyes.
I'm here.
♪ You turned away and left ♪
♪ do you remember? ♪
Is it really you?
♪ The you who said you couldn't come to me, ♪
♪ is it not possible to see you again? ♪
♪ No one can ♪
♪ fill the empty space you left ♪
♪ in case you might come, ♪
♪ I long for you ♪
♪ and my tears fall because i can't endure it anymore ♪
♪ since only you live ♪
♪ inside my heart, ♪
♪ I have no other choice than to love you ♪
♪ even if today ♪
♪ is the only time given to me, ♪
This is the last method I have left.♪ I want to give you everything ♪
This is the only way to save him ♪ is this really ♪
So what can I do? ♪ the end of our love? ♪
♪ Is it really a love that can't be held onto? ♪
♪ Even if I die, ♪
♪ I can't forget you ♪
♪ because you're ♪
♪ the only one for me ♪
I wanted to give you a meal I made with my own hands at least once.
You must have worked hard.
I'm sorry.
It's delicious, it is.
I can't believe that the first food I'm giving to you is
mere porridge boiled of a handful of rice...
Aigoo...
Don't cry.
Please don't cry.
Remain all by yourself like this...
If I think you're crying like this, how will I be able to leave?
It's a good day.
It's a really good day where I'm going to meet my father and my older sister
so don't cry.
I...Can't send you away.
I can't.
Don't cry.
Damn...
What is with how you look?!
Are you coming back from seeing cheon bong Sam?!
Go outside.
My lady.
I'm fine, wol. Go outside.
Please spare cheon bong Sam's life.
Cheon bong Sam, please spare cheon bong Sam's life.
Please spare cheon bong Sam's life.
Are you trying to scare me with this?
I'm not trying to scare you, I'm telling you of my duty.
What?
You're saying you're going to hang yourself and kill your unborn child with you,
how is that your duty?!
He's someone who gave birth to this child.
When the foster father kills the biological father,
how could this child call you "father" and
take over the great shin merchant group?
I wasn't the one who wanted to be pregnant with a child out of wedlock.
He didn't want it either.
Everything was your decision.
Oh! Shut that mouth, shut it, shut it.
Whether you save me
or kill me, it's up to you.
This...
I'm sorry, my child.
Please forgive this mother.
By any chance... is the person who's trying to kill you
shin suk joo?
Bong Sam, is that it?
Did you decide not to do anything and die because of that lady-madam person?
Then what should I say?
Shall I nark and say that it's actually shin seok joo's doing to the head of the Gwangju's court?
Should I tell him that the great head merchant of the yukuijeon became jealous
and hid cowhide in our songpa stable?
You can't do that but still...
I'm not afraid of the great head merchant, hyung.
I haven't been able to do anything for that person
aside from making her cry.
No can do. I can't speak of the great head merchant's business, and
how can I give shame to her again?
I can't do it.
I really must have become old.
This shin suk joo has gotten old.
People from every side and corner are
rushing at me with clubs since I'm old and powerless now.
Unfortunately, I know
that the relationship between a man and a woman
can't be severed with either riches or power.
I now came to know.
I'll spare... cheon bong Sam.
G-great head merchant elder.
Instead, you have to give birth to a healthy child.
If you can make that promise...
Even though I'll raise my son,
I could wait for the correct timing
and send you to cheon bong Sam.
W-where would a mother go after abandoning her child?
I'll be by your side and serve you with sincerity.
I won't forget your gratitude
of saving my life.
Great head merchant elder.
Take this safely
to the head of the Gwangju's court.
Yes, great head merchant elder.
Head merchant!
A scribe for the great shin merchant group has stepped foot into the hanam lands, the hanam lands!
In the hanam lands?
Hanam...
Surely, it's a letter that is addressed to the court of Gwangju.
Yes. Let's try stripping him down.
Let's go.
That was a good meal. It was tasty.
Here, I ate well.
Thank you.
What is this?! What is this?!
-Aigoo, what is this?!-Ah, this-
citizen's arrest! Citizen's arrest! Police...! What a pervert! A pervert!
What? No, no.
Come here, everyone!
Let go of me. Let go!
He tried to be indecent to my pitiful younger sister!
What the?
Hey you middle aged man! How dare you shaming unmarried woman?
No! W-w-what are you, i-i-i-
let's roll him into a straw mat.
No! Aigoo!
This mute maden is framing me now!
I'm being falsely charged! I'm being-
let's go see if you're innocent over there at the place of hanam province's jhang's.
What are you all doing? Hurry up and hold him.
Jeez! Oh. Boy ...!
Head merchant!
Oh, yes! Yes, yes, yes.
Head merchant!
Gom bae, quickly, quickly.
Dear, great lord(Deputy general prosecutor) Of the hwangju county's court
your words were right. They were right!
2-20,000 nyangs?
Money isn't important right now. What does it say?
My lord. I, shin suk joo,
will have to ask you a favor.
Make sure that the cheon bong Sam
currently inside the jail cells
won't pass the Gwangju signboard alive.
Please kill him, my lord.
What?! Kill the merchant elder hyungnim?
This oldie, I'll-
don't make a fuss and stay still.
Do you think you can do it?
I heard you are best on forgery in this area.
Here.
Now, let's see.
What are you going to do? What are you going to do?!
My younger sister can't get married anymore.
Take responsibility! Take responsibility.
Yeah, take responsibility.
Here. Get married to my younger sister.
Marri-
what the heck are you trying to pull here?
She is a trickster. I am sorry about earlier...
I think you've been had by this woman.
Just give her a few coins.
Quickly.
Darn! That was a close one!
I thought my liver was going to shrivel up.
What brings you here?
I'm here on behalf of the great merchant...
To deliver the message of letter.
Soon the verdict will be delivered and he'll beheaded, they say.
It's finishing faster than I thought it would.
But what's the reason to bring all the peddlers in from outside?
It'll be loud when the judgment is handed down. Why would he bring those bastards...
Possibly being released ...?
Everyone, listen well!
Although the evidence, the 60-cowhides, were seized,
it cannot become definite evidence that it belongs to the songpa stable
and we were also not able to receive cheon bong Sam's confession.
Therefore, at the gwanju county court house,
we read the verdict of cheon bong Sam being not guilty.
We have considered so many (In the several thousands) Signed petitions of the merchants.
I declare him to be found innocent!
Cheon bong Sam is found not guilty?!
What did you just say, my lord?
I followed your orders
since I found cheon bong Sam not guilty, I'd like take the promissory note.
Ah...
If you have the letter, let me see it for a minute.
My lord. I, shin suk joo, will need to ask a favor from you.
You must send out cheon bong Sam, who is currently inside the jail cell, alive.
Ah, this!
Is something wrong?
The heavens... the heavens
the water from the back of small river
is pushing away the front water.
My lord. I, shin suk joo,
have a favor to ask from you.
Make sure that cheon bong Sam, who is currently inside the jail cells right now,
everyone, look at it. Doesn't make it past
the Gwangju signboard alive.
You all saw, right?
-Oh?-Why would you burn that?
That's evidence that's useful to us.
That's the evidence you can use to close in on shin seok joo, so why would you?
This written words are not important.
I am going to engrave this in my heart and I'll fight him on business.
Shin seok joo, the great head merchant of yukuijeon,
and I will have a match on business technique.
Business... technique...
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did we ever have an easy path trying to make money?
I can see the money.
Even in the most high and important places, you must keep a tight leash! Understand?
What is it that shin seok joo is hiding?
The great head merchant elder is trying to get rid of you, my lady.
Shin suk joo won't let bong Sam be.
It has to be a son, a son.
Madam! Madam.