But even here we still cannot say for sure that Ilmo really died. Even if it was Myeong Jung who was with Ah In in the end, so what? That does not necessarily mean Ilmo's dead. What if he just hasn't shown up again yet? Ilmo for sure knew he was being poisoned (judging from the way he looked at the bottle suspiciously and how he noticed Ah In trembling). As for the bottle left at the harbor, we could say Ilmo replaced Ah In's poisoned wine with an entirely good bottle, but then it is also possible that that was simply a red herring (again, no conclusive proof which is true). And why bother dragging the body off the boat considering the urgency of the escape? Well, if the body was Jae Beom's, then, to conceal the fact that Ilmo was alive, of course; or if the body was Ilmo's, then, to ensure that he would really die in case a single bullet would not finish the job, considering Ilmo's history of being seemingly invincible (again, no conclusive proof which interpretation is correct).