新碧血剑 The Sword Stained with Royal Blood 1993

The novel is set in China towards the end of the Ming dynasty. The protagonist, Yuan Chengzhi, is the son of Yuan Chonghuan, a patriotic general who had been wrongly put to death by the Chongzhen Emperor. After his father's death, Yuan was brought to the Mount Hua School, where he was trained in martial arts by the school's leader, Mu Renqing. Once he has grown up, he leaves Mount Hua in search of adventure. Serendipitous incidents lead him to discover the Golden Serpent Sword and a martial arts manual which once belonged to Xia Xueyi, a long-dead enigmatic swordsman. Yuan inherits Xia's possessions and skills and becomes a powerful swordsman.

Yuan wanders around the land and meets Wen Qingqing, a young maiden from a family of brigands. Wen is actually Xia Xueyi's daughter and she follows Yuan after being expelled from her family. Although Yuan initially wanted to seek redress for his father, he eventually joins Li Zicheng's rebellion to overthrow the corrupt Ming government. He helps the rebels retrieve the gold robbed by the Wen family, sabotages a battery of cannons supplied to the Ming army by foreigners, and finances the rebellion with part of the treasure he discovered in Nanjing. Yuan also befriends several martial artists, who pledge allegiance to him out of respect for his heroism. He organises his followers to form a militia and they pledge to serve and defend the Han Chinese nation from internal and external threats.


夏雪宜（李修贤饰）的家人为温氏所杀，雪宜为报仇不惜潜入五毒教盗取武功秘笈，五毒教圣女何红药（王玉环饰）倾慕雪宜，甘负叛教之名，助雪宜一臂之力，可雪宜却不辞而别，并偷走了一张藏宝图。雪宜独斗温氏五老不敌，受伤逃出，但掳走了温家女儿温仪。温仪（李美凤饰）得知雪宜遭遇，由恨生爱，与之私定终身，并有了身孕。温氏五老觊觎雪宜的藏宝图，假意同意婚事，却设下毒计，活捉了雪宜，并害死温仪。雪宜万念俱灰，欲与五老同归于尽，被追寻而来的何红药救走。何红药要雪宜娶己为妻，但雪宜对温仪之情至死不渝，何红药盛怒之下将雪宜幽禁起来。江湖上均以为金蛇郎君已不在人世。
十六年以后，袁承志长大成人，无意中得到夏雪宜留下的武功秘笈和藏宝图，便下山寻访。袁承志目睹明朝官匪一家、百姓流离失所，途中与志同道合的富商多尔衮遭到绑匪，袁承志发现绑票者是个女子，名叫温青青，原来她是当年夏雪宜与温仪之女。温青青（叶全真饰）受到温氏五老的蒙骗与唆使，跟踪袁承志。但久而久之为他的侠义所感，并暗生情愫，可袁承志却无动于衷。青竹帮程帮主被金蛇锥所杀，继承金蛇郎君的袁承志（元彪饰）成为众矢之的。程帮主的女儿阿九（张敏饰）向承志挑战，承志怜惜阿九，每每手下留情。