During the Qingming Festival, the Bianshui River thawed, and grain ships from the two Zhejiang Roads sailed into Tokyo, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, which is today's Kaifeng.As the center of the world, the imperial court ordered the entire city to celebrate the festival for seven days from now on.The city is bustling with music, drums and music, lights are bright, merchants on both sides of the Bian River are like clouds, and the variety of goods is dazzling.People flocked to the streets to admire the lanterns, pray and make wishes, and some even went boating on the river to enjoy the beautiful scenery on both sides of the river.

Zhao Buyu, the clerk of Dali Temple, had no intention of enjoying the beautiful scenery and hurried to Hongqiao of Bianhe River, where he and his family agreed to enjoy the fireworks together.At the same time, Daizhao of the Hanlin Painting Academy was also looking for creative inspiration on the bridge. He was staggered by the crowd, but fortunately Zhao Buyu came to his aid in time.Zhao Buyu accidentally saw Zhang Zeduan's paintings, bluntly said that they lacked soul, and requested that his family be included in the paintings.Later, Zhao Buyu and his family gathered on the bridge to enjoy the fireworks feast.

Wen Yue came by boat. She has a pretty face and graceful figure, which is even more impressive against the backdrop of fireworks.Zhao Buyu saw his wife from a distance and called her to come to the bridge to enjoy the scene together.Wen Yue makes a living by making paper umbrellas and has just returned from delivering goods.Zhao Buyu handed the lantern made by his son Zhao Moer to Wen Yue, lit it and released it into the sky, and the family made a wish together.Wen Yue's biggest wish is to buy a mansion in the capital, and Zhao Buyu vows to work harder to realize his wife's wish.

However, the good times did not last long. Wen Yue was bullied by Gan Liang, the inspector of the left army in Kaifeng Prefecture, because he took a big order from Taifu Temple.Gan Liang heard that Wen Yue had taken the order and went to collect the bill in person, scaring the customer into running away.Wen Yue didn't want to get entangled with Gan Liang and had prepared some money early, but Gan Liang took advantage of it and took advantage of Wen Yue.After Zhao Buyu learned about this, he hurried home, but was punched and kicked by Gan Liang, and the umbrella shop was also smashed into a mess.

Regardless of the pain, Zhao Buyu took Wen Yue to Songjiaqiao Wazi to watch a theater to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of their acquaintance.On the stage, Wen Yue received a note with the word “dagger” written on it, recognized it as the secret code of Jiangnan water bandits, and followed the little girl who sent the letter away.Zhao Buyu discovered that his wife was missing and anxiously searched for her.Wen Yue was cornered by Gan Liang in the theater warehouse and was teased and threatened.In desperation, Wen Yue pulled out her hairpin and stabbed Gan Liang to death.

Zhao Buyu rushed over after learning of Wen Yue's whereabouts and found Gan Liang dead.In order to protect his wife, Zhao Buyu hid Gan Liang's body in the troupe's head props.The troupe boy pushed the props backstage, and Zhao Buyu took the opportunity to move the body and blend it into the stage.In the chaos, he hinted that Wen Yue would follow him and leave.After learning about Gan Liang's disappearance, Kaifeng Prefecture's left army commander Wanfu and patrol officer Gu Zhen rushed to round him up, but found nothing.In the end, Zhao Buyu and Wen Yue tied Gan Liang's body to the bottom of the boat and buried it in the woods.

In the dead of night, Zhao Buyu became suspicious of Wen Yue's murderous methods.Wen Yue went out early in the morning, and Zhao Buyu followed him, but was stopped by Zhang Zeduan to discuss the painting.Wen Yue took the opportunity to disappear into the crowd.Gu Zhen and Wan Fu came to Hongqiao successively, and Zhang Zeduan painted in a teahouse.At this time, a large sailboat sailed under the Hongqiao Bridge. Due to the speed of the ship, the mast was not lowered in time, causing the ship's hull to lie horizontally under the bridge.Suddenly there was a loud noise, and thick fog billowed on both sides of the bridge. When the thick fog dissipated, colorful auspicious clouds appeared in the sky, and the people cheered.However, many corpses floated down the bridge, which was horrifying.