宇文峰（郑少秋 饰）出身武当，勤学苦练，身手了得，学成下山后，宇文峰受到了当时最大的兵器工厂唐门的赏识，门主更是将女儿唐碧（汪明荃 饰）许配他。哪知道唐门突遭不幸，被诬陷勾结外族，落得满门抄斩的下场，而宇文峰则被打入大牢，即将问斩。太监张诚（陈鸿烈 饰）欣赏宇文峰的身手为人，以替他卖命作为条件，救下了宇文峰。 那边厢，唐碧死里逃生，之后成为了京城第一大镖局的女当家，丈夫死后，唐碧接管了镖局，并且最终凭借她的智慧和能力获得了周围人的认可。宇文峰加入了锦衣卫，受张诚胁迫，干尽了伤天害理之事，一次偶然中，宇文峰和唐碧重逢了，一段旷世情缘再度拉开帷幕。
乔尔·拉撒路（山姆·克拉弗林 饰）的父亲乔纳森·拉撒路博士（比尔·奈伊 饰）自杀身亡，他很快就被卷入了一系列谋杀悬案之中，同时他还在努力揭开父亲之死和25年前妹妹的死亡之谜。
半年间，SNK剧变，总监余英飞离职、门外汉古肇华空降。张家妍虽掌权却难服众。刘艳的公开平台崛起，动摇传统媒体地位，连已入官场的许诗晴亦被卷入新旧媒体的角力。文慧心于此时复出，昭告世人：新闻女王的地位永远不可撼动！
祝氏和邓氏的家族生意以儿女的婚姻为筹码，祝笙和邓邵涵两人由此开始了复杂的感情生活。
As Leo's replacement Thomas Chamberlain arrives Nikki investigates the murders of Rachel Freedman, shot in the head, and her little autistic son Nathan, who was poisoned. Nikki rejects policewoman Anne Burchett's theory that Rachel killed them both but is perturbed when an impostor, claiming to be Rachel's sister, visits the morgue. At the same time the disfigured corpse of Eva Liron is discovered, killed with the same poison as Nathan. She had been the nanny to French hot shot footballer Isaac Dreyfus and was planning to blackmail him over a sex tape of them both. Jewish Isaac is a controversial figure due to his anti-Muslim sentiments but he denies ant part in the murders. Then another victim, Isaac's agent Mousa, is discovered dead.
