LOCH Episode 1 Synopsis

Near the end of the Song Dynasty, corrupt officials ruled, creating conflicts and discontent among the local people. Under these tumultuous times, the common people are filled with righteous indignation at the royal government, and thus chivalrous people emerged in the martial arts world to punish the wicked.

On one winter day, a chivalrous Taoist priest, Qiu Chuji, killed a corrupt government and then fled to Ox Village where he encountered two righteous men, Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tie Xin. After befriending them, he found out their two wives were pregnant and gave them each a precious dagger to celebrate the event, carving the names of the 2 unborn child on the daggers each, Guo Jing and Yang Kang. The two sworn brothers exchange knives saying if it were one had a boy and one had a girl, they would married, and if they were of the same sex they would be sworn siblings. Qiu Chuji left shortly after that.

One winter night, Yang Tie Xin’s wife, Bao Xi Ruo, rescued an injured man and let him rest in her barn. The following day, the injured man disappeared. Besotted by her beauty, the injured man, who was really got a Jin’s prince, got a corrupt Song’s official, Duan Tian De, to pin some charges on Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tie Xin and ordered their captured. This resulted in a blood fight that left Guo Xiaotian dead and Yang Tie Xin dead with his body missing. The 2 wives were captured. However, Bao XiRuo was rescued by the Jin prince . Guo Xiaotian’s wife, Li Ping, was captured by Duan Tian De. Qui Chuji arrived to find Guo and Yang brothers dead, and swore to rescue their wives and unborn children and take revenge for this dastardly deed.