Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung) runs away from home on his brother's wedding day, because eldest sister-in-law (Maggie Cheung) is his favorite woman. He lives in seclusion in a desert town, runs a hotel and works to find killers for others. Huang (Tony Leung Ka Fai), a romantic swordsman, is a good friend of Ouyang Feng and has a drink with Ouyang Feng every year. He has a crush on his best friend's wife, Taohua (Carina Lau), and also has a crush on Ouyang Feng's sister-in-law. Murong Yan (Brigitte Lin) loves Huang deeply because of his drunken remarks, but her heart is broken because she can't get the sincerity of her lover. She imagines herself as Murong Yan and asks Ouyang Feng to kill Huang Shiyou, but she can't be cruel. The blind soldier (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) is Taohua's husband. Knowing that his wife was in love with someone else, he wandered around the world. He just wanted to see his wife again before he went blind, but he was finally killed by a horse thief. Hong Qi (Jacky Cheung), a swordsman, killed an enemy for an orphan girl (Yang Caini) and got only one egg. Finally, he took his wife to wander the rivers and lakes. Hong Qi let Ouyang Feng know that everything can be so simple. After learning of her husband's death, Peach Blossom left Huang forever. Before her sister-in-law's death, Huang sent Ouyang Feng an altar of "The drunkard's sake is not wine", and Huang and Ouyang Feng drank "The drunkard's sake is not wine" together. Huang forgot everything, but Ouyang Feng remembered it more clearly.