故事发生在晚清时期，广东省一个偏远小镇—潮丰镇。镇中女子许静（陈敏儿）嫁夫郑贵元（杨泽霖），育一子郑仲生，与家姑及小叔贵开（刘青云）一家生活平淡。 不幸兵战连年，饥民大量流入镇内，镇长命码头总管何四（刘江）派米赈灾，怎知何四从中贪污，以沙混米，引起饥民暴动，挟持妓院老板娘醉蝶（欧阳佩珊）夺取银两。贵元身为捕头，前往调解时被饥民错手枪杀，许静顿成寡妇。此时乡间妹妹迎弟（曾华倩）前往投靠许静，令静百上加斤。 贵开痴恋迎弟，更因而得罪死对头何四，招致杀身之祸。静凭着胆色及醉蝶的暗助，令开得以洗脱罪名，镇长因而对静另眼相看，委任为女捕头，静为了家计答允。静当女捕头后备受各方压力，更得知醉蝶与其夫生前有染，百感交集，其子仲生也因静疏于管教，离家出走，并染上瘟疫，幸得逃犯古泽仁（高雄）相救。静与弟均恋上泽仁，险令姊妹反目，幸有醉蝶中调停，弟重投开怀抱。泽仁念念不忘救命恩人醉蝶，后之醉蝶为青楼女子甚感失望，而许静得知泽仁与醉蝶相好，甚为沮丧，而泽仁逃犯的身分被揭穿，静受命捉仁归案，静会否放过仁、蝶？剧中自有交代。
倪广生（郭峰 饰）和倪俊（周润发 饰）是大毒枭倪正（吴业光 饰）的两个儿子，前者系亲生，后者系收养。倪广生和倪俊在一次犯罪行动中马失前蹄，双双入狱，服刑前，倪正将所有家业交付给了为人正直果敢的倪俊打理，并嘱咐他老老实实经商，再也不要干违法的勾当。 倪俊遭人陷害，所幸得到了律师宋宣仪（湘漪 饰）和其养女董舜华（郑裕玲 饰）的帮助，最终洗清了冤屈，可是董舜华却也因此失去了一切。之后，倪俊雇佣了董舜华作为自己公司的法律顾问，两人日久生情，慢慢走到了一起。与此同时，倪广生刑满出狱，本来情同手足的兄弟两人因为家族产业而大打出手。
三十年代的上海滩，黑帮横行、列强分割，要在这里闯出一片天，除了有实力，你还要比别人都要狠。于是，这里成了冒险家的乐园，成了机遇与成功的集散地。任鸿飞（张智霖 饰）和龙五（邵仲衡 饰）都是自幼父母双亡的孤儿，两个无依无靠的孩子成了结拜兄弟，互相帮忙着熬过了艰苦的成长岁月， 两人终于长大成人了。 两人虽然出身下层，但是都有共同的梦想，那就是在上海出人投地。于是，他们决定用自己的拳头闯出名堂。他们开始了刀头舔血的日子，在连番激斗后，两人终于一步步接近他们的目标……
Chatfah, the youngest sister of the Bupphachinda family, has just received the largest share of her father's inheritance and is about to be married. However, Chatfah falls from the highest floor of a vacation home to her three older sisters' shocked eyes. When her body disappears, her three sisters—Baibua, Chomphu, and Picha—become suspects in her disappearance. The eldest sister Baibua is composed, wise, and has always sacrificed for her family. The second, Chomphu, is a confident model whose boyfriend Chatfah stole and was engaged to. The third, Putpichaya, is a jewellery designer and the closest to Chatfah. The three search for Chatfah while further tragedy befalls them following their youngest sister's disappearance. When no one else can be trusted, the three sisters must try to trust one another. They move back to their childhood mansion to find out who was behind Chatfah's disappearance, which could very well be one of them.
