"Episode 2" "I found her." "She's there." "Eonnyeon, that slave!" "Are you telling the truth?" "Where did you see her?" "When?" "Ahh..." "Let me go first." "I've just heard it from the wife of that merchant, Ji." "She said that three days ago, when he passed from the riverbank..." "You know, where they dry all the cloth..." "Eonni..." "Eonni!" "Eonni!" "What's with those miserable ninnies, again?" "So pretty!" "She's a paragon of beauty!" "But I hear she's quite older than she looks?" "!" "Ehh..." "It's his second time." "Like age would matter." "But..." "Shouldn't we follow him?" "Like it would be the first false alarm." "If ten years have passed, she must already be someone else's wife." "Ahh..." "I'm sure she said it was Eonnyeon?" "!" "But... really..." "That's quite the attire." "The groom is no laughing matter, either!" "But has it been long since he was widowed?" "His first wife died over three years past, so he's waited enough, all right." "Can a man his age squander all that fervor in solitude?" "Has he finally come, my dear Daegil Seobangnim?" "!" "Here he is!" "Our formidable Daegil." "You fool..." "I told you that prancing about like a dimwit might get you into trouble, didn't I?" "Why don't you ever listen to me?" "Ahh..." "You disappoint me." " Aigoo..." " Ji saw her?" "I told you..." "He was sure he saw Eonnyeon there." "If it's Ji..." "Didn't he leave for Anseong a few days ago?" "But that's opposite the riverbank?" "Your jests... crossed the line." "Eonni, you know?" "You will pay with your blood." "Ten years in this trade, and only your tongue got sharper." "So the stout ginseng root can crush a bundle of wet pansies?" "Daegil..." "It's me..." "I said it's me." "Daegil!" "It's Eonni!" "Eonni!" "Eonni!" "Are you out of your mind?" "Want to be accused of murder?" "Daegil, calm down!" "Move." "Get a hold of yourself!" "Move out!" "Why are you going at each other?" "Ahh..." "Give it a rest!" "Ahh..." "Really, stop!" "You'll get hurt!" "I'm leaving." "If you don't stop, I'll just go!" "Are you feeling relieved, now?" "If this is what it has come to, let's just split the money and part ways, uh?" "Can I really trust you without reserve, after being subjected to this?" "Wangson." "Go fetch me some water." "Ahh..." "Told you we need a wench to tag along for those things." "Always sending me..." "You're surrounded by water." "It is time you let Eonnyeon go." "Just as blind to your pleas of meeting her as she is, she won't remember you ever parted ways, and that is why they call it providence." "It is not something you can control." "Why..." "Want to start acting like the eldest, now?" "As if you could fight like a man..." "Uh?" "!" "Uh?" "You've been cold all day, haven't you?" "That's why your hands are always in that state." "You know?" "You know..." "I hate it all." "I hate you feeling cold," "I hate you feeling hurt, and having it hard in any way." "Are you... doing this out of pity?" "What I wish for... is not your compassion." "Have you had dinner?" "*archaic form of Oppa" "Yes, Orabeoni*." "These are belated nuptials, a late repast which knows no easy digestion, so go, and learn to endure it along the way." "Serve your spouse with utmost devotion, bless him with plenty of children," "and be happy." "Yes..." "Is it all in the past now?" "I have arranged for your conjugal partner, so bear it in mind." "But..." "I still have no intention of engaging in marriage." "And why is that?" "By any chance, is there anyone you are attracted to?" "There is... no such person." "Right, and so it should be." "I will arrange your nuptials in due time." "You know?" "I will spend my whole life." "Together with you." "Forget him." "Memories can only becloud your soul with sadness." "Are you... telling me to erase those memories as well?" "You still don't understand?" "You glanced at someone you should have never looked at!" "Because of me, you committed murder." "I could have spilled a lot more blood!" "If it was for your sake." "The Young Master died." "And that is the very reason you and I survive!" "The reason you... and I... can now live like people." "Look." "Remember the day they excised slavery away from our burning flesh?" "On that day, I cried tears of joy, and not of pain." "For you and I were born anew." "This time, finally, as real people." "*noble literati" "It might be his second marriage, but he still is a yangban*." "No more grief will afflict you." "The new groom has arrived!" "The new groom has arrived!" "May you live in happiness." "It is my very last wish, so can you promise you will?" "Promise me first, Orabeoni." "I will do well." "No matter what, I will live in happiness." "So... you needn't worry about me from here on in." "Good." "Promise me... that you will not worry about me." "You have my word." "It is so late..." "Are you not sleeping?" "Daegil still isn't back, so..." "Someone as remarkable as you associating with such a scoundrel..." "I still cannot fathom why." "You should settle down yourself before it's too late, General Choi." "Isn't thinking it might be too late, what makes it truly too late?" "Ahh..." "What gleaming moonlight..." "What happened to your clan is most regrettable, but is it not all in the past now?" "Someone said so." "That first loves are the greatest of romances, *baram also means impetus or desire to do something and that the nightly breeze is the most soothing of winds*." "Jumo..." "I can see what's under the skirt from here?" "!" "Aigoo!" "Aigoo..." "Wow..." "Our Jumo sure knows how to please her patrons." "We even get to bask in pleasant sights." "You..." "You depraved, miserable creep!" "He can't even distinguish compassion!" "So..." "Good night." "You... really!" "Too much compassion and you'll be in-laws with the whole neighborhood." "Uh?" "!" "Been drinking, haven't you?" "And Wangson?" "Don't know if he was worried about you or anything, but he just went out for a stroll after waiting." "A stroll where?" "Are you not going to visit me again?" "I wish you... happiness." "I could abandon everything and come with you." "What cruel destiny!" "We share... *how women protected themselves (via suicide) to avoid being violated" "I now give you my silver knife*..." "But, even in the netherworld, I shan't forget my calling." "Let us fulfill the love this cruel destiny stole from us in this life... together in the netherworld." "Even in death..." "I shall never forget you." "Milady..." "Seobangnim!" "Ahh..." "Conf..." "Confucius said..." "If he keeps up with his philandering ways..." "One day it'll get him into trouble." "He'll only change when he's settled down." "People like us... "settling down"?" "!" "Just be glad if we don't violently croak on the street." "Ahh..." "General Choi." "You're, what, five or six older?" "Make that six or seven." "Well, anyhow." "If I make it that far, how is it?" "Does life get a little more fun?" "Who lives life out of fun?" "They all live hoping the morrow will bring it." "Right, right." "There isn't much to life!" "The morrow... will just bring another sun shining upon us." "Pave the way for the groom!" "My!" "Look at him!" " The bride will be up all night!" " Says who?" "Ahh..." "Does a big fist make you a good fighter?" "He's been out of action the last three years, but he sure doesn't look like..." "Milady!" "Orabeoni..." "Forgive me." " Milady!" " Milady." "Don't you worry." "I will live a happy life." "I wish you health and prosperity." " Milady!" " Milady!" "My apologies." " Milady!" " Milady..." "You... discredited my name!" "May you forgive me, I will find her immediately." "There is no need for you to do so." "We already engaged in conjugal ties, so, spare or slay her, is she not my property now?" "I will take care of this by myself." "How did it go?" "We rummaged the area for over 30 ri, but there are no traces of her." "What is he doing to find her?" "He gathered hunters, and set a bounty on her head." "To anyone who brings her back alive," "I shall accord him enough land to bask in abundance for a lifetime." "And if you bring at least her corpse back, you will receive 500 nyang!" "If they manage to find her before we do, bringing her to safety will be arduous." "Do you have any place in mind?" "There is a Buddhist temple in the mountains, called Yeowonam." "If she's not there..." "Where on earth did she go?" "Even if I have to sweep the eight provinces," "I will find her." "She is my one and only sister." "Not a single finger of hers must be harmed." "If you can find her, everything I have will be yours." "It is only thanks to Milady's benevolence that I can live as a decent person, how could I covet anything else?" "I will find her at all cost, and escort her back." "You, find a carriage, and you will follow me to Yeowonam." "Yes." "Seems like she might be at a hermitage called Yeowonam." "Can you find her?" "What is all this commotion, for nothing but a lowly wench?" "Two hundred nyang for you." "Spare no expenses, and find her." "Where else would I find someone like you?" "I am counting on you." "Finding her will not be arduous, but I have no confidence she will come back alive." "Aigoo..." "Here..." "Here..." "Ohh!" "Here you are!" "But..." "Where is Daegil?" "Ahh..." "I wonder, Jumo." "Why are you so interested in us?" "For a puny moppet who barely got his marks, you sure act friendly with your elders." "Ahh..." "That?" "It's just that my tongue was cut short at birth, take a look." "Uhh..." "You really!" "Jumo." "Yes, Naeuri?" "Daegil seemed quite inebriated last night." "Serve him a warm haejangguk* later, will you?" "*hangover soup with ox blood, veggies and beef broth" "Yes..." "Don't worry." "Go ahead and eat." "If you want more, just tell me." "A moment." "Jumo!" "Eonni." "Go ahead and confess it." "Confess what?" "What on earth is your secret?" "Naeuri..." "The side dishes are so tawdry..." "So allow me to at least..." "Eonni." "You win." "You're the best." "Over there." "You!" "Can you already move about like that?" "It was just a few lashes, anyhow." "Did you have breakfast?" "Would they feed someone who doesn't even work?" "And, be careful when you pick herbs." "Wild boars maunder all over." "All right." "Ehh?" "!" "Don't waste time prattling and go on." "By the way." "You know the chief slave from Kim Chang Bong's abode, right?" "Gaenobi A(jeo)sshi?" "Yes." "*9 to 11pm" "If you can make it, around the second watch*, they're going to twist straw up on top of the valley." "And they said there's no night for slaves..." "Why aren't you heading back?" "You said wild boars are all over..." "Let's go back together when you're done." "Precious state steed, stuff yourself." "Go at it." "It's time!" "They're all gone!" "They're gone?" "Here..." "Gather." "Listen well." "All the senior officers will be out for external training, and even half the privates will follow them." "Even a shaman couldn't find a better day, this screams for us to get up and escape!" "Still, we're dealing with privates here." "Can we get past them?" "Aigoo..." "Those little moppets," "I can deal with five of them at once with my bare hands." "It's just this, and... out!" "You..." "You're still dealing with someone who, back in the day, ruled over the Ganghwa Port like no other hustler in town." "Just a finger raised, and the whole place started trembling in fear!" "Then, where did the Eonni who... served His Majesty back in the day go?" "I said it's true!" "Why?" "I used to be best of friends with the chief minister myself back then." "Right..." "And I was close enough with the Governor of Pyeongyang, we'd even exchange bedfellows!" "Give me a break..." "With that mug of yours?" "Here..." "Enough with the prattling." "What will you do?" "Want to keep rotting here in slavery, or will you join me on this?" "Once you're born as men, show what you're made of!" "Really?" "Sure this behind can handle it?" "Ahh..." "Keep going at it..." "Hey..." "What am I, some stupid ninny?" "To try and escape without a plan?" "Here..." "With this on my forehead, living by the day is out of the question, but since Ganghwa Port is my territory, we'll go there and make a living out of filching." "Uh?" "!" "If we can only find a merchant boat passing by and... get our hands on it, for the rest of our lives it's silk, slatterns and debauchery every night and day!" "Money would just rain down on us, and..." "Here..." "So..." "Ahh..." "Shit, I forgot what I was saying." "Hey, retard!" "See?" "Aigoo..." "In a day, how many of these can you draw?" "Ahh..." "As you can see, it's quite the exacting job." "Well, if I really give it my all, I guess about a dozen or so..." "Aigoo!" "Ahh..." "If I go at it until my wrists break, wouldn't I manage to do a few hundred?" "!" "Let me reiterate, but you must maintain utmost secrecy." "Naeuri!" "I might not be all that old, but I've never seen anyone able to keep a secret better than me." "But, tell me..." "Is Jeju really afflicted by such heinous pla..." "If you wish to survive, you better keep that gob of yours in check." "Ahh..." "Yes." "Sire." "With direful plague sweltering Jeju, not only the inhabitants, but also two Royal Successors lost their lives." "Now only one of them remains unscathed, but we can no longer guarantee his safety." "We hereby suggest that court physicians be sent to his aid." "And you call those conscionable suggestions?" "Her Highness the Crown Princess was poisoned for her treacherous contempt." "How can Your Excellency so guilefully ignore public sentiment?" "*yusaeng:" "Confucian scholar" "Are you willfully ignoring the fact that accusatory memorials by our scholars*... are raining down upon us because of what is happening in Jeju?" "Stop using those scholars' escapades to mislead the public!" "We are not misleading anyone." "Have you not seen drawings like these circulating at the market?" "Sire." "If you may allow your humble servant parlance," "I implore you to heed our people's earnest sentiments." "Sire." "Sending physicians is a sign of fealty, but is not the very refusal to do so just as allegiant an endeavor?" "I humbly suggest to quell the court's unsightly quarreling... by issuing your orders, Sire." "What a pitiable child." "This must remain between you and me..." "But what is spreading in Jeju is no plague." "Then, is it the ague*?" "(*febrile chills)" "Ehh Ehh..." "Here he starts, again!" "I'm telling you just because it's you, but the court purposely spread that malady... to eliminate any trace of Crown Prince Sohyeon's descendants." "They couldn't openly slaughter him, so they did it through his sons." "Yes, yes..." "Jumo!" "Yes, coming!" "Let me finish before you go." "You know the Crown Prince, right?" "Crown-Prince-So-Hyeon." "Unless he ever came here for a drink, how could I know him?" "Don't let that ignorance of yours break new records..." "Think of how healthy he looked when he came back from his Qing durance." "But, after two months there, he suddenly falls ill." "A few days later, he was already gone." "But then they checked the body, and his face was a ghastly pale, and all his purulence gushed out." "He was poisoned!" "Ehh..." "Listen to you!" "What are you saying?" "If you take your brush, what would come out?" "Uh?" "The picture, of course!" "They poisoned his son to death, his daughter-in-law sentenced, again with poison." "Then, who could be next?" "His grandsons, of course!" "That is why they started spreading the plague all over Jeju!" "Ahh..." "For a bunch of fornicating loaches' sake!" "His Majesty is a person like everyone of us, would he do that to his own flesh and blood?" "Ehh..." "Guess wiping horse shit all day does that to you." "Would you ever realize how cruel power can be?" "What... horse shit?" "You damned third-rate dauber..." "What is it, then, cow shit?" "Ahh..." "What is wrong with you two?" "I see apprehension in your eyes, Your Excellency." "A simper is all that graces this face, what apprehension?" "It is the clouds behind that beguiling simper which led me to say so." "You've become as devious as a viper, I see." "Meseems grievances are on the rise?" "They probably believe the throne is theirs." "They are using His Majesty's wishes to gain immortality." "That is what Your Excellency must do, who would ever try to contend your might?" "Right..." "Should anyone covet my place, what shall we do to them?" "They must be slain." "Quite the daunting wench..." "Are state affairs all that complicated?" "Those who must perish shall meet their demise." "And those who must survive shall go on living." "Let us defer such concerns to another date, and why don't you try our new arrival?" "*ritual shamanic dance to cleanse away evil spirits" "Her salpuri* is remarkable." "Is Yeonhwa there?" "What about the scholars?" "They will renege on state deliberations and leave the palace in the morrow, vociferating their disapproval outside." "Are the offices of Inspector General and Special Councilors... preparing their memorials?" "Yes, Your Excellency." "*Seokgyeon / Prince Gyeongan" "They are gaining consensus, and claiming that only the Royal Successor* is the legitimate descendant." "Treacherous subjects are spuriously misleading His Majesty, so we must bring him back to the righteous path, and ensure our nation's future stability." "Look." "These drawings are circulating around the market." "This is the voice of our people." "The populace is behind us, so we will issue a memorial to His Majesty in the morrow," " and finally put an end to..." " Capture them!" "Yes!" "Capture all these treacherous varmints!" "How could you disseminate such mendacious drawings, and force scourge and disheartenment upon His Majesty?" "Those were already circulating at the market." "Are you going to keep ignoring public sentiment?" "Think we would not see through your vile and deceitful machinations?" "I shall meet with His Majesty." "I shall write to him, and await his retort, but I shall never fall for your treacherous subterfuges." "So you're looking for His Majesty?" "!" "Your Excellency!" "We did not commit treason, may you alert His Majesty on our unyielding fealty!" "I already did so." "But he still claimed you were traitors?" "!" "No way!" "There is no way he would have said so!" "Why is someone so adamant about touting public sentiment... so incognizant of his own ruler's feelings?" "So long." "It is with utmost stupor and anguish that I write you these words." "Should this letter manage to reach you," "I fear it might be already too late for me." "You have always been my most devoted and prideful mentor and compeer." "*between Qing and Joseon" "What do you think about peaceful truce*?" "As soldiers are born to perish on the battlefield," "I never gave much thought to surrender masked as armistice." "Is there not such a thing as strategic withdrawal?" "I learned of retreating for the sake of victory, but I know no such thing as withdrawing to acknowledge defeat." "So I must look like a craven weakling to you." "Forgive me." "If we lose the war, I will be taken hostage to the Qing capital." "Will you follow me?" "I want to learn how they could possibly strengthen themselves so much, and how we could so disarmingly fail without any retaliation." "I might accept demise as a price to pay for bitter defeat, but I shall never allow myself to become their prisoner." "Only now I am telling you so, but leaving for such an arduous journey without you might have daunted me." "I endured long and strenuous hardships and made my return, yet hope is now but a feeble light in the darkness, and despair the most ravaging weight afflicting my soul." "Can I bestow all my unfulfilled aspirations upon you?" "Entrusting such exacting weight upon you, I bid you farewell..." "My friend." "Here..." "Everyone, prepare yourself." " Yeah..." " Uh." "Uh?" "!" "From here on in, I am your leader." "Address me with respect." " Yes." " Yes." "Find yourself anything you can use as a weapon," " and follow me." " Yes." "Those scamps..." ""If I stab him, he'll start screaming,"" ""and wouldn't all the others hear that and storm here?"" ""Then, we're all as good as dead."" ""Fine." "Then, let's all deal with them at once."" "Who is there?" "My damned luck..." "Run!" "Capture them!" "Do something, anything!" "We'll all die this way!" "Let's get through them." "Die now or be lashed to death in the morrow, just take one each!" "Disarm them at once." "Yes." "Officer, listen." "I was going to quietly leave on my own, but I guess I'll take them with me, out of comradery." " I hope you understand." " You knave..." "Are you still mistaking yourself as a member of the force?" "Just pave the way for us." "What are you waiting for?" "Hit him!" "That leg..." "Let's run!" "They will not have gone far." "Hasten!" "Here..." "We must escape from here at once." "Let's go." "If we leave now, the inspection units will catch us." " Just stay put." " I am in charge here!" "...Sir." "With these garments, it would be like a rat entering a duct." "We will infiltrate a village and steal some of their clothes, *a bell signaling the end of curfew in populated areas and leave the capital before they sound the paru*." "We got word that Song Taeha just escaped." "I am aware." "And he wasn't even limping." "Wouldn't there be an ulterior motive moving him to pretend all this time?" "*chuno: orders sent out to slave hunters;" "a sort of archaic search warrant" "Guess the local administration will issue a search order*." "He is but a runaway slave, so it is nothing we should concern ourselves with, and neither will we." "Why are you so nonchalant about this, Your Excellency?" "Do not let this sway you." "If you want to survive in politics, your deportment must be as placid as deep waters, even when flames of angst are raging inside you." "Daegil!" "Daegil!" "It's a mess out there!" " This is serious!" " Breathe, will you?" "What did you see, a flying sparrow's fanny on your way?" "Always make a spectacle, go ahead." "During the night, a group of government slaves... at the Military Training Command ran away." "*left and right capital bureau" "Both bureau offices* are up in arms." "They've been after them all morning, but still couldn't find them!" "Wow..." "Must be quite the flock, then." "If they managed to escape from Joseon's foremost training apparatus." "Help me out." "If you could only catch them, 1 geun = 222 grams getting at least 10 geun* of silver... is a foregone conclusion!" "Ahh..." "But, tell me." "If they managed to escape from there, they must be no laughing matter?" "!" "Ahh..." "Don't want to risk getting hurt." "What's wrong with you?" "And if I added another three geun of silver?" "Forget it." "Uh?" "If they managed to escape so effortlessly, they sure must have had a hideout ready." "Uh?" "Where would you find that?" "You can't." "Fine!" "Five geun it is, then!" "Let's make it big, while we're at it." "So you leave all the dirty laundry to me for a pittance, now?" "Just give me ten geun and let's forget about it." "Hey..." "Daegil..." "All this time you've been slave hunting, how many times did you make a mess?" "And who stopped the bureau from punishing you, every single time?" "It was me." "Should I forget my kindness, and show you how the baton tastes like?" "As if you could do more than talk the talk, aigoo..." "All right." "Who was the chief slave?" "It's this skipper from Ganghwa who was captured..." "Anyhow, go capture him and bring him to me, uh?" "Of course." "If anyone makes it big, it'll have to be you." "You bet!" "So let's just make it square, seven geun just because it's you." "Think how far back we go." "That little..." "Ehh..." "I ought to..." "Aigoo..." "Stop!" "We will move now." "W..." "Wait!" "We came all the way here, where else are we going?" "We'll have to continue up north." "And after escaping the capital, we'll go south." "You need to erase your footsteps if you want to avoid getting caught." "Ahhh..." "I'll be damned!" "After running south all this time, why go back now?" "Let's just buy time here, gain control of a boat, and stroll our way out of here!" "They already will be aware of that route." "Who would?" "A ghost?" "We're the only ones who know that!" "The moment we ran away, they always had you in mind." "Knowing you are from Ganghwa, they surely would be trailing us this way." "Ahh..." "Forget it!" "North, south, east or wherever, do as you please." "We're not moving an inch away from here." " Right?" " Sure." "See?" "They won't." "Hey..." "You!" "So the chief slave is from Ganghwa?" "Seems like they wanted to go back for some sorely missed filching." "The itinerary is obvious, would he move so heedlessly?" "The more urgent it is, the more shallow they get." "It won't be easy finding them here." "Do we even need to find them?" "If we just idle here and wait, we'll be served with the answer." "The tainted apple is the first to fall from the tree." "Do you really plan on remaining here?" "Look." "When we got into the action, we did so giving it enough thought to..." "We are grateful for your assistance, but shouldn't real men know when it is time to part ways?" "All right." "I can imagine how you'll spend your life, but don't do anything against this country." "Ahh..." "Listen to that..." "Acting all fancy when we're all slaves!" "I might have partaken in the same meager repast with you, but our roots are clearly different, how dare you insinuate otherwise?" "Compassion might have led me to help you escape, but if you use that to belittle me, you will pay that affront in blood." "Even if they manage to capture you, do not mention my name." "Expose my name in vain, and your pate will bear the grunt." "Take a breather, and your prey will come to you." "Run..." "Run!" "~ On The Next Episode Of ~ SLAVE ~@~ HUNTERS" "Abandon me, and you're dead!" "Got it?" "Seolhwa." "Age?" "Seventeen." "I know neither my hometown nor my family name, so don't ask that." "Who do you think you're talking to, you wench?" " Weren't you limping?" " I trust you knew I really wasn't?" "!" "What if you really hit Daegil?" "Then, what did we come here for?" "If it's not me, then go ahead yourself." "I've heard nobody in Joseon can contend with his swordsmanship." "His kind is the scariest, all right." " For hunting?" "!" " If you want to call it that." "But we're hunting yangban." "There's this man called Lee Daegil." "He's the first who deserves a hole in his skull."