(Episode 9)
I must see the King
Are you crazy? Do you think the king...
is some hermit who lives in a country village?
Don't even say that!
The executioner's blade may end up falling!
If I want to meet the king...
what must I do?
Crazy girl
Is there no way?
Right
It isn't completely impossible to do it
All you have to do is cross over the palace wall...
and get caught and killed by royal guards...
Or...
get killed by the king's silent and invisible bodyguards
If you become a ghost...
you could have an audience with the king
If you're a ghost...
even if you cross over the palace wall...
nobody would know
Officer Lee!
The first time I saw you...
was when I was seven years old
My father had died...
and after having been separated from my mother and brother...
I was a reckless child...
who did not know what sadness was
On that day...
in the heavy pouring rain...
you were looking at me
After that day...
you were my father...
my mother...
and my brother
The time I have spent with you up to now...
is everything that I can remember in my life
If I lose you when you mean that much to me...
how could I continue to live?
My lord...
Like you said...
I should not have gone to the mountain camp in the first place
If I had not gone...
I would not have met the rebel leader
Your life was at stake...
but my heart would not let me kill that man...
I do not understand it
That pains me more than dying
The only way I can cleanse my heart...
is to do this
This stupid girl...
will die like this
In laying down my life...
I wish for you to reach your goals in life
Young master...
The destined meeting we had...
please...
forget about it
Young master...
Withdraw
- Is she still breathing? - Yes.
Who are you?
He asked you who you are
Left... Left Police Bureau... damo...
Jang Chae-Ohk
I would like an audience...
with Your Highness
Damo?
Who ordered you to assassinate me?
I- I...
had something...
to tell Your Majesty
You risked your life to tell me something?
A girl? All by yourself?
What in heaven's name is it?
Can you not see that he is asking you a question?
Answer him quickly!
Please tell your attendents to stand back
Everyone withdraw
It is all right
He is no different than my own limbs
Please...
command that...
this case will be...
entrusted to the...
Left Police Bureau Chief...
and Commander Hwangbo Yoon
Please issue that command...
I will tell you
Your Highness!
Your royal power is in danger!
Tell me
I am listening
All the credit
for discovering this should go to
the Police Chief and the Commander Hwangbo Yoon
Please issue the command
Did not I tell you to tell me?!
The counterfeiting organization...
is not...
a simple band of rebels
They have many trained soldiers...
and are... armed with weapons
They intend on... raising an insurrection!
They used counterfeit money... to reinforce their armament...
and laid a trap...
to eliminate...
the Training General guarding the capital city
It was all...
art of a conspiracy...
Who else knows about this?
No one...
No one knows
What did you say your name was?
Well...
she's not here or at the Police Bureau!
Where are you saying she went?!
You idiot
Why are you asking that here?
Officer Lee!
What?
Officer Lee?
You idiot
Are you blind?
Officer Lee...
Officer Lee, don't do this
Don't do this!
Stop it
I'll beat you senseless if you try
to pull rank one more time!
Do you have any job skills?
Don't be foolish. Let's just go
My goodness
You don't have any sympathy!
How was I able to live with such a heartless woman?
Man!
I have the sense of duty to stay your husband
Isn't it proper to at least act like you're concerned?
Am I'm acting like this because my future's so comfortable?
Those people saved us We aren't being chased anymore
How can we just watch them get beheaded?
That image will weigh on me for the rest of my life!
How can we just watch it?!
Foolish woman...
Has there been a funeral yet?! Huh?!
Why are you already making a fuss?
Stop crying
Who's there?!
It's Chae-Ohk, isn't it?
Oh my gosh!
Chae-Ohk!
Brother!
Chae-Ohk! Oh my gosh!
Brother!
Please wake up!
Brother!
Come on!
Hurry and come out!
Please come out!
Ohk! Ohk!
Chae-Ohk!
Wake up!
Open your eyes!
My lord
Yeah
It's me
Who is it?
Who did this to you?
I met...
the King
What are you saying?
You crazy girl!
Did you really cross over the palace wall?
Chae-Ohk! Chae-Ohk!
Chae-Ohk!
Ohk! Ohk! Chae-Ohk!
Chae-Ohk!
The counterfeiting organization...
is not a simple band of rebels...
They used counterfeit money... to reinforce their armament...
and laid a trap...
to eliminate...
the Training General guarding the capital city...
You may leave
Heung-Bok
Heung-Bok!
Yes, Your Highness?
What should I do?
You're the only person
I can talk to
Your Majesty
You must boost your sincerity
There are many people behind me
Speak your thoughts
Since they were able to eliminate the Training General...
we know that they are very thorough men
Someone must be directing their every move
Someone among our inner counsels?
I believe so
Do you think the Police Chief...
is also caught in their trap?
The Training General Jung Hong-Du...
and the Police Chief Joh Seh-Ook...
are the axis of Hansung's defense...
untainted by political factions
Through his mistake...
we lost the Training General
How can I not punish him for that?
But then our enemies also gain an advantage
The Training General who would serve you even in death...
would not want that either
The Police Chief lost his best friend...
and lost his only son
Your Highness...
Your royal authority is at stake!
How is she?
Her pulse isn't coming back
You jerk!
For a man who calls himself a doctor
is that all you can say?
At least try acupuncture, idiot!
My lord!
If she's not in the condition
to even take some life-saving medicine or take acupuncture...
then she's no different from a corpse
Then...
are you saying we have to watch her die like this?
How can this...
Sir...
Please save our Chae-Ohk!
Please save her! Please!
There is nothing I can do
Use some medicine
If she's no different from a corpse like you say...
then use medicine or acupuncture as much as you like!
M- my lord!
It is a good day to die
This is not the execution grounds
We brought them
Leave them here
Go back to the Police Bureau
Who are you?
The two of you are already dead
While holding out for the remainder of your life...
do not concern yourself with your own safety...
but fulfill the command
Stop!
Is it a royal command?
Did she call herself Chae-Ohk?
You have appointed a fine subordinate
However...
She was a reckless girl
A golden belt...
Your Highness!
Sir!
There is a note
Though you swore that you would lay down your life...
I would be alone without your services
The people behind the counterfeit money are the conspirators
Secretly examine the inner royal advisers...
and discover their true character...
so you may reassure your king
Your Highness!
Your Highness...
You reinstated the criminal who made...
the innocent Training General commit suicide
There is no precedent for this!
This shakes the solidity of the national laws!
Not only did he lose the counterfeiting ring
he also caused the annihilation of the raid soldiers...
both of which should be capitally punished...
but acquiting him... without consulting a minister...
is something that must not happen!
The suicide of the Training General...
happened during his investigation
And the raid...
happened while the Police Chief was in prison
He's not fully responsible
Your Highness
However... He was close friends with the Training General...
and the leader of the raid's father
I want to give him another chance
Your Highness!
I gave that command after careful deliberation!
Do not argue any longer
Did you...
Did you say she trespassed the palace?
I said...
foolish words to her
She lost her mind
Without going insane...
how could anyone do that in a proper state of mind?
What did you command Chae-Ohk to do?
Dang
That's why I kept telling her to leave the Police Bureau
I am very sorry
She has many external wounds...
but since her internal wounds are so serious...
I can no longer...
However, maybe the King's personal physician could try...
The royal physician was ordered to treat an ill magistrate...
so he went to that estate
Are you the royal physician?
Who are you?
I am the commander of the Left Police Bureau, Hwangbo Yoon
What business do I have with the police?
It is not police business
I have a subordinate who's life is hanging in a balance
Please save her, Doctor
What are you talking about?
How can you ask me to examine...
a subordinate at the Police Bureau?
If someone heard about this, you would be dead
Get out of here right now!
Let us go, lord
Only you can save her
I will submit to whatever you ask
Please save this patient!
I understand how you feel but...
without an order from the King...
I cannot treat anyone personally
Please find another doctor
She is in such a serious condition
that other doctors gave up
Please have sympathy
and please make an exception!
I am sorry
If you really cannot do it
I will kill the two of you here...
and I will kill myself
Royal doctor!
Though it is my duty to examine the king's body...
but in dealing with one's life
I am no different from any village doctor
Saving a patient's life...
gives me the same happiness as saving my own life
I will not forget
the debt I owe to you
Debt?
I have saved countless lives, but this is...
the first time I've seen someone with all of her spirit lines cut
Seeing your sincerity for the patient...
I truly wanted to save her
Does that mean... she will die?
You cannot say that she is alive right now
I am sorry
What should we do?
My lord
We cannot send her away like that
We cannot send Chae-Ohk away like that, my lord
My lord, my lord
We cannot send her away no matter what!
You can't go!
Where are you going to take her?
I would like to go too
I wanna go too! I wanna go!
My lord!
I will accompany you
If I do not return with my own feet
there is no need to search for me
I want to go too!
I wanna go!
My lord!
Ohk!
Monk...
There has still been no word?!
I am sorry
I should have followed him
I am checking out every place he could have gone. - Keep your mouth shut
No need to put so much effort into finding him
From now on, I will personally direct everything and receive all reports
Sir...
Officer Lee, disguise yourself as a peddler and go to
every public social gathering and locate Jang Sung-Baek!
Yes, sir!
Did you just arrive?
How did it go?
In Hwang-He province, a small magistrate's estate
was attacked. A portion of...
the taxes was given to the people...
the other portion was taken by Jang Sung-Baek's group
which is very popular
Those scum
He's trying to win over the people
How about the mountain camp?
We looked around Jang-Soo mountain
and Myul-Ahk mountain near the village...
Are you saying you didn't find them?
I am sorry
That's enough
They're not rash enough to attack a guard station
They're not easy men to catch
We'll take an hour break before moving on
Eat your rice balls and rest
Yes, sir!
Hold onto this
Where are you going, sir?
My lord!
Leave him alone
This is where all the raid soldiers were massacred
He is probably going to pay his respects
Hmm
They're all lepers
I clearly saw counterfeit coins
being made from molds
How far is it from Jang Sung-Baek's old camp?
Only two mountain summits
It is in a village of lepers that no one approaches
Who would have imagined?
There is no mistaking that it is Jang Sung-Baek's forge!
Who knows about this?
I did not tell anyone and rode here as fast as possible
To the outside of the capital city...
bring one group of the elite forces to stand by
If we capture those people, we can
determine where Jang Sung-Baek moved his mountain camp
And we can immediately assault the place
Only one group of elite forces?
Capturing Jang Sung-Baek is not the problem
Do NOT kill anyone on the raid
Only take prisoners... and recover the coin molds
Pardon?
We have to move...
so even a mouse or a bird doesn't know it!
The Police Chief is personally leading troops to the furnace village
What should we do?
My lord!
Get rid of the village
Are you saying to kill everyone?
Don't they all already have leprosy?
Send Kato Masayuki (Japanese guy)
If it's them...
they'll arrive before the troops
Jang Sung-Baek will not sit still
Inform Boss Jang...
My lord!
that the troops will get there soon
What message is it?
We're going to the furnace village
Bring one hundred swords
Yes, my lord?
Why the furnace village so suddenly?
I told you to bring your swords!
You scoundrels!
Who are you?!
There is no one left alive
I cannot find any evidence of counterfeit coins in the forge either
Tell the others...
and bury the corpses
And burn the village
This is not his sword
It is a foreign sword
They have bloodshot eyes looking for you and you came all the way here?
Are you crazy?
I must see our lord
What did you say?
Don't you know that the police are carefully watching the royal court?
Didn't I say I must see him?
The first time I saw you...
was when I was seven years old
My father had died...
and after having been separated from my mother and brother...
I was a reckless child
who did not know what sadness was
On that day...
in the heavy pouring rain
you were looking at me
After that day
you were my father...
my mother...
and my brother
The time I have spent with you up to now...
is everything that I can remember... in my life
If I lose you when you mean that much to me...
how could I continue to live?
My lord...
Like you said...
I should not have gone to the mountain camp in the first place
If I had not gone...
I would not have met the rebel leader
Your life was at stake
but my heart would not let me kill that man...
I do not understand it
That pains me more than dying
The only way I can cleanse my heart
is to do this
This stupid girl...
will die like this
In laying down my life...
I wish for you to reach your goals in life
Young master...
The destined meeting we had...
please...
forget about it
Young master...
I cannot send you like this
I still have not said...
any of the feelings in my heart
Chae-Ohk...
I'm here
Didn't you say...
you feel when you are breathing in each moment?
After hearing that...
do you know how hard my heart was racing?
I'm not even as good as a pig
Half noble blood...
who left a mother
whose hands and feet were swollen from labor
What drive would I have had to live?
I was the same
Since you were there...
in each moment...
I could feel that I was breathing
I didn't even tell you that
and fifteen years have gone by
Chae-Ohk...
don't go
I still haven't done anything for you, Chae-Ohk
Can you hear me?
Chae-Ohk...
Don't go, Chae-Ohk!
Chae-Ohk!
Don't go, Chae-Ohk!
This is Boss Jang
Have you been well?
I heard the news
It was truly a horrible thing
It was not government troops
Do you think I ordered it?
Is that why...
you wanted to see me?
This is a sword of...
the men hiding all around us right now
The furnace village people
with leprosy
and turn their back on the world...
but they spilled blood and sweat for us!
Did you...
see me as someone so disgusting...
that I would massacre people like that?
Well...
it is the same as if I had killed them
If I had known a little earlier
this would not have happened
Is heaven abandoning us?
This is all...
because of my unworthiness
Too many brothers have died...
to blame this on unworthiness
And that sword...
was there
Come out!
Everyone come out!
Ask if it is their sword
Is it yours?
Yes!
Yoda!
Yes, sir!
Is this...
the short sword...
you lost?
Is it yours?
Yes
What happened?
When I...
went to transport the counterfeit coins...
I lost it in the mountains
What are they saying?
He says it was lost when they were transporting
counterfeit coins from the furnace village to Hansung
I will...
prove it...
with my life
He says he is innocent
They are all helping us
Must everyone split their stomachs so you will believe it?
Why didn't the government troops...
take a single prisoner...
and kill everyone?
It could be...
the police's revenge for the massacre of the raid soldiers
Otherwise, how could...
they have acted without my, the Minister of Defense's, knowledge?
I will make them regret it
Before I find the murderers...
I will not return to the mountain camp!
Go back!
Sharpen your sword with that sadness and rage
The day for you to raise your sword is not far off!
I will handle the rest myself
He is a man who has given his service for ten years!
There are many men other than you who I can pay thousands of gold pieces to
But the only man in all of Korea who can grasp the hearts of the people
is Jang Sung-Baek!
I put all of my spirit into her...
but she still won't breathe
Does she have to lay like this
for the rest of her life?
Hit her with a finishing blow!
Are you saying I should kill her?
There are two possible outcomes
She will either die or her spiritual energy will be revived
Sir...
Do you want her to lay silent for her whole life?
If it's Chae-Ohk...
if something bad happens to her, she would want it to be by your hand
Decide
You must not put any bias in your hands
The protective spiritual energy only comes out when one is put in danger
Cast aside any thoughts of saving her
You must kill her
You must definitely kill her!