A father comes to a certain place every year to pay homage to the martyrs. His son, a writer, never knew what his father had done in the past. It was not until his father committed suicide during the demolition of his old house that he launched an in-depth investigation. It turns out that a thrilling past event happened in my father's old house: a rich man's concubine Li Xiaoniang eloped with the housekeeper, causing the Li family compound to be robbed. The owner used his ancestral livelihood money to tide over the disaster. His descendants and their classmates built houses, started businesses, and revolutionized in Shanghai. The most elegant woman of the Li family eloped with the housekeeper and was raped by bandits. Murder, why the adulterer lost his head, why the rescuer became a murderer, why the water ghost brothers violated military discipline to avenge their brothers, why the young man failed to assassinate the queen mother, the woman he loved was an old lover, how the adulterer's son became a descendant of the Li family, the female spy provoked the Sino-Japanese War, and the fifty-year grievances and hatreds unfolded vigorously with major events...
Purpose: A hundred years of Shikumen city life under the historical background of Hongda