The Legend of Magpie Knife Gate is a martial arts sitcom directed by Tang Tiejun and Wu Di, starring Zhao Benshan, Song Xiaobao, Song Xiaofeng, Wen Song, Ye Cheng and Yang Shulin. The play was broadcast on Tencent video on August, 2023 18.
The legend of Magpie Knife Knife tells a different martial arts story: in a certain dynasty, the Japanese pirates were rampant, the eunuchs were in power, and the East Factory Cao Gonggong (Yang Shulin) colluded with the Japanese pirates and wanted to rebel. Simon Changhai (Zhao Benshan), the head of Magpie Knife Gate, is the backbone of the Anti-Japanese Alliance.
In order to destroy the enemy, he planned to investigate the traitors who colluded with the enemy in North Korea, but he was worried that the sudden departure of the head of the sect would arouse suspicion from the outside world. So Simon Changhai found his twin brother and timid cook Simon Chang (Zhao Benshan) pretending to be in charge of the sect. In this way, the cook became the master, and a ridiculous "legend" began.
Drama evaluation of The Legend of Magpie Knife Gate:
Similar to the Legend of Wulin, The Legend of Magpie Knife Gate is a sitcom that deconstructs the Jianghu. The core scene of the story basically takes place in the magpie knife gate, and there is not much room for framing. Each episode revolves around a theme, and the face of "Jianghu" is gradually spread out by successive "burdens".
A lot of "baggage" in the play is worth pondering. For example, Hao Meng, Jiang, three apprentices of Quedaomen, signed up for the Jianghu talent show "Heroes in Place" and paid money to help Jia Ruzao, the employer's representative, visit Quedaomen.
Jia Ru put forward a cooperation condition. As long as Magpie Gate can pay 520 taels of silver to each apprentice, she can ensure that the apprentice enters the top three, because the judges are all arranged by the money gang in advance.