Chinese Drama 2019
Song Dynasty Bei Dou Department (Chinese Drama Review & Summary)
- Aka: The Plough Department of Song Dynasty
- Genre: Historical Costume Drama Fiction, Romance, Wuxia, Love Triangle
- Release Date: 19 March 2019
- Origin: China
- Cdrama: 36 Episodes
Cast
- Xu Ke as Tai Sue
- Zhang Yu Jian as Liu Suifeng
- Dai Luwa as Wu Yaoguang
- Yue Rong as Di Lingzi
- Wang Sen as Dou Cheng
- Zhang Jingtong as De Miao
- Lu Xin as Luo Dongshan
- Song Hanyu as Meng Dong
- Niu Zhiqiang as Xuan Xuanzi
- Zhou Hankun as You Nian Meng Dong
- Lu Jincong as Xiao Linzi
Quick Precis:
Three young heroes working for a secret crime solving department under the direct authority of the king.
Episode 1
I just watched the first episode and found it engaging and pretty exciting.
It started with a fox enchantress that had been hounding the people for money and treasure. Anyway, Liu Siufeng saw the beautiful white fox which vanished but only to return in the form of a beautiful woman.
Liu Siufeng was a bit of a Lothario. He loves the opposite sex.
When the fox woman threw herself into his arms, he was only too willing to embrace her. He then told her that he will protect her and make her his own.
Unfortunately for him, his sentiment was curtailed by the forceful arrival of Yaoguang who threw her gun (staff) at the back of the fox woman, causing her to fall on the ground.
Siufeng was frustrated and told Yaoguang surely she could have given him a few minutes with the woman.
But his frustration turned into alarm when the fox lady got up and battled it out with Siufeng, who has super strength.
Suifeng pulled on the fox woman hair and it came off. Siufeng was surprised at the wig. Then next came the beautiful mask and showed a not so beautiful face.
Siufeng finally helped Yaoguang to defeat the woman by using his superpower of the Buddhist Lion Roar which stunned the woman fox.
Siufeng concluded that the most beautiful women are those who are not wearing make-up.
They brought in the fox woman in to the secret Plough Department, which is like an ancient Chinese version of James Bond HQ at M16. They even have a Q, who was working on sophisticated (for that time) gadgets. And of course, they have M in the person of the Defense Minister.
Suifeng and Yaoguang were given a new mission, directly from the king.
A few days ago, the Imperial Censor Zheng was behaving erratically in the street when he was murdered by an immortal who climbed through the sky via a rope.
The King is concerned that the people are now looking up the sky to pay homage to the immortal. The king wanted them to investigate this ‘immortal’.
Suifeng and Yaoguang went to the market town where the murder happened. It was a busy bustling place. A street performer who can do magic was very popular.
Then wanted to talk with him but he seemed to vanish at will. This man was Tai Sue.
Episode 2
The investigation by Suifeng and Yaoguang led them to Guru Demiao who had the reputation of being able to bring the dead to life again.
Many people were praising her for her kindness and prowess but Suifeng saw through her immediately. He thought was greedy and using tricks for her supposed talent.
They found out for sure that this was the case when they finally able to speak with Tai Sue.
Apparently, he hated the guts of Guru Demiao because she helped killed his Shifu (Master).
Tai Sue said that after his Shifu was killed he wandered from place to place alone perfecting the legacy of his master. He had just came back to town and was following Guru Demiao. He found her with the Imperial Censor Zheng.
He heard them talking how Imperial Censor Zheng was going to send a letter to the king about the tricks on the people Guru Demiao had been doing. She had been making victims out of victims.
Guru Demiao killed Imperial Censor Zheng there and then and put him in a chest.
As Censor Zheng was an important person, Guru Demiao used more magic tricks to make him come ‘alive’. She then ordered someone to kill him.
It was actually Tai Sue, who continued with the trickery by spreading magic dust tot he people and then he climbed on a rope to the heaven.
Tai Sue did this to highlight the news of the death of the Imperial Censor, which would attract the attention of the king, who would then send major players to investigate.
These players were, of course, Suifeng and Yaoguang.
Loving this drama. My only concern, which is very little actually was that Tai Sue is wearing too much make up. His lips are so red, certainly redder than Yaoguang.
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