[Episode 35]
Father, the doctor.
So I see.
My lord.
Sit.
You're younger than I thought.
I'm surprised you have such skill.
I don't know if he told you...
...but I'm dying.
We've seen all the doctors.
The clinic, even the hospital.
They all say I can't be cured.
The hospital, my lord?
Yes
But even our nation's chief physician couldn't help him.
That's why I took the trouble to find you.
May I examine his lordship?
Lord Yi said it's...
Gangrene.
It's caused by injury, infection, malnutrition.
It starts in the digits, spreads and ultimately kills.
Yes, that's it.
But they say it's infected his bone marrow and can't be treated.
What do you think?
Is it really hopeless?
If you think so...
No, I do not.
If you're asking me if you will live or die...
You may live.
It's not too late.
We can treat this.
R-really?
You can treat me?
Tell me this.
How can you do what all the other doctors couldn't?
Because all the other doctors at the hospital...
...have not yet learned surgery.
Surgery?
Exactly.
The process of using incisions to explore and treat inside the body.
With surgery we can amputate your leg.
And save your life.
What did you say?
My leg? Cut off my leg?
Yes. It's the only way to save you.
This way you can live.
It's absurd.
Cut off his leg?
You call that medicine?
How can he possibly survive?
It's entirely possible.
I don't believe it.
Surgery?
I've never heard of such a thing.
Don't believe what you've heard.
What's unheard of isn't necessarily wrong.
They don't dare admit they don't know.
It is medicine. And it will save him.
Silence! Who do you think you are?
Father, forgive me.
This is black magic. He's a charlatan.
I'll take him...
By tomorrow...
The pain will spread to his thigh.
By the next day you won't know hot from cold.
By day three the area will be ice cold.
By dawn of the fourth day you will have fever and spots.
No sense of taste, unable to catch your breath.
After that...
...no amount of amputation...
...can save you.
What... what...?
What is he...?
It's up to you now, my lord.
Life or death, trust this procedure or not...
...it's up to you.
I want to help you.
Please remember that, my lord.
The longer you wait, the greater the danger.
Before that happens,
help me to help you.
What?
Some wandering quack is curing the patients we send away?
Exactly.
Cripples, neck tumors, muscular atrophy.
He waves his hand and they're healed.
Don't be absurd. It's ridiculous.
But they say...
Don't let it worry you.
It's just talk to undermine the hospital...
No, look into it.
Sir?
Find out if the rumors are true, and if they're not...
...where they're coming from.
Yes, my lord.
- Come with me. - Sir.
My lord.
It can't be...
Can it..?
Look for the charity cases.
We need names of those we couldn't treat.
Yes, sir.
Well? Don't just stand there.
Right away.
Well? Don't just stand there.
Yes, ma'am.
Hurry it up.
Here... let's see...
Looks like my information helped his lordship.
Don't get full of yourself.
If you're wrong, I'll kill you myself, got that?
Got it. Quick, look.
Oh, my, that's a nasty wound.
I heard as much, but I didn't realize...
He hasn't regained consciousness, but he will.
Thank you for coming, Your Highness.
How awful for you.
How did it happen?
I heard it was bandits.
It's me.
I'm to blame for what happened to Songha.
Jinyong.
People's Surgery, that's what Baek said, I think.
Where is it? Here?
Right. Ask to find out.
Granny.
She's calling you.
What?
Oh, no, who would call me a granny?
I swear... She meant her.
Granny, you deaf?
See, told you.
"Granny?" Surely not me...
Granny, I got a question.
This the Surgery place?
Listen to you.
Granny?
Do you know who I am?
Oh, it is, this is the place.
I knew it.
Thanks, granny. Take care.
You keep saying "granny"?
I'm young, unwed, a lady.
Settle down, granny.
What? Granny? You...you...
People here are weird.
Always with the, "You know who I am?"
How should I know? We just met.
Your Highness, did you see that girl?
No, I didn't, why?
She's furious cause she called her granny.
What?
Your Highness, it's not funny.
She's rude, pushy, disrespectful.
It's all right, she doesn't know any better.
And she's not wrong.
Your Highness.
Lady Kwak, you're the adult here.
You can't let it get to you.
It's not that.
You'd have a fit if she did it to you.
Oh, well, she's not likely to be rude to me.
I'm a princess.
Come on, granny.
What? Gangrene?
Yes. And quite serious.
Then it will be in the bone marrow.
So if we don't amputate right away...
...it will spread and he'll die.
But it's not an easy decision.
It's sad but true. We fear what we don't know.
Little do they know it will lead to death.
Father, forget what he said.
I'll find another doctor.
Fine.
I don't trust him.
Scruffy, itinerant quack...
Exactly.
I'm off to find a respectable doctor.
I'll be back in two days.
Yes, my lord.
There's no time to waste.
The longer he waits, the worse it will be.
What to do..? What..?
Anyone there?
By tomorrow the pain will spread to his thigh.
No...
What is it?
Nothing, nothing.
It's nothing.
Lack of sleep, that's all.
Sire, the Chief Physician.
Oh? Lord Oh can't be treated?
Yes, Sire.
It has spread to High Minister Oh Kyutae bone marrow.
No doctor could help him now.
No one?
If Lord Yi says so, Lord Oh is truly beyond help.
Quite so.
He healed the Qing empress, after all.
Which is why I had hopes.
It's a shame.
The court needs men like Lord Oh.
How did it go?
He's disappointed but he understands.
Of course.
If you can't do it, no so-called "master" can.
My lord.
What is it?
Well... it's...
So the rumors were true?
All the patients were saved?
Yes, sir, not one or two, either. All of them.
I have to see.
See it with my own eyes.
So Doctor No-Name, No-Position...
...did one thing and healed you?
Yes, my lord. So he did.
- Us, too. - And us.
How can it be?
No idea. But it's surgery.
See? I was right.
The rumors are true.
Rumors-shmumors, you said it's a ghost.
See, it's a person.
A master, to be sure.
Ghost or not, is it even possible?
I don't know, I've never...
My lord.
Sir.
He's...
The man we sent away with a tumor.
Walk.
Sir?
Well? I said walk.
- Yessir... - Go on.
What?
What was his diagnosis?
Chronic headaches.
And him?
Liver disorder.
All healed.
Every one.
Who is he? Who is this man?
...No...
Who was it? Who uses this technique..?
You, get a doctor, any doctor, go!
Get a doctor. Go!
Father... But why?
Pour it.
Father.
Pour the water.
Father.
Nothing.
Hot or cold.
Just as he said...
I feel nothing.
It's ice cold to the touch.
And today...
Sungha.
Father.
Baek, what are you..?
It's been four days.
I have to operate, whatever it takes.
You insane? What if you're caught?
Doctor, doctor!
Doctor.
Here.
Doctor.
His lordship?
Inside.
Baek...
The infection is spreading.
Save my father.
We'll do anything you say, just save him.
I beg you, please...
Wear this from now on.
We can't allow any infection in his lordship's body.
Not one loose hair.
And scrub your hands.
This is always a dangerous procedure.
Even more so in his lordship's condition.
Listen...
But I will do all I can.
Trust me and wait.
We can't operate here.
We'll need a different room.
Right.
What now?
Usually we tie off the leg and wait until it atrophies.
But in this case there's no time.
First we'll tie off the bone and tissue with his hair.
Then we'll use moxibustion.
Burning?
Mm. It will dry the tissue, deadening the lower leg.
Then we amputate.
Has it been done before?
I thought of it in advance just in case the surgery gets delayed.
But the bleeding. Will he be all right?
We have to try.
Prepare coagulating herbs.
If his condition deteriorates, we'll need restorative herbs.
Yes, sir.
Now we have to move him.
Is everything ready?
It's ready.
He's practicing medicine without a license.
Find him and bring him in.
Sir.
Who is it?
Who has that kind of skill?
Dried toad venom.
Sir.
The anesthesia has taken affect and the pulse is steady.
Good.
Cones.
Hello and welcome. Come in.
Really? Right here in the capital?
Yep, right here.
He's been curing all the cases our doctors couldn't.
I never saw such a thing.
So, me, I'd love for him to look at me.
If only.
Why? Don't tell me a strapping boy like you is sick.
It's not that.
It's my beard.
I want a manly man's beard like yours.
Sure I'm strapping.
But look, nothin'.
Now, now, if that's all you're worried about.
No, I'm serious.
I read all the books.
There's nothing on growing a beard.
You're reading up on it?
I can tell you how.
You?
You like my beard?
I'm a burly man, hair all over.
Really? What do I do?
Will you help me if I help you?
How?
Sheesh, nothing to it.
Go on.
You think it's all right?
I'd hate for her to turn me down.
Look, you're a man, right?
She turns you down, you get back up again.
You think?
"Feint heart never one fair lady."
You know what they say.
To the death.
Pardon me.
What?
Do-you-like-folk-shows?
Why do you ask?
One is coming to town.
Maybe we could go if you want.
- Me? - You.
- With you? - Me.
I'll think about it.
You will?
Don't get your hopes up.
Well, my guests are waiting.
What did she say?
She'll think about it.
That's that. Bachelor life, goodbye.
You think?
Not only that.
You'll be lord of the Seafood Palace.
Hush! Is that any way to talk?
C'mon, now, yummies galore.
Give your friend a ta-a-aste.
Tsk-tsk-tsk.
No wonder he's alone.
He sets his sights mighty high.
Mother, Mother.
Hm?
Hang on.
What?
I have something to say.
Spit it out then.
Come on.
Go where? With whom?
With the chef.
What?
You slave together every day.
It will be nice to see the folk show together.
I'll arrange a nice place...
Did he put you up to this?
How did you know?
Little idiot.
Don't you have anything better to do with your time?
Mother...
I swear...
What is this? Am I that gorgeous?
Am I to die for?
Oh, such a burden...
Wait, no one said she's to die for.
Did they?
Sir.
Right. You have the likeness?
Yes, sir.
Wait, it's...
What? Do you know him?
No, how could I?
Dismissed.
It's definitely Songha.
But how..?
What?
So those men are going to arrest them?
Why? What does he care?
Jinyong.
He's awake.
He's sitting up.
He has?
Yes. Come quick.
Songha.
Are you all right?
You've been boiling up.
See for yourself. I'm fine.
A little rest and I'm good as new.
Now is not the time to be joking around.
You know how scared I was?
What for? I'm fine, aren't I?
You almost died.
If not for him, you would have.
Him?
Yes.
Someone, I don't know who, treated your wound on the mountain.
If he hadn't, you'd be dead.
He's a doctor, a fine one at that.
I wouldn't have believed it possible.
Right, your medicine.
Wait here. Now that you're up you have to take it slow.
Right.
A doctor?
Then it wasn't a dream...
Sir.
Are you all right?
You...
Sir, stay with me.
No, it's ridiculous, it can't be.
He's dead.
He must be...
It's time.
The pain will be minimal.
But the important thing is the bleeding.
We can't allow for infection.
The coagulating herbs are ready.
Now...
This might be hard to watch.
Perhaps you should wait outside.
No.
I'll stay with my father.
Sir.
It's all right.
At least I can give my support.
It's time to start.
Saw.
How's he doing?
It's no easy operation.
Should I go?
Offer advice, "Here, no there," and such?
Who are you?
Now for the bleeding.
Hurry. The herbs.
Baek...
It's all right, I've got it.
Ice, quickly.
Right.
Disinfectant.
Herbs.
Again.
Bandages.
We did it.
The bleeding has stopped.
Now we have to stop the infection.
We'll need ginseng and realgar...
I sent the steward to get it from Master Saam.
He's on the way.
Doctor.
The medicine?
Well...
What?
Guards?
Yes, when I got there...
...they were taking away the old gentleman.
Baek. Master Saam...
Master.
No. I'll go.
What? Our master was arrested.
But your patient?
What, you going to leave him? You think Saam wants that?
You stay here. Your patient needs you.
I'll look after our master.
Kayong.
Sit. You'll get tired.
Huh?
Sit, sit, it's all right.
Okay.
What the..?
Look at the old reprobate.
You know what he's done?
Done? How do you mean?
My whole life I've helped people, that's it.
Does that make me a reprobate?
What?
Sir, he's past his prime.
Pssh, who's past whose prime?
You're past yours.
We're what now?
Dazzling people with your black magic.
What about that?
Magic?
How dare you?
Magic?
Sure, if you don't know any better.
It's written that you reduce fever with snake gourd seed.
But the enfeebled with peony root.
And where is that?
In the Collection of Prescriptions. Ever hear of it?
Collection...?
For atrophy, Formulae For Life calls for ginseng and aconiti root.
For neck tumors, cinnamon, wolfsbane and araceae.
And where is that?
Treasured Prescriptions.
You want more?
We'll be here till dawn.
You practice magic, not me.
You dress up, read a few books and think you can treat patients?
You're the charlatans here.
Charlatans?
Master.
Lord Yi, are you so afraid?
Afraid your greed and shame will come out?
But you won't take anything else.
Not my master.
Not my patient.
You wait.
I'll save all the lives you ruined.
What? They know who he is?
Yes. They have him now.
Who is it? His name.
Hm...
Saam, they say.
He's a bit older.
Sir.
What was that? Saam?
His name is Saam?
Move it, off with you!
Move it? Move?
My master's in there.
Who are you to arrest my master?
Rude little..!
Just go!
What if I don't?
Arrest me too.
Arrest me and take me to him.
Wait, look.
That girl, the scary girl from the Qing infirmay.
So it is.
Come on. Before we get in trouble, too.
Wait.
Something's wrong here.
Maybe I can help.
Move!
Hold on.
What's all this?
You don't remember? The Qing infirmary...
Ah, the dork boys.
Dorks?
Great, you're doctors, right?
Let my master go, let him go right now.
It's not me, let go...
Let him go. Let my master go!
Calm down.
Help me.
Let him goooo...
Tell me, who is the doctor?
You going senile? How many times is this?
Silence.
The doctor in question is a young man.
That's not him.
Oh? I look that old?
I thought I kept my looks.
Is my age showing?
You dare...
Listen, Lord Yi.
Secrets don't suit me.
How about you?
You...!
I feel sorry for you.
Wake up.
It's over.
What?
You're a doctor.
When a wound is inflamed, drain it.
Drain what you've been hiding, do it now.
Find a way to save yourself.
There's not much time.
You're completely insane.
You can't...!
- My lord. - Wait!
- Inju. - Master.
What? Illegal medicine?
Yes, Sire.
He's been treating people without a license.
Just to slander the official medical institutions.
But I understand his patients have been cured.
Further slander.
There was nothing wrong with them.
We sent them away and he pulled a fast one.
As you can read in the memorial.
Sire, they must be punished.
It can't be allowed.
Sire, hear our plea.
Makes me glad to be arrested.
Just to see you again.
Pardon my saying this after so many years.
But now isn't the time for such talk.
The chief physician won't stand for it.
True. He's got murder in his eyes.
Master.
Don't worry, Inju.
Nothing will happen. I trust him.
Pardon?
Yes, I wasn't the doctor. It was someone else.
Master.
A man of divine gifts.
He saved all of them.
And right now he's saving another one.
A man known to the King.
A man whose illness can't be denied.
His Majesty knows him?
How do you mean?
All that's left is for the medicine to fight the infection.
Will he be all right?
He'll be fine after it's all done?
We started late so we can't be sure.
But I'll do all I can.
He'll live.
I promise you.
Please, my lord.
Stay with me.
You can get through this.
What was that?
He was stabbed helping the smugglers? Then...
If Songha is involved, so is Jinyong.
Why else..?
But now the trouble starts.
Songha won't talk.
So he'll have to pay.
My lady, my lady.
My lady, a letter.
From the Qing territory.
Let me see.
What does it say?
Did they find Baek Kwanghyon?
It can't be...
What is it?
Eunso.
Well?
Is it ready?
Just about.
I'll take over.
This is the last dose.
Give his lordship a cool sponge bath.
Yes, sir.
Here. I'll do it.
What is this?
How did this happen?
Father... Father!
Doctor, doctor.
What is it?
Something is wrong. My father...
What?
Doctor.
It's...
It's..? It's what?
Well? Is something wrong?
No. Not at all.
He's getting better.
His lordship is on the mend.
What?
The bloody pus, the swollen limbs.
They're proof his body is expelling the infection.
All signs of improvement.
You're sure?
Yes, I am. The crisis has passed.
You can rest easy now.
Thank you.
Thank you, doctor.
Thank you.
It's time for his final dose.
We want him well again.
Ma'am.
Jinyong.
Well?
It won't be easy.
His Majesty had him handed over to the Police Bureau.
What?
That can't be.
The villains are the hospital and Lord Yi.
Not Saam.
Since when is helping people a crime?
I'll see His Majesty.
He may have been the one that saved Songha.
I'll try to convince the King.
Sire, I ask that you reconsider.
It's not a crime to treat people without a license.
If it were, doctors would ignore the sick.
Isn't that the true crime?
Yes, I agree with you.
But the chief physician says it's a case of slander.
He put it in this memorial.
But I admit I'm puzzled.
The patients were definitely sick.
There's no proof of slander.
But I can't ignore our nation's chief physician.
Sire.
So first the Police Bureau will...
Sire, the Head Eunuch.
What is it?
Sire, people are outside the palace...
What?
Well?
- Sire! - Sire!
Spare him, Sire.
Sire!
He saved our lives, Sire.
We didn't have the money for the hospital.
They refused to treat us.
He sought us out and cured us.
When no one would help us...
...he treated us and wouldn't take a penny.
Don't punish him, Sire.
Sire, save our doctor.
Sire!
Spare him!
Well? Get rid of them.
Sir.
Sire! Sire!
No, Sire!
Spare us, Sire!
Rabble...
One loach muddies the whole well.
Try to relax.
It will all work out.
I merely ask that it be soon.
The commissioner is my cousin.
He'll be firm.
Sire, please reconsider.
Sire.
Master.
What are you doing here?
Are you all right? You're not hurt?
Listen to you.
Forget me. You worry about your patient.
Go on.
Master, master.
Sir!
Finally she calls me sir.
About time.
Baek.
How is he?
Baek? The patient?
Well? Where is he?
Put a lid on this.
See to it.
My lord.
I'll keep the nurses quiet.
Pardon me. Shouldn't you find the real culprit?
He won't rear his head.
He'll be running scared.
My lord... my lord!
My lord.
Uh-oh, here comes Lord Mouth-a-Lot.
It's always something with him.
My lord... my lord!
My lord, it's bad.
Again? What now?
Get a bad land deal?
The palace...
Come quick.
What? The palace?
What for?
He...
What? Who?
High Minister Oh Kyutae, Sire.
He's on his way to the palace.
How..?
It can't be. It's impossible.
Lord Oh.
Sire.
But how..?
- My lord. - My lord.
It's time.
Baek.
I'm going back.
To my people. To my rightful place.
The time has come.