Plot summary of Pu Songling

Episode 1 Pu Songling was born into a family that makes New Year paintings. His father Pu Pan had no choice but to deal with court officials for the business of his painting studio. She was afraid that she would die because she didn't know how to cry when she was born. Fortunately, a fox dropped a tile from the house, so she cried loudly and her life was saved. It turns out that the fox was released by Pan Zao earlier and came here to repay his kindness. Twenty-five years later, the pine tree matured. Pan's top-quality cinnabar used for New Year paintings was monopolized by the Yang family's painting studio. Zheng Zhongbang, the governor of Shandong, had known Pan for many years and actually closed down the Yang family. Song misunderstood that his father was ingratiating himself with officials to deal with the experts. When Song and his friend Gao Xian, who is a head catcher in the yamen, were trying to find out the rumors about the toe demon, they met the fox fairy Linghu Xiaocui and successfully captured the thief Cao Shangfei who was pretending to be a fox demon. Unexpectedly, he was soon arrested by the newly appointed chief. Tou Wei Chong let him go and falsely claimed that Fei Nai had arranged to act as a bait to lure the fox demon to appear. The two of them were angry.

Episode 2 Cui turned out to be a little fox released by Pansuo back then. After his death as a cultivator, he came back with his grandfather Linghu Jixiang to visit his benefactor. The villagers of Qiaojia Village were forced to move, and officers and soldiers burned the village. Convinced that Pan knew the inside story, he investigated with Song. Song misunderstood that Pan colluded with Bang to persecute the villagers, and painted a painting at the art studio celebration to mock Bang and Pan as gangsters. Bang was not happy, but Pan was resourceful and saved the day. All efforts were made to arrest Fei, but Cui was not angry with Fei and pretended to be a fox demon, so she took action to teach him a lesson. Fei was frightened and talked nonsense, but when he caught up with him, he killed him and silenced him. The complaint was unfounded and he resigned angrily. Cui met Song again, exchanged names, and then left with Xiang. Pan Jing was not investigated for the New Year paintings of Song Da School, and Song's stepmother Ye Yongxian intervened to repair the relationship between the two. Song agreed to go to the painting studio to learn the business, but he was late on the first day, so he met Liu Xinru who came to apply for a female worker.

Episode 3: Encouraged by everyone, Jue continued to plead for the people and was reinstated, but Chong was unhappy. The female worker Chuntao is very courteous to Song's cousin Pu Boling. Bai takes the opportunity to ask Song for help. Unexpectedly, he is bumped into by Ru and Pan respectively. They misunderstand that Song is flirting with the female worker. It turns out that everything was deliberately arranged by Bai. If he came all the way to Jinan to investigate the disappearance of his sister Liu Xinyan, he misunderstood Song as a traitor and tried to force a confession from him, but Song had no choice but to resort to a delaying tactic. Pan Xiangru inquired about the causes and consequences, Xiang Song and Bai Daxing asked all the teachers, and Bai Sui told how he got to know Yan. Panxiang looks for his sister as promised. A female body was found in an abandoned salt warehouse and went to investigate. In revenge for being forced to confess by Ru Ru, Song tricked Ru Ru into looking for his sister in a broken house to tease her, but was subdued by Ru Ru and taken to the police. At this time, the sound of a bamboo flute was heard from the remains of the female body. Ru Ru was surprised and followed the sound to search for her.

Episode 4 Xinru went to identify Xinyan’s body and confirmed Xinyan’s identity. She was deeply saddened and concluded that Bai Ling had killed Xinyan. She asked Bailing for a confession again, but couldn’t get the key. Xin Ru is deeply convinced that Yan's soul is in the bamboo flute, so Song Ling takes Xin Ru to the Liaozhai to look for books, hoping to find a way to release Xin Yan's soul. After several efforts, the three finally succeed. After Xin Yan's soul is released, she tells the story of When Bai Ling learned about the acquaintance and all his evil deeds, he only blamed himself and told Xinru not to pursue the case any further. As dawn approaches, Xinyan attaches it to Xinru's xun (instrument: ocarina-like flute) because the bamboo flute she attached to it has been destroyed. Songling remembers that on the day Xinyan was killed, Bai Ling and his wife Liang Biyu made arrangements for the lost black Pearl got into a dispute and set up a trap to lure Bai Ling into fishing and capture Bai Ling. In the court, Bai Ling admitted that he had been cheating on Yan at first, but denied killing Xin Yan. Pu Pan defended Bai Ling rationally, and Bai Ling was released due to lack of witnesses and weapons, and she felt deeply unhappy.

Episode 5 Xinru vows to get justice for Xinyan, but Xinyan dissuades her, arousing suspicion. Song Ling pointed out that Xin Yan once lived in a brothel and believed that there was something else going on. The two investigated Xin Yan's former benefactors but found nothing. Later, after being reminded by the spirit turtle, they finally discovered the connection. Song Ling and Song Ling went to Qufu to investigate the newly appointed magistrate Xu Zhongwen. Song Ling could see his heart from Wen's handwriting, and used the word "heart" to test Zhong Wen in the name of sending paintings. Sure enough, he found something. He returned to Jinan to question Xinyan. Xin Yan wants Xin Ru to give up pursuing Zhong Wen before she tells how she fell into prostitution, met Zhong Wen, and died tragically. Xinyan begged the three to let Zhongwen go, but the three reluctantly agreed. Wei Chong suddenly came to Pu's house to arrest Bai Ling, saying that Xin Yan's case would be retried. Pu Pan sent famous paintings to Zhong Bang to save Bai Ling.

Episode 6: Bang was displeased when he learned that Shandong Governor Ma Xusheng had intervened in the Bai case. Later, he changed his mind when he saw his literary father Xu Yongtai. Bai was sentenced to be executed in autumn. Song tried every means to help Yan appear in court, hoping to clear Bai's wrongdoing, but to no avail, he was sentenced to cane punishment. Song complained that Yan refused to show up in court, and Yan revealed the reason, and everyone suddenly understood.

Pan wanted to go to Beijing to clear his name, but found out that he was under house arrest. Bonggeng persuaded Pan to give up the entanglement. On the other hand, Zhe was framed and slandered, and was temporarily suspended. In addition, there was a fire in the Yi Zhuang, and Yan's body was burned. Zhe believed that everything was caused by Tai. In order to prevent the truth from being exposed, Zhe and Song Jiru went to Qufu again to look for Wen. Later, seeing that Wen was depressed, he agreed to take him to see Yan. Wen wanted to surrender, but Yan tried to stop him. Tai forcibly took Wen back to Qufu, and Song thought there was no hope of saving Bai. Unexpectedly, Bai was suddenly released, leaving him confused. Zhe looked through Yan's relics and made a new discovery, believing that the real culprit was someone else.

Episode 7: The real murderer of Yan appears and admits the crime. Zhe is so excited that he wants to tell the truth to the world, but is discouraged by everyone. Yan is about to go on the road, and Wen comes to say goodbye with Yan's spiritual tablet. Zhe is moved by the true love between the two and changes his original intention. Pan was afraid that Bai would be released from prison and accused Sheng, so accompanied by Yu Bang, he sent a gift to apologize, but Sheng refused to accept it, which made Bang unhappy. If he planned to return to his hometown, he decided to stay in Jinan temporarily in order to deal with the headaches of Zhe's mother Song Hao and the epilepsy of Song's half-brother Heling. When Zhe returned to the police station and resumed his post, Wei Hong, the hedge girl, was relying on Chong's power to run amok and could not stand it, so she clashed with Hong. Hong then went to a well-run inn to cause trouble. Zhe made some remarks and provoked Hong into falling into the trap. Zhe took the opportunity to commit the crime of destroying other people's belongings and imprisoned Hong in a cell. Hong was extremely angry.

Episode 8 Ru was surprised that He was sick again and again, and took Xian’s pulse, guessing that He’s illness might be related to Xian’s improper prenatal tonic, so he followed Xian to the drugstore to find the prescription for Xianjin’s tonic, so he expressed concern for his uncle Ye Ziming. Be suspicious. For example, Xiang Pan points out that Ming's evil deeds in the past made He weak. Ming and his wife Zhu Baoyan prove their innocence and do not hesitate to expose their own wounds. Ru learned that Song Mu had gone to Long Mu Temple to pray for blessings, so she went to investigate and handed the evidence to Xian, but Xian destroyed it. Ming and Yan pointed out that the mastermind who accused the two of poisoning that day was Xian. In order to avoid being implicated, Xian took the blame. Unexpectedly, Pan Zao found out everything and beat Ming and Yan with sticks and drove them out of the house. Ming and his wife went home the next day and begged for forgiveness. Xian and others interceded on their behalf and took back their orders, thereby establishing Xian's status in the family. After He Deru took the right medicine, he was able to write a book, and Xian was overjoyed.

Episode 9 Seeing that Song is harmonious and warm with her family, she suddenly feels nostalgic for her life experience, so Song flies a kite to pray for her liberation. Both Ru and Song are interested in each other, but have not expressed it verbally; Hao also advises Zhe to seize the opportunity to express his love to Ru. Hong sets up a trap to frame Zhe, but Zhe sees it through and ends up suffering the consequences for himself. Hong used a purple jade hairpin to frame Zhe, but was imprisoned. Zhe Wei Jiu Ru swallowed his anger towards Hong and ate all the sesame seed cakes Guang Hong brought, but Hong broke his promise. The purple jade hairpin of Hong was originally stolen by a thief that Chong had kept privately. The bandits discovered it, kidnapped Hong and insulted her. Zhe almost died trying to save Hong, but a conflict ensued and the thieves were killed. Zhe scolded Chong and silenced her. Hong was grateful to Zhe for sacrificing her life to save him, but she was slapped by Zhe for being insulted. Song discovers that Zhe likes Ru and appreciates the beauty of adults. On the day of the temple fair, Song breaks up with Yu Ru and meets Cui, who is disguised as a boy.

Episode 10 Cui expresses her interest in negotiating the New Year painting business with Song and others. Song then takes her to visit the painting studio, but Pan discovers that Cui is painting portraits and lectures them sternly. It turns out that the New Year paintings have "not based on real people". "Enter the painting" rules. Hong went to Zhe to apologize, but Zhe didn't appreciate it at first, but after being persuaded by Ru, he accepted Hong. Song takes Cui to Pure Land Temple to get a glimpse of the "Seven-Colored Glazed Staff". Cui is playful and uses Song's identity to meet Sheng's beloved daughter Ma Pingting. Just like giving medicines to doctors in a good inn, Hong is willing to act like an assistant just to please Zhe. Song endured the pain to help Zhe Yuru, and got drunk. Cui lost her magic power due to trying wine, and caused misunderstandings by taking care of Song after he was drunk. Ting sent a letter to meet Song, but Song reluctantly accepted the appointment with Cui to explain to Ting. Unexpectedly, he was chased and beaten by Sheng's men, and even broke the treasure stick. Cui remembered Xiang's warning and picked fresh peaches to eat, finally regaining her magic power.