-=Year 1762 Pyeongan Province=-
Your Royal Highness.
This is a letter from the palace.
-=Crown Prince Sado=-
The Qing Dynasty's Emissary.
-=Seo Yu Dae=-
How long has it been since they left the palace?
On top of the 10 days stranded at Pyeongan Province,
it will be a little over a month.
-=Dalpo: A little over a month=-
The Qing Emissary's group is here.
-=Gwanseoyurang: refers to Crown Prince Sado's inspection of Pyeongan Province and Hamgyeongdo=- It seems like the news of my Gwangseoyurang has reached the Qing Emperor.
Your Royal Highness.
Pyeongan and Hamgyeongdo provinces coincidentally are bordering with Qing.
The longer Your Royal Highness stays here,
the more the Qing's suspicions will grow.
In court, noron will use this issue as a perfect excuse to provoke internally.
You've just returned from Qing not long ago and I have to trouble you again.
The exhaustion from the journey has worn off.
Any development from this trip?
The geography is consistent with the one in Bukbeoljigye.
That is to say, even though it has been over a hundred years,
the Bukbeoljigye is still valuable?
-=Yu Ji Seon=- Despite its value,
now is not the right time.
Regarding the Bukbeoljigye my father left behind,
I still have some doubts that remain unsolved.
What doubts?
Your Royal Highness, it is too early to say.
I'll reconsider and raise this matter with your Royal Highness.
Please don't worry. It won't take too long.
Good then.
I'll calmly wait for your good news.
Take your time.
Yes.
In a few days' time, a merchant group from Qing will arrive.
I will arrange for security to escort you.
You don't have to worry about your safety.
Emotions such as fear, I've already abandoned them a long time ago.
The only thing I fear for
is your safety.
Now, even you... are worrying about me.
The path that Your Royal Highness is walking on... is treacherous.
No one has dared to walk on this treacherous path.
I hate myself for being unable to replace you and walk this path in your stead.
I'm afraid my inspection trip may have brought about troubles for you.
Your Royal Highness may put your mind at ease.
I've been jailed twice,
not to mention being dismissed and having my official title removed.
Thank you for thinking so.
Leaving you alone here makes me feel uneasy.
Wait for me at the Cheongamsa Temple. I will send someone to contact you.
At that time, give me your answer.
Let's go.
My heart already knows the answer.
Your Royal Highness, the person looking for answers...
is you.
The Sword Saint who made an appearance at the Shaolin Temple has disappeared again.
-=Cheon (Heuksa Chorong, Sky Lord)=- Is he back for good?
I will continue the search.
-=Ji (Heuksa Chorong, Earth Lord)=- After losing an arm, what Gim Gwang Taek that chap
would bring back from Qing...
I'm really curious.
Whatever the items, do they hold any significance to you?
Am I really the only one...
waiting for him?
-=Hwang Jin Ju=-
Excuse me...
That...
Do we know each other?
I am sorry.
-=Hwang Jin Gi=-
Have some tea.
I haven't seen you in a long time.
I haven't heard from you these couple of years. I was really worried.
The child...
The child grew up in a bandit hideout.
She's just fearless and uncouth.
Is she in the hideout now?
She was still here a moment ago.
I am sorry.
Do we know each other?
She grew up very pretty.
Thank you.
Agassi...
Hey, isn't she supposed to be a samini?
Why is she wearing a hanbok?
Told you she's a samini.
-=Samini: A novice nun before been accepted as a fully ordained female monk=- So, she's not a real monk yet.
So to speak, our long-awaited first mission turns out like this.
We should at least meet an assassin group,
-=Baek Dong Su=- We should at least meet an assassin group,
so I can unleashed my real prowess!
-=Yeo Un=- so I can unleashed my real prowess!
This is such a pity.
Dong Su.
Yes?
-=Yang Cho Rip=- If you meet an assassin group with your current abilities,
you'll die for sure.
You rascal, what did you say?
What's wrong with my skills?
If we were ranked,
I would be number...
That... I'll be after Yeo Un.
Joseon's Second Best Swordsman, Baek Dong Su.
It's good that you know.
What shitty Joseon's Second Best Swordsman?
Does that mean I'm Joseon's Third Best Swordsman?
Rotten brat.
They are a group of merchants returning from Qing after trading.
-=Chaekmungaesi: Government permitted private traders trading cross border at the Qing Dynasty's gate=- They are a group of merchants returning from Qing after trading.
Three horse carriages, twenty guards.
Do you see the carriage with the most guards?
One look and I know it's the biggest catch!
It's mine. No one should interfere.
Boss!
Shouldn't we be reporting to the Chief first?
Wait.
Bunch of bastards!
Stop!
Charge!
Did you see it? Did you see it?
See what?
What... What "see what"?
I stopped this arrow from hitting you!
Hey... Hey...
I'm really a genius... Genius.
Yeo Un, how about letting me handle this?
Guard the horse carriage!
He actually made me guard the horse carriage, this fellow.
What is this?
I had such high expectations.
And it's only this standard?
Do not underestimate the enemy.
Cho Rip, follow me!
I'm so disappointed.
I thought I've finally encountered a man of acceptable standards.
But a kid who's barely out of puberty?
What did you say? Kid?! Barely out of puberty?
Hey! Have you seen a kid this big?
Moreover, the number of bowls of rice I've eaten is at least 3000 more than yours.
The distance of road I've walked, at least a thousand miles... No! Definitely more than ten thousand miles.
You...
Do you think having eaten more rice means you're well-versed in the matters of society?
Only making use of your brain does that!
Other than age, don't you have anything else to show off?
You're pretty well-versed in matters of society, that's why you learned to steal first!
Rotten brat!
I'm sorry. I don't have spare time to play with you.
Aish...
Aish! This wretch, really!
What's wrong, Cho Rip?
Seems like something got stuck.
Your Royal Highness. His Majesty has met with the Qing Emissary and they are having a meeting in Pyeonjeon. (Pyeonjeon - where the king worked at his convenience)
How about waiting at the Gang Ryeon Jeon?
-=Im Su Ung (Training Commander)=- How about waiting at Gang Ryeon Jeon?
Your Majesty, is it true that the Crown Prince is directing military exercise at the border?
The Emperor has expressed his displeasure at this matter.
There is a misunderstanding here.
The Crown Prince did inspect the Gwanseo area,
but he did not personally direct any military exercise at all.
There are only 5000 soldiers guarding the Capital,
but along the borders of Qing, there are ten times more soldiers guarding the place!
Is this an attempt at provocation?
What exactly are you trying to do?!
Are you trying to see me humiliated by the Qing Emissary?
Very well.
You defy my orders. What exactly have you been doing for more than a month now?
-=Yeong Jo=- You defy my orders. What exactly have you been doing for more than a month now?
Hmm... You don't have to report. Over this past month,
whoever you've met with will be demoted to soldiers.
Do as you deem fit!
If you want to punish someone, just punish me. Do not punish the innocent.
Shut up!
All these time, aren't you the one causing all the troubles?
Abamama. (Abamama - used by Prince and Princess when calling their father )
Just take your leave!
As the nation's future king, how can he be so insensible?
He plotted a revolt and now he's provoking the Qing.
Why is His Majesty indulging such an insensible Crown Prince?
Although His Majesty isn't very pleased, it's still his own child.
-=Hong Dae Ju (Commander of State Tribunal)=- Although His Majesty isn't very pleased, it's still his own child.
But because of this matter,
His Majesty's relationship with the Crown Prince will be at a stalemate.
His Majesty is furious and because of this the Norons will have something against you.
Your Royal Highness, can't you do something that will not provoke them?
-=Queen Jeong Sun=- Your Royal Highness, can't you do something that will not provoke them?
Hearing you say this, you remind me of someone from the past.
Someone who cared for me. I'm referring to you before you became Queen.
Her Majesty is unable to leave the Norons, but your child... I'll be different.
There's nothing here!
What? It wasn't empty a while back!
Go get them!
Hey! Are you okay?
Yes.
You! You're so despicable!
Let's not bother about anything else first. Duel with me!
Alright.
Old mister, we will spare your life but you must leave your things behind.
-=Sword Saint, Gim Gwang Taek (Joseon's Best Swordsman)=-
You want it? Come and get it.
Brat, we'll decide who's the winner next time!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
That... That... old man.
That... You used a very strange sword technique.
I say, you're no longer young. If you use such a weird technique and attract people's attention,
you may lose your life very soon.
Hopae skill. Do you want to learn? (Hopae - identification tag)
Aish, what do you see me as?
Talking about me...
What, what, what... what are you?
Can't you see? I'm a medicine man.
Medicine man? Bullshit!
Hey, I say, no matter where you are from...
Woah!
This is a good sword. But a sword that kills can never be a good sword.
The look in your eye tells me that you won't harm people.
Hey, what are you doing? Let's go!
Oh.
Hey, hey, hey! Baek Dong Su!
Boys and girls have to sleep on separate beds after seven years of age, really!
In the light of the day, you've committed such a disgusting action.
They look good!
Look at his eyes, it's going to jump at us already!
Rotten brat, seems like we have to teach you a lesson.
Please, can't you all just leave quietly?
The horse carriage is empty. Can't you give us the one in your arms?
I have no plans to let her leave.
Looks like you are quite capable, aren't you?
Seems like you have no intention of letting us go. Please hide behind me.
Leave.
Wretch!
Life is precious to everyone.
Hey!
You lower your bow first. Isn't your life just as precious?
Aish!
Who blew it? It's little brother! That fellow! Really!
Lower it... You...
Retreat!
Hey, stop!
Where are you from?
I'm a medicine man who lives in the mountain.
I've never seen you before. Show me your hopae. (Hopae - identification tag)
Hey, show me your hopae now!
Gim Gwang Taek.
Bring that over!
Hey, let's leave.
Aish! Didn't I ask you to wait?
We already know what the General is going to say without seeing!
Are you going to the market?
You can leave.
Gim Gwang Taek.
The name sounds familiar.
Hey, hey, hey! Dong... Dong Su!
Go!
Thank you.
Don't mention it.
Why do you have such sadness in your eyes?
I am sorry.
It's nothing.
It's good.
-=Heuksa Chorong=-
An order has arrived.
-=In (Heuksa Chorong, Human Lord)=-
Why are you acting like rats,
following me around sneakily?
Rat?
Turns out to be some kids who don't know any better.
What did you say? Kids?
I'm really going crazy soon!
I said old mister!
Although we look like this, I'm already 20 this year, 20!
So,
what do you want from me?
Well, I...
Of course I came looking for you to have a duel!
You too?
What?
No, I'm just...
A spectator.
So,
are you ready?
Wait, wait!
My arm, my arm...
Don't look.
With your inability to control impulse...
you're still a kid.
The sword
is not controlled the by hand.
The sword
moves as your heart wishes.
Only a compelling heart
can control the sword.
My head, my head...
This really hurts! This really hurts!
You're really great.
What are you doing?
You're so disappointing! I feel ashamed for you!
What? Assassin group?
Hey! Even the medicine man is able to defeat you
and you're even thinking about an assassin group? Bullshit!
You...
Stop it.
He who declares himself as the Invincible Baek Dong Su has become a failure overnight.
Hey... Un.
I said Un!
Go!
Un!
Are you alright?
Hey...
That... That.
Please eat a little.
I'm fine.
Aigoo, please do not refuse this.
just... just try a little.
That... although this fellow doesn't look very tempting,
but please look here, it's no different from chicken.
Is he really ignorant?
What did you say, rascal!
Hey, have you ever seen a samini eating meat before?
Hey... Hey...
This is...
Oh, this feels great!
I've been training too hard recently.
My body... it's still very warm.
He has gone completely crazy.
Catch.
This fellow is pretty ignorant. Please forgive him.
Yes.
I, Baek Dong Su... am only afraid of two things.
Starving and... being warm.
Oh! So warm!
It's warm, isn't it?
Where... Where...
Be still!
- Here! - Where? Where? Here?
-=Gu Hyang=- - Here! - Where? Where? Here?
I'm here!
- Where? Is it here? - It's here!
I got you! I got you!
You're really hard to catch.
Come catch me too!
I also want to play games.
Spare... spare my life.
To spare or not to spare?
Hurry up!
Gold taste just as nice when eaten like this,
there is no need for condiments.
My Lord,
consider yourself lucky today.
Your Excellency,
how do you benefit from scaring the Qing Emissary?
Moreover, you're not killing him and just scaring him with a pretense bandit.
I feel that the most difficult thing to do, is to scare people.
Killing is easier.
Do you want to know?
Where?
Hey, where is he going?
This...
Come...
No, I...
Seungnyeonim... if you leave this alone, it will become serious... (Seungnyeonim - female monk)
Please, make this...
to this...
Like that.
For someone who doesn't even gargle his mouth...
That... I am alright.
This, it's okay now, Seungnyeonim.
How many times must I say not to dispatch without my order?
Ah, seriously!
It's not like it has only been done once or twice. Why are you yelling?
And also, this is not for myself.
What have you done right to act so righteously?
Although I will dirty my hands being a thief...
I will never dirty this mouth.
We're only taking a small amount from those people who are fully fed...
and save those hungry people. That's what we have to do.
Isn't this what you say, father?
Isn't it?
Starving or overeating, how do you know?
It won't matter if you're only risking your own life...
but how can you be responsible for the life of your comrades?
You're old... old...
What?
Did I say something wrong?
Not doing anything and just staying in the hideout,
and just worrying blindly...
Old Father, were you like this when you were young?
Didn't you travel on all the roads in the country?
Isn't that right?
You...
Well then, I wish you good night, Chief.
Chief...
Hey.
You come back here!
We didn't become righteous thieves to fill our own stomachs.
But we can't survive on nothing either.
That's true...
Half is already enough.
We have to fill our stomachs to work.
Sure enough, the only person who thinks about us is the Chief.
This is our share.
What?
But...
Stop talking nonsense.
That...
Didn't we always split half...
We haven't sparred for some time...
1378 to... 0.
U... Un, what did you do?
Un... Un... Un!
Can you help me pull it out? This needles...
Needles are used to circulate blood and to heal illness.
They are not tools to harm people.
Gosh...
Are you all right?
Ah, yes.
Wow, looks like you are familiar with acupuncture.
I say... seeing you for the first time, it felt like you are not... simple.
That... that is what I meant, really.
Now go to mother.
You are so blessed... because you have a mother.
You're pretty well-versed in matters of society,
that's why you learned to steal first!
Brat.
What are you doing, my daughter?
Can't you see? I'm watching the fire.
Can't you see, I am nursing a fire.
Jin Ju... from now on... how about you stop doing it?
I don't want to.
You're a lady now. You shouldn't do these things.
It's too dangerous.
Why are you being like this?
Didn't we already agreed on this?
Wretch!
I'm being like this because I am worried about you.
I'm afraid that something might happen to my only daughter...
I am nagging because I am worried about you.
Coward!
I feel like I don't take after father at all,
but after mother.
Ah... right.
Yesterday, I saw an ajumma. (ajumma - old lady, aunt)
For some reason, my heart...
somehow I felt strange.
Was it because we look very similar?
Me! It's me!
I'm your daughter... Hwang Jin Ju!
The first thing I learned was to rob! Lineage won't deceive!
I'm a righteous bandit's daughter, so I can only live as one.
But father,
I heard that an emissary group came from Qing.
That emissary group is staying in O Ha No,
will there be a lot of treasures?
Stop daydreaming!
Just one mistake and you'll lose your life!
Can't I even just think?
Fairy! Fairy!
Hey, maybe...
she's the daughter of Jade Emperor!
In your eyes she's a fairy, right?
In mine, I've seen the King of Hades a long time ago.
What?
There's a possibility she might become my wife...
stop gossiping.
Wife?
Hey, Un... did you hear that?
Dong Su, this fellow, he has gone completely crazy!
It's an old problem.
Let's go. It's late.
Hey, if you don't wish to see the real hell, it's better to leave immediately.
Let's leave! Quickly!
- Go. - Sure, go.
Go! Go!
Don't hit me.
Why... are you hurt?
It is not silvery flower leaf?
Why did you put a poisonous weed on your wound?
Silver bells flower, although it is poisonous grass,
as long as we do not ingest it, we'll be fine.
This is Solomon's Seal, then this is...
What are you doing? Not walking?
Solomon's Seal, then this is...
Really, I'm finished...
Seriously!
You gang of rotten brats.
What have I told you about the basics of an escort group?
You boys seem to have a never-ending source of energy.
All of you... remain in this position for the rest of the day.
-=Heuk Sa Mo =- All of you... remain in this position for the rest of the day.
Sa... Sa Mo, it's not like this!
It's because the bandits rushed up together.
So that's why we couldn't help it...
Dong Su, are the sacks too light?
No. I'm sorry.
And Un, you!
I was pretty confident about your abilities...
but why are you becoming increasingly like these disappointing fellows?!
I'm sorry.
A bunch of rascals!
See, I knew it would turn out like this.
You should have done what you were told to do.
I don't know which vixen has taken your soul again.
Hey! Do you wish for death?
Ah! I have to go back to aunt now!
This wretch, I really feel like giving her a punch...
Hey, shall we drink later?
Have you gone completely crazy?
Aunt... aunt!
Dong Su has gotten into trouble again although he's only been here for a short while.
Stop wasting your time and do your work!
Shh.
But, what is Sa Mo oppanim doing right now?
In this palm-size huge place,
if you're curious... you can go check it for yourself.
Aigoo, this wretch!
The Qing Emissary who is here for inspection
has encountered the unfortunate incident of being robbed.
The displeasure emanating from the emissaries is unspeakable.
I have heard about it.
He wasn't doing his inspection
but having fun with the gisaengs.
Your Royal Highness.
How could the emissaries leave O Ha No and head to the city to visit the gisaengs?
At O Ha No where the Qing Emissaries are living,
not only is it confined, it is also located outside Seo Dae Mun.
Therefore, all along the security situation there has been worse.
Commander of State Tribunal.
What exactly are you trying to say?
Your Royal Highness.
How about taking this chance to build a new quarters for the Qing Emissary?
Your Royal Highness.
The Qing is crying.
What benefit could we get from neglecting the needs of such a powerful country?
Did you say Sword Saint?
Sword Saint... I've really missed him!
Aish, this is too difficult...
I see you've gotten better.
Seems like your meditation has ended peacefully.
I've been looking forward to the end of your meditation.
Well, it seems like you don't know yet.
Right... right...
you wouldn't know yet.
I heard that the Sword Saint who we love so, so, so much is back.
He has already step foot on Hanyang territory. I intend to welcome him personally.
Sending off and welcoming... since when has it become your interest?
What?
I see you cooped up at home these past few days,
seems like you have secretly cooked and eaten all the social etiquette!
What's with that expression in your eyes?
I'm so scared...
So scared.
In short, I'll take my time to eat that fellow's thumb.
Take your time to flavor your thumb with some salt.
Leave if you wish to.
I'm not concerned.
I know.
I'm not one of those people you care about.
The nauseating smell of blood is smothering me.
From the beginning,
this is the path we have both chosen.
But now, I've changed my mind.
I do not wish to stain my hands with blood anymore.
Neither will I wait for you.
Who was the one who changed the expression in your eyes?
Why?!
How about it? Let's spar...
Leave.
Sky Lord, you fellow!
Except for me, no one else is allowed to lay a finger on that fellow.
That's all.
Our destiny, ends here.
Is this the only way?
Just pour.
Did you really...
intend not to return?
My heart... has stopped beating for a long time.