- Episode 2 -
What happens when he doesn't hold back?
Everyone dies. The Mighty Child dies.
Mother, father, and his brother all die.
Father.
Father, you're coming back with the honey taffy, right?
Gil Dong.
Let's go down now. I have to help the young master with his studies.
Yes.
It's too heavy for me to carry.
Exactly, why did you fill it up so much?
We're late. It was my fault.
- Go get some water. - Yes.
Sleeping Suk. (CHINESE LETTER)
Sharing JUNG. (CHINESE LETTER)
Do you see what's wrong?
Pardon?
You told me that you learned a few words assisting him.
Tell me. What's wrong?
Right now!
Keep writing.
I told you to assist the young master while
he studies. Where were you playing until now?
I am praying and praying to the Big Dipper, a genius loci,
the god of the earth and the god of the spirits.
Please watch over Gil Hyun's father during his travels
and bring him home safely.
Please, I beg of you.
I beg of you. I beg of you.
REBEL: Thief Who Stole the People
On the day of the full moon, we're having a rock-throwing
contest with the village next to ours, right?
Yes.
Last year, we lost. If we lose this year, I won't leave you alone.
Yes.
Throw.
Hit it.
Throw harder!
Is this dog training?
Should I throw one at the young master?
Who would know where the rock came from?
Should we?
No matter how angry or unfair things are, you can't lose control.
You understand?
Gil Dong can't do it.
You're the best!
Have you lost your mind?
You should have watched carefully over the young master.
I've committed a deadly sin, Mistress.
He's still getting into trouble.
It's okay. My father is thinking about eating.
Eating?
My father said that when a dog barks just to think about eating.
I think about eating when I'm scolded, too.
When I think about eating something greasy on my rice,
it hurts less when I get hit.
Then should I think about eating a piece of meat on my rice?
You've never eaten meat before.
Then that's useless.
But there's someone else with big feet like my father.
I know.
Father.
- Have you been good? - Yes.
Father,
have you returned?
My father is here. Father is here.
Father is home.
Father is home. Father is home. Father is home.
- Father is home. Father is home. - Aigoo.
Where did you meet the children?
Is that all you can say to your husband that you haven't seen in months?
Let me do that.
The children are watching.
Goodness.
How did you ruin your feet like this?
Father is home.
Alright.
My father is home.
My father is home so my mother told me to buy some fish.
Father.
Have you kept what I said to you in mind?
Of course.
Alright. I'm proud of you, Son.
I was only able to bring two rolls of cotton back this time.
Isn't this silk nice?
You seem to have a knack for this.
Don't say that. Being outside your home
was an ordeal for me.
How did you come to obtain this?
People of Ming go crazy for furs as you know.
- Of those, they say that our furs are smoother and better. - So?
Furs are difficult to find here, but in the north animals are more bountiful.
Cotton is rarer there.
So I bought cotton with the money I made selling the dried pollack.
I went to the mountain people and exchanged it
all for furs. Then sold them all in Gaegyeong.
I had suffered from walking around.
Then could you sell the other things in our storage?
I could but fur season is over.
I would have to try something else.
I made a few friends among the merchants.
I could follow them around and make a profit.
Should I continue following the merchants around?
Alright, while living outside this house
continue following the merchants around.
Thank you, Lord.
Even if you live outside, you must come flying if our Lord Cham Bong calls you.
Without a doubt.
Even if I'm taking a poop, if I hear you calling
I'll come running.
You're something.
Mal Dong's house is empty so go there.
Your wife can help with our farming.
We could put the dok (EARTHENWARE CROCKERY) over here.
The furnace is big and usable.
The room floors are oil stained.
Gil Hyun.
Father!
I told you I would buy it for you. Now you don't have to be wary of Lord Cham Bong,
and can study as much as you want.
Yes.
So this is our Gil Dong's.
Wow, this is the rice!
Now we're going to eat this rice going forward.
Go ahead and eat.
Please eat.
What are you doing?
Since Lord Cham Bong made the servants follow his rules,
I haven't had a single comfortable meal with you at the same table.
Mother, this rice doesn't even need to be chewed to swallow.
We can't.
Why not.
Just thinking about your bare skin made me come running
home without taking a break, even over thousands of miles.
- I can't. - Goodness.
I'm pregnant.
What?
- That day. - The day before I left for Gaegyeong?
You should have saved your strength for your long trip ahead but instead,
you wouldn't stop bothering me all night.
We better go to the doctor immediately tomorrow.
When did we ever go to the doctor for a pregnancy?
We need to see one.
I'm going to do all the things noblemen do now.
What a ridiculous thing to say.
You're pregnant. It's a lively one.
What a bundle of fortune. A bundle of fortune.
Where is the baby standing?
It doesn't mean the baby is standing but that she's pregnant.
- What is pregnancy? - There's something like that.
How do you get pregnant?
There's something like that!
Hey, Amogae!
Is this Amogae's house?
Are you here?
You're still alive.
I told you that a guest was coming today.
Yes. I have drinks set up.
Say hello. This is my wife.
Yes.
This is a merchant who traveled with me.
There's nothing to eat. I don't know what to do.
Don't worry.
Hey, are you Gil Dong?
Say hello.
Look at that fellow. Is he the one?
- Let's go inside. - Let's go.
Oh my. What is this?
There isn't much.
Have a seat and join us for a drink.
No. Enjoy your talk.
Just... Yes, yes.
You refused the Pyongyang gisaeng and were in a hurry to come back home.
Now I understand your reasoning.
Stop talking nonsense. Continue what you were talking about.
Choyang Ri is
all the farms belonging to the Lee family. A few years ago
there were people dying in the next village, yet
they didn't share a single bowl of porridge.
That precious rice needs to be shared even by force.
Nothing bad will happen, right?
I'm not in the position to be afraid or whatever.
What? Is this because of your second son?
I need to buy our freedom.
If we can't buy our freedom that boy will die.
You told me, you made it clear to him about his temper.
How long will that last?
Just as water can't flow upstream and fish needs water to survive,
someone born to that can't live as a slave.
- Where are you going without eating breakfast? - I'm a little busy right now.
I thought you'd stay a few more days.
Wait.
Change your shoes often. I put some scorched rice in there, too.
It upsets me that you won't even eat breakfast before leaving. Seriously.
I can't continue watching because I'm jealous. Sister-in-law, I enjoyed my stay.
I'm going first.
I'm leaving.
Look at this. What is this?
Take this.
Here you go.
Cheers.
If you are envious about it, go tell your father to be a merchant as well.
Have you heard?
The deposed queen's second son had died in the palace.
Did the deposed queen have another son besides the heir apparent?
Yes!
And this son died within ten days of the queen being kicked out of the palace.
The deposed queen only heard the news after three years and is galled by it.
So, those who want to gain big through this
opportunity are crowding around the deposed queen.
Should I join her rank and file as well? After all, she has the heir apparent.
We are still short 200 silver pieces.
We have sold enough land already. Why don't we sell 2-3 bondservants?
Dammit, the village head position sure is expensive.
This is all because you spent our fortune for something worthless.
- What do you mean worthless?! - Then, the deposed queen...
[DEPOSED QUEEN LADY YOON WAS KING YEONSANGUN'S BIOLOGICAL MOTHER.]
Why do you get involved with those who chatter about restoring the deposed queen?
When a new queen has been installed, how will the deposed queen get restored?
You never know.
Haven't you heard that His Majesty is very fickle about, if nothing else, women?
How do we know if he is not going to beckon the deposed queen again?
Moreover, isn't her son still the heir apparent?
Whether they are scamming or
whether they really have connections to the deposed queen, how do you know?
What nonsense!
I have a letter personally written by the deposed queen.
Do you think this is for my sake?
This is all for the sake of our Soo Hak.
You just wait and see. By the time Soo Hak becomes a government official,
the heir apparent might inherit the throne.
If only things work out that way, the deposed
queen will become the Queen Dowager.
The grand prince has passed away.
Everybody in the world knew it but kept mum,
so Her Highness has heard the news only now.
She is heartbroken.
At this rate, who's going to be able to vouch for the safety of
the heir apparent who is recuperating at Kang Hui Maeng's house?
That is why Her Highness has made up her mind.
Your Highness!
To those who aid her, she will bestow the
token of a letter personally written by her.
Her Highness still has the heir apparent.
Her Highness will absolutely return to the palace!
Your Highness!
Your Highness, you have properly greeted your King Father, right?
Yes, Father... [Lee Yoong, who later becomes
[King Yeonsangun that rules the country]
King Father. You must call him King Father.
Everyone calls their father, Father. Why is it
that only I have to call my father, King Father?
That is because you are the heir apparent, the base of this nation.
But why don't I live with King Father?
That is because you are frequently ill so you have moved
to Kang Hui Maeng's house for him to take care of you.
Then, did my younger brother die because he was left in the palace?
Gil Hyun!
- Gil Dong! - Father!
Have you been well?
Yes.
You are here!
For Gil Hyun.
For Gil Dong.
An inkstone! What a precious thing, Father...
I wonder what these sweets taste like?
This time, I made quite a profit by selling fermented fish sauce from Kang Kyeong.
You worked hard.
Fine-toothed combs for you.
Oh my!
This is our daughter's hair ribbon.
How do you know whether it's a daughter or not?
I am telling you it's a daughter, for sure!
Aigoo, aigoo... I'm so tired.
Father's sleeping. So you kids should go outside and play.
Yes!
Lift your head a little.
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All the neighbors are going to wake up.
How come you don't ask me anything?
Just don't hurt anybody physically.
Aigoo, aigoo...
My poor baby, what do I do...
Aigoo, what do I do?
You are in good health?
Are you here to pay the tribute to the master?
- What's going on? - She's being sold to go to Hamgyong Province.
Why to such a faraway place?
Lately, our Lord Cham Bong (9TH-GRADE LOWLIEST GOVERNMENT WORKER TITLE)...
made some connections and is gathering money to buy a position.
Yeah, yeah, to make some iron powder (SLANG FOR BRIBE) and buy a position,
he is selling rice paddies, fields and bondservants.
I wonder if I'll be sold off to somewhere, too...
This little fist-sized guy is worth as much as three rolls of cotton?
That's what you're saying, right?
But what are you thinking about?
I think I can get released from bondage.
Didn't you say your master wouldn't let you go?
I did.
But I think he is in need of money.
He won't release me, but he might sell me.
That's why... I need a freeman to buy me.
Will you look for a person who might not mind even money from such as me?
Whose complaint is this?
A Park from Gunae Hamlet got into a fight with the
estate overseer during the last harvest and...
Whose land is the estate at Gunae Hamlet?
Didn't you know the owner of the Gunae estate is
the maternal side of the Minister of Defense?
Whose future were you planning to ruin to accept
this kind of complaint? That's what I'm asking you!
Are you looking down on me because I'm from Hanyang (Seoul's
(name at the time) and don't know much about this area?
Do you think I don't know about you taking
kickbacks to write these complaints for people?!
Aigoo, not in a million or billion years!
If you receive iron powder and write this kind of complaint one more time,
be assured that I will let the petty ministerial position, that has
continued in your family for three generations, end with your generation!
Magistrate! Magistrate!
When I'm only getting iron powder the size of mouse
droppings, what have you contributed toward it anyway?
How petty, seriously!
There is someone who says he must see you today.
They are paying for this drink as well.
We are respectfully seeking your audience, Mr. Law Clerk.
[HYEON SHIN: LOWER PEOPLE PAY THEIR RESPECT TO THE HIGHER.]
What are you guys?
Then, have a talk.
Sir, may I pour you a cup?
Oh, that fella is a bondservant belonging to Cham Bong Jo's household.
We are here because he has something to request of you.
Hey, that dude doesn't know how to wag his tongue?
Would you please... buy me?
Please, please come this way.
Just his looks are fine, but he's an empty rice puff.
Here we go.
He is an ox stand-in. If you hitch him with a plow,
3-4 patches of paddies are plowed in no time.
No worries.
Now, now, now...
Sir, this guy is as strong as Xiang Yu (famed
(for his strength) and doing brainwork,
smarter than even Zhuge Liang (wise tactician
(in Romance of the Three Kingdoms).
Okay, come this way.
- So, you will provide the money and I should
buy you and your family from Cham Bong Jo
- and set you free, right? - Yes.
But you can give the money to Cham Bong Jo directly and buy your freedom.
Do you think he will let me go if he knows I have that kind of fortune?
Yeah, you're right...
What if I don't release you afterward? Do you trust me?
I will trust your ambition.
Will you live all your life, kissing up to magistrates who change every three years
or will you choose a reliable backup who will
be on your side for the rest of your life?
I like this fella.
Since his woman seems to be pregnant, I will buy the whole family while I'm at it.
- 300 rolls of cotton! - 300 rolls of cotton...?!
For the young ones, you will have to pay at least 200 rolls.
Lord Cham Bong, are you trying to get filthy rich through this chance or what?
Oh well... I guess I can't help it.
Fine.
Here you go.
As soon as I exchange this promissory note,
I will hand over Amogae's family to you.
What? Is this guy's name Amogae (MEANS "WHOEVER" OR "DOG SCHMOE")?
- I named him myself. - What a lowly name that is!
No matter how much I think about it, it's strange.
How did Law Clerk Eom amass all that money?
Don't you know the village law clerk is a sweet position?
To file complaints, countless people offer him fabric and gold pieces.
That's true, but...
For a mere servant family of four, 1000 rolls of cotton?
Moreover, of all the servants, why did he handpick Amogae to buy?
What is the problem when we're going to get 1000 rolls of cotton?
I'd better have someone tail Law Clerk Eom
and find out who he hangs around with lately.
They say nowadays superiors hate anything in the shape of a Buddha, no matter what.
I didn't know whether you'd like it.
Aigoo, this person!
I'm not an old fogey always quoting Confucius or Mencius.
Where have you been, treating us like leftover cold rice?
Servant Head Man Seok from Cham Bong Jo's household
asked me to spy on you, Mr. Law Clerk.
Spy on me?!
It's exactly as you said!
If I don't know my master, who'd know him?
Are you saying you couldn't find out anything from the gisaeng house?
According to Jeokseonah,
he just drinks with similar petty clerks.
What on earth did you learn anyway?
I heard that a doctor visited Amogae's house recently?
The rumor has it that a doctor examined Gil Hyun's mom
and that his son is learning letters and his earthenware sauce pots are full.
And they eat white rice every meal.
With his business savvy, that's a given.
No,
how can a slave forget his station and eat white rice
and study letters? That's absurd!
Selling him to Law Clerk Eom... Put it off for now.
Even though we might sell him when the time comes,
we can't send off his fortune together with him.
Just in case Amogae has a hidden fortune, that fortune
is none other than ours, isn't it?
Even from a slave,
the master cannot take away any personal property in any form other than grains.
- That's what the law of the land says. - However,
what about the personal property of a slave that has harmed his master?
If a slave causes even the tiniest scratch on the body of his master,
the master is allowed to kill the slave.
At that time, if we choose to accept the slave's property
instead of his life, who's going to point the finger at us?
Hey...
When Amogae lived his whole life as a hereditary bondservant
in this household, would he make that kind of mistake?
We will have to stage an event that he will not be able to tolerate.
How is your uncle nowadays?
Didn't you say that he liked a local gisaeng?
Why don't you invite him one of these days and drink with him?
During this year's stone fight game, should I stop just scaring
Young Master Soo Hak and really crack his noggin?
You eat so much but why don't you have any strength?
It's weird.
I kept telling myself not to use strength so I really have no strength.
What is he talking about?
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Aigoo, this world is going crazy.
- A slave buying a rabbit fur? - What is the matter, My Lord?
I will come back next time.
Oh my!
I will buy this.
If a nobleman says he's going to buy this, you
should say yes and give it up right away.
Who do you think you're being so rude to?
Pthu!
Ehei...
Mother...
This bi*ch dares to block a nobleman's path?
Until we are handed over to Law Clerk Eom without any mishap
you cannot cause any trouble, okay?
Oh, I get it.
From the way you're swaying you buttocks,
you're giving off scents to tempt me, right?
No! Please continue on your way.
But this bi*ch!
Mother!
Mother...
This rude punk!
Get lost!
Get away from my mother!
Where have you seen such a rude brat?
I told you to get lost. Get away from my mother!
No, Gil Dong, NO!
Gil Dong!
- Gil Dong, no... - I did wrong.
Please spare me, spare me.
Gil Dong, Gil Dong. Gil Dong! GIL DONG!
Father.
A slave is killing a nobleman.
A slave... killing a nobleman...
A slave tried to kill a nobleman!
A slave killing a nobleman, a slave killing a nobleman!
T-Th-That punk, that punk!
No, no, it was me who did it. I did it.
No, that, that little brat, that little brat... did it.
Th-Th-That brat. Catch him, catch him quickly.
This little son of mine...
What strength would he have to lodge that rock into the tree trunk?
Isn't that so?
You're right. Gil Hyun's Father did this.
No, no...
Gil Hyun's Father!
But, that...!
Th-Th-That... Aigoo...
I am wronged. No matter how lowly we are,
how can he fondle the breasts of a pregnant married woman?
No matter. Regardless of the reason,
a slave that has harmed a freeman must be punished.
Yes, I will gladly pay for my crime.
I should get paddled 10 or 20 times. I will!
I only ask that you hear out how this came about.
Do you think mere paddling will solve this matter?
Don't you know harming your master's close kinsman (within
(2-3 degrees of kinship - siblings, uncles and aunts)
is treated the same as harming your master and can subject you to a death penalty?
This person is your master Cham Bong Jo's uncle.
Use a little more strength! Aigoo, what is this? What should we do?
Aigoo, it's about to come out. Push just a little more, okay?
Aigoo, at this rate, your mom's going to die, baby!
What should we do?
If only you'd spare my life,
I will do whatever.
I want to spare your life, too.
But in order to do so, there shouldn't be any
cheating going on between a master and a slave.
Isn't there anything that you've been hiding from me?
I'm asking whether you've hidden any property from me.
You dare to cheat me?
So, what are you going to do with this property from now on?
- This is... - This is?
This is what?
This is the fortune with which
my family will buy freedom.
This property is
all
yours, Master.
Hurry home.
Gil Dong's Mom is having a difficult labor.
Father, it is a girl.
You're here?
Father, I did wrong.
I threw a stone and...
You didn't throw the stone.
Father...
How did you know it was a daughter?
I prayed for a daughter taking after you with all my heart.
I held on lest I might go without seeing you.
What are you talking about?
I think something is wrong with my body.
I am sorry.
I will fetch a doctor right away!
Stay with me.
Why is your hand so cold?
I...
was really happy.
Living as a couple with you...
Oh, my poor husband, what do I do with you?
I am... a bad mother.
I am more sorry for my husband
than for my kids.
Wife, don't do this.
Don't be this way.
Our Gil Dong...
Don't scold him too much.
Wife...
Geum Ok...
Why are you like this?
Geum Ok...
Geum Ok.
Mother!
Geum Ok...
Mother...
Geum Ok...
Mother!
Father...
You kids, stay here.
Because Father and Mother have something to talk about just between the two of us.
Wife...
I did wrong!
I did wrong...
I did wrong.
I was wrong...
Jeokseonah said Cham Bong Jo
dragged his uncle, Mr. Jo, into this.
For your property,
he had him harass your wife.
What you told me... Is that the truth?
Father...
Father.
Father!
Get up.
After killing another's wife,
how can you sleep so comfortably?
You punk! What do you think you're doing right now?
What do you mean, "What?" I'm here to ask you a little question.
Did you covet my property so much?
Still, how could you do this to me?
My wife...
breastfed Young Master while letting our Gil Dong suck on his finger.
And my Gil Hyun grew up being caned instead of Young Master countless times.
And to this day, trying to serve you, I could not stretch my back once properly.
My father, grandfather and grandfather's grandfather
devoted their flesh, bone and even sinew to this household.
Look here...
No, no... It is not your fault, Master.
It's all my fault.
What wrong did you do, Master?
The whole world says slaves are not human.
What brilliant alternative would you have had, Master?
How come I didn't think of this method before?
Killing everyone that's not like a human
and being reborn... Why didn't I think of this before?
Look here...
Amogae! Amogae!
Amogae!
Amogae?
Since you named me like that,
did you think it was okay for Amogae to live whatever way?
Hey, Jo Sang Moon,
J-Jo Sang... You rascal!
Now...
stop living and die.
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