CHAI PAK-TSUN (CHAN HO, MOSES) is a descendant of a once-renowned political family. After his next of kin are framed and executed, he, the only one spared from the calamity, struggles to live on and is picked to become the apprentice of KIU PUN-YIP (KEUNG TAI WAI), the owner of Ting Fung Shing, the biggest money shop in Shanxi. There he meets a non-Han Chinese beauty PA PA HAR YEE KO WAH (KWOK, SONIJA). He falls for the girl but is just too timid to express his love. YIP’s second daughter KIU TSUN (YEUNG YI, TAVIA) is in love with CHEUNG SHUNG-MAN (MA CHUN WAI, STEVEN), the son of the Minister of Military Affairs. But their relationship has become strained since MAN is called in to investigate the affairs of Ting Fung Shing...

　　户部郎中齐学仁为官刚正不阿、一直不肯同流合污，幕后黑手连同他的上司户部侍郎柴毅一起栽赃嫁祸，令到银库里巨额白银不已而非，齐家一家被收监问斩。幸好义仆舍身从监房里换出了学仁的儿子齐百川（陈豪 饰），齐家才保留了一点血脉。目睹了家人和义仆被当众抄斩，百川悲愤不已。随后他流落街头、万念俱灰，一次偶然机会被当地最大的票号鼎丰盛东主乔本业（姜大卫 饰）看中，招入了鼎丰盛当学徒。进入鼎丰盛让百川看到了一个彻查全家被斩的冤案的机会，他化名子齐，一方面努力学习票号业务，一方面努力往上爬，为的就是有朝一日能借助鼎丰盛为全家翻案。另一方面，票号的大掌柜曹裕泰（刘丹 饰）一直想当上鼎丰盛的东主，连合鼎丰盛全国各分号的老帮逼宫，后被乔本业化解危机，不甘心的曹裕泰离开了鼎丰盛另立炉灶对抗鼎丰盛。乔本业一次偶然救了来自塞外的巴巴哈儿高娃（郭羡妮 饰）姐弟，两人随后也留在了鼎丰盛工作。子齐与高娃在朝夕相处中互生爱慕，但身负复仇使命的子齐知道自己可能会连累高娃，于是选择了独自承担……