The Magnificent Trio 1966 During the late Ming Dynasty a heroic swordsman named Lu Fang Jimmy Wang Yu returns from battle to discover that several poor farmers have kidnapped a ruthless local magistrates only daughter Lu Fang soon joins their cause after learning that this is simply an act of desperation to improve their horrifically low standards of living and extremely high taxation The magistrate also holds an important petition from the townspeople Becoming increasingly frustrated, the magistrate hires bandits, assassins, and another fighter named Huang Liang Cheng Lui to get his daughter back Huang quickly recognizes Lu from past battles in the frontier and joins him in fighting the bandits and assassins The standoff comes to an abrupt end when the magistrate threatens the life of one of the farmers daughters Lu convinces the magistrate to punish him in place of the farmers Then Lu finds out that he has been lied to The magistrates daughter Chin Ping and a peerless fighter Lo Lieh, along with Huang help Lu to escape and recover the petition Finally, our heroes make sure that the petition will get to a higher ranking official so that the towns suffering, starvation, and unfair taxation can end