[Episode 4]
I made it. No doctor, but I got medici---?
Father.
Dad, are you all right? Dad.
Dad!
No!
Dad, no, I brought medicine. To make you better.
So open your eyes. Open your eyes!
Dad, no, don't die.
I was wrong. I lied, I didn't listen to you.
But I'll stop. I'll do everything you tell me.
So get up. Please get up!
Dad, Dad...
Dad... Dad...
No. It's not me.
Jinyong? It's not me. I never heard that name.
I'm just a shill living under Kwangtong Bridge.
Relax, you don't have to hide anymore.
I'm not judging you.
You ran off from service? So I had to find you.
But you're safe now.
No one can hurt you anymore.
I see.
You posed as a boy.
So they had no chance of finding you.
My lord?
Listen, Jinyong.
You'll never be a slave again.
Your station and clan have been restored.
Everything your father left you.
What are you saying?
Who are you?
Station and clan?
My father?
Dad, I'm sorry. It's my fault. I was wrong.
I'm sorry, I really am.
"Kang Dojun?" Who is that?
Please tell me, why were the police after you?
Why? Father.
We have to go. The police are coming. We need to go.
I'll come back.
I'll find a way back.
I swore to Yongdal. I have to find her.
Wait for me until then. All right, Father?
There he is! He's getting away.
Listen, Jinyong.
You'll never be a slave again.
Your station and clan have been restored.
A noble? Me?
Miss, I am your escort.
If you please.
Well? Escort the Young Miss.
Sir.
No. I won't go alone.
Kwanghyon... Kwanghyon is coming with me.
You mean the boy that was with you?
Where is he now?
Tell us, Miss.
I can help him.
You can?
You'll help Kwanghyon?
Yes.
Leave no one alive, not Baek Sukgu or the boy.
Kill them both, understood?
Relax, he'll be fine. If you'll excuse me.
No. I'm going too. To find Kwanghyon.
My lord.
. . . no . . .
There. There's the traitor's brat.
What? Traitor? Never!
He's alone. Lower your weapons and take him.
Sir.
No closer. Not one step closer.
My dad was no traitor, he wasn't!
Silence. Your father was a fugitive from the royal guards.
He killed a doctor.
No. You're lying.
He never. And I'm not a traitor's son.
Why did you kill my dad? Why? Why?
Who did that? Who fired?
Stop firing immediately.
Look out, Kwanghyon!
Yongdal, Yongdal...
Look out, Kwanghyon! No...!
- No, Kwanghyon! No...! - Jinyong.
- No! Kwanghyon, no! - Jinyong...
Father... Yongdal...
I have go find you... Father... Yongdal... I have to...
. . . I swore I would . . .
No, you can't do this. You said you'd come back.
You swore you would. You said to wait for you.
You, move it along.
Easy with that.
The Yangju registration records.
If you please.
No need. Why bother me with all this?
His Majesty has appointed you as her guardian.
You will be in trouble you squander her legacy.
Assets can rot like stagnant water.
But money can be used to make money.
However much I use can be restored easily enough, don't you worry.
A doctor that knows politics and how to make money?
I like you more and more.
Easy with that. Move it along.
Yeah, yeah.
Is it done?
Yes, sir. Everything has been moved as you ordered.
Clean up her past as well.
She is the heiress of a vast fortune.
No one can know about her sleazy friends.
Yes, my lord.
Good. I wonder how she's doing?
No, you can't have them, give me my sandals.
Now, now, what do you need with these nasty old things?
We'll throw these out and get you dressed properly.
Eat properly and take your medicine.
No, I won't.
Give it back.
What is all this?
Well?
My lord... it's just...
Behave. You asking for a beating?
Forgive me, my lord.
Forgive THIS?
It wasn't her fault. I was being stubborn.
Don't hit her.
All right. Hush up and get out.
It's been days now.
You're making yourself sick.
If you're stubborn, your servants will suffer.
I'm sorry, my lord, but...
Is it the boy? Your dead friend?
It's my fault. He died because of me.
Jinyong.
If they hadn't met me, Kwanghyon and his father would still be alive.
I lost a friend once, too.
Your father.
I was heartsick, just like you.
I couldn't help him.
I felt it was all my fault.
My lord.
But trust me, Jinyong.
You're not to blame for his death.
Stop making yourself sick.
Who did it then? Who killed him? Who killed Kwanghyon?
I expect your best.
My lord.
I'm sending her to my wife's family home in Ansong.
See to it.
Yes, my lord.
Forget the past and start a new life.
You have given me an opportunity.
And I will give you all you could ask for.
You will be the finest lady in the land.
Kwanghyon...
Wh-what are you?? I'm fine.
What's fine, girly? Your feet hurt.
There. A little big, but better than nothing.
I'll find you again, Yongdal. You know that?
I'll save my dad and find you.
Mm. You better. Just like you did before.
Swear.
Liar. Jerk.
You said you'd buy me new ones. That you'd come back.
Come on, move it along.
The wagons are here, get 'em unloaded.
Well? Move it if you don't want a beatin'.
EEK! A body!
It's a body, a body.
Is it a ghost or a person?
A corpse... Hey, corpse-boy.
He a ghost or a boy?
Is it dead or alive?
It was a difficult delivery. A lot of blood loss.
It won't be easy.
What? These animals are expensive.
Do something.
What kind of horse doctor can't deliver a colt?
Sir...
Sir, something's happened. Hurry, come quick.
Ugh, what is it now?
A horse or a pig?
Come quick.
Stand back.
What is this? Is it a boy?
I was loading stuff and there he was.
So? Is he alive or dead?
He's breathing. Unconscious, I think.
A bum, then. Who needs him?
Dump him somewhere.
Sir, he's breathing. Perhaps we should send for a doctor.
A doctor? You have that kind of money?
If you care so much, you help him.
Sir? I treat horses, not people.
Enough. It's either that or dump him.
We're lucky if Buddha blesses us with a colt, much less living-dead-boy here.
Back to work.
How is he?
An arrow wound. Blood loss.
I don't know much about people.
But I doubt he'll last the night.
How did this happen?
Who knows?
What about the colt?
It was still-born.
I can do no more. It's up to the animal now.
But you'll be blamed. You'll suffer for it.
It'll blow over in a day or two.
I just hope we don't have two corpses in the morning.
Dad... Yongdal.
No, Father. Don't go.
Don't leave me.
Who are you?
Who are...?
Who...?
Don't worry.
I'll save you.
I'll bring you back to life.
My boy... my little boy...
Sir!
Sir, come quick.
What is it now?
Just come on.
How did this happen?
I was right. It's all right.
The boy, too. No fever, complexion good.
What's this? You said there was no hope.
I was a shocked as you.
It may have been the boy.
She lost her colt but caring for the boy gave her new life.
Oh? Is that possible.
Yes. Man and beast, such bonds exist.
The boy gave her life. She watched over him through the night.
He was hit with an arrow?
Doesn't that make him a criminal?
Perhaps. I couldn't say.
I have to report him.
My lord, why bother?
We can't be sure. Just ignore it.
What? What if he's a hardened criminal?
If you don't report him we can take him on as a servant.
A servant?
Yes, in times of famine it's common to feed...
...and house boys in exchange for service.
Ah, true, right. There is that.
Let's see, an indentured servant...
We did take him in, after all.
Back with us?
Yes.
What's your name?
How did this happen? Are your parents dead?
Say no more. It's obvious.
Where am I?
This is a ranch.
We tend horses, cattle, dogs.
I'm the horse doctor with the gentleman over there.
Horse doctor?
Vets, really. Horses, cattle, all the animals.
The young miss.
Miss.
If you please, miss.
Can't I see my old friends before we go?
They're not at the bridge anymore.
His lordship found them a nice place, don't you worry.
Mister, we'll help you, come on.
I'm busy, you.
Come on.
I'm busy, little brats.
Mister.
Miss, the door.
Next please.
The capital! There's the capital.
Pardon me. Are you all right?
Yes, I'm fine.
Miss.
The capital. Do you see it, Dojun?
All the injustice done to you has been redeemed.
Your clan has been restored.
So you're saying they have restored the little Kang girl to the clan?
Yes, so I hear.
Our young miss inherited everything.
She's the only living heir.
Why do you ask?
No reason, it's nothing.
No, it's the wrong child.
She's not Dojun's child.
The boatman took his son and left the island?
Yes. Some time ago.
If he came to the capital he must have heard about the Kang clan.
Where else would he have gone?
And the boy?
What of Dojun's son?
Well? Give him another beating.
Sir.
Enough.
Little ingrate.
I save your life and you try to run away?
I have to. I have to go.
Silence. You're a slave.
Beat him within an inch of his life.
Till he can't even dream of running off.
Sir.
Say something. They're hurting him.
He has takes what he gets.
Until he sees he can't get away.
That's the only way he'll give up.
Sir.
Keep him in the stables.
And no food for the little loafer, clear?
Sir.
Yongdal.
I'm all right. It doesn't hurt much.
Your eyes really are like Yongdal's.
The same big dark eyes.
It's been 3 months.
I hope she's all right.
They arrested her. Is she all right?
Welcome home.
It's been too long.
How is Jinyong?
You ask about her first?
She's doing well. You'll be surprised.
Sissy.
Sissy, here.
Jinyong, here, here.
Miss.
Jinyong.
Look how he calls her "Sissy, Sissy." She's a whole new girl.
Father.
My lord.
"Find no fault in others."
"Find no praise in yourself."
"Find no flaw in those that see yours, for true friends are not sycophants."
Excellent. You've learned the basic texts?
Sissy never misses anything, Father.
Yes, I can see that.
Listen to the two of you go on.
Blood will tell.
Just like your father in so many ways.
All thanks to her ladyship and Songha.
Well, darling? Shall we go to the capital and show her off?
Need you ask?
We're going to the capital, Father?
Yes. You both have been here long enough.
Now we're going back.
Here.
So Baek Sukgu is dead. But they never found the boy's body?
Exactly.
What happened...?
It's obvious. No one can survive a fall like that.
Just give it up.
No. Keep looking.
I can't give up.
Look for a boy that age that was found at the same time.
Spend as much as it takes.
If you insist on looking, try this.
Some boys were pressed into slavery around that time.
I found it in my search. Twenty boys or so.
Dojun, please help me.
Help me find him. Please.
Miss Jinyong.
Where are you?
Go find her.
Sir.
Miss. Miss Jinyong. Where are you?
That is Baek Sukgu's...
Excuse me.
I need some help.
His names Kwanghyon.
This is what he looks like.
Have you seen him in the welfare office?
Sorry, haven't seen him.
All the same...
You must be alive, somewhere, somehow.
But Kwanghyeon, what if you're not?
What if I never see you again?
Yongdal...
What? Are you sick?
The horse that came in yesterday?
Yes, it keeps shifting. And its thigh doesn't feel right.
Feel right? The stable boy and expert now?
It's not that.
Sir, forget all this.
I'm dead tired and he's keeping us up.
Let's take a look.
Yeah, well, I'm sleeping.
He has an infection.
We'll have to flush his system or he'll lose the leg.
But how did you know that?
It's not easy to detect.
I could just...
feel it with my hands.
We have to hurry. You help me.
Huh? Me?
Who else is there?
I have to bleed him. I need your help.
Can you do it?
Yes, I'll try.
There, hang on.
Hang on now.
There we go.
That's it, there.
Kwanghyon, hold your hand here.
Sir.
Press hard.
Got it. There. That's it.
Well done.
A little more.
There.
Kwanghyon, some water?
Good.
Well done.
You, too.
That's that. Sit.
Sir? Yes, sir.
Sit.
You're the one that saved me.
Hm?
When I came here. You saved me.
Why didn't you let me die?
I'm of no use to anyone.
It wasn't me.
Sir?
I don't know what you're thinking, but I didn't save you.
And I don't know if you're of any use or not.
But I do know that horse would have lost its leg if not for you.
You have talented hands.
What do you say to being a horse doctor?
Sir?
I'm getting old and you need a trade.
At my age you realize that everyone has a purpose.
I don't know what yours is...
but coming here before you died, living in the stables...
there is some purpose behind it.
But I hate medicine.
Saving people, saving animals, I hate it.
What good is it?
My dad had me study it...
and when he needed me...
I couldn't think of a thing.
Like a fool.
I didn't do a thing.
What? Not again.
What is it?
He took another carcass.
For months now, when an animal dies, someone steals the carcass, like a ghost.
A tiger? Wolves?
No. This is a man.
You head on back.
Tonight I'm going to catch him.
Mister? Is that you?
Who's there?
What is all this..?
Stop. Don't move a muscle.
Wha??
Stop, I said. You'll hurt yourself.
Who are you?
What are you doing?
You're quite the talker.
Can't you tell? I'm a doctor.
Pulse is still weak, but you're healing.
Three months ago I thought you might die.
Looks like I got to you in time.
Three months?
Then he...?
Shhh.
Then I wasn't dreaming?
You were the one that treated me?
It can't be. What kind of doctor lives like this?
And why do you steal animal carcasses?
To learn about the viscera.
Huh?
I'm curious but we can't cut up corpses.
I'm sorry for the animals, but how else can we learn?
That's all. Scoot.
If you're grateful to me, you might set aside a chicken for me.
A nice plump juicy one.
That's dumb. A doctor?
Still, all the others thought I was dead.
Was it really him?
Did he save me?
Could you be any slower?
Chop-chop, move it!
Best behavior today.
We have important buyers today, so no slip-ups.
Understood?
Yessir.
I should move ten head today.
We'll sell them all today?
Not all, but a lot.
Buyers come twice a year to the ranch.
And her, too?
She'll be happy with the right owner.
We say goodbye a lot around here.
Think of it as a good thing.
Yes, sir.
Who are the highfalutins today?
Last time we had one of the ministers.
Let's go.
Sir, we might leave this animal out.
Her nerves aren't good.
She may make a poor showing.
Which is why I told you to get her ready.
Less excuses, more herding.
Today's my best bet to get a good price for her.
You sent for me?
The buying will start soon.
When the horses are displayed, you lead this one.
Me?
Yes. She's less nervous around you.
Well? Can you do it?
This is definitely the place.
Excuse me a moment.
That's her. The girl that was restored to her fortune.
Ah, so it is.
You know what else? The clan has vast landholdings.
Not just wealth. Many ministers have come from that clan.
Remember, Jinyong, people will notice you wherever you go.
But don't be intimidated.
No one would dare to not pay you proper respect.
Sissy, it's starting. Look.
Jinhyong, look.
Kwanghyon.
Kibae's been looking for you.
Where is he? I was sure he went this way?
He definitely said Kwanghyon.
Kwanghyon.
Where's Jinyong?
Strut your stuff, find a good owner.
What's wrong? Are you sick?
What is it? Are you hurt?
Kwanghyon, you're up. Go on.
Let's go.
Kwanghyon, Kwanghyon.
Jinyong!
Songha!
Songha, Songha. Wake up, Songha.
Translated by D. Bannon Subtitles provided by MBC
But it's still a life.
Whether it's a doctor or a horse doctor. They both save lives.
Doctors are supposed to rescue lives.
What did you just say? Songha... what?
I think the horse doctors made a mistake.
Please spare our lives.
No!
Then he's going do die.
Shut up. I will make you repay your sins with your life.
I did it! I did! I did it!
Nuri's all well now! He's all recovered!
I didn't know there was such a place in the capital. Amazing.
I think they're the daughters of the wealthy lords.
What do you think you're doing?
You're prettier when you're mad.
I told you to stop.
Jinyoung!