Red Army soldier Wang Xiaohong (played by Wang Luodan) comes from a poor family and grew up without even knowing who her birth mother was. To raise money for urgently needed Western medicine for the wounded at the base, her superiors send her down the mountain on a mission. Disguised as a bride-to-be, Xiaohong climbs into a bridal sedan chair. She plans to seek help from her father, who runs an apothecary, but on the way, bandits coming down the mountain to rob her waylay her and carry her off, sedan chair and all, to Black Dragon Mountain. As it turns out, young master Mei Xianzu (played by Yang Zhigang) of the Mei family had arranged the robbery with the bandits. He meant to seize back his old flame, who had been kept by the warlord Ma Rong (played by Liu Wei), but through a strange twist of fate, they abduct the wrong woman. Furious at the news, Ma Rong immediately leads his men up Black Dragon Mountain. In the ensuing battle, bandit chief Hei Mujiao (played by Heizi) is wounded and escapes. Xiaohong improvises and removes the bullet from his wound. To repay her for saving his life, he helps her open a Western medicine clinic in Yuping, where patients soon crowd in every day. The locals call her the 'Red Lady,' sent from heaven to save the people...
