Heroine

The declining scholar Gu Shengzhai (Shi Jun (played by Xu Feng) runs a calligraphy and painting shop in a small town and "writes letters and couplets" to support his mother at home. By chance, he gets acquainted with Yang Zhiyun (played by Xu Feng), who has just moved from the abandoned village near his home, and develops a secret love with him. It happened that Ouyang Nian (played by Tian Peng) from Dongchang came to inquire, and he started a fight with a nearby blind fortune teller (played by Bai Ying). Gu Sheng and his mother met him, so they brought the injured blind fortune teller to Yang Zhiyun nearby, and learned their true identities - Yang Huizhen, the daughter of Yang Lian, the left deputy capital censor who was executed for impeaching the eunuch Wei Zhongxian; and General Shimenqiao who defended Zhongliang. Since both of them were wanted by the court and were hunted by Dongchang, Gu Sheng set up many schemes in Tunbao and got help from the eminent monk Huiyuan (played by Qiao Hong) in order to get rid of Dongchang's pursuers and escape. The film is adapted from an article called "The Chivalrous Girl" in Pu Songling's "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio".