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.
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.
Senior detective Yang Zhigang investigates the murder of a government official found dead in a Jiangcheng brothel at the end of World War II.