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Sir...

I will return before the next monthly check.

Episode 9

It's to offer to the government,

so be careful not to damage anything.

Oh! Stop, stop.

I have to check this.

Go about your business.

How elegant.

- Oh. - Oh.

Oh, my butt.

Are you alright?

I wasn't paying attention

because I was looking for someone.

You little... Don't you have eyes?

Oh? You're Hwang's daughter.

Who are you looking for here?

Well...

Well what?

I'm supposed to meet the shaman.

Shaman? The one who paid

the atonement fee for your father?

Yes.

The shaman?

Oh, it's always the quiet ones.

Atonement fee?

Hwang Yeon wasn't released for free?

You said you didn't want to be a shaman.

I'm afraid I'll die of shaman's disease.

I'm tired of starving.

I'll just live by my destiny.

What a fool.

Park Sangchung and Lee Cheom falsely

accused Lee Inim and were tortured.

I heard the Daesaseong is next.

Sir...

Sir.

Why did you leave?

You'll be in a lot of trouble.

Just forget it.

Sir...

I'm asking you.

My dear friend is in danger.

Go ahead.

You have to get back before

the monthly check without getting caught.

Do you understand?

I won't be here when you get back.

I won't see you again,

but I will never forget what you did for me.

I'm very grateful.

What is this?

I will return before the next monthly check.

Monthly check?

I thought she was suspicious.

She was looking for Jeong Dojeon.

Cheonbok, stop it.

Don't try to stop me!

They'll kill him if you report him.

If we don't and they find out,

they'll kill you!

Cheonbok.

Let go of me!

What is he talking about? Report who?

Did you see the scholar?

He went off on a boat.

What?

What? You let him go?

Don't make such a commotion.

He said he'd be back before the next monthly check.

Are you thinking?

How will they find out if we keep quiet?

Everything will be alright.

Just go inside.

Let go!

Go ahead and report him.

I'll bite my tongue and die!

You really...

Be quiet.

What are you doing outside?

I'm seeing you often.

What brings you here?

Where is Jeong Dojeon?

His condition isn't good.

He's sleeping inside.

He's inside?

Baby!

Baby...

How dare you?

How dare you lie to me?

You're all dead if he's not here.

Sir, sir! Listen to me.

Actually...

Wretch.

What's going on?

Sir...

What did they do wrong for you to behave like this?

Well...

Let me ask you first.

You wrote this, right?

Where were you going to go?

Are you trying to accuse innocent people?

What?

Am I the only person who receives a monthly check?

Besides, nobody in Sojaedong can read.

Who would I write this for?

Just leave!

I'm sorry about all this.

Let's go.

Sir...

What happened?

I asked you what happened.

Gee...

What is it?

Nothing.

Don't worry...

- Sir! - Sir!

Sir!

It looks like he jumped in the river.

Why did he come back?

He probably got scared!

I should check the fire.

Stay with him.

Yes.

I tried to be strong when I let you go.

Why did you come back?

I didn't want you to see me go with

the shaman.

You're so cold-hearted.

You're cold-hearted.

Sangchung, wake up.

Sangchung, open your eyes.

Did you say you want to close the case?

Further interrogation is meaningless.

Park Sangchung and Lee Cheom will be punished for false accusation.

Jeong Mongju and the others will be punished for wrongful group action.

End the interrogation.

Let's do that. Good job.

I will not forget this humiliation.

You're lucky I'm not good at politics.

If this was a battlefield,

I would have cut off your head.

You're lucky I'm not good at battle.

If I had a general like you,

you would have ended up like the gentry.

I didn't go after you out of concern

for the national defense of Goryeo.

So, don't test my patience any more.

Send me to Yanggwangdo.

Im Gyeonmi and Lee Seonggye are there,

but the foreign powers are strong.

I'd like to be of help.

I don't think there's a need for that.

According to a report sent by Im Gyeonmi,

they achieved a huge victory.

Ooh!

He didn't even draw his sword once.

He wrote a report as if he did

all the fighting.

Im Gyeonmi, that rotten little wretch.

What did I tell you?

I told you that wretch would take all the credit.

Corpses are stacked up like a mountain.

Forget about credit.

General!

General, the deputy commander is

asking to see you.

Did you say we're withdrawing?

It's only natural since we annihilated

the major enemy forces.

Who knows where the other pirates

will attack next?

We have to cut off the roads leading inland.

They're just remnants of the enemy forces.

They're probably running back to

their own country about now.

His Majesty is worried.

It is urgent that we offer

this ax of victory.

Japanese pirates aren't an ordinary army.

They are thieves who came to exploit people for food.

An army would have retreated,

but Japanese pirates are different.

Are you lecturing me?

Please reconsider withdrawing.

Reconsidering withdrawing?

Seonggye.

Stand down.

If you question my decision again,

you will be punished for mutiny.

We will withdraw right away!

Yes, sir!

Are you alright?

I didn't lend it to her.

I gave it to her on the condition that

she become my spiritual daughter.

You can't tell me to accept

a promissory note now.

Don't you know it's against the law to

exchange a person for money?

Forget about the girl and take this.

I can't do that.

She can't pay me back.

She will.

I guarantee it.

I won't take it even if the government guarantees it.

It's none of your business,

so stay out of it.

You won't be able to take her

as long as I'm here.

Ha!

You must have changed your mind.

You can't do this.

Would your father be alive if it wasn't for me?

Quiet!

Watch what you say?

Don't you have any manners?

Please calm down.

The law? Let's see who wins.

Shaman.

Shaman...

I'm against having a debt, too.

Why?

I won't be able to pay it back.

What's wrong with you?

So, you want to go with him?

That's the only way.

Paying back a debt with a person is

prohibited by national law.

Don't talk about national law.

The government is the first to take

our crops when we harvest them.

Then the supposed landowners come.

Six came this year.

If we harvest ten sacks, they take nine.

Do they do that according to national law?

We don't believe in national laws.

Then believe in me.

No matter how rotten this world is,

there must be a speck of justice left.

I will show you that.

We returned with a huge victory.

Why isn't anyone greeting us?

Wretch, it serves him right.

Darn.

You ran about like wild horses.

Let's go!

Lee Cheom, Jeon Baekyeong and

Park Sangjin will be flogged.

Jeong Mongju, Park Sangchung,

Yeom Heungbang, Lee Sungin, Kim Guyong

and Jeon Noksaeng will be exiled.

Gwon Geun will be exempt from

punishment since he is under twenty-five.

The criminals will receive this royal order.

General...

Step away from the criminals.

Leave him alone.

Poeun.

I didn't follow your advice.

I can't face you.

I'm sure you had your reasons.

I realized we were too weak to turn

this upside down world back in place.

We chose defeat to become stronger.

Have a safe trip.

I feel relieved that you are here.

Please protect Goryeo.

What's going on?

Poeun is the last hope of Goryeo.

Tell me.

Please understand.

Carry out the order!

Take them away!

During the first year of king Wu's reign, the gentry tried to impeach Lee Inim.

They failed and most of them were purged.

Lee Inim's faction started to rule for a tong period.

Goryeo 's fate felt deeper into a pit.

Goryeo 's fate felt deeper into a pit. Mokeun Lee Saek, master of Neo-Confucian elites

Mokeun Lee Saek, master of Neo-Confucian elites

You saved Goryeo.

You annihilated all those pirates with one battle.

I couldn't believe the report.

I only fought with a will to protect

Your Majesty and Goryeo.

Your Majesty, you should reward him

for achieving this victory.

Of course.

Grandmother.

Have the Supreme Council decide.

Yes, Your Highness.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Apart from rewards, you should put

Im Gyeonmi in charge of Sunwibu.

Pansamsasa Choi Yeong is

in charge of Sunwibu.

He seems to be burdened with work at his old age.

Im Gyeonmi has the courage and

resourceful to carry out the duties.

You want a punitive expedition

sent to Yanggwangdo?

There is a high possibility the remnants of the enemy forces will gather again.

Didn't they leave on boats?

That's what Im Gyeonmi's report said.

They were seen leaving from the beacon mound.

That's not the end of it.

Since roads leading inland weren't blocked,

several hundred probably fled to Samnam.

I can't believe this!

What are you talking about?

There might be remnants of the pirates.

I think we should send a punitive expedition.

What for?

I annihilated them. Why?

It's a preventive measure.

Why are you raising your voice?

You didn't watch enemy movements

in detail because you withdrew in a hurry.

Are you insisting on this because the enemy forces will gather again.

What?

Stop. Please calm down.

This is unbelievable.

I'm sure Lee Seonggye convinced Choi Yeong.

What's important now is are there

remnants or not?

Tell me. Are there?

You don't trust me?

Answer honestly.

Are there remnants?

There is a possibility.

It was a perfect chance to take control

of public order from Choi Yeong.

Sir.

I will take some soldiers and

completely annihilate them right away.

You have all been rewarded.

If you raise an army again,

we will all look like fools.

We'll lose our justification to take control of Sunwibu.

Listen carefully.

Yes, sir.

There aren't any more pirates in Yanggwangdo.

If Japanese pirates appear in Samnam,

they aren't remnants of these pirates.

They are new pirates. Understood?

Lee Seonggye knows that's not true.

The Supreme Council rewarded

Im Gyeonmi with servants, land and

even an official residence.

Why aren't you being rewarded?

Do we lack servants and land?

You know that isn't the reason.

I just don't want you to lose an opportunity to serve on court.

Listen.

Let's go to see the vice-chancellor.

You just have to sit there and smile.

I'll take care of everything.

Get up right now.

Are you going to ignore my wish?

I want you to rule the Supreme Council

and court some day. Is that too much?

I'm sorry.

I know you're afraid of politics.

I also know you don't like secrets and plots.

I will help you.

Trust me, honey.

I'm not afraid of politics.

Born with the destiny of a king,

but since it is a country of the Wang clan,

what an unfortunate destiny.

I'm afraid of me being a politician.

Honey.

Sir.

What is it?

The vice-chancellor would like to see you.

It was your idea to send a punitive

expedition to Yanggwangdo, right?

Yes.

Are you that upset that you were excluded from being rewarded?

Why did you report to the pansamsasa

instead of the deputy commander?

He is charge of security in the capital.

He should know.

You could be punished for denigrating

the deputy commander's accomplishments.

I will overlook this matter,

so return to Dongbukmyeon now.

You have to believe me.

There are remnants of the pirates.

If you are burdened about raising an army,

I will annihilate them with my soldiers

of Dongbukmyeon.

There aren't any Japanese pirates in Goryeo.

Sir.

If you don't leave Gaegyeong by tomorrow, I might change my mind.

You can leave now.

Why are you doing this?

There is a possibility that there are remnants left and

there is a general willing to go.

Why won't you send him?

Magistrate Lee.

Isn't it the country's duty to protect

the people who are weak?

Ttangkkeut village is our land.

The people living there are our people.

I heard

you saw Jeong Mongju.

Didn't he look really pathetic?

If you don't want to end up like that,

get down on your knees right now.

Now!

Sir.

Japanese pirates appeared in Jeolla-do.

Let me go.

I'm nervous because the shaman is so quiet.

He wouldn't give up so easily.

I told you not to worry.

I saw many strange things happen.

I don't think this will turn out well.

You're afraid because you were always a victim.

Get Cheonbok for me.

If she's going to go anyway,

I think she should go before he hates her.

I know you want the best for her,

but this is no time to be weak, okay?

I shouldn't babble such nonsense.

Thank you, sir.

Who knew I'd find this while peeing?

I guess we won't starve, right?

Right.

I'll wash this and chew it up.

I think I should sing a song.

Aerongdaerong,

this is nice.

Aerongdaerong, this is nice.

The bird of good harvest cries.

Aerongdaerong, this is nice.

This year...

What's happening?

Drag every man out, understood?

Yes, sir!

Go to Gaegyeong and give this to the Sungkyunkwan Daesaseong.

He will give you a loan.

If he isn't available,

go to Yeom Heungbang.

Yes.

- Yeongchun, let's go. - Okay.

We'll get going.

Okay.

Cheonbok!

What's wrong?

They're drafting soldiers.

What?

Father!

What are you talking about?

Well, they come and...

Take him away.

He's not common folk. He's a scholar who was exiled.

What's going on?

We're drafting soldiers to fight Japanese pirates in Jeolla-do.

- Search the house. - Yes, sir!

Oh, dear.

Let go of me!

I'm no good to you!

Poor Yeongchun.

Don't worry. He'll come back alive.

Forget about Goryeo.

I can't stand being a citizen of Goryeo.

Were you still a citizen?

I gave up a long time ago.

I see you luckily avoided the draft.

What brings you here?

I received a lawsuit.

A lawsuit?

The shaman sued your daughter for committing fraud against him.

I have to make a decision regarding this matter, so come to the office in three days.

A decision?

This was expected. Don't worry.

Listen.

Yes?

I am going to get money for the shaman.

Postpone the decision for a month.

Will there be a solution in a month?

Did you hide a gold calf somewhere?

He's going to borrow it from

a friend in Gaegyeong.

Gaegyeong?

This is a letter from Gaegyeong.

How can this be?

Poeun asked me to give you a message

when he was taken away.

He said not to worry and not to be in despair.

You can make plans for the future.

I'd like to tell you the same thing.

There is more sad news.

Sangchung...

Sangchung!

Hey! Hey!

Park Sangchung was Mokeun Lee Saek's brother-in-taw.

He stood against Lee Inim with

Jeong Dojeon and Jeong Mongju.

He died from the aftereffects of torture

on the way to his place of exile.

He was forty-four.

Goryeo history records that he was

righteous and ambitious and

considered unjust wealth to be of no worth.

His famlty clan was Bannam and

his name was Seongbu.

His posthumous name is Munjeong.

Baby.

Yes.

I think you should go to the shaman now.

Father!

Do you think the magistrate will

take our side?

Just go before you are accused of fraud.

Don't you know what his intentions are?

He wants her to be his mistress!

It doesn't matter. She should go.

Are you crazy?

Father.

I'm not crazy. Do as I say.

Aren't you ashamed to say you're a father?

You should find a way to pay back the debt.

Where will we borrow money and how will we pay it back?

I saw many people sold as servants

because they couldn't pay back debts.

Reconsider.

A father can't do this.

Even beasts don't abandon their own.

Just stop!

Anything has to be better than this.

Hwang Yeon.

You saw how things are in Sojaedong.

Is this a normal life?

Even dogs and pigs don't live like this.

Are we even human beings?

Father...

How can a father be like this?

I'm doing this because I'm a father.

I'm doing this because I'm a father!

Father...

Father...

You'll meet again, so don't be so upset.

I thought I saw Yang Guifei. It was you.

Take good care of my baby.

I told you not to worry.

I will feed her well and keep her warm.

I'll trust you to do that.

Give that to me.

Baby, do well, okay?

Okay. Take care of your health.

I will.

Cheonbok.

Did someone die?

Don't worry about me.

Take good care of father.

Okay?

Say goodbye to the scholar.

He left earlier.

It's a bit upsetting.

I was your only student in Sojaedong.

You weren't even going to say goodbye?

It's not like you to be so down.

You're charming when you yell.

You good-for-nothing.

Aren't you disappointed with me?

Why would I be disappointed with you?

This wouldn't have happened

if it wasn't for me.

If it wasn't for you, I'd probably still be

stacking stones.

Thanks to you, I realized I'm a person

who can do anything I put my mind to.

I'm not afraid at all right now.

Good.

You'll be fine with that attitude.

And sir...

I have a favor to ask.

Go ahead.

I'd like a name.

Will you give me a name?

There is a name that suits you.

What is it?

A kind character a person is born with.

That is called yangji.

Yangji.

You are Yangji from now on.

Yangji.

Yangji.

Sir.

Goodbye, Yangji.

We'll get going now.

Baby!

Take care of your health, okay?

Yes.

Goodbye.

- Have a nice life. - Be careful.

- Bye. - Have a nice life.

That's enough.

The sun will set soon. Let's go.

Yes.

Father...

Come on, let's go.

Oh!

Japanese pirates!

Baby! Baby!

Father!

- Father! - Father!

Father!

Father! Father!

Father! Father!

Father!

Get up, father!