达西爱着阿斯特丽德，但阿斯特丽德却对他怀有敌意。这段爱情故事的走向注定不会像他们想象的那样。
浮水镇莲生纸扎铺今日来了一位客人。来人名叫陆小笙，是消闲报的民俗记者。这次来到纸扎铺，是想向纸扎铺老板南裳打听一桩奇闻异事。 据说那是二十年前，百贵镇乔府小姐乔媛媛枉死，乔管家请纸扎匠刘三为乔媛媛做了纸人陪葬。刘三给纸人点了眼睛，导致乔媛媛借纸人回魂杀了乔老爷。 陆小笙并不相信这种封建迷信的说法，可当年和这件事有关的人都已经故去。他打探到南裳便是刘三的徒弟，所以他此次前来，就是想从南裳口中了解这件事背后的真相。
A clever fortune-hunter with a penchant for murder does in his elderly, supposedly rich, wife and manages to get away with it. After an investigation results in a decision of 'accidental death', our crafty killer discovers that his late wife's 'fortune' is not what he thought it was. Driven to find another unsuspecting spouse; he discovers that his new bride, a widow, is no fool. When she tells him that she intends to keep her accounts separate from his, he is driven to contemplate murder once again
