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What has Baek Man Geum's son come here for?
What else?
I came to break down your gambling room.
Break it down? This gambling room?
Yes, I'm going to break them all up.
Every gambling room in all of Hanyang.
[Episode 11]
Baek Dae Gil...
Have you become a tiger now?
Why would a person become an animal?
I am just a person.
So... you plan on breaking me?
From this point on, I'm going to cut off your arms and legs.
Then I'll come for your throat.
Should we make a bet?
Whether I can do it or not.
[Kim Chae Gun]
Where did you get this mask?
If you know your enemy, you will win.
You think you know your enemy and you know me?
Do you know who your enemies are and who your allies are?
I'm disappointed in you.
I thought you had broken out of your shell and into the world.
But your desire to get revenge for your father is restricting you.
You need to shed yourself of your father's death now.
You would've died a hundred times by my hands...
if I only wanted revenge for my father.
I need you.
That's why I can't kill you.
That picture you're drawing... I need you to complete it.
I need you.
Have you finally come to realize that?
No.
Why don't you wake up from your dream already?
My convictions...
and the dreams I have for my great plan...
What do you presume to know about them?
I know one thing for certain.
You will never be an ally.
Not to me, not to the king...
And not to the people of this nation.
[Six Ghost]
Why, you little kid...
[Cutter] No one here is going to run from you.
Take your time. Don't rush it.
I'll see you often in the coming days.
Oh...
Remember this.
I let you live today.
Everything you see is not what it seems, Baek Dae Gil.
"Ja Hwal Ji Yeo Duh Deok."
"Eui Uh Yin Yoo Uh Yeh."
[Yi Woon Jing (Yi In Jwa's Grandpa)]
Try to figure out what that means.
[Yi Hyun Jwa (Yi In Jwa)] This is what Confucius says.
"Know your morals and stand by your virtues."
It was literary work praised by all.
At the time, I thought it was the truth.
How dare you steal?
You little rascal!
But the real world was so different from the books I read.
Even after suffering the Japanese invasion
and Manchu War of 1636...
this nation's king and ministers
took offense to the childish words of a young boy.
Though Confucius and Mencius were revered
the people could never truly own the nation.
You obstinate child!
That was the world I lived in.
And with the blood spread by the king, everything changed.
My clan, my family...
My life as Yi Hyun Jwa, as well.
Stop!
Father...
Father!
Father, Father...
Father...
I hid myself behind that white mask.
I waited for the day I could seize the world in my hands.
Just like the childish Yi Hyun Jwa was reborn as Yi In Jwa...
Baek Dae Gil, you will walk the same path.
That same, difficult path that I once walked.
Hey.
[Hwang Jin Ki]
Oh.
Do you want to fight now?
That mutt has become quite brutal.
I'm asking out of curiosity.
He is Kim Chae Gun's pupil, after all.
Are you really going to make him into a king?
Why? You don't believe me?
Why would you make him king? What about the Crown Prince?
The Crown Prince is a card I've tossed.
I'm looking further than that.
To after the Crown Prince has died.
Even so, that guy is an impetuous fellow.
The Crown Prince was born and raised in the palace, so he cannot do it.
He cannot do it at the king's feet and it's a plan that can't happen.
Overthrowing the status system and a nation that the people will own.
You can only do it with the king's blood.
And it must be someone who has experienced being at the bottom.
Baek Dae Gil.
Only he can do it.
You wait and see.
Someday, the whole world will know Baek Dae Gil's name.
You want to get Baek Dae Gil?
There have been many young men like you.
But do you know what happens to all of them?
They all end up on their path to death.
So...
You made an account book of all the wicked things the merchants have done.
Then you tried to threaten Yi In Jwa with that book.
Do you think you can live?
Still, at one time in my life...
I was someone who helped over 1,000 unlicensed businesses in Hanyang.
Then why have you left these people who are in difficult times?
And why are you planning to sell these accounting books to Yi In Jwa?
That's up to me.
Yi In Jwa has offered me 500 nyang.
How much will you give me, Your Highness?
How much do you want?
1,000 nyang.
You're going too far.
If I give this book to you, do you think Yi In Jwa will let me live?
500 nyang is for the accounting book and the other 500 nyang is for my life.
I will give you 1,000 nyang.
However...
you must stand in front of the ministers and be a witness.
What will you do?
I don't need the money.
Just keep me alive.
Thank you.
As for your life...
I will protect it.
Until he makes his statement, you must protect him.
He must not die.
Yes.
By the way, Your Highness...
Baek Dae Gil has arrived in Hanyang.
All right, take a look. Take a look a this.
Where did this go?
It was you, Your Highness?
Sit down.
An important person like you is drinking alone during the day.
Did you get dumped?
Aren't you curious about how Dam Seo is?
I'm not interested anymore.
I have more important things to take care of.
Yi In Jwa.
Am I right?
Why don't you have a drink?
Why, you...
Don't you have any proper manners?
So, why did you ask to see me?
Though we cannot be friends...
I thought we could be comrades with the same goals.
Comrades?
Aren't you out to get revenge for your father?
Yi In Jwa would be dead already...
if all I wanted was revenge.
You have a bigger plan?
And you? What's your reason for going after Yi In Jwa?
I have my reasons for going after him as well.
Why?
Do you not want to?
I have my own things to do.
You do want you need to do.
Don't hang out in front of me and get in my way.
Are you rejecting my protection?
Your protection doesn't feel like protection, Your Highness.
I'll be going, then.
That sword...
Do you know the meaning behind why the king gave you that sword?
Meaning?
There are different types of swords.
Swords that kill, and swords that save lives.
What kind of sword is it in your hands?
One swift act rather than thinking a hundred times.
That's what this sword means.
One swift act rather than thinking a hundred times...
[Crown Prince Yoon]
Are we finished with today's matters?
I'm a bit late today, Your Majesty.
I would like to present another matter to all of you.
It is in regards to those who received severe punishment and died.
Is it a crime for a servant to leave their owner's sight?
Is stealing a piece of rice cake something to kill a man over?
Then what of the ministers who have put people in positions to starve to death?
Can we say they are free of criminality?
[Sukjong]
Your Highness, a criminal must pay for their crimes.
Your Highness, how can you question how the king administers--
So...
what do you want to bring up?
The first thing I want to say...
Death, branding as punishment, beating, and tattooing on the face.
I want these severe punishments to be abolished.
And secondly...
I would like to revive the drum that people can hit
to report such unfair instances.
Also, there needs to be a change in military service exemption.
This change should apply to anyone in a government official position
whether they are Confucian scholars from their hometowns to the noble class.
If that were the case...
would there be peaceful reign?
This accounting book shows the merchants manipulating a monopoly
and cheating taxes.
There is definite proof of them embezzling supplies and products.
There are names and amounts of those who accepted bribes.
Everything is recorded.
So...
what is it that you want to say?
That last thing I want to say...
I would like to abolish the exclusive rights merchants have over commerce.
What do you mean abolish the exclusivity?
Your Majesty, what fills the stomach of a small minority...
are these exclusive rights in commerce.
They evade taxes and omit them.
Abolish the tainted monopoly the merchants have in commerce.
Provide governmental support to the merchants in the illegal market.
- Where are you from? - Anseong.
Anseong?
Has it rained there?
- No, not yet. - Goodness, why isn't it raining?
Buy this as a gift for your parents. I'll prepare it for you.
How much is this silk?
This one is not that great.
If you come inside, I have great stuff from the Qing Dynasty.
What about this one?
Dae Gil! Oh my, Dae Gil!
Oh, Dae Gil.
You've come back to me alive.
You're not licensed to sell. Why are you selling silk here?
You look like a man of low birth to me.
Why are you here shouting about it?
[License Ban on Smaller Merchants] It's the law.
You cannot sell products without permission
up to four kilometers outside the city.
A license ban?
What are you all doing?
Go on!
Hey, now. Come on!
Oh, look at these people.
Get out of the way.
Oh my.
You people... What are you doing?
All of my products! They were so hard to get.
I had such a hard time getting them!
Hey, you thieves!
Oh no...
You didn't know there was a ban on selling?
Out of all the things you could sell, why did you open a fabric store?
And whose fault is this?
I was doing this so that I could see you again.
If you speak that way, it's hurtful.
So you are living well.
I have to be alive and well to see you, right?
I've been waiting.
So, how is it?
How is it pretending to be Scholar Baek Myun?
Hey.
What?
Give it to me.
You probably made lots of money all this time.
I have none.
You don't have any?
Why, you ungrateful thing...
Do you know how much money we spent on you since you were a baby?
Approximately, it was easily--
Easily...
It was easily an amount so big that it would be too heavy to carry.
Use whatever you need.
Our Dae Gil has grown up.
It's not for nothing.
Now that you have money, you have to work.
Yes, I should.
This is the map I made. Do you like it?
This is our location.
Hong Mae's gambling room.
Seosomun.
Jongno.
Mapo.
I'm going to break down these three gambling rooms.
There are so many gambling rooms. Why is it these three?
Grandpa, what did you do while I was suffering to death?
These are Yi In Jwa's sources of money for manipulating the ministers.
The first is Yi In Jwa's right hand, Hong Mae's gambling room.
The second is Yi In Jwa's left hand, the shaman at Wolhyanggak.
And Six Ghost from Seosomun, Cutter from Jongno, Gol Sa from Mapo.
These three are Yi In Jwa's legs.
I'll cut off his legs first.
All right.
Which of these will you break first?
Six Ghost from Seosomun.
This is all because of that Six Ghost.
The only reason I'm holding on like this is to get revenge for my dad and mom.
Until I crush his throat...
I can't die.
Six Ghost... I'll get him first.
What do you think you're doing?
Crown Prince.
People who fight to live day-by-day have had their source of income banned.
This license ban only fills the stomach of the nobles.
Can you truly say this a law that is for the people?
This is a law that Father, himself, established.
But... it is being abused.
The tax revenues from it are also providing stability in the nation.
Yet, the people...
are starving.
This is only half of the accounting books.
It only lists the name of the merchant who paid the bribe.
It does not name the person who accepted it or the amount.
I have the person who filled out the book and have a witness.
I will get the remaining half of the accounting book soon.
Did you not promise me?
You said you'd be my eyes and my ears.
And I will be.
But before I do, Yi In Jwa...
He must go.
Within the conspiracy between the merchants and the ministers
traces of Yi In Jwa's tricks have been found.
Did I not tell you already?
- Yi In Jwa is my-- - You said he's your friend.
But, having friends who bring you down is the way of life in the palace.
Crown Prince.
If you will not do it, I will do it myself.
As for Yi In Jwa...
I will catch him.
My lord, how are you so calm?
The abolition of the license ban on smaller merchants.
Yeoning knows one thing, but not the other.
As for the merchants who used it to monopolize the market
do you really think they only paid off the Soron faction?
Your Highness, how could you not have spoken to us first?
And if I had?
Would you have agreed with it?
What is it?
All those secrets you've kept hidden...
Are you embarrassed of what might be found?
Are you afraid?
Your Highness, we can't lose 10 in order to gain 1.
Minister.
Give up.
I'm telling you that it's out of your hands.
Haven't you all received enough by now?
[Kim Chang Jib]
[Jo Il Soo]
This is not something that can solved by simply persuading the Noron faction.
In order to abolish the law...
they have to deal with loss of tax revenue from merchants.
They have all fallen to Six Ghost's tricks and are now stuck.
Please reconsider!
More than anything...
The king will have difficulty giving up the tax revenue from the merchants.
[Choi Sukbin]
Mother, are you unwell?
- Yeoning. - Yes, Mother.
You are going against the party and ministers to try and pass a law?
What is your reason for that?
I am going to get Yi In Jwa.
I have a plan.
Do not worry too much, Mother.
Besides that, are you feeling all right?
Do not worry about your mother.
Yes.
How can they abolish this law?
Does this make any sense?
If it were to happen, what would we pay our taxes with?
Is that all?
What about the money that the merchants will want?
Now that I've weakened your source of money
you're starting to feel the fear.
There is nothing I won't do to abolish this license ban.
As you all know so well
I'm a fearless, lowly son of a water maid.
There is nothing for me to fear.
Therefore, if you don't wish to become like a dog chasing a chicken...
Yi In Jwa... get rid of him.
End your relationship with him.
Then I may take it a little easier on you.
But, Yi In Jwa is--
I'm a bit late.
My lord, do as he said.
You should turn me away.
Just as Yeoning told you to do, get rid of me.
Also, open up that storeroom of yours and share it with the people.
My lord, you just need to do as I say.
Do you really think I can't take care of Yeoning?
Give me some too.
Kill the person who gave Yeoning the accounting books.
There's a total of 10 protecting him.
Even an guard from the Office of the Inspector General.
I like to drink.
More, please.
That's good. That's good.
Look here!
What are you doing there? Come have a drink!
Bring me the book.
Yes... yes.
You should be warned.
Being too greedy will cause trouble.
What?
There's lots of alcohol left. You should have a drink.
No thanks.
Old man!
Old man! Hey, you.
Hey, old man!
Old man, Old man!
My lord.
Must I do lowly things like this?
Have you already forgotten our promise?
Your gambling room is mine from now on.
But don't be too disappointed.
Like I promised, do three tasks for me.
Then I will give this place back to you.
Then I have two more left.
Get some music going.
I don't think Yeoning will stay put now that he's been betrayed.
What happened here?
It was poison.
I told you to keep an eye on him.
It was you who killed him, wasn't it?
You convinced him and made him die.
Bring him back! Bring my dad back!
I'm sorry.
I sincerely am.
I'm sorry.
Get lost! Get out of my sight!
Your Highness!
Oh my.
What's your name?
Ga Yeon.
How can you drink now?
You start a fire at another's home...
and you drink?
Weren't you the one who touched my belonging first?
So, is it your style to kill a person without any thought?
Then I suppose any of these people could die at your hands, as well.
You do not care for your people.
Is that not true?
So, what did you want to gain by coming here?
I did not come here to gain anything.
I came to return something.
Are you going to draw your sword here?
No.
I have something better than that.
Stop.
How was that?
Did it hurt?
I am disappointed in you.
I was expecting more from you.
I will show you my true reaction slowly.
You can look forward to it.
Your Highness.
I wonder if you caused trouble unnecessarily.
Do you think I'm a dunce who doesn't know what I'm doing?
Follow me.
You convinced him and made him die.
Bring him back! Bring my dad back!
They haven't even prepared a funeral.
Find that son right now.
What?
He's the one who holds the key.
[Baek Joong Ki] Be careful what you say.
[Small Merchants Union]
Why did you pretend to be his son?
I suppose you wanted his accounting book.
You must be the one who has the other half.
You need that to threaten or make a deal.
And be on level ground with the larger merchants.
What do you want?
I'm doing all of this to help you small business owners.
Give me that book.
How can I trust you?
A government official wouldn't be on our side.
On top of that, you're the king's--
The king's son.
The person that Joseon's ministers call Prince...
is fighting them all.
I have everything on the line.
What can I do?
So that you trust me?
Our lives are no longer our own.
We borrowed some money in order to live from Six Ghost.
We couldn't pay it back and now we've become his slaves.
Dead or alive...
our lives belong to Six Ghost.
Save us from Six Ghost.
Then... I will trust you.
I will give you the accounting book then.
Where is he?
This person, Six Ghost.
[Seosomun]
All of Hanyang's homeless and beggars are gathered in that place.
Human trafficking and even buying and selling of corpses.
The most evil things happen there.
Even if he were to die and go to hell...
the king of hell wouldn't even like Six Ghost.
The reason they say Seosomun is in trouble is because of Six Ghost.
You will enter with your body intact, but come out as a corpse.
You awful man! What do you think you're doing?
You wench!
Look.
Dead or alive, you belong to me now.
Do you understand?
Your name is Half-wit and you are now mine.
Look at this.
Until you repay this, you will never leave this place.
Do you understand?
Hey, now.
You still act before you think.
It's better than only talking.
Move.
Do you have a plan?
I told you. I have things I need to do.
Does he have any reason to be that confident?
Who was that?
[Six Ghost's Gambling Room]
Do you have money?
Oh... let me take a look.
I must have forgotten.
Over there.
Give me a firm stamp.
What are you doing?
I have to test your skills.
That is, if we're to work together.
Then you should've given me advance notice.
Not giving advance notice is a part of my plan.
So, what are you going to do?
Does that mean you're going to do it with me?
Do I have to say it in words?
Take a good look at me.
I'm still young and really strong.
Shouldn't I be worth 100 nyang?
All right.
Hey, this guy is 100 nyang. Why am I only 20 nyang?
I can value you at 30 nyang.
I'm 100 nyang too.
Next.
Put 30 nyang, at least.
Goodness sakes...
A prince is only worth 30 nyang without his post.
What did you say?
Strangely, those guys really have a knack for evaluating people.
You rascal.
What? Did I say something wrong?
Then does it make sense that you're 100 nyang and I'm only 30 nyang?
That man valued us not me.
And why have you been speaking informally to me this whole time?
Gosh!
Shouldn't you be used to it by now?
- What? - Hey!
Do you two want to die? Huh?
Get rid of these two.
Your fists are useful for something.
Just know you lived today because of me.
Hey... tell Six Ghost to get out here.
Hey, kids.
These important guests have lost their sense of fear.
Why are you making things worse?
That's my plan.
Let's do our own thing from this point on.
What are you doing? Get him!
Have you come?
You said you'd come to break down the gambling room.
Why are you empty-handed?
I'm worth 100 nyang.
Kids, we have an important guest.
Why are you doing this to us? Please.
Please don't do this.
They're all worth 10 nyang. No one is looking for them.
But they still risked their lives to make some money.
How can I turn them away?
They can be human Baduk stones.
What? You don't like it?
Then you can watch together.
If this place becomes yours, you can do whatever you please.
However...
If I end up winning...
you will die.
Towards the back of the gambling room
there's a door that outsiders can't access.
That's where they are, our lives.
Save us from Six Ghost.
Then I will trust you.
I will give you the accounting book then.
Who's there? What is it?
Don't put too many in one spot.
It's best to hear the screams one at a time.
Aren't you playing?
Then... I'll go first.
It's not fun if you do that.
I thought I'd die from the wait.
Prince.
Six Ghost, stop playing around and let's really fight.
What did you say?
Watching what you guys do, I don't even want to be a human anymore.
I want to rip your limbs off and kill you right now.
But I'm making an effort to hold back.
So, stop this playing around and let's really go for it.
Do you want to die?
That's right.
You should come at me like this in order for me to kill you.
That's enough.
It's been a long time.
Baek Dae Gil.
Seol Im.
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How dare you request that I be pardoned?
That will never happen.
You are being misled.
Do you know where Baek Dae Gil lives?
Call me Older Brother.
Why is that so important? We are friends.
I see I'm not late. I want to bet on the winner.
It is 5,000 nyang.
Do not touch the girl.
Let go of my hand. I belong to Cutter now.
Open that door before I break it down.
- Who are you? - I'll save you, so let's go.
Getting rid of the misfortune in your life
is like killing the one you love.