A lawyer who has been sentenced to jail becomes successful in business after serving time. A cop with a flourishing career solves case after case. The two people who are on opposite sides of the law are forced to join hands.
Chi Zhen uses his wits and courage to outsmart the rich and power, making him a thorn in the side of the police force and earning him notoriety in other circles. Meanwhile, model student Lu Li graduates from police academy at the top of his class and commences his dream career in the police force. After cracking a series of tough cases, he is promoted to chief of police within just a few years. Four years on, Chi Zhen and Lu Li’s paths fatefully cross. Though polar opposites to begin with, the ex-convict and chief of police put their differences behind them and come to trust and rely on each other.
A story of love, passion, and hate during the 1930s that follows three brothers who take different paths that turn them into enemies.
He Dong Ming, the young master of the He Family, Shen Jia Liang, a commander of the Kuomintang army and Wang Zhao Lan, a leader of bandits find their paths crossing due to anti-Japanese occupational efforts. On the brink of death, the three choose to become blood brothers sworn to each other in life and vowing to reunite in death. To their surprise, each of them survives the ordeal and make it out alive. They join different camps to become a Communist, a Kuomintang and a member of the Collaborationist Chinese Army.
Can a hero with no combat abilities still save the empire? Wei Xiao Bao is the most unlikely hero as the sly but witty son of a prostitute during the early Qing Dynasty. As he makes his way from the brothel where he was born in Yangzhou to the capital city of Beijing, he encounters all kinds of trouble and mishaps.
When he is kidnapped and taken to the imperial palace, Xiao Bao impersonates a eunuch to survive. By accident, he meets the young Emperor Kang Xi and the two become unlikely friends.
Through sheer luck, cunning and other accidents, Xiao Bao is able to help Kang Xi protect his throne from dangerous challengers while surviving several kidnappings by cults and other dangerous groups. He also goes on to have seven wives, including the beautiful Shuang Er.
But can Xiao Bao ultimately choose between his conflicting loyalties to the emperor and the anti-Qing regime?
