Episode 10
Are you a Royal Guard?
That sword.
Where'd you get it?
I said, where'd you get it?!
What use would it serve you if you knew?
Hwang Jin Gi
Is it you?
Are you that Hyungnim Tiger's disciple?
So you are.
You're that Kim Che Geon's disciple, aren't you?
Master...
You know my Master?
Do you think I just know him?
I...
have a lot of interest in your Master.
For one statue of Buddha, I'll take one life.
A kid that should be with the Royal Investigation Bureau...
So why have you come here?
Do I...
still look like a kid to you?
I'll take care of this matter, so you go on ahead.
Master.
Hurry and go.
Hey, you.
Make sure to survive.
So we'll have a match with each other.
Were you looking for me?
What is this?
Go to Seoso Gate and meet the Six-Numbered Ghost.
Wait... Why do you want me to meet that rotten bastard, Six-Numbered Ghost?
Six-Numbered Ghost
Orabeoni, long time no see.
You're still a kid.
Search this area thoroughly!
Yes, Sir!
I guess tonight's not the night.
Prince Yeoning (later, King Yeongjo)
Baek Dae Gil...
What is going on?
Why am I here?
The night is cold.
Since I have started a fire, just stay there and rest a bit.
Let me take a look at your wound.
Even though your bleeding has been stanched, if we don't treat it quickly, it'll be dangerous.
Why are you doing this?
What are you talking about?
Pretend that you didn't see this.
I'm telling you to just leave me alone.
Why should I do that?
Because we are...
enemies.
Hey now. I even started a fire,
and now you're going to reject the benevolence from this country's prince?
I never asked you to do this for me.
Just sit.
Since you've lost a lot of blood, you could lose consciousness.
And if you wander through this forest with the stench of blood on you,
you could become wolves' food.
And on top of all this, let's say you get out of the forest safely.
How do you plan on escaping from the soldiers who are currently searching for you?
If someone has to leave, I'll take my leave soon, so you just stay here and rest.
Please stop.
What do you think I'm going to do?
Whatever it is...
please don't do anything.
But I'll need to get some medicinal herbs for you.
Just wait here.
Hey.
You came faster than I expected.
What is this?
It's a water jade leaf (medicinal herb). There is nothing better than that on this mountain.
It must have taken you quite some time to find this.
Why don't you take it to her personally?
What? Does this hurt your pride?
Why, you bastard... This isn't the first time you've looked down on me.
Just who do you think you are that you can treat me with contempt like this?
Just looking at you, you're obviously younger than me.
W-What did you say?
You don't have friends, right? This is why you don't have friends.
Do you think a lot of people who have the same status as me?
If you want, do you want me to be your friend?
I don't need a friend like you.
All right, whatever.
Still that bastard is...
Dam Seo...
Take care of her well.
Because you're probably a better choice for taking care of her than I, right?
Besides, I'm also quite busy right now.
Then, do you plan to bleed out?
Do you want to spend the night with me here?
Just close your eyes, and just count to one hundred.
It will be over by then.
Sixty-five...
Sixty-six...
What are you doing?
Why are you still counting when the treatment has been over for quite some time?
Did you really like my touch that much?
Stop.
I want to stop as well.
I tried to speak cruelly to you
and I even put my sword to you.
I asked myself if what I did here was right
a hundred and more than a thousand times.
But...
I just couldn't control myself.
I really want to stop as well.
Now...
Then...
Why don't you stop it?
Then it would be better for you to kill me.
Then that way, I can actually stop.
- You don't think I could?
Do it... if you can.
You can't... either.
♪ I wish to love you ♪
♪ Even if it's a single day of my life ♪
♪ Covering with longing ♪
♪ you who exist in my heart ♪
♪ When I close my eyes and yearn ♪
♪ If feels as though I could grasp in my hand ♪
♪ I break out in tears inside ♪
♪ You pass by ♪
♪ Looking at your distant back ♪
Well now. Why is the sky so bright of tonight all nights?♪ Without waving good bye
♪ As long as we are under the same sky ♪
♪ We will surely meet ♪
♪ Even if the distance is temporary ♪
♪ For as long as my heart beats and my breath continues ♪
Is Lee in Jwa the one who killed Dam Seo's father?
♪ Don't forget my heart will always be beside you. ♪
Dam Seo.
I felt the warmth, but I did not deserve to receive it.
Please forget me now.
That is my last request.
Follow us.
Put your heart at ease. I have no desire to harvest the likes of your tender life.
Have you ever Sookjong
even opened your eyes once?
Watch clearly.
This is the place. The place I last saw your father Yi Soo.
You must still believe
that I killed your father, Yi Soo.
A king speaks no false words. Hence, take this to heart.
The one who killed your father, Yi Soo,
is not me. It was none other than your adoptive father who raised you.
Your teacher, Lee In Jwa.
Disregarding his fate, he suffered death at the hands of the man
who flings himself under the madness of his hollow ambitions.
Hence, you shall also
stop playing puppet to a man like him.
Now open your eyes, I'm saying.
Your Majesty, it's His Highness, Prince Yeoning.
I came to fulfill my promise to you, Royal Father.
Since I failed to stop the assassin...
You... What in the world have you been doing all night?
You ran out of life.
Though the assassin has already died,
Six-Numbered Ghost's Brand
it doesn't matter because it's not like you don't know who was the mastermind.
I did send a small gift to that man Lee In Jwa.
You should forget that child named Dam Seo,
How does Your Majesty know...
The one who killed your father, Yi Soo,
was not me but none other than your adoptive father who raised you.
Your teacher, Lee In Jwa.
How did it go with the corpse?
That Six-Numbered Ghost is such a swindler.
It cost me 100 nyangs to get a corpse about the age of the miss.
They'll be completely fooled.
So, I heard you met Kim Che Geon.
You should've given a forewarning
so I could've had my sword sharpened first.
Then that wouldn't be fun, right?
Don't rush. You'll meet him again anyway.
Dam Seo.
Look.
That day...
Your father Yi Soo chose death himself.
That was your father's conviction.
And it must be your conviction as well.
No. My conviction isn't such.
In addition, I can
no longer serve as you my teacher.
I will fare my way, according to my convictions,
as I travel my path.
The king!
Dam Seo.
I'm sorry.
Was Dam Seo the one thing you gave away in order to take the king's head?
You failed to slash the king's head and only lost Dam Seo.
In the end, it was you that lost, My Liege.
Dam Seo won't be returning.
- Ever.- No.
Dam Seo will one day know this too.
In this world,
there is no everlasting foe or comrade.
Your Highness.
How are you so late?
Royal Mother.
But what brings you all here?
It was quite a sight.
What did you see?
Your activity last night, Prince.Prime Minister Kim Chang Jip
And His Majesty's heart. How the King feels toward Your Highness.
Hence, from this day forever, our Noron ministers
have come to be Prince Yeoning's strength.
Your Majesty, will you accept our intention?
Is this my Royal Father's intention?
Prince Yeoning, have you been well overnight?
Have you been well?
Crown Prince Yoon (later King Gyeongjong)
What is all this?
That's just a token of gratitude for your care for us.
No other meaning to it.Heo Baek Gi (chartered merchant)
I haven't yet had my proper rest from travel.
Return all these gifts at once.
Since Minister Kim Chang Jip's return to the nation, the chartered merchants' movements have been alarming.
It looks as tough the chartered merchants are making their fast calculations
based on their sensitive awareness of His Majesty's inclination towards you, Prince Yeoning.
If it's the chartered merchants, it would be Lee In Jwa who's behind them.
If that's the case, Lee In Jwa won't stay put.
Monitor Lee In Jwa's activity with the chief of the chartered merchants.
Yes.
Are you in, My Liege?
My Liege, the chartered merchants seem to have turned their backs.
It's for the better actually, since I actually need an example.
Why did you summon us?
So I hear you've stuck to the Norons in a hurry.
Your livelihood hangs on political power, so I understand.
The Crown Prince isn't showing much improvement from his ailment, and you must fear
the momentum of Minister Kim Chang Jip who's been seated as the chief state councilor immediately upon his return from abroad.
But who's been looking after you?
On whose account do you live in such luxury right now?
It's upsetting to us for you to speak that way.
What if we keep adhering to the Crown Prince and he dies? And when Prince Yeoning becomes King?
I'm sorry but we can't follow you.
We need to find our own path, that's what I'm saying.
Then...
You'll need to repay what I've given you.
Though you haven't been unhelpful,
in the end it was we who brought alive the mercantile charter, and it is our property
as well our base. Not just yours.
No one can touch us any longer.
Let's all get on up now.
The frog forgets it was a tadpole.
You are a perfect example of that.
Well, then. Good bye.
I will give you a chance.
If you will all follow me, I will forgive you generously.
May you take care.
Lee In Jwa!
May you have a blissful rebirth.
Please spare me.
Nak Jeom Bul Ip (drop point not allowed). Once a baduk stone is placed, it cannot be picked up.
Please spare me.
Those who insult me.
Those who betray this Lee In Jwa!
Who else?
What is it?
It's the chief of the chartered merchants.
It's been verified that he attended the chartered merchant's gathering held at Wolyanggak last night,
but his whereabouts since are uncertain.
So what?
According to the informant, Lee In Jwa was there.
Lee In Jwa.
Your Highness, why are you here at this hour?
Why? Did I come at an inconvenient time?
Your expression is a bit unpleasant.
Are you hiding something?
Of course not.
Then, you won't mind me looking around a bit. Go through everything throughly.
Yes, Sir!
Let's get on up now.
Then...
Bring me the high-density vinegar (an acid that reveals blood stains).
Here you go.
Blood stains.
What exactly have you done?
Prince Yeoning?
Well, the smell of blood doesn't disappear that easily.
Prince Yeoning will certainly not let this one go.
Since it's the chief of the chartered merchants who died, the issue is not Prince Yeoning.
It's the king.
A murder incident?
Murders happen all the time, though.
It's not as though a minister of the court has died. Why are you chewing on it when the police will manage it?
The Crown Prince's baduk teacher, Lee In Jwa,
seems to be implicated in this murder case.
Why do you think so?
Though they are people who fill the pockets of the ministers without regard to party affiliation...
Those who chase after money are faster than you in figuring out which way power seems to flow.
Why would these punks who stuff the back holes of the Soron
jump on the Noron ship overnight?
It's likely because they deem the greater power is leaning toward you.
However...
Did you say the chief of the chartered merchants is dead?
We have not found the body. However,
Royal Father, I want to investigate this incident personally.
No. Stay out of it.
Why does the Chief of the Office of Inspector General meddle in a civilian murder case?
You are dismissed.
But Father...
I said you are dismissed.
Why?
I am no longer going to be your wife.
Do you know why I took you for my disciple?
You resemble someone I used to know.
Who is that?
I met him when I was young, when he was just about your age.
He's a tiger. He and I went through everything in life.
You look like him.
He must have been a handsome and wonderful person.
A tiger among tigers. King of the mountain.
He's like a mountain.
I'll be like him too, certainly.
A tiger among tigers, and king of mountains.
The Great Tiger.
You seem to show a little sign for that.
Now, don't you think this area is too small for you?
Why don't you go down.
Don't skip meals, and don't get involved in fighting.
Always be careful with your sword, understand?
Thanks, Master.
I shall never forget your help with this.
I'm willing
to give up my life for you, Master.
Thanks, truly.
How can you cry like a shameful chicken?
The sun is going down now, go.
Sir.
It's not visible for me.
Even with your extraordinary power, it's not visible for you?
No. The energy of Baek Dae Gil is too powerful.
It's no longer visible to me, as it it not for you, Sir.
Sir,
What is it?
All the bad-tempered folk are gathered.
I see.
You're excused now.
Aigo. This may be a big win, you know...
Hey, wait a second!
How can you have such big win now?
Oh, well. Let get going...
Pass it around quickly.
It's another big win again. What should I do?
Should we try it again?
Now, let's take a look.
Let's see...
Okay...
Let's take it easy.
Hey, man!
Regarding that Dog Blade, even the threading needle, hiding cards...
Let's take things easy, I said.Dog Blade Hwang Hae Do
Even others' facial expressions behind him, he catches them all.
The secret Royal Inspector is here.
Which village on earth are you in charge of?
Due to the succession of drought years, the people's bones
are about to pierce through their flesh and stick out.
But I already distributed rescue grain to them.
You are using that as your excuse right now?
We've moved them all to the wagon.
W-Wait.
The tax rice isn't something even the three state councilors can readily touch.
Where in the world are you taking them to?
The three state councilors?
Yes, they can't without His Majesty's order.
It's a royal edict.
He's that swindler Golsa who can forge anything in the world.
If he's inclined to do so, he can probably sell this whole Joseon.
And that guy has a really fierce temper.
Does that even make sense?
How can you keep getting sixes in a row?
Aren't you playing a swindle?
Why, I...
Then you want to bet with me?
If I played a swindle,
then take it, my head.
If not, then your head's mine.
What of it?
I got it.
He looks bloody and his nickname is Six-Numbered Ghost. But...
Why have you summoned all those gambling masters together?
That's what I'm curious about.
Why, our gambling master lords came a long way.
Let's see.
Your color's gotten better.
An animal is masquerading as a human.
Not as much as you, of course.
Aigo, is this a bear or a human?
Hey Meongcheongdo (belittling way of calling Choongcheongdo).
Meongcheongdo? Why, this Ssangdo bumpkin...
That's enough.
Hey Dog Blade, do you want to lose your other remaining arm?
What did you say?
Have you been waiting long?
It's been a while, everyone.
Six Numbered Ghost, Swindler Golsa.
Dog Blade.
Hey White-Faced Scholar, you look great.
What's the matter?
I know that you are all busy, but I had no choice since this issue is quite urgent.
Recently, there has been a man who has been breaking through (sweeping in big) my gambling house.
A two, and a seven, adding up to a high nine. And that man has a one and a ten,
which means he has a winning hand with a high eleven.
And... he has a double four.
Shall we start revealing our hands now?
I have a high nine.
Then I'll show you mine! It's a high eleven!
Mine is a double four.
Why don't you all just stop now? Even if you are swindling together, isn't this going too far?
What? What do you mean we're swindling?
Who said we're swindling?!
If you don't have any money, then you should hurry and leave.
It's not a swindle?
Of course not. Now why don't you show us your hand? You might have a winning hand.
So, you're saying that this isn't a swindle, right?
D-Double six...?
You said it's not a swindle though.
Then, thanks to you folks, I had an enjoyable time.
Kyung Sang Do, Busan and Sang Ju.
And also Jeollado, Mokpo, and Gwangju, and even Cheongju of Chungcheong.
My subordinates' gambling houses around the Eight Provinces have all fallen into that man's hands.
Since that man has passed through Cheongju about 15 days ago, I'm sure he will soon arrive at Hanyang.
Did our tiger-like White-Faced Scholar suddenly become a little mouse?
What? Did you call us because you're scared of that guy?
Who is he?
I'm sure you all know who Baek Man Geum is.
I've heard rumors that this man, Baek Man Geum, died...
By your hands.
The person who is going around breaking through my gambling house is not Baek Man Guem, but
it is that person's son.
Are you okay?
Now, this is the last round!
Everyone please bet your money on the gisaeng you like.
Aren't they betting too much from the start?
Oh they are such high rollers.
Woah, woah, who's that? Creepy.
What? What the heck?
Okay now! If you're all done placing your money, we will now start the game!
Wol Rang will throw first.
Oh my! She got a yeot!
Now it's our Chang Seong's turn!
Aigoo, better luck next time!
It seems our Chang Seong got a do!
Now for the final turn. She'll win as long as she doesn't get a mo!
A gae has been rolled! And with this, our Wol Ryang has won!
Aigoo, a lot of people did place their vote on Seong Bin!
How can this happen? Aigoo!
Did you come here to catch me, White-Faced Scholar?
I am...
You've come?
What's up with this guy?
That's the mask.
Isn't that your mask, White-Faced Scholar?
Just why is he wearing that?
I'm sure we'll find out once we take the mask off of him.
You're... Baek Man Geum's son?
I am...
I am a hunting dog that will bite off Lee In Jwa's neck.
Then why is a a hunting dog wearing the White-Faced Scholar's mask?
I wanted to find you, but I didn't know who you were.
And so I predicted that if I wore this mask, you would recognize me.
Why were you looking for me?
Starting today, do you want to break him,
the White-Faced Scholar, Lee In Jwa?
For what reason has the youngling of Baek Man Geum come here?
Why have I come? I came to break your gambling house.
To break it? You're going to break our gambling house?
That's right. I'm going to break all of it.
All of the gambling houses in Hanyang. I'll break them all.
Baek Dae Gil.
Now, have you become a tiger?
Why would a person become a beast? I am just a human being.
So? Are you going to beat me?
From this point on I'm going to go to you to cut your legs and arms, then your neck.
Do you want to bet on it? Whether I can do it or not.
♪ Even if it's a temporary distance ♪
♪ For as long as my breath continues and my heart skips ♪
♪ Don't forget ♪
♪ My heart will always be beside you. ♪