In the second year of Tianxi in the Northern Song Dynasty, the hat demon was rampant in Bianliang.
Noodler Chen San's family was destroyed overnight, his wife died and his daughter died, but the government hastily closed the case as a "monster case".
Using a bowl of noodles as proof and an account as a blade, he investigated from the back alleys of the market to the imperial army, officialdom, and the palace.
See through the conspiracy of the lost souls, find out the real culprits of the powerful, break into the golden palace to complain to the emperor, and angrily kill the evil thieves to avenge their blood.
But under the imperial power, the truth is always covered up, and the evildoers are hard to find out.
In the end, Chen San recovered the belongings of his wife and daughter and hid his name in Chenggen to sell noodles.
Trapped in the phantom cat's cry for life, living in an eternal nightmare without redemption and hope.