Rebel: Thief Who Stole the People (역적:백성을 훔친 도적)

These are the same.

Hong Chum Ji is appearing in the towns where...

its people have gone missing.

Chun Bong's family disappeared without a trace.

I found out Chun Sam died from a beating...

because Minister Choi wanted to punish him.

After he died, he covered it up by saying he slipped and died.

If things worked out well,

why did his family disappear overnight?

But the five of them disappeared...

without taking any of their belongings.

You lost the Hengrok?

I must have lost it while I was fighting with Gil Dong...

- People are disappearing? - Yes.

But look.

People are disappearing...

from villages that the thieves of the Hong family have visited.

Also,

the missing people had something in common.

They had violated the code of morals.

Thieves are supposed to steal things.

Why do they approach people who violated the code of morals?

I have never heard of thieves like that.

If I am right,

if we wait for them there,

we might be able to meet the thief.

Please allow me to have some time off...

so that I can go and check out my theory.

In that case, I will talk to His Majesty...

so that you can get some time off.

Thank you, master.

I will catch the thief no mtter what.

- Master Hong. - Welcome.

- Wait. - Hong Chum Ji.

He is here as well.

Hello.

- Hello. - Kket Swe.

- Eop San. - Hello.

- Oh, my. - Welcome.

- Hello. - My brothers.

- Hello. - Hello.

- Hello. - Yong Gae.

- My brother. - Is this the famous Hong Chum Ji?

Hong Chum Ji is here.

What do you know about Geoin?

Do not even talk about it.

If I start talking about Geoin,

people get scared and stop talking.

Who is he and why are people so scared of him?

Everyone has the Hengrok at home.

But...

whose name is the two tree characters...

indicating?

If you do not know, who knows?

Is it not you?

It is.

Does it look like me?

This is what I think of myself.

Would the others think the same?

I am very curious about...

how others think of me.

Your Majesty, did you call me?

Yes.

I would like to write Nok Su a letter of appointment.

The letter of appointment for the concubines...

starts with the fourth rank, Sukwon...

and Sowon.

And then there is the third rank, Sukyong...

and Soyong.

I do not care for...

the letter of appointment.

On the other hand,

I heard that the watermelons...

from Ming taste really sweet.

I would like to taste it.

Do you?

- Congratulations. - Why...

have you not...

told His Majesty about me?

His Majesty has been distraught over the dethroned queen often,

but you are the only one who ever truly comforted him, Your Highness.

Thus, please take good care of him.

You are truly loyal.

I heard watermelons from Ming are delicious.

How about we serve it at the next feast?

Thus, I would like to bring in watermelon seeds from Ming.

Your Majesty.

I hear watermelons in China taste similar to ours...

and that there is not much of a difference.

Would it be necessary to bring in their seeds?

Moreover, because of the great famine this year,

poverty has never been this extreme before.

That is correct, Your Majesty.

The streets are full...

of people begging for food because they have nothing to eat.

The thieves are rampant and causing disturbances.

Do you mean that thief Hong Chum Ji again?

It is natural for thieves to become active when there is a famine.

However, Your Majesty,

during King Seongjong's reign, the sheds were filled.

However, now, in less than 10 years,

the sheds are completely empty.

I see. We cannot bring watermelons from Ming in these times.

I was out of line.

Your Majesty. They are nervous because of the prolonged famine.

That is why they said what they did.

Thus, please do not be angry.

I am not angry.

It is strange, that is all.

I always wondered...

what they thought of me.

However, seeing them nag as much as they did today,

I finally see...

what they think of me.

He will go to one of the people on that list.

What is this?

Do not ask questions. Focus on catching him.

Hong Gil Dong.

He is now my enemy.

How dare you? You are taking soldiers...

to catch the thieves without my permission?

Are you saying you wish to let a thief who struck an official...

go free?

Come to think of it, you helped Gil Dong before,

have you not?

Are you in cohorts with the thieves?

What are you saying?

I may not have evidence of it,

but I do have my suspicions.

Thus, if you stop me now,

you will be creating evidence.

We shall find the thieves and arrest them.

We will go through Godamhyeon, Yeongeonjae to Suganggol.

- Yes, master! - Yes, master!

Yeongeonjae, Godamhyeon, Suganggol.

Where should I go first?

Where to this time?

This is Godamhyeon.

It is famous for having many bats.

A man on the Sugwidan list lives here.

Let us go. We will be able to find out something this time.

They say the man In Sa died from an illness last year.

Really? Then we have no business here.

- Let us go. - Yes.

- Hurry! - Move it!

- Walk quickly! - Go!

Walk!

- Goodness. - Walk.

Goodness.

We have no time.

What is going on? Where are you going?

There is a river in town, and they ordered us...

to bring the 1,000 sapphires they found to Hanyang.

But if we do not sow the seeds now,

how can we farm our lands?

How can we farm?

I am so sick of it.

Watching them weep and whine is driving me insane.

Hey.

There he goes again. Hey, Gil Dong!

- Goodness. - Oh no.

Oh no.

What do we do?

- My son. - My son.

- I need to go sow the seeds. - Goodness.

Goodness.

What is going on?

Goodness. They ordered...

that we offer up ripe gooseberries with frost on them,

so we went out early in the morning to pick them...

and gave them to be offered to the King, but...

they rotted on the way to Hanyang.

How is that my son's fault?

However, they demand that we bring them again,

so my son argued that it is not possible,

and they made him like that.

Who cares about gooseberries with frost on them...

that you killed my son?

Stop creating a ruckus here and be gone!

Bring my son back!

Look. It is not like they did not make the offering.

It rotted on the way. It is not right to make them offer it again.

What is it to you? Move!

Seriously.

Darn it.

Get him! Get them!

Gil Dong!

I knew this would happen.

Darn it.

That tickles.

- Stop it. - Stop moving around.

What are you doing?

- That tickles. - Do not touch me!

I hate people touching me!

I cannot believe I touched a pig with my bare hands.

- A pig? - Not there.

- Not there. - What is wrong with you?

- That reeks. - I told you not to eat meat!

What a stench.

Why did you touch a guard?