Wed, May 21, 2008
Geom is frightened inside the closet. Geom and Yong Jae's eye contacts, but Yong Jae tells that there is nothing in the closet. Soon after, Swe Dol finds someone in the closet and brings the closet to home. The next day Dani finds out that the boy in the closet is Lee Won Ho's son and is shocked by the fact. Meanwhile, Geom returns to his ruined house and pledges that he will never forget what they did to his family.
Wed, Jul 23, 2008
Yong gets a close encounter with the king, but manages to escape. The whole plan is complete, and he only has his personal mission left, finding the sword and the man who killed his father. His partners in crime leave him alone in the palace. After going through many traps, he finally finds out that it is none other than the king who killed his father. Shi Hoo finds the message in blood that was to be given to Yong, and he finally remembers Geom and his own father, Lee Won Ho. He helps Iljimae fighting the guards back so that he can go find the king in his hide-out. Yong brings the king to his old house, and makes him kneel in front of the tree his father died, but lets him live. Cheon finds him and they fight, Iljimae lets Cheon live too, but while he is turning his back, Cheon strikes him with his sword.
Tue, Jul 1, 2008
Yong and Shi Hoo are both trained separately under different masters, who used to be a team in the past. While Hong He teaches Yong not to kill, his former partner tells Shi Hoo to kill anyone who stands in his way. While drinking and riding his horse through the crowded market, Jung Chi Hong, the son of the Chung envoy, kills Yang Soon and runs away. The whole village is distraught and mad for the incident and the murder, and they decide to protest at the gate of the palace so that they can have justice. Everyone in the village takes part, but Yong pretends not wanting to be part of it and plots something of his own in his hide out place, to prepare a great comeback as Iljimae, who was naturally absent while he was training with Hong He.
Tue, May 27, 2008
On the frozen river, Yong is drowning. The stone attached to his feet is pulling him down. Meanwhile, Swe Dol searches for Yong and finds out that Shi Wan tried to kill his son. Yong wakes up in a stranger's house, where a strange lord asks him that whether Yong is the Geom or not. Yong says that he doesn't remember anything and that he is not the person that the lord is looking for.
Tue, Jun 17, 2008
Geom meets with Eun Chae by chance while he is lying on top of his old house, which Eun Chae is renovating. Shi Hoo finds a clue in the field Hopan's treasure had been stolen, and finds out how the thief, who was Geom, managed to steal the treasure and the cart in such a short time and without anyone noticing. Swe Dol opens a locksmith shop in the South Gate market, but the Castor Oil gang, who doesn't know that Swe Dol is Geom's father, threatens Swe Dol and Dani to pay up for using their place. During their encounter, Shi Hoo manages to drive away the gang, but the gang's leader recognizes Shi Hoo as the one who told on Geom's sister to the authorities, which he tells so to Geom, who dreams of revenge. Shi Wan gets into trouble at gambling, and Geom uses his trick to save him, and befriends him. On the other hand, the Castor Oil gang realizes that Swe Dol and Dani's son is Yong and comforts them that he will take care of Yong.
Tue, Jun 24, 2008
Iljimae keeps stealing from the noblemen's houses and giving back their riches to the poor. He also helps out the shanty town where the poor people without houses and lands live so that they can start a new life. But as Yong, he is just as annoying to Eun Chae, who although admires Iljimae, fails to recognize Iljimae in Yong and despises him for his acts. Meanwhile, Yong helps Shi Wan figure out some of the tricks Iljimae used so that Shi Hoo doesn't find out in advance and get recognition. Seeing how Eun Chae wants to help the people in the Pyunando village hit by an epidemic fever, Yong helps them out too as Iljimae and now he knows as a righteous man by the people. Furious, the king announces anyone who catches him will be rewarded and will have his social status elevated. Shi Hoo sees it as an opportunity to be a true nobleman and will do anything to catch him. He gets into a close encounter with Iljimae, and the two are hurt in the fight, Iljimae more than Shi Hoo, and he is found, nearly dying, by Bong Soon, who finds him and brings him to her father. Seeing the tattoo engraved on his chest, Hong He recognizes the son of Lee Won Ho, whom he killed many years ago.
Wed, Jul 2, 2008
The people are enraged that the king is doing nothing and the murderer is still hiding. In the mist of a chaos where archers aim at the people, Iljimae appears, having kidnapped Jung Chi Hong, the one who killed Yang Soon. The people rejoice at his comeback. However, Swe Dol sees the pink ribbon on Iljimae and realizes that Iljimae is his son, Yong, and is devastated even more when he discovers his hideout. Since Iljimae is back, the noblemen of the village are once more worried that they will be robbed and the guards have to do a stake out all night long. Fair enough, Iljimae comes back and steals the 300-year old ginseng from one household.
Tue, Jul 22, 2008
In order to save Yong, Bong Soon disguises herself as Iljimae and faces Cheon and the guards. Yong Jae however knows that it's his daughter and can't kill her. Instead, he jumps over the cliff with her. Yong witnesses this and sinks into despair. Heung Hyun also finds out that Yong is Iljimae and decides to help him rob the palace. He brings Hee Bong and Eun Bok in the plot as well, and infiltrates the palace disguised as an imperial messenger. On his way into the palace however, he sees his real mother with the ornament he kept from his childhood, and recognizes her. Once inside the palace, his treachery is made, and he is busy looking for the sword that killed his father, with the help of the others.
Tue, Jun 10, 2008
Geom's sister is caught and thrown into prison and tortured so that she can tell the authorities where her brother is. However, she resists all torture. Yong is thrown into the same cell but fails to recognize her. Upon hearing his name, his sister recognizes that Yong is Geom, but stays quiet. After Yong finds out too, he tries to save his sister from hanging, but his plan go amiss and she is executed. He plots revenge for the life of his father and his sister and decides to join the Castor Oil gang so that he can go around looking for a special sword around the noblemen's houses. Meanwhile, Shi Hoo knows that he will never join a high position in the government because of his status and applies for the position of a simple foot soldier, while Shi Wan is made the new minister of the town. Yong decides to apply for a guard's position.
Wed, Jun 25, 2008
Shi Hoo finds out that Iljimae has been targeting the members of the Cheonwoo club and he got the list from his sister, Eun Chae. He warns her against his real motives, but she doesn't believe him. The whole guard troop is on stake out to catch Iljimae at the house of each member of the Cheonwoo club, and Shi Hoo once again comes into close encounter with Iljimae and manages to wound his leg. Hong He knows Yong is in danger and might be Iljimae and tries to help him. Yong sees Hong He knows how to fight and pleads him to teach him. After much pleading, Hong He decides to teach him on a remote island, but first, he makes him go through multiple hard chores. Shi Hoo, on his side, also asks the chief guard to teach him how to fight, so that he can catch Iljimae and become a nobleman. Meanwhile, Byungpan is plotting something again with the king to throw off the other noblemen