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[Episode 34]
Live only for yourself.
Don't look after the world!
Are you busy?
Yes. Teacher Sambong feels rushed with the temple reform.
I... met my mom.
What?
I met my mom.
How?
Mom... sought me out.
But I can't tell anyone.
Neither Teacher Sambong nor Young Master Bang Won.
I couldn't even tell Bang Ji.
I finally met Mom after over a decade...
What do you mean?
- You saw Mom? - Bang Ji...
Tell me. What do you mean?
Bang Ji...
Jung Mong Joo!
Did Mom... really say that?
Yes.
She told me to tell you.
"You should be ready to abandon your loved ones for a big purpose."
Is that really what she said?
Yes.
She said that if I'm not ready for it, I should quit.
I think she's right.
Now, in hindsight, I can understand.
Mom said that she was Moomyung.
It makes sense now.
I must not be as attached to Mom as you are.
It's not too hard for me.
Don't do that, Boon Yi.
That's not true.
No, I mean it. I'm really fine with it.
Mother really said that...
Teacher Sambong...
Teacher Sambong has been arrested.
How can this possibly happen!
Minister Yi left home last night and hasn't returned!
This couldn't have happened without Father's silent approval.
Poeun must have started this while Minister Yi was absent!
Did Poeun really sway Father?
We have to find General Yi first!
I will find Father no matter what it takes!
Moogook's judgment turned out to be correct.
Regardless of what Poeun thinks of us, we should be supporting him.
That's right. The problem is... Yi Seong Gye.
The issue is how will Yi Seong Gye react to Sambong's arrest?
Will Jung Mong Joo be able to control Yi Seong Gye?
Yeon Hyang, I'm sorry.
If I hadn't looked for you
they wouldn't have done such a horrible thing to your children.
You should become Moogook now
and reestablish the organization for a counterattack!
How can you leave them to live their lives?
Why do you look at me that way?
I can't strike Yooksan now.
Then the organization would collapse.
Don't mind me. I was thinking about what you said.
I see.
In order for this country to return to the stability
of before when Lee In Gyeom lost his power
Poeun has to be able to control Yi Seong Gye.
Yes, that's right.
First, study Poeun's every move.
Yes.
We have to send Sambong into exile!
But the agreement I had with Minister Yi
was to make Sambong step down from his post for a while.
So how can we exile him?
Even if Sambong steps down from his post
as long as he stays in Gaegyeong, his tie with Minister Yi will continue.
But when Minister Yi comes back--
I will take care of Minister Yi!
Your Majesty, please write your command to send Sambong into exile!
Before Minister Yi comes back, we have to send him to exile!
I will send him quietly, as quickly as possible!
I will. Bring me the brush and paper.
There is no need for torture.
His Majesty's command is to send him into exile.
So prepare a palanquin.
- A palanquin, not a cage? - That's right.
- Get ready. - Yes.
Let's go.
This was your plot to set me up?
I have become another scholar of Confucianism
who has surrendered to the necessity of politics.
If you were going to surrender...
why didn't you come with me?
Why didn't you come with me towards my new country?
No. I can never allow the crumbling of Goryeo.
Now I am going to kill you and revive you as a scholar of Confucianism.
I couldn't find Boon Yi, so I told Pal Bong's father.
I told him that everyone should spread out and look for General Yi.
I also told Trainer Hong to take all the soldiers in training and look for him!
Boon Yi!
- What's going on? - Teacher Sambong was arrested?
Yes, right out of Dodang.
How can this possibly happen?
What about the General? Did he just let it happen?
General is not around. We don't know where he is.
Can this be... another Moomyung plot?
Why do you ask?
I'm asking if Moomyung did this.
Bang Ji.
I don't know.
Whether Poeun is a part of Moomyung or he was asked by Moomyung...
But I'm sure this is what Moomyung wanted.
Young Kyu, as soon as you find Father, report to me.
Yes.
Let's go to the State Tribunal.
You...
will be remembered as an exemplary loyal scholar who was executed
as he tried to reform the country that was falling apart.
That is the only way.
You will never stop otherwise.
How could anyone with such a perfect plan give up on it?
So, that's why you will kill me?
Haven't you always said
"Righteousness is more important than his body when a man dies."
"A man of virtue upholds righteousness at the expense of his body."
Then you will have to make sure that you are thorough in killing me.
Otherwise, you will end up dead.
If that happens, the exemplary loyal scholar will not be me.
It will be you.
What? Exile?
His Majesty's command has already been rendered
so Lord Sambong is on his way into exile.
Pardon?
I don't know what is going on.
Where did Father go?
- Did you see a cage cart pass by? - Have you seen a cage cart?
I haven't seen one.
Did you see a cage cart?
It holds Teacher Sambong, who burnt the land registers!
Did you see a cage cart with him in it?
I didn't see one.
We've heard he has already left!
I acted as soon as I heard, but where on earth did he go?
They must've sent him in secret so we couldn't rescue him.
How does this make any sense?
There was no interrogation and there was no confession either!
How does it make sense to send him into exile?
This path leads to the mountain.
How is it possible that no one has seen him?
Is this what you do as someone who thinks of leaving a name in history?
It is work to be done by someone who tries to protect the country.
Teacher Sambong begged you!
He said he'd give you complete authority of the new country!
I don't need any power given by a usurper.
What is so great about this country that you'd go this far to protect it?
What is so great about your big goal
that you'd flip this country we were born to and grew up in!
Do you really believe that Teacher Sambong is from the lowly class?
I have evidence.
What evidence?
Just like when you deposed King Woo with the reason of "abandoning the fake"?
Would King Woo have known about himself?
Whether he was the son of Shin Don or the previous king?
Who would ever know?
In the end, the one with power remains as a member of the precious class
and the one without power is made to be a member of the lowly class!
That's why Sambong is from the lowly class!
The sins he has committed are so grand
that he has made himself into a member of the lower class.
That's something you yourself should keep in mind!
Yes...
I will engrave this lesson from today deep in my heart, Teacher.
Was anyone against sending away Sambong?
I sent him in secret.
Then let us release everyone from exile, including Lee Saek
who was impeached by Sambong.
I will write a royal command to have them reinstated
so execute it right away.
We will need people who can support us.
A message should have already reached Lord Lee Saek by now.
- Pardon? - That's what I said!
Now all of us, with our Teacher, will return to the government posts.
Did Poeun give you a hint?
Yes.
Poeun didn't betray us. He was looking for a chance.
To force Poeun use such a scheme...
I am truly disappointed with Sambong!
How could Poeun...
Teacher, you have to return to Gaegyeong
and give your support as soon as possible.
Please get ready. I will escort you!
I will.
Wait here.
By the way, I don't see Lord Jo around.
Oh my... He's gotten a bit strange these days.
He drinks and cries every day.
He lost everything because of the land policy reform.
He must've killed Minister Yi more than a hundred times in his mind.
Why do you have such a face?
Don't mind me. I am just very surprised that Poeun would do such a thing.
Yi Bang Won must've been cornered. What would he be doing?
The ones who have been impeached will be reinstated
and they will seize all of the core posts in the government.
How could it happen so fast?
Did General Yi really change his mind?
General has returned.
Where is he?
What? What on earth does it mean? Who was sent to exile?
Did Poeun not give you any hint at all?
He only said that he'd make Sambong take a step back for awhile.
He didn't say that he'd send him into exile this way!
How could Poeun dare--
Teacher Poeun... seems to have planned this from the beginning.
He pretended to agree with us
but he was plotting this scheme behind our backs! I'm sure of it!
Brother!
- Brother! - General! General!
From what I heard
Sambong and Poeun would try to convince each other until their deaths.
Yes, we did.
Then...
Why did you set up Sambong to be from the lowly class and impeach him?
Because Sambong cannot be convinced.
Then you could accuse all of us of treason and kill us!
Isn't that right?
Then I will have to punish you as well.
But I don't have the power to kill you.
Are you saying that you have the power to kill Sambong?
Do you think I will let that happen?
Did you think the history of this generation will disappear with Sambong?
I will make this clear to you.
The day Sambong dies...
will be the day that Goryeo crumbles!
Bring back Sambong!
I cannot do that.
Bring back Sambong.
You should go ahead and cut off my head.
What?
Did you say that the day Sambong dies will be the day Goryeo falls apart?
Pardon me for saying this
but if I die now, Goryeo will fall apart!
It's not that I am great, but that's how far this country has come.
So cut off my head right here
lead your army to Manwoldae
and bring down His Majesty!
Then you should sit on that throne!
That's what you can do!
Can you do that?
You can't. You are not someone who could go through with that.
Cover Gaegyeong with blood, sit on the blood-stained throne
and change the country! You're not someone who can do it!
That's why this is not the path that you should continue on anymore.
If you don't stop now
more blood will flow in the future.
General Yi...
Please...
Please remain as a hero of Goryeo.
I have only one thing to say.
Bring back Sambong!
I cannot do it!
- Then I will stop everything. - General!
Even if I resign...
you know that not all of my military power will be gone.
You will resign?
If you resign
who do we even have to control the military?
I cannot allow it!
I have already made my decision.
I will excuse myself now.
Minister Yi! Minister Yi!
Minister Yi...
His Majesty did not allow your resignation.
Here is the answer from His Majesty.
I made myself clear.
I'm going to visit you every day.
I'm going to leave Gaegyeong.
Bang Gwa, make sure to focus on training the soldiers in the army base.
And repair the army base in Hamju.
You have to prepare it so that they can move as soon as my order is out.
Yes.
- Let's go. - Yes.
Minister Jung Mong Joo is here to see you, sire.
How did it go?
He didn't seem to have any plans of changing his mind.
But Minister Yi wouldn't do anything reckless.
How can you be sure?
He is a warrior with virtue and manners.
Yes, virtue was the strongest aspect of Minister Yi.
But it will become his weakness that will shackle his actions from now on.
Then... what will you do now?
We will give traitors severe punishment
and I will make sure to change the treacherous thoughts deep in Minister Yi.
Poeun looks like a completely different person.
Sambong... your wish will never be realized now.
General Yi Seong Gye won't be able to strike Poeun
but he can't leave me here either.
Will he continually waver?
He may try to turn away from me.
Then will the wavering end first?
Or will the reinstatement of those who were impeached come first?
If there is help from Heaven, on which side will it fall?
Yi Seong Gye was furious over Sambong's impeachment
he even put a sword to Poeun's neck.
Poeun must not have convinced Yi Seong Gye completely.
Then we need to help Poeun.
How?
We have to kill Yi Seong Gye.
Once Yi Seong Gye is dead, Poeun will kill Sambong after all.
Then we can support Poeun and stabilize the country again.
Now that Yi Seong Gye is out of Gaegyeong
this is the perfect opportunity.
Why are you rushing?
It's not like you, Moogook.
She must feel rushed.
It is difficult to keep seeing Yooksan.
It is also difficult to pretend that I'm fine in front of him.
Very soon, after we stabilize external matters
we will organize internal matters.
Master, please proceed carefully.
Yes, I receive your order, Moogook.
Brother.
Are you just going to go hunting?
What will you do about Sambong?
What will we do about Poeun?
What?
Just what do I have to do about Poeun?
Trainer Hong has a talent for training...
The soldiers are getting pretty good.
Will they be able to have a real fight?
Pardon?
Never mind.
- Sir, General has left to go hunting. - What? Hunting?
Does that mean he is folding?
Will you leave Teacher Sambong like this?
He can't abandon Poeun to the end?
Where is General Yi?
He said he needed some air, and headed up.
General Yi Seong Gye.
Gil Tae Mi?
- I am Gil Seon Mi. - Gil Seon Mi?
What brings you here?
I will escort you.
You will escort me?
I will escort you to Heaven.
Will I be able to avoid that arrow and strike your neck or not?
A long time ago, your brother said something similar.
But Gil Tae Mi sheathed his sword and left.
Do you think you will be different?
I am a little different from my brother.
Brother!
Where are you?
Isn't this General Yi's horse?
Why did only the horse come back?
General, maybe...
Let's hurry up!
Brother!
Where are you?
Brother!
Brother! Brother!
Don't just stand around! Bring him up!
What did you just say?
What did you do to General Yi Seong Gye?
General wasn't shot by the arrow.
He tried to avoid the arrow, and fell off his horse.
He rolled down a steep hill.
He could be dead.
Calm down!
You shouldn't tell this to anyone!
- Do you understand? - Yes. Yes...
Yes!
We don't know if the General is dead or alive?
He fell off his horse and was severely injured.
He could be dead.
But how do you know this?
- It's... - Tell me the truth!
What on earth did you do?
I didn't do it.
To tell you the truth, Lord Jo Sang Won...
Did an opportunity come to us?
[Byeokrando]
He is not in good condition.
I finished treating him, but it is important that he rests.
For how long?
It's hard for me to say now.
Who on earth shot the arrow?
Would it be someone sent by Poeun?
It should be one of the noble men.
They must be in a bad mood after having their land taken away.
It's more than possible.
General Yi's life is in question after he fell off his horse.
Did our master make it happen?
It was not me.
Whoever it was, Heaven is helping us.
What should we do?
Now Poeun will act on his own.
Shouldn't we save Sambong? How could this happen?
Did Father change his mind?
Young Master, a message arrived that you should head to Mokcheong House.
General Ji Ran sent a messenger.
General Yi fell off his horse at the hunting grounds.
How badly was he hurt?
It doesn't sound like a light injury.
He needed treatment, so he was transferred to Byeokrando first.
For General Yi Seong Gye to fall off a horse...
How could this happen?
Bang Gwa.
Are you able to seize the State Tribunal?
State Tribunal? Why?
Poeun will try to strike against Father's followers, including Lord Jo Joon.
Would he go that far?
Once he finds out about this, he wouldn't miss his chance.
The opportunity came!
Minister Yi fell off his horse and his life is in question.
- Is that true? - Yes, sire.
We have to grab this chance and get rid of all of Minister Yi's followers!
Please allow me.
You want to get rid of... all of these people?
Yes, we have to proceed with speed.
It's only a matter of time before they find out about the accident.
Bring me the royal seal!
Is Lord Jo Joon inside?
Yes, he is...
Is it true?
Teacher has been exiled.
When the news of my father's accident gets out
Poeun will take advantage!
Yes, I'm sure.
We have to bring Father to Gaegyeong and prepare our military force.
You're the Commander of the Left.
You have to prepare the soldiers of the Left and get ready for war!
Of course. I will go to the base right now and prepare the soldiers.
So bring the General to Gaegyeong regardless of what it takes.
- Yes, I will. - Let's hurry.
Criminal Jo Joon! Receive the royal command and take the rope!
How dare you! What on earth is my crime?
You created a traitor's group with Criminal Jung Do Jeon
and impeached innocent people!
Poeun moved first. I am a step too late!
- What are you doing? Take him away! - Yes, sir!
What is it?
According to the royal command, you will be stripped of your post and title.
What?
What on earth...
You are no longer an officer, so please leave.
How dare you! How can you do this without any notice?
We can drag you out! So please leave quietly.
Sire, all of Sambong's people, including Jo Joon, are arrested.
And the State Tribunal is also seized.
I see. You may leave.
Sire.
Sire, nothing will happen.
Please don't worry.
If Yi Seong Gye only has a light injury...
he may come back tomorrow and kill all of us.
Lord Lee Saek said Yi Seong Gye was not capable of it.
I am nervous.
You and me, this Goryeo right now...
we are on very shaky ground.
Sire...
If you are that nervous...
I will kill Yi Seong Gye.
How could I order you to carry out an assassination?
We don't know if Father will live, and Teacher Sambong is exiled.
And all of our people have been taken away.
What should I do now?
Where should I start?
What brought all of you here?
Leader Boon Yi, what happens to us now?
Did something go wrong?
Everyone on General Yi Seong Gye's side has been taken away!
If something goes wrong with General Yi, isn't it over for all of us?
It hasn't been long since we got our land back...
Would we have to give all of it back?
The land is one thing, but all of us were there when the register was burnt!
Are we also going to be taken away?
I'm so scared that something would go wrong, I can't even sleep!
Should all of us run away for now?
- How can we run away? - We have to come up with some solution!
Excuse me.
Please listen.
That will not happen.
What if it does? What will we do if it happens?
If it happens, I will be the first one to know and tell you.
If we run away, we'll go together. If we fight, we'll fight together.
You should go home and wait.
Why did I go there that day? I regret it so much!
They are all so selfish.
They acted like they'd offer their lives to the General
when they were about to get some land.
Young Master.
People have no choice.
They've always been taken advantage of without any power...
Don't be too upset--
Our citizens are great, just as I expected.
Pardon?
Even in this situation, they know exactly what they have to do.
Moo Hyool, summon everyone right now!
Everyone needs to follow my orders.
Trainer Hong, lead the soldiers
and guard Gyeongdeok House, Mokcheong House
and even Lord Min's house.
Yes.
Boon Yi, mobilize every contact.
Have them identify all military actions in Gaegyeong and report back to me.
Yes.
Yeon Hee...
Lead your spies and check on the moves of Lord Poeun and the royal court.
Yes, I will.
Please write a royal command to execute Jung Do Jeon and his followers!
It's not a matter of execution!
The issue is whether Yi Seong Gye is dead or alive!
However, sire...
We've seized the Left, the Right, and even the State Tribunal!
If Yi Seong Gye comes back alive, none of it matters!
Then...
First, bring back Jung Do Jeon and his followers to Gaegyeong.
Once we know about Yi Seong Gye's death...
we will have to execute them right away, without giving them any time.
It is only logical.
Once the execution order is out, we don't know what they will do in exile!
But the problem comes down to Yi Seong Gye!
Sire, I will go.
You cannot!
Your consideration for me... that is enough.
Yoon Lang!
I will go.
Please allow me.
Lang...
Bang Ji, go to Teacher right now.
Tell him everything and help him hide if there is an order to execute him.
I will.
Young Master, what about me?
Lead the army quietly and go to Byeokrando.
I will go to Father with Moo Hyool.
Yes, I will.
All of the elders have fallen into this situation.
The only thing that can save our lives and our plan are the people in this room.
Good luck to everyone.
Thank you.
I sent a disguised royal guard to Byeokrando
and had him identify Yi Seong Gye's location.
You will receive a message.
Your identity can't be revealed.
Yes, I understand.
Bang Ji...
You have to ride a long way on your horse
so don't be distracted with the thought of Mom.
Let's focus on what's ahead of us. I will do the same.
Mom was right.
Without determination, we shouldn't jump into things like this.
Don't worry, Boon Yi.
Miss!
[Byeokrando]
Young Master.
- What about Father? - He is inside.
- Bang Won. - Uncle.
Father!
Why did you come here?
You have to hurry back to Gaegyeong!
He can't go.
He broke several bones and seems to have internal injuries as well.
He has to recover before he can move.
It is dangerous to stay here!
Dangerous?
Lord Poeun...
He arrested everyone, including Lord Jo Joon
General Nam Eun, and Officer Lee Shin Jeok.
And he dismissed Bang Gwa from the State Tribunal!
What?
- Brother. - We were deceived.
If you don't go, everyone will die!
Teacher Sambong will receive an order to be executed!
Poeun...
This bastard...
Ji Ran, help me sit up.
- Father! - Brother!
We have to return to Gaegyeong regardless.
Then your father will pass away.
All of us... could die anyway.
- It's odd. - What is?
There is something odd in the mountain.
What are you talking about?
If Poeun was determined to do this
he would not miss this chance, and would send someone.
This bastard!
There is no safe place! We have to leave!
Find out his location and contact the Eulje Station.
- The Station? - An assassin will be on standby.
Yi Seong Gye...
Brother.
Father, wake up! We have to leave!
Bang Won, how should we leave?
If we are surrounded, we don't have enough people.
It's not a problem to get through, but...
How can we take him out safely?
Choong Gil!
Yes, Young Master.
The backyard is not visible from outside, right?
Prepare two palanquins in the backyard.
Yes.
Wait, there are two palanquins.
What should we do?
I don't see Yi Bang Won.
One must be Yi Bang Won, the other must be Yi Seong Gye.
That man is the ghost of Dohwa Mansion.
And the other one is Lee Ji Ran.
They're separating. Let's hurry!
If we divide our soldiers, we won't have enough.
We will choose Lee Ji Ran!
You should send this message to the Eulje Station.
And you should follow the blue palanquin and report the status back to me.
Yes!
Get ready.
As you know, we are bandits!
Even if we get caught, we are bandits! Do you understand?
Yes, sir!
Draw your swords!
It was the blue palanquin!
Murder. Here is another murder.
Let's finish it quickly.
What's this?
Goodness.
Yi Seong Gye is not here.
She hit me with the back of the blade?
Is she...
I have to find Yi Seong Gye.
Bang Won...
Let's take a little break.
Father! You have to gather your strength!
We must return to Gaegyeong!
Did... Poeun really do that?
Yes.
All of it seems to have been planned.
The night before I went out to hunt...
I had a nightmare.
Someone attacked me with a sword...
He seemed like a general, or a king.
I shot an arrow...
and he cut off my limbs with the arrow still piercing his neck.
Then... he died.
Please don't talk too much, Father.
I thought about... who he could be...
Now that I think about it...
I believe it was Wang Geon. [Taejo Wang Geon (First King of Goryeo)]
What?
It wasn't the blue palanquin either?
It's Yi Bang Won's trick!
Search the mountain! They couldn't have gone too far!
Yes, sir!
Falling off of the horse...
and having this happen on top of it...
I believe it is Wang Geon's curse.
Please don't say that, Father.
There is no such thing! These are all the doings of a human being!
Unless Heaven changes...
how could Poeun change?
Such a great scholar, Poeun... to slander like that...
How could he start something like this?
Because it is about ruling by force and trickery!
It is about ruling by trickery, and we're already in the middle of it.
Ruling by trickery?
Establishing a country, or founding a country...
They are just flattery in your ears.
Drawing blood is only natural...
The idea of a revolution without blood is only an illusion.
Establishing yourself as a ruler is an evil misfortune.
You made such a terrible misfortune your life's work.
So it's natural.
We are determined to dominate, but we're soaked in ideology.
Teacher Poeun was trying to stop our ruling, but he knew about everything.
This Yi Bang Won will absolutely get through this!
To that great scholar called Poeun
to that great scholar of Confucianism...
I cannot lose.
It's not time for Young Kyu to arrive yet.
Father.
Father...
Father!
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[Six Flying Dragons]
He couldn't have left this mountain with an injured man.
- We have to find him! - Yes, sir!
This country's destiny depends on Yi Seong Gye's condition.
Execute Sambong tomorrow morning.
The execution seems to be imminent.
Shouldn't we get our army ready?
I have to kill Teacher Poeun. I will do it.
I, Yi Bang Won, will.