Character Relationship Map: The Convict Killer

Characters

• Teng Piao/Iron Chain (played by Ti Lung) — protagonist
• Zhou Bai (played by Jason Pai Piao) — supporting
• Boss Lan Fei / Black Leopard (played by Ching Miao) — supporting
• Captain Ji (played by Ai Fei) — supporting
• Md Mei / Cold-faced Plum Blossom (played by Wong Mei-Mei) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Captain Ji → Boss Lan Fei / Black Leopard (Professional Arresting Authority) — Captain Ji's security role contributes to the attempt to expose and apprehend the criminal group surrounding Black Leopard.

  The official states that the government has sent him to arrest the Seven Killers, and Captain Ji is ordered to bring in security troops.

• Captain Ji → Teng Piao/Iron Chain (Professional Pursuer) — Captain Ji becomes part of the official response surrounding the exposed Seven Killers and the escalating confrontation.

  Captain Ji is ordered to bring in the security troops after the official claims to be the government's representative sent to arrest the Seven Killers...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Zhou Bai → Boss Lan Fei / Black Leopard (Alliance Protector) — Zhou Bai operates within the network shielding Black Leopard and helps create pressure against the investigator.

  Zhou Bai's organization discusses the danger surrounding the mysterious Black Leopard, while people protecting Black Leopard react to Teng Piao/Iron C...

• Teng Piao/Iron Chain → Md Mei / Cold-faced Plum Blossom (Conflict Assassin And Target) — Md Mei / Cold-faced Plum Blossom directly attacks Teng Piao/Iron Chain as part of the effort to prevent his search for Black Leopard.

  An attempt is made on Teng Piao/Iron Chain's life by Md Mei / Cold-faced Plum Blossom, who has been hired to kill him.

• Teng Piao/Iron Chain → Zhou Bai (Conflict Ally Turned Enemy) — A seemingly useful contact becomes an active obstacle when Zhou Bai tries to stop Teng Piao/Iron Chain's investigation.

  Teng Piao/Iron Chain is initially told to go to Zhou Bai for money, but Zhou Bai later seeks help arranging his death.

• Teng Piao/Iron Chain → Boss Lan Fei / Black Leopard (Conflict Arch Enemy) — Their past conflict drives Teng Piao/Iron Chain's return to Flying Eagle Town and culminates in their final armed confrontation.

  The prisoner reveals that Boss Lan Fei / Black Leopard framed him after leather goods were exchanged for opium. After fifteen years in prison, Teng Pi...

Story Analysis

A wrongly imprisoned man returns to pursue the hidden criminal responsible, only to find Flying Eagle Town filled with shifting identities and concealed alliances.

Plot Progression

1. The Chain Returns — Teng Piao/Iron Chain leaves prison after fifteen years with evidence of the frame-up still driving him. Although he is sent toward Zhou Bai for money and disappearance, he chooses to pursue Black Leop...
2. Clues in Flying Eagle Town — Teng Piao/Iron Chain enters a town controlled by uncertain loyalties and encounters information about Black Leopard's birthmark and the Seven Killers. An assassination attempt confirms that his invest...
3. Silver and Deception — Teng Piao/Iron Chain rejects bribes and survives a maze of delayed challenges. Zhou Bai turns against him, while Gui Lan-Fang and Shang Lin become involved in a staged kidnapping.
4. The Hidden Killers — At the arranged meeting, Teng Piao/Iron Chain demands Black Leopard's surrender. An apparent official operation reverses expectations when the supposed rescuers reveal themselves as the real Seven Kil...
5. Gunfire Without an Answer — Black Leopard is exposed and Teng Piao/Iron Chain finally faces him. Their confrontation becomes a gun struggle, but the account ends before its outcome is known.