宋世杰（张达明饰）是广东有名的大状师，他巧舌如簧、机智过人，见钱眼开，做了很多伤天害理的事。他和武艺高强的白玲珑（郭蔼明饰）成亲多年，却一直没有孩子。后来白玲珑好不容易怀孕，却祸事不断，几次差点流产。宋父（胡枫饰）认为这一切都是宋世杰坏事做得太多，伤了阴德。为了多积阴德，宋世杰帮助丫鬟小虹争取权益，还为忠仆洪星（樊少皇饰）推翻一桩“无尸奇案”。在白玲珑生了一名健康男婴后，宋世杰带着家人封笔隐退，后来因为少妇杨柳青谋杀亲夫一案复出，宋世杰在这桩案件落入奸人圈套，被判斩首，后来洪星等人劫法场，救了他一命。此后宋世杰卷入“天龙门”的争斗中，凭着一张巧嘴解除了天龙门的危机。最后宋世杰为了给洪星和恋人小燕（陈少霞饰）讨回公道，上京告御状

Song Shijie (played by Zhang Daming) is a well-known barrister in Guangdong. thing. He has been married to Bai Linglong (played by Guo Chenming), a martial artist, for many years, but they have never had children. Later, Bai Linglong managed to get pregnant, but misfortunes continued, and she almost miscarried several times. Father Song (played by Hu Feng) believes that all of this is because Song Shijie has done too many bad things and hurt Yinde. In order to accumulate more sins, Song Shijie helps the maid Xiaohong fight for her rights, and overturns a "strange case without a corpse" for her loyal servant Hong Xing (played by Fan Shaohuang). After Bai Linglong gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Song Shijie took his family to seal his pen and retired. Later, he came back because of the young woman Yang Liuqing who murdered her husband. Song Shijie fell into the trap of an adulterer in this case and was sentenced to beheaded. Later, Hong Xing and others He robbed the court and saved his life. Since then, Song Shijie got involved in the battle of "Tianlongmen", and resolved the crisis of Tianlongmen with a clever mouth. In the end, Song Shijie went to Beijing to sue in order to seek justice for Hong Xing and his lover Xiaoyan (played by Chen Shaoxia)