After Dou E was wrongfully killed in Donghai County, blood splattered on the white silk, snow fell in June, and there was a drought for three years. Then strange things happened frequently and the people were living in misery. The emperor ordered an important official Zhou Tianzhang (played by Qiu Xinzhi) to go to Donghai County to investigate the cause and handle the case. There were many dangerous and strange things, many bizarre events and strange characters appeared one after another. As the Dou E case was peeled off layer by layer, the truth behind the scenes made Zhou Tianzhang dumbfounded.