Episode 1

During the Qing Dynasty, political corruption made the people miserable, many corrupt officials were rampant, and foreign powers took advantage of the situation.In such troubled times, Song Shijie (played by Wang Haoxin) and his partners are determined to stand up and save this era.One day, Song Shijie made a bet with three rich boys. As long as he could make the robbers in the house win money by laughing, he would win the bet.So Song Shijie cleverly disguised himself as a martial arts knight, successfully amused the robbers, and then left laughing, asking for the gambling money from the three men.However, the robbers were angry about this and came to Song Shijie with knives to argue.However, Song Shijie relied on his wit and eloquence to capture the reluctance to do evil in the hearts of the bandits, and even accepted the bandit leader as a righteous brother.Although the rich children were dissatisfied with this, they had to abide by the bet and handed the money to Song Shijie.However, what they didn't expect was that the robber was actually Song Shijie's brother Song Ajiu (played by King Kong). He played this role specifically to defraud them of their money.

Song Ajiu was very satisfied with his performance. He didn't understand why Song Shijie could see that he had the talent to be a robber.Song Shijie explained to Song Ajiu that robbers need to have the courage to speak loudly and suppress others in order to truly become a master.He said that while some people may do hateful things, no one wants to be a robber and only those who have no choice will choose this path.Later, Song Shijie and Song Ajiu saw a pair of sunset telescopes. Although they had no money, they decided to reserve them first and buy them later when they had money.

Soon, they met a man selling counterfeit medicine. Song Shijie used the five taels of silver in his hand to expose the scam, and took the opportunity to take the money away in the chaos, and then used the money to buy a telescope.When they were observing with a telescope, Song Shijie suddenly discovered a woman wearing a fake beard who tried to enter Hechun Pavilion, but was kicked out.Song Ajiu was confused by this. He didn't understand why Song Shijie bought this telescope that he couldn't eat or drink.However, Song Shijie believes that if you have wine today, you will get drunk today, and the money you keep may be spent tomorrow.

When they were full and ready to find a place to rest, they suddenly discovered a murder in a landowner's home.Song Ajiu recognized the deceased as the person they had exposed as selling counterfeit medicine, and he lamented the tragic fate of this person.The official began to ask everyone who often came to this temple, and everyone pointed to Song Ajiu and the others.Song Shijie ran away quickly upon seeing this, claiming that he did not know Song Ajiu.However, they were eventually caught in the Yamen.He Shouxin (played by Lin Zicong) almost stumbled when he saw Song Shijie. He thought Song Shijie was the murderer.However, after Song Shijie eloquently proved his innocence, they were released because there was no evidence.

Song Ajiu suspected that Song Shijie and He Shouxin knew each other.Song Shijie told Song Ajiu that there was indeed a certain connection between him and He Shouxin.Back then, the two of them went to Beijing together to take the exam.Because He Shouxin was bullied, Song Shijie exchanged his papers with those of He Shouxin. As a result, He Shouxin came first in high school and Song Shijie also came second in high school.He Shouxin was confused by this. He didn't understand why Song Shijie wanted to help him.Song Shijie said that he believed that He Shouxin could become a good official, so he was willing to hide this secret.

A murder occurred outside the city, and a spider spirit was devouring the man's blood.He Shouxin took out a gold medal card and said it was very valuable.Song Shijie decided to catch the murderer behind the spider spirit and asked He Shouxin to give him the gold medal card as a reward.Song Ajiu and Song Shijie saw the family members of the deceased crying as soon as they walked out of the Yamen.Song Ajiu felt that the remuneration for the cases they took was too little and their lives were in danger.However, Song Shijie said that they had no way to retreat and had no choice but to bite the bullet and investigate.When they came to Yichun Pavilion, they were attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of them.Song Ajiu was even more stunned.Song Shijie was also immersed in it.Suddenly, they heard people at the table next to them talking about Ye Sanniang.Song Shijie also heard that someone was auctioning a woman-Linglong (played by Yao Ziling).She is the one who disguises herself as a woman.Song Shijie decided to photograph her to cheer up Sanniang.However, Linglong was angry at Sanniang's closeness to Song Shijie. She believed that Song Shijie was obviously a scoundrel.