Hou Bowang first watched "Painted Skin".

This is the only novel in Su Wen's three articles that does not use the name of a person as the title, just the word "painted skin" makes Professor Hou quite puzzled, and he does not quite understand what it means.

With doubts, he read on.

At the beginning, there is a sentence: "Taiyuan Wang Sheng, go early, meet a girl, run alone with a shirt, it is very difficult to walk." Hurry to take advantage of it, it is two eight Shuli. ”

To be honest, Hou Bowang didn't pay much attention to Su Wen's ancient novels at first, thinking that no matter how much the other party knew about ancient texts, he could write a little ancient vernacular text of character biographies.

However, just the first line of words, he saw it in good spirits! There are not many words in this line of words, and even every word used is very exquisite, like ingenuity and charm.

For example, the word "襆" is used very exquisitely.

"襆", that is, the meaning of baggage, but this word is not simple.

Although it is just a burden, it is quite difficult to apply in ancient texts, and ordinary people can't think of what words to use instead, but the use of the word "襆" makes people feel very appropriate.

It's like you have to use this word, once you use this word, the style of the whole article comes up, and it has the charm of ancient texts, and it's difficult to make people say that it's not ancient texts.

Just one word, it has this effect!

As a professor who has studied ancient novels all year round, Hou Bowang's sensitivity and grasp of ancient texts are much stronger than ordinary people, and he can also feel the charm of these classical texts for the first time.

Therefore, his expectations for Su Wen's ancient novels have risen a lot, and he is no longer the dismissive attitude he had before.

As he continued, "Painted Skin" was really not the biography of the character he had imagined, it did resemble a novel—or so to speak, everything a novel should have. It's got it all, and it's outstanding.

At the beginning, it was a scholar who foresaw a young girl, and after setting up the suspense, he advanced the plot through dialogue. When this Wang Sheng brought the girl home, then. Readers' expectations for this novel are infinitely high, and everyone wants to see what the ending is.

For example, what is the ending of Wang Sheng, what is the origin of this girl, and what will happen to Wang Sheng's wife?

The story is really fascinating, especially after Wang Sheng brought the girl home and did what the girl loved to do, he met a Taoist priest on the street, and the latter said that he had encountered a strange disaster, and Wang Sheng did not believe it. Later home. The inner door was blocked, and he began to suspect the girl, and then sneaked in to take a peek.

The original text reads: "What the heart doubts is done, but it is beyond the wall." The door is also closed. Tiptoeing through the window to peek at it, I saw a ghost, with a green face and teeth like a saw. Spread the human skin on the couch, hold the color pen and paint it; I have thrown the pen. Lift the skin, such as vibrating clothes. Clothed in the body, she turned into a woman. ”

When he saw this, Hou Bowang's whole body was shocked, and the whole person sat up straight, engrossed, and did not dare to be distracted at all.

He finally knew why the article was called "Painted Skin"!

So that's what happened!

This girl is clearly not human. It's a demon!

"It's wonderful! It's so exciting! Hou Bowang couldn't help but admire. is different from ordinary people, if it is an ordinary person, he will only praise the clever conception of this story, but Hou Bowang is not an ordinary person, he has an ancient literary literacy that others do not have.

The story is strange. For the well-read Hou Bowang, it is not so incredible that he praised the novel's grasp of ancient texts.

This portrayal is so exquisite!

Every word is beautiful.

In just two sentences, the "painted skin" is vividly portrayed, which is both frightening and amazing.

This portrayal, translated into the vernacular, reads: "I wondered what the girl was doing inside, so I climbed over the crumbling wall and found that the door to my bedroom was closed. He crept close to the window and peeked at the window, and saw a demon with a green face and sharp teeth like saws. She threw herself on the bed, drew with a colored pen, threw down the pen, lifted the skin, and shook her clothes, and then she became a woman again. ”

Don't say it's Hou Bowang, if it's an ordinary person, seeing such a description, I'm afraid I'm afraid I'll be scared half to death!

An evil ghost who takes human skin and paints it with a colored pen, and then puts human skin on himself, and becomes a human!

Such a terrible and shocking thing is depicted in just a few words, and it is impossible to admire how ingenious the author's grasp of ancient texts is.

In the story behind "Painted Skin", Su Wen respects Pu Songling's original text very much, and does not beautify this painted skin ghost like some film and television dramas-

When Wang Sheng found out her true face, he asked the Taoist priest for help, and the Taoist priest did not kill the girl at first, but she killed Wang Sheng and dug out his heart and ate it. Wang Sheng's wife pleaded that when the Taoist priest killed the evil ghost and asked for Wang Sheng's resurrection, the Taoist priest said that he did not have this ability, and asked the royal wife to find a stranger.

This stranger was a beggar who made things difficult and insulted the king's wife, and even made the king's wife eat the phlegm he spit out. Wang's wife felt sad and vomited when she returned home, but she vomited out her heart and saved Wang Sheng.

This is a very typical Chinese happy ending.

Hou Bowang was relieved and regretful, not very satisfied with the ending, he thought that if this was a tragedy, it would have more power to wake up.

But after thinking about it again, if it ends after Wang Sheng's death, then the novel will not be complete, after all, there is no later twist, some plots are missing, and for the genre of novels, there are some places that are missing. So what is the difference with records such as "Sou Shen Ji"?

Thinking about it this way, Hou Bowang turned dissatisfaction into joy, this ending is not without merit, at least the king's wife is portrayed perfectly, in order to save her husband, she is willing to do anything, and portrays the brilliance of women to the fullest.

She's such a great woman.

The story is over, but the text is not finished, and Hou Bowang read the last paragraph with a strange face.

"What else did Su Wen write?"

The last paragraph is not long: Yi Shi said: Foolish world! It's clear that the demon is also, and thinks it's beautiful. Fool! Obviously loyal, but think it is delusional. However, the lover is a lover and fishes, and the wife will be willing to eat people's spit, and the way of heaven is good, but the foolish and confused do not understand. Sad! ”

"It's just talking!" Hou Bowang was stunned, and couldn't help laughing, he didn't expect Su Wen to have the idea of being Taishi Gong, so he made a big comment when he came to "say".

After a little pondering, it seems to make a lot of sense, but it is nothing more than saying that the world is stupid and only looks at the surface work.

This novel of "Painted Skin" is written to a very high standard, and Hou Bowang likes it very much, and he can't wait to read the next two articles as well.

"Nie Xiaoqian" is okay, but Hou Bowang doesn't like the things carried by the text, and thinks it's too traditional and old-fashioned, and there is nothing new.

It wasn't until he finished reading "Ying Ning" that Hou Bowang became excited, and praised again and again: "This description, this portrayal, this skill, it's really amazing!" This is the best article I have ever read about the characters in an ancient short story! ”

He couldn't wait to find Su Wen and wanted to communicate! (To be continued.) )