Your Majesty, Hanseongbu sent the royal forces,
but they had already left.
He is not Park Ha Sung?
What do you mean?
What do you mean...
Park Ha Sung is the brother of Hong Gil Dong?
Hong Gil Dong's...
brother?
Uh Ri Ni.
I am so sorry.
You must have been so lonely.
You must have suffered so much.
I am not Uh Ri Ni.
Uh Ri Ni.
(The Rebel)
(Episode 28)
I...
did not even know who he really was.
I gave him drinks...
and talked with him.
I...
My lady, this is not the time to be upset.
What do you mean?
This could be an opportunity.
Who was Park Ha Sung?
He was Master Song's best student.
My lady,
this could be the chance to help Jeong Hak succeed.
I will help Jeong Hak...
catch Hong Gil Dong.
If we catch him this time,
all the credit will go to Jeong Hak,
not Master Song.
Your Majesty,
Park Ha Sung...
It is not unlikely that you could...
also be linked to Thief Hong.
Prince Choong Won,
- what do you mean? - His Majesty...
kept him by his side only because he was one of your best students.
And he turns out to be...
the brother of Hong Gil Dong.
His Majesty...
was betrayed, not by Park Ha Sung,
but by Master Song.
Your Majesty.
Did you really not know...
who Park Ha Sung really was?
Please believe me.
I was also...
deceived by Park Ha Sung.
Uh Ri Ni, it is me.
I am Magistrate Uhm.
Yes, Uh Ri Ni,
you knew me since when you were a little child.
Uh Ri Ni, can you not remember me?
It is me, the handsome Eop San.
Uh Ri Ni, I used to carry you on my back every day.
Uh Ri Ni, you used to follow me. Can you not remember?
Uh Ri Ni, can you not remember?
I used to pick persimmons and apples for you.
Uh Ri Ni, you used to like the feeling of my rough hair.
You can touch it now.
- Go on. - Go on.
What are you doing?
Do you know how...
I have been waiting for you for so long.
Do you know how I have been looking for you...
everywhere?
My brothers and I...
We never forgot about you.
How could you forget us?
What are you talking about?
Look.
It fits you perfectly.
Uh Ri Ni.
I am your brother.
And you are my only sister.
Why are you doing this to me?
I am not Uh Ri Ni. I am not!
All right.
All right. Calm down.
Gil Dong.
Let us go.
Uh Ri Ni will be with us forever now.
Let us give her some time.
Why would I...
be with these people forever?
It is so strange.
I feel scared.
Eat all you want.
The food is delicious. It is good.
Come and eat.
- Come and join us. - Okay.
- Eat up. - We can share.
You have had enough.
Have some more.
Eat one more.
Ga Ryung.
Why are you not eating?
You must eat well.
Then you can fight.
Ga Ryung.
I am afraid.
Of what?
These people.
I am afraid I will make them cry.
That is my fear.
You fool.
Why worry about the future?
Here.
Eat up.
Ga Ryung.
Where are you?
Ga Ryung...
Thief Hong and...
his older brother.
How will you find Gil Hyeon?
I started searching...
where Gil Hyeon and the soldiers disappeared.
We are asking around.
It may take time, Your Majesty, but I swear I will find them.
Your Majesty, Prince Choong Won is here.
Officer Jo, I shall appoint you as a police magistrate...
and Mo Ri shall be your aide.
Go and bring me the thieves.
But... Your Majesty.
Mo Ri is but a servant. How can he be my aide?
Do you think you can fight Hong Gil Dong...
and beat him?
This time...
I think you should work alone.
But...
We shall do that.
Master.
Solders passed through here recently.
Do you know where they went?
I have not seen them since they went into those mountains.
Chief Hong. Chief Hong.
I have news.
Soldiers are searching the mountain.
Do not worry.
This mountain does not reveal its secrets to just anyone.
Maybe so, but...
we should still go with our plan.
Search thoroughly!
- Yes, master! - Yes, master!
Why is the fog so thick?
Did you hear that?
Keep them quiet. Keep the children quiet.
Oh, dear...
Do you hear it?
Yes. It sounds like an animal.
Over there.
Up there! After them!
Stay low!
Who goes there?
The King ordered us to capture some thieves.
- Why are you here? - I am hunting...
wild animals for their skins...
with these hunters here.
Did you see any soldiers in this area?
I think I heard strange noises in the area.
There are many kinds of beasts that make many odd sounds.
I am here every day.
If there were soldiers, I would have seen them.
Try following that trail around the mountain.
If the thieves came here, that is the only way out.
Thank you. Let us go.
Thank you, master.
You could...
get into grave danger for what you did.
Why did you agree to help us?
I am concerned for the people as well.
I heard you broke into the palace and hung bells...
around the incompetent ministers' necks.
- We did. - How interesting.
That made me feel so good.
I feel so good now.
How dare you.
- Come on now. - You stink.
Was it not funny?
My parents gave me life,
but someone else made me what I am now.
That someone...
is you.
Your Majesty.
Why are you unable to sleep?
Did he call Ga Ryung again?
Yes.
Ga Ryung that brat.
How dare she turn against you like this.
He found out about Gil Dong.
For a while, the King...
will not ask to see me.
Why are you so calm and relaxed?
He may be angry now,
but the King will return to me soon.
How do you know that?
For Ga Ryung to deal with,
His Majesty is...
too deep...
and too dark.
Can you call Ok Ran for me?
You and Ga Ryung.
When and how did you become so close?
I think that...
Ga Ryung mistook me for Sang Hwa.
She thought you were Sang Hwa?
Yes. Sang Hwa always...
carries a strip of dark blue fabric.
She thought that was mine.
What do you mean?
I do not know the details,
but she said someone she knew had the other half.
She said that person...
was close enough to be of her blood.
Why are you...
so nice to me?
That is because...
you are practically my sister.
That dark blue fabric you always carry.
Do you know who has the other half?
Half a piece of blue fabric?
Gong Hwa, the idiot had this wrapped around his wrist.
Shall I give it back?
Your Majesty.
I shall tell you a story I heard in the marketplace...
about a strange village.
A story about a strange village?
Yes, Your Majesty.
There was a village with clear water,
rolling hills, and very rich soil.
The harvest was bountiful each year.
The children had rosy cheeks.
Every kitchen was full of steam from cooked rice.
Every house was full of laughter and life was comfortable.
But...
that village held a big secret.
In the northern corner which was always...
dark and damp and where no trees grew...
was a run-down house.
In that house...
lived a small, stick-thin boy.
That was the village's dark secret.
For some reason,
the village's peace and rich harvest...
was only achieved when that boy...
was locked up alone in the house.
The villages learned of the boy...
when they turned 20 years of age.
A few of them...
left the village out of guilt that someone had to suffer...
so others could live in comfort, but others...
decided to remain.
They believed one boy's sacrifice justified feeding others.
Your Majesty.
Could such a village truly exist?
That story is circulating around town?
How strange is that?
Your stories are really very interesting.
You entertained me,
so I wish to give you jewelry.
Would you like a sapphire...
or a pearl the size of a pea?
Your Majesty.
Instead of giving me a sapphire,
please forgive Sang Hwa the Wunpyeong.
I would...
Your Majesty.
I found someone who told others of what had happened.
You pretty thing.
I need to inform the teacher where they are.
I am your brother.
No.
They are trying to deceive me.
You have no one else.
The only people you can rely on...
are us now.
This will not do. We must get her.
No.
I want to see where she is going.
She must be starving.
Come on in. Come inside.
I will give you some rice and soup.
Madam.
Do you see that young girl over there?
Give her some broiled meat.
Of course.
Uh Ri Ni.
Where are you so determined to go?
I told you to never speak of what happens here.
Did you spread rumors?
Why did you do so?
A while ago,
you told the Gaheungcheong to write our husbands' names...
and I did so.
Shortly after that, my husband was exiled.
Your Majesty. Why did you do it? How could you do that?
So, did you speak of me out of fury?
What should I do with you?
Is anyone there?
You have no one else.
The only people you can rely on...
are us now.
Your family deserted you.
Now you must trust us.
You must follow us.
Eat it.
One a day.
It is a valuable medicine that will give you...
a new life.
I will ask again.
What is your name?
My name is...
Uh Ri Ni.
What is your name?
My name is...
Uh Ri Ni.
My name is...
Uh Ri Ni.
My name is Uh Ri Ni.
I want to meet...
I want to meet my brother.
I want to meet...
Gil Dong,
my brother.
Uh Ri Ni.
Do you trust me?
I am your brother.
And you are...
my only sister.
Gil Dong.
- Gil Dong, my brother. - Ugly face.
- I do not have an ugly face. - You do.
Uh Ri Ni.
Gil Dong.
Where were you?
I was...
getting water for you.
Uh Ri Ni.
Uh Ri Ni?
Uh Ri Ni, I am sorry.
Uh Ri Ni.
Gil Hyun.
Uh Ri Ni.
If you learn from the master for a few years,
you can become Geoin and come out.
Some who failed...
even died inside.
What kind of people...
end up in there?
That is...
In fact, it is people like you that help save Joseon.
Do you want to know why?
To rule a country,
you need to make choices.
I decide who to award...
and who to punish.
Then,
who should I punish?
I need to punish...
the people that Joseon does not need.
There are...
children without family like me,
wives that were abandoned by their husbands,
servants that acted out against their lords,
people who cannot pay the Finance Office,
nomads that cannot pay the tax because they do not own a land,
and...
Subjects like you that speak ill of the King,
that nags the King,
that tries to teach the King...
If we separate them, lock them away, and hit them...
the other 99 people try harder so as to not be that 1 person.
That is why to rule a country,
I need someone to punish and crush in front of others.
That one person's pain...
scares others more than that of an army of a hundred thousand.
That is why, Moo Sun Ah,
you will die today...
for your country.
You can think of it like that.
They told me that...
we get hit and get killed...
all for the sake...
of our country.
Cut her body parts...
and let every Heungcheongi, court ladies, and officers see them.
She will set an example to show what happens to people...
that speak about the things that happened in the palace.
Your Majesty, you will be punished for this.
You will be punished!
Wait.
From today, Ga Ryung will become Heungcheongi.
Ga Ryung,
come to my bedroom today...
and finish your story.
I really like the story...
about the strange village.
Can you tell me the story again?
Yes, Your Majesty.
There was a village with clear water,
rolling hills, and very rich soil.
But...
that village held a big secret.
There was a boy locked up in a old house.
The villages learned of the boy...
when they became adults.
As time passed by,
more and more people...
forgot about this boy.
So...
You...
killed Moo Sun Ah to set an example...
and had hung my husband...
and killed him by ripping his body parts.
So...
I will kill you today to set an example.
I will show you...
how a King is punished for killing his subjects.
- Are you out of your mind? - Why did you stop me?
Why did you stop me?
You are lucky it was me.
If the Second Eunuch saw this, you would have been killed.
I do not care.
In fact,
I came here to die.
I will kill the King...
and then myself.
You...
lied to me.
Your husband was not killed by animals, was he?
Tell me.
Who is your husband?
- Hong... - I never lied.
My husband...
was killed by animals.
The King...
is the animal who have killed my husband.
Yes. My husband...
is Thief Hong,
Gil Dong.
I saw it with my eyes.
Gil Dong was hanging in front of the palace's gate.
His entire body was bleeding.
The King killed him.
The King killed Gil Dong.
Something does not seem right.
The King's name was listed on top of the Sugwidan.
Do you remember what I said about the people who have gone missing?
With this prohibition and excessive offerings to the palace,
the entire country is filled with people resenting the King.
And does the King hold the same thoughts as the Sugwidan?
We just cannot know what the King will do.
He has gone crazy about hunting and extorted the people's houses.
How different is he from thieves?
If the King continues to do this, he will not last long.
There is no doubt about it.
We wait for the day when a Hong will become the King...
instead of the Lees.
Move away.
The thief is the King, and the King is the thief.
Hong Chum Ji invaded the palace and wrapped a band...
around the royal subjects' neck.
That is one uplifting news.
People who are determined...
have been gathering around Chief Hong.
Where can I meet him?
The thing is, not everyone can find him.
People who enter the prohibited areas have all died.
That is not all.
If you ignore someone with a medal saying he's under the King's orders,
you will be flogged even if you are one of his royal subjects.
- What? - That is crazy.
Chief Hong is here
Chief Hong in red is here
With dream and field as his soldiers
Might Child is born
He is here, the chief is here
The noisy Chief Hong is here
He is here, Mighty Child is here
Do you see that?
- I see. - My goodness.
That is unbelievable.
No way.
That is why.
People who post these anonymous statements...
and people who are displeased with the country...
have grown in number. Is that so?
Among them,
which village has the most people who have rebelled against...
the nobilities, and which village is the most fearless?
- You tell him. - I do not know.
Which one?
Your Majesty.
The following villages have suffered from area restriction.
Villages in Gwangju, Yangju, Goyang, Yangcheon, Paju...
have been saying rebellious things and posting anonymous statements.
Also, Hyangjumok is a village which was not affected by the restriction.
However, the nobilities, scholars, and laypeople...
all have been gathering...
to criticize how you have created restricted areas...
and increasing the number of Heungcheongi by the day...
without any hesitation.
Hyangjumok?
Go and take over Gwangju, Yangju, Goyang, Yangcheon,
Paju, and Hyangjumok.
Throw out everyone who lives in that village...
and let the servants of the palace live there.
Also, Hyangjumok is now a village of rebellion.
People of Hyangjumok are no longer my people. They are rebels.
Erase Hyangjumok from the maps and send royal guards there...
to take in every single rebellious person in that village...
and kill them.
- Yes. - All right.
My goodness.
Do you know why His Majesty killed so many of his royal subjects?
It was to stock up his finance...
by taking their money.
- What? - Unbelievable.
I was really surprised when I came to Gyeonggi Province for business.
We used to give offerings to the palace every 15 days.
But now he makes us give it every two days, or every single day.
People could not even make a living.
Even the elderly and the children were starving to death.
Oh, no.
That is not everything.
He wants to draw women to make Heungcheongi and musicians,
so he takes away any and every girl that are too young to be taken away.
How could we raise a child in a time like this?
The country is in such a mess,
but His Majesty is saying everyone is living in peace.
He ordered his subjects to write an oath of loyalty to him.
Does he really not hear the painful groans of his people?
- Yes. - You are right.
We must gather together to tell him how we live.
- Yes. - Yes.
- Say it. - He is right.
- You are right. - Let us do it.
- Yes. - Who are they?
- What? - Who are they?
What is going on?
If you do not disperse, we will kill you all.
- What? - What?
What do you think you are doing?
Begin.
No.
Take this.
Run away.
Master Hong. Master Hong.
Master Hong is here.
Are you saying the royal guards are killing the people?
Yes.
The King said Hyangjumok is now a village of rebellion...
and he told them to take it over.
He is killing...
everyone there.
- What? - Oh, no.
Another band of guards will arrive in Hyangjumok very soon.
If so, everyone who lives in Hyangjumok will die.
What?
Help us.
Please help us.
Help us.
We have been worried about this.
The King is...
trying to set an example for the entire country...
by taking over Hyangjumok.
Yi Yung.
Yi Yung!
Please keep this place well,
District Magistrate Uhm.
Yes. Do not worry.
We will keep this place safely.
Because things broke out quickly, I am worried we may not be prepared.
However, we must do whatever we can.
The biggest problem is we do not know how many guards will come.
We are probably outnumbered by many.
Chief Hong.
Yes?
If you seem to be outnumbered, we would like to join you.
We will help.
We will help too.
No.
Ladies, you have never fought before.
You cannot fight against the royal guards.
Please leave this fight to us.
Do take care of yourselves.
He is right. That is the way you can help us.
But still...
We want to do anything.
We should do whatever we can.
Please do take care of yourself.
Your Majesty.
The second band of guards are about to arrive in Hyangjumok.
People of Joseon, take a look...
and hear...
to see what the most powerful thing in this world is.
That is...
fear.
Where are you headed?
Who are you?
Should the royal guards...
be killing off its people...
instead of protecting them from foreign forces?
- You are... - Move aside.
If you wish to go to Hyangjumok,
you must step over our bodies.
You must be the infamous Thief Hong and his party.
And these scumbags and thugs...
are trying to stand against the royal guards.
Fine. I will fight you.
If any of you can scratch me even a little,
I will serve you as my master.
So come!
- Get them. - Yes.
I hope they are all right.
So Bu Ri.
Il Chung.
Get this.
Great job.
Come around.
- Il Chung. - I am fine.
I will make the way.
You should all flee.
Yes. Gil Dong and I will make the way.
You are doing this again. Be quiet.
If we die, we die together. If we live, we live together.
I would rather die honorably than to see...
more innocent blood shed.
All right.
Let us die together, you scumbags.
All right.
Get them.
Chief Hong!
Gil Dong!
Chief Hong!
We will save you this time!
- All right. - Chief Hong.
- Charge! - Charge!
Hey, I think we can do this.
Let us go.
- Let us do it. - Stay right behind me.
Let us do this.
Wait right there. You are not going anywhere.
Your Majesty.
The royal guards who headed to Hyangjumok were...
ambushed by a rebel army...
and was greatly defeated.
A rebel army?
Did you say, a rebel army?
Quickly.
Bring the body.
Quickly.
Be careful.
Quickly.
Move the body.
Chief Hong.
Why did you come here?
Just because.
Chief Hong.
I have never...
had such a fun and refreshing...
day like this
Today, for the first time,
I did...
what I wanted to.
Thank you.
Hey.
What is your name?
At least tell me your name.
I do not...
I do not know your name.
At least tell me your name.
I do not know your name.
Wake up.
I will free...
Hyangjumok.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Is this not Heung Chil? - It is.
I met a liberator.
Hong Chum Ji saved our lives.
Why did you help us?
I...
Just because.