Secret Royal Inspector & Joy (어사와 조이)

Park Moo Kyung.

I was certain...

we had taken care of this along with the sunken vessel.

My lord, we have the account book.

As long as we can take care of the body, all will be well.

Darn it.

You must know where she hid it.

Well, I was in a hurry.

I did not ask her where...

What?

Where is the account book? Where is it?

Gosh.

Goodness. Hurry up.

This way!

My gosh. Hurry.

You know...

Goodness. Get out of our way!

Bow down!

My lord. Did you just see that?

The dead body...

A horse tally.

If he had a horse tally, does it mean he was also...

He must be one of the secret inspectors...

who got dispatched, but reported missing or dead.

Inspector Park Moo Kyung went to Chungcheong Province.

And no one knows if he is alive or dead.

Yuk Chil. - Yes.

I need you to dress up properly.

Pardon?

Come out!

Come out!

Come out...

Everyone has gone home for the day.

Who is responsible for this commotion here?

Oh, no.

Show me your respect.

Pardon? - Let me tell you who I am.

I am a chief clown of Land and Property at Hanseong Magistracy.

Clerk. - I am a chief clerk.

My name is Oh Dong Yip.

As in empress tree leaves?

Right.

But you see, I was on my way to my hometown on vacation.

But I ended up getting robbed...

by a group of bandits up on the hill.

So I came to ask the magistrate...

if he can serve me some gukbap,

and then let me rest for a while.

I am not sure about that.

Why not ask for food at a tavern or a commoner's home?

This is a government office where official business is done.

You fool!

How could I, as a man of noble birth,

ask for handouts where people would see?

Well, I am very sorry to say so,

but we have an urgent business and cannot help you.

My master...

is Saheonbu's Lord Oh's first cousin once removed.

Bang Deuk, you fool.

How dare you mention my uncle, Saheonbu's Lord Oh?

You have made me look like a wretched man...

who resorts to mentioning powerful relatives...

just to put food in my belly.

I will be too ashamed to face my uncle, Saheonbu's Lord Oh!

Forget about my distant uncle, Saheonbu's Lord Oh!

My lord, where will you go with your sore knee?

If your distant uncle who is Saheonbu's Lord Oh were to know,

he would be so angry.

Did we walk this far just to suffer?

Plead with him once more.

That is enough!

If I were to die by the roadside,

so be the fate of a chief clerk from Hanseong Magistracy.

Do not mind me.

My lord, please.

My lord, please understand.

Let us go. We shall leave.

I shall return home...

and see my distant uncle, Saheonbu's Lord Oh.

Do not fail me now, knees!

My lord!

Will you please wait here?

It is true!

How can we believe that?

There have been many incidents...

of frauds claiming to have powerful relatives.

What if we send him away,

and it turns out to be true, what then?

We cannot let outsiders in here in the middle of this mess.

Just give them a bowl of gukbap,

then send them on their way.

Would you risk your fate on a bowl of rice?

In the meantime,

I will look for the account book.

Where is it?

I do not know.

Bo Ri must have hidden it well as I asked her to.

You do that. Find the account book.

You must.

Go ahead.

Go on. Go.

The darn wench.

Will you sort through it all for me?

Do not ask. Why should I clean up after you?

I have no family. Other than you.

Not that again.

Why did you go and die ahead of your time?

You always complain when you will do it anyway.

Jo Yi. Clean this room for me so it sparkles.

And my things...

Burn them for me.

Okay?

Whatever.

You idiot.

You never got to clothe your baby in this.

You were too sweet...

and never enjoyed life.

You were really something, Hwang Bo Ri.

You stupid, fool, halfwit, idiot.

I promise to at least...

burn this for you.

What is she doing in there when she is not the owner?

What if she were to find the book?

No, even if she did, she will not know what it is.

I will snatch it from her...

No. That will just make matters worse.

My gosh. - My lord.

Have you seen my daughter-in-law?

She vanished while I was in the outhouse.

I knew she would do that, so I kept the door open...

I do not wish to know such details.

That wench is in Bo Ri's...

room again. - No!

Let her be.

She is mourning a friend.

Have you eaten dinner yet?

If not,

come to my place...

and while you eat,

will you listen to my story?

I feel so wronged and infuriated,

I cannot live like this anymore.

I am not hungry.

Then why are you, in the middle of the night,

sauntering about the tavern as if you have a purpose?

It takes a widow to understand a widower's plight.

Even if you go home after work,

you still feel lonely, right?

Will you stop that?

I feel so sorry for the magistrate now that...

Bo Ri is dead and gone.

We shall go to your home and talk.

Shall we? By the way,

does anyone knows about their... - Let us walk.

Come with me.

Welcome, my lord.

Hang a bell around his neck and watch him jump in fear...

entertains you to no end.

He only costs a small fee.

Do you have a white pigeon?

White pigeons are so rare,

I could get one through merchants travelling from Nagasaki, Japan,

but it will cost you a whole deer antler.

Get me one and I will pay you two whole antlers.

Yes, my lord.

Slippery loaches.

I came because I heard you sell loaches to feed cranes.

Fancy seeing you here.

Did you have to come here in person just to purchase loaches?

My pet crane has eaten up...

all the insects it could possibly find.

I heard you now hire slippery fellows.

Be careful.

You will be done for if the crane catches you.

Do you believe...

you are as worthy as a noble crane?

I think you and I both are mere loaches.

The crane would be His Majesty the King.

Raising a crane taught me that...

when its clipped feathers grow back, they fly away.

Do not be so sure he will...

stay in the cage you put him in.

Even if the crane were to fly,

would it go to you?

Buy your loaches...

and feed your pet crane.

Goodbye, my lord.

He could not take care of just one secret inspector...

and created this huge mess?

Where on earth is Tae Seo and what is he doing?

Tae Seo. Was this where you were?

What brings the chief clerk of maritime transport here?

The thing is... - I'm glad you're here.

Look at this. It's silver.

What?

Did you finally succeed in extracting silver?

What did I tell you? I said I could do it.

I was able to extract two don already.

We can trade with nations...

that use silver for currency.