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In 1800, there was a butchers' village somewhere on the outskirts of Seoul
Mansuk lived in this village as a butcher but in fact his main job was to
behead people who were sentenced to capital punishment Whenever political
turmoil or revolutions occurred, he became busy as he had to cut off many
heads. One day, a servant of a rich and high-ranking officer visited Mansuk
and asked him " Please do not cut my master's neck violently, but smoothly
and silently without spilling much blood" Mansuk agreed, and the servant
gave him money. The servant was accompanied by a beautiful girl who was
the daughter of the rich man who was to be executed on the next day.
Mansuk fell in love with the girl and raped her very violently that night
Mansuk hated the rich and upper-class people of that time Nevertheless, on
the next day, at the execution place Mansuk kept his promise to execute the
rich man gently After the death of the father of the girl(Sookyoung) she and
her mother were sold to another rich man as slaves Mansuk heard of this
sad story He tried to find Sookyoung by all means possible Mansuk finally
found Sookyoung after severe hardships and they lived together very happily
but their happiness was very short-lived Another political revolution occurred.
Mansuk was entangled in the turmoil of the revolution Finally Mansuk and his
wife Sookyoung., were Killed at the riverside, leaving their beautiful son
behind them