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A Waejibu (lawyer)? What does a lawyer do?

On behalf of the people who don't know the law,

they take on their trials for them.

I remember it. In the past along the way from the Ministry of Punishment to Jeonokseo,

we always had those people following, who would take on a trial for money.

You've seen them?

Of course!

I can't read, right? So I've had a trial in front of them, too.

But they've not been seen since a few years ago, right?

The lawyers were all kicked out by the state.

That's why I will do it.

What?

Hey! How can a Rites Bureau practitioner become a lawyer?

Even if I have to quit the divinity office, I am becoming a lawyer.

So I can get Ahjussi out alive.

When was the last time you saw Queen Dowager?

Four days ago.

She was worried sick about the king knowing everything that happened in the East Palace.

Please go pacify her worry.

Why, jeez.

I don't know what I would say to her.

I'll be staying at the palace till late today.

Yes, have a safe trip.

Have a good trip, Father.

Alright, Shin Hye.

We have a precious guest coming tonight so pay extra care to the dinner menu.

Yes.

You heard, right? Extra care.

Do a good job on the ingredients.

Sungnim, we need to go to the field to get some ingredients. You'll go, right?

Why would I? You figure it out.

But you always went to the field.

I'm Oh Jong Geum.

But okay, I'm not really someone who does such rough work anymore.

Sungnim!

- What's with her? - Who knows.

I think she's out of her mind.

Sungnim!

- What? - Did you?

Did I what?

Did you and the Lord do that?

Wench, you're so sharp!

You listen clearly. Soon you'll be calling me Second Mistress.

So do a good job. I'm making an exception by letting you know.

She's really lost it.

You wanted to see me?

Did you guys know about waejibu (lawyers)?

Lawyers?

I do.

People who take on a trial in your stead for money.

Then you know they were all kicked out of the capitol a decade ago?

Yes, sir.

Why are you asking about them?

I'm in need of one.

Can you find one that might still be in the city?

Yes, sir.

Welcome, Minister of Taxation.

So what's so urgent?

My Lord, have you heard?

About what?

The king is going to demolish the Rites Bureau.

What? Why so suddenly?

He's going to demolish the Rites Bureau,

and he's also ordered a stop to the extermination ritual that Queen Dowager has been working on.

Your Highness, the state councilor is here.

Have him come in.

Yes.

You came.

Your Highness, I heard the king is demolishing the Rites Bureau,

saying the rituals held by the Rites Bureau are cult activities.

There's a hidden agenda to it.

This is to separate you and me.

Demolish the Rites Bureau and the Soyoon faction and I

cannot put our powers together anymore.

Your Highness, this must be a prank by the Daeyoon faction.

We were leaving the king alone.

But we got the Daeyoon faction going after we gained power.

We can't just sit and watch anymore.

You're right. We have to stop what the king and that faction are doing.

Yes, Your Highness.

State Councilor, does this make sense?

I asked to see all

for the Rites Bureau issue. It's what Queen Dowager wants,

and from our stance, we must stop them from demolishing it as well.

Yes, Sir.

If the Rites Bureau is demolished, just as Daeyoon wants,

they will use this and

go to the extreme to start trampling our power.

Yes, sir.

We need to cut them from the root.

Minister of Rites, do you have any good ideas?

What? Oh...

First, we should start with a letter to the king.

Then, we refuse to go to state court.

That's going to stop the king?

Chief of Personnel, Sung Ji Hun,

has been filling the three offices with mostly Daeyoon faction members.

But Sir, we have the six ministries filled with our people.

Daegam. Daegam.

Daegam.

What is it?

Sungkyungwan scholars

and scholars from all over the nation are here,

holding a sit-in to protest.

What?

Your Majesty, you must demolish the Rites Bureau.

Your Majesty.

Demolish the Rites Bureau.

Your Majesty.

Joseon is a state of Neo-Confucianism.

The Rites Bureau is conducting cult activities.

The Rites Bureau, that squanders our state resources

and harasses our people, must be demolished.

Your Majesty.

Demolish the Rites Bureau.

Demolish the Rites Bureau.

Demolish the Rites Bureau.

Demolish the Rites Bureau.

What? The scholars are holding a sit-in?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Soyoon Faction is already submitting all sorts of letters to me,

telling me that I must accept their will.

Don't worry, Your Majesty.

Scholars from our entire nation are making their move.

The three offices are also on our side.

We must demolish the Rites Bureau this time.

You press forward with it.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Your Majesty, before the grand palace,

State Councilor Yoon Won Hyung and Minister of Taxation, Jung Sang Ho, among other ministers,

are submitting their ax appeals.

What?

Your Majesty.

Take back your order to demolish the Rites Bureau.

Your Majesty.

Take back your order to demolish the Rites Bureau.

Your Majsety.

The Rites Bureau is an office that was installed by the founding fathers.

You cannot demolish it so recklessly.

Your Majesty, take it back.

Your Majesty, take it back.

Your Majesty, take it back.

Your Majesty, take it back.

How is it going?

Lord Yoon Won Hyung and other ministers

are making their ax appeal outside the grand palace.

Ax appeal?

Yes, Your Highness.

The State Councilor is taking a huge step.

Take it back.

You can't demolish the Rites Bureau.

Your Majesty.

You can't demolish the Rites Bureau.

What the hell are you doing?

Your Majesty.

Your Majesty.

What the hell are you doing, I asked!

Your Majesty, you cannot demolish the Rites Bureau.

If you want to demolish the Rites Bureau,

then take our lives first.

Your Majesty! Take our lives.

You're threatening me right now?

Why are you taking this so far?

The Rites Bureau guards the safety our nation and the royal family.

How can you and the people

both be blessed without the Rites Bureau

Daegam. Joseon is nation of Neo-Confucianism.

How long will you talk about the security of our state based on the will of the heavens?

Your Majesty,

many people still believe in Buddhism instead.

You only care about the literati?

Of course not.

But I want to spare the expenses used by the Rites Bureau,

to help the people tangibly.

Your Majesty, the ignorant people

will think you are defying the order of the heaven.

You really think so?

You ministers aren't ashamed of yourselves?

Your Majesty.

Take it back.

Using the Rites Bureau to waste tax money.

How dare you come and use the people as your excuse now!

- Your Majesty. - Don't drag the people into your Soyoon Faction politics.

I don't care what appeals you submit or if you will refuse to come to court.

I just will not tolerate anymore of this conceit!

Your Majesty.

Officer, did you hear?

The King has ordered for the Rites Bureau be demolished.

The scholars from all over the nation

are also holding a sit-in to ask for the demolition of the Rites Bureau.

The palace is in a huge fuss over it.

What happens to us if the Rites Bureau is gone?

I feel so nervous.

Sir, the King wants to demolish the Rites Bureau. Is that true?

The word has spread among the officers already?

Yes.

Alright. After the plague incident,

I was getting nervous that we offended the king and alas, It has happened.

Lord Yoon Won Hyung is appealing with the ministers.

But it doesn't look good.

Then, what about the extermination ritual?

Queen Dowager's order is to keep it moving along.

Queen Dowager said she will keep the office going no matter what.

So we need to make sure the ritual preparations are done perfectly.

Tell that to the other officers, too.

Why won't you answer?

Sir, I have something to tell you.

What is it?

Sorry for saying this, but I want to quit the Rites Bureau.

What?

I want to resign. Please approve of it.

Why are earth is your reason?

My foster father was framed and arrested by the police.

He's awaiting trial.

It's for that reason.

What does your work here have anything to do with that?

I have to reveal his innocence.

I won't approve of your resignation.

Sir.

You were brought out of slavery on the condition that become an officer here.

It's not up to you to leave the Rites Bureau.

Sir, please make an exception.

My foster father's life depends on it.

If not, he will be executed.

I can't allow a resignation,

especially not at a time like this.

The palace is staring at the Rites Bureau.

Plus, you are an officer that Queen Dowager is paying attention to.

I can't allow your resignation no matter what.

Sir.

Hyungnim!

Hey! What brings you guys here?

What else? To see you!

Wow! Look how great you look, as they say!

What do you mean, great? Just a little bit.

How have you been?

We still roll around the streets.

You guys are the same!

Hey, it's great to see you again.

Hyungnim, buy us some wine.

Wine! Great!

Hey, I'll be back. Do your work well.

Let's go!

Have a drink.

You guys can call for girls.

I can afford that for you.

Hyungnim, no need.

Sure, there's no need. Hyungnim, actually he's nuts over Sosoroo girls.

He won't even look at other girls.

Really? You should have said that sooner. Want to go to Sosoroo?

Hyungnim, no need.

Hey, tell me if you want to go. I can take you there any time!

Here.

A cup.

Here.

Here.

Hyungnim, I heard Manager Jin Soo Myung is dead.

Oh. You guys used to work for Jin Soo Myung.

Hyungnim, according to the rumors, he was knifed by a clerk from the prison.

Why would Manager Jin Soo Myung make enemies with a jail clerk?

Well... it's nothing.

What is it? Why are you stopping in the middle?

Yeah.

Well, actually it's complicated.

How?

Just tell us. It happened so randomly.

I can't tell you.

Hyungnim, you don't trust us? I'm hurt.

Yeah. We're hurt.

Hey, actually, the dead Manager Jin Soo Myung managed Madame Jung Nan Jung's funds, right?

Yeah. Of course.

But that crazy guy was filling a back pocket behind her.

What?

So?

I can't talk anymore. Just drink.

Hey! Hyungnim. You have to finish it!

You got us all curious now.

Quiet! What do you want to know that?

Just drink.

Hyungnim, why are getting mad?

Let me pour you a drink with my heart.

Here. Have a drink.

Here. Let's go to Sosoroo after this.

It's good.

How's the police investigation going?

Soon, at the trial, Ji Chun Deuk will be executed.

But his foster daughter is Ok Nyeo.

She's a sharp girl so she will try to rescue him somehow.

But don't worry about that.

Not just Ok Nyeo. Even if the Minister of Punishment himself steps forward, it won't help.

I pulled out the funds Jin Soo Myung was managing for us without Sungnim finding out.

Are you sure it's alright?

We just need to be careful until the trial is over.

Afterwards, Sungnim won't worry about Jin Soo Myung anymore.

So we need this case to close fast.

Alright.

This way.

Okay.

Hey, let me see that way.

Did you see anything?

Here?

Ok Nyeo.

Did you find out?

The one who witnessed Clerk Ji killing Jin Soo Myung,

is questionable, like you predicted.

What's questionable?

That is...

What do we do?

I know.

Really?

Yeah. I'm sure of it. I went to the doctor to confirm it myself.

Thank you.

How did it go? Did you find a lawyer?

We looked everywhere in the city but couldn't find one.

We wanted to go to the countryside too but we don't have time.

What do we do, Ok Nyeo?

We have no choice. I have to do it.

Hey, but what about the Rites Bureau?

As a condition to get out of slavery, you had to become a practitioner at the Rites Bureau.

You are contracted to the state.

Yeah. If you quit, you could be made a slave again.

Lawyers are legally allowed but shunned by the Ministery of Punishment.

How about I give it a shot?

I read the law books too when I was at Haeju Precinct.

Stop the nonsense.

You think anyone who read the law can be a lawyer?

If someone should be the lawyer, it should be Ok Nyeo.

Stop it!

Ok Nyeo, you can't quit the Rites Bureau.

Then, your life will be at the bottom again.

Are you finished with work?

Good job.

Sir.

Sir, we found it. We found a man who worked as a lawyer.

Alright. Did you find out where he lives?

Yes, he lives in Namsan Village.

Let's go now then.

Yes, sir.

Are you home?

Anyone home?

Who is it?

Who are you to come so late?

Are you someone who used to work as a lawyer?

I have to ask you about that work.

Who are you though?

Why have you come to find me?

I have a favor to ask. Please give me some time.

Can you work as a lawyer again?

What do you mean?

Someone close to me has been framed and is currently awaiting trial.

At this rate, he will likely be executed.

I heard you were an exceptional lawyer.

Please help us.

I'm sorry, but I can't.

I can't do that ever again.

I was forced out just because I worked as a lawyer.

I lost all my family and assets, too.

I can't go through the same torture again.

Clerk Ji. Clerk Ji!

Sir.

Clerk Ji, what's happened to you?

Sir, what brings you here?

I am really ashamed.

I have something to ask.

Is it because you told me to pull Jin Soo Myung

out of prison?

It is.

The police aren't saying my name, are they?

Don't worry.

I said it was my own idea.

Chun Deuk! Thank you, Chun Deuk.

Sir, I don't want to drag you into it, too.

This is something I will carry myself.

So don't worry.

Chun Deuk.

Captain might see you, so you should go.

Alright. I will never forget this kindness.

Look after yourself.

Ahjussi.

I swear to god,

I don't know why Jin Soo Myung died.

I really don't.

I believe you, Ahjussi.

Ok Nyeo, I'm wronged.

It's unfair. I'm going nuts.

Ahjussi.

Don't cry, Ahjussi.

I'll get you out.

Ok Nyeo.

I'll prove your innocence, so don't worry.

How would you do that?

I need you to promise me something.

Don't confess no matter what.

If you confess, things will be worse for you and we can't turn back the confession.

So you must endure till the trial no matter how torturous.

If you confess after torture, we go back to zero.

Don't confess. I will get you out.

No matter what, don't give up here.

Trust me and wait.

I will expose your innocence.

Ok Nyeo, the trial is in two days.

What? Already?

But don't crimes punishable by death require a month of investigation?

I know. But I don't know why they are rushing it.

Are they done investigating?

The police didn't leave anything out. They got evidence and a witness.

They finish the autopsy, too?

They did but there wasn't much to do.

The corpse had stab wounds that were clear.

They only checked the stab wounds?

Yeah.

But in order to do a clear analysis they need to do the three stages of examination.

I read all the books,

and in a murder trial, it says it's very important that a thorough autopsy should be done to get the real cause of death.

Look at this log.

A corpse thought to be dead by hanging,

through a secondary exam, it was revealed there was water in the lungs, which led to the arrest of the true culprit.

Right. But why didn't he do a three-stage exam?

What is it?

I saw Min Dong Joo going to see the police captain in secret.

Captain?

Yeah. I don't know what it is but it's fishy.

That's why they were meeting in secret.

Really?

Sir, I'll have to look at Jin Soo Myung's corpse personally.

What?

Sir.

Ok Nyeo? Here.

Good.

Good work.

An assistant's duty is to be clean.

My nickname means clean.

Isn't this money?

Money.

No, a bug.

Work hard.

- Ok Nyeo. - Sir.

Look at this.

Black.

His toes are black, too.

Then, it's...

Chief.

I brought him.

You were looking for me?

Yes. Please come inside.

Yes. You worked hard.

Jong Soo said you used to work as an examiner.

Yes. I did briefly a long time ago.

But it's creepy.

- So I quit. - I have something to ask you.

What is it?

A corpse with a stab wound.

But the corpse has blackened toes and fingers.

With the tongue going inward.

That's poison.

Are you certain?

That's something obvious to any examiner.

Are you home?

I already said I can't. Why are you here again?

If you can't, then I will.

Tell me how I can do it.

Sir, you will?

Sir, this is the Shinjoo Moowon Book.

- Sungnim. - Did you find out?

I didn't

Sungnim.

Yeah. Did you find out where Tae Won went?

I can't find him anywhere. He didn't come at night, either.

They say he's not been coming to Sosoroo.

Then he's still at the Control Office?

You go find out.

Yes, Chief. I will.

Sir?

There's a trial at 4 today.

- 4? - Yes, at 4.

Alright.

Queen Dowager.

Your Majesty, Queen Dowager just left her palace.

What do you mean?

She's going to hold the extermination ritual with Lord Yoon Won Hyung

and other ministers.

What?

She's going to defy the royal command then?

You need to stop him, Your Majesty.

Our plan to demolish the Rites Bureau will be difficult if the ritual is held.

Which way did she go?

She will do a simple ritual at the Rites Bureau,

then she will go to Manik Mountain.

I will go to the Rites Bureau. Prepare for it.

Sirs, Queen Dowager is coming soon.

Director says to hurry.

Okay.

Immediately! Stop this instant!

Your Majesty.

Where are you going?

Your Highness Queen Dowager.

Lower my carriage.

Mother, where are you going?

Didn't I tell you?

I will do the ritual even if you oppose it.

I will keep the Rites Bureau.

We will get rid of the ritual,

and the Rites Bureau will be demolished.

Do as you wish, King.

I will do as I wish.

If you continue to ignore orders,

I will have no choice but to take legal measures against you.

Are you saying that you will arrest and take in your mother?

Do you think that I can't?

- Let's go. - Okay!

What are you all doing? Stop them!

Yes!

King!

What are you doing right now?

Won't you all move?

If you continue to move, I will arrest all of the traitors.

King!

Sir, this is a letter from Ok Nyeo.

What letter?

Where is Ok Nyeo right now?

She's not at the Rites Bureau.

This is her resignation letter.

Hurry and find Ok Nyeo this instant! Quick!

Yes, my Lord.

Why, I...

We shall start the trial.

Bring forward the traitors!

Okay.

That! That rascal!

Captain, explain the case.

Yes, my Lord.

Clerk Ji Chun Deuk of Jeonokseo owed a gambling debt

to Manager Jin Soo Myung of Min Dong Joo Company.

He killed Jin Soo Myung at his house by stabbing him.

Where's Examiner Choi?

State the cause of death of Jin Soo Myung.

Yes, my Lord.

The deceased Jin Soo Myung had four stab wounds

that were sharp.

If Ji Chun Deuk committed the crime,

the rightful sentence is execution.

But in order to carry out an execution, we need the king's order.

Captain will make the report to the king.

Yes, My Lord.

Captain, go ahead with it.

Okay.

When Jin Soo Myung was discovered dead at his home,

he was supposed to be a criminal who should have been in jail.

The police found out

it was Clerk Ji Chun Deuk who pulled Jin Soo Myung out of jail.

What was the reason?

Ji Chun Deuk frequented the casino managed by Jin Soo Myung.

And built a huge gambling debt.

Jin Soo Myung kept asking Ji Chun Deuk about the debt.

And when Jin Soo Myung was arrested on trafficking

and housed at the jail where Clerk JI was, it got worse.

So Ji Chun Deuk made up his mind to kill Jin Soo Myung

and he had him pulled out of jail secretly.

My Lord, it's unfair.

I only pulled him out because I got paid to do it.

Attention! How dare you speak during your trial?!

Keep going, Captain.

Yes, my Lord.

Three pieces of evidence against Ji Chun Deuk.

First, Ji Chun Deuk had a motive to kill.

Second, that night someone witnessed him stabbing Jin Soo Myung.

The witness?

Is he here?

Yes, my Lord.

Bring the witness.

Okay!

You saw that Ji Chun Deuk?

Yes, My Lord.

Look here! When are you saying that you saw me?

Sir, I didn't even go near Jin Soo Myung's house.

Shut up. Ji Chun Deuk, only answer what you're asked.

My Lord!

I said to be quiet!

Witness is dismissed.

Yes, my Lord.

Excuse me, excuse me.

Captain, continue.

Finally, the accused's knife, with blood on it,

was discovered near his home.

This is the knife that he has used all of his life, so he acknowledged it.

No, that knife is just a knife.

The Lord saw it too, but

Ji Chun Deuk, despite such clear evidence,

continues to lie. He is holding back his confession.

I will finish my argument.

My Lord, it's unfair, my Lord.

I didn't kill him.

What do you think will happen?

I think it's an execution.

Yes, there's no way that he can get out of this.

Sir,

what are you doing here?

I wanted to come be the lawyer.

I will reveal Clerk Ji's unfair framing. You watch.

No, you can't.

You are an official of the court. You can't be a lawyer.

Court officials can't be lawyers.

Even so,

who can possibly do it?

Sir...

I will be the lawyer.

You?

Yes, Sir.

Now I will cast my verdict.

From now on Ji Chun Deuk will be referred to as Criminal Ji Chun Deuk for his crime is clear.

My Lord.

I accept his crime.

Hence, I will report it to the king.

Criminal Ji Chun Deuk will then be sentenced to execution.

My Lord! Vice Minister.

Minister.

What is it?

Ji Chun Deuk's lawyer is here.

Lawyer?

Ok Nyeo.

Vice Minister, I'm Lawyer Ok Nyeo who will represent Criminal Ji Chun Deuk.

You are going to take on the trial as his representative?

Yes, Sir.

Wench, what are you blabbering?

Sir, lawyers have all been kicked out of the city ten years ago.

I am being a legal representative that is allowed by our law.

Even though that may have happened ten years ago,

that is no reason I can't be a lawyer.

Captain, she is right.

But, Minister.

The lawyers were convicted back then for prolonging trials,

but actual legal representation is not banned by law.

I approve the use of a lawyer in this trial.

Ok Nyeo.

Lawyer Ok Nyeo, begin your trial.

Vice Minister, I cannot acknowledge all the evidence from the Police Bureau.

I request this case to be reinvestigated from the start.

Reinvestigated?

Yes, Sir. This case has too many hidden and fabricated incidences.

Wench, hidden and fabricated? You scorn the police?

You have any proof?

Yes. Sir, I did not find out all the truths,

but I will reveal the issues with the police on this case.

Allow me to testify.

I allow. Go ahead.

First. The gambling debt of Ji Chun Deuk that the captain speaks of.

It had already been forgiven.

Forgiven?

Upon his release by Ji Chun Deok, Jin Soo Myung

forgave all the debt as compensation.

It's true.

Ok Nyeo is Ji Chun Deuk's adopted daughter.

Sir, that wench is Ji Chun Deuk's adopted daughter.

She's coming here as a lawyer to save her foster dad.

She's not trustworthy.

Adopted daughter? Really?

Yes. That is true.

But I will only argue this case based on evidence.

You can't allow that wench to be a lawyer.

Sir, approve of me being the lawyer.

Sir.

Fine. I approve Ok Nyeo to be the lawyer.

Good.

Thank you, Sir.

So do you have proof that the debts were forgiven?

Yes, sir.

Oh.

That's Jin Soo Myung's secret ledger.

Secret ledger?

Under Ji Chun Deuk's name you can see that his debts were forgiven.

Where did you get the ledger?

You stole it didn't you, from Jin Soo Myung's house?

If you had investigated Jin Chun Deuk's debt to Jin Soo Myung thoroughly,

that ledger would naturally be at the police station.

But why do you suspect I stole it from his home?

You mean, you didn't even look at Jin Soo Myung's ledger?

He didn't.

Wench, how dare you speak so carelessly.

For the second part, I am suspicious about the eye witness.

Minister, call the witness again.

Have the witness come in.

Yes.

On the night Jin Soo Myung died,

you saw Ji Chun Deuk come out of Jin Soo Myung's house with a knife, you said.

I did.

But that night, at that hour,

the sky was full of clouds and the moon was not bright.

How could you be sure that the man holding the knife was Ji Chun Deuk?

I saw him for sure that night.

Your physician said you have diabetes. Is that right?

I do.

Sir, symptom of diabetes is, when you eat too much food or water,

you become gaunt and will urinate frequently.

So? What do you want to say?

Once you're a diabetic, you have 90% chance of having vision problems.

What?

I found that out.

The witness always purchased

Sukyulmyung, Chunsajang, Yongdanmcho and Gyulmyungja.

These are all herbs to help you recover from vision impairment.

The witness even bought and ate snake eye balls that are supposed to improve your night vision.

That's because...

He's here at this trial as the only eye witness.

I cannot acknowledge him as a witness.

Is that the truth?

Minister, I clearly saw him walking about with a knife.

Hey! Is it true you suffer from eye disease?

Yes. It's true.

Then, you could have seen wrong.

That...

Listen. What have you been doing, Captain?

You didn't check on the condition of your witness?

That's...

Witness, leave.

Yes.

The witness is no longer part of this case.

But Minister, there was a bloody knife found near Ji Chun Deuk's house.

That's an undeniable truth.

Sir. Sir. I didn't stab him.

Sir, the knife, I can't argue, either.

But I can prove Jin Soo Myung wasn't killed by a knife.

I call Examiner Choi.

Examiner Choi, come forward.

Yes.

That's...

And I have one more witness request.

Who is that?

Police captain, Yang Dong Geun.

What was the condition of Jin Soo Myung's corpse?

As I said earlier,

he had four knife wounds.

Did you do a whole examination?

I didn't. The wounds were obvious.

But there could be other reasons that you couldn't see.

But it was obviously a corpse that was stabbed to death.

You wench! You are questioning the police autopsy, too?

Manager Yang, what about you?

Do you agree with Choi?

That's...

I don't.

How is it that you don't?

I saw the knife wounds but his nails were black.

His tongue was tucked in, too.

What's usually the cause of that?

That's...

Sir, can you tell me?

I can't be sure. But we've seen corpses from poisonous wine in that condition.

One more question.

Can an examiner not be able to see that?

No, unless they are blind, that's not possible.

My...

You didn't see it?

I...

Answer me. Did you see it or not?

I did see it.

You saw that but you said it was death by stabbing?

I was told by the captain to only look at the knife wounds.

So I did what was ordered.

What?

How dare you lie!

It's not true, Minister. I never said such a thing.

Tell the truth, Choi.

Minister, the Captain said I only need to check the knife wounds.

And he told me to get out of the autopsy room.

What?

Sir, it's a lie.

Shut up! Both of you, shut up!

Sir, the autopsy was a fabricated autopsy that hid the truth.

Please allow the corpse to be re-examined.

Sir, you can't.

The wench is lying.

Manager Yang and Ji Chun Deuk are buddies.

Manager Yang told me himself.

Stop! Stop it!

That's something we'll find out after re-examining Jin Soo Myung's corpse.

I order for Jin Soo Myung's corpse to be re-examined.

Sir, he's been buried already.

What? Buried?

What do you mean?

The corpse has already been turned over to the family.

What? The trial is not finished but you buried the body?

Captain! What the hell's going on?

Sir, it's because the bereaved begged for it.

They couldn't postpone the funeral anymore.

What?

Sir, I then request as the lawyer,

to exhume Jin Joo Myung's body from the grave.

What?

Exhume the corpse for a re-examination, Sir.

Wench! You can't do that.

Take the body out? You can't.

You can't, Sir.

Quiet.

Ok Nyeo, that's not good.

Sir, no matter how she's trying to get her adopted father released,

she cannot say such an immoral thing.

Dig the grave of someone who's already been buried?

That's not something you can ever approve of.

Sir, it's the only way to know the truth of the case.

Approve of it, Sir.

You can't.

Quiet. Quiet!

The trial will halt temporarily.

Sir.

This trial seeks an execution.

Hence, the truth being revealed is most important.

But to dig a buried corpse is also against our state which follows Neo-Confuscianism.

Hence, I will take this issue to the king.

I will get an answer from the king.

The trial will continue in an hour.

Just wait an hour, right?

I'm so nervous.

Your Majesty, Deputy Minister of Punishment, Lord Kim Tae Jung is here.

Tell him to come in.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Have a seat.

I heard you will have a murder trial today.

Is it already over?

No, Your Majesty.

We were about to wrap it up, but a lawyer on behalf of the criminal showed up.

So the trial was extended.

A lawyer?

What is that?

Your Majesty, a term referring to someone who takes on a trial on behalf of someone who doesn't know the law.

Oh, I see.

We had that, did we?

Yes, Your Majesty. But that person asked for something quite far fetched.

The request was to have the body re-examined saying the autopsy by the police cannot be trusted.

The body has already been buried.

So?

So the request was to open the grave to re-examine the corpse.

What? Who is that person to ask for such immortal request?

Your Majesty, I dare to say this,

but I believe it is actually needed.

Hey, Vice Minister!

This case is a murder case that carries execution as punishment.

We must comply with what's necessary.

We cannot allow the criminal to be wrongly executed.

I believe that's the only way to understand the truth of the case.

Hence I...

Give me your order...

as to what I should do.

Hey.

How did it go? Did you find it?

No news.

Have you heard of...

Oh, there.

Ok Nyeo.

Yes, Ahjussi.

You were awesome today.

My Ok Nyeo is so smart.

I am grateful for what you already did.

So cancel the grave digging request.

It's too cruel to his survivors.

Ahjussi.

Dig up the corpse? You can't.

Ahjussi, it wili work out. Don't worry.

Wench! The king will not commit such a wicked act.

I'll arrest you now for the crime of stealing evidence and speaking viciously.

I will not forgive you for your scorn.

Captain, Jin Soo Myung's body will tell us who has scorned the judge.

What?

Vice Minister is here.

His Majesty gave me his answer.

I have made my decision on his answer.

Dig Jin Soo Myung's grave and extract the corpse.

Minister!

My.

Re-examine the corpse.

What?

Ok Nyeo.

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I hope to stay somewhere near your lips ♪

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Organizing a lawyer system has been my dream for a long time.

Now I will start on that.

If we have lawyers, the people can get fair trials.

It's such a great system.

What does Queen Dowager say?

She wants to see blood.

She's refusing to eat and is staying in bed.

Your Majesty, do not hesitate.

I had no other way.

Shut up! I will make you a slave again.

What brings you here?

I have something to tell you.

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