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Luohun Village, which is isolated deep in the mountains, has made a living by growing purple tobacco for generations. It is shrouded in thick fog and gloom all year round, and creepy and strange things often happen: there are unknown ghosts hidden under the old locust trees at the entrance of the village that sway in the windless wind. Sad cries can be heard from the cemetery in the back of the mountain in the middle of the night. Some villagers have mysteriously disappeared for no reason, leaving only empty clothes, as if they were swallowed by the night. The majestic but secretive Muramasa, the blind matchmaker who can communicate with yin and yang, the woodcutter who bravely ventures into the back mountain, the teacher who investigates strange things, the butcher who is frightened by evil spirits, and the mysterious traveler. Six villagers with different identities are intertwined due to the evil incidents that have occurred in the village one after another. Muramasa's deliberate concealment, the Yin and Yang matchmaker's revelation of the truth, and the teacher's bold questioning triggered fierce conflicts, and the dust-laden secrets of the village gradually emerged. It turns out that behind the strange events, there is a mountain charm nourished by purple tobacco that seeks its life, and there are also fateful grievances that have not been resolved for thirty years. In the ghostly village of Luohun, no one can hide or escape. A strange storm about dead souls, secrets and survival is completely sweeping this isolated village.

The novel takes the troubled times of the Republic of China as the background and connects the emotional journeys of Lin Waner and Shen Yanqing from an accidental glance to a lifelong entanglement.