Return and Death
He then fought alongside the Ming forces with Ming general Ma Tenggao (馬騰高). However, Ma's courage failed and the Ming forces surrendered to the Manchus, and Im once again lost his opportunity. He began plotting to escape, but was turned over to the Manchu forces by his subordinate Han Sa-rip (한사립) and transported to Beijing. But at the time in Joseon, a minister named Shim Gi-won (심기원;沈器遠) attempted a coup, which led to King Injo requesting the return of Im Gyeong Eop for its suppression.
However on the way back, Im Gyeong Eop was killed by soldiers paid off by Kim Ja-Jum, who felt the threat to have Im back in the capital.
In 1697, under King Sukjong's reign, Im Gyeong Eop was posthumously appointed to his old position and a shrine was devoted to him in his homeland Chungju.
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