Plot
Kang-pal is enraged when his father is framed and then is killed but the men who sold his father out are now trying to kill Kang-pal. On the run, Kang-pal becomes the surrogate father for the widow of the wealthy Master Kim family. Ae-rang, Master Kim's concubine helps Kang-pal escape to mountains where he carries out his studies in peace. In the midst of turbulent state affairs, Kim and his wife Jeong commit suicide and their daughter-in-law Sook-hyang, a young widow, searches for Kang-pal. Ae-rang, fearing that she may endanger Kang-pal, leaves the village. It turns out that Kim is the enemy of Kang-pal's father and Sook-hyang was sold to Kim's son. Kang-pal and Sook-hyang meet again.