The Legendary Four Aces: Season 1

Seasons

• Season: 1
• Season: 2

• The ‘Suchou’s Three Geniuses’, TONG PAK FU (CHEUNG KA FAI), MAN CHING MING (LAM KA TUNG) and JOR CHI SHAN (AU YEUNG CHUN WAH), represent the Six Art Club and compete with the Seven Stars Club for the championship of the annual National Talent Competition. Although SHAN deliberately loses two games to increase the betting rates, FU manages to score the third triumph for the Six Art Club. The adopted son of Prince LING, KIN, wants to recruit these three geniuses, but fails. So he tries to humiliate them with some difficult questions, however fails again allowing them to win the big prize of a hundred gold bars. From then, KIN hates them.

• BUN shocks the watching crowd with his flying painting show. FU refuses to take the challenge because he has promised his father, TAK that he will never compete with anyone again. BUN promises KIN that FU is going to take the challenge after ten days. TAK forces FU to retire.

• FU takes his mother’s charm to break into the Cheung Lok Fon with MING and SHAN. The Unbeatable Knife owner, WONG KU LIK sets up four obstacles for them. FU drops the charm during the challenge. BUN arrives and pretends to rescue the three geniuses while they are trying to overcome the obstacles.

• TAK stops FU from joining the examination for scholar selection because he fears the curse that BUN’s grandfather made on the Tong’s descendents will come true. The Six Art Club is heavily in debt. All paintings from the ‘Suchou Three Geniuses’ have fallen in price since the Cheung Lok Fon incident. So their plan of saving the Six Art Club is ruined. A tattooist, TAK CHUK BING, tattooed a map to a hidden treasure onto four men’s backs, as a safeguard against losing the map. SUN is one of them. BING tries to cheat a Tungchon secret agent, YU, but falls short. So he can only tell her the truth. SUN lets KIN take over the Six Art Club in order to prevent it from closing down. He then tries to hang himself but fortunately is stopped by TAK. The three geniuses reckon the only way to save the Six Art Club is to re-establish their fame. TAK decides to let FU pick up his pen again after considering the situation.… ...

• The three geniuses are competing with BUN on a randomly drawn topic after seven days. They have all signed a will although they do not have any confidence in winning because they are all weak at their respective topics in the competition. A very famous prostitute, SO always reminds YU to find a good man. However, YU is already very occupied in finding the four men who have been tattooed. LIK guesses that FU might be his nephew from the jade that he wears. So he goes to FU’s home looking for his sister, DIP. He tells everyone the history between his father and sister. TAK stops DIP from meeting LIK and even kicks him out. FU plays tricks on LIK and gets sued. So DIP finally meets LIK and asks him to take the three geniuses to Cheung Lok Fon for training before the competition. LIK pinpoints their shortcomings. FU’s weakness is insensitivity to love, so LIK sends YU to make FU understands what love is.

• CHU PING TING does not get on with her father, Prince LING. She leaves home with her servant, ON ON. On the way, they are robbed and luckily saved by MING. TING, however, mistakes MING as the thief. MING and SHAN both finish their training in the Cheung Lok Fon, but FU still has not learnt how to love. During a flag fighting competition in the Cheung Lok Fon, YU’s idea of tattoo matching is also held. FU has a woman picture drawn on his back in order to match up with YU. Meanwhile, she arranges some Tungchon agents to kill all people who have a woman tattooed on their backs and cut off their tattoos. This causes many deaths. TING is suspected as the murderer because of her misleading sayings and handed over to the officials for further investigations. MING and the others study the characteristics of all the people killed and start worrying for FU.… ...

• FU manages to get away from the agents during the tattoo matching competition but ends up falling off a cliff with YU. YU discovers that it is only a fake tattoo on FU’s back and is totally disappointed. She is injured and FU does not want to leave her alone although he has to rush to join the competition with BUN. So he carries her on his back and this changes her feelings about him. During the competition, BUN beats SHAN and MING with his dirty tricks and even seriously injures MING. When BUN and FU are competing, FU is stimulated after hearing that MING is dead and beats BUN with his magic pen. BUN wants to override the results with his trap but FU accuses him of using unauthorized drugs and finds a doctor to prove it. Eventually KIN gives BUN up and leaves him facing all the consequences alone.

• MING’s death is just a lie to stimulate FU’s ‘love’. The reason why FU has not fallen into BUN’s trap and BUN has been proven taking unauthorized drugs is because of YU’s help, so FU pledges to help her if she needs help in the future. FU wants to make friends with BUN who should be punished by amputation of one arm after losing the competition. BUN, however, does not accept his kind invitation and swears he will make FU suffer double more than what he is suffering. TING is put on trial because of the Cheung Lok Fon murders. During the hearing, she defends herself with old literature and her eloquence and is finally found not guilty. KIN wants to send TING back home but she begs to stay for seven more days.

• MING is absolutely depressed from being late to the exam. He eventually cheers up under FU and the others’ encouragement. TING keeps sending him presents and money but only gets his scolding in return. She is attracted to him after knowing he is indifferent to fame and material pursuits, and a filial son to his mother. She even sends ON ON to buy all his paintings.

• TING sends someone to renovate MING’s father’s memorial pagoda. It turns out she is scolded by MING and bitten by a poisonous snake. To delay the toxic attack, MING has to send TING to the ‘Sub-zero Cave’ and send someone to Hangzhou to get the medicine for her. MING stays with TING despite the possibility of getting infected. TING is deeply touched by MING’s care and honest behaviour. After getting healed, TING wants to meet up with MING before leaving for home. TING leaves angrily after MING stands her up. But in fact it is a trick that KIN plays.

• FU suddenly proposes a marriage to YU with a jade hair clip and stops YU from killing SUN. She is totally impressed after seeing FU being bullied and humiliated by prostitutes when he gets her favorite ball back. She decides to leave the Tungchon. Her master, LAU KUN will only let her go if she can handle his ten whips. Eventually KUN softens and only asks her to finish off finding the human skin. YUNG knows that LIN is kidnapped because of FU and gives her the jade hair clip to solve the problem. She also promises to set up her marriage with FU. So FU ends up going to marry two more wives. YU realizes that her dream marriage is not coming true, but she is still calm. LIN however becomes hysterical after knowing that FU has never considered marrying her. DIP and TAK are also arguing a lot about this. SHAN meets his former lover, KUK and feels hurt that she has already married.… ...

• SHAN begs FU to marry LIN. FU agrees to do so because he thinks LIN is committing suicide for him. He, on the other hand, has already proposed YU a marriage. So all people are divided into two groups for whom FU should be married to and fight all the time. FU finally decides to marry both YU and LIN.

• The news that the Six Art Club is on fire stops YU from drinking the third bowl of wine and saves her life. She knows she is poisoned, so she leaves FU a letter explaining she is not able to share a husband with another woman and goes back to Tungchon.

• An official has ordered BUN’s execution after three days. BUN manages to find a witness but it turns out that he is slow. He also realizes after all these years that his lifetime mission of taking revenge on Tong’s family is just a misunderstanding. He collapses from despair.

• FU refuses to let LIN go with him. Finally, LIN persuades FU with the excuse of taking care of BUN’s injured arm on the way. On the day of departure, everyone comes and sends them away and the four geniuses march their way towards the capital.

• WAH and his wife, YUK have a son called MO who is simple and upsets them all the time. WAH’s servants pray in a temple and find all the donated money is stolen by one of them, HA. SHAN has just passed by and is accused of robbing. They beat him up and even take away all his grocery money. The leading servant, HEUNG looks exactly like YU and nobody believes him when he tells everyone that YU stole his money. LIN comes out to shop with SHAN again and proves his saying. LIN denies seeing YU in case of FU meeting her again. However, FU bumps into HEUNG in the market but loses sight of her. LIN sees FU daydreaming and becomes jealous. BUN starting off a cooking fire by a crystal makes her happy again. YUK takes a few servants with her to a temple. On the way, FU meets HEUNG again and follows her around.

• FU follows HEUNG to the temple. She takes him as a dirty old man but FU mistakes her not wanting to recognize him. He even rents a boat to chase after her. LING dresses up like a farmer to test MING. He finds him not greedy, very smart but ignoring the reality. So he refuses to help BUN because MING does not match with TING. She makes an ambroidery purse for MING to show her love. SHAN and the others plan to beg WAH to help BUN but fail.

• MING apologizes to TING after realising her difficulties. She is happy again seeing him treasure the purse from her. LING plans to get financial support from the Mongolians, so he gives the Mongolian prince a very warm welcome. He also decides to get TING married to the prince. SHAN and the others play all sorts of tricks to get YUK to help BUN. YUK promises to help them if they can get the two pearls from her head clip within seven days. WAH’s 60th birthday is coming. The emperor says he will join the banquet and watch MO’s performance. WAH worries MO will humiliate him in front of the emperor with all his silly games.

• FU goes to an interview for a job in the WAH House. HEUNG thinks he is chasing after her and deliberately makes things difficult for him. Suddenly, there are riots in the house and MO is kidnapped. FU leads the others to rescue MO and soon finds this is all HEUNG’s plan to test the interviewees’ loyalty. HEUNG fails FU because he has not shown any concern for MO’s safety. Meanwhile, HA is committing suicide by swallowing a hair clip. FU gets her to spit the clip out with a smart idea. So after all, FU and two other members from the Six Art Clubs, CHONG and CHI are hired. FU has also signed a lifetime contract. BUN worries about MING seeing him acting strangely lately. TING does not show any interest in meeting the prince and he thinks she is sounding him out. She has not yet had any reply from MING after sending him many letters and starts to worry, so she begs FA to set up a meeting with him.

• TING hurriedly dresses up, knowing that MING is coming for a visit. LING accuses of him trying to marry her for her money, so he leaves in a rage and writes a letter for TING to ask her to forget him. TING faints immediately after reading the letter.

• TING is heartbroken. She sends ON to get some insecticide claiming she wants to kill some bugs, but in fact she wants to kill herself. SHAN meets ON and mistakes MING as a love cheater after listening to ON. MING tells him that TING will only live a very poor life if she marries him. SHAN, however, scolds him for causing TING to attempt suicide. MING is shocked and rushes to catch up her cart.

• SHAN comes to the WAH’s House to help LAU cooking. FU manages to steal YUK’s pearls from her hair clip and hands them to SHAN. LAU thinks they are fake pearls and insists on putting them on a dish for decoration. FU overhears LING’s evil plan in the toilet. Then he is ordered to send the dishes out to the dinner room and is shocked when he finds some food has been stolen from the dish. The emperor admires MO for his brilliant Kungfu performance. LING grasps the chance to raise his cheeky question to MO. FU quickly solves both the food and the LING crises. WAH values FU’s talents and agrees to change terms on his contract. FU tries to flee but is caught by HEUNG. She feels sorry for him after realizing that he has an examination to sit and he only mixes into the WAH’s House because she looks exactly like YU. SHAN, MING and BUN bring the pearls to the WAH’s House and ask YUK to get BUN a candidateship for the examination.… ...

• LAU bruises SHAN all over for revenge, but finally lets him go because of his loyalty to his friends and forces him to be her sworn brother. FU fails to leave the WAH’s House, so he decides to mess the house up. He teaches MO to write some words and draw with blood. Although WAH is mad, he is not tricked. He tries to beat up every servant to find out who caused the mess and makes FU shameful in front of everyone. LING knows that KIN has found the treasure, so he sends jackets to all the candidates in order to strengthen his power. WAH sees his trick and claims that scholars should not be frightened by cold winds. The emperor asks both LING and WAH to have a competition on a mountain and WAH is nearly frozen by the wind. WAH orders MO to work as a servant to train him up. HEUNG and the other servant maids have joined a talent competition. FU is compelled to be in the cheering team.… ...

• FU realizes that HEUNG is desperate to win the game because of him, so he keeps giving her tips during the competition and helps her win the championship. KWUEN becomes hysterical after been defeated and makes SHAN recognize that KUK is in financial difficulties. HEUNG drags FU to the Wishes Tree. He is totally attracted by her beauty during praying. SHAN borrows money from the club and quarrels with LIN. She vents her anger by gambling and loses a lot of the club’s spending money. BUN pledges that he will win the money back and ends up beating the dressed-up emperor by his ‘Up-dices’ skill. LIN buys BUN dinner for his help and they both feel something strange between them. That night, LIN suddenly screams out from her room. BUN rushes into her room and finds her taking a bath. SHUM witnesses this embarrassment. More blood words and hay-dolls are found in the WAH’s House. All servants are convinced that FU has done it.… ...

• SHAN fails to borrow more money for KUK from the other members. LAU is willing to help. HEUNG and FU find that MO is sleepwalking and it might be related to subjugation under WAH all the time.

• TUNG asks YU to forget FU and make sure that LAU KUN does not know about him. She, however, ignores his kind suggestion. HEUNG tells FU that she has seen YU and leads him everywhere to find her. This makes him feel confused. LAU discovers that KUK loves gambling and owes a loan shark a huge debt, but lies to SHAN that it is her husband’s fault. LAU tries to tell SHAN but KUK manages to make SHAN hate LAU before she can tell the truth. FU learns how to make ‘Up-dices’ and reports to WAH cheerfully. He takes FU to meet the emperor. But then he finds out that the emperor only wants to learn it for fun and is outraged. So he tells the emperor off straight away and gets kicked out of the palace. FU requests WAH to let him go but WAH discovers that FU is actually one the four geniuses which shocks all the servants. HEUNG lets FU leave out of sympathy.… ...

• LIN returns the crystal to BUN immediately when she sees FU’s return to show there is nothing between them. On the other hand, she is scared to stay alone with FU. BUN is heartbroken. He gets drunk and meets the dressed-up emperor again in the casino, but he does not want to pay him any attention. HEUNG denies that she likes FU but she does not convince the others. The four geniuses attend the examination and find FU’s name is not there. Apparently, WAH has cancelled his candidateship. They all get very upset and file a court case. Unfortunately, the judge decides to beat them up and kick them out of the courtroom after learning they are suing WAH. But they do not give up and try every other department to sue WAH. HEUNG meets FU in the market and all the other people treat them as adulterer and adulteress, so FU admits that he loves her. She is shocked and says that she is just someone who looks like YU to him.… ...

• MING asks LING to help but he sets the condition that he has to leave TING forever. FU feels terribly sorry. Then he finds out that HEUNG will be sent to accompany MO to the west and feels no direction in his life anymore. So FU tells MING that he has an uncle who can help him. MING feels relieved. FU reads the prayer that HEUNG made for him and finds his reason to live again. So he tries all he can to impress her but only gets her bothered. LIN scolds FU for talking about marrying HEUNG all the time, so he tells her that he only treats her like a sister all the time. She slaps him on the face.

• HEUNG answers ‘I don’t know’ and says the whole event has been turned into a country issue, so all the citizens should make the decision. The emperor says FU wins if he can get one hundred thousand families to support him. LIN writes a divorce letter to FU and BUN is very happy about this. YU is sorrowful knowing that FU loves HEUNG now. FU and the others try to get support from the citizens but are not very successful. HEUNG tells the queen that FU is only taking her as the replacement for YU and worries that he is not truthful to her when they are on the way to the Water Temple. FU and the others make silly faces to get the citizens’ support in another temple. Suddenly, YU appears and says that FU is a liar and she will kill HEUNG. FU chases after YU to the Water Temple and finds that HEUNG’s face is severely hurt.… ...

• The other three geniuses are still trying hard to get the citizens’ support in the temple. FU takes HEUNG to the temple with him and tells the other that he does not care about the banishment if he can be with HEUNG forever. The temple master hears this and is willing to ask the citizens to support them. FU is overwhelmed while HEUNG is worrying that this will hurt WAH. FU admits failure to WAH and asks him to stop the competition but he disagrees. LIN is shocked to find out that BUN loves her. A masked person secretly gets into the temple at night and burns all the citizens’ votes. A knife marked with WAH’s name is found there and turns him into a suspect. The emperor is in charge of the hearing. WAH faints when he is defending himself. He kneels down in front of the palace gate asking to see the emperor as soon as he wakes up again. YUK worries that he will collapse.