The wealthy merchants of Linquan County, dissatisfied with the iron-fisted policies of the new county magistrate Qi Hai, conspire to send Qi Heng, an incompetent scion of the Qi family, to the county office to poison him. However, Qi Heng, in his greed, sneaks a bite of a roasted chicken leg while attempting the poisoning, leaving a fatal flaw. Qi Hai, seeing through the plot, turns the tables, feeding the poisoned soup back to the family heads, thus eliminating all conspirators in one fell swoop. Meanwhile, Wang Changwen, the son of the annihilated Wang family and a Tongpan of Ruyang Prefecture, arrives in Linquan County. Upon discovering the tragic state of his family, he is filled with grief and rage, vowing to uncover the truth, setting the stage for an imminent clash with Qi Hai.
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