Part 35
SONG MAESEOLSU'S CHAMBER GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO A drum that sounds by itself
cannot exist in this day and age.
lt's only a rumorthe King of Nakrang made up to fear.
l don't believe in the drum either.
SONG MAESEOLSU So why would you go to Mukbang?
l have to encourage the Gwanna troops
KlNG DAEMUSHlN who'll prove that Jamyunggo doesn't exist.
JAMYUNG
SUYOUNG HALL NAKRANG
What brings you here?
l came to support the priestess.
l can't stay in bed when she's praying day and night
PRlNCESS OF NAKRANG forthe safety of our kingdom.
CHOl Ll Crown Princess watch your words.
l also revere Jamyunggo.
l'll deliver the will of Heaven.
l'm listening.
Any Goguryeo soldier who invades Nakrang
which is protected by Heaven shall not return alive.
WANG HOL
HWAEJUNGGWAN JlNYANG PALACE NAKRANG l said you can't go in.
HWAEJUNGGWAN JlNYANG PALACE NAKRANG l'm the prince's soldier
from Jolbon who risked my life to come to him.
Why isn't the prince's soldier allowed in?
Sir!
BUTUNG The great general didn't give his permission.
TAECHU ls the great general above the prince?
Did you forget that the King made him
the Prince of Nakrang?
To me the great general ranks higher.
Never mind. He can't go in.
PRlNCE HODONG
Butung isn't it?
Too much loyalty isn't always good.
You'll only cause dissension.
lf l'm the Prince of Nakrang Chulsang is a soldier of Nakrang.
Let him in.
You came a long way.
Let's go in.
CHULSANG
So heartless.
The guest can have some food.
lt was a difficult journey from Liaodong.
How have you been Your Highness?
Loweryour voice. They can hear us.
l'm here to conquer Nakrang.
Prince!
JAMYUNGGO TEMPLE
Welcome Your Majesty.
You've done well.
Please come in.
Jamyunggo the mystical drum of Nakrang is waiting.
CHOl Ll'S OFFlCE JlNYANG PALACE Eunpo, Algi and Minbong are mountainous regions.
We hid secret troops there.
We also buried mines that will be triggered when
enemy troops step on them.
BUDAL And we have built a dam
along the river in Mukbang.
Open the dam when the enemy enters the water.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Will the drum be able to sound in time?
lt wouldn't be a sacred drum if it didn't sound in time.
You have nothing to worry about.
l'll hearJamyunggo for myself in Mukbang.
l said no one's to enter.
lt concerns Prince Hodong.
He's talking in whispers with Taechu and his soldier
from Jolbon in his chamber.
Wang Hol did not allow my Jolbon troops inside the palace.
lt's good as long as they're within the walls
of Wanggeom Fortress.
After l marry the crown princess and the Paesu Riverfreezes
Father will lead 18000 men to Nakrang.
What shall l do then?
We'll attack Jinyang Palace and open the palace gates.
We'll obey your command Your Highness!
lt's only properfor me to pay my respects to my master.
He's the leader of my Jolbon army.
He'll do great service to Nakrang underyour leadership.
Greetings Great General! l'm Chulsang.
l don't think that's necessary.
Please accompany His Majesty and me to Mukbang.
He's inspecting the border?
lt seems the Goguryeo army will invade the area.
ls that right?
The priestess has said that Goguryeo soldiers who
invade Nakrang which is protected by Heaven
shall not return alive.
lt'll be a great way to kill time.
With His Majesty away l'll stay and guard the palace
Suit yourself.
l'm dying to see how the sacred drum will sound itself.
SUYOUNG HALL NAKRANG
Father. l wish you victory.
That's not necessary. l'm not going to war.
l'm only going to see how Dangun's mystical drum
defeats the Goguryeo army.
l'll be watching as Jamyunggo leads us to victory.
You'll hearthe thunderous sound of Jamyunggo in Mukbang.
l'll let you and your prayers lead us.
MUKBANG GOGURYEO TERRlTORY
MUKBANG NAKRANG TERRlTORY
Do you really think
there is a sacred drum in Jamyunggo Temple?
l'll have to see for myself since it's hard to believe.
lt won't be easy to sneak in there.
We might ruin everything and get kicked out of Nakrang.
We could even get killed.
LAHEE'S CHAMBER JlNYANG PALACE NAKRANG The first queen is here.
Your Majesty.
Your wedding is fast approaching.
We must prepare your wedding robe.
The seamstresses can do that.
Everyone leave us except Donggobi.
- Yes, Your Majesty. - Yes, Your Majesty.
l must go out to see if Jamyunggo will sound by itself.
Maybe the priestess will play trick on us.
DONGGOBl Your Highness
why would you break Her Majesty's heart like this?
Donggobi please stay quiet.
You can't understand how l'm feeling.
l don't regret what l said to you the other night.
MO HASO
Mother l think l'm going to hate you.
Your Majesty you're a hypocrite.
Will you ever call me ''mom'' again?
Probably not.
Yes, you do as your heart tells you
and l'll do as what mine tells me.
Let's take your measurements.
Your Majesty.
A mother doesn't hate her child just because her child hates her.
That's a mother's love.
Send the troops.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Your Majesty!
Look overthere!
The priestess has said that Goguryeo soldiers who
invade Nakrang which is protected by Heaven
shall not return alive.
Prince!
Sound the drum!
Priestess.
Do you hear it?
lt feels as if my eardrums will split.
lt's Jamyunggo!
Jamyunggo Nakrang's sacred drum is beating!
lt's Jamyunggo!
Heaven is sounding Jamyunggo!
Your Majesty. Jamyunggo is ringing.
That's right.
Dangun Wanggeom is protecting Nakrang!
We're invincible!
Hooray!
Slow down.
Lady Puku.
Priestess.
The drum sounded.
Boom boom boom Jamyunggo was thunderous.
l owe it all to you. And to you too.
CHA CHASUNG They say Heaven helps those who help themselves.
Since Heaven has helped us we must do our share.
Show the people through puppet shows how
Goguryeo troops angered Heaven and received its wrath.
CHA CHASUNG'S THEATRE
You'll be the first to watch the show.
And the soldiers of every prefecture will get a
chance to see it as well.
Open your eyes and ears wide and pay attention.
See how Jamyunggo protects Nakrang.
- Go inside. - Yes sir.
l think there are men from China as well.
OurJamyunggo is a huge hit.
Even people from Mokji, Dongmohyun and Luoyang are
here to see it.
No wondertheir robes are so colorful.
Who knows?
Maybe there are Goguryeo spies among them.
Why don't you find them?
You have already seen how Jamyunggo came to Nakrang.
We'll now show you how 600 Gwanna troops of
Goguryeo were washed away in the Paesu River.
Goguryeo says that their starved soldiers snuck into Nakrang
to find food but everyone knows it's a big fat lie!
King Daemushin of Goguryeo sent Wu Naru the idiot general
to spy on Jamyunggo.
You know that much right?
That's right. We all know.
We'll now begin the story.
You have to hearthis!
Come come. You have to hearthis!
The thunderous sound of the drum
lLPUM ripped their eardrums
and rendered the Goguryeo troops senseless.
And they all drowned in the river.
You have to come and see foryourself!
Anyone who invades Nakrang will meet his death.
The sacred land of Nakrang is protected by Dangun.
There is a group invading Mukbang!
Punish them with dirt!
Punish them with waters of Paesu!
lt'll be difficult to conquer Nakrang.
Has Heaven really forsaken Goguryeo and me?
The thunder of Jamyunggo tore
They didn't die because of split eardrums.
They went crazy and threw themselves in the river.
SONG OKGU / WU NARU Those wretches.
How dare they utter such nonsense? l ought to.
Don't.
We should kill anyone who utters such nonsense.
KlNG DAEMUSHlN'S OFFlCE GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO We should behead anyone
who utters the word ''Jamyunggo''
and display his head on the palace wall.
EUL DUJl That'll only make the rumor worse.
CHU BALSO / Envoy for southern district He is right.
Decapitated heads of our people will hang everywhere.
We must fear ourtroops' loss of morale more than the rumors.
Even the Biryuna troops across the Majasu River
are talking about Jamyunggo.
l rushed here.
So tell me what l should do.
First you must strengthen the foundation of
the kingdom by making Prince Haeaewu crown prince.
l can see right through you.
Haeaewu will be made crown prince when the right time comes.
Come up with a real plan.
Please hear me Your Majesty.
What l meant was foryou to see Jamyunggo foryourself.
You're telling the king to risk his life after
naming his successor?
We're talking about His Majesty.
He's Daemushin the God of War!
lf you do not stop the talk of Jamyunggo soon
Choi Li's so-called mystical drum will turn
into a legend that will eventually break Goguryeo.
He's right.
l will get rid of our army's fear.
How could you see Jamyunggo?
Under what pretext will you go to Jinyang Palace?
HOEJUNGWANG JlNYANG PALACE
Did you call for me Your Highness?
l wish to see the priestess.
Give her my message.
ls that true?
Prince Hodong went to see the priestess?
Yes, l saw him go into Suyoung Hall with my own eyes.
SUYOUNG HALL, NAKRANG
Since you won't blow the horn l had to come.
We're in the shrine.
You shouldn't.
Did you throw away my mother's memento?
Yes.
lf you came to harass me please leave.
l want to see Jamyunggo.
You have no right to see the mystical drum Your Highness.
l think l do.
l have a very special relationship with you Priestess.
Please allow me for old time's sake.
Why do you want to see it so badly?
Because l'm angry.
Leave us.
l want to speak privately with the priestess.
You left me forJamyunggo.
l want to see for myself how magnificent the drum is
that you left me for it.
Don't be childish.
Let me ask you something.
Answer me truthfully. Since you're a priestess.
Please ask.
Puku saw an image when she was training the energy flow.
Was it Jamyunggo that she saw?
l saw Prince Hodong leading the Goguryeo army
and Puku protecting Nakrang
both pointing their swords at each other.
Goguryeo will...
not win Nakrang.
l also want Nakrang to win.
Did you forget? l'm the Prince of Nakrang.
lt's time for my prayer.
You left me because of a dream? A prophecy?
l asked you to leave.
l don't know it was Jamyunggo or its masterthat l wanted to see.
l can't figure it out even as l'm standing here
but you seem very serene Priestess.
A person's feelings rage even more the more serene they are.
Puku.
The priestesses will be here soon.
Please leave.
Prince you have no idea.
l can only remain serene when l don't see you.
When you said you loved me.
Was that a lie?
You didn't come to see me but to see Puku?
Why do you hearthings to torment yourself?
Answer me.
l didn't leave Puku. Puku left me.
Do you...
still love her?
lt's not about love.
A man can't forgive the woman who left him.
And because l can't forgive her
she remains in my heart as a shadow.
Do you still not believe me?
We need a lot of things as we become adults.
Yes, we do. So many things.
And of them l needed love the most.
When you love someone your expectations grow.
And when the expectations are not met
you're filled with hatred and bitterness.
And when those feelings get out of hand
it no longer matters whetherthe other person loves you or not.
Then what is most important?
Someone l love.
That l love you.
That alone becomes important.
Puku.
Let Puku.
Let her out of your heart.
Call it forgiveness or whatever.
Please release herfrom your heart for my sake.
l love you.
How can you love someone to death
if you don't have anyone you hate to death?
Prince what's the matter?
l can't breathe.
You haven't been able to sleep at all because of Jamyunggo.
Taechu.
Find out who Puku is...
Find out who Puku's parents are.
l cannot stand this not knowing.
lt only takes a moment to render a person cowardly.
No matter how you deny it l'm your sister.
l know.
Don't ever make me lose my head again.
Once forthe sake of the first queen once to seek
forgiveness for what my mother has done to you
And even though l'd rather die than admit it
once forthe fact that you're my sister
who shares my father's blood.
l'll forgive you three times.
At the pond and today You used up yourtwo chances.
Priestess please be prudent.
No matter what you say
you and l were born to live forthe sake of Nakrang.
Yes, l heard your drum sound.
But l don't believe in your cunning trickery.
GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO
Send a letterto Choi Li.
What shall l write?
Tell him to invite me to Hodong's wedding.
Your Majesty.
But you just sent a letter asking for Hodong's head.
He wouldn't invite you to the wedding.
l'll tell him that although l abandoned him
l wish to see him one last time before l die.
Who knew that Hodong would prove to be so useful
in Jinyang Palace?
lf Choi Li
refuses to invite you to the wedding
how will you cross the border?
Write this at the end of the letter.
ls the King of Nakrang confident enough to
go to all-out war with Goguryeo?
lf you have such faith in Jamyunggo
you may refuse my visit to Jinyang Palace.
EUNPO GATE NAKRANG
lt's a letterfrom the King of Goguryeo to the King of Nakrang.
l've been seeing you often lately.
With Prince Hodong and
the massacre of Gwanna troops at the border.
You must be very upset.
l Daemushin ask you.
ls the King of Nakrang confident enough to
go to all-out war with Goguryeo?
lf you have such faith in Jamyunggo
you may refuse my visit to Jinyang Palace.
How can he be so arrogant?
We have Jamyunggo!
MO YANGHAE The letter is most impudent in nature.
He regards our king as a tribal leader.
WANG JA-SlL Your Majesty we must not overlook such impudence.
We'll have to go to war with Goguryeo sooner or later.
As long as Muhyul is alive
Nakrang must avoid war with Goguryeo.
Your Majesty our troops' morale has soared
because of Jamyunggo.
And we have Prince Hodong and Jolbon troops
who know of Goguryeo army.
The Goguryeo army is strong.
And if Muhyul leads them himself
they'll grow much stronger.
RYU Jl That may not be entirely true.
The Goguryeo army is afraid of our army.
Don't be silly.
Do you think l'm too afraid to face Muhyul?
SUYOUNGGWAN NAKRANG Why are we so afraid of Goguryeo?
l know. l can't understand that either.
We have Jamyunggo.
Jamyunggo prevents wars.
lt can't lead us to victory.
Nakrang has more people
and a greaterfood supply than Goguryeo.
But it's quality over quantity.
Maybe 300000 people of Nakrang are inferior
in quality to 180000 people of Goguryeo.
What l mean is that when l carefully observe the people
of Goguryeo and Nakrang who come to our shows
l get that feeling.
What do you mean?
Listen.
Most of our audience in Nakrang are little children
who come with their mothers.
They're just little ones who barely started walking.
MlCHU You're right!
But there were lots of men audience in Goguryeo.
You're right.
Nakrang lost 20000 soldiers and 50000 commoners
in war with Liu Xian.
His Majesty has encouraged
childbirth to replenish the population
but they're still little children.
lt'll take at least anotherfive to seven years
before the children grow old enough to protect Nakrang.
The maximum number of troops we can summon right now
barely reaches 10000.
But Goguryeo has an army of 18000 almost twice that of ours.
Goguryeo has a strong army that's well trained
through many wars.
lt's superior in number and experience.
Even with the sacred drum protecting Nakrang
we can't risk our kingdom and its people.
Your Majesty it's not a bad idea forthe Goguryeo king
to attend the wedding.
Why do you say that?
lf Hodong and his father can reconcile at the wedding
the two kingdoms will become in-laws.
lt will be an opportunity forthe two kingdoms to unite.
Summon Hodong and the crown princess.
l'll meet them with the first queen.
ls it true the King of Goguryeo will be coming
to Jinyang Palace forthe wedding?
l don't know. lf he comes he comes.
Why you can't wait to see your old master?
l serve the prince and His Majesty the King of Nakrang.
Why won't you allow the 500 soldiers of Jolbon in the palace
and hold them at Minbong and Algi?
l don't know that either.
l'm sure the great general has plans.
You don't need to answer their silly questions.
Let's go. His Majesty is waiting.
You seem troubled.
l grow more anxious.
The victory in Mukbang couldn't ease your anxiety?
We knew where
the Goguryeo troops were coming from this time
but we can't know for sure the next time.
A sacred drum must know where the enemy comes from.
Thank you.
Thank you Crown Princess.
So what do you think Prince?
lt will be uncomfortable but he is yourfather.
You'll regret it if you never see him again.
l'll do as you wishes Mother.
l think it is best to make peace with Goguryeo
and bide ourtime.
l agree with him.
lt's too early to go to war with Goguryeo.
And l must do my duty as his daughter-in-law.
You're not angry anymore?
l buried everything.
l didn't hear anything that night.
You're a wise woman.
l'm a fool.
l only see what l want to see.
They look good together.
She should've become the general's second wife.
Build wooden fences six miles outside the four border gates.
Fences?
Yes, it shouldn't be a big problem since
it's a neutral area that belongs to neither Goguryeo nor Nakrang.
We will earn time while they're busy crossing the fences.
That's a great idea.
GUKNAE PALACE GOGURYEO WlNTER
Brother l'll go with you to Jinyang Palace.
Princess.
lt's already been three years since l last saw Hodong.
l want to see his wedding from a distance at least.
Come to your senses.
You think His Majesty is going there to attend the wedding?
He's going there to get rid of Jamyunggo.
The queen is right.
Don't burden me with your stubbornness.
Hadeok take this to Princess Nakrang.
Yes, Your Highness.
What's that?
YEORANG Jewelry.
lt's my wedding gift to the princess.
How generous of you.
You should be so generous with Haeaewu.
Your Majesty we are ready foryour departure.
Let's go.
HAEAEWU Father have a safe trip.
All right.
Haeaewu.
Were you a good boy?
- Say ''yes. '' - Yes.
CHOl Ll'S OFFlCE JlNYANG PALACE NAKRANG Your Majesty
the King of Goguryeo's procession has passed Suhak.
l'll go to Mukbang with Hodong to greet him.
MUKBANG 25 MlLES FROM JlNYANG PALACE
Welcome to Nakrang.
Thank you for your invitation.
Father.
l never a son like you.
Bring warm wine.
Yes, Your Majesty.
l don't wish to have wine with you.
Your Majesty.
Do not hold his wedding or a banquet in my honor
at Jinyang Palace.
l'll not attend.
May l ask what you mean Your Majesty?
King of Nakrang you and l are both men who spent our days
on horseback with swords in our hands.
l'll be honest.
l didn't come to attend the wedding
but to see Jamyunggo.
lt's not something you can see at will.
Then l should force you to show it to me.
How will you do that?
Eunpo, Mukbang, Algi and Minbong.
You have built fences outside the border gates.
Goguryeo troops are standing in front of those fences.
You must've gotten wind of stray troops sneaking into
Mukbang the last time but this time
l don't know when and where ourtroops will come from.
What do you mean?
Unless Jamyunggo sounds by itself
Nakrang will pay dearly for
deceiving Goguryeo and myself.
JEONGWANG GATE NAKRANG
Goguryeo's king wants to see Jamyunggo for himself
to confirm its mystical powers.
l have no way to stop him.
30 of Goguryeo's troops will cross our northern border.
lf Jamyunggo doesn't sound by itself then
Goguryeo will attack.
We still don't have enough military strength
to fight Goguryeo.
So what else can we do?
We don't know
when the Goguryeo army will cross the border.
Will you be able to sound the drum?
Jamyung.
l trust you with the fate of this kingdom and yourfather.
No one but myself and the Priestess can go inside.
Not even our highest officials.
l'll go in alone.
Father l the crown princess haven't seen Jamyunggo yet.
lf you'll allow me Father l wish to pay my respects
to the mystical drum with you.
ls this Jamyunggo?
That's right King of Goguryeo.
But the size doesn't attest to its power.
l'll see for myself the mystical power of Jamyunggo.
Consider it the price you pay for
seeing Jamyunggo with your own eyes
even if all the Goguryeo soldiers who cross our border die.
Dear Dangun Wanggeom please watch over Nakrang.
The people of Nakrang are your descendants.
Please watch over us
so that our people will be spared from war.
The future of Nakrang rests on this hour.
Please spare us from being trampled by the Goguryeo army.
ALGl GATE NAKRANG
MlNBONG GATE NAKRANG
MUKBANG GATE NAKRANG
General it's time.
Go!
The men of Goguryeo.
lt's time.
We'll prove today that Jamyunggo is only a talk!
Yes sir!
- Charge! - Yes sir!
EUNPO GATE NAKRANG
King of Nakrang l have proven today that
yourJamyunggo is nothing but a lie.
Princess.
The red hawk has soared.
Send the secret army to Eunpo.
Retreat! Retreat!