Genre: Mainland Chinese Mainland China 2010
Director: Lee Kwok-lap Ng Kam-yuen Patrick Yau Leung Sing-kuen
In the mid-Ming Dynasty, natural disasters were rampant, and disaster victims in northern Hunan awaited 300,000 taels of relief funds from the imperial court, funds that were their lifeline. The 300,000 taels of gold being transported were seized by a mysterious figure and vanished without a trace, shocking both the court and the public. The man who could turn the tide was unexpectedly Li Gexiao (played by Huo Jianhua), an unemployed, down-and-out drunkard. No one knew that this weathered, fallen man was once the "Number One Divine Constable of the Embroidered Uniform Guard," who had once terrified all the gangs of the five lakes and sixteen factions; however, after being framed and losing his beloved wife, he had become a heavy-drinking libertine. In the face of great righteousness, Li Gexiao pulled himself together and agreed to help a close friend he had not seen for years find the relief funds and return to the jianghu. Together with Yan Sanniang (played by Liu Shishi), whose lightness skill was peerless; He Xiaomei (played by Ma Tianyu), who excelled at disguise; and Chai Hu (played by Shi Xingyu), who was highly skilled in martial arts, they formed the four-member chivalrous team "Yi Zhi Mei" (A Branch of Plum) and roamed the jianghu. From then on, the four members of "Yi Zhi Mei" were bound in life and death, took the plum blossom as their mark, upheld justice, remained active among the people, and solved difficult cases for the common folk...
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