In a vast desert, innkeeper Jin Xiangyu teams up with the skilled mechanic Shen Yanzhi to repel bandits, escort a loyal orphan to safety, and overthrow a corrupt faction.

This film is set in the 1930s, and starts with a strange murder in a beautiful Jiangnan river delta. At the scene, all that is left is an exquisite pair of embroidered shoes. An innocent seamstress is suspected and put to death, but the bloody murders do not stop..