The Vixen's Tale

While reading by the riverside, MAN WEN TUNG suddenly hears a dog barking from the bushes. He goes to cook for the source only to find a woman's clothing on the ground. He picks up a scarf but in doing so he slips into the river. Not knowing how to swim and in panic, WEN TUNG is saved by a nude young woman. Half-conscious, WEN TUNG catches glimpse of a beautiful face but he soon faints. When he regains his consciousness, he still bears the young woman in mind. WEN TUNG intends to learn martial arts but objected by his father LIN YAN, he switches to literary studies. Still mischievous, WEN TUNG often fools around with CHEUNG YUN FAT and PAO KAM. LEE TAK FOOK takes WEN TUNG and SIU MIU to the gambling house but he gets SIU MIU into trouble that she is forced to serve as a whore. Escort WONG comes along and gives her a hand. WEN TUNG is punished by LIN YAN for indulging himself in pleasure, much pitied by SUK YIN……

WEN TUNG visits the whore house and comes across the young woman who saved him. Learning that she is the famous where KU YUET, he tries every means to meet her but fails. Missing her dearly, he paints a portrait of her. Many rich men spend much money just to catch a glimpse of KU YUET. However, WEN TUNG finds out that the arrogant KU YUET does not work as a whore but earns her living with her skills, thus he grows more fond of her. A rich man, CHIN, tries hard to make approaches to KU YUET but fails. He perchance discovers WEN TUNG’s painting and takes it to please KU YUET who is much impressed by it but does not believe that it is CHIN's work. Not wanting to give up, WEN TUNG goes again to the riverside. To his surprise and delight, he meets KU YUET who spends the night having a drink with him. WEN TUNG left KU YUET a good impression when she saved him……

While washing clothes at the riverside, SIU MIU is attacked by a raper. Fortunately, she is saved by KU VLIET who draws them away. The next day, the rapist is found dead in a grisly manner at the whore house and the incident reinforces the villagers of devils haunting the village. On the way to town, LIN YAN is stopped by the village chief, LIU YUEN, who thanks him for saving his life. Told by LIN YAN that he has made a mistake, LIU YUEN counts the years and is convinced that LIN YAN is the descendant of the man who saved him. WEN TUNG is mesmerized by the vixen, WU GING, who takes him to a mansion in the mountains. Claiming herself to be KU YUET's sister, WU GING lures and scares WEN TUNG who is so frightened that he faints. KU YUET is in fact CHIN CHIN who is a fresh vixen. Fond o f WEN TUNG, she stops WU JING from threatening him. WU JING agrees on the condition that CHIN CHIN seduces a man daily for her to prey on……

Still fond of CHIN CHIN, WEN TUNG feels reluctant to marry LIU GI. SIU MIU persuades him to make his decision after meeting LIU GI at the temple. By mistake, WEN TUNG takes the ugly cousin, LIN, as GI, and without doubt, he rejects the marriage. WEN TUNG indulges himself in thoughts of CHIN CHIN and fools around with his friends all day, creating troubles. Furious of his son's behaviour, LIN VAN confines him to the house. To earn a living, TAK FOOK serves as a worker at the rich LEE family. Ill-treated by Madam Lee, FOOK feels much frustrated. In late night while stealing food, TAK FOOK discovers the First Madam flirting with her cousin. FOOK overhears that her greedy father forced her to marry her husband, and sympathizes with her. The Second Madam happens to come along and FOOK slips away in panic, leaving his shoe behind……

Eager to meet her fiance, LIU GI, without telling her father, disguises as a man and goes join WEN TUNG's studying group, hoping to know more about him. When getting along with PAO KAM and his friends, LIU GI is often laughed at because of her feminine manners, much to her embarrassment. WEN TUNG and LIU GI, in her disguise, become good friends. After getting along with WEN TUNG and knowing more about him, GI grows fond of him. However, she is puzzled since she cannot find a way to express her love. LIU GI finds out that WEN TUNG met her cousin by mistake, thus she asks her father to invite the MAN family to come along and she would show up as the daughter to please WEN TUNG. Thinking that LIU GI is forcing-him to marry her, WEN TUNG leaves a letter and runs away from home, much to GI's disappointment.

On the way to the capital, WEN TUNG is robbed by the bandits and is forced to spend the night at the tavern, only to find that all the rooms are occupied. The keeper's daughter, FUNG, is attracted to WEN TUNG, insists that he takes lodge in one of the rooms and serves him well, much to his embarrassment. The tenant, KONG SHAN, returns to find that he has to share the room with WEN TUNG and both gets frustrated. The next day, WEN TUNG and KONG SHAN go out together and are stopped by a group of bandits trying to rob them. WEN TUNG outwits them and runs away with KONG SHAN. The two compromise with each other and become good friends. Before long, KONG SHAN bide WEN TUNG farewell for the reason of returning home. At the tavern, WEN TUNG comes across a poor scholar who lacks travelling expenses to go enroll in the civil examination……