A film that integrates officialdom, human nature, feudalism, innocence, humor and evil, not only has depth, but also ponders extremely fearfully, the form of expression is comedy, adding absurdity on the basis of nonsense, which also leads to people after 60 and 70 who do not like to watch, and 80 and 90 can only laugh and watch at that time, but should they revisit it from the perspective of adults now? Have we ever thought about what the film is really saying, what metaphors are there, or even what it's satirizing?
Bao Longxing successfully broke the Qi family massacre and sat down as a pin official, so why did he abandon the official and engage in business?
The elderly father told his son to be as clean as water and as honest as a mirror, and gave him a "clean" word, but Bao Longxing looked like a "poor" word no matter how he looked, which was really a good and big mockery, not a son's mockery of his father, but a nine-pin official's mockery of the feudal society at that time. In order not to be poor and pitiful, Bao Longxing only received one or two silver tickets after a lawsuit, and he also had to accept Fang Tangjing's sneering, and everyone in the county shouted and beaten, and then he was invited to his home by the Qi family in the name of a corrupt official. Therefore, when the Qi family extinguished the door case, facing the silver two posed by Fang Tangjing, Bao Longxing accepted. But he is not qualified, he is not born to be the material for corrupt officials, because I have a conscience and a just heart, and a heart of righteousness and awe. When the Qi family was convicted of the murder of the Qi family, Bao Longxing's heart was finally awakened, and what was more painful than the dazzling silver two confiscation was that the Qi Qin clan had to choose a day to ask for a beheading, so he took Bao Youwei to investigate the truth overnight, which also fell into the trap of admiral Chang Kun, who was arrested in prison on the grounds of destroying the scene, met Qi Qinshi in prison, and assured her that as long as there was a breath in it, he would definitely pay her innocence, and this little person who was the substitute county order of the nine pins would challenge the admiral of the water division, and this challenge was not for himself. It's all about the two words "axioms." He took his father's half-cake into Beijing to find the Punishment Department Shangshu, and even more he did not think that it was the source of the unfairness of this feudal society that the officials and officials protected each other, and the Punishment Department Shangshu and the Admiral of the Water Division were in cahoots, and Bao Longxing accidentally hit and bumped into the Fenglai Building.
How ironic is the Nine Pin Sesame Officer? In our impression, a qing official with clear logic and eloquence, or out of the book, or out of the city, but in this movie, a qing official is out of the dust of the land - Fenglai Lou, it can also be said that in the Fenglai Building, Bao Longxing is really equipped with the heavens and places, a dirty place and the outside feudal society, at least there is a rule, there is money is that the grandfather has no money to hurry up, compared to the public court, the thirteen families of Changwei Qi family can marry others, there are no rules to speak of, there is no justice to talk about. Bao Longxing practiced his eloquence after witnessing the quarrel between the three sisters, and the curved one could speak straight, and the dead could speak alive. The next Bao Longxing in FenglaiLou and Lei Leopard reconciled, and also got to know the emperor, told the emperor about the unjust case in the county, the emperor passed on the water division Admiral and the Punishment Department Shangshu and Bao Longxing confronted, before this I always thought that Bao Longxing was the smartest person, followed by Fang Tangjing, but then the appearance of Sangu made me praise The IQ and emotional intelligence of Sangu, Admiral Bao Longxing said that Bao Longxing has been working in FenglaiLou How can the emperor know him, Bao Longxing quickly explained that he has been studying hard in the cold window and is not in FenglaiLou, Subsequently, Admiral Shuishi passed on Sangu and asked Sangu to identify Bao Longxing, but Sangu's answer was "I haven't seen it.". Have you ever thought about why Sangu said he hadn't seen it, this is a hidden line of the movie, if Sangu directly admitted Bao Longxing, it would also indirectly admit that the emperor had been to FenglaiLou. In fact, it is not surprising that this rapid reaction ability and adaptability are reflected in Sangu, after all, people are the bosses who can open the wind and dust place in the capital, and this confrontation has passed. Since Ming Jian had grievances as the emperor, of course, he had to take care of it, and then sealed Bao Longxing as the Inspector of the Eight Provinces, together with the Three Halls of the Governor and Lord Shangshu, to try the case of the Qi family's extermination, and ordered Lei Leopard to protect the Inspector of the Eight Provinces for life.
When the eloquence is superior, the thunder leopard protector is the geographical advantage, and the emperor supports the heavens, Bao Longxing finally has the heavens and the place, not to mention the admiral of the water division, the Shangshu of the Punishment Department, even Li Lianying Li Gonggong came and could not affect his righteous heart, above the court Bao Longxing followed his father's advice before his death, he used treacherous ways to let many witnesses tell the truth, but also pried open Chang Wei's mouth, and finally beheaded Chang Wei with a tiger's head.
The most puzzling thing about the whole movie is: Why did Bao Longxing abandon his official position and engage in business after breaking the unjust case? Isn't it good to be a yipin official? Isn't the Governor of the Eight Houses fragrant? The rights are extensive and the scenery is unlimited, but Bao Longxing still gave up because he could not fight. What he could not fight was not a single person, but the darkness of the entire feudal society. Recall the scene at the beginning of the film, whether it is the drum of injustice or the four big characters of fairness and honesty are covered with dust, what is the status quo, and then the first sentence of Fang Tangjing's appearance is "rotten drums, rotten plaques, rotten doors, plus a rotten dog official", can a master be so arrogant in the public court, and Wang Fa? Then there is the word that the father gave to Bao Longxing, and even more on the side points out that incorruptibility is poor, greedy and rich, and then there is the tragedy of the Qi family extinction, and the follow-up officials protect each other to reverse black and white, although the end is a stroke of God, in this dirty environment, there is the emperor to support the case, but this is only a case in the society at that time, the fundamental problem can not be solved, in the next journey Bao Longxing no matter how much heart can not fight the entire corrupt system, not only offended Li Gonggong, li Lianying behind the people do not say Bao Longxing, Even the emperor could not afford it. Since incorruptibility is poor and greed is rich, then simply do not become an official, after all, there is another way to live a rich life, that is, businessmen. Bao Longxing wanted to go to the ancestral secret recipe of the Qi family to open an Indian pharmacy, simply became a pharmacy owner, obeyed the law, and had two wives why not.
Don't underestimate the plot and characters in the film, history is real, director Wang Jing through the film's techniques as a reflection, coupled with Zhou Xingchi's superb acting skills, the central idea of this film like a flower in the fog to see the flowers from time to time. Remember what the emperor said in Fenglailou, "Have you ever played fighting beasts?" Elephants eat tigers, tigers eat cats, cats eat mice, rats can eat elephants, will they be rats? When the balance of justice is really tilted to the extreme, those who eat imperial grain will also stand on the opposite side, after all, it is always the people who control the peace of the world, and the six kingdoms that destroy the six kingdoms are not Qin, and the Qin who gives Qin is not the world.