Zheng Cheng Gong

Since joining the Chin Yeh School, Zheng Cheng-gong and Chou Tung with a poor kung fu background are only taught the stance-taking exercise by their Uncle Priest Chiu Shan. Helpless, they have to content themselves with watching their classmates practising kung fu. One day, when the two are ordered to transport goods, they discover their classmate killed by Blood Palm - a catastrophe their Chief Priest Chiu Yeh has well predicated. 18 years ago, a married couple, the Evils of Cold Mountain, pupils of the Chin Yeh School were expelled after being maimed one eye and one arm each, for atrocities done. The Two Evils having now mastered Poison skill are coming back to take vengeance on the Chin Yeh Temple, threatening Chiu Yeh to make him their Chief……

While wandering in Chin Yeh Temple and enjoying the landscape, Chung Yuan spots Ha Sha injured, and treats him. Considering him promising, Ha Sha specially imparts him the Manchu Thunder Palm. The Weis seeing this identify him as their longstanding rival and kill him instantly. Fearing that after learning the Manchu kung fu, Chung Yuan may use it to kill the Hans, Tzu Lung forces him to take an oath against this, and Chung Yuan cannot help but submit. Wu San-kuei leads the Ching troops to invade the frontier. Emperor Chung Tsing, lamenting the fall of the Capital, kills himself. Princess Chang Ping is also missing. Treacherous ministers Ma Shih-ying and others install King Fu Chu Yu-chung as Emperor in Nanking. Incompetent, King Fu rallies the support of Tzu Lung to station his 100,000 crack men in Nanking……

Fearing that PRINCESS CHANG PING will ascend the throne after returning to the capital, MA SHIH-YING decides to send men to assassinate her but is stopped by Tzu-lung. Tempted with gains by SHIH-YING, Tzu Lung persuades Chang Ping to yield the Royal seal to avoid further bloodshed. Though Chang Ping realizes Tzu-lung's betrayal, she is forced by circumstances to yield. CHENG-GONG is dissatisfied with his father's hypocrisy, thus goes out to create trouble in his name. A group of rascals attacks him and he is saved by VANG SU-SHAN who passes by, leaving a good impression on him. Since KING FU is installed as Emperor, JCING TANG pretends to be indifferent to the Court. In fact, he secretly gathers manpower, waiting for the chance to fight back and chases the Manchus away. Later he learns about Cheng-gong's righteousness and bravery, tests him and is reassured……

Cheng-gong is impressed by Su-Shan's righteousness and to help her, he gives a false report to Shih-ying on the loss of the gold. Though Shih-ying excuses Cheng-gong, he makes use of this to threaten Tzu-lung to continue working with him. Su-shan's fighter, LI GUI, secretly steals some gold but is discovered and stopped by GREAT PALM. In a rage, Li Gui reports the robbery to SHIH -CHUNG in order to gain reward. Shih-chung threatens to reveal the truth of the robbery and forces Cheng-gong to yield part of the money. Cheng-gong is puzzled and tries to delay the matter. Su-shan learns about it and beats Shih-chung to teach him a lesson. Tzu-lung comes to the scene, discovers that he once had had dispute with Su-shan's father, thus pardons her for her attack but demands her to leave Nanking forever. Shih-ying learns that the Manchus are buying cannons from a Japanese Tien Chuan family……

Zuo-wei-men transports cannons to Manchu and on the way he comes across a brave fighter AO BAI. The two appreciate each other and learn from each other in a duel. After learning Tzu-lung's whereabouts, Xiu-zi tries hard to meet him to pour out her heart. In fact, Tzu Lung has also been thinking of Xiu-zi, but that year, OLD LADY ZHENG forbade him to marry a Japanese woman, forced him to desert Xiu-zi and take away Cheng-gong, much .to his sorrow. SHU-HSIEN discovers Tzu-lung re-uniting with Xiu-Zi and forces him to write a letter of divorce to Xiu-Zi. After reading it, Xiu-zi gets emotional and determines to re-unite with Cheng-gong at all costs. Cheng-gong is pleased to re-unite with his mother and arranges her stay at his fiancee HSUEH-Vi's house. Fearing that she would involve his son, Xiu-zi, in sorrow, decides to leave secretly……

Cheng-gong finds that Shu-hsien and Shih-chung have been bullying her mother and he thus uses the kung-fu he learns from Zuo-wei-men to teach Shih-chung a lesson. Shih-ying sends Shih-chung to inspect at the pass station. Shih-chung comes across YANG TIEN-SHENG being guarded along and annoys him. In a rage, Tien-sheng seizes Hsueh-yi and runs away but finding that she is not hostile, releases her. Tien-sheng learns that Tzu-lung has forced Su-shan to leave the capital and his resentment towards him deepens when he recalls years ago being betrayed by Tzu-lung and thus sent to prison for nineteen years. Tien-sheng captures Tzu-lung and‧ threatens him to reveal how he had framed him years ago. Tzu-lung makes up a story that he was forced to yield Tien-sheng to the Manchus in order to save the other brothers. Tien-sheng is tricked and easily excuses Tzu-lung……