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The Blade and Petal

Do you think you can kill me?

Episode 11

If you do not kill me...

You will have to die.

But there is another way for you to live.

We're from the same Yun family.

Will you face your death as a traitor? Or will you live and redeem your family?

I left the chancellor's seat for you.

Chancellor.

You want me to take my brother's office?

Fine.

I will accept your offer.

My Lord! I have the wine and food ready.

Shall I serve them now?

Did you prepare the best wine?

Yes, my lord.

We shall serve our finest for these gentlemen here.

Give our finest.

Father.

It's late at night. Perhaps we should drink next time.

I hope that you do not regret your choice.

General Yun!

I heard that you were participating in the opening ceremony of Gyemo Wall.

I advise that you go around Mt. Chungyong.

I believe the fastest way is to go over Mt. Chungyong.

The locals there are still your political enemies.

Then which way should I go?

The only other way to Gyemo is over Soltize in North East.

All of the local rebels have been annihilated in that area.

It should be safe.

Duly noted.

I wish you a safe journey.

Will Yun really go that way?

They only have two choices.

Dividing their forces into two is even more dangerous.

They will have to go that way.

You cannot trust him. He must be planning something.

You must go through Mt. Chungyong.

They could have anticipated that as well.

Soltize is better to prepare against an ambush because of its open grounds.

We will be able to fight them off if our backup gets there on time.

Let's go to Soltize, Father.

But it would be better for you to be in a coach, so that they don't notice.

In order to get to Soltize, they must go through an abandoned village.

We will trap them there and attack from all directions.

We have a chance.

How long can you keep the backup from coming?

I will set the trail on fire.

It will take them at least one more hour to take the detour.

We will go through Soltize in North East. Go!

[A village near Soltize]

Yun's troops left.

Yun's troop is coming this way.

Something is wrong.

What's wrong?

I don't see Yun's personal guard.

It's a trap.

It's Yang's soldiers.

Yang Mun! That damn traitor!

We cannot let the coach get away.

Boo Chi! You must protect Moo Young.

[Yang Mun]

If one of us between Yun Jung Ro and I must die

who do you think is the one that must live for the sake of Koguryo?

Is General Yun having a safe passage?

You sound like you want something to happen to him.

[King Bojang, 28th King of Koguryo]

I would never.

But you never know.

Someone like Yun Jung Ro could start a fight, like an idiot.

I'm just worried.

General.

How long have you lived under Yun's shadow?

What are you saying, sire?

Your late father was King Young Yang.

He was a hero that defeated Su's invasion.

Who would say that your family is not as glorious as the Yun?

General.

The chancellor's seat is empty at the moment.

I'd like for you to become the chancellor.

You're going to be leading the new Koguryo.

You deserve such an office.

When Koguryo and Su were at war...

Tobun waited for Su to weaken.

Shilla was preparing to attack Koguryo.

Bekje was busy trying to find Shilla's weak point.

The intelligence battle was the conclusive factor in victory.

It's not too different right now.

I need an agency that will manage all intelligence externally and internally.

I'm going to make an intelligence agency directly under the king's command.

The head of this organization...

Will receive a rank equal to the chancellor.

I want you to take the job.

What about General Yun?

He will have to direct the fortification of the Cheonri Wall.

General Yun is out of town right now.

He doesn't need to come back. It's better for him to stay there.

The king is getting ready to put pressure on General Yun.

It seems that he has met with other nobles already.

Whose side are you going to join?

Message! Message!

Stop!

Yun Jung Ro fell in your son's trap.

Has the back arrived yet?

No, sir.

Turn back.

I want to witness the end of traitor myself.

- Stay alive! - Get her out.

Seol Young!

There is something that you must know.

Captain!

Boo Chi!

Find the umbrella maker in Zolbun.

- Captain! - Now!

Captain!

Princess! You must stay alive!

Spare me, General!

Please spare my life.

What can you do for me for the price of your life?

There are remaining forces of the former king that want to kill you.

I know who they are. I will get them for you.

Who are they?

Promise me that you will spare my life first.

One of them are the former king's.

The wound is not deep. She will recover soon.

We even lost Captain Seo.

What do we do now?

When I had the chance to kill the rebel, I hesitated at the last second.

What will you do now?

I was a fool.

I was reckless and rash.

Emotions always cause mistakes.

I want to revive the Golden Flower Agency with the lost agents in the frontier.

Please help me.

Give up on your revenge first.

I lost my brother and father because of Yun Gae So Mun.

A lot of people have died for your personal revenge.

Is that what you wanted?

Who is behind you?

I have no one behind me. It is not the king, the princes, or the princess.

You have killed them all.

Are you feeling better?

It's bearable.

Did the last man talk?

It seems that they started it out of anger of losing their master.

There is nothing to get from him anymore.

I will take care of him.

Father.

There are more enemies like Yun Jung Ro out here still.

Because you have made an example out of Yun Jung Ro

they will not be making a move rashly

But they still pose a threat to harm you.

You need to find them and put them under surveillance.

Then?

What do you suggest?

The conclusive factor in war is always intelligence.

You will need to organize your intelligence

to put your enemies under surveillance.

General! You must have had been shocked.

We should have annihilated Yun Jung Ro first.

It was actually better for us that Yun Jung Ro rebelled against us.

We have made an example that the families of the rebels will be annihilated.

Everyone should be scared now.

Yes.

You must show them that a rebellion will result in deaths.

I heard that the king discussed the new chancellor with you.

General Yun annihilated Yun Jung Ro's family in Zolbun and came back.

Nothing happened to Yun Gae So Mun?

Yes, sire. Yang Mun and Yun Gae So Mun joined forces and defeated Yun Jung Ro.

Yang Mun did?

Even Yang joined him.

What about Do Soo and Yang Jin Wook that were supposed to visit me today?

They already went to visit General Yun.

Sire! General Yun is here.

I heard about the incidents that happened to you while traveling.

I'm glad that you're safe.

Now that you're back, we need to discuss the national government.

Before that...

We must deal with a rebel first.

A rebel?

On the night the former king's body was burnt...

Someone stole his ashes.

The person that had taken the remains must have had allegiance for the dead.

The person that has taken the remains is a rebel.

We cannot work for new Koguryo while that rebel is still alive.

So, sire.

How should we deal with that rebel?

I will see you tomorrow at the assembly.

Because the seat of the chancellor is empty.

I will proceed with the meeting for now.

The role of the leaders is ever more important in the time of change.

Hence, we need a new office to help the king deal with national affairs.

We already have the chancellor's office for that position.

We need a new office to address the changes in the new era.

It is difficult to keep order in the frontier government.

We must unify Koguryo and centralize the power.

We need a new leader to carry out this task.

The office will carry more power than the chancellor.

This office will be in charge of everything in Koguryo.

This office shall be called the Prime Minister.

I nominate General Yun Gae So Mun for that office.

I concur.

I couldn't agree more.

Hear hear!

Does anyone object to nominating General Yun as the prime minister?

The prime minister of the new Koguryo is

General Yun Gae So Mun.

The gods have blessed Koguryo with General Yun to serve us as our prime minister.

I, now, call Prime Minister Yun to the stand.

In Koguryo the Prime Minister will be in charge of all military

affairs, selection of chairs, and all other state affairs.

I propose an emergency defense state.

All the private armies owned by the nobles will answer

to the prime minister's command as Koguryo's army.

Do we have any objections?

The chancellor chair remains vacant.

General On Sa Moon will take the chair.

General Yang Jin Wook will remain in his office as the Chief Secretary.

Have you forgotten that the chancellor needs to be elected?

Did you forget what I just said?

The prime minister will be in charge of selecting all of the officials.

The eldest son of the Yun family, Yun Choong, will be given the office of Steward.

He will be the director of the fortification of Cheonri Wall.

I'm sure you have already heard.

That there are still fools out there that are serving the former king.

I will annihilate all the rebels with my power as the prime minister.

For that reason, we will need an intelligence agency

that will monitor Koguryo externally and internally.

We will call this agency, Joye Agency.

Joye Agency will be under the prime minister's direct command.

It will manage all forms of intelligence.

Sire.

Do you have any suggestions?

If the prime minister becomes the commander of all private armies

that means he will be the commander in chief of all armed forces in Koguryo.

Don't you think that's too much power for one man?

This is unprecedented.

What do you think?

Does anyone agree with the king?

You must speak out!

No one seems to be agreeing with you, sire.

Your private armies are your assets.

They are Koguryo's soldiers.

If the prime minister becomes the commander of all private armies

this country may lose its balance.

Koguryo will become more powerful than ever with one man as the commander-in-chief.

Koguryo will be ready to fight against any invasion including Tang.

It will be the start of the new unified Koguryo.

Prime minister?

A man in charge of all military affairs and officials?

That is the king with just a different name!

He only wants to put me and other warlords under surveillance with the new agency.

He will have all kinds of intelligence.

He will kill anyone he dislikes.

The prime minister is here.

Did you hide the remains of the former king?

Yes, sir.

Tell me why.

The king was appointed by the gods.

Although he was dead...

he deserved the proper honor as a king.

And what if that's treason?

Nonsense!

How is that treason?

It's called decency.

Then why are you so concerned about hiding your action of decency?

I already announced that any allegiance to the former king is treason.

Watch your words!

You must now choose.

Will you become the misfortune king of treason?

Or will you become the king that punishes the traitor?

Traitors shall be punished.

Come in!

- Take him away. - Yes, sir.

I'm going to replace all the servants, eunuchs, and soldiers of the palace.

Are you discontented about me becoming the prime minister?

Not at all.

Congratulations.

Isn't General Yun going too far?

He seized the authority over all the private armies.

He is taking our arms and legs.

Even the dogs and cats will bow to the Yun family now.

Gosh.

Do not let your guard down just because you're now acknowledged as a Yun.

I will not make it easy for you just because you're my son.

I understand. It's only the beginning.

She's going to get burned out.

It's not easy to have control over your emotions.

[A few years later]

You've gotten so much better.

When did you come to Pyoungyang?

You're here again.

It doesn't look so good today. I will only give you half.

Okay! Okay!

That's all I can give!

They are recruiting for the Joye Agency.

It's finally time.

Are you sure about this?

What if someone recognizes you after you join the agency?

Joye Agency is the place where all the intelligence will gather.

If we cannot defeat General Yun with strength

then we will have to use the intelligence of Joye Agency and outsmart him.

You will need to get that list of warlords that are hostile against Yun.

They will help us greatly when we fight against Yun later.

I'm going to kill Yun and Jang and redeem the lost kingship.

I will save the people of Koguryo from war.

Let's go.

Hey!

Hey!

My name is Nam Seng. What's your name?

It would be decent for me to buy you a drink with this.

We will drink together when we meet again.

He's a good man.

Have you heard?

The starving people in the countryside are eating their dead children.

Really? The starving people in the countryside are eating their dead children.

Really?

I heard that people are even eating dirt.

This is really a victory without gain.

This is not winning.

The war was costly.

Do you think that the prime minister made a mistake?

What? How dare you!

Sire!

Sire!

You look surprised.

It doesn't matter who sits there, anyway.

I wanted to serve you tea for your hard work.

Was my acting that good?

No one recognized me!

The prime minister and General Yun Choong

came back after a grand victory against Tang.

General Yun Choong cornered the retreating Tang army into mud beach and annihilated them.

There was a proposal for peace talks when Tang first initiated war.

But the prime minister disregarded it.

He will need to pay a price for the war.

Are you saying that he was responsible for this war?

What price does he need to pay?

I cannot agree that it was a failure.

Tang backed away. We protected Koguryo.

That's a fact.

Someone needs to pay a price.

Losses in this war were caused because

we could not anticipate their route of advance.

Tang's strategy was to attack Hyundo, Gyemo, and Ilsung first.

The Joye Agency failed to give us the information.

That was why the war went on for so long.

We lost the intelligence battle.

And it has made us make the wrong moves during the war.

The prime minister and Joye Agency are responsible for the this.

It's time for lunch.

Let's wrap it up by punishing the Joye Agency director.

Yes, sire.

The director of Joye Agency shall be dismissed from his office for incompetence.

In that case.

Who is fit for the job then?

I'd say that Yun Choong will take the job.

As for the new director of Joye Agency, the assistance director of Joye Agency...

Yun Nam Seng will suffice.

Okay, then!

Why did you hold me responsible for the war costs in the chamber?

I had no reason. I was only speaking the truth.

Thanks to your honesty...

My authority fell to the ground.

Are you defying me?

I'm only pursuing my own path.

What's your name?

Yoo Gwan.

Where did you come from?

I'm Yun Boo from Gaeun.

I'm Moo Young from Daeja.

Daeja? That's where my uncle lives.

Where in Daeja?

[Joye Agency]

I was recommended by the lord of Daeja. My name is So Moo Young.

Is he well?

He is still healthy enough to take bath in ice water during winter.

But he was injured while hunting recently. He is recovering.

Oh no.

He liked to drink. Did he go hunting after drinking?

No, he can't drink at all.

His family.

He has three wives, three sons, and two daughters.

He likes his second wife the most.

His personality. His close warlords.

He is short-tempered. He swears often and likes to hunt.

He is close to lords of Gamul and Hyundo.

He goes out hunting with the lord of Gamul often.

His favorite food.

Tiger liver. He can't drink.

We will be watching the lord of Daeja.

Congratulations.

It's my first time seeing you after the battle in Yodong. It's been so long.

You're the best spy in Joye Agency. You and flowers don't match.

What? A spy can't be a girl?

There was a map here before. Tell me everything you remember.

The entrance of the fort is at West. All the other directions are surrounded by mountains.

The mountain in North is connected to the river.

The army is stationed at South West.

The barracks are located to the right.

Assistant Director sir.

There are five days left until your official inauguration. You're very impatient.

How are the new recruits?

Who is he?

He is a recruit candidate. He was recommended by the lord of Daeja.

Who are you?

I said I'm So Moo Young from Daeja.

He is the assistant director of Joye. What are you doing?

I will ask you again.

Who are you?

I am...

He's my friend.

He is my friend, Brother.

Shouldn't I get ready to follow my father's footsteps?

How about playing a prank?

I'm patiently waiting for the tiger to pass.

Long time no see.