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Don't back down! You mustn't back down!
General Hong!
We'll be the ones to save you this time!
What do you mean, rebel forces?
Since when have there been rebel forces within this country?
What other army could there be within this country besides the king's army?
These people were definitely armed soldiers, Your Majesty!
It was Thief Hong's men!
Thief Hong... the Hong Family.
General Hong!
Today was the first time...
that I followed my heart.
Thank you.
I will never forget.
I definitely...
won't ever forget.
[Episode 27]
Ow! Ow!
About yesterday...
Hey, Eo Ri Ni!
Are you yourself again?
I am a person who does not trust people.
Furthermore, I am one who believes that all people are malicious at the core.
Therefore...
that is why I believe that violence is the only method to keep them in line.
That is the type of political figure that I am.
Wow.
You were a loyal subject doing big things
even up until the day before.
But now, you've become a rebel and an enemy of the country.
It's all because I had a naughty younger brother.
Guess who?
Oh my.
My dear ugly scamp.
I'm not ugly.
Come here, my Eo Ri Ni. Come here!
Are you watching over us, Father?
Your three children...
have come together once more.
And we will never part ways again.
Look here, Ah Mo Gae.
All of your children are gathered here now.
Yes, let us call out our names.
Official Eom Ja Chi is here!
Ssang Bong Ja Hong Yong Gae is here!
Gyo Mok Su Il Chung is here, too!
Hwaeng Pyun Soo Hong Se Geol is here!
Reversal Hong Ggeut Soi is here!
Steel Fist Eop San would like to say hello!
Wow, it's been so long since I've seen you, Gil Hyun!
When'd you get so big?
[Rebel: Thief of the People]
Your Majesty.
You must be upset.
But worry not, Your Majesty.
Times such as these are what the Suguidan is for.
I have a favor I'd like to ask of you, Teacher Song.
Yes, Your Majesty? Please, go ahead.
For the time being...
do not appear before me.
Your Majesty, Prince Choongwon is here.
What are you trying to pull, Prince Choongwon?
His Majesty said that I am to be the chief of Suguidan instead of you
to eradicate the rebels for the time being.
Prince Choongwon!
How dare you raise your voice at me?
Have you forgotten that I am royalty?
You all are aware that Teacher Song has fallen from His Majesty's graces
due to what happened recently, don't you?
At this rate, all of us will be punished by His Majesty alongside him as well.
What are we to do, then?
We must cut our ties with Teacher Song now.
Let us capture the rebels and become meritorious retainers.
We can release our frustrations on the Hong Family for what they've done
and become meritorious retainers, to boot.
It will be like killing two birds with one stone.
[There is no difference between the king and a feral beast.]
- Soldiers! - Soldiers!
- Get them! - Get them!
Why are you running around like that?
The servants would make fun of you if they saw you, for looking undignified.
Yes, Mother. But I really must use the bathroom.
The people of the village keep saying nowadays
that they will protest against the king for any little thing now, don't they?
No matter how cruel the king may be
one shouldn't be rebelling against the king!
You mustn't get involved in such things.
Find him!
What are you doing? What's going on?
Let me go! Mother!
- Why are you doing this? - Mother!
Mother!
Have you seen a student come through here?
You haven't seen him?
Search every nook and cranny!
Drat!
Here he is!
Get out of there! Get out!
You rascals!
The people who are putting up anonymous flyers in Hyangjumok right now
and those who are saying unpleasant things
about the king are being captured in droves.
But their reinforcements have been cut off
so I'm sure that the soldiers are fearful of an uprising among the people.
Let's get the soldiers in Hyangjumok out of there first.
Even if we go to Hyangjumok and successfully drive the soldiers out
we may not be able to get out of Hyangjumok afterwards.
Yeah, you're right.
Gil Dong may have superhuman powers
but even he can't stand up against hundreds of soldiers on his own.
- Oh my. - Sheesh.
But still, shouldn't we go anyway?
My father was killed after being caught stealing.
So, for my whole life, my dream was to make tons of money
and not to steal another thing for as long as I lived.
Thankfully, I met Brother So Bu Ri
and I followed Boss and realized my dream, right?
We were really living the life back then, weren't we?
Oh, my bad.
But it turned out that the riches we were getting with the king's support
was the same as sucking the blood out of those poor citizens, right?
I will go to Hyangjumok and die there.
I'm not going there in the name of helping the people of Hyangjumok.
For me, I am merely going there to repay a debt.
Apparently the soldiers are inspecting those who go in and out of Hyangjumok.
We need to transport weapons into Hyangjumok.
And in order to do that, we need help.
No matter how rude they may be
surely even they wouldn't be able to search within a woman's petticoat.
Um, Eo Ri Ni.
Eo Ri Ni!
Do you know how dangerous doing this is?
A young child like you...
Some... somebody say something to her, please!
No.
I will help to punish the people who hurt you all, too!
Oh, sheesh.
Eo Ri Ni has never been the type to listen to her brothers.
Hear, hear. She was always such a horror to deal with.
Sheesh, who does she take after?
It's probably because she takes after Father.
- Go on in. - Go on in.
Go on in.
- Go on in. - Go on in.
Go on in.
This is my lord. This is my lord.
- Go inside. - Don't touch my lord!
- Just go, already!
Go on in.
Wait!
Go on in.
Good work, everyone. Yes, there we go.
If you don't tell me who your leader is, I will behead all of you!
Who is it?
Who is your leader?
I don't know! I have no idea!
If you confess, I'll allow you to live.
It's me! I'm the leader! Kill me!
No, kill me! I'm the leader!
- I'm the leader! - I'm the leader!
They're rebels! The rebels have shown their true colors!
- Kill me! - Kill me!
God, have you forsaken us?
Have you forsaken the people of Hyangjumok?
Which country's army are you?
Who are you all?
We are the soldiers of the people of Joseon!
Let's go!
Get out of the way! Run away, everyone!
- Get out of the way! - Run away, everyone!
Let's get these soldiers out of the castle!
Let's get these soldiers out of here!
Tell the others
that we have no need for soldiers who kill the people of Hyangjumok.
Retreat!
They've been driven out!
The soldiers have been driven out!
You can all come out now!
They've been driven out! Come out now!
Have you seen my son?
No, I haven't. Take a good look around.
Yes.
Oh, my son! My son!
No!
The rebel forces have driven out the soldiers stationed at Hyangjumok?
Your Majesty!
Please behead me today, for I was not able to capture the Hong Family!
Yes, I'll kill you today
and make an example of you to the incompetent senior statesmen!
Your Majesty!
I am only sparing your life for what your parents did for my mother.
Your Majesty!
If you cannot behead me here and now
then please allow me to die on the battlefield.
I will sever my own neck with this very blade after beheading those rebels
to wash myself of the sin of being unfaithful to Your Majesty!
Park Ha Sung.
No... the rebel Gil Hyun of the Hong family
left with loyal soldiers who are willing to risk their lives for him.
Have you subordinates who would give up their own lives for you, as well?
I do not have any soldiers who would throw away their lives at my command.
However, Your Majesty, the soldiers that I will be taking with me
are all men who will give their lives for Your Majesty alone!
Don't you dare dream of returning here alive without capturing Ah Mo Gae's sons.
As long as those vermin breathe, I cannot even die.
Because I will not be able to bring myself to see your father.
You will definitely capture them, won't you, Jung Hak?
You will capture them, and behead them, won't you?
Mother.
I will capture them no matter what.
Behead those rebels and prove your loyalty to His Majesty!
- Loyalty! Loyalty! - Loyalty! Loyalty!
Who are those soldiers, and where are they going?
I heard that they're the soldiers who are off to capture the rebels at Hyangjumok.
Looks like all the people of Hyangjumok will soon die.
What is a rebellious heart, anyway?
It is the desire to turn the country on its head.
However, we've never once possessed rebellious hearts.
All we ever did was refuse to give His Majesty excessive amounts of tributes
opposed the expansion of the Restricted Area
and voiced our desires not to have our children stolen from us!
Are these things truly acts of rebellion?
Is voicing such opinions considered treason?
However, even though we've protected Hyangjumok this time
how will we protect ourselves if imperial troops continue to be sent here?
My son died.
And do you know what I regret the most?
Teaching my son how to read.
My son started his studies at a young age
and progressed through the elementary, advanced teachings
studying the doctrines of Confucius and Mencius.
Those works taught him that noblemen exist to protect citizens
and are to be used for the greater good of the country.
So how could my son, who studied all his life to become a nobleman...
sit by and do nothing while innocent civilians were being brutally murdered?
I'd like to say something, too.
We did not choose to fight.
It's just that, when those people tried to kill us
we chose life rather than death!
Don't all of you wish to live?
Don't you all want to survive?
General!
Soldiers are heading here in droves!
- What? - Say what, now?
Stop hiding, and come on out!
Come out, and let us talk face-to-face!
So all of you damned servants are gathered here, eh?
You may not be aware of this, but these punks were all once my servants.
My father beat them relentlessly to educate them well
but it seems that they didn't learn enough
and are acting rebellious here again, too.
Oh me, oh my, Young Master Soo Hak.
You were a coward back in the day, and it seems that hasn't changed.
You sure did bring a lot of people just to capture a couple of servants.
Hey, Jo Jung Hak.
Did His Majesty burden you with a heavy responsibility this time around?
You were always chasing my coattails.
So I guess your time has finally come, eh?
How is it that you're always hanging around evil men?
Hey.
Let us not shed blood, yeah?
If we fight here, the four of us will just get skewered.
See you later.
Block off the four gates and four roads leading into Hyangjumok
and block off access to Hyangjumok completely!
I was curious...
about what kind of woman Gil Dong would fall for.
But to think that that woman is you...
How interesting.
But Gil Dong left Danaejung, so where did you run into him again?
Didn't Big Brother Gil Dong tell you
that he was coming back to you as he left, Lady Jang?
So, I waited for him.
You... waited?
Yes.
Big Brother Gil Dong told me that he'd be back, so I knew he would be.
Big Brother Gil Dong...
had returned to see you, Lady Jang.
So, in a way...
the one who brought Big Brother Gil Dong and I together...
was you, Lady Jang.
That was the promise he'd made me.
Even I couldn't believe that promise...
and yet... you believed him?
The person who treasured me the most...
was Gil Dong.
Husband.
I'm jealous.
Now, now, now.
We've managed to get the weapons from the government center
but we must not allow people to get hurt due to this.
Access to Hyangjumok has been blocked off
so we won't have access to many resources for the time being.
So let us pool our resources together and share them.
- Hear, hear! - Hear, hear!
We are short on cotton cloth to use for treating the injured.
Furthermore, we are also short on herbs
so how about we all pool what herbs we have among us, as well?
- Hear, hear! - Sounds like a plan!
I'll take care of the herbs!
Look at that.
Though the soldiers have retreated
there isn't a single person who is stealing even a fistful of rice.
But the nobles are spreading rumors that the people of Hyangjumok
are evil people who pillage and plunder.
Sheesh.
They've blocked off all the roads going in and out of Hyangjumok
so who could possibly know of the struggles that these people are facing?
The flowers smell quite nice, don't they?
However, they will only remain that way for a short time.
Flowers only remain in bloom for a time, and the same goes for one's affections.
They are all in vain.
Is that why you remained by the king's side
even though you knew that the king killed Big Brother Gil Dong?
Does the time you spent with Big Brother Gil Dong mean that little to you?
But, to Big Brother Gil Dong
treasured you within his heart for a very, very long time.
And that is why I despise you, Lady Jang.
Yes.
Romantic attachments are all in vain.
After all, I have heard that His Majesty
has not summoned you to his bedroom lately.
You...
are mocking me inside your head, aren't you?
My decision to stand by the king is that pathetic to you
and yet your love for Gil Dong is just so amazing because you waited for him?
I have nothing to be ashamed of.
Let us see if you will be singing the same tune
after your life is put in danger.
Lady Jang.
I have not feared death since my husband left this world.
What do you mean, you're going to see the king?
His Majesty said that you are not to enter his chambers for the time being!
So, why--
His Majesty did not kill me or kick me out
even after finding out that I had close ties to Gil Dong.
Can't you tell, even after seeing this?
His Majesty has no intention of ever killing me, or kicking me out.
He merely wishes to confirm something regarding me, is all.
And today, I will confirm that very thing for him.
You know, I...
don't care if people call me an evil wench...
or a brutal wench hundreds of thousands times over.
However, I never wish to hear from anyone...
that I made the wrong decision.
Your Majesty!
If you cannot believe the words of this lowly woman
kill me instead!
Yes, Your Majesty!
It is true that I did, in fact, know Hong Gil Dong.
Yes.
We did indeed have a romantic relationship.
We looked at each other as only a man and woman can
and shared our hearts, and--
But, Your Majesty.
I cast that man aside...
and chose you, Your Majesty!
That man Hong Gil Dong...
is nothing more than a man whom I cast aside!
Your Majesty.
If I help you catch that man, Your Majesty...
will you believe me then?
Have you come...
to capture me?
Take her away.
I heard quite a strange tale about you.
Who is that husband of yours who was supposedly torn apart by beasts?
What kind of relationship did you and Hong Gil Dong have?
Your Majesty.
I will tell you the truth.
So please, draw close to me for a moment.
How dare you!
Your Majesty!
My husband, who was torn apart by a beast, was Hong Gil Dong!
And you are the beast that tore my husband apart!
Cut me to death slowly, decapitate me, and kill me.
But just you watch.
My vengeful spirit will haunt you every night without fail.
What did you say?
You will show the cruelty of the heavens to a single person
to let it serve as an example for 99 others?
No matter how much you try to make an example out of others
neither my husband, nor I -- no, that's not all.
Nor the people of Joseon, will be tamed by you!
Your Majesty!
Didn't I tell you?
You must treat this girl with the utmost care.
After all, she is going to be used for quite an important purpose.
What did you mean when you said that I'll be used for something important?
Are you going to have my body torn to shreds, too
and have the Heungchang stand by and watch?
Sure, go ahead.
No, that's not it.
I am hoping that you live.
But that all depends on your husband.
What do you mean, my husband?
Ga Ryung.
Your husband...
is alive and well.
Well, His Majesty did a thorough job
of shutting the mouths of the Heungchang
so that news of this wouldn't escape the palace.
It's no surprise, then, that you know nothing of this.
Lady Jang.
Ga Ryung.
Your husband is alive and is currently in Hyangjumok with the rebels.
And soon, His Majesty will place you before your husband on the battlefield.
If Gil Dong truly does love you...
he will lose his composure after seeing you, and lose.
But if he does not consider you to be that important...
yeah.
He will probably just leave you to die.
Either scenarios have an ending that I am satisfied with.
It seems that oh-so-great love of yours
has paved a road toward death for your husband, in the end.
Lady Jang.
Lady Jang!
What did you two talk about?
Why are you crying?
Hear us, people of Hyangjumok!
All the gates and roads leading to Hyangjumok have been blocked off!
Hear us, people of Hyangjumok!
Put down your weapons and surrender!
Hear us, people of Hyangjumok!
All the gates and roads leading to Hyangjumok have been blocked off!
Hear us, people of Hyangjumok!
Put down your weapons and surrender!
Hear us, people of Hyangjumok!
All the gates and roads leading to Hyangjumok have been blocked off!
I cannot say that spring has come even when it has come.
But instead, I smile to myself in fear that Jack Frost may become enraged.
I cannot say that the sun has risen even when it has risen
But instead, I smile to myself in fear that the night sea may become enraged.
E-hey-ya, oh-ho-ya, leave the twig gates open.
E-hey-ya, oh-ho-ya, because the knife-like gale will cease.
E-hey-ya, oh-ho-ya, leave the twig gates open.
E-hey-ya, oh-ho-ya, because the knife-like gale will cease.
E-hey-ya, oh-ho-ya, leave the twig gates open.
E-hey-ya, oh-ho-ya, because the knife-like gale will cease.
E-hey-ya, oh-ho-ya, leave the twig gates open.
E-hey-ya, oh-ho-ya, because the knife-like gale will cease.
E-hey-ya, oh-ho-ya, leave the twig gates open.
E-hey-ya, oh-ho-ya, because the knife-like gale will cease.
Because the knife-like gale will cease.
Destroy the fortress's gates! Capture the rebels!
Shoot them!
- Hey! - Yes!
We mustn't let them permeate the walls!
Take aim!
Shoot!
We mustn't let them permeate the walls!
Shoot!
Transport the injured out! Transport the injured out!
Hurry over here!
Get away, you bastard!
Keep shooting!
They've over the walls!
They say that the resistance from the rebels is strong
and that they haven't been able to break into Hyangjumok yet.
They still haven't been able to get their fortress gates open?
I wish to go on a hunting expedition to hunt a great beast
so gather soldiers from all across the land.
Furthermore, I will be gathering many officials to appoint them as hunters.
Oh yes, and gather monks from every province
and make them move to the Ministry of War.
Furthermore, I will take a couple of Heungchung to watch me hunt
to have them make preparations.
But, Your Highness.
Where do you plan to go for your next hunting expedition?
I think Hyangjumok would be a good place to go.
You cannot allow yourself to lose consciousness!
Please, wake up! Sir!
Please... save me.
How many days has it been since we have failed to open those gates?
It was a mistake to look down on them
for not being formally trained in combat.
They may be civilians, but they were well-trained.
So what?
General!
Your Majesty!
So, you've yet to be successful in getting those gates open, eh?
We... will soon...
I brought you something to get those gates open.
So take good care of it.
The stench of blood is repulsive.
Indeed.
How did you--
Have you lost your mind?
Please...
please...
let me die.
Please do not let my husband know that I am here...
and...
please kill me, here and now.
Ga Ryung.
I'm coming to see you soon, Husband.
But you know, Husband.
Don't be too shocked even if you see me...
and just do as I say, okay?
That's the only way you'll get me to smile again.
You said that seeing my tears is your biggest fear, right?
So...
you won't make me cry, will you?
Ga Ryung.
Eo Ri Ni.
Why are you sweating so much, Big Brother?
Your big brother hasn't had much strength as of late, right?
I'll have to hurry and fight and get you and Ok Ran out.
There's one other person I can think of besides Ok Ran.
Another... person?
There's this one person who kept trying to act as if she was close to me
and she kept looking at me with tear-filled eyes.
She said that she had to get revenge because her husband was torn to pieces
or something like that.
At any rate, she was a weird person.
But after leaving the palace, I keep thinking of her as much as Ok Ran.
Gil Dong.
Oh, Hong Gil Dong.
Long time no see.
If you give in because of me
I will never see you again!
Ga Ryung.
Ga Ryung!
Husband.
Husband!
Ga Ryung.
Husband!
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Come, now!
You would've killed one of our own if you did that in combat!
I'm sorry.
You must stand firm even after drawing your bow.
Shoot!