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Gil Hyun!
Isn't this pretty?
When is Gil Dong coming? When?
I didn't die. I survived.
My children also survived.
Father!
Bring me some rice cakes on your way back!
All right!
Father! Please buy me honey taffy, too!
Of course! Hurry back home!
Father! Hurry up and come back soon!
I will!
I will bring a book for Gil Hyun and some honey taffy for Gil Dong!
Father!
[Rebel: Thief of the People]
[Episode 5] Merchants can find better goods
single ladies can get married
and the married women without children can get pregnant.
How could a mere peddler do such magic?
That's why he is called a wicked peddler.
That's how Lord Park's daughter was able to seduce Young Master Lee.
And the magistrate's son took Mae Hyang as his concubine.
Soon Sim's mom is pregnant with a boy this time.
And Lord Moon's couple couldn't be happier these days.
He is only a peddler.
But it's true!
Supposedly he can teach you exactly how to win a man's heart.
"How to win a man's heart"?
Fluttering peonies also appeared on the fence.
Flat wild roses also formed a tangled thicket!
- Mr. Peddler! - Yes?
- Ah. - Here.
- You ate one earlier. - I didn't.
Say "Ah". Ah!
Ah! Ah!
- Taffy? - You must be Gil Dong.
The one who helped Mae Hyang.
I am.
Gong Ah wants to see you.
- Who is Gong Ah? - I hear you like drinking.
I have lots of wine ready. Follow me!
I've heard a lot about you.
You can help a lady win over any man she wants?
Can you help me as well?
I am not a god. It can't work for all cases.
But still, please tell me.
Who do you have in mind?
Is it a minister...
or a young scholar who recently passed the national exam?
The king.
I want to make the master of this country my own.
Well... let me see your face.
People kept talking about "Gong Ah"
so I thought you were the fairest of all, but you're not.
What?
That's why I am amazing.
Isn't it too easy to seduce a man with a pretty face?
Now that you've seen my face, tell me.
Can you put the king in my arms?
Not the king...
But have you considered being my partner?
I've never seen anyone ask for such a sly favor.
I like a sly girl, so I want to tell you--
Do you think she's easy because she's a courtesan?
- Ga Ryung! - You think she sells her body to anyone?
- Who do you think she is? - Ga Ryung!
You have such force in your hand.
You're small like a bean, but your hand...
Anyway, I don't think I can help you with that request.
My sister's birthday is coming up, so I have to go.
I bought beautiful shoes for my sister.
I want to hurry home and see her wear them.
- You don't think you can? - I don't even know the king's face.
So how could I help you steal the king's heart?
But also...
I don't want to give such a cheeky woman to another man.
There you go again!
Let's do this.
We are parting ways now, but if we meet again...
we are meant to be together.
I'll see you again, too.
Do you know the peddler Gil Dong?
When women receive his goods
they fall head over heels for him
and become lovesick.
He must be selling something else other than the usual goods.
What do you mean, "something else"?
You know... That thing. That.
That?
The world is coming to an end.
She's attractive.
That's why I'm amazing.
I like a sly woman, so I want to tell you--
Ga Ryung!
It's chaotic!
Hey there!
- Why don't you come with us? - Come over here!
This is the valley where tigers appear.
Let's wait for one or two more and get going.
Tigers...
I've seen a tiger right in front of my nose a long time ago.
It wasn't a big deal. I talked to the tiger nicely, and sent him away.
Yeah, and I was called to Heaven and then released back here.
- It's true! - Stop telling tall tales.
Let's go back to what we were talking about before.
The Elder of Ikhwari and the hooligan of Geummalje will get into a fight?
But why?
- Heo Tae Hak wants to see me? - Yes.
Heo Tae Hak appeared in Geummalje about three, four years ago.
Gambling, selling girls, lending private loans
He's done it all.
He made his fortune by forging papers that prove selling of oneself.
Proof of selling themselves?
It's a business of tricking nomads, and selling them as slaves.
It's supposed to be pretty profitable.
Heo Tae Hak is eyeing our business.
You need to at least meet him once.
Elder... I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Heo Tae Hak from Geummalje.
From what I hear...
anyone who wants the best quality silk from Ming has to go through you, Elder.
Still, I'm only a hooligan.
I heard you run a very profitable business.
As you know, it's the season of severe drought.
Nomads are wandering around everywhere.
It is a big headache for the king, but the effort to save them is endless.
Someone like me has to step up and help them feed themselves.
It doesn't take much investment
so it's like picking up gold flakes with your bare hands.
If it's that great, you should keep it to yourself.
Why did you look for me?
Nomads are everywhere...
but the government is curbing how nomads are turned to slaves.
From magistrates to low-level administrators in every town...
I heard you have connections.
If you'd back me up...
forty percent of it will be yours.
Forty percent...
That's pretty good.
But I'm not keen on it.
You and I both make a living by doing things forbidden by the government.
So I can't say that I'm cleaner, and you're dirtier.
But I can't be in the business of selling people.
Especially the business of selling children.
It's 200 rolls of cotton for one slave.
It's 20,000 rolls for 100 people!
I don't know about those who volunteer to become slaves.
But I know that you threaten the young ones, and sell them.
I wouldn't be able to stop you if you find another business partner.
But in the town where people call me "Elder"
nobody is going to sell my people.
Keep that in mind.
That's how they turned their backs on each other
and there will be a big fight soon.
Isn't the Elder of Ikhwari the top in that crowd?
There is something you don't know.
Heo Tae Hak is not some petty hooligan.
Everyone under Heo Tae Hak used to fight in the battlefields.
He gathered the soldiers who used to fight the Japanese
and made them his men.
If a fight broke out between soldiers and neighborhood gangsters
what do you think will happen?
The Elder of Ikhwari?
They're still just hooligans.
Let me help you.
I heard the name of the Elder of Ikhwari is Ah Mo Gae.
That's obviously a name for the lowly class!
For someone like him to walk around with his head up high...
The country is about to collapse.
He must be a lower class than me!
You're right! It's true!
I work in the government office that manages slave affairs.
There is always trouble when the lowly ones forget their place and run amok.
Just wait and see.
I'm sure Ah Mo Gae or whatever will be in big trouble soon.
Of course!
The ones who don't know their place and run wild should go away
to make a great world for everyone.
We should actually make a pledge.
At least we should pledge to live our lives befitting our status.
Even if you have to be a peddler all your life
to feed your children one meal a day
you should know that life is good enough for a peddler.
Hey! Even when you have to give half of your harvest to the land owner
you should know your place
and wipe your master's toilet bowl for the rest of your life.
Especially you! What's your name?
My name?
- Ka Bu Ri. (Prankster) - Ka Bu Ri?
Look, Ka Bu Ri!
It seems that you really like your status as a slave.
You have to work your children to their bones as slaves.
You should make a pledge right now!
What's that?
Is Gil Dong coming back soon?
Eo Ri Ni's birthday is coming up soon.
You're right!
The Elder might forget his own birthday, but always remembers Eo Ri Ni's.
- Right, right. - It doesn't matter if he comes or not.
Father.
Gil Dong!
Gil Dong! Our Gil Dong is back!
- What happened to your face? - What happened?
Who is this? Who did this to Gil Dong?
Why do you always get beat up?
Father, please accept my bow.
You should eat first.
I thought you forgot your way back home.
Don't be disappointed. He's the one who's waited for your return all along.
Father lost interest in me a long time ago.
You really have no idea.
Where did you get hurt?
[Great Learning] This is...
I've never been able to track this down.
You like books so much, but you wouldn't take the national exam.
For people like us, even if we pass the exam
we'll be only given petty assignments like managing graves or horses.
What's the use of taking the exam?
Who am I?
The ugly one!
I'm not ugly!
- You are ugly. - I'm not!
You look like you've grown uglier...
What? Why would I...
So... did you see great things?
Yes, I've seen the beautiful women of all eight provinces.
Women of Hanyang are beautiful and plump.
Ladies of Pyeongyang are slender and agile.
Women of Namwon are soft and pretty.
Courtesans of Milyang are mysterious and mischievous.
Since you're old enough
you should get married and settle down here.
Leave him alone.
He doesn't want to.
Yes, I do want to get married.
But no proper lady would marry a man with a family of gangsters.
Gil Dong!
Did you have to do that?
Did you have to say such mean things when you've just come back after a year?
I heard Heo Tae Hak from Geummalje is bothersome these days.
How did you know?
I guess the rumor has spread among the peddlers.
From the rumors I heard, he is really persistent.
Once he sets a goal, he goes after that until he gets it.
Don't worry about a thing. We're prepared for it.
Heo Tae Hak will learn his lesson this time.
No matter how good Heo Tae Hak is
it's our father this time.
Father is still a human.
Doesn't he bleed if he's hit with a sword?
Didn't you know? Our father doesn't bleed.
Brothers!
I'm too scared to sleep alone.
Come here!
- Come. - Were you scared?
She's mean when she's asleep. Really mean.
She can't help it. She will never be able to fix it.
Gil Hyun. I got hit in the wrong place.
I already got hit a while ago.
- Here? - No.
Put your pinky here.
Put it here?
- Idiot! - No?
But you shouldn't call your brother an idiot.
Gil Dong!
Do you want to go to a courtesan house with me?
You shouldn't say that with Eo Ri Ni around.
I heard a new pretty girl is in.
She's supposedly a great singer.
Let's go!
Bro, if you go with me, you'll get the cold shoulder.
He's not wrong.
Right?
What about Father?
Elder? He headed out earlier.
He said he'd stay home today.
Oh, the magistrate asked for him out of the blue.
Why didn't you go with him?
He said it's cumbersome to go with a big group.
So he only took So Bu Ri, Yong Gae, and Monk Il Chung.
Let's just go to a courtesan house.
Then what about Se Geol and Eop San?
How would I know? They could be hanging out, or passed out somewhere.
Why are you telling me this now?
What's wrong with you?
- Elder. - Elder.
- Has Magistrate Eom arrived yet? - I'm sure he'll be here soon.
Allow me to take you in first.
The magistrate must be running late.
Wow, who are these people?
Someone has Jeok Seon Ah by his side
and someone else is completely ignored!
Why are you doing this? Do you know who they are?
I do! You're hanging out with a courtesan from Chungju?
Does the quackish monk taste better?
Let go of me!
Why do you raise your voice in front of the Elder? Sit down!
Do you have a death wish?
Stop staring at me!
Are you running away?
These kids...
Wait, wait...
Hey!
Stop right there!
Don't go too far!
You shouldn't go far!
Gil Dong! Wait for me!
Gil Dong!
Father.
You've become a tiger with its claws taken out.
Damn.
Young man, you have no manners.
Is that what Heo Tae Hak taught you?
At least my boss taught me not to leave him alone.
The reason you've come to this point today
is because you have not taught your men properly
so don't be too disappointed.
What do you plan to do to me?
My father wants your head, Elder.
That won't happen!
The Elder is not a man to be called upon to go here and there.
Brothers, are you all here?
We ran a little late.
You'll take my life first and see what happens?
Did you think my men couldn't hear your shallow thoughts?
Ouch.
These bastards... didn't go easy on this old man.
So Bu Ri is dead now. You're dead.
Father.
Father!
Father, where are you? Father!
Isn't that Gil Dong's voice?
Father! Father!
Gil Dong!
Take care of Gil Dong!
Let go! Let go of me!
Gil Dong! Gil Dong!
You're here.
Let's go!
Boss!
Wow...
How did you crush them like this?
Should I cut off your tongue...
or should I cut out your bladder?
There are two ears so that you can hear well.
And there is one mouth so that you can choose what to say.
Now I will make it so that you have only one ear.
So only listen to me from now on.
Don't ever meddle in our business again.
Do your kids' play somewhere else.
You must've been quite shocked.
We got the intel that Heo Tae Hak was aiming for Father's life.
So Father wanted to pretend to fall for their trap and lure them in.
Who cares if I fell flat on my face or on my back?
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
"Father! Father!"
Gil Dong, why are you afraid of so many things?
Wait.
Geum Ran, did you get home safely yesterday?
If you want to, you and I can...
Geum Ran!
Did you call me?
I did not.
Bro.
- Are you scared of women? - I am.
And Geum Ran is the scariest.
Set!
Seriously...
Too bad!
Foolish men, watch with the eyes of your heart, not the eyes of your body!
Here we go!
Abracadabra abracadabra!
Father! You should go inside and rest!
This is wine.
My father told me that men should know how to drink wine.
The one who is completely sober after drinking this
will get to marry me.
- I don't want to marry you. - What?
Almost.
Try to gather your strength!
I will reward the winner today!
Come on!
Gil Dong won!
You saw that?
I won, right? I defeated Ggeut Soi!
You saw that, right?
You must be happy.
You saw that? You saw that I won, right?
Father! I defeated Ggeut Soi!
Gil Dong! Gil Dong! Gil Dong!
I defeated Ggeut Soi!
Ggeut Soi let him win.
No! Gil Dong is strong, too!
Hey, was he so strong that he got his eye punched?
No, Gil Dong used to be really strong before.
Strong?
- Hey hey! - You saw that I won, right?
- You saw that, right? - I'm so proud of you!
You saw me, right? I won!
You saw me, Eo Ri Ni? You saw me win, right?
I couldn't say that the sun was up when the sun was up.
I was afraid that the sea would get angry, so I hid myself and smiled.
Step aside!
I couldn't say that Spring was coming when Spring was coming.
I was afraid that the sea would get angry, so I hid myself and smiled.
Father.
Father, since I won the arm wrestling
please grant me a wish.
Yes, you won.
What's your wish?
Father... let's leave Ikhwari together.
Rumor has it that Heo Tae Hak is extremely persistent.
Once he sets a target, he'll take it down no matter what it takes.
Since you humiliated him
he will definitely try to take revenge on you.
Even if Heo Tae Hak does retreat...
there are more than a couple of men who are after your life.
And?
Father...
can you leave behind your business
and make a living by farming?
I found a place with good land and a nice waterway.
I'll stop selling goods. I'll farm and take care of you.
I'll also make sure to find a good husband for Eo Ri Ni.
A place with good land and nice water?
Don't get me started!
The soil is rich, so we'll have great harvests regardless of what we plant.
The town's people are nice, and the sunlight is great--
Don't you know what would eventually happen when you live as a farmer?
If you live as a gangster...
you know very well what will eventually happen.
How can you say such rude things to Father?
Come with me!
This is Father's land.
And the people who live here are Father's people!
In Ikhwari, Father is the king, and he is the sky!
So who are you to get in Father's way?
Yes, the Elder of Ikhwari.
Sure, everyone knows him now.
But, Gil Hyun... do you know why our mom passed away?
Do you think Lord Jo killed Mom?
No.
Father killed her.
He killed our mom.
Gil Dong.
Father's greed... killed our mom.
When people don't know their place, they die before their time.
If you live like this, everyone will die.
Father will die. You will die, too.
And Eo Ri Ni will go before it's her turn!
Gil Dong...
Do you think you'll get to live through the end of your given life?
You know what this tree means, right?
This tree was appointed by a shaman of Jiri Mountain.
When a big energy rises in Joseon later
this tree will support the energy so that it won't break.
I asked the shaman
what my Gil Dong should do to live through to the end of his given life.
Gil Dong, let's have a wrestling match.
Don't go easy on me. Do you understand?
Yes... Yes!
Use your strength! Use your strength!
Gil Dong!
Let's go one more time.
- I can't do it. - Let's do it one more time!
Gil Dong, pull that tree out.
Or lift that rock.
I can't do it.
Why can't you do it?
Why can't you?
Yes, the tiger.
When you were little, you went through the tiger hill.
You came back alive even after you ran into a tiger.
What happened with the tiger that night?
I've... never seen a tiger.
It was all a lie.
Of course I want to become a general, too.
But I couldn't gather my strength at one point no matter how much I tried.
My strength disappeared a long time ago.
Father...
now I am nothing.
Father!
Were you looking for me?
Did something happen?
I'm thinking of taking a break.
Uncle.
Have a seat.
Gil Dong...
did you tell the Elder to fold the business?
What?
If it wasn't you
why would your father say that he'd hand over the business to me?
You've been bothering your father for years
telling him to quit the business.
Did Father say he'd quit?
Gil Dong... don't even dream of it.
Without him--
Gil Dong!
Father.
Is the soil really rich in the land you found?
Don't get me started.
If you plant a fistful of seedlings, you'll get a bag full of rice.
It's a big lie.
It'd be nice to farm.
Plant barley, beans...
and I will also have two pigs.
You don't want Father to quit the business, do you?
It doesn't matter whether I like it or not.
If Father wants it, I will do it. If he doesn't, then I won't.
Even for me...
I don't like that people like Heo Tae Hak are after Father's life.
Gil Hyun!
So, we'll make a living by farming from now on?
Yes.
Then would I also work in the field?
If you want to, go ahead. If you don't want to, then don't.
Why? I should work, too.
Do you even know how?
I don't want to put my ugly sister to work.
I told you I'm not ugly!
Here.
Wait for me with these flower shoes on. I'll hurry back home.
You promised me! Come back soon this time!
God of Mountain, God of Earth, and God of Sky.
My father decided to become a new man.
So please keep away the odd men, and the evil men.
Please protect him and keep him safe until I return.
Pardon me?
Yes, I got it!
I'll be back soon!
Thank you!
Prince Choongwon would like to see you.
The one you wanted to introduce me to was Prince Choongwon?
Yes, Prince Choongwon.
You've heard of him, right?
Prince Choongwon killed a maid before
and caused an uproar in the whole country.
But he is still of royal blood.
Something good may come if you have a connection with royal blood.
I don't need such connection.
Look!
Shouldn't you find a path for your son before I die?
This is the first time I get to meet someone of royal blood.
Does royal blood look a little different?
He does look different!
He looks like something.
The face is pale...
and the way he eats is...
gluttonous.
He looks like a pig.
My lord Prince Choongwon...
Allow me, Ah Mo Gae from Ikhwari, to introduce myself.
How did you take interest in this lowly man?
You have a reputation for doing good work.
I heard you took down the hooligan Heo Tae Hak without any problem.
So I'd like to ask you to do a job for me.
It's a maid who ran away.
Find her for me.
If there is a man beside her...
you can kill him.
It'll be nice to farm.
Plant barley, beans...
I should also have two pigs.
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[Rebel: Thief of the People]
He is still of royal blood.
He is a relative of the king who shares the same blood.
You need to line up in the right place.
Killed the master?
It's been a long time.
Did you take this country for a joke?
I will try to hold them off, so go!
They'll kill Eo Ri Ni!
Ah Mo Gae's daughter is 13 years old?
Don't kill her. Bring her to me.
Eo Ri Ni.