Sung Sai Kit (Cheung Tat Ming) has retired to a poor shabby village and lived there in seclusion with his wife Ling Lung (Amy Kwok) and their child Joe since the Empress Dowager ordered the execution of his entire family. However, his real identity is soon unveiled when Kit manages to help the orphaned, helpless Choy (Sherming Yiu).

Fortunately, Prince Kung has granted him the exemption from death for three years, and not long afterwards he even becomes His Majesty’s counsel. A series of cases including ‘The Iron-headed General’, ‘The Phantom Murderer’, ‘A Fatal Spell’, ‘The Unfilial Son from Heaven’ and many more and Kit is to deal with them.