In order to find out the truth about his father's disappearance, Ma Chuan, a young man from Northeast China, was forced to inherit the "tangkou" of his family. However, he was horrified to find that his relatives - Mrs. Hu, Mrs. Huang, Mrs. Bai, Liu Daxian, and Mr. Huiba - were waiting for him, the "ninth generation descendant", to offer incense and troops.