Set in late Qing Dynasty, a revolutionary is caught and sentenced to death by government. A father offers a bribe to executioner to dip a steamed bun in the dead man's blood. The blood-dipped bun will be a medicine for the son.
The Wang family retaliates against the Zhen family when Zhen Feng begins investigating irregularities at Bureau of Materials Director Wang's office.
A Chinese singer known as Black Rose organizes resistance to the Japanese.