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When Confucius was in Qufu, (CONFUCIUS'S HOMETOWN)
he was easy-going and polite.
He acted as if he was not fluent in speaking.
But when Confucius was attending in a shrine or working for the government,
he spoke logically and fluently,
while he was careful in choosing his words.
When Confucius was in Qufu... (FROM THE ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS)
he was easy-going and polite.
I ordered you to assist your Young Lord when he is studying.
Why did you come this late after goofing around somewhere?
But when Confucius was attending in a shrine or working for the government,
he spoke logically and fluently...
They are all preparing for the augmented exam this time.
(CIVIL SERVICE EXAM HELD IN CELEBRATION OF CERTAIN EVENTS)
Which family are you, a Confucian scholar, from?
Won Il, the 31th descendant of Pa In Gong genealogy among Ham Ju Park's clan.
As my death is approaching, I am leaving this epistle behind.
If anyone passes by and finds this, please heed my requests.
The 31st descendant of Pa In Gong genealogy among Ham Ju Park's clan.
Oh, you are a Park from the Ham Ju clan?
What about your father?
Teacher.
Greet each other. This is Ha Seong from the Park family.
Did you meet Teacher in front of the brush shop, as well?
I see.
- Episode 9 - - All my school-mates here have no parents
or have suffered a decline in wealth, so they cannot afford to study.
But Teacher has taken us in.
Since Teacher brought you here himself, you are very lucky, just like me.
Like us, those who have lost their fathers while young,
or if our households endured tough times, so we lack connections,
we have to stand firmly together.
You should study here with us.
I have no intention of taking the exam.
I only came here because I was curious to see a school for Confucian
scholars. (SEOWON WAS A CONFUCIAN SHRINE AND A SCHOOL AT THE SAME TIME.)
I would like it if you studied with us.
I'm not sure why, but you seem familiar to me as if I've known you for a long time.
I think that I should return now.
Why don't you stay for a few more days?
Was my hospitality towards you lacking?
My son will be taking the augmented exam soon.
I should go and take care of him.
Then you should go.
Since you are so earnest, I am sure the results will be good.
Thank you, Your Highness.
But from what I hear,
a few of Amogae's subordinates
are alive and have run away.
And that people on our side have suffered significant injuries, as well.
So I would like to say...
about Amogae's second son.
He is a very ominous fellow.
Ominous?
He is very strong.
He is a brute, Mother.
He is... a brute.
Amogae had been an established thug in Yiquari for over 10 years,
so could we sweep everything away in one blow?
But Amogae was killed, and his roots were pulled out.
So there is no need to worry about the rest of his men.
And that second son, he died.
No man or animal could survive a fall from that kind of cliff.
- Of course, you must be right. - I didn't see you that way,
but you are as timid as a rabbit.
I requested my brush-maker to make some fine quality brushes for your son.
My goodness, such precious items.
How can I repay such kindness?
When your son passes the exam, please treat me to a drink.
Your Highness, you are my savior.
In addition, you are a pillar of our nation.
I'm very flattered. A pillar?
I am merely someone who cannot stand to see our nation's discipline collapse.
What bullshit.
After Heo Tae Hak made Father that way, the first thing
he took from Father was his Buddhist prayer beads, right?
I heard that he went around bragging that he
acquired those prayer beads by winning over Amogae.
They are so precious to him that when he sleeps, he
stores them carefully in a box next to his head.
Do you all remember?
Father said that he would make sure nobody touched
his family, his friends, even a single hair on his dog.
From now on, we are not alone.
I will make it so that no one can touch any of Amogae's people.
Amogae's blood family, friends, and even
my dog. I will not allow anyone to touch even a hair on my dog.
Big Boss. Big Boss! Big Boss!
We must repay the bastards who provoked the thug, exactly like an eye for an eye.
For a thug, that's how we keep our reputations, after all.
Let's go together.
Does it make sense to catch Prince Choong Won? Gil Dong has gone crazy, seriously crazy.
- Shut that mouth. - Then why are you running away?
A pine caterpillar has to gnaw only on the pine
needles. (HE SHOULDN'T BITE OFF MORE THAN HE CAN CHEW.)
Big Boss, it turns out
this is all I am worth, after all.
Are you really leaving?
Are you going to leave and throw us away?
Gil Dong, I have no confidence.
I am scared of royalty.
- But Hyung-nim... - Gil Dong, you are right.
I...
I am not a human.
Hyung-nim.
Sorry.
I am sorry, Gil Dong.
[REBEL: THIEF WHO STOLE THE PEOPLE]
Aigoo, I'm here.
Since Law Clerk Gong was nagging at me so much and I got sick of listening to him,
I rushed to come here after staying in the Village Hall for a short time.
Don't worry, no one saw me come here.
Where did Yonggae and Se Gyeol go, anyway?
Traitors.
No, I already ate.
But Orabeoni Gil Dong said something strange.
He said that I don't have to cook or do laundry just because I'm a woman.
But who will do that, if not a woman?
I've never heard such strange words in my whole life.
Anyway, he hates me going into the kitchen so much,
so I woke up early and quickly cooked and did all the laundry.
If I didn't do even that, he would kick me out right away, saying that I am useless.
Does he think I won't know that?
This is the first time I've seen you smile.
Orabeoni Gil Dong must be handsome because he resembles his father...
They ran away, huh?
So how do you plan on catching Prince Choong Won, anyway?
Amogae and you all, you are the same.
You do not know to fear royalty. Very troublesome.
What happened to Amogae...
Magistrate, why do you keep coming here?
Why are you talking that way, again?
I told you that I saved Amogae's life.
Big Boss's body is broken.
Gil Hyun, Eorinie,
and Eobsan. We don't know if they are alive or dead.
Whose fault is all this?
Okay. I will go.
See if I ever return.
Aish.
But still,
playing with you guys
was the most fun I had,
the happiest time, for me.
♪ E Heya, Eo Huh Ya ♪
♪ Please leave your door open ♪
♪ E Heya, Eo Huh Ya ♪
Living with you guys in Yiquari
was the flowering period of my life.
I am sorry to all of you.
I deserve to die.
I know that.
I do know it.
How dare you! Without even consulting me,
you dare to release those bastards?
Do you think you still control what is going on in this Village Hall?
Without Amogae, you are not the (POWERFUL) magistrate like you used to be,
and I am not the same me as in the past.
How dare you?!? Damn you!
- I warned you not to mess with Amogae, didn't I? - What is that?
This isn't my sleeping inner wear, is it?
After receiving inner wear with blood on it from Amogae,
no one has survived!
But Amogae is dead.
But his men are still alive.
Now those men
will kill me!
Those men will, for sure,
kill you and me, you bastard!
Those men...
You and me.
Among thugs, hanging someone's bloody inner wear
is a sign that they will wreak vengeance on those who betrayed them, he said.
Is that true?
One of my sleeping inner wear disappeared, too.
Am I the only one who will die?
Do you think you will be safe?
No, I must visit Prince Choong Won myself.
Before you are killed by Amogae's men,
do you want to taste my sword first?
You must not say anything to Prince Choong Won.
Do you understand?
Leader! Magistrate Eom is...
What is it?
It is a tongue.
[Magistrate Eom's loose tongue has caused Amogae's death, so we
[have cut out his tongue to make an example (OF HOW BETRAYAL ENDS).]
Magistrate Eom's loose tongue has caused Amogae's death,
so we have cut out his tongue to make an example (OF HOW BETRAYAL ENDS).
Where is Magistrate Eom?
He has disappeared, they said.
Then, take care.
I'm sure you'll be fine.
Your father's crock (HIDDEN ASSETS)
is quite deep, isn't it?
Please don't go.
Does Heo Tae Hak trust you, Magistrate?
Trust me?
Believing that I had Amogae killed
to save my own neck, he looks down on me.
Then, does he believe that you betrayed Father, at least?
That is enough.
So from now on,
is it enough that I hide here, as if I am dead?
But whose tongue is that?
Don't ask.
Just us three?
Even just Heo Tae Hak's bodyguards
number in the dozens.
Three? With me, it's four.
Hey, what can you do?
You can't even beat me in arm wrestling.
What are you saying?
I beat you at arm wrestling already. Did you forget?
Do you think that you really won that?
I let you win.
Then if I beat you at a real match,
will you count me as one of you?
One, two, three.
Don't tease Gil Dong and do it for real.
All right.
It doesn't seem like Ggeutsoi's letting Gil Dong win.
Gil Dong.
Gil Dong has always been really strong, right?
Hey, Gil Dong.
Shall we try again, with our left hand?
Hyung-nim, I won at arm wrestling.
So will you count me as one among you?
We can, but what can four men do?
Let's tease Heo Tae Hak, little by little.
So how will we tease Heo Tae Hak, anyway?
Who knows? Let's look.
Hey! Snake!
Snake, snake! Catch the snake.
Catch it!
We need to cover this up.
Shall we sing a song?
♪ E Heya, Eo Huh Ya ♪
♪ Snowman, who are you? ♪
What's wrong? What is it?
Why is he doing that?
Kill me! Kill me, you bastard!
So I hear that Amogae's underlings are creating a fuss these days.
How could that be?
We killed all of Amogae's men.
Even if they lived, they could not function as humans.
Did you forget what happened to Amogae after deceiving me?
Heo Tae Tak, you stupid, pathetic loser.
Our Majesty will soon summon me to Hanyang.
I promised that when that time came, I would take you with me, didn't I?
Yes, you did, Your Highness.
At such a crucial time, must I hear about such nonsense?
On the off chance that my trip to Hanyang is blocked by Amogae's men,
you will become my mortal enemy.
Do you want to become mortal enemies with me?
You may leave now.
You... stay.
- What is your name? - It is Mori.
- You don't have a surname? - No, I do not.
All right, Mori. So how did you meet Heo Tae Hak?
He took me in while I was wandering without a home.
I heard that Heo Tae Hak sold commoners into slavery.
So that almost happened to you, right?
No. I asked to become a slave so that I could eat,
and he offered to teach me his work, instead.
I see, that is what happened.
If Amogae's men are alive, we will catch them for sure.
So please don't worry too much.
Gosh, it is chaos out there.
I pretended to go around collecting alms, and heard some news.
After Magistrate Eom disappeared, Law Clerk Gong is
paralyzed with fear, and has gone half crazy, they say.
And after hearing about it, Prince Choong Won summoned Heo Tae Hak, and reprimanded him.
Oh good. That is good news.
I did manage to bring around one of Heo Tae Hak's men,
but he can't even go near Heo Tae Hak. He just guards the door.
What use is fixing a guy like that? How can we catch Heo Tae Hak?
First, we must find Father's prayer beads.
For what? Can't we just buy him nicer ones?
You said that it is precious to him, so he keeps them in a box next to his head while he sleeps?
Yes.
That's why we have to get them back from him.
Once Heo Tae Hak learns that we can reach him, even
where he sleeps, he will come to distrust his men.
Once he comes to distrust his own men,
that will definitely create an opening.
It's not impossible.
In order to curry favor with Prince Choong Won, he's been
looking for appropriate young girls among the slaves he trades,
and sends them to Prince Choong Won's house.
If we plant one of our people there, they can get close to Heo Tae Hak.
I will do it.
I... will do it.
You can't.
I can lie well.
I can't dance or sing,
but I'm the best liar in Joseon.
Rather than look for someone among nomads or street-performers,
she would be... the most trustworthy.
She does seem fairly intelligent.
But what if something goes wrong?
No. Go home. Like other girls, you should go home, and...
I have no home to return to.
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Do you think you can do well?
I can. I really can do it well.
Even if something goes wrong, and you die, I will not care.
Bring back Father's prayer beads, and a piece of Heo Tae Hak's clothing.
I will also send along someone to help you, but you must pretend to not know him.
Okay.
Mother.
Soo Hak.
If you want to pass the civil service exam, having good writing skill is not enough.
You have to know what His Majesty likes and dislikes.
- I hear that things are quite chaotic in the palace lately. - Why?
His Majesty is insisting on a Soo-Ryuk-Jae.
What is that? Isn't it a memorial ceremony for Buddha?
But does that make sense? Think of how our nation Joseon was established.
Your Majesty, please do not perform the memorial ceremony for Buddha.
When monks put up tents and call out to spirits, the former King's spirit in heaven
will be very furious, for certain.
Confucius said that one must not alter one's father's customs and rules for three years
in order to be considered a filial son.
If you insist on the memorial ceremony for Buddha,
please know that you are violating your filial duty.
Violating my filial duty? How can you hurt my heart with such harsh words?
I have only just inherited this nation, and I am filled with apprehension.
But without skipping even one day, you insist that I cancel my plans for the Buddhist ceremony.
It is very regrettable.
But Great Royal Dowager Queen deeply desires the Buddhist memorial service.
Please consider how sad Great Royal Dowager Queen feels
for her son's death and don't oppose the service.
However, Your Majesty,
a Buddhist ritual is a road to ruin for our nation.
A Buddhist ritual would be wrong and wicked.
A Buddhist ritual would be wrong and wicked!
His Majesty, after sending his father to the other world,
the sorrowful tears he shed haven't even dried.
So what is such a big deal about his desire to hold a memorial ceremony for Buddha
that you would try to interfere, every single day?
Is this really an important matter for our nation?
Left State Minister, are you trying to brown-nose to His Majesty? [YI UK GONG]
Brown-nose? How dare you!
Seeing him trying to promote himself by brown-nosing,
Left State Minister, he must be a small-minded person.
Your Majesty, please honor Confucius' teachings, and
please abandon this group of small-minded people.
Left State Minister Roh Sa Shin is a small-minded person.
Left State Minister Roh Sa Shin is a small-minded person!
Left State Minister is a small-minded person. (Being a small-minded
(person was considered to be the worst thing for a Confucian scholar.)
They fear Confucius and Mencius.
Just look. Even now,
they still observe the words of Confucius uttered 2,000 years ago
and insist "I am a man of virtue, you are a small-minded person!"
And they are arguing with each other, aren't they?
Therefore, you engrave what Confucius and Mencius said into your heart,
and only follow the path they showed.
That is a safe way.
No, that is the only safe way.
They have labeled Left State Minister as a small-minded person. [YOO JA GWANG]
Why did you do that?
Once they label you a small-minded person, [YOON PIL SANG]
your public service cannot go smoothly.
Left State Minister Roh Sa Shin is a small-minded person!
How can you call him a small-minded person?
I heard that you went to the palace a few days ago and danced in front of His Majesty. Is it true?
As rumored, is the king a libertine?
No, he's not. He didn't even hold my wrist once.
Maybe he just didn't want to hold your wrist.
Do you know how wonderful His Majesty's voice is?
I heard a rumor that the Deposed Queen (the mother of
(His Majesty) appears in the king's dream every night
and His Majesty is suffering from the nightmare.
Geez, why are you saying such nonsense?
I can't concentrate on this.
♪ Erang Erang Eeh Ya, Eeh Ya, Ar Di ya ♪
Aigoo, come on now. Let's play together.
♪ Ja~ Si Goo ♪
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♪ Eerh ♪
Hold on! Someone is coming from the palace.
The people I call, prepare yourselves to leave.
I guess more girls will be called into the palace again.
Soseola, Yangyi and Danyangi.
Please quickly find the herb medicine on this paper.
Please carry on.
Mr. Messenger Eunuch!
[KIM JA WON: MESSENGER EUNUCH]
From the beginning, I knew that you
were not a mere straw mat peddler.
I also knew that you wouldn't waste your life as a mere Village Hall's gisaeng.
But what about Gil Dong? Have you forgotten him?
It's all in the past.
Of all the ladies in the Bureau of Music, would there
be even one who didn't have at least one past paramour?
There are quite a few who've even left behind their children outside.
So, the fact that I had admired a man in the past,
it's not such a big flaw.
Of course not.
However, you must not expect to approach His Majesty.
Is that something that is up to me?
- What? - It's up to His Majesty's heart.
My ambition, your will, everything,
doesn't it solely depend on His Majesty, after all?
You. You.
You.
- You. - Thank you.
Hold on.
You have a scar, so you won't do.
Send her out.
Oh no. Please make me a slave and send me to a rich house.
Please? You said I could eat beef soup.
Please let me eat beef soup!
Hold on, wait, hold on.
What should I do?
Come out once the sun sets. The girl servant will pass through
the front yard to take the water to Heo Tae Hak's sleeping room.
From that point, you're on your own.
I don't know anything about this.
She went that way.
Damn bitch!
Hey, what are you doing?
Who are you...?
Why are you asking? Didn't you hear what the leader ordered this afternoon?
What did he say?
Geez, you will be in trouble.
Go in a hurry before Leader catches onto you.
I'll bring this to him.
They are so precious to him that when he sleeps, he
stores them carefully in a box next to his head.
Prince Choong Won!
A pig is here. A pig!
Kill it! Kill it.
You're really my Orabeoni from now on.
Mori! Mori!
My clothes have disappeared.
Heo Tae Hak intends to get rid of all his men because he cannot trust them.
That's a good thing. When he recruits new men, let's plant some of our people.
Let's make Heo Tae Hak unable to take even one breath with ease.
That's why I am saying this. How about setting up some bait?
Will that be possible?
There are people who cannot stand to see people like us live as humans.
It isn't because they are so terrible.
It is because they do not see us as human.
If so, is that their fault?
No, it is our fault.
Such property is...
all...
They look at us and say that we are not human,
and if we say, "Yes, we are not human," and stay bowed down,
of course, they will say, "Yes, indeed you are not human."
I will kill those who do not behave like humans,
and be reborn again. Why didn't I think of that before?
Rather than as humans, will you
live as animals?
Gil Dong!
Big Boss.
You will catch Prince Choong Won?
Yes.
Crazy punk.
Will that be possible?
I will prepare everything.
- Take good care of Big Boss. - Yes.
Do you think you can really do this, with just the four of you?
And you have gotten very old and withered.
Magistrate, you just watch the house.
Do you think I'm a mutt dog who just guards houses?
We will be back.
All right.
You better return before we eat breakfast.
I will scoop seven bowls of rice.
Mori. Mori!
Yes, Leader?
I thought maybe you went somewhere.
No one can come in. Please don't worry.
Guard this spot.
- Let's go. - Hey!
Hey!
Stop!
You guys protect Leader.
Why are there so many of them?
People used to shake with fear at the name of Soboori, the Gaegyeong thug, didn't they?
That's so true.
With one blow from Il Cheong from Woljeong Temple, even the Buddha used to open his eyes at once.
Why are you leaving the last will? I am going to do something, somehow.
Let's try it anyway!
Eobsan is here!
- What happened to you? - Let's save the details for later.
- Let's do this. - GO!!!
Leader.
Leader!
Heo Tae Hak of Geummaljae, how pathetic and pitiful you look now.
So why did he mess with Big Boss?
Pitiful? Why pity him?
We shouldn't have just cut his ear off that time, we should have buried him in the ground.
Buddha is watching, so let's at least bury him mercifully.
How does one bury someone mercifully?
Don't you know? You know, twist some limbs, and
if anything falls off, we bury that, too...
Do you really mean it?
How am I going to watch it? He is so poor.
Aigoo, that bastard...
It's been a long time.
The tune was lacking again.
How can lady students have such poor skills these days?
No need to criticize them. It is not easy to achieve the perfect melody.
Your Majesty, did your Daegans and Confucianists behave tiresomely again,
today? (DAEGAN = OFFICIAL IN OFFICE OF INSPECT GENERAL AND OFFICE OF CENSORS)
They are only using the issue of the Buddhist memorial rites
to try and tame me.
Please do not lose to them.
The Former King also ascended to the throne at the age of 13...
Yes, Royal Father ascended to the throne at the young age of 13,
and he became a banner. (ROLE MODEL)
- A banner... you mean— - But, Ja Won,
how can a man live as a banner?
How can a man become a banner?
Crown Prince, Choseon is the nation of
Confucius and Mencius.
Therefore, Crown Prince, engrave Confucius and Mencius's words in your heart
and only follow the path they suggested.
That way is safe.
No, that's is the only safe way.
If you see anyone against Confucius and Mencius's will
you have to be the first one to make them laughingstocks.
You have to raise your voice higher than anyone, calling them small-minded people
and get angry at them.
As a result, you should become the highest banner
among the followers of Confucius and Mencius.
Gonghwa.
Oh, there you were.
I expected...
someone like you, Gonghwa. I thought that as soon as you entered the Bureau of Music
His Majesty would notice you immediately.
But who knew that Old Man Straw Mat would be standing in your way?
Someday, my time will come.
No. It's an epic fail already.
That the straw mat peddler turned out to be a eunuch who served the king.
Who could know that?
So Straw Mat, no, I mean, the Messenger Eunuch
saw you and Gil Dong
playing sweetly with each other. He saw it all.
Smiling at each other, stuck to each other...
Aiyoo, wash that boy in piss. Gil Dong, that boy, he is the mortal enemy.
Why did he roll into Danae Pavilion, of all places? Why?
Please let me live! Please!
Please let me live.
After killing my father,
you beg his son for your life?
I will send you home safely today. It's not because I pity you.
It's because I can bring you back here whenever I want to.
Don't believe me?
Then go try to hide yourself well. My brothers
will watch you all day long, from your head to your toes.
You will not be able to enjoy a single sip of water or one good night's sleep in peace.
So pray for luck. Luck that you won't be bitten by a venomous snake.
Luck that you will not fall into a pit and die.
Luck that you will not eat poisoned food.
More than anything, pray that none of Big Boss's men
will never spot a single hair on your body.
But if you listen to my request, you will live a different kind of life.
All right. What do you want from me?
Prince Choong Won. Help us catch him.
Have you gone insane? He is a royal!
I know well that you are being treated worse than Prince Choong Won's dog.
You defeated my father, and all you gained from it
was to become Prince Choong Won's dog?
Will you live the rest of your life that way?
But Big Boss is different from Prince Choong Won.
Big Boss's people never treat others as dogs.
Big Boss's people never betray their brothers.
Lastly, Big Boss's people always pay back those who wrong them.
If you become one of Big Boss's men, Leader Heo,
whoever looked down on you, Leader Heo,
Big Boss's people will find them, and repay them for insulting you.
So, make your choice.
Will you live as Prince Choong Won's dog, or you will become a brother of Big Boss?
Leader.
Leader?
Leader!
- What about Mori? - He has a cold, and cannot go.
At a time like this?
I apologize.
Aigoo, Your Highness, please step on me to climb on the horse.
You have trained your men well.
Yes. These used to be servants who wondered around.
I paid a lot of money for them.
Please use them with comfort.
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[PREVIEW]
Leader, something is strange about them. They used to defeat dozens at once.
Prince Choong Won will go to Hanyang to meet with His Majesty soon.
Could someone like me pass the civil service exam?
I can recognize desperate people.
Do you know why they treat me with such disrespect?
Because I have the blood of the Deposed Queen Yoon.
I'm worried because it feels like you keep doing dangerous things.
Please watch how I catch Prince Choong Won.