Sung Sai Kit (Cheung Tat Ming) has retired to a poor shabby village and lived there in seclusion with his wife Ling Lung (Amy Kwok) and their child Joe since the Empress Dowager ordered the execution of his entire family. However, his real identity is soon unveiled when Kit manages to help the orphaned, helpless Choy (Sherming Yiu).

Fortunately, Prince Kung has granted him the exemption from death for three years, and not long afterwards he even becomes His Majesty’s counsel. A series of cases including ‘The Iron-headed General’, ‘The Phantom Murderer’, ‘A Fatal Spell’, ‘The Unfilial Son from Heaven’ and many more and Kit is to deal with them.

本剧集承接第一部内容，自宋世杰（张达明饰）得罪了慈禧太后，宋世杰只能带着妻子白玲珑（郭蔼明饰）及儿子祖隐姓埋名，多年来东躲西藏。然而他爱抱打不平的脾气却丝毫未改，致使玲珑为其担心不已。后因孤女白小翠（姚乐怡饰）的出现，宋世杰身份被迫暴露，幸得恭亲王（李子雄饰）以免死金牌保命三年，从此成为朝庭御用大状，替百姓申冤。而赖三（黄子华饰）居然一跃从粗鄙的市井流氓变成了精明镇定的状师，与宋世杰斗智斗力，展开了一段段精彩纷呈的好戏。 　　

由香港电视广播有限公司制作的32集清装电视剧《状王宋世杰2》，是《状王宋世杰》系列电视剧的第二辑。本剧集仍启用原班人马，由徐正康监制，张达明、黄子华、郭蔼明主演