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The Japanese army...
entered Hanyang.
Are they not the Japanese?
What are they doing here?
Will there be a war?
Yi Kang.
Yes?
Take the detached force...
to Hanyang.
To Hanyang?
Do you want me...
to spy on the Japanese army?
I want you to give someone a letter.
To whom?
Heungseon Daewongun, Lee Ha Eung.
When you get Unhyun Palace, look for Park Dong Jin.
He is Lord Daewon's man and a Donghak follower himself.
(Lord Dawon: Honorable way of addressing Heungseon Daewongun)
Be careful.
Hanyang still does not welcome Donghak followers.
You could get killed.
Do not worry.
Boss.
Boss, Dong Rok Dog wants to see you.
Your hometown?
Yes.
I miss my children so dearly.
Come on. Do not be like that and come with us.
Hanyang is great.
Gosh. For a lowly butcher as me,
I am content with having a look around Jeonju.
I do not need to go to Hanyang.
Let us go together.
What fun will it be without you?
My wife is suffering from diabetes.
She feels ashamed a lot.
I ought to help her go to the bathroom.
I have a favor.
When you go to Hanyang, could you find some good names for my kids?
Your kids' names?
Yes, we have finally welcomed a better world.
Butcher's children also need names.
I cannot let them be called like animals like me.
I heard everything in Hanyang is better.
So I am sure they will make really good names as well.
Here you go. It is the year, date, and time of their birth.
No, please take it.
My goodness.
I will get you names that are easy to say...
and have really long life-spans.
So go back home and wait for me.
Okay.
Make sure you come back.
I will catch a really nice cow for you...
and serve you all the good parts.
My goodness, I should starve a few days before I go.
Stay healthy.
Yes, of course.
Do not be like this, you guys. There is no need.
Make sure you come back, okay? Come back.
Boss, is this your first time going to Hanyang?
I am the first in my family.
Gosh, I heard that place is full of swindlers.
Do not worry.
I will even steal from the King if he steals something from you.
I would prefer it if you stole from a rich lady.
Gosh, you are going overboard.
Then I will have what you stole from the King.
- Monk Hae. - I am sorry.
Do you think Lord Daewon will accept your request?
If things go wrong, they might not come back alive.
If I could just predict everything,
I would not be sending them.
This could be the last time. Take one good look.
Are you all ready?
- Of course. - Obviously.
Let us go.
My goodness
My goodness, I am a man
Freeze.
- Who are you? - If you want to live,
give us what you have.
I promised myself that I will only kill cows from now on.
But you guys are making it hard for me to keep my promise.
Bring it on. Come on.
Boss.
I think you need to come here.
Why? Why?
My gosh, you guys are so annoying.
Is this really that hard?
Kim Ga.
- Dong Rok Dog. - Yes, it is me.
- Do not come close. - Why?
- Stop it. - What?
Hey, wait!
Boss.
You have to come back, okay?
Come back when it is time.
They used to be Donghak soldiers, but they escaped.
And I am taking care of them because I pity them.
My goodness, that still does not mean you should steal from people.
You used to be a member of the detached force.
I still need to eat.
People will do anything to eat.
No one told you to run away.
If you stayed, you would have gotten a certificate like me...
so you could return home with glory.
Good for you!
Yes, I know!
Well, there is nothing I can do, is there?
My goodness, just follow me.
My gosh.
Where did you get this?
Boss called it bad luck and just buried it.
Take it.
It used to belong to the ogre.
Darn it. It is bad luck.
Sell this and share the money with your guys.
Then you should go back home as well.
What happened to the ogre?
Boss killed him.
- That punk. - That darn punk.
- I should have killed him. - Darn him.
(Jipgangso: Local authorities established in Honam region...)
(during the Donghak Peasant Revolution)
This place must be located in a bad area.
The Donghak members used it as their den during the riot.
And now, they turned it into a Jipgangso?
My goodness.
It is a great place.
It will become a meaningful place that first started...
the reformation in Jeolla Province.
I do not care about any of that.
Can you please just quit being a Jipgang?
You are not even a Donghak member, so why would you even do that?
Mother.
The Jipgangso is not just for them.
That is not what they think.
Tell me.
What are you thinking?
Please cooperate with the reformation of the Jipgangso.
I cannot believe the man who used to shoot the Donghak members...
ended up becoming a Jipgang.
(Jipgang: The head of the Jipgangso)
It will be best to keep quiet about that.
If you fail to show any evidence, you will end up in big trouble...
for having falsely accused a Jipgang.
The worst that can happen is death.
Things can be worse than death.
You are exactly like your father.
But then again, the apple does not fall far from the tree.
For the first time in my life,
I felt a sense of defeat toward Jeon Bong Jun.
I thought he was just a lunatic who instigated our people.
But he started changing the world.
As a civilized man,
I wish to provide my support to this reformation...
that was possible thanks to so many sacrifices.
So please cooperate.
Will you please be more honest?
The reformation is only an excuse.
You are just trying to take revenge on me.
I will show you how the old era...
that was full of customs and hierarchy...
slowly disappears.
The world will become an equal place to all.
That kind of world can never exist,
and it should never exist.
You are merely making it sound new by calling it a new world.
If we continue to have the spirit of Peace Treaty,
(To establish harmony between the Government and the people)
it will be possible.
At times like this, it is natural for people to have empty dreams.
You should go.
If you really want cooperation from Hyangcheong...
(Hyangcheong: Regional advisory body during the Joseon Dynasty)
Then erase Myung Sim from your heart.
I am living a kind life.
Please show me mercy.
Father, why are you being so stubborn?
Move.
You are going to go to Hanyang in that state?
Hanyang is not even right next to Jeonju.
The rainy season will be here soon, and it is summer.
If you go in that state, you will die.
He is right. Take care of your condition a bit more.
You can go once the weather becomes a bit cooler.
Then are you saying the peddlers in Jeolla Province...
should just starve until then?
- Father! - Get out of my way!
Move.
Gosh, wait.
What are you doing? Put me down!
How dare you? Put me down.
What are you doing?
Let go! Put me down, you fool.
Let go of me!
[VIU Ver] SBS E25 'The Nokdu Flower' "Yi Kang Heads to Hanyang" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
Are you not Kim Ga?
It has been a while, Lady Song.
Slow down. You could get sick.
Not with something like this.
How are things with Yi Kang?
- What? - The fight is over.
Will you not get married?
Tell me why you are here.
Here.
It is a rifle. I would like you to buy it off me.
It is a Murata.
It is what Young Master Baek ordered.
Where did you get this?
I found it.
It was not stolen, so help me out here.
I want to give my fellow deserters...
some money so they can get back home.
If that is so, negotiate with the owner.
Would the rifle be on its own if it had an owner?
Gosh.
I know this rifle's owner.
From what I heard,
he is well and alive.
He is the Jipgang of Gobu's Jipgangso.
Jipgang?
Now you are talking just nonsense.
He will not look down on you because you deserted.
He valued this rifle very much,
and he is Baek Yi Kang's brother.
He is whose brother?
Baek Yi Kang of the detached forces.
Boss killed him.
Seriously?
What?
Never mind.
The world is so small.
I guess you could say that.
What?
Say that again.
What did you say?
My son's name is Yi Kang, not That Man.
How dare someone worth the dirt under my toenail talk back at me?
Did I not tell you to never say that name?
Is there something wrong with me calling my son by his name?
Everything is wrong with that.
How dare a servant's offspring use the family's common syllable?
How is Yi Kang a servant's offspring?
How dare you?
Has the Donghak notion turned you out of your mind?
A servant's offspring is not a fully accepted son.
You do not know...
that part of the reform bill was to burn slave documents.
What?
I am no longer a servant.
Fine.
You.
I will beat you silly.
How dare you...
Stop it.
You cannot treat a manager like this.
You fool! You cannot be doing this!
Master Baek. Master Baek.
He... He is here.
Who is here that you are so flustered?
Do not be surprised.
A servant is acting like she owns the place.
What more could surprise us?
Stop panicking and speak.
Jeon Bong Jun is here.
I think I just had a stroke.
Help me.
(Jipgangso)
I am visiting each county...
to encourage the efforts on setting up the Jipgangso.
I heard that Gobu's is the most advanced.
I will do my best to make up for my father's crimes.
Is your father at home?
Would you not feel uncomfortable?
He was a wicked man,
but his son is the Jipgang now.
I should still greet him.
Serving deity, I am transformed to follow the divine will.
Eternally not forgetting, I become aware of all.
Serving deity, I am transformed to follow the divine will.
Eternally not forgetting, I become aware of all.
Serving deity, I am transformed to follow the divine will.
Eternally not forgetting, I become aware of all.
Serving deity, I am transformed to follow the divine will.
Eternally not forgetting, I become aware of all.
Serving deity, I am transformed to follow the divine will.
Eternally not forgetting, I become aware of all.
Serving deity, I am transformed to follow the divine will.
Eternally not forgetting, I become aware of all.
Serving deity, I am transformed to follow the divine will.
Eternally not forgetting, I become aware of all.
Serving deity, I am transformed to follow the divine will.
Eternally not forgetting, I become aware of all.
I will forget the past.
Please help...
Jipgang Baek accomplish his reform.
If a son wishes to do something,
no father would sit and do nothing.
I will give my full material and emotional support to him.
Full material and emotional support?
Just in case,
I hid some rice for safe keeping.
I will happily donate that to the Jipgangso.
He will also give the land deeds that are in aliases...
that he has hidden under his bed.
Thank you.
You are a good man.
My goodness.
I am not good.
A father should be a good example.
Serving deity.
General, some strange men entered Gobu.
What strange men?
They wish to meet with you.
They are Japanese.
(Gobu Government Office)
Why is Jeon Bong Jun meeting them here...
instead of the Jipgangso?
He would not want...
the Japanese entering his sacred Jipgangso.
But the government office is fine?
Is our office a trivial place?
It is not trivial, but we do all sorts of odd jobs.
What?
You are so frustrating.
Take a seat.
Please take a seat.
General, do you need anything?
Do not let anyone enter.
I will obey your command.
It is an honor to meet you, General.
We are Tenyukyo fighters...
who came to Joseon to aid the Donghak followers.
He said he is honored to meet you.
They are Tenyukyo fighters here to help...
the Donghak followers.
"Tenyukyo"?
Exactly how will you help us?
How will you help us?
We will provide military technology and new weapons.
They will provide military technology and new weapons.
What are you scheming?
Why do you want to help us?
To protect Joseon's sovereignty...
and aid the reformation.
He says it is to protect our sovereignty...
and aid the reformation.
Donghak followers and Tenyukyo can work together...
to chase the Qing army out of Joseon...
and overthrow the Min family that is in power.
They want us to work together...
to oust the Qing army...
and the Min family.
I was planning to hear you out.
This is just ridiculous.
Jipgang Baek.
Tell him this for me.
He has one thing to tell you.
Shut your mouth and get lost.
What did he say?
He rejected your proposal...
in the politest way that our country could express.
Let us leave.
Yi Hyun.
Takeda.
Is this place what you call a Jipgangso?
No.
It is called a jakcheong. It is where the officials work.
I was surprised.
I did not expect someone who had graduated top of the class...
to be working in this field.
Your Korean has improved greatly.
It is all thanks to you.
But I still have a long way to go.
I was also surprised.
You also graduated top of the class,
and yet, you are roaming around with ronins.
(Ronins: Wandering individuals who engage in politics)
I am only with them because I heard...
that Jeolla Province is dangerous.
Do not be mistaken.
I am quite a successful businessman.
Is that so?
Let us go.
- Yes, master! - Yes, master!
You have failed to look into them properly beforehand.
My identity was...
almost exposed.
I apologize. Please forgive me.
Something seems off.
Takeda was born before the Meiji Restoration...
in a low-class family.
Because of that, he liked me very much...
because of my background.
But?
His dream was to gain power...
and control the aristocrats.
It is suspicious that he came to us as a merchant.
Perhaps,
he could be the government official, disguised as a merchant.
If that is true,
what you have just heard came from the Japanese government.
Donghak followers and Tenyukyo can work together...
to chase the Qing army out of Joseon...
and overthrow the Min family that is in power.
This feels ominous.
Yi Kang needs to hurry...
and meet Lord Daewon.
(Seonghwan Post)
This feels ominous. Let us take another route.
We will have to travel 40km.
From here, we can go straight to Hanyang.
I came prepared...
and have brought some disguises.
- Really? - Yes.
Who told you to do this?
Commander Choi Kyeong Sun.
Darn it.
He may be a good swordsman, but he is a fool.
What is it? Do you not like it?
What do you think?
Look at you two. You are a monk.
And you are a gisaeng. Does this make any sense?
To be honest, I am unsure about this too.
What can we do?
Let me see.
Hang on.
You cannot think of a brilliant idea either.
Finally, this looks much better.
Goodness. Can you carry some of this?
Hey. How dare a servant ask such a question?
Carry it yourself.
Do you have no conscience?
An aristocrat has none. Hurry up.
But I am still a woman. That jerk.
What is going on?
They're the Qing army.
Those women were chosen.
What are you doing?
- Please help me! - What are you doing?
- Please, I was dragged here! - Let me go!
Please spare me!
Those scumbags.
Please help me. Please help...
Boss, let us do something.
- We should just go. - They are outnumbered. Let us...
Do not be ridiculous.
We should just pass by.
You filthy wench!
(Episode 26 will air shortly.)
(Episode 26)
How could they do that in broad daylight?
Why did the workers just let it happen?
When the government is weak, the people suffer.
To not be looked down on, we must become strong.
I am too frustrated to sit still.
I wish Dong Rok Dog was here with us.
Why do you not tell a fun story instead?
I do not know any fun stories.
Just bloody ones.
You have a few about Lady Song.
You went to see her.
Tell us what happened then.
Sorry.
This is it for us.
What I believed is the best...
is the worst for you.
The world you dream of...
and the world I want are so very far apart.
I...
sent her far away.
"Far away"? Where?
Can I ask for one last favor?
Go ahead. Name anything.
I want to push you on the swing.
If you were going to suffer this much,
why did you turn him down?
I probably thought I would be okay.
Tell me the truth.
You did not turn him down. You were turned down by him, were you not?
I thought that would make you lash out at me.
You must be suffering really a lot.
Stop being so miserable.
Go back to being yourself.
What do you mean by being myself?
You are nothing without your feistiness.
Instead of regretting later, go find him right now...
and accept him back.
Jeon Bong Jun is going around Gobu.
I am sure Yi Kang is somewhere near here too.
Where rice does not make money but money makes rice.
Where instead of farmers, merchants become...
the foundation.
Are you already going?
- You should pack up too. - Why me?
We are going to Hanyang.
What?
Why are you going to Hanyang?
Please stamp your seal there.
With Peddlers' Inn gone, why would you need Chief Peddler's seal?
You wanted to set up a temporary Peddlers' Inn in Hanyang.
I will settle matters with Minister Min Hyun Joon on behalf of you.
Stamp your seal on that power of attorney.
I thought you said peddlers were going to disappear soon.
What made you change your mind?
I did not say peddlers were going to disappear.
What I meant was, when the world changes,
so should peddlers.
How are you going to change peddlers?
Oh, my.
I am the one who made the Peace Treaty happen.
Let me broaden my perspective...
and find a new way to make my living in Hanyang.
It is impossible to become rich by selling rice in Jeonju.
What is the matter?
Do I have something on my face?
You are...
all grown up now.
I have already grown up.
Everyone knew it...
except you.
Let us go in right now.
Your father will get furious if he finds out that I resigned.
My goodness.
You are his son-in-law. He is not going to kill you.
Come...
Honey.
What is it now?
Can we go in today?
"Jipgangso"?
Was this house taken away by the Donghak members?
What about my family?
Let us leave.
We might get in trouble.
Let go of me.
Honey!
What is going on?
Is that your brother?
I am Jipgang Baek Yi Hyun.
In accordance with the Reform Bill...
passed by the government and the Donghak army,
all slave documents will be burned. Submit them...
to Jipgangso as soon as possible.
What kind of nonsense is that?
As you all know, I am also an official in Gobu.
You better be honest.
Any tricks will be revealed soon.
Who gives you the right?
Slaves are our property that we inherited from our ancestors.
He is right.
How can you take our property away?
Did you say...
slaves are your property?
Yes. Do you think...
slaves are human beings like us?
Here is the Baek Family's slave document, our property.
Please burn it yourself.
Me?
Yes.
- What is he doing? - He must be out of mind.
- Unbelievable. - How dare he?
- Gosh. - What is she doing?
Do you see that? How strange.
My property is crying.
Well...
It is because she is not my property but a human being!
Anyone who does not cooperate...
will be considered as an unruly and immoral aristocrat...
and be severely punished.
I forbid any further discussion.
Respect me as your Jipgang...
and obey my orders.
Stay with your mother's parents in Jangheung for the time being.
- Seok Ju. - We do not know...
what might happen here.
Can we not live in harmony with Jipgang Baek?
What Yi Hyun ultimately wants is...
you, Myung Sim.
Yi Hyun is not the person you used to know.
He has become an evil spirit thirsty for blood.
An "evil spirit"?
Lord Hwang.
Come in.
What is it?
General Nokdu is here.
He wants you to leave.
- Go back inside and ask him again. - It is all right.
We will come again.
Nokdu.
Myung Sim.
You have become more beautiful, have you not?
After months of not seeing each other, you are sighing.
You will bring the roof down.
Is it because of Jipgang Baek?
I know everything.
About the engagement and break-off.
What do you plan to do?
I do not know...
what to do.
Do you still...
love him?
I do.
But now,
- I am afraid. - Of what?
Because of me, both my brother and Young Master Baek...
have changed.
I am afraid...
and frightened.
Myung Sim.
Yes?
If fear could disappear by avoidance,
it would have never existed in the first place.
Fight it.
The only way to overcome fear...
is by confronting it.
Make an announcement.
From now on, no one in Gobu is allowed...
to have servants without paying them...
or force anyone into working.
They must pay the amount which Jipgangso has decided.
- Yes, master. - Yes, master.
Go now!
Goodness, Master Hong.
What has happened to you?
It is nothing.
Jipgang Baek.
I heard you wanted to see me.
Yes.
Is something wrong?
Take it.
I will forget about everything that has happened between us.
You should do the same.
Be healthy.
How dare you? Let me go.
If I let go,
there will no longer be Baek Yi Hyun.
There is evil inside of me.
I have vengeance...
and have killed countless loyal soldiers.
I dragged my teacher into the battlefield...
so he could get killed.
I have slaughtered many Donghak members.
And such desires are still within me.
I still have the desires to take revenge and kill him.
The voice is saying...
that it is the only way for me to live...
after I have been betrayed by someone whom I had admired.
However, because of you,
I did not stray away.
I went through all that to come here.
I do not want...
to become a servant of evil and stray away again.
I want to return...
to being Baek Yi Hyun.
I will wait.
Whenever and wherever it may be,
if that is where you will be, I will wait for you there.
Do not hurry.
Come to me one step at a time.
I will wait...
for you there, so do not be in pain.
Come to me with a smile.
[VIU Ver] SBS E26 'The Nokdu Flower' "Yi Kang Finally Meets Park Dong Jin" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
This is an odd sight.
A noblewoman...
and the ogre?
Make sure to give the horse enough water and fodder.
- Yes, master. - Yes, master.
Goodness! All the horses are so weak.
I went all the way to Mount Wan.
- Master Choi. - Yes.
It has been a long time.
Nakamura?
He is looking for someone to help with business in Jeonju.
He is a merchant in Hanyang. I should meet him while I am there.
"Japanese Store"?
How do you read this?
"Takeda"?
"Takeda Yusuke".
"Takeda Yusuke"?
(Waeseongdae, Hanyang)
Let us go.
(Empire of Japan Legation)
Takeda.
What did Jeon Bong Jun say?
He wanted me to shut my mouth and get lost.
What?
This is Joseon people's way...
of taunting and rejecting something.
I was going to use the Donghak members as an excuse.
It may be a bit aggressive and explicit,
but it is our only way now.
Which is?
Coming up with a pretext...
and get our army...
involved in.
Hanyang is indeed incredible.
The streets are so wide too.
Cut it out and let us go.
Right... Right, we should.
But... But I...
I feel slightly intimidated now.
Watch out.
What is that?
Step aside, fools.
Step aside!
What... My gosh.
- Beo Dul, did you see that? - Yes.
It is a mule made of metal.
Did you hear its strange sound too?
Is it true that they cut off people's noses here?
- Oh, dear. - Oh, no.
You two are just being silly.
Shall we go?
We should.
- Which way to Unhyun Palace? - That way.
Oh, dear.
My goodness.
- Keep your wits about you. - Sure.
(Gwanghwamun Gate)
Security is tight here.
They are soldiers controlled by the Queen and the Min family.
Their duty is to watch Lord Daewon rather than the security.
How are we to get inside?
This could be a problem.
Not at all if we have a monk.
Go on your way.
Save us, merciful Buddha.
General Nokdu sent me.
Amitabha.
I wish to see Park Dong Jin.
Abracadabra, hocus pocus.
Come along.
- What is going on? - Make way.
I am Park Dong Jin.
General Jeon Bong Jun sent us.
Recite "Geomgyeol".
(Poem written by Choi Je Woo, the founder of Donghak)
The time has come. The time has come.
A man is born every 10,000 years and a chance comes every 50,000 years.
Why would you not raise your sword?
Stop.
Get in.
My gosh. Here in Hanyang,
it is so hard to meet someone.
Do understand. There are many eyes on me.
I understand.
Most people in the south know that Lord Daewon...
suffers under his daughter-in-law.
Tell me why you asked to see me.
I brought a letter for Lord Daewon.
Hand it over.
I cannot do that. I was told...
to give it to him in person and get a reply.
Why would you see Lord Daewon?
To frame him for siding with Jeon Bong Jun?
Who sent you?
The Queen?
Min Young Joon?
What are you talking about?
Will everything be okay?
I am not sure.
Darn this.
Who are you?
You are not Park Dong Jin.
Hand over the letter.
I said I cannot do that.
Did you not hear me...
I will count to three.
One.
Darn it.
Two.
General. I am very sorry.
Three.
My lord, I believe we can trust him.
Bong Jun chose one good messenger.
You are Lord Daewon?
How dare you? Speak with respect.
I did not wish to do this,
but like you said,
my daughter-in-law gives me a hard time.
(The Nokdu Flower)
- Bow. - I risked my life to come here.
I will speak.
The army trespassing on Joseon land must leave immediately.
That will happen naturally when Joseon is stabilized.
I am Kim Ga from the Donghak detached forces.
Could you put me up?
Do you truly not see who will be in most danger...
when the dam bursts?
How come you never change?
Are you not sick of this?
You do not have many guests.
How much rice do you need?
28,800t each month.