A nobleman goes to Seoul to take the state examination, leaving his fiancee Arang at his hometown, Miryang. In his absence, a local official who's been fostering evil desire for Arang tries to rape her but succeeds only in killing her as they were trying to subdue her fierce resistance. Arang's fiance wins the first place in the state examination and is appointed as the governor of Miryang. Coming back to his hometown, he finds out what's happened to his fiancee and brings the killer to justice.