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Chief!

Choongnyeong's got Youngsil?

You say they're at the Bureau of Weaponry?

Are you the one that made this musket?

I asked if you made this musket!

That's why I'm here, aren't I?

Who are you working for?

I don't know.

The weapon you made targeted a Royal prince!

I'm sorry to hear that it wasn't an animal.

If they can come after a Royal prince, they could come after the King next!

Don't you know that?

What does that have anything to do with me?

All I did was sell my talent for the right price.

Are you saying money is more important than a man's life?

To me it is.

Money is more important to me than my life.

Your Highness!

This country does not need these hands.

I will cut them off and be rid off them!

What are you doing?

Put this weapon down.

No.

Then I will ask that you cut off your hands first before you take his!

Master!

Wait! Everyone get down!

Get him!

You!

You dropped your identity tag.

Jang Chilsang?

Stop!

Who are you? Jang Chilsang is dead!

Stop him!

Fools! How could you let him get away?

What's our mission? Begin!

"Artillery squad handles explosives with care

to protect our lives and the lives of our peers"!

"Artillery squad Maintains strict safety measures

to protect our cannons and explosives from the enemy"!

And you let a civilian enter without checking his identity?

Did you check his tag or didn't you?

Do you know who is in this building right now?

What are you looking at?

Pathetic fool...

Come!

He is a talented man.

But his heart is rotten.

If we let him go, he will turn into a walking murder weapon.

The weapons he make will kill countless people.

They can save countless people as well.

He bears animosity for the Royal House.

You are to blame for that.

Master.

Why is he so angry with the Royal House?

What made him turn into this bitter,

disgruntled man who doesn't rust anything but money?

Unwillingness of the Royal House to ask these questions and think from

the other side is what produces men like him.

You're the one who said politics is reality.

There is no way the Royal house can win everyone's heart.

Illegal arms trade is a felony.

We must strike with an iron hand to stop him from committing these evil acts.

And who will stop you from your evil acts, Your Highness?

Just go and beg.

I bet you're hungry. Eat the food first and to tell him everything you know.

Eat, kid.

Smart kid like you shouldn't walk around hungry.

You can't think well when your belly is empty,

and you need to think to put out all of your brilliant ideas.

Right?

If you don't want to beg, you can tell me instead.

Who did you give this to?

Who bought this from you?

Cut off my hand instead.

Are you crazy? Do you have a death wish?

It doesn't kill you to have a hand cut off.

You might as well be dead, kid.

To us craftsmen, our hands are our lives.

You love what you do. How can you say you don't need your hands?

You wouldn't put your name

on your work unless you put your heart and soul into them.

I was playing a joke.

Are you sure you weren't trying to get the world's attention?

Me? A murderer?

If not, is this a purging of the political enemy.

Councilor Yun!

Without that boy's confession, the Min clan and the Crown Prince is finished.

And the seat of the Crown Prince is sure to be yours.

Are you being serious?

Then don't let your temper get the best of you.

If we can't persuade that boy to talk, three men could lose their lives tonight.

I'm not going to persuade him. But I will get his confession.

Are you satisfied?

Transfer the prisoner to the Royal Inspector's Office.

Are you going to torture the truth out of him?

Yes, if I have to.

He's stubborn as a goat, so I guess he's going to his grave...

If by some miracle he survives,

he'll probably never hold a tool in his hands again.

I have no time for this chat. Transfer the prisoner.

I'm afraid I can't.

You'd defend the criminal of treason that patronized the Royal House?

Then I guess I'm a criminal of treason as well.

I wanted to protect the boy more than

to protect you when we were attacked in my office.

What's more, one new discovery I make in a sulfur smelling backroom

is more important to me than the King.

We love that smell so much that both my father Choi Musun and I never

wanted to leave that backroom.

Back in those days we couldn't care less who sat on the throne.

That should classify me as a criminal of treason, shouldn't it?

What is your point?

The boy has talent.

The kind of talent that I can only dream about having.

Put that boy Youngsil in a backroom and left him do wild in there.

If you could be the strong roof that could protect that room,

who knows if his talented hands might become hands that Joseon really needs?

Without your hands, you might as well be dead!

You love your work so much that you put your mark on everything you make.

How can you say you don't need your hands?

Win his heart.

Don't let your temper get the best of you.

Three innocent men could lose their lives tonight.

- Look. - I...

I heard you have something to say.

I heard you have a request.

I will put your talent to valuable service.

I will absolve you from all of your crimes

and give you a job at the Bureau of Weaponry.

Now can you tell me who is behind the attempt on my life?

I thought only street merchants make deals.

My brother is not a murder.

I cannot let him live the rest of his life as a murder!

If you just tell me who is behind this, I can protect my brother.

Don't you have anyone close that you'd trade your life to protect?

Does this mean you won't help me?

Could you call a sketch artist for me?

I know the culprit's face.

Thanks.

You don't have to thank me.

I'm just trying to pay for my meal.

I had a very expensive meal here.

They said their mission was to resurrect the Royal House of Goryeo.

Did you say Baron Ok Hwan is the leader of the Goryeoan rebel army?

Yes!

Arrest them immediately!

As expected of a butcher's men, you've got no manners.

What brings you here at this hour, sire?

Arrest the rebel leader!

Wait!

Where is your leader?

Well, I guess that confirms that you don't have him.

Arrest him and order the city to be sealed off immediately.

Why are we so slow? Tell them to hustle!

- Take him! - No! Please, sir!

Next!

Next!

Sir!

Your identity tag, please.

What is this commotion?

We're enforcing the curfew law.

My lord is ill, and I am taking him back to his manor.

Just let us see his identity tag.

You must have more than one life.

What?

Let him do his work!

This Lord Gwok Sun, the former Deputy Security Councilor.

If something happens should happen to the retired high minister on the street,

you will be held responsible.

Forgive me, sire. Travel safely.

Let's go.

What is it?

There's a rebel leader on the loose.

We're ordered to apprehend him tonight whatever it takes.

Another all-nighter?

This has got to be the worst day...

The rebel leader has fled?

What's this?

It was confiscated from the rebel headquarters.

They've even made a Royal Seal?

Find the rebel leader tonight no matter what it takes!

Bastard!

How dare you try to incriminate the Min clan for this!

We couldn't find better suckers to pin it on.

What?

I will kill you for this!

I'll tear you from limp to limb right now!

You're going to do me the favor of quick death to boot?

It's a shame I won't have the change to return the favor.

You bastard!

Stop!

We can't kill him until we learn the whereabouts of their leader.

Confess your crimes and tell us where the ringleader is.

Do not mock my master by calling him a ringleader.

Torture will be unbearable.

Do you really think you can convince me by appeasement?

I'm not trying to appease you. I'm trying to save lives.

Countless lives will be lost trying to find your leader!

Yes, that's how Yi Bangwon does everything.

Choose the way to end this with minimum casualties.

That's the only decent thing to do!

Yi Bangwon is the one who started this first.

We still have a long way to go before we get him back for what he's done to us.

- We're Goryeo... - Goryeo?

"The land of exalted beauty "?

Do not utter that name ever again. You're common criminals.

Thugs with eyes only on revenge with no regard for the people!

That remains to be seen.

Let's see how much your ringleader Yi Bangwon cares about the people.

Baron Ok Hwan...

And his foreman Jeon Pansuk...

Tell us where your leader is!

I don't know.

Hey, are you crying?

No.

What are you doing here?

I came to see how Prince Choongnyeong's investigation is going.

What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be lighting up the palace?

I didn't feel well, so I changed shifts.

Then you should be resting back at the dorm.

I'm just stunned.

That merchant group was our wax supplier for over ten years.

I can't believe it was a rebel organization all this time.

Is that why you were crying like a girl? Because you're angry?

Aren't we going to get him out?

Sire!

Get back before someone notices that you're missing.

Are you going to let my uncle die like this?

There're unavoidable sacrifices in a revolution.

Sire!

Get back to your quarters.

Ilji.

If you get a chance to see your uncle, tell him something for me.

That he has done his last duty so he can go in peace...

You don't deserve to be our leader!

I will not leave without you!

If you don't go now, this organization, this revolution is over!

But!

You swore that you'd resurrect Goryeo. Are you going to betray your comrades?

Don't worry about me. I will do my last duty.

I will stay alive until you and the rest of the comrades are safely back together.

How much longer do you think you can last?

Are you going to wait for his confession forever?

Anyone have any other ideas?

Who taught you to barge into the audience unannounced?

Ok Hwan, Foreman Jeon Pansuk...

These petty rebels toyed with my fate and the fate of my two uncles?

So are you here to get my apology?

That remark makes me angrier than being accused of attempted murder.

The King shouldn't worry about his son's feelings when

rebels are threatening the regime.

I came to offer a suggestion in bringing the rebels in more effectively.

A suggestion?

What is the meaning of this?

Arrest everyone with surname of Jeon and Ok!

Yes, sir!

If you add a dot, Wang becomes Ok,

If you add two strokes here...

... it becomes Jeon;

And if you had two vertical stokes, it becomes Jeon as well.

Like this, they ingeniously created new surnames for themselves

leaving the trace of their original surname of Wang.

Take all of them to the Capital Magistracy!

They're arresting everyone with surname of Jeon and Ok?

Our men here are registered citizens as well,

so we could be raided any time.

Alert the agents and issue an order.

We're moving to the third hideout!

Yes, master.

What is the meaning of this?

Clear the road!

You can't arrest us when we've done nothing wrong!

Spare me! Please spare me!

No!

If they arrest all Jeons, what's going to happen to Ilji?

What? You think he's a spy or something?

I'm not saying he's a spy. I'm just saying he's a Jeon.

So what?

Bureau of Weaponry Forge

I don't know what we've done.

It seems there is another set of hands that can kill more people than

the weapons that my hands can make.

And my talents are being used for those hand's.

Is that a good thing?

Did you get what I asked?

Yes, Your Highness.

May I ask what you are going to do with so many weapons?

Why? Are you afraid I'm going to rob the repository?

Your Highness...

It's good to see you back to your old self, Your Highness.

I owe it all to my brilliant kid brother over there.

Right?

What do you think? Aren't they pretty good?

Who are they? They're not wearing military uniforms.

They will be soon.

His Highness has gathered the best chuksukhee players in the country.

My plan was to put them under you since I can't enter the Great Hunting Ceremony.

They can turn the sports event into training for the real war.

But we might have use for them sooner.

We can't let Goryeoan rebels run wild.

Fools...

Goryeo is dead and gone. It's foolish to hang on to the past.

Perhaps they're not yearning for Goryeo.

Perhaps they're discontent with Joseon.

Be careful.

Defending treason is a crime even if you're my brother.

Um, Your Highness.

Can I help you?

Uncle!

Uncle...

What are you doing here?

You can't be here! Are you insane?

How did this happen?

I'm fine. Just get out of here!

I can't stay in the palace much longer either.

I'm going to join the comrades. We're going to get you out of here.

Don't do anything for me.

It's not good for you and it's not good for the organization.

Ilji...

I'm glad I had you.

After I lost my young one on that ship...

... you were my son.

Uncle...

"Next time... I'll show him that I love him next time".

I told myself a million times, but I never got around.

Please take care of yourself.

Survive this...

And live in a better world.

I cant if you're not here with me.

Where are you going?

Are you going to get your friends and break the prisoner out of prison?