Yi Do.
You're here.
You once told Ttolbok,
a slave boy who had escaped the prison,
to continue...
going his way.
KING SEJONG, YI DO
I did.
I allowed it.
Mu-hyul.
Lower your sword.
No, Your Majesty.
I allowed it.
If there's a path for Your Majesty...
and for this bastard as well,
then there's also a path for me,
Mu-hyul, as a swordsman.
Lower the sword!
I once even tried to kill King Taejong to protect you.
I will never...
lower my sword.
What are you doing?
Why are you doing this?
What?
Aren't you here to kill me?
Then you should just pierce my throat right now.
You're not here to kill me, are you?
You came here to die, didn't you?
The man who came here to kill me
tries to kill himself?
Making a damn fool out of yourself, aren't you?
You're exceptionally good at cursing.
Of course.
I learned from the best.
Kang Chae-yun was Ttolbok?
I can't believe that kid from back then...
was Kang Chae-yun.
What are you talking about?
Kang Chae-yun is Ttolbok?
A SECRET SOCIETY CREATED TO KEEP THE KING IN CHECK
At the time, as Mu-hyul was leaving him to me,
he told me it was okay to kill him if needed.
Then, why did he come...
SIM JONG-SU
...to the palace?
Why are you doing this to me?
I am a slave who tried to kill you, Your Majesty.
Why are you doing this to me?
Because all of this began from you.
What do you mean?
You really
don't remember, do you?
That night, when Lord Sim On was killed,
and slaves escaped from the prison.
The night when you cried,
"Tell him to quit his bullshit!"
Had it not been for that night's incident,
I would have had a comfortable life.
Then...
the person who saved me that night was...
That's right.
That was me.
That night,
we fell into hell together.
And now,
you want to get away from it by yourself?
What do you mean by "hell"?
Aren't we enjoying an age of peace?
Have you ever witnessed an age of peace where the king is at peace?
Because my mind is hell
the world is at peace.
What about me?
Why did you save me that night
and put me in this damned hell?
That's right!
That night when you told me to quit the bullshit,
we fell into hell together.
When you broke out of jail,
I stood up against my father to save you.
That's when my life began.
And my life will end...
with creating the alphabet.
Therefore, I would like you to become
the judge of my alphabet.
I need you to confirm...
that my work is not bullshit.
That's what I need
to hear from you.
I apologize, Your Majesty.
Your voice was so serious,
so I was trying to pay attention,
but you talked about that bullshit...
in such a serious manner.
That's why I couldn't hold my laughter.
How dare you!
Alphabet?
Your Majesty,
when do the citizens have time to learn to read?
They don't even have enough time to work their tails off to pay taxes.
Besides,
what reasons are there to learn to read?
Does the alphabet make grains?
Does it make clothes? Or,
does it make you a nobleman?
Of course, noblemen know how to read.
But the alphabet doesn't make one into a nobleman.
You--
Innocent citizens
could die for not knowing how to read.
However,
they could also get killed just for knowing how to read.
Peasants die because they get beaten up, but they also die from beating.
That's how the world works.
So,
don't lie to me.
They're oppressed because they're powerless,
not because they don't know how to read.
Don't deceive me by saying we wouldn't be victims...
if we knew how to read.
I'm not deceiving you.
You are!
Knowing how to read would give citizens power.
The alphabet doesn't give you grains,
but it can teach people the method that will let them make more food.
It doesn't turn you into a nobleman,
but it makes the citizens less vulnerable to noblemen's abuse.
No.
It won't give them power.
They'll just end up with more responsibilities.
Why can't you think outside the box?
Because of this, Your Majesty.
The reason I came here to die today,
the reason why I find your words ridiculous...
it's all because of this,
Your Majesty.
What is that?
It's the will
my father left me as he was wronged and dying...
even though he was innocent.
"I am wronged!
I am innocent!
Avenge me."
Isn't that what's supposed to be written here?
But what's written here is...
"Dear Ttolbok.
Because I don't know how to read,
because I'm a dunce,
I have failed all of you.
Make sure you learn how to read,
serve your masters well,
and live a good life."
What kind of bullshit is this?
He didn't even know why he had to die.
But he was blaming himself,
telling me to learn how to read to serve the masters well.
Your Majesty.
You think people like him...
would have power if they learned to read?
If you still think so,
you're also being deceived by the citizens.
You asked me if I came here to die...
instead of killing you.
Yes, I did.
Because I'm...
utterly defeated.
But...
I didn't lose to you.
I lost to...
my father...
and Dam, over there.
I lost to those two.
He's telling me not to avenge him.
Both my father and Dam are on Your Majesty's side.
So I came all the way here thinking it'd make a good place to die.
But, even that...
didn't go as I wished, damn it.
Your Majesty.
I lost.
Let's fight.
Let's fight, Kang Chae-yun.
The day my alphabet is promulgated,
I'll grant you a drink myself.
Let's continue to fight!
Kang Chae-yun!
Kang Chae-yun.
Ttolbok.
Don't go.
Don't go, Ttolbok.
Then...
Is Kang Chae-yun related to what the king is working on?
I don't think he knows the truth behind it.
How so?
It's the transcription of Kang Chae-yun's case file.
If he knew about it,
he would have shown his intention
either to destroy or to protect it.
But even after he found the evidence, he didn't report it.
Evidence?
"Gun, na, mi, yok."
Kang Chae-yun took what Yoon Pil tried to burn away,
but he didn't report it.
Then...
do we have another piece of evidence?
So far, these are the evidence we have collected.
First,
the Buddhist text called...
Mahavibhasa. It's one of the ten volumes.
Next up is...
Gongugimang.
It's a code
we can't decipher.
There's also...
a pornographic picture from Yuan Dynasty...
that belonged to Jang Seong-su.
I personally like it, but...
I'm not sure
why Jang Seong-su...
Lastly,
we have the autopsy.
There is one thing that they all have
in common.
What's that?
They're anti-neo-confucianist
and anti-confucianist.
Plus,
with the gun, na, mi, yok...
It's grammatically incorrect, but,
"How is the king
trying to...
become a Maitreya?"
That is also anti-neo-conficianist.
A king as a Maitreya?
That can never be condoned.
Sir, it's Mak-su.
Come in.
It's a letter from Lord Yi Sin-jeok.
He'd like to meet you.
My lord, Garion is here.
So, did you bring the meat?
Yes, sir. I picked a good one.
Come inside.
YI SIN-JEOK
I have something to tell you.
Yes, sir.
Let no one else in.
Yes, sir.
You'll comply since we have...
the letter of Secret Roots?
I only follow those with power.
So...
please don't lose that power.
Then,
everyone will follow you till the end.
Now
you're pledging your loyalty?
Pledging loyalty means nothing.
Words are not tangible.
Allow me to show you
my loyalty with a physical object.
That's why I asked to meet you.
An object?
Yes.
It seems that I've found something interesting.
It's a mold.
Yes.
I'm the chancellor of this country.
I would never stop paying attention
to what the king is doing.
Type Casting Foundry fire and gongumanggi.
They seemed connected, but
I couldn't figure it out.
But then, I got a hold of that mold.
It's one of the molds...
Scholar Yoon Pil asked the type caster
to make in secret.
In secret?
Yes.
Wouldn't this
be the answer
to what Yoon Pil was doing?
Gi for body.
Mang.
There's a dot missing.
GI, MANG
It's Gi and Mang.
There were Gi and Mang
in Gongugimang as well.
I see!
These are the most promising pieces of evidence so far.
Gi for body. And Mang for riddance.
Don't you think it's connected to the autopsy as well?
Then what about the rest?
The pornographic picture, gun, na, mi, yok, and Buddhist text.
It's not just a text.
It's Sanskrit.
Sanskrit?
It's not a just a picture.
It's 'Phags-pa script.
Autopsy is...
It's the mouth and throat.
That's right.
Then...
Gun, na, mi, yok.
Ah, seol, sun, chi, hu.
So? So what does that mean?
Don't you get it?
What a fool.
Who?
Are you talking about me?
I'm talking about Yi Do.
Yi Do has...
made...
the alphabet.
Pardon?
The alphabet?
Then...
This is...
an alphabet...
the king has made?
Yes.
The ministers would surely disapprove,
and Ming Dynasty wouldn't allow it either.
That's why he kept it a secret.
Did you drive the scholars to their deaths
and even conducted an autopsy,
just to create some silly letters?
What a big fool!
Yes.
Yi Do.
I expected nothing less from you.
Yi Do.
Alphabet?
Alphabet!
ALPHABET
Contact Yi Sin-jeok and Hyegang immediately.
It all begins now.
Now, Yi Do's Hall of Worthies...
will become the biggest enemy of the Royal Court.
Your Majesty.
Clearly,
you did...
your best.
Will he not...
come back?
Why aren't you saying anything?
I'm sorry,
Your Majesty.
Where on earth is Chae-yun?
You don't think...
he's in trouble, do you?
Don't say things like that.
I'm just saying because he's nowhere to be found.
Why is Officer Jeong bugging us to look for him?
He'll be back safe and sound...
just so I can beat him up.
Who's that again?
I've seen him before.
That bastard...
It's the halfling.
What?
Where did he go?
Right there!
People talk a lot at the Office of Royal Decrees these days.
Apparently, His Majesty is often
at Gyeongseong Palace these days.
Well, that's where he used to frequent
ever since he started falling ill.
After that, it was where he used to go
for recreation with the princes.
That's right.
There should be at least one place
where His Majesty can rest and be free from the politics.
It would be understandable if it's just for resting.
But he should be...
accompanied by his historians at all times except in his sleeping chambers.
When he's at Gyeongseong Palace,
he's not accompanied by any historians.
By the way,
Chief Scholar,
you have been visiting that place often these days.
I heard that
a few scholars have been going there these days.
What?
Is that true?
I mean,
how dare mere ministers
meet the king without the historians' presence?
ROYAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU
I am
the culprit that killed...
the scholars.
The promulgation of the alphabet...
will be done suddenly and swiftly.
That's why
we've been working on it in secret.
If people knew about the creation of the alphabet,
it would have been impossible...
because of the opposition.
The announcement of its creation
and the promulgation should be done simultaneously.
And the Secret Roots...
And...
Father.
Yes.
Yes. Where was I?
You were talking about the Secret Roots.
Right. The Secret Roots.
The document that brings the Secret Roots together
seems to be in their hands.
So, it'll be hard for us to predict the future--
Your Majesty.
Councillor.
What is it?
You need to head over to the Royal Investigation Bureau right now.
The murderer who killed the scholars was caught?
So is he being interrogated?
Yes.
But he wasn't caught by the bureau.
He turned himself in.
He turned himself in?
He must be part of the Secret Roots.
The Secret Roots made him do it.
Head over to the Royal Investigation Bureau right now.
Yes, Your Majesty.
I'm Yoon Pyeong, son of Yoon Seo-jin, who was the bodyguard
of the late Lord Jeong Do-gwang.
I killed the scholars of Hall of Worthies.
They belonged to Counselor Jang.
That's right.
It's the same kind that was on Counselor Jang's head.
How dare you!
How could you commit such a wicked and abominable act?
Now,
the world will know why I did it.
There are flyers put up everywhere.
"The king is working on a secret project at Gyeongseong Palace.
In order to find out what it is, I started the investigation.
There is a secret organization called Cheonjigyewon working under the king,
and they're the ones
working on the secret project under the king.
The king is breaking the Administrative Code of Joseon
by being unaccompanied by historians
when working on the project.
Scholar Huh Dam of Hall of Worthies
was studying Sanskrit
with the text called Mahavibhasa.
Scholar Yoon Pil was working on making mysterious types.
Also, Scholar Jang Seong-su was
studying 'Phags-pa script.
All of the scholars I've killed had a tattoo.
Also,
another member of Cheonjigyewon I've discovered is...
Seong Sam-mun.
If Seong Sam-mun has a tattoo,
you'll know that I'm right.
Also,
the secret project that I presume the king has been working on, is..."
Read it.
"The barbaric act of creating a new set of alphabet,
which is a deviation from the Chinese order."
The culprit is caught? What happened?
Catch Scholar Seong and tie him up.
What are you doing?
What's this?
Here it is.
How...
Are you part of Cheonjigyewon?
Did you make the alphabet?
I can't tell you anything.
How dare you!
Don't you know this jeopardizes the existence of Hall of Worthies?
I...
can't answer that.
How dare...
Everyone knows about it.
-So-- -Get out from the palace right now
and go to Jingwansa Temple.
Bring Scholar Park Paeng-nyeon...
with you.
From now on,
we have to make sure
the scholars don't say anything.
Yes, sir.
The alphabet?
Has His Majesty really been working on it behind our backs?
This is a deviation from Chinese order.
This should never be overlooked.
At today's Royal Lecture, we must
question His Majesty all about it.
-Let's do that. -Yes.
By now, things probably got out of hand at the palace because of the flyers.
From now on,
all of the organizations and order at the Royal Court
that Lord Sambong created...
will exercise their power.
Starting from the Office of Royal Decrees.
This cannot be condoned.
The King of Joseon
can never discuss politics without the presence of a historian.
Then
if a daunting project
such as the creation of the alphabet was carried out in secret in Gyeongseong,
that's against this country's code of law.
That's right.
All of us should refuse to take our duties until Gyeongseong Palace opens.
We need to make sure His Majesty hears our voice.
-That's right. -Let's go on a strike.
Open Gyeongseong Palace to all!
-Open the Palace! -Open the Palace!
Next up will be
the Office of the Inspector-General.
What do you think you're doing?
There is something the Office of Inspector General must check.
Where is Seong Sam-mun?
-What are you-- -You know what I mean.
There are flyers saying
Seong Sam-mun has been working on a secret project with His Majesty.
We need to check if he has been a threat to this country
and if he has been breaking the law.
We must check it.
Who said that Scholar Seong has been working on
a secret project?
Are you trying to
defend the criminal?
"Criminal"?
Three of our scholars were killed
by that bastard who turned himself in to the bureau.
The criminal is that murderer.
He killed three scholars
and now he's trying to break the Hall of Worthies with rumors.
How could you believe such--
We'll know if he's telling us the truth
when we check and see
if Scholar Seong has the tattoo.
Are you trying to strip a scholar-official naked?
If you don't cooperate,
you will be
suspected as well.
What did you just say?
I will talk to
the Inspector-General myself about this matter.
Leave us.
I will ask you this,
not as the Deputy Chief Scholar, but as your friend.
Is His Majesty...
making the alphabet?
I don't know.
I've only read the flyer--
You're the one who frequents Gyeongseong Palace the most.
You're lying.
-I really don't know. -Look!
The countries with their own alphabet
are Mongolia, Western Xia,
the Jurchen, Japan, and Tibet.
They're all barbarians.
Is Joseon going to
become barbaric?
I will never
let this matter go.
You know that
I'm a man of my words.
Please let His Majesty know what I said.
The historians?
Yes, Your Majesty. They're going on a strike
until you tell them the truth.
People from the Office of the Inspector- General came to question Scholar Seong.
Your Majesty.
At Gwanghwamun Gate right now...
It's...
Scholar Hyegang.
Now,
it's Hyegang's turn.
Your Majesty.
Is it true that you're creating
the barbaric alphabet?
Please, reveal the truth.
Is it true
that Scholar Hyegang is at Gwanghwamun...
It is. People probably started gathering already.
If Hyegang is on it, the confucian scholars will soon start to discuss it.
The Office of Royal Decrees and the Office of the Inspector-General are on it,
and now Hyegang as well.
Jeong Gi-jun is on the move.
But they're not the Secrets Roots, Your Majesty.
Probably not.
But...
there's someone who's controlling these organizations.
Isn't the letter of Secret Roots...
in the hands of Jeong Gi-jun?
Then...
We need time...
no matter how we handle this situation.
Gyeongseong Palace is already mentioned in the flyers,
so everyone will focus on it.
Then, there must be evidence at Gyeongseong Palace.
Well, then...
Keep an eye on the whereabouts of all visitors at Gyeongseong Palace.
There must be
a move from His Majesty's side.
It's tonight.
Tonight, we have to move all the materials away from Gyeongseong Palace.
Your Majesty.
Chief State Councillor, Hwang Hui, wishes to meet you.
Did you even finish making it?
It was more than a decade ago
when I first heard you say you would do it.
I was wondering if you had quit midway,
but you've really done it.
You probably
didn't tell anything to the ministers.
I...
don't tell the ministers about you,
and I don't tell you about the ministers either.
That's how
you've kept...
your position.
Please...
open Gyeongseong Palace.
And deny that
it ever happened,
and put it to a halt for a while.
You can't run this country
without the confucian scholars.
I will open Gyeongseong Palace.
But I'll do so...
tomorrow.
You knew about this from the beginning, didn't you?
What are you talking about?
So,
are you against it as well?
On his deathbed,
the late king told me to never oppose His Majesty.
He only told me to fight the Secret Roots.
I am conflicted.
We'll be gone soon anyway.
Father.
Where are you?
Are you deep underground somewhere in Hanyang?
Or are you scattered in the air?
In any case,
have a drink.
Give me some as well.
Give me some.
Give me a drink as well!
My dunce father.
Oh, no.
It must...
It must hurt a lot.
Don't cry.
Blow.
Oh, no.
Blow!
Blow your nose.
Be a man. Stop crying.
You're still the 12-year-old Ttolbok.
Father.
Nothing goes your way,
and the world is not on your side.
That's how it is.
You think the king doesn't feel this way?
He feels the same as you.
Of course, he does.
How nice.
That's right.
Cry.
Cry and let it all out.
Then,
you'll get to go on with your life.
And if you keep on living,
everything disappears in the end.
Like dust.
You sound like some sort of guru.
Just take care of your daughter. What do you think you're doing?
What did you just say?
What's wrong with my Dam?
Did she really have to side with the king?
She should have been on Ttolbok's side.
That girl.
She has always been a bit weird.
That one time,
she didn't even side with her own father.
She sided with Ttolbok.
She sided with this punk over here.
Goodness.
I was so upset back then.
That ungrateful brat.
So,
how does it feel
to be the victim?
It serves you right, you punk!
You're right.
Gosh.
Here.
Have a drink.
I'm so upset, it's killing me
-I am suffocating -I am suffocating
-When will you come back -When will you come back
-What do you mean you're leaving -What do you mean you're leaving
-No, I can't just have fun -No, I can't just have fun
-Here it comes, here it comes -Here it comes, here it comes
-The money from the thief's jacket -The money from the thief's jacket
-And the music makes me dance -And the music makes me dance
-Which rhythm should I dance to -Which rhythm should I dance to
-Let's have some fun -Let's have some fun
Ttolbok.
Your life is in vain.
That's right.
Let it go.
Just let it go.
Ttolbok.
Goodbye.
Ttolbok is gone now.
Your Majesty.
You can't create the barbaric alphabet.
Please open Gyeongseong Palace
and reveal the truth.
-Please reveal the truth. -Please reveal the truth.
Please reveal the truth.
-Please reveal the truth. -Please reveal the truth.
Goodness, these people...
Your Majesty.
What a hard life.
You can't create the barbaric alphabet.
Please reveal the truth.
Gosh.
I'm so tired.
Get some rest. You have a night shift today.
No news...
from Chae-yun, yet?
No.
Why is Officer Jeong going crazy all of a sudden?
I don't know what's going on.
Even the Palace Guards are saying they don't know anything about it.
For sure,
something has happened.
You don't think he's dead, do you?
You pig, don't say stuff like that.
Take it back!
I take it back.
I only said that because I'm worried!
Are you guys fighting again?
You fight everyday?
Don't you get tired?
Chae-yun!
Hey!
Enough.
You're choking me.
Stop it, you pigs!
What on earth happened?
Something happened.
Do you know that he turned himself in?
What do you mean?
Who?
That halfling murderer. He confessed.
You should go.
No.
Anyway, if he's caught, that's good.
Good.
Hey, tell us. What happened?
Eat first.
I'll tell you about it after your duty. Go on and eat.
Wow.
What good food you are having!
How dare you! I'll kill you.
No. You must be hungry as well, Ok-tteol.
Have a spoonful.
Oh, sir.
I don't know how to refuse.
That's why I'm lowborn.
It looks delicious.
By the way,
did you hear?
The rumor that the king is making the alphabet has spread far and wide.
You're saying that after seeing that flyer written by the halfling murderer.
That's not possible.
It might be true.
In any case, I'm against it. What about you?
If it's true, I'm against it too.
-Why? -Don't you remember?
When I was trying to get a job at the palace,
I struggled so much to learn to read for the exam.
And if there's a new set of alphabet,
I'll have to learn to read again.
Just thinking about it makes me shudder.
Hey, you got here through the special employment program,
but I got employed properly after passing the exam.
But I bet I can read better than this pig.
What? Hey!
I know about 2,000 characters.
You don't even know the character for Maitreya.
By the way, why are they making it?
According to the flyer, peasants will get to learn it as well.
Right. What good is the alphabet for the peasants?
Exactly. What good would it do if we knew how to read? We're not taking any exams.
Come to think of it, the king does a lot of useless things.
Just look at the iron cauldron on Hyejeong Bridge.
You idiot,
that thing is called angbuilgu, the sundial.
That thing...
Apparently, it's for reading the time.
-Yes. -Well,
peasants like us don't need to know the time.
When the sun is setting over the mountain in the west,
it's time to sleep.
When it's above the mountain in the east,
it's time to get up and work.
Shut up already!
Whatever. I need to get going.
We'll talk about the details later.
See you.
By the way,
I want to learn the new alphabet when it comes out.
Goodness, when would you even use it?
I want to write the name.
You can't even write your own name?
I can.
I want to write Gae-pai's name.
Gae-pai?
You can write
Gae-pai with Gae for open, Pa for ending, and Yi for two.
Like that.
Gae-pai is the name made to be written on the documents.
His real name is Kareupeyi.
What? Kareu... What?
What kind of name is that?
Kareupeyi... Well, if you can't write it in Chinese characters,
-there's no other way. Right? -Right.
Hey, Bak-po.
how much is a patch of rice paddy these days?
I'm not sure.
Well,
it would depend on the rice paddies,
but you would have to pay at least 20 bags of rice.
Why is it so expensive?
What about fields?
A field...
Why do you ask such things?
Well, I have to prepare for retirement.
Do you...
have a girlfriend or something?
Girlfriend, my foot.
Tell her I'm not here.
What's wrong with him?
What a fool.
There's no way she's here to see you.
I'm here to see the Royal Guard, Kang Chae-yun.
Oh, she really is.
The Royal Guard, Kang Chae-yun?
Where is he?
I think he went out.
It's true!
Why would I lie?
Please give this to him.
Wow!
She spoke.
Ttolbok is gone now.
You too, Dam.
Just live as So-i.
It'll be tomorrow.
It's a message from the Second Counselor, Sim Jong-su.
The Chief State Councillor had a one-on-one meeting with the king.
As soon as the sun rises tomorrow, he'll open Gyeongseong Palace to all
and fix this mess,
apparently.
Then it'll happen tonight.
They'll move the evidence tonight?
Is that what you're saying?
Tonight,
they're going to clear everything out
and then open Gyeongseong Palace.
If they do it before 4 a.m., they'll use Changseong or Jeongsa Gate,
and if they do it after that, they'll go through Gangin or Seojeon Gate,
which are of the main gates.
I already told the Secret Roots members within the palace
to get ready.
Is it...
not happening yet?
Here are all the waste papers we've been collecting.
Okay.
This is enough.
Are you all done?
Yes, it's all done.
-It's all done. -Okay.
Mix it all up.
Yes, Your Majesty.
You can recover it, right?
Yes. I memorized it all.
After arriving at Yongmunsa Temple, I'll sort and organize it again.
Good.
Is it ready?
Yes. What about the palanquin?
Yes. As per your order, we have two palanquins ready.
Okay.
Isn't that Her Majesty's palanquin?
Her Majesty?
Her Majesty's palanquin went to Gyeongseong Palace?
A bogyo was headed that way too.
BOGYO, PALANQUIN FOR NOBLEMEN
Palanquins...
It's the palanquins.
Then--
They're moving the materials using the palanquins.
First, tell the Leader about this situation.
I'll contact the Jeongmu Brigade outisde the palace.
Yes, sir.
Good work, all of you.
You should be in charge of
the queen's palanquin, Mok-ya.
Yes, Your Majesty.
Gwang-pyeong, you should be in charge of the bogyo.
Yes, Father.
Where is Seong Sam-mun again?
Deputy Chief Scholar Choi sent him to Jingwansa Temple.
Contact Seong Sam-mun as well.
Yes, Your Majesty.
All right.
Now,
let us begin.
-Yes. -Yes.
I won't be able to see you for a while.
Before I go, I have to tell you something.
Meet me in front of the paper mill by 5 a.m.
I'll be waiting for you, Ttolbok.
Ttolbok is gone now.
Don't wait for me, Dam.
If I see you,
I won't be able to go.
Now that
I've let everything go, I'm at peace.
Perspective is everything.
Why am I talking to myself?
BAK-PO, CHO-TAK
PRINCE IMYEONG'S HOUSE
Is that true?
PRINCE SUYANG'S HOUSE
As expected, they took the bogyo.
They took the bait.
This bought us some time. Let's hurry.
What? There was nothing inside?
Yes. There was nothing in the bogyo.
There was nothing inside
her Majesty's palanquin either.
Then what happened?
They must have a good amount of materials.
Was anything found in Her Majesty's palanquin?
Apparently, there was nothing.
Then it's the paper mill.
Pardon?
What do you mean?
The amount of waste paper produced at the palace was double the normal amount.
No!
PAPER MILL
They made it out.
We did it.
Before the sun rises, we have to move it all to Yongmunsa Temple.
Yes, sir.
The slaves at the paper mill said they'd be here between 7 and 9 a.m.
I'll look into it.
Who's there?
I hear metal clanking.
It's probabaly a plow or a sickle.
But...
why would the slaves at the paper mill need a plow or a sickle?
They must need it for something.
You, over there.
What is it?
I knew it.
Ttolbok.
Who are you?
What kind of bullshit was I thinking?
"I've let everything go?"
Boys,
unload everything from the cart
and go about your ways immediately,
before you get yourselves killed.
Who do you think you're talking to?
Seriously, no one cares.
That is irrelevant information.
The important information here is who I am.
I am...
Ttolbok...
from Hanjitgol village.
Okay?
Subtitle translation by Jin-young Song