The novel takes the suave Jiangnan talent Zhang Qiugu as the protagonist. Through his traveling experience in Shanghai, Tianjin, Beijing and other treaty ports, it profoundly depicts the ecology and social situation of brothels ("tangzi") in the late Qing Dynasty.
The main plot revolves around Zhang Qiugu, with a large number of vivid Wu dialogues and delicate scene descriptions, recreating the details of life, industry rules and human entanglements in Shanghai brothels in the late Qing Dynasty. The transformation from "emotion" to "profit" reflects the degradation of social atmosphere.
Based on the classic novel "The Nine-Tailed Turtle"!
