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"Banggongnyeong"?
Starting from today on,
you may not take a single grain out of Gobu.
I am from Joso-ri, and I was the first to sign the pledge.
My name is Jeon Bong Jun.
Answer me!
Let them stay in the barn.
Have him sign the written promise first.
We are peddlers, not assassins. We cannot kill the leader.
I will lead the way. Do me a favor in return.
That is your name.
Wrap up the situation...
and make sure the Donghak followers are safe.
Now that I have lost everything,
I guess it is time to collect some money.
My goodness, master!
Goodness.
You must have gone through a lot.
That is what life is all about.
Hello.
Have you been well?
Yes.
You are so gentle to your servant.
My goodness.
I guess your lower part is still alive.
It is alive and more.
Lying down all day has given me too much energy.
It is just like a nunchuck.
Goodness.
Mother.
Why did you do such a foolish thing?
How did you expect me to live if something bad happened to you?
That is why I am back safe and sound.
- How is your hand? - It is all right.
What have you been doing?
How could you fail to take care of your master...
and even put Yi Hyun in danger?
- That is enough. - What do you mean?
Yi Hyun failed to take his exam.
Master Baek!
I have brought Song Ja In.
I told you to be gentle with her.
I apologize for my humble place.
It was not always like this.
Tell me why you are doing this.
You will only be safe if your explanation is reasonable.
My goodness.
I am in big trouble.
I do hope you will like my explanation.
Lady Song knew that there would be a riot?
She had the sabal tongmun in her possession.
Had you reported to the government office in time,
the riot could have been avoided.
It seems like you are trying to falsely blame me...
and receive a reward.
But you are making a terrible mistake.
The riot investigator is here to quell the riot,
so you should visit the government office.
Do you even know who the riot investigator is?
He is the Vice Envoy of Jangheung.
Lee Yong Tae?
Do you finally understand the situation?
I wonder if he is a riot investigator or a Grim Reaper.
Father.
Young Master Baek.
Just let her go.
She saved your life.
That is why I am doing this.
- What? - Our rice has been stolen,
you failed your exam, and my body is swollen.
Even if I shredded you into pieces, I still would not be pleased.
But since I know you saved me, I am doing this.
Use that smart brain of yours to find a way out of this.
This is a written promise that you have made,
agreeing to sell the rice in the rice store...
for half the market price.
Will that be enough to spare me?
I should see you out myself,
but I am not in my best state.
Why did you not report it to the government office?
Get out of the way.
You are not a Donghak member.
So why did you let the Donghak members do it?
So that scoundrels like you would die.
Let me go.
You better not be spotted by me ever again.
What do you say? Will he be okay?
Do not worry too much.
Gosh.
I was worried he would be handicapped.
What do you mean?
The knife went in this way...
and exited from here.
His tendons are destroyed, so of course, he is handicapped.
Do you think he has iron hands?
You said that I do not need to worry.
I meant that he did not need to cut off his wrist.
Are you telling me that he is handicapped?
It is only his fingers that he cannot use.
That is not considered handicapped these days.
Am I not right?
Yi Kang!
Where are you going? Come here!
- Yi Kang! - Let me go!
Goodness!
That Man cannot use his fingers?
He cannot.
Goodness. He will not be able to throw daggers anymore.
Master Baek. Now that it has come to this,
give him and his mother some money and send them far away.
He could farm with Yoo Wol.
If he cannot hold a dagger, he will not be able to hold a hoe.
What if he becomes spiteful and harms Yi Hyun?
Goodness.
He respects his own family.
You never know.
Those who betray do not give warnings beforehand.
- Let us go outside. - Yes, master.
Where are you going?
I am going out for some fresh air.
- No! - Not my father!
- Not him! - Hurry up!
- My goodness! - Let me go!
- Let me go! - Father!
(Lee Yong Tae, Riot Investigator)
- Burn it. - Yes, my lord.
- My goodness! - No!
If you know the whereabouts of Jeon Bong Jun and his men,
you must inform the government office.
Those who give them refuge or keep it a secret...
will be killed.
- Walk! - Goodness!
Lady Myung Sim.
Young Master Baek.
What is it?
Lord Hwang.
Let us do what benefits both of us.
I will forget having been attacked during the riot.
So, Lord Hwang.
You should forget that I exposed...
Baek Ga's whereabouts.
But then again,
I know what kind of man you are.
Anyway, I will make sure...
to look out for you while you are here.
(Gobu Government Office)
Goodness.
You really are a man of talent.
How did you manage to survive?
Brother.
What are you holding in your hands?
You used to roam around Gobu...
like it was your own backyard.
I cannot believe you need a cane now.
What did you dare just call me? "Brother"?
I am going to start calling you "Brother" again.
Calling you "Master" is heartless.
Goodness, Brother.
Man Deuk, my brother.
- Cut it out. - My goodness.
Do not fall behind and follow me.
Riot Investigator.
I already promised that there will be no retaliation...
if I managed to suppress the riot.
You should not have done that.
When it comes to riots, I am the one who has authority.
(Governor of Gobu, Park Won Myung)
Can you at least release Lord Hwang?
People say he might become the next chief of Hyangcheong.
He is an aristocrat who has a high reputation in Gobu.
You both know that better than I do.
You should explain to him.
If I may say a word about Lord Hwang...
We are nothing but sinners who failed to stop the riot.
We have no right to say anything.
You both are being so frustrating.
Goodness.
My lord.
You should let Lord Hwang free...
and just punish the Donghak members we caught.
That is enough.
If I let him go just because he is an aristocrat,
it will not show an example.
I shall punish him by giving him the death penalty.
"The death penalty"?
Please use this money while you are in Gobu.
What do you want?
I have something to say about Hwang Seok Ju.
What are you scheming?
When Yi Hyun came down here to save me,
I heard Lady Myung Sim...
let him hide at her place for several days.
I know she probably felt sorry for Yi Hyun,
but she could not have done that merely out of pity.
Shut it.
This is a document that states Yi Hyun's fate.
(A document for marriage that states the husband's birthday)
I am sure you already know that he has a great character.
He would do great things if he was born in a prestigious family.
But even with money,
I could not do anything to change his roots.
We should let the two get married and become in-laws.
That is my answer.
Are you okay even if your family tree ends?
Your wife passed away a long time ago,
and all you have left is your younger sister.
So imagine what would happen to your family tree...
if something bad happens to you.
I would rather have my family tree end...
than become in-laws with you.
(The end of one's family tree)
Be honest with me.
Can it be cured or not?
Goodness.
Bring me someone else.
These doctors are all a bunch of quacks.
Hey!
You should just go around and spread the news...
that you have become disabled.
Should I do that?
That will make everyone in Gobu become very happy.
Let us go home.
- Come on. Let us go. - Wait.
Let me have a few more drinks.
Those darn jerks.
What is the matter? What are you trying to do?
I saw all of their faces.
The guy who trampled on me.
The guy who spat on me. The guy who hung me.
And even the guy who hit you. I am going to gather them all...
and teach them a big lesson.
- So just go home, Mom. - Goodness.
Is that all you remember?
Do you not remember the fact that the leader saved your life?
He did not save my life!
It was probably all just part of his scheme!
Goodness, you fool.
He hated your sins but pitied you as a person.
You have been living your life like a nameless dog.
He let you live hoping you would finally live like a decent man.
That Man...
is now dead.
Is this fun to watch?
Fine.
I will no longer care.
So go ahead and beat them up if that is what you want to do.
What happened to your hand is no one else's fault.
It is your fault.
[VIU Ver] SBS E05 'The Nokdu Flower' "Yi Kang Taking Over Baek Ga's Position" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
I am the son of Baek Ga. Let me in.
The riot investigator gave me orders not to let anyone in.
We are just here to give food to a prisoner.
So please show us your generosity.
What are you doing? Hit him!
You are not doing your jobs properly.
A mosquito would sound louder than their wail.
Should I do it instead?
Brother.
Goodness, Young Master Baek, it is you.
But what brings you...
to such a brutal place?
Please let me meet father.
To do what? So you could ask him to spare Hwang Seok Ju's life?
Please help me.
Get to your senses.
Brother!
I said,
get to your senses.
He led the riot, okay?
Your father has to walk with a cane for the rest of his life now.
Do you not know that?
I do know.
I also know that you can no longer use your hand.
But he is...
my teacher.
Please help me.
Young Master Baek is waiting in front of the gates...
with Hwang Seok Ju's younger sister.
You should meet him.
I heard you are no longer able to use your hand.
How will you earn your keep now?
If one cannot earn their keep, they are not considered family.
What will you do...
if I am no longer able to earn my keep?
You even know how to talk back now.
You are all grown up.
Now you can...
take over my position.
What?
I cannot work anymore in this condition.
Seok Ju. Open your eyes.
Seok Ju.
Myung Sim.
- Seok Ju. - Myung Sim.
You will be tortured again tomorrow.
Beg for forgiveness. Beg for your life.
If you are to die,
I will not be able to last a day.
Seok Ju.
Seok Ju!
Seok Ju.
Was all this...
because of my marriage?
You are old enough to marry.
This is a good match.
I am not a pawn in your board game.
As your father, I should set things up.
What if I refuse?
What will you do with Lord Hwang then?
My gosh.
Why would you say that?
I found you a wife others could not even dream of.
I asked you...
what you would do.
What else?
You know me.
I should not have saved you.
When I fled Gobu with you,
this thought went through my head.
"If I save my father today,"
"someone might lose their father tomorrow."
How about that?
Do you not think that I am smart?
Shut your mouth.
I believed you would change.
Because people change.
Ever since you were born,
I gave up being a human being.
Myung Sim.
I do not expect to be treated as your in-law,
and I will not flaunt it.
Lady Myung Sim and Yi Hyun...
can live happily in Hanyang.
Eventually, I will make my son a court official.
I promise you that.
So please give Yi Hyun...
a pair of wings so he can fly.
(Jeonju)
What brings you all the way here from the open port?
I came to ask for a favor.
If things go well, I may be able to reduce your fine.
Thank you for making the journey.
What is the favor?
He wants us to find whom?
He wants us to find Jeon Bong Jun.
That Nakamura...
was actually a spy disguised as a merchant.
He seems to want to make Jeon Bong Jun side with them.
Ever since the 1884 Gapsin Coup,
Joseon has practically been Qing's territory.
I will do the hard work.
You just tell me where and how to look.
He has been missing for a month already.
He went deep into Mount Jiri...
or somewhere way up north.
How could you find him?
He is not a weak-willed man like that.
Forget about him. What about Baek Ga?
Will you just give in?
What can I do?
Consider it a lesson learned.
Good idea.
He will become in-laws with Hwang Seok Ju.
He is not the kind of man you can take on.
"In-laws"?
If you regret it,
I will not blame you for changing your mind.
You want a nobleman to go back on a promise?
You were forced.
That is not a flaw.
A man should not visit...
his future bride's house.
Refrain from coming here.
Are you not reluctant to marry me?
The head of our families decided. I should go with it.
Did you just speak to me formally?
I should because you will be my husband.
Your brother and you as well...
will be criticized by your relatives and scholars.
Do you mind that?
Say after me.
"Miss".
Pardon?
Go on. "Miss Myung Sim."
That is the Japanese apricot.
It will suit your brother well.
What makes you think it is for him?
Because it symbolizes a noble's principles.
It also symbolizes a woman's fidelity.
I am Baek Yi Kang.
At the meeting next month,
he will be recommended for the position.
I brought him to say hello to you.
We could meet at the meeting. Why bother coming here?
Look up at me.
He will be recommended at the meeting,
but it is the district magistrate who approves the appointment.
Please look upon him with favor.
- Boss. - Choi Je Woo is a dog.
What is going on?
Chul Du wants to convert the Donghak members.
- Say it. - Look at him.
Choi Je Woo is a dog.
Forgive us.
Say it.
Jeon Bong Jun is a dog.
Jeon Bong Jun is...
Say it!
Stop it.
I said stop.
Let go. Let go of me!
I wondered who it was.
Sorry.
- Repeat. - Go home.
Did you not hear me? Go home.
That is right. Go home, go home.
- Go home, go home. - Hurry.
Why did you do that?
- Do what? - Why did you stop me?
This was what we always did.
You were always the most excited to do this.
Are you trying to reform yourself...
now that you will become an official?
(Episode 6 will air shortly.)
Do you want to die?
Lay down your arm.
Stop this. You are friends. Will you stop it?
(Episode 6)
My goodness.
Your husband is very tight-lipped.
If he is to go free unharmed,
he must name five Donghak members.
He just will not speak.
Which one should I go with?
I will see what I can do.
If you can bring me 5,000 nyang.
What? 5,000 nyang?
Yes. Next.
- Master. - Come on.
- Help us out. - Get out of here.
I am busy.
- You had your turn. - What should I do?
- Next. Come in. - Oh, dear...
If only all this were to be mine.
How are Yi Hyun's wedding preparations going?
Are there any problems?
Did he shove a stake in both ears?
How are Yi Hyun's wedding preparations going?
I just asked for rice balls.
Will you never speak to me again?
I know how you feel, but what can I do?
I am disabled and have no skill.
To feed the family and help Yi Hyun succeed,
I must inherit Father's job.
Buy a new outfit to wear at the wedding.
My gosh.
Do you want to see a cripple make a fool of himself?
Why do you upset me so?
Young Master.
It is pretty obvious that you are yet to eat.
Lord Hwang selected a date for the wedding.
Join us for dinner.
Join you...
for dinner?
Yes.
There will be rice cakes.
There will be no flying chopsticks.
Gosh...
What are you doing here?
We came to eat.
What?
I gave permission.
Sit, Aunt.
What did you say?
Are you out of your mind?
Will you stop it?
How long must family be at loggerheads?
Who are you calling family?
Mother, why are you just sitting there like a fool?
It is a special day.
My goodness. Are you that merciful?
Have you forgotten the abuse you suffered before you had Yi Hyun?
I just watched from the sides...
and my heart was torn to shreds!
And I felt like drinking buckets of lye!
Mother!
I am keeping my mouth shut. You should too.
Yes. Be quiet.
Are you all done?
Then let us eat.
Have some.
Do not fight each other.
Family is all we have.
It will get better.
Do not worry too much.
Call me often.
Yi Kang.
You must be different from Father.
I grew up watching him. How can I be different?
There you go. Good boy.
Eat this too. Good boy.
Mother. Come here.
My goodness. Gosh.
Look at this.
What is it?
My gosh. Will you look at this?
My gosh. What happened?
We can survive now.
My gosh.
We have money!
- What is wrong? - I am too ashamed to do this.
I was like you in the beginning. But once you start...
No. I will not do it.
Yi Kang.
Such things are only meant to be done...
by refined people like you.
This is not for me.
Why not?
Ask Gobu people.
Goodness.
I heard Jeon Bong Jun said...
That Man is dead now.
What kind of nonsense is he saying?
Jeon Bong Jun may be crazy.
But he is your savior.
What kind of savior disables your hand?
That Man used that hand to attack the people.
You can barely hold chopsticks with your left hand.
That hand is Yi Kang's.
Gosh.
I cannot beat you with words.
Oh, right.
There was something I forgot to say.
Congratulations on your wedding.
You should carry a wedding gift box.
Look at you.
If you did not ask me, I would have run away with it.
You are doing this on purpose...
because you know that it's the secret of peddlers' Inn, right?
If Bong Gil finds out, he will go crazy.
Still, I doubt he would kill his one and only daughter.
Will you really know Jeon Bong Jun's whereabouts...
through this?
Hundreds of his men have disappeared alongside him.
And the rice...
What are you doing? Are you okay?
I am sorry about that.
Wait. Hey!
Choi Kyeong Sun.
What?
It is the voice of Jeon Bong Jun's right hand.
Master Choi!
Choi Kyeong Sun!
Hey!
You rats!
My gosh.
Gosh, those rats.
I lost them.
Are you sure it was him?
What is it?
They pasted it.
"Gangwigipo".
A group of Donghak members is called a "jeob".
When many jeobs get together, it is called a "po".
Gangwigipo.
"To form a po once again".
It means...
that they will revolt once again.
- Guard. - Yes, my lord.
Give the riot investigator my word.
He must bring me Jeon Bong Jun's head...
at all costs.
We have them, my lord.
Catch them!
Grandma!
Mommy.
[VIU Ver] SBS E06 'The Nokdu Flower' "Donghak Followers Burn Down the Rice Store" -♥ Ruo Xi ♥-
All right.
- Be gentle with it. - This way.
- This way. - Wait a minute.
Let it be.
My goodness!
Look how beautiful it is!
Someone who brings gifts to His Majesty made this.
- Is it not nice? - Yes, it is wonderful.
I guess you are getting ready for this upcoming spring.
Oh, dear. Do not say that.
Thanks to those Donghak members, our house was destroyed.
An aristocrat is joining our family.
We should not look too cheap.
You are right.
She is not just any aristocrat.
She is related to the State Councilor.
You're right.
My goodness, Yi Hwa. Just hearing...
"State Councilor"...
is making me lightheaded. What should I do?
But do you not think you are spending too much?
What? Your father has a rice store in Mount Baek,
so why would you worry?
Am I not right?
I wonder how the folding screen in Yi Hyun's room is doing
Yi Hwa, Yi Hwa, Yi Hwa
Jeon Bong Jun appeared once again?
Yes. He was spotted in Taein yesterday.
Was he not in Jangseong two days ago?
He seems to be lurking around,
trying to order a gangwigipo or something.
It feels ominous.
Darn it.
(Mount Baek's rice store)
Master Baek has ordered to move them all...
to a rice store nearby.
If I catch you stealing,
you will be wrapped in a straw mat and beaten. Understood?
- Yes, master. - Yes, master.
- What was that? - What is it?
- Burn them all! - Okay!
Serving deity, I am transformed...
- Burn them all! - to follow the divine will.
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.
This was attached to the cart.
(Heart)
They ought...
to die.
They must be ripped apart.
Who made this mess?
Is this really the doings of the Donghak members?
That does not matter.
This is just a natural outcome of your acts. You deserve this.
(Jeolla Province's Peddlers' Inn, Jeonju)
You should try harder to break the door.
What is it?
Did you hear about how Baek Ga's...
rice store in Mount Baek was burned to the ground?
Do you think I would not know that as the leader of a jeob?
Jeon Bong Jun...
is determined to take revenge on you.
Burning rotten rice would have been a waste,
let alone raw rice.
Then should they have carried it?
That would slow them down.
It is your doing, is it not?
I found it odd that you knew about the wedding.
You were watching them...
and did so while the Donghak members were running wild.
Yes.
I did it.
My goodness. Were you always this low?
What did you say?
You always said goods were more important than lives.
But you burned them?
And rice of all things?
He toyed around with your life.
Should I have let him free?
I said I would let it go.
With all the thing he has done, you think I would let him go?
Forget about running a business.
If you want to make some money,
do not say such things!
This is a dog eat dog world.
This is a war.
No.
That is your world, not mine.
I will live in another world.
So you can fight for your money.
The Gobu Government Office...
concluded that it was Jeon Bong Jun's doing.
They plan to say so to the Jeolla Governor's Office.
How is Baek Ga doing?
He cannot move well due to his injuries.
He has been staying home.
I heard his son is going to become an official...
since he cannot use his hand to work.
He cannot use his hand?
He is disabled.
What should we do?
Have you been well?
Yes.
What brings you here?
I have something I need. I thought you could help me.
What is it?
A Murata rifle. Meiji Type 22.
Those Donghak members may cause another riot,
so I would like to prepare myself for it.
You have been studying all your life.
Will you be able to handle a gun?
During my time in Japan,
my favorite subject was target practice.
I cannot guarantee it.
I need to make a deal with a Japanese merchant.
But thanks to your father, my reputation has plummeted.
I would like to apologize on my father's behalf.
Also, his rice store in Mount Baek was burned down.
My goodness. What happened?
I heard it is the Donghak members' doing.
They chanted while burning the rice store down...
and even plastered the walls with Donghak talismans.
They wanted us to know that it was their doing.
What do you mean?
They wanted it to look like the Donghak members' doing.
It was not the latter.
Are you suspecting me?
That cannot be.
When I was young, I was beaten by the aristocratic kids...
for being the teacher's favorite.
My brother, Yi Kang, disguised himself...
and beat every single one of them.
After that, no one dared to lay a finger on me.
You have an amazing brother.
And you have an amazing father.
Your brother came out of that unscathed.
The aristocrats told us something.
What was that?
"We will let him go this time since there is no proof."
"However,"
"it better not happen again."
The gun is quite expensive.
Did you bring the money?
Of course.
These people paid their way not to serve in the army.
Count all their family members...
and charge them double per person.
Double?
Do you not want Yi Hyun to get married?
- Is that not That Man? - It is That Man!
- My goodness! - It is him.
He hated your sins but pitied you as a person.
You have been living your life like a nameless dog.
He let you live hoping you would finally live like a decent man.
Is it not him?
- My goodness! - It is That Man!
That Man is here!
It is him!
Yi Kang. You must be different from Father.
What are you looking at? Get lost!
Let us go!
- Let us go! - Let us go!
Boss.
Here.
My gosh.
Will you look at this?
What is it?
My gosh. Will you look at this?
Boss, what are you thinking about?
We have no time. Let us hurry.
Please spare me!
If you want to live, just stay still.
You are quite pretty.
Chul Du.
What is this?
Give that to your mother.
- Thank you. - No problem.
So what happened to Chul Du?
He woke up.
But his head injury is quite severe. It is going to cost a lot.
Please do not scold our boss too much.
Chul Du deserved to get hit.
Where is Yi Kang?
I cannot do it.
I will order someone else to do it. You can leave.
I said, you can leave.
I cannot become an official.
What did you say?
I am sorry.
What has happened to you?
Did you lose your mind?
I am sane, and that is why I am telling you this.
Say it to my face again.
What was that?
I will not become an official!
(Thank you, Lee Ro Gun, for the special appearance.)
(The Nokdu Flower)
You said you can manage with your mother.
Baek's servant Yoo Wol.
- Get him out of prison. - Father!
Why does everyone call him That Man?
I think we are right this time.
I must go. My mother and brother are there.
- My lady! - Mount Sunwoon.
Yi Kang will be there.