Hurry and beat them to death, won't you?
Your Majesty, please save us.
Do you want to live? Yes, let me help you.
Let's go to the Grim Reaper. Let me help you.
I am a human who does not believe in other humans.
I always angered very quickly.
But why do I just cry now, instead of becoming angry?
The tears of those who lost their homes and families,
they feel like our Eorinie's tears, Ga Ryeong's tears,
like Mr. Soboori's tears.
Hyung, why is my heart like this?
I am a politician who believes that
violence is the only way when ruling over humans.
Since long ago, I realized that humans can only be ruled with violence,
that is all.
♫ Ey hey yah Oh ho yah
♫ please leave the twig gate open ♫
♫ Ey hey yah Oh ho yah ♫
♫ the winds of blades will stop ♫
Father,
rather than a strongman who receives a sword from the king
if I become the person who gives the sword,
how would that be?
[REBEL: THIEF WHO STOLE THE PEOPLE]
- Episode 23 -
Subtitles by the Rebels Team @Viki
Since we brought in so many lady students,
there are some who were pregnant when they came.
But don't they sound great?
But what I need are lady students, I do not need children.
When the child is born, immediately separate it from its mother,
and the children...
Bury them.
Have you solved the problem?
Yes, we buried all the children alive.
Then you may take your leave.
But Your Majesty...
Your Majesty, the prison has been breached.
What happened?
It appears that there were intruders at dawn,
and they were seen disappearing beyond the Forbidden Zone.
I will directly catch them myself.
Giddyap!
It's this way!
Ja Won. Ja Won?
- You... You? - Hey.
Yi Yung!
How did... you?
Do you intend to kill me?
Who knows? King, make sure to watch with both your eyes open.
When you make tears fall from the eyes of your people,
see what will happen to the king.
No!
No! No!
See you again.
Hong Gil Dong. How dare he?
Your Majesty, for not taking good care of you,
please kill me!
You're not still communicating with the Hong clan, are you?
Your Majesty, if you cannot trust in me,
I will swallow this sword and die right now!
Do you not know me?
I have devoted my entire life
to serving you proudly.
Your Majesty!
His Majesty has been hurt?
Your Majesty.
Ga Ryeong,
I missed you.
Don't worry about your woman.
When the time is right, you will see her again.
Your father
asked how you could survive.
But the question was wrong,
so I did not answer him.
Then,
I will ask you a different question. Why
must I die?
Now you ask the proper question.
Look for the big tree root.
Tree root.
You...
I waited for you a long time.
Is he the person who you said would come today?
Yes.
He is the strongman I told you about.
Wow, are you really Chief Hong?
Oh, well...
Aigoo.
Yeah, I am quite strong.
If it's here,
it seems we can hide the people.
Then,
may I bring some of my people?
Your people?
Well... that...
Of course. Your people should come here, too.
Hong Gil Dong...
broke the prison door and escaped, you said?
But he was definitely limping
and couldn't even control his own body.
How did he become so healthy?
Is he really
the surviving Mighty Child or something?
Your Majesty.
Hong Gil Dong may be a strongman,
but can he defeat thousands? Or tens of thousands?
That's right.
I have tens of thousands in my army.
Hong Gil Dong has escaped?
What to do?
Well, he's just a common thief.
But since you were the one to catch him before,
you should be the one to catch him again.
Yes, Your Majesty, I will definitely...
However,
that Hong Gil Dong escaped alive,
no one must know that.
If the fact that Hong Gil Dong is alive becomes known,
the people will blabber about the Mighty Child or whatever.
So you must catch him in secret so that no one will know.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I will definitely catch him and offer him to you, Your Majesty.
In addition, I will let all the world know that Hong Gil Dong is dead,
so that the people will no longer dare to mention him at all.
Yes.
Hong Gil Dong and his gang have all paid for their sins with their lives.
So we inform that peaceful times have arrived for all the people.
He finally died.
That bastard, finally...
Lord, congratulations.
That bastard is finally dead.
Justice is alive.
Discipline is still alive in Joseon.
It is a happy day. Truly, a happy day!
[Rebel Thief, Hong Gil Dong, by imperial order, is punished with death for crimes
committed... The coming arrival of a season of
[peace. The era of peace for the whole nation.]
Your Majesty, I believe it will not be difficult to catch Hong Gil Dong.
How?
Hong Gil Dong didn't escape alone.
He escaped with dozens of prisoners.
So many people, could they ascend to the sky
or disappear into the earth?
You've all had a tough time coming all this way.
So this place is...?
Yes, this place will never be found by the royal forces.
Goodness, we are saved!
Big Boss, we came!
Come in.
Il Chung and Eobsan have arrived.
Aigoo.
But did you really wait for me?
Why?
You are the strongman.
Is that all?
I am a bit stronger than others, that's not a big deal.
A strongman is not someone who is merely strong.
Physical strength is simply a way to recognize the strongman.
But that is not his core.
Then?
Why ask me?
You will show the answer to yourself now.
Gil Dong, now that we have found a safe place,
we should bring our Ga Ryeong here.
Yes, I will bring her.
Yes.
Ga Ryeong.
Ga Ryeong?
Who are you? Do you know the lady who lives here?
Do you know my Ga Ryeong?
Some time ago, she packed a bundle and went somewhere.
Yes.
Let's go.
It was you, wasn't it? Our Ga Ryeong...
My Ga Ryeong...
Your woman,
did you lose her?
Ga Ryeong, I thought that you would always wait for me.
I never thought that someday I would have to wait for you.
I am such a bad husband, huh?
Ga Ryeong, you are waiting for me, right?
You trust me, right?
♫ Under the dark sky ♫
[FORBIDDEN ZONE]
[THOSE WHO ENTER THE FORBIDDEN ZONE]
[WILL BE CAUGHT, CONFINED, AND PUNISHED BY LAW.]
[SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THIS, AND INTENTIONALLY DISOBEYS]
[WILL BE PUNISHED SEVERELY.]
Excuse me.
I heard that the king comes frequently to hunt in the Forbidden Zone.
Then can I see the king if I go into the Forbidden Zone?
Goodness, don't say such appalling things.
If you go into the Forbidden Zone, the king will cut your head off.
I thought that since those thieves escaped that
there would be chaos, but nothing is happening.
Clearly, they are afraid of my army and have hidden themselves well.
Nok Soo, you were correct.
There is no need for me to fear someone who just boasts about his strength.
Yes, Your Majesty.
They must have gone into hiding because they are afraid of you, Your Majesty.
So now those thieves...
I certainly can't stop my work that I have been doing
for many years because I am afraid of the likes of him.
Haven't I told you? In order to completely change customary procedures,
it will take ten years, at least.
It has become customary to have contempt for superiors,
so I must correct the wicked effects. [If the
crime of contempt towards superior is committed,
[there is no distinction between great or small.]
In order to rule over a nation that has become disordered, the
punishment must be merciless. [THE PEOPLE MUST LEARN TO BE VIGILANT...]
Merciless punishment?
So anyone who dares to have contempt for superiors will be punished severely.
While we correct the custom, [THOSE WHO KNOW BUT FAIL TO REPORT]
there will be those who are unhappy about it, so make the
people report each other. [NEIGHBORS MUST PUNISH EACH OTHER.]
The criminal's sons are only seven and four years old.
What shall we do with them?
Except infants, get rid of everyone! [Except
[infants, punish everyone according to the law.]
The statesmen and ministers, rather than discuss
the flaws of the king, must impeach each other.
Woo Ryeong Gu is a petty and crafty person.
Didn't you say that we should place His Majesty's food on a small table?
How can you be concerned with the work of a court lady, regarding His Majesty's meals?
But what about you? In the past, you complained that the dismissal of ministers
- was wrong, didn't you? - What are you saying?
And you, Yeong Sang, weren't you close to the traitor Yi Se Jwa?
Are you finished?
Children who enter the Forbidden Zone must be taught with beatings
[NO MATTER HOW YOUNG, THEY WILL BE PUNISHED WHEN THEY BECOME ADULTS.]
and their parents' beheaded heads hung up and displayed. [Display them at the
[east and west of the Forbidden Zone, and write their crimes to be widely seen]
According to your command, we have caught those who spoke
against your hunting, Your Majesty. What shall we do with him?
Cut his head and limbs off, and display them at various places.
Tie the corpse to a big pole, and after 17 days, display it
everywhere [AFTER 17 DAYS, DISPLAY THE CORPSE EVERYWHERE.]
and confiscate his assets. [CONFISCATE HIS ASSETS.]
In addition, write in big letters
that he committed the crime of speaking against hunting and hang it up.
At this time, the king's atrocities became worse by the day.
So in the nation, laughter disappeared, and it was only filled with laments.
But the people said that since the Mighty Child was dead, no one would rescue them
and shed sorrowful tears.
Have the heavens abandoned us?
Have you really abandoned us?
Hey, Yi Yung!
No!
No! No!
Your Majesty, I congratulate you for pulling
out the gang of thieves by their roots.
I congratulate you for eradicating those who have contempt for their superiors.
Yes, Your Majesty, congratula...
Yes, Song Gong, in your eyes, is the custom being corrected?
Yes, Your Majesty. Those below finally fear their superiors.
So I was planning to give a subject to my ministers for them to compose poems about...
- That— - In that case,
since wickedness has been cleared, and the Royal Court has become pure,
how about making that the theme and telling them
to compose a Yool poem? (A STYLE OF CHINESE VERSE)
Oh, that sounds good.
It is truly a bitter situation.
Who was it that offered the Deposed Queen's
letter and stirred the heart of His Majesty?
Wasn't it you, Lady?
And who contributed to the capture of Hong Gil Dong?
Wasn't it my underling, Mori?
- But we are the ones who contribute, and Song Gong receives all the glory. - But...
And I also followed Song Gong's direction and worked to mobilize the scholars.
But what the hell did I gain from doing that?
Lady, if we are not careful,
your son may spend the rest of his life cleaning up after Song Gong.
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Look here, Chief Inspector Park.
Recently, you posted that notice that Hong Gil Dong had died, right?
But have you seen Hong Gil Dong's corpse?
What are you suspecting?
I'm asking if maybe he is still alive.
Just for committing the crime of asking His Majesty to stop hunting,
His Majesty cut their limbs and heads off and displayed them.
But Hong Gil Dong, who dared to steal directly from His Majesty,
why won't he display his decapitated head to serve as an example?
Isn't that strange?
Shall I report to His Majesty precisely what you just said?
His Majesty will probably think that you think Thief Hong
is the surviving Mighty Child and are looking up to him.
Something is going on. Between Gil Dong and Chief
Inspector Park, there is definitely something...
Shall we follow Chief Inspector Park?
He is too smart to not notice someone tailing him.
So it won't be too useful. But still, put someone on him.
And you, personally visit Chief Inspector Park's former home.
Park Ha Seong's grandfather Park Won Il.
Park Won Il, after the Great King Sejo incident
went into Yeong Ju Mountain, the rumor went.
Search that mountain thoroughly and find Park Won Il's home.
Yi Yoong!
You have already sweated so much.
You should rest now.
Do you think I can't handle a simple archery demonstration?
Your Majesty!
♪ Why do you sleep so cold? ♪
♪ Your beautiful blankets ♪
♪ Where are they, that you sleep so cold?
Why would an outsider be in the Forbidden Zone? Drag her out!
♪ Will you be coming? ♪
- Leave her there. - Yes.
Your Majesty.
Why do you cry?
I knew that I would die if I entered the Forbidden Zone,
but I heard that Your Majesty comes here to hunt.
Even if I die, I have to avenge my husband's death first.
Your Majesty, please help me have my revenge.
What has happened?
When did you begin putting your hair up?
And why are you dressed in mourning clothes?
I thought it might be true, but I didn't know you were really here.
Have you married?
And your husband died?
My husband... met with a beast and his body was torn into pieces and he died.
Goodness, how terrible.
But how can you enter the Forbidden Zone?
His Majesty decapitates and displays the heads of those
who enter the Forbidden Zone. Didn't you know that?
But it was my only way to meet His Majesty.
To His Majesty,
I will speak to him personally, so don't worry too much.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Try to not worry.
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Your Majesty, may I humbly make a request?
That girl who was caught in the Forbidden Zone, it turns
out she was someone who I had with me from before.
So that girl...
She wasn't wearing makeup or dressed in silk.
How did she stir my heart?
Maybe it's because she was crying, or singing a sad song.
Your heart... was stirred?
It is a big crime to enter the Forbidden Zone.
She is still young, so it feels wasteful to kill
her. So how about putting her in Woon Pyeong?
Come in.
You look beautiful.
Have a seat.
Ga Ryeong,
did you enter the Forbidden Zone to try and get His Majesty's interest?
If you just wanted to join Heung Cheong, all you had
to do was to make connections with a courtesan house.
Why did you risk your life to enter the Forbidden Zone?
Without a doubt, you wanted to make a strong impression on His Majesty.
Will you cast me out?
If you join my side, I could even help you.
Indeed, one can't hold a man's interest forever.
This is even more true for His Majesty, who is surrounded by countless women.
If His Majesty must have another woman besides me,
rather than Nan Hyang or Moo Seon Hwa, it would be better if it were you.
Barmaid, please give me a bowl of rice and soup.
Yes, sir.
My brother, you shed much blood, didn't you?
No, I'm fine.
I am sorry.
I am truly sorry.
Enjoy your meal.
But Hyung, I saw Eorinie in the palace.
What are you saying?
So... she was among the lady students.
Absolutely no men can enter here.
It will only be a moment.
We cannot allow it.
Eorinie.
- You must not. - Eorinie! Eorinie!
Eorinie didn't recognize me. How
could she not recognize me?
Gil Dong, we shouldn't just be here.
We must go and bring her now.
I must bring her, using whatever means possible.
Hyung, you said you received the Record of Deeds and
Actions from someone you call "Teacher," right?
Did you see the list of names in the back?
Why are you saying this?
In the list of the names of "Geo-in,"
our Eorinie's name is there.
[EORINIE]
Of course, it could be another person with the same name.
But seeing how she is in the palace,
it could be dangerous if we approach it rashly.
We have to first find out what she is doing in
the palace. Only then can we bring her out.
If we are not careful, Eorinie,
and our people who are hiding in the mountain cave,
we can all be hurt.
[HAENG ROK: RECORD OF DEEDS AND ACTIONS]
Teacher, the proud account of catching the Thief Hong,
I have recorded it in the Record of Deeds and Actions.
The Year of Gap-Ja (1504), Chief Inspector Park Ha Seong,
arrested the leader of the Hong Thieves, who was called "Chief."
Very well done.
So now am I one of the Protector of Values?
Of course.
But about those "Geo-in."
You said that they are those who "pull the carts" for the Protector of Values.
So now that I have entered myself into the Record of Deeds and Actions,
may I have the use of a few of those Geo-in?
You should make more contributions, first.
Then you will eventually have use of those Geo-in.
Recently, there was a woman who entered the Forbidden Zone and sang a song.
His Majesty became completely infatuated with her.
It's quite obvious. Without a doubt,
she put on a cunning show for His Majesty.
Woon Pyeong, listen well. Soon, His Majesty
will select those among you who will join Heung Cheong.
You have been practicing diligently,
so make sure to show him your talent. Understand?
- Yes. - Yes.
- Ok Ran, Sang Hwa. - Yes.
You two take good care of Ga Ryeong.
She will have much to learn.
Yes.
This is where the Heung Cheong live.
No men can enter here.
We have names that His Majesty gave us.
The most talented women are called Heung Cheong.
Those below are called Ga Heung Cheong.
And those with inadequate talent, like me, are called Woon Pyeong.
This time, I will dance well for His Majesty, and become a Heung Cheong.
If you become Heung Cheong, can you see His Majesty up close?
Yes, Woon Pyeong like us can only see His Majesty from afar,
but the Heung Cheong serve him much more closely.
I see.
That place is called Geun Hwe Gak.
Among the Heung Cheong or Woon Pyeong, if you commit a sin, you go there to repent.
What kind of sin will get someone dragged there?
You will know when it happens.
♪ Apricot flower ♪
♪ walking many miles ♪
How dare you sing with such a dark expression in front of the king?
Drag her to the Geun Hwe Gak.
Your Majesty, I will sing it again.
Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please forgive me this once. Your Majesty, I was wrong!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I was wrong!
I told you many times to always maintain cleanliness in front of His Majesty.
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
Orabeoni,
the king who tore you to death was that kind of man.
In Gyeonggi-do, they used to demand offerings to the
king twice a month. Now they demand it every two days.
- Aigoo, goodness. - That is too much.
After kicking out the people who used to live in the Forbidden
Zone, they are only given 3 bags of rice as compensation.
Aiyoo, such bad people, really.
When barbarians came, I heard Chief Hong came
to save people, but even that Chief Hong
was killed by the king.
- Now, it is time for us to act! - You are right!
You are right!
♫ A new day will come ♫
♫ When the angry cries knock on the tightly closed palace doors ♫
♫ When the once-brilliant crown becomes rusted and falls down ♫
Our old king didn't even kill this many foreigners.
But what kind of king is our current king, that he kills so
many of his people, like he is chopping off the heads of flies?
Will we ever get justice for this?
Stop right there!
♫ A new day will come ♫ ♫ those who were broken, those who were locked up ♫
What the hell?
Those captured said that they are following the will of Hong Gil Dong...
This bastard!
Anonymous notices?
- Those calling themselves the Descendants of Chief Hong have
- been posting anonymous notices. - Descendants of Chief Hong?
The king has become enraged, and those who posted the
notices, their families, and even their neighbors
have all been captured and are being interrogated by torture.
Oh goodness.
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Who did you communicate with before posting those notices?
There is no one.
I did it because I wanted to!
Stop!
But those notices were stuck to your houses' entrances, weren't they?
So maybe you are involved with those notices somehow?
- Your Majesty! - Your Majesty!
Please copy the words of the anonymous notices.
His Majesty will compare the handwriting styles.
[OUR OLD KING...]
Barmaid, please give me one bowl of rice and soup.
Yes, sir.
- Barmaid. - Yes.
- Enjoy your meal. - Yes.
Those who call themselves the Descendants of
Chief Hong have been posting anonymous notices
and have been imprisoned.
Somehow I feel like it's my responsibility,
so it is bothering me.
Hyung-nim, I want to bring those people out.
But Gil Dong,
even if your strength has returned,
you and our brothers will not be nearly enough.
Do you think that people can't enter the palace just because the walls are high?
No, it is the barrier that is in the hearts of the people.
The barrier of the heart.
I hear that the writer of those anonymous notices is still out there.
What the hell have you all been doing?
I intend to find that person no matter what.
So it will be good for you to find him as soon as possible.
If I find him first, you will see blood flowing again.
The palace has the king, and the king has an insurmountable amount of dignity,
and that is why the people cannot jump over the palace walls.
But is the king the only one who can possess that dignity?
His Majesty is not a human.
His Majesty is Joseon's army, Joseon's wealth, and Joseon's rice.
Therefore, for us to have His Majesty, it is as if
we possess Joseon's wealth, military, and rice.
Yes, His Majesty is Joseon's rice, military, and land.
That is why there are many who hide behind His Majesty
and receive the rice, military, and land.
So no matter how tyrannically the king behaves,
as long as their safety is ensured, they will never make a move.
And if they do not move, the king is safe.
After reading your words, I have finally realized that
the barrier in the hearts of the people is the scariest thing in the world.
So I won't do anything like sneaking the people out of the palace at night.
Instead, I will bring the people out in broad daylight.
If it becomes known that
some crazy guys intruded into the king's quarters in broad daylight,
won't that lower the barrier in the hearts of the people, a bit?
When a big snowfall or hail falls from the sky,
it ruins that year's harvest.
But what can we do?
That is not something that we humans can do anything about.
But the king is not hail or snow
that falls from the sky.
If we set our mind to it, it is something we can change anytime.
I heard that the prisons are so full now that
prisoners are seated outside the prison doors.
Let us bring those people out.
From the king, let us steal
the people.
I told you.
That soon, you yourself will show what a strongman is.
A strongman is not only strong,
but is born with the rebellious spirit to take on the king.
It turns out
in your bones and blood
insolence is engraved.
I will kill you first
to make an example of eradicating insolence!
♫ Even when spring comes, we cannot say it's coming ♫
That is why the king fears you.
♫ Ey hey yah Oh ho yah ♫
♫ please leave the twig gate open ♫
♫ Ey hey yah Oh ho yah ♫
♫ the winds of blades will stop ♫
♫ Ey hey yah Oh ho yah ♫
♫ please leave the twig gate open ♫
Do you regret that Orabeoni Gil Dong left?
The person who treated me most preciously was Gil Dong.
The date has been set for the loyal vassals to submit their letters of loyalty.
That date is the day I want.
Your Majesty, are there any who are suited for Heung Cheong?
You should give it a try.
I am someone who is fine with dying in the palace.
Clearly, Hong Gil Dong, that bastard...
It is today. Let's go punish him.