The case of "The Strange Stories of the Tang Dynasty: Journey to the West" is really more exciting than the previous one. Everyone guessed the murderer of Dugu Yang, but he did not expect that the person who killed him was himself.
Only after watching "The Death of Zuzu" did we realize that the creator said that the reason why the second season is far better than the first season is that it is obviously only a six-episode case, but the screenwriter shocked us far more than six episodes.
01
Chunshan, a gambler who claims to be upright but is actually greedy and behaves like a villain; Dong Haogu, the owner of Zhenbao Pavilion who provokes all crimes; Niu Daiming, who uses his position as a public servant to murder people for his own benefit.
Cao Hui, a female widow of the Tang Dynasty who is humble but neither humble nor arrogant; Harujo, who hates widows and the dead to willingly inherits the mantle and becomes a widow; uses her business as a businessman to do chivalrous things, and eliminates the root cause of tomb robbing, the owner of the cake shop Ma Ma Sophora japonica.
The characters are three-dimensional and vivid, vivid and full.
However, in this case, the character that touched me the most was Wu Zuo Duguyang. Wu Zuo was neither an official nor a local official. He would only be called in when a murder occurred. The remuneration for autopsy was pitiful.
Operation is the key to solving the case, but because he often comes into contact with dead people, he is not respected by others, has a low position and heavy responsibilities, but Dugu Yang, who is engaged in such a job, does not complain at all.
He is engaged in a profession that is not respected by others, but he has the highest professional beliefs. In order to save Chunshan, he accidentally killed Lu Er. He knew that if he reported to the official, he would be exempted from the death penalty, but he still could not pass this test in his heart.
"You are not allowed to kill people" is the motto of the people. If you kill someone, you will commit suicide on the same day.
So, he committed suicide.
02
A common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade.
Duguyang has entered a certain death situation, either to be killed or to commit suicide.
If Chunshan had not entered the Mingqi Store that day, Duguyang would have died under Lu Er's knife.
If Duguyang had not killed Lu Er for Chunshan, then he would not have left the Mingqi Store and would not have carried Lou Li De's body home for Cao Hui to re-examine.
If Duguyang had not left, he would have met Niu Daiming who went there with a sword for the third time, and died under Niu Daiming's sword.
Dugu Yang's ending is already doomed, either he will die under Lu Er's sword; or he commits suicide because of killing people, because of his professional beliefs; or he will die under Niu Daming's sword.
03
After killing Lu Er, Dugu Yang was tortured by the training of Zuo Zuo. Daiming Niu came, and Daiming Niu deliberately fabricated lies in order to stimulate Duguyang to kill Dong Haogu.
Normally, Duguyang would definitely not listen to Niu Daiming's words, but he had just killed someone and was already in a daze. After listening to Niu Daiming's words, he began to believe that Chun Tiao and Dong Haogu really had an improper relationship.
At this moment, Dong Haogu came to Mingqi Store and said that he wanted to buy Dugu Yang's multi-faceted seal. Dugu Yang's inner depression and torture suddenly found the source.
He decided to commit suicide and end it all with his own death. He asked the watchman to blame his death on the people who appeared in the Mingqi shop when Zichoujiaojiao happened to be the time agreed between him and Dong Haogu. It can be seen that he has a plan in mind.
04
Why did Dugu Yang ask the watchman to identify Dong Haogu?
First, when Duguyang was in a trance, he believed the affair between Dong Haogu and Chun Tiao fabricated by Niu Daiming, and determined that Chun Tiao and Dong Haogu really had an improper relationship.
Secondly, Dong Haogu is the source of all evil, and all this is because of him, because he bought tomb robbers at a high price, allowing more and more people to participate in tomb robbing.
He deliberately approached Chun Tiao and wanted to inquire about relevant information, which caused rumors to spread in Shiyang County. Later, he set his sights on Chun Shan and induced Chun Shan to steal.
It is precisely because of Dong Haogu's greed for multi-faceted seals that so many people are interested in multi-faceted seals, and this has led to all these troubles.
05
Dugu Yang said that he took Ma Kui as his disciple to earn some gold and silver to make Chun Tiao happy, but did he really just want to make Chun Tiao happy? In fact, he wanted to give Harujo money to let her leave.
Duguyang's "letter to let go of his wife" is sincere and full of reluctance, making people cry. However, the time when he wrote the letter to release his wife was not the night of the incident, but during the day, which shows that he had written the letter long ago.
The day Harutiao asked Dugu Yang about the multi-faceted printing, the two of them had a big fight. Harutiao said that she would never give birth to a child for Dugu Yang in this life.
Dugu Yang felt that he would never have any descendants in this life, so he put the treasure seal in the wood carving for Uncle Dugu Xia, hoping that Uncle Dugu Xia would pass the treasure seal to his descendants.
"Dugu wants to change his temperament internally, but it is difficult to do so day and night, and Dugu externally wants to give up his work, but he has been in love for a long time." He really wanted to let Chun Tiao go, but he was really reluctant to let go.
He originally wanted to take advantage of Harujou's birthday to give her the silver collar and the wife's release letter, but he did not live to see Harujou's birthday.
06
Dugu Yang gave the multi-faceted seal of Dugu Xin to Uncle Dugu Ya, and handed over the craftsmanship of making clay figurines to prevent tomb robbers to Ma Huai. After that, Chun Tiao inherited the work. I think Dugu Yang has no regrets.
"Death of Zuzu" has a complete story, complex case, exciting plot, reasonable setting, unexpected twists, amazing actors, and extraordinary structure. Only after watching this case did I understand why the main creators said that the second season far exceeded Season 1...
