Xu Jinshi, a young chef in the market, only wanted to open a small restaurant, but due to an accident, he was involved in the "Stinky Fish Case" - a bizarre poisonous food case for which the court offered a reward. He gathered around him a group of weird friends with different personalities, including Luo Qingwan, an impatient female head catcher, Zhao Budai, a down-and-out scholar, and Qian Dajiao, a bragging heroine. The team broke the rules in the turmoil, uncovered many mysteries by mistake, and did many "good things" for the people. While making fun of it, it spread throughout the world and stirred up the chaos in the court, eventually becoming a widely circulated legend. In the final chapter, they used kindness and wit to end the power struggle, and also found their own ordinary happiness.
