麦城首富薛自成家里出了桩怪事，二太太做梦天上落了雨水，到了地上全变成了血。薛自成不信邪，随手拿起洒水壶洒到地上，发现地面上居然真的出现了血字“血债血偿”……在风水先生的指引下，薛自成重金购得辟邪圣物...
Based on the novel by L. P. Hartley, The Hireling is a dissection of antiquated but hardly dormant British class distinctions. Chauffeur Robert Shaw is in the employ of aristocratic widow Sarah Miles. When she suffers a nervous breakdown, Shaw helps her through her recovery. They grow to love each other during the convalescence; but when she is cured, Ms. Miles refuses to regard Shaw as an equal, and the original status quo is reinstated. The Hireling provides an interesting contrast to the similarly structured American film of 1991, Driving Miss Daisy.
