" Tang Dynasty Strange Things Record " has 8 cases in total, and the last case is "Tantianlou Case". As the ending case, it is also related to the fate of Tang Dynasty . This case is unique and has just started broadcasting. Let's not mention it for now. Among the seven cases that ended, in fact, each case has a foreshadowing. The unraveling of the truth of each case is an interpretation of human nature.
In the 13th century, the Dominic priest Saint-Thomas Aquinas listed various evil deeds. The Catholic doctrine proposes to "distinguish the major evil deeds that believers often encounter according to the views of John Gessian and religious Gregory I", which is simply called " Seven Deadly Sins " by human beings. The first seven cases in "The Record of the Incredible Things of the Tang Dynasty" happen to be able to match the names, which also corresponds to what Su Wuming said: There are no ghosts in the world, and evil ghosts all come from the hearts of the people.
The first case "Chang'an Black Tea" represents anger
The main murderer: County Magistrate Yuanlai
Reason: yuanlai was originally a nobleman. After ten years of hard work, he finally became an official in Chang'an County. He was conscientious and managed Zhuque Street in an orderly manner. He was stranded in Chang'an County for many years because of his disability in his legs, but his political achievements became a stepping stone for others to become officials.
Seeing that he had passed his destiny, he was still a small Chang'an County Magistrate. He refused to accept his fate and finally burned the blood of the people to refine Chang'an black tea in anger just to make officials addicted to them and achieve the goal of controlling them. When he decided to start this plan, Yuanlai was actually more angry and wanted to make Chang'an County pay a bloody price. And being forced to do this can also show the corruption of the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty at that time.
The second case "Gan Tang Yi Case" represents overeating
The main murderer: Liu 17, Liu 19, Su County Wei
Reason: The mother of the Liu family gave birth to three births, and Liu 19 was weird. He could not speak and could only crawl. Liu's father thought he was a monster and threw it away, but Liu 17 was ignorant since childhood and was addicted to stealing, and was eventually driven away by Liu's father. After Liu 18 arrived at Gantang Post, strange things happened frequently in the inn. Later, he learned that his younger brother, who grew up eating raw meat, had been following him. The younger brother was discovered by the old postman and wanted to kill him but was attacked by a python. At that time, Liu 18 discovered the strangeness of his younger brother.
Liu's father knew about it and wanted to kill his younger brother, but he was killed by Liu 17. For a long time, his younger brother was bewitched by Liu 17. At that time, the case of Gantangyi was sponsored by Su County Wei, and later he used his three brothers to make money in Gantangyi. This case is very similar to the gluttony among the seven deadly sins: Liu 19 keeps killing people and eating meat, Liu 17 and Su County Magistrate want to use Liu 19's ignorance to monopolize the property of the killed people. The three people's visitors do not refuse to make people feel the madness of losing control.
The third case "Stone Bridge Pattern" represents greed
The main murderer: Zhong Boqi
Reason: Zhong Boqi thought he was terminally ill and was not long after he died, so he wanted to take the four sons of Nanzhou together. The woodcutter was also killed by him with a hundred poisonous pests, while the old servant of the Xie family pointed out the hatred in his words, which led to revenge on the twins. Zhong Boqi believed that although the woodcutter and servants were just embellishments in the painting, if all the people in the stone bridge painting could be fully gathered with him in heaven, it would be true perfection.
This case corresponds to the greed among the seven deadly sins, undoubtedly very consistent! Zhong Boqi has enjoyed a reputation of being noble for too long, so he thought that everything should be his. On the surface, he did not bow down to the money in the world, but the greed of human nature is fully revealed in him. For his own selfish desires, he actually wanted to kill everyone in the painting, just to be able to reunite with him after he died. It really makes people laugh and annoyed after hearing it. In the end, he still couldn't resist the temptation of the world and became selfish.
The fourth case "Huangmei Killing Case" represents lust
The main evil: auspicious
Reason: Duhu Xia Xia arrived at the Confucian Temple and influenced the thief of the Yangtze River. He became devoted to studying and trying to test his fame. After accidentally, Dugu Xia's wife became lustful after she was young. After the playboy Liu Youqiu was rushed to the Confucian Temple by his father, he often went out to look for flowers and ask about willows. When Jixiang sent Liu Youqiu out once, he advised him to concentrate on studying before he could get a fame. However, Liu Youqiu thought studying was useless, and his father's old friend could guarantee that he would definitely pass the Jinshi next year. Jixiang could no longer study hard after hearing this because he knew that no matter how hard he tried, he could not compare with a person like Liu Youqiu who was rich, beneficial and backing.
also caused Jixiang and Liu Youqiu to be lustful, and finally tragedy happened. This case is very sad, and a single thought can lead to a thousand miles of loss. If auspiciousness does not arouse ambition, the crimes he has committed in his first half of his life will be really difficult to detect. The corruption in the officialdom at that time destroyed the future of many talents, and through Liu Youqiu's understatement, it makes people feel how difficult it is for aspiring young man like Gu Du Xia to find a job! In the end, he gained a foothold in the officialdom because of Pei Xijun's father's care.
The fifth case "The Hall of Life" represents pride
The main murderer: Meng Dong Lao
Reason: Meng Dong Lao admitted that Guan Zijun was also killed by himself 40 years ago. The reason for the corpse was to preserve the complete skeleton, explore medical skills, and write bone scriptures, so that he made a "contribution" to the medicine of Ju County. Later, people in Ju County suffered frequent headaches. In order to study cephalopathy, he took a fake death medicine for a temporary breath and asked Liang San to find a human body for an experiment. But Liang Sanqi is a pervert. Although the woman he found was beautiful, it was useless for research. Later, Meng Dong's accidental discovery of Hui Niang and found that she had cephalopathy, so he killed her to study cephalopathy.
Meng Dong Lao was obsessed with it, believing that no one would care about his life in a thousand years, and he would only see his medical works being passed down for a hundred years. He would not regret what he did until he died, but be proud of his superb medical skills. Saving death and helping the wounded is a good thing with immeasurable merit, but in order to save people, Meng Dong killed many innocent people for clinical research. It was precisely because he was blinded by pride that he thought he had done a good job.
The sixth case "The Case of the God of the Boy" represents laziness
The main murderer: Zeng Sanyou
Reason: Zeng Sanyou quit his own way of telling his past. He studied poetry and books hard since he was a child, but every time he lost his name. He even believed that it was because he had no family background, ugly appearance, and was looked down upon by others, which made him unable to implement his strategy of governing the country, so he could only be trapped in Ninghu and became a small Sicang army. So 30 years ago, he appeared as a god to make those officials who entered the government because of their family.
This case is similar to Yuanlai in the first case "Chang'an Black Tea", but it is very different. Yuanlai's political achievements were stolen through his real talents and knowledge, while Zeng Sanyi was just his self-consideration! Think you are talented and unable to show it! In fact, he is just unaware of his skills but is unwilling to work hard to improve himself. He is really lazy but unwilling to admit defeat. He is more than a master than a good person. Judging from Zeng Sanyi's behavior of using his clever cleverness to transform into a turtle god to restrain Ninghu officials for 30 years, it can also be seen that the laziness of the imperial governance system at that time did not find any clues? It's really shocking.
The seventh case "Human Face Flower Case" represents jealousy
The real murderer: Princess, Li Yue, Xin Huaishen
Reason: Human Face Flower Case is actually a case caused by the princess's desire to consolidate her status, and the prince has no intention of fighting with the princess' rights. He is more concerned about the princess' condition.The princess pretended that she was poisoned by the face, which was actually a test of ministers who were loyal to her, and she would compete with the prince at that time. Li Yue and Xin Huaishen took advantage of the disagreement between the prince and the prince to secretly stumble on the waters and intend to take the opportunity to kill the princess and the prince to destroy the vitality of the Tang Dynasty.
In this case, Li Yue was jealous of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and wanted to take advantage of the situation. The princess was also jealous of the prince as the prince. She was full of talent but was ignored by the emperor. She was even more determined to think that she could ascend the throne and become emperor, which almost caused a disaster. This case is very interesting, and it makes people see the terrible jealousy, but it also shows that the blood of family affection is thicker than water.
"Records of Strange Things in the Tang Dynasty" actually talked about because of the various inactions of the court at that time, which made many small things that were very simple become weird and became uncontrollable tragedies... Among these seven cases, the best one was the case of "Stone Bridge Pattern" representing greed. Whether it is the plot reversal or the wonderful expression of the characters, it makes people talk about it, especially the description of greed. Who said greed must be related to money? Zhong Boqi let us see that the most terrifying thing about greed is the quiet desire.
Which case do you like the most? If you have any different opinions, you might as well share them together. The biggest pleasure of watching the drama lies in the discussion of the plot!