在民国的年初，江南的小镇上，文家女儿文玉禾为了替父亲还债就嫁到了大户人家里。在邻近大婚的时候，夫君没有进门，自己也被人凌辱，当着大家的面让公鸡代替丈夫拜堂成亲，还被押到弄堂里面罚跪着，夏云开劝她离开她为了父亲没有走。白依玲的丈夫死后，她被父亲毁容后送入辜家家给丈夫守礼节，之后依玲也是独自逃跑了，至此也没有音讯。她的恋人夏云开也是在暗中寻找她的下落。文玉禾嫁进辜家后准备逃婚，却被夏云开打断了。她在这个陌生的地方 ，寡嫂子，小姑姑和下人们，还有各种各样奇怪又恐怖的谣言，使得她整日郁郁寡欢，夏云开也是陪伴她左右安慰着。之后，躲藏在辜家门院的秘密也是一点点被揭开真相，文玉禾不知道自己该何去何从

At the beginning of the Republic of China, in a small town in the south of the Yangtze River, Wen Yuhe, the daughter of the Wen family, married into a wealthy family in order to pay off her father's debts. When the big wedding was approaching, the husband did not come in, and he himself was abused. In front of everyone, the rooster was made to marry instead of the husband, and he was escorted to the alley to kneel down. Xia Yunkai persuaded her to leave. She did not leave because of her father. . After Bai Yiling's husband died, she was disfigured by her father and sent to the Gu family's house to observe etiquette for her husband. After that, Yiling also ran away alone, and there has been no news since then. Her lover Xia Yunkai is also secretly looking for her whereabouts. After Wen Yuhe married into Gu's family, she planned to escape from the marriage, but was interrupted by Xia Yunkai. She was in this strange place, widowed sister-in-law, little aunt and servants, and all kinds of strange and terrifying rumors made her depressed all day long, Xia Yunkai also accompanied her to comfort her. Afterwards, the secrets hidden in the Gu family's courtyard were revealed little by little, and Wen Yuhe didn't know what to do..