濠河边青溪村,陈家即将临产的媳妇莲花正盼着丈夫福根归来,不想福根却重病不治而死。路过此地的郎中吴顺海因为没有救活福根而深感内疚。不幸的莲花被族人认为是不祥的克星,被拉到村口执行火刑。幸而莲花临盆,捡回了一条性命。莲花生下男孩龙大,视若珍宝,发誓好好养大,却又被莲花贪图小利的自私哥哥将孩子偷偷卖掉。莲花来到崇川城寻找孩子,四处打听没有消息,渐至崩溃。此时,崇川城首富叶大昌的三姨太脂儿产下一子,
In the small village of St. Mary Mead, Colonel and Mrs. Bantry, owner of the local manor - Gossington Hall is shocked when one morning a young lady's body is found in the library. They call in the police who soon run up against a brick wall, only finding out that the body is that of a dancer in London who the Bantry's didn't even know. But how and why was her body left in the library? To find out the truth, the Bantry's call in the help of their good friend and detective - Miss Jane Marple.