西门得宝是一个胸无大志的客栈老板。为了招揽生意,他吩咐小弟屠昊等人假扮劫匪打劫路人,关键时刻自己假扮将军出手相助,然后引导客人进店消费。好景不长,得宝的骗局被一个神秘僧人戳穿难以为继。祸不单行,灵州刺史何骁为了夺取藏在客栈里的藏宝图,杀害钦差,并嫁祸于得宝。一夜之间,得宝成了朝廷通缉的要犯,儿子有肉也死于非命。为了复仇,得宝开始跟随僧人修炼武功,得宝家族与少林寺的渊源和屠昊的阴谋,也被一一揭开.......Debao and his lowlife friends con the visitors to their village, robbing them by day on the road and by night in their scam hostel. When he is framed for the murder of a visiting government official, Debao finds sanctuary with a monk from long-lost Shaolin Temple who trains him both in martial arts and in having empathy for his fellow man. When his master is unexpectedly poisoned, Debao respects his burial wish only to be cornered by government soldiers. Fleeing into nearby catacombs, he uncovers Shaolin Temple's buried secrets. Underground Debao masters his kung fu before resurfacing to confronting the man who scapegoated him, killed his master and now plots to assassinate the Crown Prince. But finding a whole city corrupted by greed, Debao sets aside plans for personal vengeance to fight for social justice in the true spirit of Shaolin.