Chapter 12 Chapter Eleven Chapter 100 to Chapter 108 Mystery (1) - The Mystery of the Prison Temple

At the end of the last lecture, I said that in the plot unit of Cao Xueqin's complete book, Chapter 100 to Chapter 108, there will be a story about the Prison Temple.What is my basis? Zhiyanzhai and Jihusou edited the complete version of Cao Xueqin, not only read it, but also transcribed and edited it.Zhiyanzhai and Jihusou, some experts have verified that they are actually different signatures of the same person in two different periods. This point of view can be used as a reference.Regardless of whether Zhiyanzhai and Jihusou are one or two, they must be people who are very close to Cao Xueqin. They have read Cao Xueqin's entire book and wrote comments while sorting out the manuscript.In the twentieth chapter, Nanny Li, the nanny that Baoyu dislikes, came to his residence, chattered about the maids in the house, and casually mentioned the matter of Qianxue being kicked out. In this place, there was a comment signed by Ji Husou : "Xianxue arrives at the Prison Temple to present the text."

There was a character named Qianxue in front of her. She didn’t have many plays. There was one episode that many readers ignored. In the seventh chapter, Baoyu and Daiyu were playing together. He didn't want to visit Baochai in person, so he sent a girl to say hello, and the girl she sent was Qianxue.In the eighth chapter, Qianxue provoked a storm called "Fenglu Tea Disturbance". I mentioned it in the previous lecture, so I won't expand it here.Baoyu was drunk at the time, lost his temper, yelled, kicked out, and kicked out. He actually wanted to kick out his nurse, Nanny Li, but he vented his anger on Qianxue, and he threw the teacup It fell, and the tea splashed on Qianxue's skirt, which made a loud noise, because Baoyu and Daiyu lived with Jiamu at that time, and they lived in a large space. Jiamu was not happy when she heard the noise, so she asked what was going on .When we read later, we found out that in the end, she was kicked out. It was not Nanny Li who was kicked out, but Qianxue. Qianxue was very wronged. She did nothing wrong, so she was kicked out.In the first 80 chapters, after the "Fenglu Tea Disturbance", there were several places where it was mentioned that Qianxue was kicked out by other people, but she never appeared again.Some readers thought that Qianxue's play was over, that she just wrote about it casually, and after finishing writing about it, she just threw away random cutscenes.However, Ji Husou, after sorting out the manuscripts after eighty chapters, knew Cao Xueqin's exquisite ideas well, so he wrote this comment, reminding that the mention of Qianxue in the previous writing is not about her "text", her "text" "It will appear in the prison temple.

Cao Xueqin’s writing method is like this, which is very interesting. Many characters are usually supporting roles, and there will be related texts, but they are not counted as “text”; those who are in front of the stage and surrounded by spotlights may be Baoyu, Daiyu, Baochai, Xiangyun, and other characters are just the foil behind.For example, Yingchun and Xichun are like this.But at a certain time, this supporting role as a foil may be promoted to the leading role at once. The close-up shot of piercing jasmine with a flower needle does not have many scenes, but in the seventy-third chapter, Cao Xueqin used half a chapter to write "Miss Cowardly Don't Ask Tired Jinfeng", that time she will become a major protagonist, if it is adapted into It's an opera, the actor who plays her will definitely be the top card.The same is true of Xichun, the previous scenes were light, but in the seventy-fourth chapter, after the inspection of the Grand View Garden, she "resolutely intervened to put an end to the Ningguo Mansion" and became the central character of that scene.Li Yingchun "submits the text" in the seventy-third chapter, and Li Xichun "submits the text" in the seventy-fourth chapter, so Qianxue will "submit the text" in one of the eighty chapters.In Gao E's continuation book, there is no such "text", neither the Temple of Hell, nor the appearance of Qianxue.

Ji Husou's comments in the twentieth chapter also clearly told us, what is Qianxue doing in the Prison Temple?She "consoled Baoyu" and went to comfort Baoyu who was in prison.So is this part of the text still there?It's a pity, don't say we can't find it now, Ji Husou himself has already found it.The commentary said: "I only saw five or six manuscripts, such as Wei Baoyu of the Prison Temple, were lost by the borrowers when I transcribed the Qing Dynasty once, sigh!" The temple has Qianxue and Hongyu’s large texts, but I’m lost and have no manuscript, sigh!” It was revealed that not only Qianxue but also Hongyu would appear in the story of the Prison Temple.Hongyu is Lin Hongyu, the daughter of Lin Zhixiao, the chief steward of the Rongguo Mansion, because she has the same surname as Daiyu, and Baoyu's jade is emphasized in her name.What is going on?Very mysterious.

Then, behind Cao Xueqin's complete book, there is a plot about the Prison Temple, can it be found out?is allowed.Of course, we must first figure out what is a prison temple?The name of this temple is quite fresh. Could there be a temple in the prison?Will there be a prison god in the temple?Some people always think that novels are all fictions. Even if Cao Xueqin wrote a prison temple, it is also a fiction. Throughout the ages, human beings have written all kinds of novels, which have no basis in life at all, and there are absolutely fictional novel texts.But I have repeatedly emphasized that it is not completely fictional. Its text characteristics are "false words are preserved" after "truth is hidden". The stories he wrote, not only the characters, but also the space, often have prototypes.The story space written in the book has a vague side, but there are also examples that can be traced and identified with certainty. If you go to the field to investigate, you can even find it today.

For example, it is written in the book that Jia Lian secretly married Second Sister You. He took care of Second Sister You secretly in a yard not far from Rongguo Mansion. The courtyard where Mrs. You and Miss You used to live together was "in Xiaohuazhi Lane, two miles behind Rongning Street".According to the textual research by red scholars, the location of Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion written in the book should be in the northwest of the capital. Xue Baochai chanted the Grand View Garden when the Yuan concubine was visiting her relatives. The first sentence is "Fangyuan is built to the west of the imperial city". .Ningguo Mansion is to the east of Rongguo Mansion, and its prototype is difficult to identify, but the prototype of Rongguo Mansion is probably the predecessor of Prince Gong’s Mansion and its gardens that are now open to the public. Note that it is its predecessor, not Xianfeng, Tongzhi, During the period of Prince Gong Yixin during the Guangxu period, it was not the Qianlong era and period, but the Kangxi Dynasty, the palace that existed but was abandoned in that place—you can go to investigate now, this kind of investigation is called field investigation in academics, from Prince Gong’s mansion to Northwest, about two miles away, in the Changqiao area of ​​Xicheng, Beijing. If you wander around and search, you will find an alley called Huazhi Hutong. An alley is an alley. If you ask the old residents, they will tell you that the alley in the Qing Dynasty was that. name, and has retained its name to this day.It means that when Cao Xueqin wrote this story, he even had prototypes for the space where the story took place. change.

So, is there such a temple that enshrines the prison god?There is.Because of the great changes in Beijing now, I can't find it.However, you can find it if you look for it all over China.A few years ago, I went to Nanyang, Henan on purpose, and found the Prison Temple. In Nanyang City in the southwestern part of Henan Province, there is a well-preserved Qing Dynasty government office. Its architectural complex has basically maintained the style and appearance of the Qing Dynasty, and it is now open to the public as a county government museum.The local people are very proud of it, saying that "there is a dragon's head in the north and a dragon's tail in the south." Yamen, including county yamen in every county, as a grassroots political institution, can be compared to a "dragon tail."The county government retains its affiliated prison.

When I went to visit the prison, I felt human as soon as I walked to the gate. There was an image of a monster on the gate of the prison.In the past, this monster was famous. It was called Bi An. It was a fierce beast that ate food without spitting out its bones. Putting it on top of the prison gate symbolized the authority and cruelty of the prison. Your silent warning: Don't break the law, if you break the law, you will be swallowed into Bi An's mouth. After stepping into the door below the gate, I found a small courtyard in front of me. The north room of this courtyard is a temple, and the east and west rooms are where the jailers were on duty. Then there is the south wall, and there are two doors on both sides of the south wall, leading to the men's prison respectively. and female prisoner.There is a wall separating the male and female prisons.There is a well on the south wall, the mouth of the well is very small, I asked the people in the museum how to get the water?He told me to use a special, very small bucket to draw water, why?To prevent the prisoner from being escorted, he couldn't think about it, so he committed suicide by throwing himself into a well.The mouth of the well is so small that even the thinnest man cannot fit himself in it.

The north room of the outer courtyard of the prison is a temple.I walked in, and there was a statue in the middle of the Buddhist altar. It was a kind-hearted old man with a long beard. He stroked his beard with his right hand, looking very majestic.Who is this clay figure?How could he be a god?This person is the Yao, Shun, and Yu era in our Chinese historical legends, and a minister in Shun's era.He is the earliest founder of the Chinese judicial system, and his name is Gao Tao.The Tao character is written as intoxicated Tao, but when read, his name should be pronounced as "Gao Yao".

During Shun's period, social productivity was low, social material wealth was very scarce, and people had no private property, so there were few crimes.As productivity gradually increases, a tribe may obtain more things.For example, the tribal leader led everyone to hunt, and when he hunted a wild boar, he decomposed the wild boar, and everyone divided the meat. At that time, it was a very even society, and everyone got a piece.It is also possible that one person became greedy at the time, stole the piece shared by others, and was discovered.At that time, one of Shun's ministers named Gao Tao came up with a solution. Stealing was wrong, so how should he be dealt with?Gao Yao took a branch and drew a circle on the ground with the thief as the center, saying that you can't get out of this circle, and you should stand here and reflect and punish him.At that time, the folk customs were very simple, and people's thinking was very simple, so the person just stood inside obediently and did not dare to move again.This is called "painting the ground as a prison", and the circle is the earliest prison.Now if we set up prisons like this again, will it work?no more.With the development of social life, prisons have also become a very complicated existence. There must be fences, high walls, and power grids.But Gao Tao was the earliest Minister of Justice in China after all. He invented the prison. Although it was only a circle at that time, it was the embryonic form of the prison. Therefore, Gao Tao later became the god of prisons. Prison gods were built in prisons in the Qing Dynasty. Temple dedicated to him.

In the Qing Dynasty, there was a customary rule for enshrining Gao Tao in the prison. What rule is it?It means that prisoners will be severely tortured during interrogation, reflecting the majesty and sternness of the king's law, but it also has a soft part in its system, which is to allow prisoners to go to prison separately on the first and fifteenth day of the first day. Go to the temple to worship the prison god. If you feel that you have been wronged, you can appeal to the prison god to bless you to get rehabilitated; if you feel that you are really guilty, you can beg him to give you a light sentence; Bless me to reincarnate better after death, so that I will not suffer again in my next life.Therefore, at that time, prison temples were set up in prisons in the Qing Dynasty, which played a lubricating role, creating a buffer zone between imperial power, kingly law, common people, and criminals to maintain its inherent social structure. After eighty chapters, why does the Prison Temple appear?You already know from my previous lectures that the Jia Mansion suddenly collapsed, and the family members scattered. Under the circumstances at that time, there were two people, and they were locked in the same prison.Of course, they were imprisoned in a prison somewhere in the capital. The structure was similar to the existing prison in the Nanyang County Yamen Museum, and the scale might be larger. There would also be a Prison Temple there as usual.At that time, the other masters of Jia's mansion were all dealt with, and two prisoners were imprisoned in that prison for execution, one male prisoner was Jia Baoyu, and the other female prisoner was Wang Xifeng. Why was Jia Baoyu imprisoned?Jia Baoyu is a male master in the Rongguo Mansion. At the beginning of the story, he was still young. After the concubine Yuan visited his relatives, he was only thirteen years old when he was told several times about his age.But the good times don't last long. "After the three springs go, all the fragrances will be exhausted." Counting from the time when the concubine Yuan visited her relatives, three springs passed, and when the "four springs" came, Jia's mansion collapsed. How old is Baoyu at this time?sixteen years old.In that society at that time, an adult was considered an adult at the age of sixteen. Your mansion was confiscated and punished by the emperor. Regardless of whether you have committed any specific crimes, as an adult master, you must bear part of the responsibility for the family’s crimes, so you are Unable to escape, Baoyu was taken into custody as an adult criminal. The emperor punished the adult males of these sinners. Of course, the most severe punishment is to kill, behead, hang, or ask you to commit suicide. The second is to be sent to a remote and cold place, where you are a slave to an armored man; and you may be thrown into prison. , imprisoned for a long time; the lightest treatment is to find out that you have no serious specific crimes, and you are a male who has just grown up, then you may not be allowed to live in the capital anymore, or someone will be sent to release you. origin, or ordered to return home on their own. Baoyu has just reached adulthood, and has nothing to do with the crimes committed by Ningrong and Rongfu. Although he wrote a poem praising the general, it was driven by his father to write it. He does not know the truth about the general, so he may be given a light sentence , that is, repatriation to their hometown.As we all know, the origins of the four major families are all in Jinling. Baoyu waited for the final trial and gave him a token—equivalent to a pass—with this, he could get out of prison, leave Beijing, and return to his origin in Jinling to try to survive. Wang Xifeng was much worse than Baoyu.As I said before, Jia Lian divorced her first, and asked her to change things with Ping'er, and Ping'er became the second mistress, and she became a housekeeper.This identity did not serve as a cover for her after the house was raided.Ordinarily, you should hold the master accountable, but you can't hold me accountable. I'm not the master, I'm just a girl.But you think she has been king and hegemony in Rongguo Mansion for so many years, who doesn't know?King Zhongshun who was in charge of ransacking the house was no fool.Why did King Zhongshun treat her so tightly?Because she has been a housekeeper and financial manager in the Rongguo Mansion for a long time.For the four major families, take the Jia family as an example. The wealth is not only in the capital, but also in the original place?There is a very clear statement in the book that there is still a majestic old house in the original place, and some family members guard the old house in the original place, and there are still a lot of property there. King Zhongshun first imprisoned Wang Xifeng in the Rongguo Mansion for interrogation, and asked her to explain, besides the confiscated ones, what other hidden gold, silver and jewels are there?Later, digging the wall and digging the ground, but couldn't dig out any oil and water, so she was transferred to prison, and the next step was to take her back to Jinling, to the old house of Ningrong and Rongfu, and even the old house of her natal Wang's family, to take her to prison. The properties on the side are collected and cleaned up one by one, registered, and delivered cleanly.Wang Xifeng definitely hoped to give me a heavy sentence and kill me, but, as I said before, you can’t just die or kill you, because the emperor ransacked the house, and usually the stolen property was taken away. Including the entire mansion, reward the official sent to search the house. That official must try to maximize his own interests. He is not allowed to hide any property, and even fantasizes that he can find more hidden property.Then King Zhongshun knew that Ningrong and Rongfu still had houses and property in their original place, so he would feel that it was a big piece of fat, so how could he let it go.Therefore, although Wang Xifeng and Jia Baoyu were held in the same prison, one was sent to the women's prison and the other was sent to the men's prison, and they were allowed to worship the prison god in the prison god temple in the front yard respectively, but the prospects of the two were very different.After Jia Baoyu was repatriated to his hometown, he was a free man after all, but Wang Xifeng was still a criminal when he was escorted back. He was escorted to account and count the property of his hometown. After the delivery, he might be killed again. In Nanyang County Yamen Prison, I visited the Prison Temple. After observing the front yard, I went to the inner yard and found that both the men’s and women’s prisons were terrifying. There was a torture room inside, and I dared not dare to display some of the instruments of torture. Open your eyes and observe carefully. After a few glances at the explanatory text and drawings, you can't bear to look down. The interrogation of the prisoners is very cruel and inhumane.Those criminals' cells had no windows, only doors. The door was like a dog hole, and even the smallest person had to lower his head to enter. It was dark inside during the day, and a musty smell came out of his nostrils. It is to spread some straw, and the prisoner sleeps on the straw.So it is conceivable that Baoyu and Wang Xifeng in the book are in prison, and their situation is very miserable. So, what will Cao Xueqin write about in the plot of the Prison Temple?How will the plot in his pen flow forward?Be it Baoyu or Wang Xifeng, they should go to the Prison Temple at different times, and they are not allowed to appear in the same place at the same time. What if you collude confessions?That is not allowed.So they each have their own play. When Baoyu arrives at the Prison God Temple, will he worship the Prison God?Maybe, more likely because he still refuses to believe in superstition, and he doesn't believe that worshiping the god of hell will improve his prospects.He faces deportation.He is used to living the life of a prince and brother, enjoying the glory and wealth. When he returns to his hometown, he has no protection from his family, no warmth from his family, and he lacks the ability to live independently. His prospects are bleak and difficult.However, for him, living a simple pastoral life also has a side that meets his inner pursuit. In the fifteenth chapter, it was written that in the process of delivering Qin Keqing's funeral, Sister Feng needed convenience, so she brought Baoyu and Qin Zhong to a manor house, where Baoyu got acquainted with the simple rural life and met a village girl named Er Girl, they stayed for a short time, but when they left, Baoyu was reluctant to part with the pastoral style that was completely different from the luxurious life he usually lived. When the second girl appeared again, Baoyu couldn't wait to get out of the car and follow her.In the end, Baoyu should have no fear of being repatriated. But can Baoyu successfully get the token that allows him to leave?It's not that easy.Baoyu also has enemies. Some readers may not remember who Baoyu's enemies are for a moment.Jia Huan?Jia Huan himself was miserable at that time.He was underage, and his biological mother, Aunt Zhao, was either ordered to commit suicide or sold for sale. King Zhongshun allowed Jia's innocent relatives to take him away, but who would adopt him?He was likely to be sent to the Yangshengtang and served as a servant to the head of the Yangshengtang. At this time, Jia Huan was unable to play tricks on Baoyu.Who else could it be?Some people say that Baoyu in the first eighty chapters is loved by everyone.But if you think about it carefully, is there anyone named Jin?In the first eighty chapters of the book, is there a plot of making trouble in the school?The Jia family had a private school, and an old scholar named Jia Dairu, who was on the same level as Jia's mother, presided over the private school.Those who went to study in this private school, besides the children of the same family surnamed Jia, also had some relatives with other surnames who went to study, Xue Pan went to study, of course he went for another indecent purpose; Qin Zhong also went to study; then There is also an additional reader named Jin Rong.Jin Rong's father passed away, and his mother was called Jin Widow.This golden widow is on point. If you recall, is there a chapter in the first 80 chapters where the first half of the sentence is "golden widow is humiliated for greedy power"?That was the tenth time. There are hundreds of characters in the game, not every character can make it to the replay.Some people say that he may have just written it casually, and on a sudden whim, he has included that character in his head.Cao Xueqin’s text is not a random text. Since he set the golden widow to be revisited, although there will be no stories about her and her son Jin Rong after the first 80 chapters, it is obviously also a grass snake gray line. Yan Qianli, after eighty chapters, the Golden Widow and Jin Rong will participate in the plot development again.In the first eighty chapters, the ninth chapter is about urchins making trouble in the school, and the tenth chapter is about the Golden Widow, and also brings out an interesting character—Grandma Huang.Cao Xueqin's writing style is really versatile and exquisite. The husband of Widow Jin died, but her husband had a younger sister. This younger sister married a person from a branch of the Jia clan called Jia Huang. This person obviously belonged to the same generation as Jia Lian and Baoyu. It's called Grandma Huang.Grandma Huang went to visit her widowed sister-in-law, and Widow Jin told her about Jin Rong's loss in school.The urchins fight in the school, Jin Rong beats Qin Zhong, but Baoyu and Qin Zhong of course quit.At that time, Jia Dairu was not in the school, and Jia Dairu's grandson Jia Rui came to take care of him. Jia Rui had no management skills and made a mess.Baoyu had a young servant named Mingyan, who was later called Baoming in the book, and he was also mixed in to show his power.In the end, Jia Rui forced Jin Rong to kowtow and apologize in front of Bao Yu and Qin Zhong.For Jin Rong, this is a great hatred. After the incident, although Widow Jin also felt wronged for her son, but after much deliberation, it was not easy to be able to read it. The private school can eat ready-made meals, and Jin Rong and Xue Pan can get money for nothing. Let it go after the incident. , This is called "golden widow greedy for power and humiliated".Unexpectedly, Grandma Huang would not let her go when she heard this, she said that Qin Zhong is nothing more than a relative of Jia's family, so our Jin Rong is also a relative of Jia's family, why should Qin Zhong bully others?Grandma Huang ran to Ningguo Mansion to seek Qin Keqing's reasoning despite her widow's obstruction. Of course, when she went there she was full of arrogance, but when she really entered Ningguo Mansion, she gradually became restrained, and finally flattered Youshi a lot. Then he turned his anger into joy and went back to his home.Cao Xueqin has other intentions about this episode of Grandma Huang, so I won't analyze it here. Let's say that when the school was in trouble, Jin Rong had an enmity with Baoyu and Qin Zhong.Later, Qin Zhong died, and three years later, Ningrong and Rongfu collapsed, Jia Huang should not have been implicated, and Baoyu went to prison. He felt that the sentence was too light. Widow Jin might not advocate revenge on Baoyu. Can Jin Rong let him go?Therefore, Baoyu could not successfully obtain the token to return home, and his opponent must try to obstruct it, hoping that the government can give Baoyu a more severe punishment.Jin Ronghui went to complain to King Zhongshun, and tried every means to prove that Baoyu wrote the poem praising the general, not because he was deceived by his father, but because he had "rebellion".It is estimated that Cao Xueqin will write such a plot, so that we can appreciate how strange life in society is.He would write very vividly, very thought-provoking. Due to Jin Rong's mischief, the token allowing Baoyu to return home has not been issued for a long time, and Baoyu will be very depressed.Why punish him every night?Play more.There were people in the Qing Dynasty, not the Fucha Mingyi I mentioned at the beginning of this series of lectures, but others who had read the entire book by Cao Xueqin, and later recorded it in the notes of the Qing people, saying that they wrote Baoyu after reading eighty chapters. Was sent to "strike the watchtower".The watchman is made of wood and looks like a small pillow. It is hollowed out and a wooden stick is stuck inside. It is taken out during the watch and then beaten.In the prison, Baoyu might just beat the watchman to tell the time every night when he could never get a token to return home. At this juncture, he never imagined that the jailer told him to go to the prison temple, saying that someone wants to see you, who is it?When I went in and took a closer look, it turned out to be Qianxue!This weak woman who was mistakenly kicked out by him because of a cup of tea, should bear a grudge against him, right?At that time, Qianxue did nothing wrong, but she was kicked out.You have to know that the fate of these girls in Jia's mansion will be very miserable if they are kicked out.After Qian Xue was kicked out, she lost face. Jin Chuan was kicked out, but Jin Chuan herself did have a problem, she was more frivolous, right?Jin Chuan felt dull after being kicked out, what happened in the end?He committed suicide by jumping into a well, and the second half of the thirty-second chapter is called "Death with Shame and Passion".Qianxue is not frivolous, and she is dedicated to serving Baoyu, but she was kicked out. How could she explain to her parents?How to deal with the surrounding public opinion?She was disgraced, do you think how she survived those years later?The maids in Jia's mansion were kicked out and lost the affluent life they shared with their master. Of course, they also lost the moon silver. Their fate was to be used by the housekeeper or their parents to match them.It is impossible to marry an ideal husband. It is very lucky to marry an inferior person who is relatively poor but has good character. Then some people will ask, why did Qianxue appear in the prison?You can't just go into the prison!Well, I think that when Cao Xueqin writes such a long novel, he will definitely reserve a lot of characters, which will be used as a human resource pool during the development of the plot, and will be continuously selected to play a role in the subsequent plots.Do you remember that he wrote about some people in the market, such as Ni Er, Jia Yunxi's neighbor under the corridor.What kind of friend does Ni Er have?Wang Shortlegs, a horse dealer.After Ni Er and Jia Yun met on the street, Ni Er generously donated money, and Jia Yun used the money to buy borneol and musk, bribed Wang Xifeng, and got a job to replant flowers and trees in the Grand View Garden. Bar?So what did Ni Er tell Jia Yun at that time?Said that I will not go home tonight, I will go to the horse dealer King Shortlegs, and you will bring a letter to my home.I think that some characters like this will not be thrown away after writing, and will definitely play a role after eighty chapters.You think he pulled up a list of princes and grandsons in the 14th chapter, and Wei Ruolan's name appeared, with no image or action, and he could arrange for Wei Ruolan to become an important person after the 80th chapter. In the main scene of "Shooting Garden", then Wang Shortlegs, you can imagine him from his nickname, the friend of the drunk King Ni Er, Ni Er will not go back to his home to spend the night with him at night, and it is estimated that they will get drunk together again, Although it is only a shadowy image, it will be called out as one of the human resources after eighty chapters to participate in the flow of the storyline. It is estimated that after Qianxue was kicked out, after several twists and turns, she married this Wang Duanleg, and Wang Duanleg later stopped selling horses and went to the prison to work as a jailer.Because of this, Qianxue knew that Baoyu was in the prison guarded by her husband, and she could enter the prison relatively easily. She met Baoyu at the Prison Temple, comforted him, and tried to rescue him.Qianxue would tell Baoyu, you have suffered, and what difficulties you have now, try to speak out, and we can help as much as possible.How much do you think Baoyu will be moved!In the past, Baoyu appreciated young women, their appearance, their demeanor, and their breath. He admired and cherished them like flowers, and was willing to serve them, "becoming a cosmetic powder", but often he couldn't see them all at once. To the spiritual beauty in the depths of that beautiful flower.When Qianxue went to condolences to Baoyu, Cao Xueqin would definitely write about the shock in Baoyu's heart.This is a person who was killed by me, but he never forgets the old evil, and repays the evil with virtue.Qianxue can have a comprehensive and pertinent evaluation of Baoyu. Qianxue has lived with Baoyu for quite a long time, and she knows that he was drunk that day, drunkenly, and made mistakes. Overall, Baoyu is indeed a He is very respectful and friendly to young women. He is a rare nobleman.Therefore, after the 80th episode, between the 100th episode and the 108th episode, there will be such a highlight scene in which Qianxue goes to the Prison God Temple to condolence Baoyu, "Xianxue Fang Presents the Text". Not only does Qianxue comfort Baoyu, but she later learns that Jin Rong is behind it, hindering Baoyu's repatriation and returning to his hometown. She might even be sentenced for writing anti-poetry, so she will try her best to resolve this new calamity for Baoyu.Qianxue and her husband Wang Duanleg, like her husband's good friend Drunk King Ni Er, "a hero who despises wealth and honors righteousness", this character who played a small role in the first 80 episodes will appear in this episode after the 80th episode. In the passage, the brilliance of the goodness and beauty of humanity is radiated, and it becomes a pivotal role. According to Ji Husou's disclosure, there will be Lin Hongyu appearing in the Prison Temple.Lin Hongyu went to prison either to visit Baoyu, or to visit Baoyu as a side-step. Think about who she was visiting?It should be to visit Wang Xifeng.Wang Xifeng is a very domineering and domineering person, but Wang Xifeng loves talents and is good at using them.Everyone must remember the episode in the twenty-seventh chapter. Wang Xifeng suddenly felt in the Grand View Garden that she needed to find a girl temporarily, and went back to her small courtyard to find Ping'er to deal with. In the end, she accidentally found Lin Hongyu, who was Xiaohong. Not only is Xiaohong dexterous, but she is also eloquent. She manages things satisfactorily and reports very clearly. Wang Xifeng appreciates it a lot. Later, she transfers Xiaohong, who is depressed in Yihong Courtyard, to her side and reuses her. A member of his staff.Jia Yun must have been there to visit Wang Xifeng at the Prison Temple with Xiaohong.Of course you remember what I wrote earlier, Jia Yun first went to ask Jia Lian, thinking of finding an errand in the mansion, but failed, and finally asked Wang Xifeng, and she got the project of replanting trees and flowers in the Grand View Garden.The not-so-rich men in the side branches of the Jia family all hope to find a job in Ningrong and Rongfu. Once you get a project, the general accountant will give you a sum of money. Take Jia Yun as an example. In addition to buying saplings, flower seedlings and hired labor, the sum of money will have a lot of surplus, and the surplus will belong to oneself, so what you get is a good job. Before and after Jia Yun was looking for an errand, she met Xiaohong in Rongguo Mansion, and the two fell in love boldly. In fact, he didn't give Xiaohong's handkerchief to Zhui'er, but passed his own.Passing handkerchiefs and expressing love between the two parties in this way was very out of the ordinary in the society and space at that time.Both Jia Yun and Xiaohong are very clear-headed and have autonomy in their own destiny. Xiaohong has long said that if there is a long shed for thousands of miles, there is no feast that will never end. Who will guard the other for a lifetime?But for three to five years, everyone did their own thing.When Jia's mansion was still in a prosperous state, Xiaohong, like Qin Keqing and Jia Xichun, had a premonition that there would be ominous changes in Jia's mansion after three springs. Therefore, she should go before Jia's mansion was hit by the first wave. While Wang Xifeng was still in charge of affairs and had the right to make decisions, she redeemed herself and married Jia Yun. At that time, Jia Yun had accumulated some property, so she no longer depended on the Jia family to survive. When the Jia family collapsed, As some remote branches of the Jia family, as long as they are not involved in major cases, they will not be caught out. Jia Yunxiaohong and the others live in society very low-key. But these two people still had a conscience, and Wang Xifeng was kind to them. When Wang Xifeng was in trouble, they felt that they should give Wang Xifeng comfort and help.It was still very risky for them to visit Wang Xifeng in the Prison Temple.In particular, Xiaohong's parents, Lin Zhixiao and Lin Zhixiao's family, because they were the big housekeeper and housekeeper of Rongguo Mansion, had already been sold by King Zhongshun at that time. Courage, go to the Prison Temple to visit Wang Xifeng.It is not easy to sneak into the prison. Xiaohong and Jia Yun may have bribed the guards, or used their relationship with Ni Er and Wang Short Legs to try their best to get to the Prison Temple and ask the guards to call Wang Xifeng to meet in that space. .When Jia Baoyu saw Qianxue, he felt that I was sorry for you, but you were so kind to me. It was a situation.Wang Xifeng treats some people very badly, but she is kind to Xiaohong and Jia Yun, so she feels that people will repay their kindness, and she will be relieved for a while. This is another situation. What worried Wang Xifeng most at that time?It's not her own destiny, because she herself, to be honest, has no way out, and it stands to reason that she should not want to live.The reason why she is still alive is because she has something to worry about, and she really can't die by herself before she finds something.Her daughter, Qiaojie, was not included in the list to be sold in the market during the ransacking process because she was underage. She was allowed to be taken away by innocent relatives. Wang Xifeng's brother Wang Ren came forward to arrest Qiaojie. Sister took it away.Wang Ren is a very bad person, his name is homonymous for "Wangren", he sold Qiaojie to a brothel, Wang Xifeng didn't have any definite news, but she also vaguely knew something was wrong, she was worried about Qiaojie.So Xiaohong and Jia Yun came to visit her. The conversation between them should mainly focus on how to rescue Qiaojie. Wang Xifeng must entrust them, asking if you can help me find out the exact whereabouts of Qiaojie?If she falls into misfortune, can you rescue her?Under such circumstances, Jia Yun and Xiaohong agreed to Sister Feng's request and tried every means to rescue Sister Qiao. 高鹗的续书里面，小红就写丢了，贾芸被写成一个奸兄，跟王仁一块儿去做坏事，去把巧姐卖到妓院，这完全不符合曹雪芹的原笔原意，是一种令人气愤的亵渎。 脂砚斋在第二十四回的批语里赞叹贾芸：“孝子可敬，此人后来荣府事败，必有一番作为。”既然“可敬”，荣府事败后贾芸的“作为”，怎会是伤天害理的事情？必然是正面的义举。在上世纪一度出现后来竟又迷失的古本，红学界称作“靖本”里面，还有一条特别的批语，说贾芸到狱神庙探望王熙凤以后，他有一个什么举动呢？叫“仗义探庵”。 历来的研究者对这句话都大惑不解，他仗义，这还好理解，他去救巧姐嘛；但是探庵，探哪个庵？前八十回里出现过很多庵名，他探的是哪一个？再说，探庵能解决什么问题？难道探庵以后，巧姐就能获救吗？通过我前几讲里面关于王熙凤、巧姐的讲述，以及关于李纨的讲述，我把这个事情的来龙去脉就梳理出来了。 贾芸和小红探望王熙凤以后，又遇上进城来的刘姥姥和板儿，大家一起商量，形成统一的思路，就是去求得李纨的帮助，让她拿出银子，把巧姐从妓院里赎出来。李纨青春守节，当时皇帝号称以孝治国，以节治国，就表彰她是一个节妇，网开一面，荣国府别的人拘走，李纨和贾兰暂时还允许留在大观园的稻香村居住。贾芸设法去到稻香村，万没想到，李纨是一个抠门儿大仙——这是北京话，就是极其悭吝的守财奴——舍不得拿出银子来，而跟巧姐平辈的贾兰，拿出假票据搪塞贾芸，贾芸去兑，根本是死票，才知贾兰奸诈恶劣到不堪的地步。 那么这个情况下，贾芸不得已，再有谁可求啊？大家想一想，当时大观园里，只有两个地方还有人烟，一处是稻香村，另一处呢？就是拢翠庵。拢翠庵为什么还存在？因为妙玉她不属于四大家族，虽然查出了当年王夫人给她下的帖子，但是当时的理由是很堂皇的，是皇帝准许贾元春省亲，省亲活动里有一项是礼佛，妙玉是因为这个入住拢翠庵的，你不能因为这个给她定罪，所以当时妙玉仍可在拢翠庵里居住，准许她在问题彻底查清之后再离开。在不得已的情况下，贾芸就仗义探庵。为什么说是仗义？不是为自己谋利益，是为了解救自己的恩人王熙凤的女儿巧姐，去采取行动，是一种义举。贾芸跟妙玉很难搭上钩、对上话，救人要紧，“病笃乱投医”，贾芸就冒昧地进入了拢翠庵。 我设想，曹雪芹会写到，贾芸没有能够见到妙玉本人，妙玉轻易不见人的。但是，妙玉会通过一个巧妙的方式，留下一笔银子，提供给贾芸，贾芸会拿到这个银子以后作为经费，去把已经卖到锦香院的巧姐赎出来，刘姥姥和板儿，就把巧姐带回农村，最后巧姐就嫁给了板儿，“偶引济刘氏，巧得遇恩人”。有人可能会说，妙玉怎么会预见到，会有人来到庵里求助银钱支援，以解厄难？大家不要忘记，当年跟王夫人汇报妙玉情况的，正是小红的父亲林之孝，汇报里面有一句，说妙玉师父“极精演先天神数”，妙玉得到师父真传，料事如神、救人厄难，是不奇怪的。 “靖本”——和多数古本一样，书名称——还有一条特有的批语说：“狱神庙相逢之日，始知'遇难成祥，逢凶化吉'，实伏线于千里。哀哉伤哉，此后文字，不忍卒读！”虽然悲剧的发展愈演愈烈，达到中国文化中前所未有的“好一似食尽鸟投林，落了片白茫茫大地真干净”的奇诡程度，令批书人“不忍卒读”，但这条批语也再次有力地证明着，曹雪芹是写完了全部书稿的，他完全打破了中国文化中即使是大悲剧的结局，也还是要归结到祸去福至、苦尽甘来的“大团圆”模式，他的仅此一点，也是具有无可辩驳的创新性的，在那个时代，可以说是最先锋、最新锐的文本。狱神庙相关的情节过去后，宝玉和王熙凤的命运还有待进一步往下流动发展。宝玉那以后的情况，我在前面相关的讲座里讲述得很详尽，这里不重复。王熙凤被押解去往南京。那时候北京东边通州的运河开冻以后，从张家湾码头上船，走水路去南京是最常见的行进方式。王熙凤被押上船前，应该是得悉了巧姐获救的消息，她觉得这桩最后的心事终于可以放下了，在押解她的船上，夜里趁看守不备，投水自尽了。她“哭向金陵事更哀”，说明她并没到达金陵，她在朝向金陵的航船上流泪投水，是一个非常凄惨的结局。 讲到这儿，里的《金陵十二钗正册》各钗的命运，就都交代完全了，有的还重复讲到。下面需要探佚的，首先是《金陵十二钗副册》，在前面第五回里，曹雪芹写得很巧妙，他只透露了一个钗，就是香菱。那么其他十一钗是谁？有人会记得，我在前面讲座里一再说，有一个女性她不但有资格进入副册，她都有资格进入正册，她不能够再往后排了，她肯定在副册，这个角色是谁呢？就是薛宝琴，四大家族里的正牌小姐，对不对？有人会说，薛宝琴啊，她的结局我知道，她嫁给梅翰林家了不是吗？但是我现在郑重地告诉你，薛宝琴最后没有嫁给姓梅的，她嫁给了姓另外的姓的人，这个人曾经痛打过她的堂兄。那么请你想一想，薛宝琴她究竟最后嫁给了谁？See you in the next lecture.