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Chapter 46 Chapter 45: I want to ride a "time machine"

Liu Xianglian As soon as Zhang Ailing saw Zhizhi mentioned that the critics had seen "five or six manuscripts such as Wei Baoyu and the Prison God Temple, they were lost by the borrowers, sigh!" This accident, she wished to take the "time machine to fly away and go to that house." People [borrowers] find out and grab it back!" From this, I thought, if it is a draft of five chapters, it will account for one-sixth of the "next thirty chapters"; if it is a draft of six chapters, it will account for one-fifth-this is no small matter! This gives me the impression that this loss is the most important part of the latter part of the text, beyond doubt.Because of this, it may be extremely difficult to rewrite, and the inability to smoothly copy the last thirty chapters is also due to this accident.Secondly, I also feel that "lost" is also an excuse, and those who dare not speak out are political reasons.

Zhang Ailing speculates about the cause of the accident in the Prison Temple.She believes that the prison temple has nothing to do with Baoyu's disaster.I think this should be considered in connection with the "three knowledges of misfortunes and blessings" engraved on the psychic jade. It is definitely not a trivial matter, but a catastrophe, and only a catastrophe can lead to disaster and imprisonment. ——The Prison Temple is not a temple that can be seen in ordinary streets and alleys, only prisons have it.That is the place where the prisoner worships the prison god three days after he was in prison!

So, what crime did Baoyu commit to go to prison? In fact, Eileen Chang could have used her adept imagination and combined considerable historical data to make a "bold hypothesis"—she could quite remember the 20 poems and seven poems written by Fucha Mingyi, but for some reason she forgot the last one. And the most important one-- It was not long before the food, jade, cooking and gold were born, and the king and grandson were exhausted and bony. Where does the green moth and red powder go, I am ashamed of Shi Jilun back then! This reveals the news: first, the author is "Baoyu"; second, because of the great political changes in Baoyu's family, it is difficult to protect his beloved maid, which is not as good as Shi Chongzhi in the Jin Dynasty who had a green pearl!

She is also quite capable of defending Xiren—revealing that Gao E deliberately vilified Xiren.And I don’t know how she neglected Xiren’s famous wine list “Peach Red is Another Spring” was originally a “political poem” written by Xie Fangde at the end of the Song Dynasty: Finding a Taoyuan to avoid the Qin Dynasty, Taohong is another spring of the year. Don't send Huafei to follow the flowing water, for fear that a fisherman will come to ask for it. This refers to the fact that the Zhongshun Prince's Mansion later forced Jia Baoyu, the son of the Rong Mansion, to beg the attacker, and the attacker had to succumb to the political forces and accept the notoriety of "ungrateful" and "rebellious".

Baoyu's imprisonment was the result of the Zhongshun Palace persecuting him under the guise of "crime money". This unforeseen misfortune is what the third inscription "knowing misfortunes and blessings" engraved on the psychic jade refers to.In the story, when there is a scene where the piece of jade suddenly makes a strange sound, or falls to the ground and almost breaks. The "fifth and sixth drafts" of the Prison Temple are extremely important-it must be a wonderful and moving article, which can shake people's hearts and make ghosts and gods cry, right?

The poem says: The prison god has a temple to worship Gao Tao, and Qu Sha's lover sheds tears in vain. Lai Detong's body is made of jade, and the golden valley of the Shi family is full of beauty.
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