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Please help me.

I just ate a snake and snakehead mullet.

I'm going to adopt him as my son.

As Sanghwa got older and became more mature,

he couldn't get out of his mind the thought that Samjuk

was the one who killed his parents and sister.

Don't be scared.

Could you give us some cold rice? We're very hungry.

Don't be scared, child.

Please... Please...

I'm not here to hurt you, so don't be scared.

You bastard!

You're here to take my son away!

No, that's not true.

No, that's not true. That's not true.

That's not true. That's not right!

- Don't lie to me! - No, that's not true!

Episode 20 - Madam. - Yes.

Give me some beef soup.

- You want a bowl of rice wine too? - No, it's fine.

- Madam. - Yes.

Have you seen any lepers pass by?

I haven't. Would you let them come into your town?

We should hit them with rocks and kick them out.

- Madam! Come here please. - Yes.

Why does this drink taste so awful? Have you mixed it with water?

What are you talking about? This is pure alcohol.

- I don't think so. You drink it. - Sir.

- Is this pure alcohol? - That's strange.

- I have never tasted such alcohol. - Sir.

- What are we going to do? - Sir.

- My back. I'm alright. - Are you alright, sir?

Are you ok?

Is there a doctor here? Please help.

Is there a doctor here? What are we going to do?

Sir! Doctor! Is there a doctor here?

Do we have a doctor here? Do we have a doctor?

Do we have a doctor here?

Uh, step aside, please.

Step back...

This way...

Try getting up now.

Wow.

Wow.

How could this be?

This is amazing, thank you.

Doctor, what is your name?

- I'm Hur Joon. - Hur Joon?

You are one excellent doctor. Thank you, thank you.

- Why don't we have a drink? - Uh...

Thank you, but I'm in a hurry.

- But... - No, you go ahead.

Thank you so much.

- Hey, men! - What is it?

Lepers came into our town.

- What? - Let's go!

Where? Where?

- Sanghwa. - Where are the lepers?

Step aside!

Who are you?

Please stop! Please stop!

Why on earth are you doing this?

Can't you see?

Can't you see what shape they are in?

Before you become the same, move!

What are you doing? Get him out of there now!

You, come out!

I'm a doctor! Listen to me!

You people are mistaken.

The thought that lepers eat children is not true!

The thought that you inherit such a disease or

that you become infected easily is also wrong!

What nonsense are you saying!

Besides, these kids are not sick.

Look!

If they are sick and if you become infected easily, as you say,

how could I put my mouth on them?

How could I touch the diseased area?

Stop fooling us!

You bastard!

They are abandoned by God.

They are poor people who were abandoned by their families.

They are the poor people, who wander

about and either starve to death or kill themselves

because of your prejudice! Please stop it!

If you can't believe me

anyone of you can have a go at me! Come on!

What are you waiting for? Let's beat him up!

Stop! Stop!

What is going on?

What are you guys doing?

Thank you, you are here.

Those two guys tried to harm my son, so we were beating them up.

And he came and started to protect them,

saying he is a doctor.

No, that's not true.

They were once sick,

but they are not lepers.

And, it's a misunderstanding that they try to take children away.

I will take them out of this town, so please let them go.

What are you saying?

If it was you, would you let the people who tried to harm your children get away?

Stop!

This person is a doctor.

His name is Hur Joon, and he is an excellent doctor.

Since he says he will take them out of this town,

you should believe him and leave.

What are you waiting for? Get out of this place!

Let's go.

There is no show here!

You, men, all can go! Now!

Thank you, thank you.

Take them away fast.

Sanghwa, get up.

- Excuse me. - Yes.

Have you seen lepers pass by this town?

Of course, they came into the town and got kicked out after being beaten up.

Everyone threw stones at them

and they ran away, their heads' bleeding a lot.

Where did they go?

Several men from this town went to get them,

after hearing that they were in a deserted house outside the town.

They said something like burning them and putting fire to the house.

They are inside. Let's light the fire!

- Let's do it! - Wait! Wait! Please stop!

What are you men doing?

We will light a fire!

If they stay here, we'll never know when they may come

and harm our ladies and children!

Let's throw the torchlights!

Wait! Wait a minute, ok?

Sanghwa! Are you there? Sooyeon!

Get out!

What are you doing? I said get out!

Come on!

Let's go back to Samjeok temple.

We are not going back.

What do you mean?

Sooyeon's disease is getting worse, and she needs to be treated soon.

Don't worry about whether we die or not. Just go your way.

Don't you know how worried the priest is?

It's a sickening hypocrisy.

He is deceiving us to obtain forgiveness for his sin of killing

my parents and my sister.

I don't want to see that again!

Shut that mouth!

I know you are young, but how could you say such rude words?

Do you remember what you said to me before?

You said those who have a place to go back

cannot understand how the sick people feel.

You're right.

I can't understand all the difficulties you feel.

I may be able to put up with this

because I have a home and family to return to.

But your father does not.

He threw everything away

and he doesn't have a place to go back to.

His only house is Samjeok temple,

and the only people he has to live with is you and the patients.

Let's go back.

Let's go for the sake of Sooyeon.

Haven't you experienced enough

how people in the world treats you?

Due to your thoughtless behavior, I think she was hurt badly.

If you are concern for Sooyeon, you must go.

Sanghwa.

What happened?

I found them being insulted by people,

in the streets of Haman.

Where is the priest?

He was so worried about Sanghwa,

that he left saying he would search for them himself.

Sooyeon's condition is serious.

I think we need to do something fast.

I will get ready.

Take her into the hut quickly!

I'd better give her moxibustion.

I will go and find it in the warehouse.

- You're here. - Yes.

I brought a leper family from Guhchang.

I got them a place to stay. So, as soon as morning comes,

ask Joon to check their health condition.

Sir...

- Yes? - Sanghwa has returned.

Where is he?

How is she?

Since she has a severe fever

and her hands and feet are cold, it looks like she has Sanghan.

*Sanghan Illness: Illness caused by cold energy

We need to smooth out the main energy stream.

So she needs to sweat and give off heat.

Yes, sir.

Look at you.

You look like you were beaten up.

If you leave the injury alone, it can become a serious illness,

so get a prescription from Yejin.

Is that all you can say to me?

Stop pretending to be kind,

hiding your true feelings, and tell me off instead.

How did the world see you?

They looked at me like a bug, worse than dogs and pigs.

You look like that to me as well.

You are no better than dogs, pigs or bugs.

Your skin falling to pieces from leprosy

is only your looks.

The thing that is no better than dogs, pigs and bugs

is not your body, but your heart twisted with a grudge.

Being separated from your appearance depends on your mind.

If you want to live like a human being, take off those looks.

Don't kill me,

I only ate snake and snakehead mullet.

I only ate snake and snakehead mullet.

I didn't harm him. Please let me go.

Please forgive me. Please forgive me.

Sooyeon.

Sanghwa.

Please forget about your grudge against your father.

Sooyeon.

Let's...

die together.

Instead of living with this yoke on us forever,

let's just... let's die together.

Sanghwa...

Doctor Hur.

- What's going on? - We have a serious problem.

The priest is unconscious and was spitting blood.

What?

Priest! Priest!

Sir! S...

How is he?

His pulse is getting weaker.

Sir, sir.

Please make Gamdootang, hurry. *Gamdootang: Detoxicant made with licorice root and black beans

Ok!

Dear Hur Joon,

Do you know about Chunsoogwanum (Thousand-hand Buddha),

who faced

fetters and the sufferings of the world, and saved the people, with a thousand hands?

I haven't yet found the cause

and right medicine for leprosy,

although I have fought against leprosy

for over ten years with the mind of Chunsoogwanum.

To blame my lack of success using the excuse of my lack of faith in Buddha would be embarrassing.

Regarding my limited medical skills, to which I've devoted my whole life...

Wandering all the fields and mountains in Korea ...

I collected and studied

all types of herbs and formulated medicines,

but since they were based on poisonous plants,

I couldn't judge its affect on life.

So I couldn't use them on the patients.

But...

looking at Sanghwa, who has lived a life of pain

because of the punishment of God,

I thought I could not delay any longer in trying this medicine.

Sanghwa's sickness has stopped progressing for the moment.

But, if it reoccurs,

Sanghwa will be irrevocably hurt.

For Sanghwa and the patients,

I will test this medicine.

If I live, I will give this medicine to all the lepers

and Sanghwa.

But, if I die,

please, at least, tell Sanghwa of my intention.

Sir...

Please forgive me.

Due to a fatal destiny, we became like this.

So I will be penitent of my sins, all my life.

If I can,

I will fight against leprosy until my last breath.

If God can't cure it, I will...

I will cure that awful sickness.

Can you read?

Your father wrote it, read it.

Now do you know why he adopted you

and built Samjeok temple?

You called it hypocrisy.

You said he was deceiving you and the patients

to obtain forgiveness for the sin of killing your parents and sister.

Do you still think so?

What person, in the world,

would give up their life to play hypocrite and deceive others?

How long will you neglect someone's true heart, while wrapped in your own grudge?

How long will you abuse yourself,

while trapped in your past and fetters?

Your father may not ever wake up.

If he passes away like this,

you will make yourself into an even bigger burden,

for yourself, than the grudge you have inside of you now.

Before it's too late, go and see him.

He keeps sweating.

He is probably fighting the poison that is spreading in his body.

I have made a decoction that will act to depose the posion.

How do you think he will be?

I think today will be critical for him.

Father...

Sir!

Sir.

Sir.

Are you ok?

Sir.

Sir.

Sir.

Sir.

He has come back.

He has waken up!

He has waken up!

He has waken up!

He has waken up!

- Sir. - Sir.

I'm ok, so don't worry.

Please forgive me, please forgive me.

Who are you?

I'm Yoo Doji.

Do you know of Dr. Yoo Weetae of Sanum?

I heard he once came here and treated the patients. He is my father.

How did you get here?

Yejin, a man has come to see you.

Yejin.

Doji.

Can I see you for a moment?

Are you out of your mind?

Why are you looking after the lepers?

What if you become infected?

Don't worry.

You don't get infected from looking after the sick people.

The priest said the thought that you inherit or become infected with

leprosy is incorrect prejudice.

No one knows what will happen.

It's a sickness with no known cause or cure.

How could he be so sure? If he knows it so well,

why can't he cure them?

He is looking for medicine with all his strength. So,he will someday.

By the way, what brings you here?

Go back to Sanum with me now.

I came to bring you back; to married me once we go back.

Doji.

I have finally realized how pained

you were inside.

I found out how my mother tried

to marry you to an old man herb seller in the Sanum market place.

And how she often

tried to hurt your feelings.

But you have nothing to worry about.

I have my mother's permission for our marriage.

Let's go.

Doji.

The reason I came here was not because of your mother.

I will help the priest in taking care of the sick people.

Yejin.

But I will keep your understanding deep in my heart.

I cannot figure it out.

This is not where you should live.

I feel uncomfortable even breathing here.

I feel uneasy staying here because I feel like the leprosy

is crawling onto my body.

I can't leave you here knowing that you are taking care of

such sick patients. Let's go.

Yejin!

What are you doing here?

I am learning medicine from the priest.

Now I know why you came here so suddenly,

even though you were still sick.

I am such a fool to run here

like a child after getting

my mother's permission.

I'd better go.

Doji.

I will rid you out of my mind.

- Sir! - Doji!

Sir! Sir!

- Why don't you help him? - Yes, ma'am.

- Take him inside. - Yes, ma'am.

You go and make some honeyed-water.

Yes, yes.

Doji!

Why did you drink so much?

Doji.

- You can go out now. - Yes, ma'am.

What happened, Doji?

You went to bring Yejin. Why did you come alone?

Why did you drink so much?

What happened, huh?

Doji.

That frivolous girl.

Why is he in such pain?

- It's all done, stand up. - Thank you.

Sit down, please.

The training of energy is related to breathing.

The fundamental of breathing is breathing out dead energy

and breathing in the live energy.

To breathe in live energy, the time of the training is important.

From night to noon, the energy of Yang prevails.

So execute the breathing technique from noon to night, during which

the energy of Yang dies,

and you must not practice the breathing method at other times.

What is meant by breathing here?

It is a technique in which you breath in air very slowly and for a long time,

and breath out slowly when you cannot hold it anymore.

When practicing the breathing technique, you must dismiss worldly thoughts.

Things you see, things you hear,

things that come to your mind, you must throw away all worldly thoughts.

When you are angry, energy rises up,

when you're happy, it loosens, when you're sad, it cools off,

when you're afraid, it drops down,

when you're cold, it contracts, when you're hot, it excretes,

when you're surprised, it becomes disordered, when you're tired, it becomes consumed,

when you think it gathers.

These nine symptoms are actually illnesses from the nine energies.

What is the prescription for this?

We use SinsunGoogiTang and JeongGiCheonHyangTang.

It is more valuable to control emotions than to use medicine.

- It's your mother. - Come in.

By the way,

how long is left until the examination?

About three months.

I think it would be hard to focus

with the patients bustling around here.

How about finishing up your preparation somehere quiet?

I was thinking the same thing.

Ok.

I have asked Hansang to look for a quiet temple.

He says it's in Dangyang somewhere.

Since you will go to Seoul to sit for the exam, this place would be good.

The geographical features are very good. It is said that many people

who studied there passed the exam.

I will get Ogeun and Youngdal

to assist you for the exam.

So you just concentrate on studying.

I have no doubt you will pass the examination with your skills,

since you have worked very hard.

But I am afraid Sir Yang Yesu may have bitter feelings this time, too.

Don't worry.

I will do everything to change his mind.

Good bye.

Work hard.

- You should assist him very attentively. - Yes, ma'am.

- You should go now. - Yes.

- Let's speed up. - Wait, you fool.

- Take it easy. I'm tired. - Ok.

You bastard!

What? You bastard! You come here!

It's my wife. Why do you care?

- You're like a servant. - Damn you.

- Come on, let him go. - I'm going to fall over.

- I'm going to fall over. Hold me up. - What an idiot!

My tummy! I'm going to die.

What are you doing? Get me up.

- Easy, easy. - Isn't that Youngdal?

- Are you ok? - Why did you do that?

- You're killing me. - Wait...

Where are you going?

Sir Doji is going to Seoul to sit for the examination.

What? Exam? There is an exam already?

I'm going to Seoul for something else.

Ma'am, Miss.

How have you been?

You said you were going to a hut in Mt. Jiri to hunt,

did you catch a lot?

Because the snow hasn't thawed yet, not much.

This is the back leg of a wild boar, make some soup.

You are always helping us.

Don't mention it.

By the way, when does Joon return?

Sir Doji of Dr. Yoo was leaving for Seoul to sit for the exam...

Is there an exam already?

It is in several months,

but they say he will study more in Dangyang somewhere.

Joon should sit for the exam too.

I wonder what he is up to.

- Did you call me? - Yes, sit there.

Yes, sir.

I stopped at a tavern, on my way back from Guhchang.

And there were many doctors who are going to sit for the exam.

They said the date is the 17th of next month.

You should pack up

and leave for the examination too.

Sir...

It is not easy looking after lepers,

without having other thoughts. Thank you.

I still have a lot to learn from you.

I can sit for the exam anytime, so I will stay here longer.

No, the reason I am telling you to sit for the exam is

not so you will pass and gain success and fame.

In the library of the royal hospital, there are many Chinese medical books.

And the herb warehouse is full of priceless herbs.

I want you to study with those books and study the herbs

and achieve what I haven't been able to achieved.

If you truly want to become a highly-skilled doctor,

you should go there and study more systematically.

That's the only way you will find the right medicine

for the lepers some day.

You will be able to prescribe a cure

for those people who die from epidemics.

It can be possible if you just study more systematically,

in addition to your skills.

Don't hesitate and go sit for the exam.

I...

I will follow your words.

Hello.

Please come in.

Sit here.

- I will prepare some tea. - No, it's fine.

I have something to tell you.

I think I will have to leave Samjeok temple.

The priest told me to leave here

and sit for the exam.

That's good news.

With your skills, you will definitely pass the exam.

I am leaving.

But, how long do you plan to stay here?

If you hadn't guided me,

I would still be wandering around

the tavern and creating pain for people.

I will engrave your understanding

and kindness deep in my mind.

Thank you for your work.

Thank you.

Take care.