Due to the drama shortage recently, I was chasing old Hong Kong dramas and discovered "The Court on the Bite of the Tongue". Because I misread it, I thought it was "The Court on the Bite of the Tongue" and thought it was a happy food show, or Like "The Food Detective", it is a food detective drama. This poster is really easy to misunderstand.

When I looked at it, I felt something was wrong, and then I realized that it was a story about a lawyer. The villain in it, Pan Jingquan, was nicknamed "Ridiculous Mirror". When I heard this name, I thought of Fang Fang in "The Nine-Rank Sesame Official". Tang Jing, after checking it out, it turned out that Fang Tang Jing was actually a real person.

Fang Tangjing was a famous lawyer in the late Qing Dynasty. An iron nozzle could turn right and wrong and confuse right and wrong, so he was nicknamed the "Absurd Mirror". He often appears as a negative image in Chen Mengji's stories, and is known as the "Four Great Lawyers in Guangdong" together with Chen Mengji, Liu Huadong, and He Tanru.

Just when I thought this was a funny drama for family fun, this "absurd mirror" subverted my imagination again and again.

The appearance of Ridiculous Mirror (played by Zhang Guoqiang) is very impressive.

He was late for the trial in the court for a long time and even entered the court in a sedan chair. He faced no censure and easily won the case.

We can tell that he is a wealthy and powerful professional. Murong Fu's performance as the bad guy is truly unforgettable.

However, such a successful man hides a secret, that is, his son, Pan Erming (played by Lin Xiaofeng), is deaf. This name is actually very cruel. Ridiculous Mirror is not willing to let others know this secret, but why did it choose this name full of hints? In fact, it's because he hates the name Pan Er, because his existence has compromised his success. He is using this name to mock and ridicule him. This can be said to be a kind of revenge.

A conversation between the absurd mirror and his son lets us know that Pan Erming was not born deaf, but because of a thunderstorm.

Faced with his son's cry, Wu Tangjing said: "I don't believe there is retribution. If there is, it will be retribution on me." At this moment, we may feel that he still has a little love for his son. But this is just an illusion. I think the real anger in his heart is that God defeated him and gave him the most painful retribution.

In addition to having no affection for his son, Ridiculous Mirror is also full of disgust and has no sympathy for vulnerable groups.

He knocked over Ye Xiangpo's night fragrance because the smell of her night fragrance disturbed his enjoyment. This behavior can be said to be very childish and unbecoming of a successful person, but it also reveals his inner coldness and stinginess.

However, it seems that everything is going smoothly for Luo Tangjing, but he still encounters a rival, and that is Chen Mengji's daughter Chen Zhenzhen.

He was very embarrassed by Chen Zhenzhen. He lost the lawsuit and his clothes were in tatters. However, he did not show anger. Instead, he said "Interesting, interesting", which is the mantra of the absurd mirror.

Pan Erming originally thought that his father would be very angry and vent his anger on everyone, but he turned out to be very happy. The last time he was so happy, in Pan Erming's eyes, was when his wife died.

Why is Ridiculous Mirror so tolerant of Chen Zhenzhen?

That's because he finally has an opponent to fight against. The pleasure of defeating the opponent is not on the same level as mocking his son or bullying the old, weak, women and children.

In fact, after seeing this, I still define this drama as a comedy drama. There are still some excusable circumstances for the absurdity. If he is a poor man who does whatever it takes to succeed, marries a young lady from a wealthy family, and gives birth to a son who is deaf, it will indeed produce some psychological changes. Coupled with his intelligence and his temperament of daring to admit defeat, there seems to be a hint of heroism.

But the next direction of the story made me know that this was by no means a "prodigal son", he was a completely "bad" person to the core.

Although Pan Erming and Ridiculous Mirror are father and son by blood, they are indeed two completely different people. Pan Erming felt that his father's behavior was bad, and he sympathized with these weak people, so he disguised himself as "Black Hibiscus" to help them.

Unfortunately, he was caught. Before that, the Ridiculous Mirror accepted Fan Geng (played by Zhang Yikang) as his godson. Fan Geng was very good, which made him dislike Pan Erming even more. In addition, this time he stole his own silver. Not only did the Ridiculous Mirror not He pleaded for Pan Erming, asked the prefect to give him a harsh sentence, and severed the father-son relationship with Pan Erming on the spot.

Fan Geng came to visit Pan Erming and told the essence of the absurd mirror: there is no family affection in the absurd mirror's heart, he just regards everyone as a tool to achieve his goals.

The following story will explain Fan Geng’s true life experience.

Guan Xifeng (played by Kang Hua) was originally a famous singer. Chen Mengji, a lawyer as famous as the ridiculous mirror, liked her very much and pursued her crazily. In order to compete with Chen Mengji, Tang Jing also pursued her and gained Guan Xifeng's favor. But then Chen Mengji disappeared. Even though Guan Xifeng was pregnant, Tang Jing still abandoned her. He had ignored Guan Xifeng for many years, but until Chen Mengji came back, he became interested in her again. This shows that he has never had feelings for Guan Xifeng, but only regarded it as a competition game.

Guan Xifeng was let down by Ridiculous Mirror, and spent all day drunk to drown his sorrows, waiting for his son to return.

Fan Geng is the son of Guan Xifeng and Ridiculous Jing. He learned about his biological father’s misdeeds from his mother’s letters to him. Guan Xifeng’s original intention was to fear that he would accidentally recognize a thief as his father, but Fan Geng did not expect that Geng, however, insisted on avenging his mother. He became the godson of Ridiculous Mirror just to confirm the character of Ridiculous Mirror and plan revenge.

Guan Xifeng knew that Fan Geng was his son and did not recognize him, so he decided to sacrifice himself to avenge him. Unfortunately, he did not kill Ridiculous Jing and was even accused of going to court.

At the scene of Guan Xifeng’s case review, Tang Jing’s mother appeared. We learned that Tang Jing not only had no feelings for his children, but also for his parents. Not only was his father angry to death, but he also beat his mother. .

After the Guan Xifeng case, Tang Jing knew that Fan Geng was his own child, so he actually named him Pan Erlong and added him to the family tree, completely ignoring the sentence of Guan Xifeng being exiled.

At this point in the story, the character design of Ridiculous Mirror is basically completed. We can’t see a trace of emotion in him, except for a perverted interest in Chen Zhenzhen.

The next plot moves towards greater darkness.

The story revolves around a missing gold case many years ago.

In order to win over Chen Mengji and monopolize the wealth, Tang Jing wrongfully accused Lu Biao (played by Yu Ziming) of being the murderer.

In the play, Lu Biao can be said to be an ordinary good man who raised his son Xia Houwu who was wrongly accused of being the mastermind of the missing gold case.

After seeing this, I didn’t believe that Ridiculous Mirror would be successful at all. It wasn’t until Lu Biao was beheaded that I realized that this drama was not simple. It was funny but cold, and there was no warmth at all.

Then, the absurd mirror's behavior became more and more abnormal, and he pushed his subordinates down the mountain.

He imprisoned Chen Mengji and used his son’s bones to make clay pot rice.

Later, in order to seize the gold, he killed three people who had dumped Yexiang. It was they who stole the gold without reporting it, causing the injustice many years ago, and then blamed Chen Mengji for everything.

Fortunately, justice finally defeated evil, and the absurd mirror was exposed.

When he met his relatives for the last time, Ridiculous Mirror did not show any guilt or remorse.

He just felt that he was unlucky and was discovered. "Am I wrong for myself?" This sentence fully demonstrates his life creed, "If a man does not serve himself, he will be destroyed by heaven and earth."

In the end, only his eldest son, whom he despised the most, was sad and sad for him, but he remained unmoved. In fact, Fan Geng, the two sons of Ridiculous Jing, is more like him and more sensible. Pan Er's name is full of emotions, which he probably inherited from his mother.

The execution ground is the final destination of Absurd Mirror. He looked down at everyone on the prison car, arrogantly and disdainfully, as if he was looking at a bunch of ants. Just like when he first entered the court, he was aloof and in control of everything.

This is a creepy character. This feeling reminds me of Wang Haicheng in "Psycho".

Coincidentally, Wang Junxin, who played Wang Haicheng, also appeared in this drama, playing the beautiful widow Sun Chuchu. Chu Chu is honest, kind, loyal and filial, has a simple mind, is easily deceived, does not know how to lie, and has a docile temperament. She is known as the "Kefu Widow" because she lost her husband for the second time.

However, in "Psycho", she plays a completely opposite person.

Ridiculous Mirror and Wang Haicheng are very similar in many ways, because they are both anti-social personalities.

Antisocial personality, also known as unscrupulous people, is a group of people who lack basic conscience. They do not feel any guilt for their actions and have a cold nature.

The book "When Conscience Is Sleeping: Identifying Antisocial Personalities Around You" introduces many manifestations of antisocial personality.

What kind of person is an antisocial personality?

People with antisocial personality, that is, people who do not have a "sense of obligation based on emotional attachment to others", are typically characterized by spending their lives on interpersonal games and "winning" ” is spent on control for the sake of control.

"Winning" is the key driving force in Ridiculous Mirror's life, which makes him regard litigation as a game and ignore justice.

He pursued Guan Xifeng to compete with Chen Mengji.

There was only one flaw in his life, and that was his son, which Jean hated deeply because it meant he had lost. So once he has the opportunity to remove this stain, he will never be merciful.

The interest he showed in Zhenzhen was not emotional, but intellectual. Without an interesting opponent, he felt very bored.

In order to achieve his goal, he can sacrifice everyone, subordinates, relatives, friends, etc.

In my opinion, the most terrifying thing about antisocial personality is that he hides among the crowd and among us.

Antisocial personalities take pleasure in controlling others, and those being manipulated do not even realize that they are being manipulated. Compared with physical violence, such violence is more invisible and difficult to express even if it is announced verbally. Be understood by others.

There are 4 antisocial personalities in the human world. This ratio is frightening, which means that empathy will turn from a precious medicine into a deadly poison.

We all tend to agree that people are different. "When the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds" is what most people believe, but in our hearts we still believe that people have sexual nature. This is the basis for our understanding of others.

But we must also realize that sometimes this cornerstone does not exist at all, and we must make careful judgments and protect ourselves.

Fortunately, there are still 96% of people with positive social personalities in this world, and those with antisocial personalities will eventually lead to their own destruction.