Secret Royal Inspector Joy (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Episode #1.8 - full transcript

ALL CHARACTERS, ORGANIZATIONS,
LOCALES, AND EVENTS ARE USED

IN AN ENTIRELY FICTITIOUS MANNER
AND NOT BASED ON HISTORICAL FACTS

Is this the way?

Or not?

I think I passed here earlier…

Maybe not? Is it that way?

Wait.

My goodness,
why do all the paths look the same?

Is it this way?

Or not?

What? Forest?



Forest?

It's the forest again.
I'm going around in circles.

Rage.

-That's 432.
-Labor.

-Animal.
-That's 433.

Water?

Water… Water stain.

Stain…

Forget it!

I can't believe this.

I can't do it. I just can't.

I can't, either. I can't!

My lord.

What in the world did we ever do to you?



See how many furrows the field has,

how much aconite there is,
and how wide the field stretches

as accurately as possible.

But why?

Why must we go so far?

Obviously, because
I have to submit a report

and because it concerns the Crown Prince.

There cannot be any mistakes.

Then you should've
at least gotten us some help!

This must be kept strictly confidential.
We can't just let anyone in on this.

Are you serious?
This is like talking to a donkey.

Why do we have to go through this mess?
Why just the two of us?

Easy.

Good luck then.

Take it easy,
but finish it as soon as possible.

Where are you going?

We cannot do this. I refuse!

I'll submit a report…

No, but he's still my master.

But this labor is unjust!

No!

Where were we?

You came from over there

and I was here and did about this much.

What?

What's this?

"Yeomcho"?

Isn't that gunpowder?

What did you just say? Yeomcho?

So it was true.

They said there was gunpowder.

Look.

Not only did they steal from the King,
but they also dealt gunpower.

They…

They don't sound like your common thieves.

But what are these characters?

"Mido."

"Mido"? What is Mido?

"Tail" and "island."

It sounds like a name of a place.

Tail Island?

Oh, my goodness! Who's there?

You're dead meat. I'm serious!

My lord.

Are you all right?

-One more bowl of water…
-Yes, of course.

What? That's why you came back midway?

The mountain terrain is quite rough.

It was like a maze.
The twists and turns just kept coming.

They may be evil,

but I couldn't help but think they built
their fortress in an amazing spot.

Then what are you planning to do now?

I was going to confirm the location first,

but since I wasted too much time,

I'll have to request backup
from the yeokcham or a nearby outpost.

But you said
the officials are in on it too.

I noticed on my way in
that this place has everything.

Do you trade medicinal herbs as well?

We don't deal with medicinal herbs.

The one in charge of that
is such a damn stickler.

I can't be bothered to deal with him.

Not everyone has colluded with them.

The bongsa is stationed
at the Gwangheungchang.

I must meet the magistrate
overseeing that jurisdiction.

I know where that office is.

It happens to be nearby,
so I can take you there.

No.

What if I can't find it?

Maybe to near the office, then.

Yes.

-Yook-chil! Gu-pal!
-They're not here.

That's 4,550.

And 7,432.

-That's 4,551.
-7,433…

That's 7,434.

-And 4,552.
-7,43…

Have you gone nuts?

Have you gone insane?

Is this my fault?

-Is this really my fault?
-Let go.

-You first.
-I told you to let go.

Let go first.

-I can do this until tomorrow.
-Me too. It doesn't hurt at all.

Are you still at it?

You're here.

-My lord.
-You punks! You little…

You can continue later.
Come, we must go somewhere.

-Lead the way.
-Yes. The office is this way.

Where are we going this time?

How did he get back so soon?

Hurry up!

A corpse?

Someone reported a rotting stench
coming from Soyang Trading Group.

And we found…

Hong Seok-gi…

This is the Chief of Maritime Transport.

Was there anything else besides it?

There was something…

This letter was with the body.

I saw a six-foot nobleman
with a sturdy frame

wearing a celadon-green cape

threaten the Chief of Maritime Transport
quite loudly before he was killed.

A passerby.

Come greet me.

Is there anybody inside?

State your business.

Oh, it's fine.

It's fine.

You'll find out once we get inside.

Excuse us.

I came to request assistance
with an urgent matter.

I saw a six-foot nobleman
with a sturdy frame

wearing a celadon-green cape

threaten the Chief of Maritime Transport
quite loudly before he was killed.

-I come from Hanyang…
-Arrest this man!

-Yes, sir.
-Yes, sir.

-What are you doing?
-Wait.

What are you doing?

What is this?

Do you know Chief Hong Seok-gi?

How do you know Lord Hong Seok-gi?

Hong Seok-gi?

Where was he found?

Who did this to him?

Bi-ryeong…

What about the woman who was with him?
What happened to her?

What are you going on about?

You're the one that killed him,
yet you play dumb.

There's a witness to your crime!

No, that's not possible.

My lord would never.

He's a deputy office of Hongmungwan!

That's correct.

I am a secret royal inspector
dispatched to Chungcheong Province.

He was the Chief of Maritime Transport,
and I arrested him to question him,

but I did not kill him.

I'm an inspector.
Why would I kill a suspect that needed

to be transferred
to Hanyang for questioning?

A horse plaque.

Do you know

how many crooks I've seen
impersonating secret royal inspectors?

-Lock them up!
-Yes, sir.

Have you gone insane?

How dare you! You'll pay dearly for this!

My lord, say something.

-You will regret this.
-Let go.

You should send someone
to check before accusing me!

Look here!

Wait!

You'll regret this!

There's been a misunderstanding!

Open this door.

Hey! How much farther do we need to go?

Hey!

That's not the punk we're trying to catch.
Wait a second.

Isn't that the moron of your family?

That crazy bastard.

How did he even know about this place?

You! You just wait right there!

I'm coming over to kill you!

You…

You stay right there!

The wrong guests have arrived.

My goodness.

He should've asked for help ages ago.
He just had to be so darn stubborn.

Where was I?

Mido….

Mido.

"Turukson"?

Turukson?

That's a sea monster.

Are they saying they did business
with a sea monster?

What?

TURUKSON

Jo-yi!

Jo-yi!

We're in big trouble!

Lord Yi-eon has been arrested!

What?

Look here!

My lord.

My lord.

There is another proof
that I'm an inspector,

so send an official to fetch it.

Please, we don't have much time.

A man that should be
at the Tribute Granary

has been found dead here.

Do you realize how serious this is?

If you know something,

you'd better come clean now.

Here is the proof!

He is an inspector
carrying out the king's command.

Here.

Here is his official manual,
sealed appointment letter, and vernier.

How did you know to come here?

I overheard while waiting outside
in case you got lost on your way back.

Are you all right?

What in the world is going on?

Are you two all right?

What are you people waiting for?
Release them at once!

Damn it!

Where is the mine?

Search the place! Now!

That's quite an intense greeting,
I must say.

How did you know about this place?

Hey, Tae-seo, did you tell him?

No.

I was also wondering
how he found out about this place.

What is the precious child of a minister
doing deep in the mountains?

Well,

you wouldn't tell me,

so I had to jump through some damn hoops.

You tend to be

quite reckless, Tae-seo.

You should speak with more grace.

I mean, a young master
of an elite noble family

shouldn't carry himself
in such a lousy manner.

How dare you!

How dare a filthy lowborn
like you talk to me?

How dare a lowborn bastard
try to lecture me?

I apologize for what happened earlier.

We've been fooled
by fake inspectors many times,

so I jumped to conclusions.

It's fine.

I was actually relieved
to see you not try to hide it.

They're all yours. You should hurry.

Do you know anything

about the woman who was with the body?

We haven't heard anything.

I went up myself to find
the entrance to Baekgwiryeong,

but I gave up and returned
because of the confusing paths.

It's not because of that.
He just has a terrible sense of direction.

Do you by any chance
know the way to the top?

Well…

You, come here.

Yes, my lord.

He's a ginseng digger
who knows Baekgwiryeong very well.

You can trust him.

He's someone carrying out
an important assignment.

Guide him to the top of the mountain.
I'm counting on you.

Yes, my lord.

There are so many people going
to the top of the mountain today.

It's surprising.

What do you mean?

Did you see someone else?

I saw a group of men with swords…

Hey!

And a young woman.

How much farther do we need to go?

We're almost there.

She seemed like a shaman.

A shaman?

My lord, do you think it was Bi-ryeong?

Perhaps Bi-ryeong was captured?

I shouldn't have left her by herself.

I should've stopped her back then.

Bi-ryeong…

I heard she was your new concubine.

I never said that. Concubine?

Look at him.

Does he look like someone
who would disclose

the mine location
to a mere female laborer?

There must be something
going on between you two.

You're wrong, you bastard!

Have you been lied to all your lives?

The spirits are watching everything!

You'll all receive divine punishment!

Divine punishment or whatever.

You look familiar.

Aren't you the slave that ran away
from our trading group?

When the inspector showed up,
didn't she shoot slingshots with the kids?

What?

You're on the inspector's side?

My goodness.

What did you come all this way to steal?

You must be after something.

That's right.

You're so quick.

You can just hand over everything
and get lost.

Is the mine really worth the risk?

If I open my mouth,

you'll be beheaded for high treason,
and your head will be on a spike.

Followed by a posthumous execution.

All right, then.
I'll assume you understand…

and take over this place.

Catch her!

We can't let her return
to the inspector! Get her!

Thank you.

This is good enough.

Yes, my lord.

As soon as you find Bi-ryeong,
leave this place with her.

Yes, my lord.

-You too, Gwang-soon.
-Yes, my lord.

Let's go.

Bi-ryeong.

Jo-yi.

Why that damn bastard…

Are you all right?

Yes.

How could you miss that?

Don't move!

This is what you get…

for coming after me.

Hey! Did he really light the fuse?

Forget this. Run!

Everyone get out!

-My lord!
-It's dangerous!

Get out of here.

My silver!

God damn it!

My lord!

My lord.

My lord!

Young Master!

My lord!

Young Master…

My lord…

-My lord…
-We must save Young Master…

My lord!

Please come back, my lord!

Please come back, my lord!

Please come back, my lord!

FUNERAL

What?

The inspector is dead?

Is that true?

Did you see it with your own two eyes?

It wasn't just me.

Dozens of soldiers were
watching when he died.

Soldiers?

The inspector brought with him a whole
lot of soldiers to raid Tae-seo's hideout.

Wait, what about you?

Are you all right?

Yes.

Since the inspector died
in front of the officials,

I'm not even suspected of anything.
I'm so lucky.

Is that so?

That's great news.

Darn it, the smoke is burning my eyes.

Yi-eon…

My goodness…

My precious grandson…

Forgive us, ma'am.

We should've served him better
and protected him.

Yi-eon.

Yi-eon…

You weren't even able to find his body?

No…

The whole mine collapsed, so…

Forgive us, ma'am.

If I didn't badger him

to take the state exams,

he wouldn't have died
so far away from home like this…

My poor grandson.

I have told you…

I gave you that name

so that you could become
a man of your word.

I even let you postpone marriage

because you said
you'd take the state exams.

How dare you deceive your own grandmother?

Forgive me, Grandmother.

However, I will not take the state exams.

Why you little…

What's the point of taking the exams?

Those who served the country well
are locked up in Qing

and only those who failed to protect it

have filled the court.

Chaos runs amok through the land,

yet look how we're living.

The fact that this country
belongs to the aristocracy

will not change in your lifetime!

The unchanging aristocracy

doesn't need me to join
for its reign to continue.

The Crown Prince will be returning.

So,

if you don't want any of them around him…

you go stand by his side.

Do not hide.

And climb the ladder, you brat!

My grandson…

And Tae-seo?

What happened to Tae-seo?

My silver!

God damn it!

Tae-seo.

Is this an escape route?

What a sneaky bastard,
building all this in secret.

Is there anything else?

It's not even yours.
It's none of your concern.

It is mine.

You used our family name
to line your pockets behind the scenes.

So that makes it mine.

Crazy bastard.

Father told me…

everything that's yours is mine.

What?

Even your life.

Did you know?

Father told me…

to kill you.

So even your life is mine.

Do you understand, Tae-seo?

So why did you let things come to this?

If you had taken care of the inspector
and given up the silver mine sooner,

I wouldn't need to go this far.

That's why you should've done better.

If you did, I wouldn't have
gone this far, either.

They're over there! Get them!

That little… Damn it!

I don't know where he ran off to,
but he disappeared.

That damn rat!

Then, Tae-seo's hideout
has been completely blown up?

Yes.

Who knew he was mining silver
up in the mountains?

Damn it.

Everything blew up before my very eyes.

Seriously, such a waste.

How could Tae-seo be so reckless…

He wasn't being reckless,

he was always that sneaky.

If he can't have it, nobody can.

He'd rather destroy it all.
That's the kind of punk he is.

There isn't a more spiteful punk
under the sun.

Setting a trap with all that gunpowder
to blow up the whole mine…

How could he burn down his own reserves?

That damn idiot.

How did you get in here?

What…

What do you think you're doing?

How dare you draw a sword in here?

You…

You must have finally gone mad.

You told him to kill me.

Is that true, Father?

I heard that the mine collapsed.

With all that going on,
you must have misheard.

After all, you've always had
quite the inferiority complex.

Calm down.

Let's talk, just you and me.

Without Do-soo.

You wait outside.

Our family registry…

You…

I know you're scum,

but how dare you rip our family registry?

Talk about impertinence
towards your sense of duty.

When the king was enthroned,
our family was honored,

and has produced ministers and officers
over three generations.

How dare a mongrel like you walk in here
and damage these records!

A crazy bastard who lacks
filial piety, integrity, and pedigree!

Let go of me!

If you're done…

allow me to say a few words.

I was always loyal to you,

but you never acknowledged me.

I thought it was due to my shortcomings
and came to resent myself.

I've lived in the outskirts,
fearing I might disgrace the family name.

Carrying out your orders,
every day and night, all four seasons,

I wasn't able to look after myself.

However,

the wounds and bruises
that I've accumulated have turned to dust.

I have even lost the mine
I've devoted my whole life to.

And you are blaming me even for that?

What more…

What more!

What more

should I do for you?

Have you gone mad?

Did you eat something rotten?

Or are you that desperate to die?

Look here! Is there anyone out there--

And you, stop laying a hand on me.

As you must know,

I haven't killed you
because I chose not to.

Do-soo!

I don't know what has possessed you,

but it seems that
you have chosen your path.

That was decided the day I was born.

It's just that
I've come to terms with it now.

You got caught
trying to secretly line your pockets

and deserve to die.

Yet here you are,

lashing out at us
as if you had a moment of introspection.

Don't you know

I haven't killed you

because I chose not to?

Doing away with a punk like you
is nothing for a family like ours.

However, if our family
disappears from your life,

it'll surely be
a great inconvenience for you.

Just wait and see.

You will die soon enough,

and you will remember this day

and cry tears of blood.

I wish you…

health and happiness.

SOYANG

Let's just part ways here.

It's time to let him go.

No one can escape death.

People say ashes to ashes
when talking about death for a reason.

In a way,

life is just a journey to death.

Until we arrive at death,

we have no choice but to live.

I wonder if Yook-chil and Gu-pal
have arrived safely.

I'm sure they have.

I'm sure

they're holding the funeral now.

My lord, have you arrived safely as well?

Park Tae-seo.

Tae-seo.

If he's filled with that much malice,

I'm sure he will cause trouble,
and very soon at that.

We must take care of him.

Now that the inspector's dead,

our Tae-seo is useless.

We do have one more use for him.

That deed

you committed.

We need someone to take the fall for it.

You go and check
if the inspector is really dead.

But the entire mountain collapsed.

He's dead.

We can't underestimate
the inspector's family.

His late father

was a prominent figure
of the Southerners and a royal tutor.

The inspector might just be a small fry,

but his grandmother

is the head of the most influential
noble family in Gunamgugye, Hoehyeon.

If that inspector is really dead,

that whole region
should be in complete chaos by now.

You must go and confirm.

Lord Chief Scholar!

My lord!

Lord Chief Scholar!

My lord!

Have you heard the news?

My goodness.

Behave yourself.
You are at the Office of Special Advisors.

At Gunam-gu,

I just saw a bier being carried in.

I heard people whispering
that the body was mangled.

The discussion will be held soon,
yet a government official went around

watching other people's tragedies?

So, what are you trying to say?

What I was trying to tell you is…

The deceased

was the one dispatched for inspections.

Our Hongmungwan official.

That's not possible.

This report only arrived a few days ago.

How could he be dead?

Go and check again!

While he was searching
the hideout of felony suspects

in Left Chungcheong Province,

a mine collapsed.

And he was crushed to death.

REPORT FROM RA YI-EON

He's dead as I said.

-Maybe this was an unnatural death?
-Exactly.

I bet it was an unnatural death.

How could something like this
happen to their only son?

-He was so young.
-Exactly.

What an unexpected misfortune!

Let's get going.

Are you sure?

I'm sure. I saw it with my own two eyes.

FUNERAL

Young Master.

We'll now move you to the carrier

that will take you to your grave.

May you rest in peace.

We bid you farewell.

Before you carry out the coffin,

return this to the palace.

But my lady,

this was from when he was
placed first in the state exams.

Honor and glory…

What's the point of all that now?

They say…

that life is no different

from preparing a meal.

Go on.

I'll prepare a meal.

I'm sure…

you haven't eaten properly for a while.

I am so sorry, my lady.

I am so sorry.

Here comes His Majesty the King!

Did you really have to
call me out at this late hour?

I mean,
the palace isn't your reception room.

I am much too tired today.

You can tell me
during the discussion tomorrow

or try again next year.

Your Majesty,

we've received some troubling news,
so we've gathered in a haste.

How do we receive troubling news

every day without fail?

Go ahead.

A busuchan of Hongmungwan,

dispatched to Left Chungcheong Province
as a secret royal inspector

to carry out orders from Your Majesty,

has died in an accident.

How is it possible

that we haven't had a single
secret royal inspector return alive?

That is the major issue.

Officials of the Three Offices,

who were supposed to fulfill their duties
and repay your kindness,

have proven to be incompetent
by the royal inspectors' deaths.

We can't say they have fulfilled
their duties properly as your subjects.

I hope Your Majesty will be just.

He does not fear your royal orders

and has made a mockery of the royal court.

Yet, instead of paying for
what he did wrong and leaving the Capital,

he has shamelessly been staying
in his position for his own sake.

Chief Scholar of Hongmungwan,
Sim Tae-seon.

I ask that you remove him from office
and punish him severely.

I am Ra Yi-eon, a busuchan of Hongmungwan.

I have returned after my inspection
in Left Chungcheong Province.

ALL SCENES INVOLVING ANIMALS
WERE SAFELY STAGED

SPECIAL THANKS TO JO KWAN-WOO

I have a feeling
something good will happen today.

Will this symbol be enough to find her?

-We're looking for a woman named Turukson.
-I'll take you there.

Remember. If we ever get separated…

In life, there are times
you must make a choice.

Mom…

I was murdered.

We should go. We have to go.

We even see ghosts now.

I'm sure something good

will happen this time.