Legend of Qingshi Town

The historical fantasy film basically revolves around the tale of an impoverished scholar and a fox demon in search of a magic pill. Chen Linong plays the guileless Wang Zijin, the scholar on the way to Beijing who inadvertently becomes fast friends with Li Xian’s fox demon Bai Shisan. Unbeknownst to him, the wily Bai Shisan actually has plans to use him to retrieve the magic pill that will turn him immortal.

During the Song Dynasty, Song Ci came to Changting County to take up a post, and focused on the study of autopsy in order to write the “Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified.” One night, a man and a women died at the same time, shaking up the whole county. When Song Ci heard about the case, he intervened the investigation and found that the case was very stage. While he found himself being cornered, Song Ci thought of the woman he hasn’t dared to meet for three years, the Changting County “All-rounded” Dan Qing. So Song Ci went to Dan Qing to enquire about the two recent murder cases, and asked Dan Qing to join the investigation. After a series of analysis, reasoning and visits, the truth is finally revealed.

In a besieged town, con artist Jia Yizheng poses as a government envoy to swindle Hu Dingbang, a local defense force commander. On the run, Jia is mistaken by Mayor Xie Qianli—a secret collaborator with Japanese forces—for the real envoy. Exploiting each other, they engage in a cutthroat power play, creating chaotic farce. Amidst absurd conflicts, Jia eventually abandons deceit to join the anti-Japanese resistance.