Ancient supernatural texts
The merchant's daughter who is getting married
The Shen family of Chen Guogong in the capital and the Ye family of imperial merchants in Yangzhou have promised a marriage for their children since their grandfather's generation.
After going round and round to the third generation, the marriage between Shen Mingjing, the eldest grandson of the Shen family, and Ye Yingqin, the second daughter of the Ye family, was finally finalized.
On the day she set off from Yangzhou to the capital to get married, Ye Yingqin left a letter and suddenly disappeared from the Ye family. No one could find her. In desperation, she could only half-coax, half-deceit, and put Ye Yingling, a third girl of the same age as Ye Yingqin, on the wedding boat to the capital.
The third girl, Yingling, has lost her mother since she was a child, and her father is an idler who is obsessed with landscapes and does not do business. Although she is the only daughter of a second wife, she does not go out of the Ye family on weekdays, and her character is extremely timid and gentle. She is talkative most, and some meddlesome people even gave her the nickname "Miss Wood".
On the ship, a little Taoist priest carrying a mahogany sword jumped out of the window. The always-observant wooden girl Yingling made a bold decision for the first time, hiding the little Taoist priest in her room, avoiding the pursuit of the officers and soldiers, and letting him follow her into the capital.
Unexpectedly, before the sedan chair arrived at the door of Chen Guogong's mansion, everyone heard cries coming from the mansion. It turned out that Shen Mingjing, the eldest young master of the Shen family, had died half an hour ago, and she who was supposed to be brought to celebrate her happiness was about to face the fate of being "slain for love"...
Concept: A supernatural detective story inspired by Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio