In the twelfth year of the Republic of China, Qinghe Town in the south of the Yangtze River.
During the rainy season, a red silk scarf suddenly hangs on the old locust tree at the entrance of the town.
That night, Mr. Chen, the richest rice merchant in the town, died suddenly with the same red silk scarf wrapped around his neck.
Rumor has it that a hundred years ago, the ghost of the concubine who was wronged by Shen Tang came back and she would wear a red scarf when she asked for her life.
Shen Mosheng returned from Shanghai as a reporter to investigate the case, but found out that his ancestors were related to this century-old unsolved case.
Every time a person dies, there will be a red scarf on the locust tree.
Until that night, Shen Mosheng opened the secret door of his ancestral hall and saw a wall full of red silk scarves.
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