"Dream of the Red Chamber" reads forty-seventh time, the title of the reply is "Dumb Overlord flirted badly, Leng Langjun was afraid of disaster and left his hometown", such a title is easy to make people have such a direct logical association: Xue Pan was beaten by Liu Xianglian because of flirting, and Liu Xianglian fled away because she was afraid of Xue Pan's revenge.
(Dumbo flirted and was beaten)
But the actual plot is far from this, although Xue Pan was beaten by Liu Xianglian, Liu Xianglian did go away, but the reason why he "avoided disasters and went to other places" was not because of Xue Pan, but for another reason, let's take a closer look at the original text:
It happened on September 14, when Lai Shangrong, the son of Lai Da, the governor of Rong Province (note that Lai Da was the chief administrator of Rong Province, the grand governor of Ning Province was Lai Er, and the general manager was Lai Sheng), donated a magistrate to entertain guests in Lai Everyone's garden, and Xue Pan saw Liu Xianglian again during the banquet, causing Xue Pan to "commit an old disease again", and the "old disease" here should refer to the "Longyang Zhixing" (that is, the preference for male color) mentioned in the ninth time, so he hooked up with Liu Xianglian.
(Xianglian Liu)
Who is Liu Xianglian?
That Liu Xianglian was originally a child of the family, unable to study, her parents died early, she was a cool man, informal, cool and good at playing guns and dancing swords, gambling and eating wine, so that she could sleep in the willows, play the flute and play the kite, and do everything. Because he was young and beautiful, people who did not know his identity were mistaken for the category of youling.
Liu Xianglian is a beautiful man, in fact, she is also famous, but Liu Xianglian does not look at Xue Pan and only wants to avoid things——
Xiang Lian said, "Your aunt and cousin are still like that, and it is better for me to sit down again, so it is better that I avoid it." ”
At first, he didn't want to beat Xue Pan, he just wanted to "avoid it", but he couldn't stand Xue Pan's all kinds of hook-up flirtations, so he had a plan, and he threw Xue Pan out of the north gate and beat him hard in the reeds (at least with a horse whip "from the back to the shin, thirty or forty times").
(Xue Pan)
But please note: When Xue Pan was taken back to the mansion by Jia Rong and others and returned home, Jia Fu and Xue Pan's family did not take follow-up measures against Liu Xianglian, and the so-called "fear of disaster and going to other places" explained in the book was only out of Aunt Xue's arrangement for the small squatters:
Xue Pan slept on the kang and scolded Liu Xianglian bitterly, and then ordered the small squatters to demolish his house, beat him to death, and fight a lawsuit with him, Aunt Xue forbade the small squatters, only to say that Liu Xianglian was drunk for a while, and now that she was drunk, she regretted it and fled in fear of sin.
(Here's a detail, a little mention, is that "Xiangling's eyes are swollen from crying", which shows Xiangling's sincerity to Xue Pan.) ）
Liu Xianglian did escape, but the reason was not Xue Pan, because he already had plans to leave his hometown before beating Xue Pan, see specifically his conversation with Bao Yu at the banquet:
Xiang Lian said, "You don't have to look for me either." It's just a matter of doing its part. I still have to go out for a walk, go outside for three years and five years and then come back. Bao Yu listened and asked busily, "Why is this?" Liu Xianglian sneered, "You don't know what I'm thinking, you will naturally know when you get there." I'm going to have to say goodbye now"...
This dialogue is very critical, on the one hand, it shows that liu xianglian has gone away from home, the reason is not in Xue Pan, but Liu Xianglian has long planned to go out to "visit for three years and five years and then come back." On the other hand, it shows that the reason why he left his hometown did not want to tell Bao Yu directly. "You don't know what's on my mind, you know it when you're in front of you." And when he said this, he was "sneering" at Baoyu.
(Bao Yu and Xue Pan)
Why "sneer"? Some people say that Liu Xianglian is "Leng Langjun", so he loves to sneer, in fact, it is not so, his sneer at Baoyu is actually distrust of Baoyu, and the reason why he wants to go away from home, we analyze, the probability is because of Jiang Yuhan.
Liu Xianglian is not a "cold person", even if she is "cold", she is also cold and warm-hearted, because he still adds soil to the grave from time to time to the grave for his old friend Qin Zhong, who has passed away for many years, and he is "destitute" on the "Winter Clothes Festival" (the first day of October) and is still preparing for "flower consumption" and paying attention to the pre-festival tribute to Qin Zhong.
Earlier we know that Baoyu was beaten because he confessed that Jiang Yuhan bought a house in Rosewood Fort, but the follow-up is speechless, in the end the Zhongshun Royal Palace did not get Jiang Yuhan, there is no direct explanation in the novel, but from the follow-up plot of Jiang Yuhan married the attacker, it is very likely that at the time of the capture of the Zhongshun Palace, Jiang Yuhan fled, the nature that helped him escape was not Baoyu, it is likely that Liu Xianglian and others, for the forces of the Zhongshun Royal Palace under the fury, Liu Xianglian is certainly not enough to resist, what he can do, It can only be "fear of disaster" to flee away.
(Liu Xianglian and Baoyu)
In this whole thing, Baoyu was a "betrayer", so when Liu Xianglian told him about this matter, she not only did not dare to tell Baoyu where she was, but also "sneered" to show ridicule. Because he knew Baoyu, Baoyu was not a bad person, but when he really reached a special situation, Baoyu couldn't afford it.
It is also for this reason that when Baoyu was in love, repeatedly asked for help and even shed tears, Liu Xianglian was slightly soft-hearted:
Bao Yu thought for a moment and said, "Even if this is the case, it is to avoid him." It's just that if you really want to go far, you must first tell me, don't go quietly. Tears came down as he spoke. Liu Xianglian said, "Naturally I want to resign." You just don't tell anyone else that it is. ”
We don't know if Liu Xianglian will tell Baoyu her true whereabouts when she really says goodbye, but here we have already given a preventive injection in advance, "You just don't tell others that it is." After all, Liu Xianglian recognized Baoyu's friend in her heart, and the so-called vigilance was only a helpless vigilance.
Therefore, the real reason why Liu Xianglian was afraid of disaster and went away was not Xue Pan, but another reason, and this reason was probably to avoid the disaster of the Zhongshun Palace.
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