A brief story introduction to "Spring Dawn in the Bell Tower"
In Shanghai during the Republic of China, in Xiafei Road Square, a dancer named Liu Ying performed belly dancing to make a living, with a little white horse following the wind at her feet.
Three men saw her at the same time: Shen Muxia, a rich man during the day and the masked thief "Zorro" at night; Fei Yutang, a ruthless detective who seduced her even though he had a fiancée; Yan Mingde, the deputy bishop of Sacred Heart Church, was driven crazy by her beauty.
Yan Mingde ordered the mute bell ringer Ah Zhong to kidnap Liu Ying into the church. Shen Muxia visited the bell tower at night to save people. For the first time, Ah Zhong disobeyed his adoptive father and let him go. Ah Zhong was arrested for this and was whipped in public. Liu Ying handed him a bowl of water - it was the first time in his life that he was treated like a human being.
Yan Mingde stabbed Fei Yutang and blamed Liu Ying. Liu Ying was sentenced to death. Shen Muchia took off his mask to reveal his identity, reporter Ge Wenshan published three reports in a row, Chang Tiezhu led three hundred pier brothers to block the execution ground, and Ah Zhong rang the bell of the entire concession.
People were robbed at the execution ground, and the truth came out. Liu Ying is not guilty. Shen Muchia and Liu Ying traveled to Southeast Asia, and Ah Zhong followed them to open a watch shop. When the evening bell rang, she danced in the courtyard, and he watched from a wicker chair.
Many years later, when someone asked about the past of the Bell Tower, Liu Ying said: "Under Zorro's mask, there was nothing. There was only a pair of eyes. When those eyes saw me, they never looked at anyone else again."
