Let's start off by saying I am familiar with earlier adaptations of "The Four." I haven't seen them since I was younger though. This one stood out in my mind because of our cast. I did watch this drama in 2019, whilst it was made in 2015 and to start off this is the first time I've seen a drama with Hans Zhang (but he did not disappoint). And I've seen Yang Yang & Mao Ji Zun in their later projects. I'm definitely a fangirl over William Chan though.

This is a great wuxia adaptation. There's tons of actions (literally the first 10 minutes is fighting scenes) and lots of mystery and intrigue. Our story follows four brothers who are constable (detectives/officers) in the Divine Deputy. It gradually builds up most of their backgrounds as well as follow them through their love plots. They're all righteous and all for justice, as well as have their own strengths/weaknesses. Overall, they balance out one another.

Coldblood - Hans Zhang. He is the last descendant of the "Wolf Clan" their whole entire family was annihilated in one go, mysteriously, 20 something odd years ago. He is poisoned by "wolf's poison" which causes him to turn vicious and into a werewolf each time it's a half-moon (or is it a full moon?). He's bloodthirsty for vengeance and doesn't really give a sh*t about people's feelings or care for emotions. Later he meets with Chu Li Mo and ends up slowly falling for her and then does all he can for her. They do have a happy ending, where he whisks her away from her long lost mom (wow, li mo all that for the D!) and has her stay with him at the capital.

Heartless - Yang Yang. He comes off as polished and refined. He's cool, calm and collected. But is plagued by losing his love, therefore has many breakdowns in our dramas. He cannot seem to let go of his past with Ru Yan, who suddenly turns up alive but dies before his eyes again. Later in our drama, he's introduced to Mu Xue, who he just cannot accept because of his past feelings/emotions. Sadly, Mu Xue also dies in his arms, and he's suddenly thrust back into another breakdown. I feel bad for his character, and it's sad in the end he's by himself. I feel he shouldn't have been called heartless, as he has a lot of heart. Maybe loveless.

Chaser - William Chan. He comes off a playboy and flirt but apparently has been in love with Princess Zi Luo their entire lives. Throughout most of the drama, he's basically chasing after miss Princess, while Princess is deeply obsessed with Coldblood. He remains pretty supportive of Princess ZL throughout the drama. The princess, later on, realizes how devoted Chaser is to her and ends up reciprocating her love to him. It's a pretty cute ending for them.

Iron Fist - Mao Ji Zun. He is the "Thor" of the bunch. He's cute, but the intellect is not there. He is plagued with being "lonely" as well because he believes he's cursed and cannot keep friends near and dear. At first he's tricked into "marrying" or "promising" himself to Yiyi. She follows him around and annoys him, you feel that he only thinks of her as his little sister. I guess with persistence he relents and likes her back. They also have a happy ending.

Let's get down to our main lady, Chu Li Mo. She must have sort of a tragic past they don't touch on. We're introduced to her because she was chosen to marry an old king whose sick/dying (he's so sick/dying that he doesn't even make an appearance in this drama). Anyways, I'm going to go on a limb and say since her mother disappeared from their home, her stepmom and step-sister probably treat her like sh*t while her dad is working at his "official" position. She ends up begging the Four deputies to spare her, as they are tasked to find her and they end up sneaking her into the Divine Deputy. Luckily, fate is on her side as Zhuge Zheng Wo (leader of the Divine Deputy) turns out to be her "uncle" and helps her unleash her skills that would help Coldblood resolve his poison and take down our evil henchmen.

Onto our antagonist, the first one is An Shi Geng (Mickey He), who did a fabulous job btw. He's delusional, traitorous, vengeful and broken-heart. He is obsessed over his love Butterfly Dance - who happens to look like Ru Yan. So obsessed he has created this 20-year vengeance plan and has killed thousands without single remorse. Due to Ru Yan looking identical to Butterfly Dance - I'm sure you can guess. He threatens Ru Yan with the life of her family to marry him and tries to train her to be like his love. Pure psychotic. He doesn't end well, lol.

Our 2nd antagonist had quite a buildup in this drama. Ji Yao Hua is our bad-ass deputy sister. She starts off very serious and protective of Coldblood. They were the original "shipped" ones in their Divine Deputy Department (I think it was just in her head and her two lackeys though). It was unrequited love and did not end well. She's the type to sacrifice herself for someone when no one asked her to, thus she loses it and goes down the deep dark path. Her ending is unknown but I guess its open for interpretation.

I thought there were a few things that just didn't do it for me in this drama and leaves me wanting more. Like how did An Shi Geng frame Coldblood's adopted father? Why didn't Chu Li Mo's mom see her get married before leaving? Who the heck were the Holy Moon Sect? Why did Chu Li Mo's mom choose her father? Did commander Zhuge end up with his own lady love? Will they make a part two?!

So many questions, but overall a pretty great drama.

Lastly, if you do watch this drama. Watch it on Viki the comments from other watchers make it even better! I've never been so entertained.