In 1945, the long and painful eight-year war of resistance finally ended. Zhang Xiangbei (played by Yu Zhenyu), a veteran who had been baptized by war, and his brothers returned to their long-lost hometown, Liaocheng in Northeast China. However, peace and well-being had not yet arrived. Bureaucratic corruption and bullying were still serious. His father was framed and imprisoned for being a traitor. Xiangbei relied on the help of Jin Zhuanyun (played by Zhao Benshan), the president of the Liaocheng Chamber of Commerce, who had met him once, to temporarily avoid prison. However, the police chief Yang Shiliang (played by Li Liqun) and the police detective Yan Hongsen (played by Xiao Shenyang) tried all kinds of activities to confirm Zhang's father's crime. In the end, Xiangbei watched his father die in prison with a false charge. With a vengeful heart, Xiangbei regarded Yang Shiliang as a thorn in his side, but he and the other's daughter Yang Huan (played by Bi Chang) had feelings for each other. With the secret support of Jin Da Lao, the veteran who had experienced swords and shadows embarked on a road of extraordinary struggle...