Wang Baozhang's New Chapter II: Death and Rebirth

This film (drama)Also known as王保长新篇Ⅱ死去生来，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2007Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese, Sichuan Dialect，Current Douban rating8.2(For reference only)。

The sounds of the People's Liberation Army's artillery shook Longyin Town. Wang Baozhang rescued the Dingdang couple and asked Pan Tuobei to escort them to the already liberated Liuliu Township for refuge, while he prepared for a peaceful uprising. Sister San intended to keep her promise and marry Wang Baozhang, but Wang Baozhang refused, saying that his future safety was uncertain and he did not want to implicate her. Sister San asked Tang Jishi to help announce the wedding on the eighth day of this month, and Wang Baozhang rushed to snatch the gong, sorrowfully banging it to declare that he had not married Sister San on the eighth day, leaving the villagers confused about the truth. Sister San quietly shed tears upon hearing this. Pan Tuobei saw Yuan Baozhang from Liuliu Township executed and believed that Wang Baozhang would face the same fate, so he wanted to take his place. He tried hard to ingratiate himself with the PLA company commander, Yuzihua, to win his trust and brought the PLA into Longyin Town. Wang Baozhang led his men to welcome the PLA, preparing for a peaceful uprising, while Pan Tuobei resented Wang Baozhang's desire to hold power and devised a poisonous plot. During the ceremony for the peaceful uprising, the welcoming banner turned into “Welcome Jiang Fei Army, Drive Away the PLA,” causing an uproar. A carefully planned peaceful disarmament uprising nearly cost Wang Baozhang his life, but thanks to Jiang Daguo’s understanding of the policies, he was saved from an unjust fate. Wang Baozhang thought that since he had saved Yuzihua's wife and Jiang Daguo, the Communists would treat him leniently. However, no one could vouch for these actions, and with Pan Tuobei's instigation, his situation was not good. Following this, inexplicable disasters fell upon Wang Baozhang in quick succession. Homeless, he built a shack in a bamboo forest. The PLA received a tip-off and discovered Chiang Kai-shek's portrait and two segments of the “World's No. 1 Guard” plaque in the grass pile he slept on. He buried some floating wealth in a chaotic graveyard, only to be unearthed by the Li brothers, who accidentally dug it up, leading to his being pursued by Yuzihua. To help Li Laoshuan, and under Sister San’s stern warning, he admitted to burying the treasures; Captain Lu and Wang Jinbiao, bandits on Longyin Mountain, sought to recruit him. He was taken to the execution ground, and just before his execution, Sister San officially married him, believing he would meet his end, but at the last moment, Jiang Daguo, who understood the Communist policies, rescued him. However, that night, Captain Lu and his bandits infiltrated his home, killed the militia guarding it, and ultimately coerced him to leave. Yuzihua led troops to pursue them, eliminating the bandits. Wang Yaozu escaped and set off for Anzhou County with Tang Jishi and Hou Qi (San Zhi Shou), preparing to find Yuzihua's wife. In Anzhou County, Wang Baozhang inadvertently walked away with a leather vest containing the enemy's infiltration list marked “God of Kitchen Map.” Leader Li Laoda and Juanjuan searched for Wang Yaozu everywhere, while Captain Lu and Wang Jinbiao, who intended to make a fortune in Anzhou County, also arrived. Thus, three factions put on a series of comedic performances reminiscent of the mantis and the cicada. Li Laoda pretended to be a public security officer attempting to capture the counter-revolutionary fugitive Wang Baozhang, who used this pretense to evade Captain Lu's pursuit. Ultimately, Wang Baozhang believed he had escaped Li Laoda's scheme, but was still kidnapped by Captain Lu to Longyin Mountain. Li Laoda and Juanjuan also came to Longyin Mountain seeking the God of Kitchen Map and aimed to recruit Captain Lu, but Juanjuan was deceived despite trying to seduce him. Wang Baozhang navigated between them, discovered the true purpose of the God of Kitchen Map, and went down the mountain to retrieve the vest from the pawnshop in Anzhou County, but unexpectedly it was stolen by Pan Tuobei, who had come to Anzhou County to look for Yuzihua's wife. Pan Tuobei returned to Longyin Town with the map, received government commendation, and became the head of the Longyin Town government office, while Wang Baozhang sought refuge in a hidden spot in Sister San's sweet potato cellar in Longyin Town. As the head of the government office, Pan Tuobei wanted to divorce Li Yaomei from a landlord family and seduced Xiao Yu'er, setting a trap to capture Wang Baozhang. Li Laoshuan also went to jail for harboring a criminal, and Sister San sought justice for him. In the end, Jiang Daguo learned the truth and, in order to capture Li Laoda and Captain Lu’s group, entrusted the God of Kitchen Map to Wang Yaozu, cleverly guiding them into the PLA’s encirclement. Through his wit, persuasiveness, and determination to reform, Wang Yaozu completed the mission assigned by Jiang Daguo. Yuzihua found his wife, who had come back to life, finally realizing it was Wang Baozhang who saved both her and her child, thus clearing Wang Baozhang's name and allowing him to make a significant contribution. Pan Tuobei was dismissed for wrongdoing, and Wang Baozhang received commendation from the county government, becoming a member of the county’s political consultative conference, leading a smooth and comfortable life with Sister San from then on.