Ghost Dragon of Cold Mountain (Traditional Chinese: 寒山潛龍; literally "Cold Mountain, Hidden Dragon"; Chinese: 寒山潛龍; Jyutping: hon4 saan1 cim4 lung4) is a 2014 Hong Kong period drama produced by TVB, starring Kenneth Ma and Rosina Lam as the main leads, with Pierre Ngo, Power Chan, Raymond Cho, Selena Li and Lau Kong as the rest of the main supporting cast.
It's a special investigative unit that answers directly to the emperor, who is headed by Commissioner Fung Nam Tin (Lau Kong).
Prior to the main events of the story, Fung Nam Tin raised and trained a talented protege, Chu Cheung Sing (Kenneth Ma).
Ma Chuen Kung (Power Chan), Ngau Dai Lik (Pierre Ngo), and Yeung Mau (Lin Xiawei) are Nam Tin's more recent members to the Phecda Bureau.
Ma Chuen Kung is the childhood friend of the current Emperor Chui Juk Hei and a talented martial artist as well as herbalist.
Nam Tin dispatches Ma Chuen Kung, Ngau Dai Lik, and Yeung Mau to arrest Sou Fu.
However, Cheung Sing was welcomed back by old friends, such as his underworld best buddy, Hung Sup Kau (Raymond Cho), heir to the Dragon Society.
Three brothers, each involved in abusing their privileges as being related to Empress Dowager Gung Shun Bik, had the town at their mercy as no court dared to prosecute them for their crimes.
No longer able to tolerate such injustice, Chuen Kung becomes a masked vigilante that would expose some of the worst and protected villains of society by beating them and then publicly shaming them for their crimes.
After successfully "killing" Yam Man, the bureau was exonerated, but it didn't stop Prince Chun Dhun from trying to undermining the emperor.
Feeling cheated out of his destiny as ruler and unable to tolerate his nephew's inability to lead the country, the prince plots to a coup to take control of the kingdom himself.
Realizing the people and the court wouldn't be so easily swayed to his side without coercion, Prince Chun Dhun sets a series of events to make the emperor desperate for help to manage his health and kingdom.
Prince Chun Dhun was banished to a Buddhist monastery and Empress Dowager Gung Shun Bik lost all her influence to the court due to her treason.
Realizing he is missing badly for Tou Fa, Mei Neong easily fooled Cheung Sing by mimicking her younger sister and spent the night with him, leading her to be pregnant.
After the secret was blown, Tou Fa was hurt and decided to leave Cheung Sing to make it easier for him to love her sister and take care of his child.
However, Cheung Sing was ever loyal to his wife and even publicly embarrassed himself by officially making it a court case to prove he was duped into sleeping with Yan Mei Neong and not because he was unfaithful.
Once it was proven he was tricked into infidelity, Tou Fa returned to Cheung Sing's side, but earned the ire and wrath of Mei Neong.
Nam Tin secretly had the good court officials quietly murdered and recruited the corrupt to defect and serve the Jin.
Because the evidence was still too murky to be conclusive, the emperor couldn't execute Cheung Sing, Chuen Kung, Dai Lik, nor Yeung Mau.
Dai Lik and Yeung Mau married, but now spent their days recovering damaged junk to sell refurbished furniture and repaired kitchen wares as a living.
After watching the Dragon Society work hard to save the good court officials, Dai Lik, Yeung Mau, and Sup Kau joined forces with the prince and eventually Chuen Kung as well.
Knowing that the prince's rebellion isn't enough to win, Cheung Sing had a far more clever plan that promises not even the loss of a single soldier: a grand bluff.
However, investing for 40 years into winning the Song Kingdom for the Jin, he couldn't give so easily and plots to kidnap the emperor and force both sides into a drawn out war.
Kevin Cheng was originally considered for the lead during the drama development stage, but had to turn down the role due to his conflicting schedule of filming in mainland China.
[2] Charmaine Sheh was offered the female lead as a return to TVB, but turned down the role as she did not want to act in a wuxia drama at that time.