Contact the Geo-ins in the palace
and tell them to tell us anything they learn about Hong Gil Dong.
Episode 25.
Whose grave is this?
Clearly, Sook Yong knew Hong Gil Dong from before she entered the palace.
And although it was a slip of the tongue,
she did say, for certain, that Hong Gil Dong didn't die.
Chief Hong is here!
- That... that bastard? - Hey.
Yi Yoong!
Hurry and catch those guys! Hurry!
Your Majesty, we must leave!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, we have to leave!
Protect His Majesty! Protect His Majesty!
It's Chief Hong!!
Chief Hong is here!!
It appears there is a problem in the.
In-Jeong-Jeon. (MAIN FIELD OF CHANGDEOK PALACE)
His Majesty is in In-Jeong-Jeon.
- We must go now! - Yes, sir!
Close the palace gates!
Guard His Majesty! Guard His Majesty!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
Yi Yoong.
You seem to be quite scared.
Oh no. What use are you?
Hong Gil Dong, I will...
I will catch you with my own two hands!
Your Majesty... Your Majesty... you can't...
- Your Majesty... - Let's go!
Let's split up into two groups. One group will go to the
prisons, and the other will go towards the Geun Hwe Gak.
After half an hour, let us meet at the north
gate connected to the Forbidden Zone.
Let's go!
Come with me!
- Please come out. - What... is this...? - Please do not worry.
We are Chief Hong's people.
Is it really true?
Did you really come to rescue us?
Please hurry. Let's go.
Don't be shocked. Here, there are those who've lost their babies, right?
Those babies are with us now.
You have my baby with you?
We don't have any time.
Hurry and come out.
Those who want to come with us, step forward now.
We are Chief Hong's people.
Is that true? Are you really Chief Hong's people?
Yes.
Let's go.
But...
We must go. His Majesty said to cut your head off.
We will go with you.
Hurry. Come on, let us hurry and go.
Quickly! Please hurry!
Quickly!
Sang Hwa. We must bring Sang Hwa with us.
We don't have time. Hurry!
Please go. You go first.
- But Unni. - I will find Sang Hwa and follow you. Quickly go.
Within the hour, you have to be at the north gate.
We cannot wait any longer. Got it?
Yes, I will definitely go.
Come on, let's go. Hurry, we must hurry.
Sang Hwa. Where are you? Sang Hwa, where are you?
[THE CRIME OF AVOIDING AND INHIBITING COUNSEL TO THE KING]
[THE CRIME OF LOVING FLATTERY, THEREBY TURNING A STUPID KING INTO A TYRANT]
[THE CRIME OF AVOIDING RESPONSIBILITY AND CHOOSING FLATTERY INSTEAD]
[THE CRIME OF SELLING OUT FRIENDS TO PROTECT HIMSELF]
[THE CRIME OF FLATTERING A STUPID KING]
Stop! Stop!
Answer me.
I heard that you are a descendant of the ruined Koryeo royal family.
Is that correct?
If not, you were born as a concubine's son of a minister
and you are rebelling due to your pent-up anger at not being able
to properly address your father and your brothers. Is this correct?
Then what are you? What the hell are you?!?
I am not a descendant of Koryeo royals,
nor a son of a concubine and minister,
nor the son of a ruined noble family.
I am just my father's son. My father,
the slave Amogae. The lowest people in all of Joseon.
That cannot be true.
From such a lowly body,
you could not have been born.
But you were born from the king, who is the son of the heavens.
So how did you turn out to be such a lowly person?
Unni hasn't come yet.
We can wait no longer.
Hurry, let us go.
But do you know this? It was my father and mother who gave birth to me.
But there is someone else who made me this way.
That is... you.
I was the peddler Gil Dong, the servant Foot Stool.
I sold liquor during prohibition and punished some wicked noblemen.
I would have lived on as that kind of thug, then died that way.
Not much to it. Pretty lame.
But...
the day you broke my body,
the bloody tears that you squeezed out of your people flowed into me.
And it mended all my bones and sewed my torn flesh back together.
So Yi Yoong, if you want to stop me, you just have to stop.
If you would only stop, I can return to
being the insignificant servant Foot Stool.
You... dare to...?
You bastards!!
No!! No, you must not!
You must not! No!
You bastards! Kill me first!
Kill me first, I said!!
Hyung-nim, please misguide the others.
Only then can you alone make a contribution, Hyung-nim.
It looks like our king has one loyal vassal.
See you later.
Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
Your Majesty, that Hong Gil Dong escaped here alive,
why didn't you tell me?
If you had told me, I would have definitely...
Why must I report to you every little detail of my activities?
Your Majesty,
- he is definitely not someone who should be underestimated... - So!
While I was suffering indignities because of that Hong Gil Dong, where were you?
The one who protected me today were not palace guards, nor any of my stewards.
It was Park Ha Seong! Only Park Ha Seong!
How dare a thief enter the palace...
How dare he?! How dare he?!
Your Majesty, that the thieves could come so close to you
definitely means that in this palace
there are those who are communicating with Hong Gil Dong.
And that person is someone who is definitely close to you,
he must be someone who you cherish.
Your Majesty!
Do you trust Sook Yong, Lady Jang?
- Out of my way, please. - His Majesty instructed that no one may enter.
Why would His Majesty forbid even you from entering his bed chambers?
He is truly impudent.
But isn't it too lame to just kill him?
Just keep him alive
and steal his strength.
He will be pitiful like a tiger who's had his claws
pulled out. It will be so funny to see that.
Nok Soo, even you...?
No. That cannot be true.
I am just my father's son.
My father, the slave Amogae.
The lowest people in all of Joseon.
That cannot be true. He cannot be the son of a slave.
That can never be true.
Nok Soo, you...
To the son of a slave...?
♫ When we open the window, let the light in, and the deep darkness retreats ♫
♫ Everyone come out into the streets we couldn’t see before ♫
♫ Let us each open our mouths and sing loudly ♫
Oh, you are here.
Chief... Chief Hong?
Now!
- Now, it is our time to act! - You are correct!
It's been a long time. We have met before, haven't we?
Oh... Oh...
I heard that the king really killed Chief Hong.
I heard that all of Chief Hong's limbs were broken, and he died.
Chief Hong! Chief Hong is alive!!
We are saved! Now we are saved!!
Chief Hong is alive!!
We are saved! Now we are saved!!
Are you the mothers of these babies?
Baby!
You were alive. You were alive.
So were they really the Descendants of Chief Hong?
It definitely was. They broke the palace gates, and
they rescued all the people who were imprisoned
after putting up those anonymous notices.
Husband, even if you are no longer here,
there are so many who follow your intentions.
I will bring Sang Hwa soon and be with them.
Unni Ga Ryeong.
Ok Ran, why didn't you leave?
You didn't come, so how can I go by myself?
- But, His Majesty... - I will bow my head and beg forgiveness from Sook Yong.
I served her for many years, so she will save me, in the end.
Will she?
But did you find Sang Hwa?
What chaos is this?
Sang Hwa.
I looked for you so much.
What's with you?
Ok Ran, what happened?
Amidst the chaos, the Geun Hwe Gak was opened, so I came out.
I will beg forgiveness from Sook Yong.
Yes. I will go with you. Let's beg for forgiveness together.
Who were those people that day?
They said they were the Descendants of Chief Hong.
- Descendants? - Really?
They have no fear. They dared to invade the king's inner sanctum,
hang plaques around the senior statesmen's necks and ran away.
Watch your mouth.
Ja Won, when I ran away that day,
all the eunuchs and palace maids must have seen me, right?
And the statesmen as well, they all saw me, right?
Your Majesty, what is more important
is to make the palace more secure so something like this never happens again...
Yes, we must never allow anyone outside the
palace know anything that happens in the palace.
Thoroughly, very thoroughly, we must guard it.
Indeed.
The mouth is the door to misfortune, the tongue is the blade which cuts the body.
So if you keep your mouth closed and your tongue deep inside,
your body will be comfortable, and you will be stronger everywhere.
So from today on, make sure to always wear that identity plaque,
and remind yourselves, again and again.
[The mouth is the door to misfortune, the tongue is the
blade which cuts the body. So if you keep your mouth
closed and your tongue deep inside, your body will be
[comfortable, and you will be stronger everywhere.]
He has committed the crime of communicating events
in the palace to the exterior of the palace.
Cut his head and show all of the statesmen.
Those who turn their heads away
will be punished in the same way.
But how long must we
be the hands and feet of the king, when he tears and cuts people to death?
Before, His Majesty commanded me to
stab a criminal's hands with a metal skewer, so I had to-with my own hands...
But I cannot do this anymore.
I think I will really go insane.
The palace guards who must transport and punish criminals at the king's command,
and the stewards and officers, because of His Majesty's cruel punishments,
they are suffering.
Of course, they would. On the king's command,
they had to hit, stab, and break the bones of hundreds of people.
They are human, too. How can they endure?
Your Majesty, if you do not stop,
I will become stronger. Have I not warned you?
I wasn't really intending for you to be killed.
You have served me for many years.
How could I ignore you?
Sook Yong.
But make sure you know
who holds your lifeline in her hands.
Yes, Sook Yong.
Yes, Sook Yong. I will make sure to keep that in mind.
Sook Yong, His Majesty is summoning you, and requests that you prepare for it.
How long has it been?
Hurry and prepare her bathwater. Hurry.
What a nice scent.
He came to see me. Hong Gil Dong, I mean.
Before you came into the palace, you and Hong Gil Dong
already knew each other?
Your Majesty, I...
Yes, Your Majesty, I did know Hong Gil Dong from before I entered the palace.
When he was wandering as a peddler,
he visited the courtesan house where I was at.
At that time, I briefly saw his face, that is all.
Because of only that,
seeing him die
was too painful for you?
Your Majesty,
- I... truly... - Perhaps
that man you said you gave your heart to
was that bastard,
Hong Gil Dong?
Sook Yong...
Aigoo!
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It was you.
You are my husband's little sister.
Seeing you, I am so happy and thankful,
as if I am seeing my husband again.
Eorinie, don't worry about anything.
I will definitely take you out of here, with me.
Your Majesty...
Please punish me. I...
You...
commanded me to catch the thief Hong,
but I dared to let them enter the palace instead.
Please kill me.
Please...
punish me.
That's enough.
Even so, the only person I can trust is you.
I...
cannot trust anyone.
No one at all.
Even the messenger eunuch has once deceived me.
Your Majesty.
When the enemy tried to kill me, you blocked them
and asked them to kill you instead.
What vassal would do that? Would the Yeong-Sang (RANK)?
Would the Yi-Ji-Cham-Pan (RANK)?
Of course, they would never.
Only you, Park Ha Seong.
Only you.
Your Majesty!
I will give you just one more chance.
I will give you military forces.
So you must catch Hong Gil Dong and bring him to me, no matter what.
Yes, Your Majesty. However,
the power of an army is not from how large or small it is.
So please allow me to personally select the soldiers.
You will personally select them?
Yes, Your Majesty. I will
only select those who have deep loyalty for you
to form the army.
Yes. You must distinguish between
those who possess true loyalty and those who do not.
Your grace is immeasurable!
Why didn't you tell me that Hong Gil Dong escaped alive, when you knew it?
That was because His Majesty
commanded that we must keep that a secret.
But you should have still told me!
I am sorry, Teacher, but
if I disobey His Majesty's command,
I may be accused of the crime of disrespect towards my superior and die.
So I was so scared and afraid...
In any case,
you blocked the thieves with your own body to protect His Majesty.
Well done.
His Majesty said he will give you military forces, right?
You must catch him.
And this time, I must see for myself when his limbs are torn off.
But in order to reveal who was communicating with the Hong thieves,
we must plant one of our own people among the Hong thieves.
So I wanted to ask,
may I have use of the Protector of Values' Geo-in?
If you would only do this, I will make sure to stake my own life
and pull out by the roots those who are on the Hong's side in the palace,
and cut off the thief's head and offer it.
Then which Geo-in would you like?
Someone who the Hong thieves would not be wary of.
How about a young and weak woman?
So what must I do?
Please scold one of the Woon Pyeong and kick her out of the palace.
If you do, those thieves will definitely approach her.
Then who should I kick out?
The other day, the Heung Cheong, Ga Heung Cheong, and Woon Pyeong,
I instructed all of you to not speak to each other
of what happened on the day of the celebration.
But some of you have exchanged notes amongst yourselves
in your hair ornaments, haven't you?
What would you have talked about?
Clearly,
you must have secretly spoken of what happened in the palace, didn't you?
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty. Your Majesty. Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
I hear also that those in Woon Pyeong long for the outside world?
I take good care of you Woon Pyeong, feed you plenty and dress you.
So how dare you long for the outside world?
How can you dare to communicate to the outside
world that you would like to leave the palace?
I hear that you often leave the palace claiming to meet your mother?
Your Majesty.
Your Majesty, I, too have longed to see the outside world.
So please punish me along with Sang Hwa.
Those who confess their sins on their own and ask for punishment,
I will be extra generous to you.
Your Majesty. Your Majesty!
Your Majesty!
What happened?
I don't know. But it doesn't appear that she was taken to the Geun Hwe Gak.
Then where did Sang Hwa go?
I will give you an opportunity to make a big contribution.
The Hong thieves are going around looking for
those who have a grudge against our country, or were punished by our country.
- They are going around recruiting people to their side, do you know this? - Yes.
His Majesty will soon accuse you of a trivial crime
and kick you out of the palace.
When you are kicked out of the palace, the Hong thieves will soon approach you.
When they do, follow them
and find out information about them, and return. That is all you have to do.
Must I go into the den of thieves?
You don't want to?
No, I will do it.
Yes. Yes, you should.
If you accomplish this,
I will allow you to not have to return to the palace.
As you wish,
I will allow you to live peacefully in a quiet place.
Follow me.
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- What's wrong? - I feel sorry for him.
Those who can't have even a sip of water before dying, they are the most pitiful.
You are...
I heard that you were kicked out of the palace.
Don't worry. From now on,
I will protect you.
This time, there were some lady students who simply communicated with each other.
But the king beat them all badly and kicked them out of the palace.
If all they did was get kicked out, that is a blessing.
Before this, he commanded that the parents of a lady student
be killed for her crime.
- Killed? - We better all watch our mouths.
We don't know when our heads will be chopped off, too.
So we must all be careful so we don't get caught.
Ah...
Aigoo.
What are you doing here?
Huh? Well...
If you are discovered harboring discontent about the king's actions.
His Majesty punishes you severely, don't you know that?
Aigoo, Lord!
Did you come to catch us?
No. There is someone who wants to meet you.
Huh?
- It's Chief Hong. - Perhaps...
Hong Gil Dong?
I definitely heard that you died.
You must have all seen my body being broken,
but look. I am very well.
Then the ones who caused that commotion in the In-Jeong-Jeon were...?
Aigoo.
There are many people in our mountain hideout.
They have all been abandoned by our nation.
They need the military forces to protect them.
All this time, obeying the command of our murderous king,
I know that you have beat and killed countless people.
So what will you do?
Will you kill more people in the future? Or...
will you protect more people, instead?
If you hold hands with me, I know that there is no going back.
But I will tell you one thing, for sure.
This is your final chance for you
to live as human beings.
If you refuse my hand that I am extending you,
you will have to, with your own hands,
keep killing countless innocent people,
and break their bones.
Yes.
I will follow you, General Hong.
I will join you, too.
I can no longer kill any innocent person.
Yes, I will join you as well.
We shall join you!
Let's do this together!
He is a ginseng-digger who frequently travels this mountain.
He said that he's been in this area several times, so I brought him here.
Do you know anything about Park Ha Seong, Park Won Il's grandson?
Park Won Il, or whatever, I don't know their names.
Then did you know that an old man and his grandson lived here?
Ah, yes, I did know that.
The old man's son and daughter-in-law died
young, so he buried them with his own hands,
and lived with his grandson.
Yes, so about that grandson.
When did that grandson leave this mountain?
Leave this mountain?
He died after being bitten by a mountain beast.
Isn't this the grave of that grandson?
The old man was weeping
and wailing at this grave, I saw it.
[SEONG-JU PARK-GONG...]
Are these the soldiers you have selected?
Yes, Your Majesty. I have selected those
who are skilled in martial arts and very loyal, so please trust in them.
We will definitely behead the thief and bring him to Your Majesty.
- Yes! - Yes!
Please live for a thousand years! A thousand years! A thousand years!
- A thousand years! A thousand years! - A thousand years! A thousand years!
He is not Park Ha Seong!
We must hurry to the palace and tell His Majesty this truth.
If he is not Park Ha Seong,
then who the hell is he?
Is anyone there?
Aren't you my Jeong Hak's friend?
Park Ha Seong. Right?
Yes.
So, what brings you here?
I am leaving on a long trip after receiving His Majesty's command.
So I thought I would say goodbye to Jeong Hak before I go.
I see. But what to do?
My Jeong Hak went somewhere, saying he had an urgent matter.
But I still cannot turn away a guest.
Come in for a bit.
Thank you.
Please eat and drink.
Yes.
I'm glad you came.
I was hoping that you and Jeong Hak stay close friends.
That you and Jeong Hak continue to encourage and support each other...
It appears that Jeong Hak will be late.
What is this?
It is a switch made from a tree branch that my
younger brother broke off when he was young.
A switch made from a tree branch that your
younger brother broke off when he was young?
Recently, Jeong Hak spoke about
his slaves from when he was young, so I remembered it.
To be honest, when I was young,
I was whipped with a switch many times on behalf of someone else.
Then, I will take my leave.
Lady, I really hope that
you will live a very long time, and be healthy.
You must see with both your eyes wide open
what happens in this world, from now on.
- Prince Choongwon. - Do you know me?
Yes, I know you very well.
We have seen each other up close before.
We did?
Yes. In a place that was
very cold, dark, and scary.
Think about it carefully.
What a crazy punk.
Do you know who I am?
For a long time,
I have been looking forward to meeting you.
I never imagined that such a day would come so soon.
It looks like the heavens have helped me.
I heard that you have been exiled to a very rough place.
What a living hell tastes like,
enjoy your fill of that taste.
Isn't this a switch made from an apricot tree?
With white dots on it...
apricot tree branch...
Go run an errand.
When you go to Official Park's house on the other side of the mountain,
give them this.
And from the apricot tree that grows only in the yard of that house,
break off a branch of that tree and bring it to me.
Madame! If he climbs that mountain, Gil Dong will die!
- Hyung!! - Madame!
Madame!!
A switch made from a tree branch that your younger brother broke off
when he was young?
Jeong Hak!
Mother.
Why are you here? I am very busy right now, so later...
Park Ha Seong.
Park Ha Seong, he came over.
Ha Seong came over? What?
Park Ha Seong, that person,
I remembered what kind of guy he was.
When I was imprisoned in the past,
he mocked and insulted me.
It was as if he had a grudge against
me for a long time.
Jeong Hak, Park Ha Seong, that person,
told me that his younger brother
broke off this apricot tree branch, and brought it to me.
But Jeong Hak, in the past...
the one I told to break off this apricot tree branch with the white dots on it...
I have only ever asked Gil Dong to do that.
Park Ha Seong, how could he have known about that?
Chief Inspector Park, I heard that you saw the thief and just let him go.
I received the command from His Majesty to catch the thief.
How could I let the thief go even after seeing him? Who the hell would say that?
If that Hong Gil Dong manages to maintain
his pathetic life somehow, it will become a laughingstock.
I told you to assist Young Master as he studied.
Where have you been playing all this time?
- Perhaps... - Is it you, Soo Hak?
Your name was...?
Yes, my name was Soo Hak when I was young. Jo Soo Hak.
How can this be...?
- How..? - Jeong Hak.
What is it? What is going on?
He is not Park Won Il's grandson Park Ha Seong.
He is... Hong Gil Dong's older brother, Gil Hyun!
Your Majesty! Your Majesty!
- Your Majesty! - Administrator Jo, what is all this commotion about?
Your Majesty, please call back the thief-catching troops!
Call back the thief-catching troops?
Your Majesty, that man is not Park Ha Seong.
Park Won Il's grandson Park Ha Seong died a long time ago. Park Ha Seong, he is...
He is not Park Ha Seong? What are you saying?
He is Thief Hong Gil Dong's older brother, Gil Hyun!
What in the world are you saying now?
Protect his Majesty! Protect his Majesty!
What is it? What is written?
King, did you think I didn't mean what I told you?
If you will not stop, I will become stronger
and more powerful, didn't I tell you?
The time required to turn your soldiers into my warriors
was one hour. Only one hour.
It was thanks to you that I got these loyal warriors.
Your Majesty!
Chase them. Hurry and chase them down.
Alert Capital Bureau and before these bastards leave Hanyang,
catch every last one of them! Right now!
Your Majesty, the royal forces were sent by Capital Bureau
but they had already disappeared.
Welcome.
Brothers.
Welcome.
We have an honored guest.
Ahjussi.
Yes, yes.
Aiyoo.
Aigoo, my child.
- Brothers. - Gil Hyun.
So glad you came.
Ahjussi...
You have struggled.
How lonely you must have been.
But who are they?
We are here as well.
Welcome. Now we are all brothers.
Welcome.
Thank you for coming.
Gil Dong,
those are people who came trusting in one person, you.
You know that, right?
Yes, Hyung-nim.
Hong Gil Dong? His older brother?
Park Ha Seong. You... were my slave, huh?
Eorinie.
♫ Even if spring is coming, but we can't say so ♫
Eorinie.
♫ The Lord of Winter may become angry, so we stifle our laughter ♫
I was cast out of the palace and came to rely on Chief Hong...
Eorinie!
♫ Even when the sun rises, we can't say so ♫
I am not Eorinie...
♫ The night ocean may become angry, so we stifle our laughter ♫
Eorinie, I'm sorry.
How lonely you must have been. How painful you must have felt.
I am sorry.
♫ The Lord of Winter has gone and spring is coming ♫
♫ Ey hey yah, Uh huh yah ♫
♫ Please leave the twig gate open ♫
♫ Ey hey yah, Uh huh yah ♫
♫ The winds of blades will stop ♫
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♫ Please leave the twig gate open ♫
Park Ha Seong is not Park Ha Seong? What does that mean?
The king is trying to set an example for the people to see.
Yi Yung!!
- Have you gone crazy! - But he killed Orabeoni Gil Dong!
I have to let Teacher know where this mountain hideout is.
Palace guards, you said?
Strike!
The thing we worried about has happened.
Then let's do it the way we planned it.