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We cannot trust Yi Seong Gye alone.
I will stop the war.
Just this once, look the other way, please.
Why didn't you rescue my poor friends?
What are you planning to do?
I'm going to put an end to this rotten Goryeo.
That is nonsense! You could lose your life.
If we go to war with the Ming, we will all lose our lives anyhow.
I must go.
I must stop Lee In Gyeom from greeting the Yuan.
Can you really? Can you promise me?
I promise you.
I will change history at Jangpyung Gate.
Let's go.
That song... that song.
Our mother, it's her song!
That man is the strongest one!
I'm sure you did not do it alone.
Especially someone like you... [Episode 3]
Who is your backer?
Don't bother to tell me it was the citizens.
Or that the sun will still rise even if we cut your head off.
If you're going to say such things, don't even bother.
I'm tired of hearing that.
You are a scholar, after all. I suppose you should not talk too quickly.
I'll allow you to keep your honor.
Oh my! That's so barbaric!
Put that away.
That's for someone like General Choi Young.
[Gil Tae Mi] This is what I prefer.
You know this, don't you? Suffocation with wet paper?
How was it? How was it?
How was it?
I've been so curious about it for a long time.
How did it feel?
Why aren't you saying anything?
[Sambong Jung Do Jeon]
Hold him again.
[Ddang Sae] You heard it? It was definitely the song.
[Boon Yi] Yes, it was.
He went inside, so I'm sure he'll come back at some point.
What do you mean you're not returning to Hamju?
I will not go back to Hamju.
[Lee Bang Woo - oldest son] Why?
Do you want to live in Gaegyeong with me?
I'm a follower of that man.
I want to become like him.
How do I accomplish that?
Come to Sungkyunkwan.
[Yi Bang Won] I will go to Sungkyunkwan.
Poeun! Poeun!
What's going on? What about the Yuan envoy?
The Yuan envoy...
[Han Goo Young] They have decided to leave!
In the end, Sambong's words and methods were correct.
But Teacher Sambong is alone in a cold prison, enduring hardships.
Yes. Now it is time for all of you to respond.
Of course!
[Woo Hak Joo]
The Sadaebu (scholar class) unified and accomplished this.
Thanks to Sambong who sacrificed his own physical well-being...
you now have a scholar you can all model yourselves after.
- Yes! - Yes.
Now we will all have to gather and be strong.
Let's do it!
Scholars! Scholars!
What happened?
Look at this.
The sovereign message the Prime Minister gave the King was fabricated.
Fabricated?
[Jung Mong Joo] We must attack the Sadaebu now.
Now that the Yuan envoy has returned, the Sadaebu have the message to the King.
They know everything!
Jung Do Jeon, that bastard.
[Baek Yoon] If we even show a hint of wavering
the Haedonggapjok (noble class) will side with the Sadaebu.
Just imagine that the Sadaebu's influence will grow.
They will get stronger!
- Sir. - What is it?
The Sadaebu were on their way to the King with an appeal.
I managed to take it from them.
What does it say?
The content is not important.
The Sadaebu is acting too belligerent.
The appeal names the Prime Minister in it.
They say he is responsible for everything, or something to that extent.
Let's get them!
Exile Jung Do Jeon, who is the source of all the problems.
And attack the Sadaebu!
The problem is...
Choi Young.
Prime Minister, General Choi Young is here.
[Choi Young]
Sambong.
[Jung Mong Joo] Sambong, the Yuan envoy has left.
And the Sadaebu has sent out an appeal directly blaming Lee In Gyeom.
[Jung Do Jeon]
It looks like everyone will endure hardship because of me.
If that happens, everyone in the Sadaebu will be tested.
What are your true beliefs?
What kind of person you really are...
Do you think so?
I suppose, after what we have done, no one knows how far they will go.
Everything now depends on General Choi Young.
He is the equilibrium in the balance of power.
How did we let the nation come to this?
[Choi Young] After the assassination of the King
there was only one reason that you were appointed Prime Minister.
The Red Turbans, Japanese, Ming, and Yuan...
You were to keep the nation from chaos if invaders came in.
You were to protect Goryeo.
But... a low class nobody...
He's going to shake this country?
You organized a fake greeting with an envoy just to catch him.
Is this a proper country?
My apologies, General.
I'd like to hear your opinion.
You need to stabilize this country first.
That is your job, Prime Minister.
Then...
Attack and arrest all those Sadaebu ministers!
I understand.
As for Jung Do Jeon, send him to exile without any of the students noticing.
Arrest all the ministers who made an appeal to the government.
Arrest them all!
Grab him.
Wow, Young Master.
Now that you're dressed like this, you truly look like a Gaegyeong citizen.
Really? I really look like I'm from Gaegyeong?
Yes, you look like a Gaegyeong person.
It is awkward, but perfect.
Then I'm going to go in.
Go on in.
Who are all these soldiers?
Do not leave anyone behind.
Arrest everyone!
Teacher, Teacher!
Teacher, Teacher, Teacher!
Teacher!
What is the perfect virtue that Confucius talks about?
It is the same as the seed in the apricot.
It is a seed inside a date from a tree.
[Hong In Bang] That is correct.
The virtue that Confucius talks about is a seed.
That is life.
Seeds will spread.
The shell may seem hard and lifeless, but it will break through and live.
Therefore, live with that heart that comes from it, and spread it everywhere.
Live hard, with spirit.
The more they shut you down, live harder and harder!
- Do you understand? - Yes!
Teacher, Teacher!
[Yi Bang Won] Yes, I'm in the right place.
What are you going to do?
Hold on.
They're stopping. They stopped.
All right. Let's rest for a moment.
Go take a urine break if you need.
Oh, I'm tired. My legs hurt.
Oh my legs...
Sir.
That man over there is our father.
He's going so far.
We thought we should say goodbye.
What? Goodness. No, you cannot!
He is a criminal!
Hey you!
They are still so young.
If he leaves now, who knows when they'll see him again.
All right, all right. Go on and say goodbye.
Thank you.
Mister, about that song you sang at Jangpyung Gate...
What song is that?
Our mom used to sing that song to us.
We're looking for her right now.
That's a song that the late King made up long ago.
Only the late King, Princess Nogook, and a few others know it.
How could your mother sing it?
Father!
Was your mother in the palace?
I don't know.
My mother's name is Gan Nan.
Gan Nan, from the town of Deokjil. Do you know her?
There are probably over a thousand Gan Nan's in Goryeo.
What about the name Yeon Hyang?
Yeon Hyang!
Are you talking about the Princess' palace maid Yeon Hyang?
Do you know her? You know my mother?
I do, indeed.
Where is she? Where is my mother?
Yeon Hyang is dead.
It has been 18 years since her death.
How can they be Yeon Hyang's children?
Yeon Hyang died 18 years ago. How could she have those children?
But, those little girl's eyes...
don't they resemble hers?
The person that he knows must not be our mom.
But that stranger called her Yeon Hyang.
I heard it clearly.
I'm sure you did.
Where else would you have heard the name Yeon Hyang from?
He says the Yeon Hyang he knows knows the song too.
Mom definitely sang that song as well.
Let's go home now.
No, I can't go back like this.
Then what will you do?
I need to know.
I need to know who mom was, and what kind of situation she was in.
And who took her away.
I'm curious too.
But there is nothing we can do. We have nothing.
We finally found one person who knows mom.
He says she's dead.
But a person who supposedly died 18 years ago gave birth to us.
Yes, but brother...
While we're away from home, Mom could be going there now.
Let's go home for now.
You're right. She could be.
So let's just go back home!
All right then. You go back first.
I'll be there after I look around a little longer.
If you're afraid to be home alone...
go to Yeon Hee's house and stay with them.
You pretend to do everything my way.
Truthfully, you don't listen to me at all.
Brother...
Wow!
Move out of the way!
You must really be a Sungkyunkwan scholar.
That's right, and I'm going to live in Gaegyeong from now on.
If you have any problems, come find me.
- All right? - Yes.
By the way, what happened to those other kids?
You know, that girl with the temper?
They left.
What do you mean? When?
It's been about two hours.
I have no one to trust in Gaegyeong but you.
My mom is gone, and I'm so scared that I'll lose my brother too.
What will I do if your dad is not strong enough to help me?
That girl...
I was going to tell her she could rely on me now.
That day...
I was going to ask that girl to plant a Lee In Gyeom tree with me.
Now I will become the strongest man, and break Lee In Gyeom down.
I wanted to break this tree down with her.
Now I will do it alone if I have to.
Lee In Gyeom...
Lee In Gyeom, I will break you with my own hands.
[Yongbongsa Temple] Why does the King only speak of profits?
What's truly important is having humanity and righteousness.
The King thinks to himself, "how can I make things profitable for my country?"
If he does this, the public will consider what they can do to profit themselves.
This will be the result.
Scholars and citizens will only think about trying to benefit themselves.
Therefore, if the upper and lower quarrel and try to gain only for themselves
the nation will only be put at risk.
Wow! That's not the truly marvelous thing.
You didn't have an accent at all. You are truly a Gaegyeong person now.
But, you know...
No matter how important justice is
how can a king not think of a nation's profit?
Isn't it negligent to citizens who need to live and eat?
You must think of the philosophy of governance.
When a nation's governing philosophy is to think only of profits
then the entire nation will be the same.
A businessman cares only about expanding the farms and plantations.
Scholars try only to gain positioning.
And meanwhile, the citizens will even sell their children just to survive.
So, following that governing philosophy, we would all be like Gil Tae Mi.
[Heo Kang] He is supposedly a leader of the nation.
Yet he has been trying to sue farmers and steal their land.
He has sent someone to my home daily.
Take it away immediately!
[Heo Jo] That land belongs to starving citizens.
What do you thinking, trying to take that land away?
Sir.
If you come back here again, I will report you.
Make sure to tell him.
Oh! That stubborn man.
[Gil Tae Mi] I can't even kill him.
Was someone just behind me?
Pardon?
Oh, this looks good.
You drink very well.
I've figured it out. They're meeting at Yongbongsa Temple.
They are Sungkyunkwan scholars.
They are meeting at different locations, which is banned by law.
[Gil Yoo] And they're doing it secretly?
Is that right?
What is it?
Kang Chan Seong has left Sungkyunkwan.
- For what reason? - He is not saying.
In the past month, five of our members have left Sungkyunkwan on their own.
This is not a coincidence.
Do you think this is the doing of Gil Yoo's group?
This is because the teachers have been exiled.
The philosophies of Mencius have been banned.
All because Ming has banned the philosophies of Mencius first.
They're trying to quell the Sadaebu.
Whatever the case...
We must keep this group together until the teachers return.
Do you all understand?
Yes.
Heo Kang? The Head Minister of Justice...
- Heo Jo's son? - Yes, Father.
He is the leader of the Mencius philosophy group.
Like father like son.
I am going through so much trouble with his father right now.
You should take care of it subtly.
That's why I am getting the members to quit the group on their own.
What a tidy way to do it.
I'm proud, very proud.
I'll send word of our next meeting.
Don't forget to hide the book in the mountains.
Remember, every little detail is for the protection of our goals.
Feels good, does it not?
Why are you doing this? Stop this right now!
Oh my, how refreshing.
Look at this, look at this.
Don't you know that this book is illegal?
Burn it.
Burn it?
I'm telling you to burn a book banned by the law. Why are you surprised?
Burn it.
Burn the thing!
Why aren't you burning it?
I cannot do it.
I am a man who serves Confucianism.
How could I burn the Mencius philosophies?
Hold him down.
What is it that you're planning to do?
I'm going to tattoo your forehead.
Tattoo me?
How dare you, on a scholar's body!
Let's see.
- Oh my... - Don't do this.
Don't move now.
That's good. You should stay still.
That way I can draw it pretty.
Don't do it. Don't do it!
I said don't do this!
You cannot do this!
Enough!
Wake up.
Look here, Dong Soo.
What happened?
Give that back!
This happened within Sungkyunkwan.
Who are you to look at it first?
He was my closest friend.
Give it to me now!
What I'm saying is that the Chancellor of Sungkyunkwan should see it.
- Don't you agree? - Look, Gil Yoo!
Heo Kang...
Under his cap...
[Person who causes disorder and disarray in Confucianism.]
Hey!
"As a person who studies Confucianism..."
I was able to protect the book until the end.
However, now that I have been branded with this mark on my body
I no longer have the courage to live on as a scholar.
I am sorry.
Please, protect our goals in my place.
He sure is a passionate scholar.
Do you think we will be okay?
Our names are written there.
We can just replace it with a blank sheet with a dot on it.
It will be as if he was going to write, but couldn't and killed himself.
It's always these inflexible types that cause problems like this.
Chan Seong! I thought you left Sungkyunkwan.
- Chan Seong... - Chan Seong.
How... why did this happen?
Why did you kill yourself, Dong Soo?
Why?
Why did you die?
In the end, I succumbed.
More, more, more. Hurry!
I burned the philosophies of Mencius with my own hands.
As a Sadaebu...
I couldn't bear to have that on my forehead.
I should have died.
And Dong Soo should have lived.
No.
You are both wrong.
Even with a shameful branding on the forehead
one should live out his whole life.
Even if you succumbed to threats and burned the book
you should have stayed at Sungkyunkwan.
Neither of you did anything wrong!
The wrongdoings and evil acts... they were all done by them!
Why did one person kill himself?
And why did another have to leave Sungkyunkwan?
They are truly bad people.
It is a hundred times worse than killing a man with a sword.
They made people throw away their principles.
And live in shame forever.
Either that, or choose to be branded with a tattoo and live forever in shame.
I'm sure it was Gil Yoo who instigated the entire thing.
I cannot forgive them.
But Bang Won...
You must not be rash.
We can't do it with our strength alone.
Heo Kang, Heo Kang!
What is it?
Teacher Hong In Bang has returned.
He has returned from exile.
What? Hong In Bang!
Yes, he is back at Sungkyunkwan.
Teacher!
Oh, it's you Kang.
You had many hardships, didn't you? My name is Bang Won.
He came in on the day that you were taken.
He recited what you said that day every day since.
He has been waiting for you more ardently than we have.
Has that really been happening?
A student who went through it will testify about it.
They must be punished.
Yes, I cannot stand by and watch their evil actions at Sungkyunkwan any longer.
Yes, evil acts.
Evil acts, you say...
Tomorrow we will write of their misdeeds on our posters and put them up.
We will start our plan.
Send a message to all Sungkyunkwan students
here and outside the school.
Do not miss anyone, and gather them all.
Yes, I will do it all within the night.
Don't worry about us either.
Teacher is back now.
We need to use this opportunity to get Sungkyunkwan on the right path.
Move quickly, everyone.
Yes, let's go.
I burned the philosophies of Mencius with my own hands.
[Gil Yoo and the three Lee brothers forced pupils to burn philosophies of Mencius.]
[If they refused, they were threatened by death and branding of their foreheads.]
- How could they? - They should be stoned to death!
Where is Bang Won?
I'm sure he will be here soon.
Young Master, we should get going to Sungkyunkwan.
Do you want to burn your copy of Mencius' philosophies?
Or do you want to be branded?
Well?
Master, something happened last night, didn't it?
How...
They made people throw away their principles.
And live in shame forever.
Either that, or choose to be branded with a tattoo and live forever in shame.
Young Master, please tell me.
What is wrong?
- Young Kyu. - Yes.
When a man...
When a man does what?
When he lives in shame forever...
how do you think that feels?
What?
Just this once, look the other way, please.
Young... Young Master?
Young.... Oh my goodness!
Gosh, I'm so frustrated.
Why would my son bother doing something like that?
Many students saw that poster.
The story is spreading everywhere now.
If we don't figure this out...
[Baek Yoon] this will hurt the Prime Minister.
So what? Are you going to do an inquiry on my son now?
What is this?
Do you have a death wish? Move.
Gil Tae Mi, sit down!
You need to take charge of the investigation.
If Hong In Bang leads it, the students will be satisfied with it.
What? Let him be in charge?
Look here, Chancellor!
He is very impudent.
He serves the Prime Minister, and now he thinks he is the Prime Minister.
Crazy man.
Is he truly the best swordsman?
Did he really beat Hong Ryoon?
Why? Are you curious? You doubt me?
Should I show you whether I am the best swordsman or not?
Hey, Lee Man Jong. I hear you're the best in Seobukmyun.
Wow, look at that gaze.
I can read what you're thinking.
"What kind of great swordsman are you?"
"It's got to be a false reputation."
"If we fought, I would win."
Is that what you're thinking?
How did I know?
A lot of people think that when they meet me.
They think the best swordsman should be serious, and heavy.
A man of solitude... That's what people usually think.
So, people often doubt me.
Well, what do you think happened to all those people?
They're all lying down... in the ground.
Be careful.
We will see whether it is long or short.
I have seen it, and there is not much there.
I put up the poster.
It was all the truth.
There was nothing to hide, so I'm coming forward.
[Gil Yoo] How dare you?
How could you accuse your classmate without any evidence?
Do you have evidence that Gil Yoo organized all of this?
Yes, I have a witness.
Step forward, Kang Chan Seong.
Did they beat you and force you to burn your philosophy book?
Did they threaten to brand you on the forehead with a tattoo?
Speak!
Have you seen us outside of here?
Come now. Speak comfortably.
Did you burn the philosophies of Mencius book with your own hand?
I...
As for my book...
I did not burn it.
I only left Sungkyunkwan because I have a chronic illness and needed treatment.
I do not know why Heo Kang is saying these things about me.
Are you telling the complete truth?
- Yes. - Hey, Kang Chan Seong.
For your false accusation against a fellow classmate, and causing conflict
I sentence him to ten lashings.
How could Chan Seong do this?
I'm sure he received something in return for not making a statement.
Or he was threatened.
Probably.
I don't think so.
What student in the world would admit to burning that book in front of everyone?
He probably regrets even telling us.
How are you so certain?
Because I know how he feels.
Are you planning to go to war with Baek Yoon?
Baek Yoo was taking the side of Heo Jo's son.
And was going to punish my son. How could I do nothing?
You shouldn't be that way either.
My son went through so much to help you.
Because things went well, I'm letting it go.
- If things had not... - If they had not, what?
Do you think you could beat Baek Yoon?
Baek Yoon is only where he is because he stole land from others.
So, Prime Minister...
Do something about Heo Jo so that I can get some land too.
Why you...
If you bother Baek Yoon once more, I will kill you with my own hands!
Put me down. Put me down!
Hurry! Put me down.
I am going insane.
What do you expect from me!
I can't kill them all, right?
Master, you have a guest.
Young Master... Young Master!
Young Master!
What do you think you're doing?
Did Gil Tae Mi send you?
Does he think I will bend because of threats from soldiers?
Minister.
We're here to make an arrest for a murder committed last night.
Murder?
Is Sungkyunkwan student Heo Kang your son?
What are you saying? I am Heo Kang.
What are you saying? He would never...
Last night, in Hojae-dong, the Lee brothers were found dead.
And this was found at the scene.
What are you doing? Arrest him!
Yes!
It's not true, Father.
Father! I'm sorry.
Young Master!
Gil Tae Mi...
This does not make sense.
You spent the night drinking with us.
I will be your witness.
I have already made a statement.
And?
Why isn't he being discharged?
Since you are my friends...
they will assume you are lying.
To others eyes, the motive is very clear.
How did your clothing end up there?
Why was it there?
This cannot be! This makes no sense.
This is complete nonsense to accuse my son of murder.
What are you plotting?
I wonder.
Gil Tae Mi, do you not fear the heavens?
Then go on and plead to the heavens.
Ask them to save your son.
Or... there is another method.
Do you know what this is?
It's half of Pyungtaek Fields.
Here you go.
[Cho Young] Why are you being so frivolous today?
Frivolous, thoughtless, and flippant, all very light words.
There are no better words to describe me!
That was marvelous.
How did you come up with such a scheme?
Teacher, are you here?
I am Yi Bang Won.
Is Teacher home?
He has gone to the Hwasadan.
The Hwasadan?
Where is that?
It's your first time here, isn't it?
How is it?
I worried that you might not like it.
I'm getting used to it.
Yes, yes. You should. That way, we can meet often.
I have a big debt to repay to you.
People like Heo Jo need their sons to be accused of murder
before they stamp papers.
I tried everything with him.
Now, it is your turn to keep your promise.
Ah, the marriage. Of course.
Set a day and let me know, Hong...
Oh no... In-law.
Yes, I'll do that.
By the way...
You didn't kill the three Lee brothers yourself, did you?
I used an assassin. There's no need to worry.
Oh my, you did very well. You did well.
What should I do?
I'm liking you more and more, In-law.
Is this the place they call Hwasadan?
In-law... In-law?
My in-law...
Let us see each often from now on.
I am very lonely.
Yes, all right.
Baek Yoon tries to step on me every chance that he gets.
The Prime Minister doesn't treat me like he used to anymore.
He didn't even help me out this time.
I'm the reason he became Prime Minister.
This time around...
it was only you who helped me strategize and get Heo Jo.
And I was able to get Pyungtaek Fields.
Excuse me.
Are you Gil Tae Mi, Goryeo's best swordsman?
Yes, I am.
I am the best swordsman, Gil Tae Mi.
Why do you ask?
Have you ever seen this person?
I don't know. I don't know. How would I know such a person?
I came all the way from Daeryuk to find this person.
Can you look more carefully?
What is this?
Who are you?
So, it was a false reputation.
It isn't you.
Your sword has a completely different way about it.
What?
How could the best swordsman in this nation
be such a frivolous person?
What? Who is that old man?
You? What are you doing here so late?
I saw you in front of Hwasadan...
What was that?
What did you see?
I believe I imagined something.
What you saw was not imagined. It was reality.
How could you, Teacher?
How could you work together with such an evil person?
An evil person, you say...
What is evil?
And what is good?
On the day that I entered Sungkyunkwan...
you spoke to us with confidence, and left Sungkyunkwan.
But...
How could you?
With those evil people?
Teacher, Teacher, Teacher!
Is there really such a thing as an evil person and good person?
Do you become evil just because you commit a wicked act?
Does one commit evil deeds because they are indeed evil?
I'm sorry. Please let me live.
Please let me live!
I don't know anything. Jung Mong Joo told me to do it.
You don't know whether you're a chicken or a bird until you try flying.
I did not know either... what exactly I was.
I didn't know how I would react in times like those.
Good and evil?
What is the use of that?
I do not know about good or evil.
However...
I may not be good, but I am at least just.
You're playing with words.
What is the difference between goodness and justice?
Heo Kang!
Kang, are you okay?
I am fine.
We need to take care of you.
Let us go.
What? What are you saying?
It is just as I told you.
You must still pay me.
I didn't get to do the job, but it's the same thing.
I risked my life and went to that house.
So... you're saying you did not kill them?
I went there and they were already dead.
So, I left that piece of clothing there like you ordered me to.
What is going on here?
Then who did that to them...
Hong In Bang... Hong In Bang.
Sungkyunkwan Steward.
Young Master.
Please tell me.
I'm in charge of your safety.
I will break you down some day.
Come on, Young Master!
Don't change the topic. What happened last night?
It was nothing.
How could it be nothing? You came in on the verge of collapse!
And you were covered in blood!
- Young Kyu. - Yes?
Do you know about being good and just?
I may not be good, but I am at least just.
You are playing with words.
What is the difference between goodness and justice?
Tell me.
Goodness means you will embrace even evil and accept it.
But justice means you will never accept evil.
Justice means you must get rid of evil...
in order to be called just.
It can't be... was it him?
What is good?
And what is evil?
What?
Gosh, how would I know that?
Are you going to change the topic again?
What was all that blood last night?
That blood was not mine.
Then... whose was it?
Hey... Young Master!
Goodness...
What is this?
Why is it suddenly... I've never seen it like this before.
First.
This is just the beginning.
[Third Dragon]
[Yi Bang Won]
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These are troublesome times. More and more, it is trouble.
You should have died too!
You should have died too, you idiot!
Sambong, where are you?
Who do I need to kill now?
What was it that I saw?
What exactly was it?