在1939年日军入侵山西的历史背景下一位爱国且具狭义之气的村民和一名爱国女学生联手挫败日本人窥探山西矿藏的阴谋用形意拳的精髓和其蕴含的兵法精神来保护家乡的故事
Six months have passed since Dr Ogden moved to Buffalo and Det Murdoch is constantly a loggerheads with Dr Francis, her replacement While Insp Brackenreid thinks highly of Francis, who was recruited from Scotland Yard, Murdoch finds him stubborn and unimaginative He also seems to be in no rush to help Murdoch with his latest case where human body body parts were discovered on a riverbank encased in cement A homeless man living in the woods nearby is questioned and released and Murdoch corresponds with Dr Ogden who offers him valuable advice in her letters He also gets help from a retired detective, Malcolm Lamb Murdoch connects his current investigation a rape and murder that had occurred many years before