The Three Musketeers (Samchongsa / 삼총사)

The Three Musketeers

Jung Yong Hwa as Park Dal Hyang Lee Jin Wook as Crown Prince So Hyeon

Yang Dong Geun as Heo Seung Po Jeong Hae In as Ahn Min Seo

Seo Hyun Jin as Gang Bin Yoo In Young as Mi Ryeong

The Three Musketeers

Year 1780, 4th year of reign of King Jeong Jo Yeon Kyeong, the capital of Ching (modern Beijing)

Yeon Ahm Park Ji Won,

who visited Yeon Kyeong, the capital city of Ching,

as part of King Jeong Jo's envoys.

While browsing a large library in the Forbidden City,

he accidentally discovers a book.

Park Dal Hyang's Memoirs.

If the last name is Park, is he a Joseon person?

You're still here?

Let's go now.

Perhaps, do you know General Park Dal Hyang?

Park Dal Hyang? - Yes.

He even held the position of a provincial army general in King Suk Jong's time.

He was close to Crown Prince So Hyeon as well.

Provincial Army General Park Dal Hyang...

From this moment forward, these are the memoirs of Park Dal Hyang of Joseon,

written a hundred years ago.

Aren't you sleeping?

Are you still reading that?

Isn't that the book you borrowed earlier?

About Crown Prince So Hyeon,

the oldest son of King In Jo, and the older brother of King Hyo Jong...

What about Crown Prince So Hyeon?

If he had become King,

what might have happened to Joseon?

Don't you think that many things might have been different?

It's possible that one hundred years ago, Joseon would have overtaken the Qing Dynasty.

If, in those days, the one who was most ahead of his time had become king.

Why, suddenly, do you mention Crown Prince So Hyeon?

Is there something written in that book?

It's fiction.

They say Park Dal Hyang, who held the position of Provincial Army General, in King Suk Jong's time didn't exist.

It's fiction, fiction. Fiction full of hot air!

There is a lot of work tomorrow, so you should sleep now.

Of course, it could be fiction disguised as a memoir,

since he had never heard of these things happening in that era.

However,

his intuition told him that this was not fiction.

He was truly a general who held a Provincial Army General position.

However, since the contents were shocking,

to avoid confusion for future generations, he would have used a pseudonym, Park Dal Hyang.

Why the memoirs of a Joseon General

ended up in the Forbidden City of Qing is unknown.

But as Yeonn Ahm felt great empathy for its content, being a Joseon person living in the future generation,

he decided to record this unbelievable story.

The story he tells, from now on, is the legendary tale of the brave warrior, Park Dal Hyang,

whose real name is unknown.

But he certainly existed, and was all over Joseon and the continent,

with his friends.

The First Meeting Episode 1

Year of 1636, 14th year of King In Jo's reign

Script: Song Jae Jung Director: Kim Byung Soo

It is precisely this man, the 22 year old Park Dal Hyang.

Farewell to you all!

I am now... leaving for Hanyang!

His memoirs start here.

From the day the country boy, from Goseong, Gangwon province,

left his hometown to take the military service exam.

Oh, yes.

To his son that was leaving on a long journey, Dal Hyang's father,

instead of money, gave him just one letter.

Once you arrive in Hang Yang, go see Sir Minister of Finance first.

If you just meet that person, everything will be settled.

The connection we have, you know about it as well.

Who am I?

You are, Minister of Finance Choi Myeong Gil's

maternal cousin's brother-in-law's uncle's nephew.

That's right, that's right.

Since we have such a deep connection,

do you think he would turn away from you?

Probably, when you deliver this letter,

he will run out shoeless to grab you.

So until you pass the exam, you can just stay in his house comfortably.

Do you really think that will happen?

Of course!

Thank you, Father.

Let's go.

Dal Hyang!

Yes, Mother?

Take this.

What is this money? I don't need it, Mother.

Take it.

On the long road to Hanyang, anything can happen.

Don't worry. If I race there, I'll arrive there in a month.

Then, as father said, I can stay at Sir Minister's house.

I don't need money from you.

How can you believe what your father says?

Then whose words should I believe?

Father's the only one from around here that's been to Hanyang.

It's bull s**t that he went there.

Excuse me?

It's nothing.

Put it away. You never know if you'll need it.

But I'm really fine.

Dal Hyang hasn't left yet?

I'm going! I'll be back, Father!

Mother, wait for news of my passing the exam with top score.

I'll be back.

Let's go!

I don't know if that horse will last all the way to Hanyang.

Not just to Hanyang, it can go all the way to the Ming Dynasty!

Does that make sense?!

Do you even know how old that horse is?!

It was born the same year as Dal Hyang!

If a horse is 22 years old, it's lucky that it's still alive!

He can go to Ming?! What Ming?!

Aha, the weather sure is nice today!

Have you really been to Hanyang?!

You haven't, right?

You've never been to Hanyang, right?

He's never passed an exam even for a low position. What business would he have had to go to Hanyang?

With a horse which could die the very next day and it wouldn't be a strange thing to happen,

and with just the letter to Minister Choi Myeong Gil, his relative three times removed,

Park Dal Hyung was on the road.

He believed his well-informed father's words, but the reality was completely different.

What's wrong?

Get up!

The horse that was the same age as him, collapsed four days after he left.

He spent ten days nursing the horse.

He stayed in Pyeong Chang for 20 days due to the blockage of the road caused by the heavy rain.

Go back! You're not allowed to enter the mountain!

What's going on? I'm in a hurry and need to pass through right now.

A tiger appeared and four travelers were killed.

You can't pass through this mountain until we catch it.

Look, I'm on my way to Hanyang to take the government exam.

I'm going to be late unless I take a short cut because not many days are left.

Please let me pass.

Didn't you hear me well?

A tiger is going to appear!

If it ate four people, it's probably too full to come out for a few days.

What's wrong?

The horse is wiser than its owner.

Are you still going to go?

1 li (500m) The short cut closest to Hanyang was blocked.

So he was delayed for another 5 days, in order to go around the mountain.

Two months after leaving his hometown, only on the night before the exam, Dal Hyang arrived in Hanyang.

However . . .

Come here!

Is this the home of Minister Choi Myeong Gil?

Yes, it is.

I'm Park Dal Hyang, who's come from Goseong, Gangwon Province.

I have a letter to give to the Minister from my father.

Sir Minister is on an inspection tour, so he's not here.

Oh, then, when...

He will return after ten days.

Please come back after ten days, okay?

Wait!

For now, please let me in.

I have to take the exam tomorrow, so I would like to stay in the guest room.

You're here to take the government exam?

We don't have any rooms.

What do you mean you don't have any rooms?

There are so many people who came to take the government exam that all guest rooms are filled.

Are you really saying that there's not one room to stay in?

But this house is so big.

There isn't any! You should have come a little earlier!

Around exam time, scholars from all eight provinces swarm here. So,

finding a place to stay in Hanyang is like trying to pick stars from the sky.

Then.

Where is the merchant innkeeper?

Is there anywhere to stay for one day?

Where's a tavern?

Is there anywhere I can stay overnight?

This way, too, there's none?

Why are you doing this? Move aside, please!

One . . .

Two . . .

Okay, fine. Three.

Four...

Five. Hey there!

Hey, get in line!

There's going to be no room unless you line up!

Six.

Seven.

How much?

Ten nyangs.

Surely... for one night?

That's right. Surely, for one night.

What kind of excessive profiteering is this? As I understand, it's one nyang for a night.

Oh, really!

Do you know what time of year this is?

You come here at exam season and want a room for one nyang?

Even if it is exam time, that's more than double.

How many times more are you trying to get? - If you don't like it, then go.

Go, okay?

Didn't you see that line out front?

Since there are no rooms, you'll need to sleep on a straw mat.

Just leave. Leave. Leave.

But... can't you discount it a little bit?

This is all I have.

Then... could I have a bowl of soup and rice?

I haven't eaten a thing all day.

Soup and rice is two nyangs.

Shall I give it to you?

Well...