811 AD, a family, isolated in their home, deep in the woods a few days travel from Birka. They are poor. The hunting and fishing has been bad for some time, and the father, Joar, takes the desperate measure of going on a Viking raid. Joar does not return for a long time, and the family starts to fear he never will. Runa, the oldest daughter, takes over her fathers chores in his...。故事发生在民国初年,一家小酒馆里发生了一起命案,乡绅林子卿的儿子林继尧被发现死在了酒馆老板娘贞娘的床上,而最大的犯罪嫌疑人就是老板曾家驹。负责此案的知事唐崇陶听取了林管家的证词,将曾家驹定罪。然而,曾家驹不服判决,他坚称是林继尧勾引贞娘在先,而当他闯入房中时,林继尧已经死了,而贞娘下落不明。 林子卿在暗地里花重金买通了唐崇陶,虽然唐崇陶对案件的真相也持有着怀疑的态度,但最终,曾家驹被执行了死刑,贞娘也因此而自杀。事后,一直受到良心谴责的唐崇陶陷入了自责的情绪之中,而曾家驹和贞娘的鬼魂也出现在他的面前。。