方秀才,胸藏点墨,却无功名志向,每天都只会和几位文友,在小酒馆里,靠着给人题字,过着今朝有酒今朝醉的日子,有一天方秀才在小酒馆无意间看见了街对面的一个买莲花灯的纤纤小姐的背影,从此是魂牵梦萦,只苦于无机会一睹其芳容,一天半夜,方秀才访友回家,恰好遇到了她心心记挂的人儿,于是迫不及待的便一路尾随……A vainglorious scholar rejects a matchmaking proposal to a daughter of a noble only to have his nights tempted by the lure of a mysterious beauty but their nocturnal encounters begin to prove strange as things aren't what they appear to be.