西门庆女婿陈经济出狱，与乞丐同伍。好心老王乐善施舍，陈得钱就逛妓院，两日花光， 袜子换饭。老王又慈心救济， 陈再逛妓院。 填不了穷坑， 老王送陈做道士。 陈入新道，道士奸陈，贡品开店， 捐款私囊，游逛娼楼，包占歌女。
Chen, Ximen’s son-in-law, is out of jail, but becomes a beggar. Mr. Wang helps Chen with clothes, food and money. Helping Chen make living, Chen spends all in the whorehouse in two days, and comes back to Wang, Wang helps Chen again, Chen spends all again. Wang sends Chen to a temple to be a monk. Chen learns new tricks from monks, who also molest him. Chen takes what he learned from monks to sell donations/gifts for money, and spends his dishonest gains to visit whorehouse and own prostitutes.
