The story takes place in the early twentieth century, when Chinese warlords were fighting each other, people were living in poverty, and the vast country of China was devastated. Xu Jiyuan (played by Pubajia) is a member of the Illuminati. He bought the position of principal of the police school with a large sum of money to hide his identity as an assassin. After the dust settled, he set out to assassinate the wily and corrupt official Etuo (played by Wu Weidong) and his capable subordinate Ye Dewen (played by Du Yiheng). The cunning Etuo had already smelled the dangers around him, and he began to arrange a preemptive "counter-assassination". The alert Xu Jiyuan knew the difficulties and advanced, avoiding one death trap after another, and played a cat-and-mouse game with Etuo. During the assassination, Xu Jiyuan accidentally met two confidantes, namely the drama socialite Chen Zilian (played by Wang Zizi) and the enemy's daughter Etuo's daughter Jiaqi (played by He Dujuan), which opened a lingering and touching story of heroism...