生性高傲的Sky（郑伊健 饰）仗着母亲与继父的不俗地位到处闯祸。一直以来他都热爱赛车。在他眼里就只有自己的女友阿希（林熙蕾 饰）和两位好友趴地熊（谭耀文 饰）、谢贤（林晓峰 饰）。Sky与丧偈（陈豪 饰）结怨，丧偈的哥哥（任达华 饰）是一代车神，来挑战Sky，比赛中不堪落后的Sky失手翻车，女友当场死去。Sky强忍失去爱人的痛楚，逃到外地躲过仇人的追杀，到泰国寻找自己的亲生父亲（柯受良 饰），当年父亲车神的风采不再，令他相当失望。幸得一直暗恋他的凉子（张栢芝 饰）在旁鼓励照顾，但趴地熊的死去，彻底让他改变了。

奸臣宇文化以为贪色的皇帝隋炀帝选美为名举办大隋小姐比赛，广征天下美女，实则暗箱操作，收受贿赂，为自己聚敛财富。“不靠谱美女”朱小小（邓家佳 饰）凭借巨额贿金取得冠军，而“小家碧玉”姚盈盈（王子文 饰）徒有倾国倾城之貌，还是被洮汰出局，并被宇文化及劫走。不料隋炀帝接到密报，降旨要封姚盈盈为冠军。宇文化及为掩盖罪责和满足私欲，设计偷龙转凤，老实敦厚的侍卫熊赳赳（涂松岩 饰）和卖咸菜的牛楚楚（李彧 饰）阴差阳错成为宇文化及阴谋中的棋子，被抓人大牢，择日处死。危难关头，姚盈盈和牛妻救出二人。二人在无法摆脱追兵的情况下，跳入万丈寒洞，被封存于千年寒冰之内。千年之后，二人被救出，并机缘巧合，遇到转世为“网络美女作家”的朱小小和都市白领姚盈盈……

In court for murder, Professor Moriarty is released seconds before Holmes arrives, too late, with vital evidence. Free again Moriarty vows to Holmes that his next crime will be so fiendish and amazing that Holmes's reputation will be finished. Moriarty sets about a fiendish plot involving the crown jewels and a series of mysteries to distract Holmes's mind.I enjoy most of this series as they all seem to run to the same formula. Here the plot goes back to basics and adds more of the mystery and less of the comedy. The plot is an enjoyable battle of wits between the two great minds. The downside is that the side-mystery that Moriarty sets up takes up the majority of the time and the two don't cross swords as well as they do in a gentlemanly beginning. The mystery surrounding Miss Brandon works OK but not really great as you know the whole time who is behind it and why. The jump to the crown jewels is too easily made and is a bit of a letdown.The comedy is less evident than usual but is still there. However it is overwhelmed by the more serious side. Bruce still does well but I was glad that he stood up to Holmes more than usual – telling him off for treating him like a child and such like. Rathbone is a good Holmes but his logic was off here and I wasn't as impressed by him as I usually am. Zucco is an interesting foil, but doesn't get enough time to work here. Lupino in an early role is interesting but a little too heavy and tads to overplay her tension a bit.Overall this is an OK addition to the series. The plot is reasonable but focuses too much on the diversion than the central characters and the reduction in comedy makes it feel a lot heavier than usual.

民初时代国家动荡不安，军阀割据导致民不聊生。曹云(林青霞饰)是大军阀曹将军的女儿，也是一个爱国者。但是不愿见到父亲帮助袁世凯以国家的名义向外国银行借贷巨款，让国家的财务更雪上加霜，于是偷偷与革命人士联络。但是一边是国家，一边是父亲也让曹云不知如何取舍而陷入内心的挣扎。白 妞(叶倩文饰)从小在戏班春和班长大，被戏班主的父亲（午马饰）当作丫环使，痴迷唱戏的她一直希望登台表演，却没有机会；湘红(钟楚红饰)是一位贪财的歌妓，趁某军阀逃跑时偷走其家中一大箱珠宝，却误打误撞让珠宝运进了春和班里。这三位在机缘巧合下结识，透过这三位主角的生命交错，共同谱出一段爱国传奇......