故事中，书生杨予畏为了功名在荒斋中攻读八股。在那里，他结识了美丽善良的鬼魂连琐。连琐夜夜来到荒斋与杨予畏一起吟诗抚琴，人鬼之间逐渐产生了感情。连琐为了杨予畏还清债务，用自己的陪葬物品玉镯和金钗。然而，阴间的鬼吏白无常强迫连琐成为他的妾，杨予畏在朋友的帮助下挫败了白无常，并用自己的精血使连琐复活。杨予畏将重返人间的连琐送回了她的家，连府上下都非常高兴。然而，连琐的父亲连员外认为杨予畏只是一个贫穷的书生，拒绝接受他作为女婿。杨予畏赶去京城参加考试，在荒野河边感到剧痛难忍，狐狸精娇娜和她的家人不仅帮助他解除了病痛，还留他在家里复习备考。病愈后，杨予畏重新上路。一天晚上，他住在一个庙宇内，桂花精聂小倩在画皮妖魔的逼迫下来引诱杨予畏，但被杨义正义正词严地赶走。小倩发现他是一个不为财色所动的正直人，便告诉他如何避免遭受妖魔的伤害。杨予畏脱险后，将庙后的一棵奄奄一息的桂花树救活，以回报聂小倩的救命之恩。在考场上，聂小倩施展魔法，将杨予畏的一篇优秀文章替换成一张一文不值的考文，结果杨予畏荣登榜首。杨予畏不禁感慨万分。

Directed by Xie Tieli, starring Fu Yiwei, Zhou Xun, Xing Minshan, etc., the movie "The Ancient Tomb" is a film based on " "Lian Zuo" is a feature film based on four different stories of Liaozhai.

In the story, the scholar Yang Yuwei studied stereotyped writing in Huangzhai for fame. There, he met the beautiful and kind ghost Lian Zuo. Lian Suo came to Huangzhai every night to sing poems and play the piano with Yang Yuwei, and feelings gradually developed between humans and ghosts. In order to pay off the debt for Yang Yuwei, Lian Suo used his jade bracelet and golden hairpin as funeral objects. However, Bai Wuchang, a ghost official in the underworld, forced Lian Suo to be his concubine. With the help of his friends, Yang Yuwei defeated Bai Wuchang and resurrected Lian Suo with his own blood. Yang Yuwei sent the returned Lian Zuo back to her home, and even the whole family was very happy. However, Lian Yuanwai, Lian Suo's father, believed that Yang Yuwei was just a poor scholar and refused to accept him as his son-in-law. Yang Yuwei rushes to the capital to take the exam, and feels unbearable pain by the wilderness river. The fox spirit Jiaona and her family not only help him relieve the pain, but also leave him at home to study for the exam. After recovering from illness, Yang Yuwei went on the road again. One night, he lived in a temple. Nie Xiaoqian, the sweet-scented osmanthus spirit, was forced by the painted skin demon to seduce Yang Yuwei, but was driven away by Yang Yi. Xiaoqian found that he was an upright person who was not moved by money and sex, so she told him how to avoid being hurt by demons. After Yang Yuwei escaped from danger, he rescued a dying osmanthus tree behind the temple in return for Nie Xiaoqian's life-saving grace. In the examination room, Nie Xiaoqian used magic to replace an excellent essay by Yang Yuwei with a worthless examination essay, and Yang Yuwei topped the list. Yang Yuwei couldn't help feeling deeply moved.