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.
Senior detective Yang Zhigang investigates the murder of a government official found dead in a Jiangcheng brothel at the end of World War II.
Once upon a time there was young Yang Luchan, degraded into slavery and robbery, who at last became the Yang Tai Chi master... this is his story.