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[One month later] The weight of an adult's blood vessels is about

3% of his weight,

and the total length of the blood vessels is about 120,000 km.

120,000 kilometers?

So it is approximately...

300,000 li. Very long, huh?

Wow. It is long.

If you see here, this is where the heart is located.

From this heart, blood flows out through the artery

and flows in through the vein.

The blood coming out from the heart through the aorta...

runs through arteries, capillaries, and veins, and as you see here,

through the vena cava, it goes back to the heart.

I never get tired of learning from your teaching.

Why don't you sit at the front instead of picking up things in the back?

I figured you didn't eat breakfast yet so I brought this for you.

Thank you.

I mixed some fragrant wild vegetables.

I don't know if it'll suit your taste.

Tell me a lie. Don't be honest. Please say only pleasing things.

Delicious.

Really?

Yeah.

Did you really make this?

You can eat all.

All your foods are delicious.

By the way...

did you say 'Mina'?

When you were semiconscious the other day, you called that name.

Is she the person whom you said I resemble?

Is she...

your love?

You said you lost your memory, but you remember that name, so...

I didn't mean to press for an answer.

I was just curious.

She's no more in this world.

I miss her but...

I can't meet her again.

I'm sorry.

I shouldn't have asked about it.

Please go ahead.

When you are laughing like that, it's either A or B.

A. You are to pay me back with a windfall of money.

B. You are to make uninvited remarks.

Aren't you interested in making a fortune?

It is B. Hey.

Yes, boss.

Wait, wait.

Listen to me.

You can really rake in fortune.

Sir. Do I look like I need money?

In the coffers I have hidden in my house...

Anyways, your trick won't work with me.

Oh, come on. You don't understand!

Come on, look at this.

Say this is the money you are making...

Give me. Just give me. And this...

Say this is the money you can rake in if you do as I tell you.

Well?

Aren't you interested now?

Tell me in plain words.

Scores of ferries carrying goods come to docks every day.

The profits people make there, the docking fees from boatmen,

and wages for porters.

If we take some portions from each,

can you guess how much money we can make a day?

Are you saying we take control over docks?

The place where merchant guilds have absolute control over?

Exactly. There's nothing difficult about it.

I can coax some bumbles into this,

and you can send your men to take care of uncooperative merchants.

Then you can hold commercial supremacy at docks in your grip!

You are so full of empty hopes.

Look.

If you're in need of money, try your luck at a gambling den.

Why talk about the guilds?

To achieve a great work,

it costs a lot of money, doesn't it?

Great work?

What do you mean?

What kind of a great work?

I will think about the details later, but first,

I need some money in hand to set to work.

What do you say?

All you have to do is to make up your mind.

Why?

Look at you. Is it because...

you are afraid of the merchant guilds?

I am Joo Pal Shim! I'm not afraid of the guild in the least!

Absolutely! I know your capability.

Joo Pal. Then...

Boss! Boss!

One moment.

Yes?

That silly punk.

Boss...

There is a big deal going on...

Look, sir. It is nice to have big money.

Feels good.

I have ability to make big money, too.

So stop fooling around with me and just pay your debt, okay?

Let's go.

Joo Pal!

The deadline is the 15th of this month.

If you don't pay me back, then....

See that?

Let's go.

That ignorant...

Get out of the way!

Why did you hit me?

How are you?

In a pinch... Got it?

Don't worry.

We will break every bone in their bodies.

What an honor to meet the leader of Mumyonggye in person.

I take no interest in Mumyonggye or whatever, so have no worry.

I'm surprised you don't look anything like a rough warrior.

You rather look like a scholar.

I am Joo Pal. Joo Pal Shim.

In Hanyang, at the uttering of my name,

a crying baby stops crying and a smiling baby starts crying.

Stop the rubbish talk and get down to business.

Seems you are quick to temper.

Okay.

I heard that your night business earned you pretty good fortune.

Well, surprise me with what you have.

Since they took a coffer with them,

I'm sure they are dealing with smuggled or stolen goods.

Then are they... thieves?

Now that we entered into business relations, let's have a drink.

I will treat you.

I said I will...

That rascal, ignoring me when I'm talking?

Listen!

I said I am one of Joo Pals's best friends.

Joo Pal! Please say something.

You even dogged out me?

It is not that.

You didn't know you were tailed?

He has nothing to do with me.

Whether you kill him or deform him, do as you like.

How can you say that?

You can't do this to me!

Scholar Hong?

Why are you...

Do you know each other?

You didn't see me here.

Please bear in mind...

that your life depends on your tongue.

Mother! Mother!

I'm dying of hunger. Give me some food.

Where have you been to ask for food on arriving home?

I know.

I don't do much but somehow I keep getting hungry at meal times.

Stop running wild.

Young Rae! Young Hwi said he's hungry.

Hurry, prepare dinner.

You came back?

Young Rae!

Give me something to eat. I'm hungry.

Food. I want food.

Okay.

Doctor Jin should be back around this time.

He will come home after dinner.

What do you mean?

I came across with him down the street.

He and other doctors were headed to the courtesan house with Prince Heung Seon.

Courtesan house?

So-called doctors go to the courtesan house smiling to ears.

What a disgrace.

I don't like the way he behaves.

Courtesan house?

Prince Heung Seon...

You will see when you get there.

They are beautiful!

Welcome!

Hello.

Wait.

I managed to bring a special guest at the request of Choon Hong.

Why on earth she doesn't even show up?

Here I am.

She's beautiful.

You have come.

I should have invited you earlier.

Please forgive my bad manners.

Yon Shim, give me your hand.

Oh, you suffer from cold hands and feet.

Come to my work tomorrow.

I will make you a pack of extra special medicine.

Really?

In the public infirmary, I am the raw.

Hmm. Somehow I feel like having raw fish.

I am the law. Law.

Ik Joo. Isn't it true?

Absolutely!

By the way, what a luxury we have thanks to Doctor Jin.

I don't see Doctor Jin and Prince Heung Seon around.

Uh oh. Don't see Choon Hong either.

I can only see Yon Shim.

Let me fill your cup.

I went to Tomag the other day.

It was when you hung between life and death,

and I went there to see if I could attend to you.

Oh.

Didn't Lady Young Rae tell you?

No.

I see.

I thought she wouldn't.

She has an older brother, a scholar.

Yes.

Does he still study?

I think so.

Why? Did you also borrow gambling money from him?

No! It is not that.

Anyway, I found her really beautiful.

She has an air of elegance and grace.

Well...

I think I should excuse myself first, since it's getting late...

I will be sad if you leave like this.

I invited you tonight because...

I'd like to express my gratitude for saving my life and...

I...

I have a favor to ask of you.

There is a patient I want you to see.

What is this occasion ruining the merrymaking...

It is here.

It's me, Choon Hong.

I brought a doctor. Please sit up.

Ke Hyang?

Why are you...

What happened to you?

Ke Hyang!

Don't look at me!

Ke Hyang. The doctor needs to see you.

He is the best doctor in Joseon.

Doctor Jin.

Let me see.

It's okay.

It's okay.

Since when were you like this?

She said it started from this spring.

She has been here for 15 days.

At first, I thought she got some boils but,

it even spread to the inside of her mouth,

and now her whole body has become like this.

Why didn't you tell me earlier?

Because...

I asked her not to tell you.

'Ke Hyang who became a concubine

caught a body decaying disease.'

I didn't want to hear that.

Ke Hyang.

Please go back.

I want to ask you something.

Do you remember the patrons you've been with?

I mean,

not those whom you served at the table...

but those whom you slept with.

Get out!

Get out, you all!

Could you please come out?

Just because we make a living by entertaining men,

do you think women like us have no shame?

I'm sorry. I didn't mean that.

Then why did you ask that?

Did you figure out something about her disease?

It's syphilis.

Syphilis?

The disease is highly toxic, so it decays intestines, bones, muscles,

and even the brain. It's a deadly disease.

Mostly...

The disease is transmitted by sexual contact between man and woman.

Then...

are you saying it is a disease women like us will catch?

That is not what I mean.

Right. Joseon hasn't yet opened her ports,

so diseases like syphilis are not spread.

We tried every sort of good medicine but nothing worked.

Since you know this disease, you must know the cure.

Please help, Doctor Jin.

I can't let her die a miserable death.

Doctor Jin.

There is nothing I can do. I am sorry.

I have never seen such a serious case of syphilis in modern days.

since it is curable with an antibiotic like penicillin.

But penicillin will be discovered in 68 years from today.

I watch a patient dying in pain,

but there is nothing I can do for now.

I have never seen or heard of such a virulent disease.

Is it really transmitted by sexual contact?

Yes.

There must be someone who infected her, but I have no idea who it is.

Ke Hyang isn't like other ordinary courtesans.

She does not have an affair with just any man.

What is your relationship with her?

Prince Heung Seon!

Ugh!

I gave you a few drinks and now you...

You were humiliated because of me.

You should be able to handle drunken guys with just your smile.

Look at Choon Hong.

She is not an ordinary girl.

Maybe it is not my destiny to live as a courtesan.

Then do you want to become someone's concubine?

What could be the happiness of a woman?

If she can find happiness in the arms of one man,

that would be her joy.

I see.

I see what you mean.

I will look for the right man who can take you in as a concubine.

Please do not be mindful.

I didn't ask you do to that.

You are really inattentive.

I cannot believe such a pure and delicate girl got that disease.

Poor girl.

It looks like you drank.

Yes, a little.

I told the maid not to set you dinner,

since you may have already ate at the courtesan house.

I'll go in and rest since I'm tired.

You mean pemphigus?

Pemphigus?

Yes. Or a blistering autoimmune disease.

When you look it up Donguibogam or Jibongyuseol,

you'll find a record that it is a disease introduced from the Ming empire.

Then, are its cures also introduced in there?

Yes. In Donguibogam, it mentions Tongsungobodan,

which prescribes to grind a pill made of five ingredients

such as stalactite, pearl, etc.,

boil down the powder with the mixture of bibeksang, and drink it.

Effectiveness depends on the seriousness of the disease,

and to a terminal patient, it is useless.

It's only book-learned knowledge.

I didn't know there is a disease you do not know.

At least I know cholera.

I even experienced it.

Maybe you don't know well,

since you were too busy running away to see what it is like.

There you go again.

Traitor.

By the way, why do you ask that?

I saw a patient with that disease at the courtesan house yesterday.

That was why I didn't see you around. I had fun with...

By the way, how was the patient?

Not good. Her disease has already progressed.

If she is in the final stage, even the mightiest doctor couldn't do anything.

You have no cure for it?

I think I should go back there.

Why? If her condition is already out of hand...

I must stop the disease from spreading. Also,

I need to examine too see if there is a carrier among the courtesans.

Yes, right. Wait!

Yon Shim.

Yon Shim!

No, no. I need to examine her myself.

Yon Shim... Yon Shim! Hurry, let's go.

Ik Joo! Where's my bag? Hurry, let's go.

Good heavens!

Doctor Jin!

I will go with you.

I'm sorry?

I heard you're going to examine courtesans, right?

We are going to the courtesan house.

It is not a place for a noble lady to visit.

If it is about seeing women, wouldn't I be better suited than you?

What she's saying makes sense too.

Let's go. I need to see Yon Shim.

Hurry, let's go.

Are you sure?

Yon Shim.

Free the way.

How come a noble lady visits this lowly place?

She is my company.

Yes. I was concerned about you too, so I came with him.

Only men are allowed to come here.

There are customs to follow even in the courtesan house.

A woman who is not a courtesan cannot enter.

I came here not as a woman but as his assistant.

Still, you are a woman, not a man.

If you show us you are a man, then we will let you in.

You can lift your skirt up.

How rude!

She came to assist the doctor.

Step aside.

Choon Hong.

Now!

Please come in.

Examination?

Yes.

Like I said, this disease is contagious.

I need to check each one of you so I can prevent further infection.

We are all right. Why should we have an examination?

You don't know for sure since it is latent in the early stage.

That is why you need an examination.

Isn't it because you want to peek at our bodies?

Even if we have the disease, there is no cure, isn't it?

If unnecessary rumors spread, we might have to close up the business.

Right. Ignorance is bliss.

We will not get an examination.

This is a matter of life and death for you.

If you are infected, you can also infect others.

I will not take it. No.

I think this is not right.

How could we let him examine us?

I will go first.

- Choon Hong! - Choon Hong!

What do I do?

Should I undress myself here?

I will help you.

Take off your clothes first.

Lady Young Rae, please examine her thoroughly as I've instructed you.

Lie down straight.

I'm sorry.

This is to see if you are okay, so please bear with it a little.

I envy you that you don't need take this kind of examination.

How is she?

She is clean.

Her body is completely clean.

That's good.

Now let us examine other ladies too.

Yon Shim...

It is because she is afraid.

Since there is no cure, no wonder we are afraid.

But still, they need to take...

Choon Hong, come over to the pavilion.

What brought you here, Doctor Yu?

What is your job in the public infirmary?

When a rare and virulent disease like this was found,

you should've reported to me.

In fact, I was going to report you shortly.

I don't want to hear your excuse!

We are honored.

To have the royal physician here to look after such lowly woman like us.

You know what this place is for.

Royal officials and aristocrats come here to find rest from hard work.

If one in million virulent diseases infect those officials,

it can shake the foundation of this country.

It is just as you say. That is why...

Doctor Jin and his company were examining these humble women.

I will take care of this patient, so you may leave.

That would be a great honor for the patient.

Then let us withdraw from your presence.

Isn't this mercury?

Are you going to prescribe mercury now?

Normal medicine will not work for these severe boils.

'Meet evil with evil.' I should cure poison with poison.

It could work for a while, but it can cause side effects and put her in more pain.

Don't you know that?

Watch your language, Doctor Jin.

The Royal Physician is to take care of her, since he knows all.

If he knows, he shouldn't use it.

It will kill the patient!

Fine.

Then teach me your wondrous medicine.

If you were me, what medicine would you use?

You must have said it since you have some brilliant idea.

No?

You have no cures either?

How dismaying.

Come to think of it, it was the same when cholera broke out.

Your medicine is over hyped and frothy,

showing no extraordinary result.

Are you crazy?

Please let me die.

What is the use of living like this?

Instead of managing to live like this...

I rather wish to die.

So, did you see her?

It doesn't seem like she'll live long.

Then?

Not only is she in serious condition,

but she also has no hope to live.

I think you don't have to worry too much.

That is nice to hear.

It is still too soon to relax.

What if she breathes a word to anyone?

What can she know?

If she does, it will only bring harm to her.

The Councilor does not know about it, right?

What is the use of reporting him such a trifle?

Her state is beyond medicinal control.

She only has a month to live, at the most.

Do not be too worried.

Since you say so, I'll trust you.

I appreciate your help.

Oh!

Well.

Are you treating me as some barbarian?

Please accept it as a small token of gratitude.

Who knows?

I also might need your help someday.

When such time comes...

please remember that I've put priority in helping you.

Look at you fooling around whenever I'm not in.

Why?

What?

What brought you here?

So you doctors went to the courtesan house...

Did you have fun?

Taking a noble lady to the courtesan house...

I really cannot understand.

We examined if they were infected.

And a woman is better in doing that than a man.

I know that.

Lady Young Rae must've requested that,

since she is good-hearted.

I have no intention to talk with you long.

Just keep in mind these two.

Even if Lady Young Rae asks you,

do not let her in here ever again.

And always remember that she is my betrothed.

Do you understand?

I know she is betrothed to you. But,

I can't keep her from coming here.

What?

She is talented in medicine.

Above all things, she has deep compassion for her patients.

No one can stop her and her feelings.

Are you trying to lure her with your petty medicine?

If you are her fiance, consider what she really wants.

What I want is what she wants.

If you want to sustain your life, you had better listen to me.

That haughty...

I was dying to give him a fatal acupuncture.

Forget about it.

There is nothing to be afraid of.

Ik Joo, Ik Joo... Look at this mold.

Why did you leave these to rot?

You lazybones.

Isn't it amazing to make medicine with mold?

What's wrong?

You've never seen mold before?

Give me. We cannot eat it.

Hold on.

Green mold.

Fleming discovered penicillin from this green mold.

And during the seminar...

Take a look.

He says we can make penicillin through a natural sampling process.

Yeah. I've been listening.

That's really amazing.

What are you reading?

Penicillin.

It says we can extract penicillin without

...the help of modern facilities or chemical methods.

Read it to your satisfaction.

Come on, Hyuk. Take a look.

We already know that.

Look at this.

Isn't it amazing?

How could this be so perfect?

Yes. It definitely said there's a way.

Ke Hyang.

Why did you come back?

I thought I could never see you again.

Although you caught a virulent disease,

it seems to me like a dream...

that I can see you again.

It must be a nightmare.

Ke Hyang,

what you must've gone through troubled my mind, so...

Why?

Will you bring me up to give added zest to your aristocrats' drinking?

You know Ke Hyang, the unlucky girl.

I'll tell you how she caught a fatal disease.

Foolish girl.

You are so foolish and,

so am I.

Please do me a last favor. Go back.

And don't look for me ever again.

There is one thing I regret in my life.

That I feigned ignorance of your feelings toward me.

That I didn't hold onto you when you left.

Well,

even if I had held onto you,

could I have made you my concubine

or made you live in luxury?

Still,

it is my lifelong regret that I let you go like that.

I am sorry.

I am sorry, Ke Hyang.

An interpreter I had known asked me a favor.

He asked me to entertain an important figure in private.

He promised that once I finish the job, he would help me to be set free

and would arrange me to become a concubine of a high-ranking man.

So I followed the interpreter.

Westerner?

Did you really meet a Westerner?

Yes.

He said he was a merchant from Qing.

What about the promise?

The interpreter gave me money,

but he didn't keep his promise.

That wretched...!

My lord, please take my life.

If I die in your hands, I can die without regrets.

Stop that foolish talk.

Everything is the result of my carelessness.

I am to blame for your current state.

My lord...

You came early today.

I was concerned since Doctor Jin didn't come home last night.

It seems that he stayed up all night with a door latched.

I could only hear his murmuring.

I wonder what he's been doing.

Oh.

Commander Kim was here yesterday.

He intimidated Doctor Jin and left.

I need green mold. A lot!

What is going on? What is mold for?

Maybe I can make medicines.

Make medicines from mold?

Yes. It is difficult but not impossible.

Take a look.

We can only follow the process I drew here.

What in the world is happening?

So all we have to do is collect green mold?

Yes. I need mold first.

I see. I will bring as much as I can gather.

Thank you.

I'm going to the courtesan house.

Please prepare things as in this drawing.

Hey.

Doctor Jin. I have some questions to ask you.

About the disease Ke Hyang caught...

Yes.

Can it be infected by contact with a Westerner?

A Westerner?

She confessed that she had met a Westerner.

If she did, it is highly possible.

The disease did not originate in Joseon.

Bastards!

Perhaps I can make medicine for it.

Medicine?

Yes.

It is too early to assure you but I will give it a try.

Please, Doctor Jin.

Please save Ke Hyang.

By all means, I will find who made her like that.

My Lady, what are you looking for?

Here it is.

My Lady, you cannot eat that.

Bring me moldy food if any.

Sorry?

Done.

What is a discharge for?

I am going to test the efficacy of the medicine with the bacteria.

Then is it really curable?

It depends on whether I can make the medicines.

If I succeed, it is curable.

Can I be of any help in any way?

Please just tell me.

Just encourage her not to give up.

That will be enough.

Ke Hyang, now you can live.

He said he could make medicines.

Can I really return to my old form?

Cheer up. I will do my best.

Bangjachorong chunshichun

I didn't know you would come.

I missed the sound of your zither so I came to visit.

It has been a long time.

I didn't know you developed a taste for courtesans.

I had business here.

What business do you have other than drinking and enjoying company?

There is a very ill patient here, so Doctor Jin takes pains to treat her.

Patient?

A courtesan caught a fatal disease.

He said he could make medicine for her.

Oh!

Then are you making new medicine?

I don't know the result yet.

With your medical skills,

I'm sure you'll succeed in it.

Don't you think so?

Pardon me?

Absolutely!

Since it seems urgent, I won't invite you to drink with me this time.

You may leave.

That man over there is Park, an interpreter.

Whatever his name is. So what about him?

I have some questions to ask him.

If he doesn't own up,

you'll need to break a few of his bones.

So you are saying we use our strength for you?

Use your extra energy.

It will be mutually beneficial.

Oh yes. I will do as you told me.

You thought I would say like that?

I thought it's about making money.

Hey, let's go.

Joo Pal.

Did you sell off the stolen goods?

What?

I saw you move a box and I wonder how you disposed of it.

People might hear you. Watch your tongue.

Moreover,

if those were the stolen goods Mumyonggye stole,

the police must be searching for it frantically.

Silent are the dead. Have you heard of that?

He who died may be buried underground,

but the letter he wrote remains.

Before you bury my body,

who knows if the letter was already sent to the police?

Ugh!

By the way, if we follow these steps, will it work?

Yes.

The medicine subdues and kills microorganism and germs.

If we succeed,

it will be effective not only for syphilis but for other incurable diseases.

That is amazing.

If what you say is true, it will be like a panacea.

It is not that great.

It is. If it is that effective,

the medicine will spread to all over the country, even to Qing.

We used to boil herbs and make pills to prescribe.

Never have I imagined making the medicines like this.

How cataclysmic.

This is a cataclysmic change!

These things shouldn't exist in this era.

Yet, I tried to make penicillin without a thought...

This medicine can completely change history.

Doctor Jin!

I brought mold.

I made a tour around my neighborhood

...and even the marketplace to collect these.

When I said you'd make medicine with mold, everybody was surprised.

Doctor Jin, did something happen?

This...

This should not be made.

What do you mean?

Doctor Jin.

I will fail. This will not work.

But you said that if we follow the instruction, we can certainly....

Doctor Jin!

What on earth is happening? Why can't you make the medicine?

I was wrong. I must stop here.

Then you mean,

we cannot help but let the courtesan die?

It's unfortunate but it can't be helped.

Why?

Why do you give up without even giving it a try?

There is a patient eagerly waiting for your medicine.

We should do everything we can do.

It's painful for me too.

You are not painfully waiting to die.

But her life depends upon you.

You really do not care as a doctor?

I am the doctor, not you!

Doctor Jin.

I am sorry. You can stop.

It is said that Doctor Jin is making medicine.

There is nothing to worry. No medicine can cure her disease.

Also, you cannot make medicine that easily.

But with his medical skills, Doctor Jin will easily be able to make it.

If you regard his skills that high, why didn't you go ask help from him?

Wait. Royal Physician.

You cannot leave like this.

Why are you so fretful?

You said that she does not know you were involved.

I did but,

I am uneasy because the source of trouble still remains.

If you are that concerned,

secure her under your care.

After that, it's up to you whether you kill her or not.

Didn't I tell you she had disappeared?

Where?

Where has she gone?

Had I known it, I would've already found her.

She took all her belongings with her.

Had she known that you would take care of her,

she wouldn't have fled in the moonlight.

She kept asking me to let her die...

She wouldn't do it...

She wouldn't kill herself somewhere out there, would she?

She shouldn't do it.

That poor woman shouldn't do it.

They left.

If we delayed, it would've been disastrous.

What happened?

Do not worry. You will be safe here.

He will take care of you.

What on earth happened?

I found the man who made Ke Hyang like that.

It is Dae Gyun Kim, the son of the Councilor.

He was behind it.

What?

There is no knowing what he will do to her next.

So please let her stay here until she is cured.

But no one should know that she is here.

Not even a doctor here.

By the way, how is it going with the development of medicines?

Is it going well?

There will be no medicine.

What are you talking about?

You clearly said you could make it.

I'm sorry, I can't.

Why not?

Do you need more medicinal ingredients?

Just name it. Whatever it is, I will get it for you.

It is a medicine I shouldn't make!

A medicine you shouldn't make?

What do you mean?

So many things will rapidly change.

If I make the medicine, the world... history...

could be changed.

History? What is that?

Isn't history made by people?

If you don't like it, you can change and renovate it.

What on earth are you afraid of?

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