In the twelfth year of the Republic, in Qinghe Town, Jiangnan.
During plum-rain season, a red scarf suddenly appeared hanging from the old locust tree at the town entrance.
That very night, Master Chen, the town’s wealthiest rice merchant, died suddenly, a red scarf just like it wrapped around his neck.
A rumor spread through town: a hundred years ago, the wronged spirit of a concubine drowned in a pond returned to claim lives, always wearing a red scarf.
Shen Moshen came back from Shanghai as a reporter to investigate the case, only to discover that his own ancestors were connected to this century-old mystery.
Each time someone died, another red scarf appeared on the locust tree.
Until one night, Shen Moshen pushed open the hidden door to his family ancestral hall and found an entire wall covered in red scarves.
And there, wearing a wedding dress from the eighth year of the Republic, was... his mother.
