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Once upon a time, the birds and the beasts fought each other in a war. It was a terrible conflict, and the clever bats would side with the birds when the birds were looking victorious, and then they would become allies of the beasts when that side was winning battles. At last the war came to an end, the two parties reached an amicable settlement, and a great party of friendship was held. But when it came to the turn of the bats to perform in the program, their fence-straddling tactics were exposed, and everyone refused to associate with them. Since that time, the bats have been too ashamed to show their faces during the day, coming out only at night to flit silently around.

青年丁鹏（尔冬升 饰）出身低微，习得祖传“天外流星”剑法后挑战各路武林高手，欲扬名立万以光宗耀祖，不料武当掌门柳若松（王戎 饰）令妻子可笑（林建明 饰）施计陷害，使丁鹏失却剑谱，名誉扫地。丁鹏万念俱灰寻至荒郊了却残生，却被自称“狐鬼”的女子青青（汪明荃 饰）拦下，二人自此在世外桃源般的人鬼边界习练武功，并结为伉俪。一年后，丁鹏掌握了圆月弯刀刀法已天下无敌，不顾青青阻拦执意出山复仇。二人以其人之道还治其人之身让柳若松身败名裂。丁鹏踌躇满志远赴神剑山庄挑战三少爷谢晓峰（岳华 饰），三少爷一番开导未能让丁鹏开悟，反而抛弃青青入赘南宫世家。连番仇杀与青青的真实身份不久令丁鹏醒悟江湖的真相。

在位于珠江的一处小村庄里，居住着大只牛（李清 饰）和长颈鸡（马孟平 饰）两个小人物。他们从年头到年尾辛勤劳作，可是一经土豪恶霸的盘剥，始终摆脱不了贫穷潦倒的命运。当地恶霸官仔贵（张瑛 饰）垂涎大只牛老婆（王辛 饰）的美色，于是设计陷害这两个穷小子。他们虽然暂时逃离，却仍不免被编入行伍送往内战前线打仗的命运。不甘受辱的牛嫂摆脱官仔贵的纠缠逃到广州，最终为坏人所骗流落风尘。命运多舛，不久后牛嫂竟然遇到了逃到广州为非作歹的官仔贵，几经周折她总算再度脱险。与此同时，大只牛和长颈鸡正走在回乡的路上，谁知巧遇牛嫂。在命运的捉弄下，小人物的身上早已千疮百孔……

大導演嚴俊根據施耐庵著名章回小說《水滸傳》第二十回〈宋江怒殺閻婆惜〉改編。宋徽宗宣和年間，朝政腐敗，各地民不聊生，閻惜姣（李麗華）隨父母自魯西逃荒鄆城，閻父經不起長途跋涉，病死客店。父死無以為殮，惜姣逼得賣身葬父；宋江（嚴俊）路過聞得哀音，動了惻隱之心，慨然濟助。惜姣辦畢喪事，親向宋江獻身；宋江遂買下烏龍院，與惜姣母女同住。宋江之徒張文遠（梅硯生）垂涎惜姣美貌，趁宋江公務在外，設計姦污惜姣。宋江回來誤會惜姣與文遠私通，向惜姣大興問罪之師；惜姣為表心跡，死於宋江利刃之下。惜姣死後化成厲鬼，對文遠窮追不捨……