Post by ajk on Jun 3, 2008 15:15:19 GMT -5
"Choongnyeong's got Youngsil?" Foreman Jeon and Muby break the news that the Jang has been brought before the prince, and that they’re at the Bureau of Weaponry.
"Put the weapon down!" Yi Su grabs Choongnyeong's arm, and stops him from cutting off Jang's hand with the hatchet (if he actually intended to do it, which I’m not sure about). Just then a shadowy figure is spotted outside the window. "Look out!" A knife is thrown at Jang, but the knife strikes the arm of Choi Haesan, who dived on Jang to save him. The figure flees; it's Muby, dressed as a bureau soldier. He almost gets away unscathed, but as a squad of soldiers passes him, they find that he's carrying Jang Chilsang's identity tag. Muby flees into the woods. The soldiers almost lose him in the darkness, but then they fire special flaming arrows laced with illuminating agents that light up the woods. They spot Muby and chase him to a high precipice over a body of water. As they close in, Muby jumps.
Choi Haesan is furious with his troops for the lax security that allowed Muby to infiltrate.
Later, Choi and Choongnyeong are talking about Jang. Choi says He's a talented kid; Choongnyeong counters, "But his heart is rotten. If we let him go, he will turn into a walking murder weapon" because he bears animosity for the royal house. Yi Su, though, points out that they don't know why he's so bitter and advocates a more thoughtful approach.
Choi gives Jang some food; he advises him to eat and then cooperate with the investigation. But Jang says only "cut off my hand instead." Choi is frustrated. You love what you do, he tells Jang, and it's obvious. So don't joke around because you will lose a hand and a craftsman can't work without his hands.
Yun Hwe tells the prince that without Jang's confession, Yangnyeong and the Min clan are finished. And, he points out, the crown prince seat becomes yours. That, finally, changes Choongnyeong's attitude. He acknowledges, "If we can't persuade that boy to talk, three men will lose their lives tonight." He tells Yun that he'll get the confession, and he leaves.
The prince goes to Choi and orders the prisoner transferred for interrogation. Choi resists, because he sees that Jang has extraordinary skills in making weapons. "The boy has talent," he tells the prince. "The kind of talent that I can only dream about having. Put [him] in a backroom and let him go wild in there. If you could be the strong roof that could protect that room, who knows if his talented hands might become hands that Joseon really needs?"
Muby emerges from the water and staggers ashore. He’s taken a lot of physical punishment from the dive and swim.
Choongnyeong, alone, goes into the storeroom to speak to Jang. I will give you a job at the weapons bureau, he says, and will give you absolution for your crimes if you tell me who was behind the assassination attempt. Jang refuses to make a deal. Then the prince tells him, My brother's not a murderer and I'm trying to protect him. And then he says something that resonates with Jang: "Don't you have anyone close to you that you'd trade your life to protect?" Bingo. Jang asks, "Could you call a sketch artist for me? I know the culprit's face."
Jang works with the sketch artist and a sketch is completed. It's Ok Hwan.
The ministers see the sketch and realize that Ok Hwan is the leader of the rebel army.
"Arrest them immediately!" The king issues the order.
Soldiers on horseback gallop towards Ok's compound; a concealed Muby watches them go by.
Auri is in bed. She sees a shadowy figure approach her door and she grabs a dagger to protect herself. Muby staggers in and collapses at her feet.
Soldiers invade Ok's compound and battle with his guards. it's a short battle. The compound is taken. Minister Hwang leads men into Ok's quarters. They find Foreman Jeon, wearing Ok Hwan's clothes, but Ok Hwan is not there. Hwang immediately recognizes that Jeon is not the man they want. An immediate lockdown is ordered for the city, to try to catch him before he escapes. (Note: It's not clear to me why Jeon dressed in Ok's clothes. Apparently it was supposed to be a deception, but Ok is a prominent merchant and would be easily recognized by many people, so trying to substitute someone else for him doesn't seem like it would accomplish anything.)
Auri is being carried towards a checkpoint on a palanquin; in front of her on another palanquin is Ok Hwan, coughing and trying to look sickly. At the checkpoint, she tells the guards that the man is former deputy state councilor Lord Gwok Sun, her father. He's ill and she's taking him to his estate. And if anything happens to him out here, she tells the guards, you'll be held responsible. Ok produces a forged identity tag to back up the story. The guards allow them to pass; Auri has successfully bluffed them through and they go on. Soon afterwards, a soldier arrives at a checkpoint with a copy the sketch....
Jo Malseng informs the king that the rebel leader has fled. Then Gim Jonsuh and Yi Sookbun enter with a box confiscated from Ok's compound. It contains a royal seal that was made for the new Goryeo regime. The king throws the seal to the ground and angrily orders, "Find the rebel leader tonight no matter what it takes!"
In the prison yard, Foreman Jeon is being taken inside as the Mins are being taken out. The Mins are beyond furious at Jeon for framing them for the assassination attempt, but Jeon snidely tells them, "We couldn't find better suckers to pin it on." Muhyul grabs a sword and threatens to kill Jeon right there, but Hwang stops him; they want Jeon alive, to find out where Ok is.
Inside, Hwang is trying to get Jeon to cooperate in order to minimize the casualties that will ensue in trying to subdue the rebels. "Confess your crimes and tell us where the ringleader is. Torture will be unbearable." But Jeon is defiant and fearless: "Yi Bangwon is the one who started this."
Still that night: Torture of the captured rebels in the courtyard. Just outside, Jeon Ilji listens with tears in his eyes. Um Jachi and Jeong Ogeun find him there and wonder why he's so upset.
Later, as the eunuchs sleep, Ilji dresses and sneaks out of their quarters. Um Jachi is awakened and watches him leave.
Ilji goes to Ok Hwan's new headquarters. Ok tells him, "There are unavoidable sacrifices in a revolution." Now get back to your quarters, he tells Ilji, before someone notices you're missing. Ilji has apparently come to beg Ok to get his uncle freed, but Ok is unmoved. Then Ok says, "If you get a chance to see your uncle, tell him something for me. That he has done his last duty so he can go in peace." Ilji is fuming as he leaves. Ok reflects...Flashback to earlier that night, a scene we did not see: Foreman Jeon holding a knife to Ok and ordering him to escape, because without him the revolution will fail. I'll do my last duty, he tells Ok, so go!
Yangnyeong enters the king's audience hall unannounced, which displeases the king. The prince is angry. "So you're here to get my apology?", Taejong asks. But his son doesn't like that remark. "The king shouldn't worry about his son's feelings when rebels are threatening the regime." No, he says, I came to offer a suggestion.
The next morning: Yangnyeong suggests the arrest of everyone with the surname of Jeon or Ok. Sitting on the floor with his calligraphy materials, he prints names for the king. The queen, the Mins, and Noh Huibong watch. "If you add a dot, Wang becomes Ok. If you add two strokes here, it becomes Jeon." He's drawing it out. "And if you add two vertical strokes, it becomes Jeon as well. Like this, they ingeniously created new surnames for themselves, leaving no trace of their original surname of Wang." (I don’t understand why this isn't obvious to everyone if the characters look so similar. But his explanation and demonstration of it are clearly necessary to make his point.)
Ok is told about the arrest order and decides to move his men to "the third hideout."
Citizens named Jeon and Ok are being arrested. One of them attempts to escape and is killed on the spot. Choongnyeong, Jachi and Ogeun watch this; the eunuchs want to know what will happen to Jeon Ilji.
At the Bureau of Weaponry forge, Jang is working. Choongnyeong is there with him. Yangnyeong arrives and asks for the weapons he's ordered. Apparently he's ordered a lot of them.
Outside at an archery ground, the two princes are shown a demonstration. Several men in the middle of the ground are putting on quite an exhibition. They're acrobatically dodging arrows that are being rapid-fired at them, and at the same time they're throwing daggers and accurately hitting targets with them. Who are these men? They're Chuksukhee players! Yangnyeong has recruited the best ones. "My plan," Yangnyeong tells his brother, "was to put them under you since I can't enter the hunting ceremony. But we might have use for them sooner. We can't let Goryean rebels run wild." Then Choongnyeong incongruously says, "Perhaps they're not yearning for Goryeo. Perhaps they're angry at Joseon." Yangnyeong doesn't like the remark and says it could be considered treasonous.
That evening: A deeply troubled Choongnyeong is seen with Um Jachi. Um has told the prince what he saw.
Jeon Ilji sneaks into the jail to see his uncle, knocking out a couple of guards in the process. His uncle sees him and is rattled. "You can't be here. Are you insane? I'm fine. Just get out of here!" Ilji tells him that he can't stay in the palace much longer and "I'm going to join the comrades." And we'll get you out, he says. His uncle then says, "I'm glad I had you. After I lost my young one on that ship, you were my son." He grabs his nephew's hand. "Survive this, and live in a better world." But Ilji tells him, "I can't if you're not there with me." It's an intensely emotional moment for both men.
Ilji leaves the prison building, hops the wall and walks away. As he turns a corner, Choongnyeong is there waiting for him. "Are you going to get your friends and break the prisoner out of prison?" Soldiers rush in and surround Ilji.
"Put the weapon down!" Yi Su grabs Choongnyeong's arm, and stops him from cutting off Jang's hand with the hatchet (if he actually intended to do it, which I’m not sure about). Just then a shadowy figure is spotted outside the window. "Look out!" A knife is thrown at Jang, but the knife strikes the arm of Choi Haesan, who dived on Jang to save him. The figure flees; it's Muby, dressed as a bureau soldier. He almost gets away unscathed, but as a squad of soldiers passes him, they find that he's carrying Jang Chilsang's identity tag. Muby flees into the woods. The soldiers almost lose him in the darkness, but then they fire special flaming arrows laced with illuminating agents that light up the woods. They spot Muby and chase him to a high precipice over a body of water. As they close in, Muby jumps.
Choi Haesan is furious with his troops for the lax security that allowed Muby to infiltrate.
Later, Choi and Choongnyeong are talking about Jang. Choi says He's a talented kid; Choongnyeong counters, "But his heart is rotten. If we let him go, he will turn into a walking murder weapon" because he bears animosity for the royal house. Yi Su, though, points out that they don't know why he's so bitter and advocates a more thoughtful approach.
Choi gives Jang some food; he advises him to eat and then cooperate with the investigation. But Jang says only "cut off my hand instead." Choi is frustrated. You love what you do, he tells Jang, and it's obvious. So don't joke around because you will lose a hand and a craftsman can't work without his hands.
Yun Hwe tells the prince that without Jang's confession, Yangnyeong and the Min clan are finished. And, he points out, the crown prince seat becomes yours. That, finally, changes Choongnyeong's attitude. He acknowledges, "If we can't persuade that boy to talk, three men will lose their lives tonight." He tells Yun that he'll get the confession, and he leaves.
The prince goes to Choi and orders the prisoner transferred for interrogation. Choi resists, because he sees that Jang has extraordinary skills in making weapons. "The boy has talent," he tells the prince. "The kind of talent that I can only dream about having. Put [him] in a backroom and let him go wild in there. If you could be the strong roof that could protect that room, who knows if his talented hands might become hands that Joseon really needs?"
Muby emerges from the water and staggers ashore. He’s taken a lot of physical punishment from the dive and swim.
Choongnyeong, alone, goes into the storeroom to speak to Jang. I will give you a job at the weapons bureau, he says, and will give you absolution for your crimes if you tell me who was behind the assassination attempt. Jang refuses to make a deal. Then the prince tells him, My brother's not a murderer and I'm trying to protect him. And then he says something that resonates with Jang: "Don't you have anyone close to you that you'd trade your life to protect?" Bingo. Jang asks, "Could you call a sketch artist for me? I know the culprit's face."
Jang works with the sketch artist and a sketch is completed. It's Ok Hwan.
The ministers see the sketch and realize that Ok Hwan is the leader of the rebel army.
"Arrest them immediately!" The king issues the order.
Soldiers on horseback gallop towards Ok's compound; a concealed Muby watches them go by.
Auri is in bed. She sees a shadowy figure approach her door and she grabs a dagger to protect herself. Muby staggers in and collapses at her feet.
Soldiers invade Ok's compound and battle with his guards. it's a short battle. The compound is taken. Minister Hwang leads men into Ok's quarters. They find Foreman Jeon, wearing Ok Hwan's clothes, but Ok Hwan is not there. Hwang immediately recognizes that Jeon is not the man they want. An immediate lockdown is ordered for the city, to try to catch him before he escapes. (Note: It's not clear to me why Jeon dressed in Ok's clothes. Apparently it was supposed to be a deception, but Ok is a prominent merchant and would be easily recognized by many people, so trying to substitute someone else for him doesn't seem like it would accomplish anything.)
Auri is being carried towards a checkpoint on a palanquin; in front of her on another palanquin is Ok Hwan, coughing and trying to look sickly. At the checkpoint, she tells the guards that the man is former deputy state councilor Lord Gwok Sun, her father. He's ill and she's taking him to his estate. And if anything happens to him out here, she tells the guards, you'll be held responsible. Ok produces a forged identity tag to back up the story. The guards allow them to pass; Auri has successfully bluffed them through and they go on. Soon afterwards, a soldier arrives at a checkpoint with a copy the sketch....
Jo Malseng informs the king that the rebel leader has fled. Then Gim Jonsuh and Yi Sookbun enter with a box confiscated from Ok's compound. It contains a royal seal that was made for the new Goryeo regime. The king throws the seal to the ground and angrily orders, "Find the rebel leader tonight no matter what it takes!"
In the prison yard, Foreman Jeon is being taken inside as the Mins are being taken out. The Mins are beyond furious at Jeon for framing them for the assassination attempt, but Jeon snidely tells them, "We couldn't find better suckers to pin it on." Muhyul grabs a sword and threatens to kill Jeon right there, but Hwang stops him; they want Jeon alive, to find out where Ok is.
Inside, Hwang is trying to get Jeon to cooperate in order to minimize the casualties that will ensue in trying to subdue the rebels. "Confess your crimes and tell us where the ringleader is. Torture will be unbearable." But Jeon is defiant and fearless: "Yi Bangwon is the one who started this."
Still that night: Torture of the captured rebels in the courtyard. Just outside, Jeon Ilji listens with tears in his eyes. Um Jachi and Jeong Ogeun find him there and wonder why he's so upset.
Later, as the eunuchs sleep, Ilji dresses and sneaks out of their quarters. Um Jachi is awakened and watches him leave.
Ilji goes to Ok Hwan's new headquarters. Ok tells him, "There are unavoidable sacrifices in a revolution." Now get back to your quarters, he tells Ilji, before someone notices you're missing. Ilji has apparently come to beg Ok to get his uncle freed, but Ok is unmoved. Then Ok says, "If you get a chance to see your uncle, tell him something for me. That he has done his last duty so he can go in peace." Ilji is fuming as he leaves. Ok reflects...Flashback to earlier that night, a scene we did not see: Foreman Jeon holding a knife to Ok and ordering him to escape, because without him the revolution will fail. I'll do my last duty, he tells Ok, so go!
Yangnyeong enters the king's audience hall unannounced, which displeases the king. The prince is angry. "So you're here to get my apology?", Taejong asks. But his son doesn't like that remark. "The king shouldn't worry about his son's feelings when rebels are threatening the regime." No, he says, I came to offer a suggestion.
The next morning: Yangnyeong suggests the arrest of everyone with the surname of Jeon or Ok. Sitting on the floor with his calligraphy materials, he prints names for the king. The queen, the Mins, and Noh Huibong watch. "If you add a dot, Wang becomes Ok. If you add two strokes here, it becomes Jeon." He's drawing it out. "And if you add two vertical strokes, it becomes Jeon as well. Like this, they ingeniously created new surnames for themselves, leaving no trace of their original surname of Wang." (I don’t understand why this isn't obvious to everyone if the characters look so similar. But his explanation and demonstration of it are clearly necessary to make his point.)
Ok is told about the arrest order and decides to move his men to "the third hideout."
Citizens named Jeon and Ok are being arrested. One of them attempts to escape and is killed on the spot. Choongnyeong, Jachi and Ogeun watch this; the eunuchs want to know what will happen to Jeon Ilji.
At the Bureau of Weaponry forge, Jang is working. Choongnyeong is there with him. Yangnyeong arrives and asks for the weapons he's ordered. Apparently he's ordered a lot of them.
Outside at an archery ground, the two princes are shown a demonstration. Several men in the middle of the ground are putting on quite an exhibition. They're acrobatically dodging arrows that are being rapid-fired at them, and at the same time they're throwing daggers and accurately hitting targets with them. Who are these men? They're Chuksukhee players! Yangnyeong has recruited the best ones. "My plan," Yangnyeong tells his brother, "was to put them under you since I can't enter the hunting ceremony. But we might have use for them sooner. We can't let Goryean rebels run wild." Then Choongnyeong incongruously says, "Perhaps they're not yearning for Goryeo. Perhaps they're angry at Joseon." Yangnyeong doesn't like the remark and says it could be considered treasonous.
That evening: A deeply troubled Choongnyeong is seen with Um Jachi. Um has told the prince what he saw.
Jeon Ilji sneaks into the jail to see his uncle, knocking out a couple of guards in the process. His uncle sees him and is rattled. "You can't be here. Are you insane? I'm fine. Just get out of here!" Ilji tells him that he can't stay in the palace much longer and "I'm going to join the comrades." And we'll get you out, he says. His uncle then says, "I'm glad I had you. After I lost my young one on that ship, you were my son." He grabs his nephew's hand. "Survive this, and live in a better world." But Ilji tells him, "I can't if you're not there with me." It's an intensely emotional moment for both men.
Ilji leaves the prison building, hops the wall and walks away. As he turns a corner, Choongnyeong is there waiting for him. "Are you going to get your friends and break the prisoner out of prison?" Soldiers rush in and surround Ilji.