The core protagonist of the story is Zi Qianhao, the leader of the Lone Bamboo Gang. He has a kind heart and shows sympathy to the poor people in the western border. He is respectfully called "Little Benevolent Man" by the locals. His four-dazzling sword is famous far and wide, and the brothers of the Lone Bamboo Gang under his command have a strong cohesion. The opening story begins with the evil force of Yuma Fort oppressing the neighbors. Zi Qianhao leads the gang to take the initiative to quell the evil-doing Yuma Fort. Since then, he has been involved in a large-scale dispute involving many martial arts sects. He successively fought fierce battles with martial arts masters from all walks of life led by Mo Yu, faced off against Pan Yingwu, a master of blind Taoism in Wenxin Palace, and led the crowd to engage in a large-scale martial arts decisive battle with the Qingcheng faction in Heisha Valley. Each battle was littered with corpses and the scenes were tragic. While walking and fighting, Zi Qianhao encounters Fang Ying, a woman who is on an assassination mission. Fang Ying is coerced by her adoptive mother to attack her many times, but as they get along, she is gradually moved by Zi Qianhao's magnanimity. Finally, she abandons the villain behind the scenes and chooses to tide over the crisis with the protagonist. The two develop feelings for each other during several life-and-death tests. In the follow-up chapter "Big Dragon Head", the villain set up a trap to surround the Lone Bamboo Gang. In order to save the lives of dozens of brothers who followed him, Zi Qianhao was forced to jump into a 100-foot-deep gorge. His life and death were uncertain, leaving Fang Ying, who was waiting for his return on Aojie Mountain, worried. The book uses the "life scarf" as a symbol of revenge and promise-keeping throughout. It not only depicts the hard-core fighting scenes of gang conflagrations and rivers and lakes fighting, but also briefly outlines the fragile love between sons and daughters in troubled times. It fully demonstrates the responsibility of the Green Forest leader who attaches great importance to love and justice and is willing to sacrifice for his subordinates. It integrates the fierceness, cruelty and moral persistence of the rivers and lakes in the western frontier. It is a representative work of Liu Canyang's gang martial arts theme.
