The small is hidden in the wild, and the big is hidden in the city.
Mo Da, the leader of the Hengshan Sect in the Five Peaks Sword Sect of "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu". In the original work, his image is obscene, like a person who walks the rivers and lakes to sell art, but he hides a sword in the piano, his sword skills are clever, he usually comes and goes alone, he seems to be dashing and free, and he acts casually, more like a hermit hiding between the city. He once rescued the male pig's foot Ling Fox Chong, so that the readers who substituted into the pig's foot perspective regarded him as a positive character, as if he was a rare good person in the Wuyue Sword Sect, a sect alliance full of deceit, and even some people evaluated him as a rare stream in the original work, a real hero.
Unfortunately, this view is completely wrong, neither a serious study of the original work nor an analysis of human nature.
As we all know, "Smiling Proud of the River" is a political fable, and probably the highest peak of Jin Yong's novel. In this work, each sect is equivalent to a large and small warlord force, and the leader is a politician or warlord. Mo Nature is no exception, not only is he not a hermit, but he is also of a very high level of power struggle, an important participant and controller of the power structure of the jianghu, and he is extremely terrible.
Let's look back at the great past.
Mo Da is the master brother, Liu Zhengfeng is the master brother, and the contradiction between the two is very deep. The emergence of this contradiction may even have been planted from the time of learning the art from the beginning of the master.
Mo Da was a senior disciple, Liu Zhengfeng said that his family was not well off when he was young, it may be that when he was a child, his parents could not afford to raise him, so he sent him to the Hengshan Sect as a handyman, and the master saw that he was diligent and fast, highly qualified, and loved to be accepted as a disciple.
Liu Zhengfeng may be the second disciple. Judging from his love of music and great pomp, there is a high probability that he is a rich second generation, who can enter the first-class Hengshan Sect in the jianghu, and his parents have sent a very heavy gift to his master.
Learning martial arts under the same roof, Liu Zhengfeng wore satin clothes every day, and from time to time he would share the snacks sent from home to the master and the brothers to taste, and after class, he pulled a group of teachers and disciples to the restaurant and played music, just like the stars holding the moon.
What about it? A long green cloth shirt, washed green and white, the shape is very depressed. Due to the poverty of the family, he can only eat in the canteen meal in the door school, confined to the identity of the master brother (more because of inferiority), I am afraid that he is not willing to rub Liu Zhengfeng's meal all the time.
As a result, the relationship between Mo Da and his disciples became increasingly distant, and everyone thought that he was not a good leader, and he was more closely united around Liu Zhengfeng as the CPU.
Before Mo Da took over as head, there may have been overt or covert conflicts with Liu Zhengfeng. This was an important reason why the two broke off contact later.
Of course, as a person in the jianghu, martial arts is the key benchmark for measuring strength. Without the interference of mundane affairs, coupled with the transformation of inferiority into motivation, learning martial arts is more diligent, and his martial arts are far better than Liu Zhengfeng.
After becoming the head of the door, he never changed this problem, and may have accepted some apprentices, but never took them with him. And Liu Zhengfeng? There are more and more friends (wine and meat), and more and more apprentices.
So that in the jianghu, Liu Zhengfeng's prestige is even more victorious.
The original work mentions: Before Liu Zhengfeng "washed his hands", in a tavern in Hengyang City, some people had already discussed that "in addition to Liu Sanye's personal disciples, can you meet other disciples of the Hengshan Sect (helpers to take care of guests) in the city?" "It's too much to give Liu Sanye a face" "Liu Sanye... The attainment has long been higher than the leader Mr. Mo Da a lot... The disciples under Third Master Liu's disciples were all better than those under Mr. Mo Da's disciples... I have heard that the two sides have clashed several times in secret. Third Master Liu's family is great, and he is unwilling to fight with his brother for this false name..."
In the jianghu, every day is this kind of rumor, you say, what will you think when you hear it? Without getting rid of Liu Zhengfeng, can he still be a leader happily?
In fact, when everyone thought that his martial arts were inferior to Liu Zhengfeng's, he immediately showed his sword technique: a single sword cut off all seven teacups on the table by half an inch high. It was amazing. This shows that he is already extremely dissatisfied with the reputation of his master and disciple.
In order to subdue the Hengshan Sect, Zuo Lengchan sent a large number of masters of the Songshan Sect to obstruct him when Liu Zhengfeng washed his hands in the Golden Basin, on the pretext that he was colluding with the Demon Sect Elder Qu Yang.
In ancient times, information could not be transmitted so quickly. Liu Zhengfeng intersected with Qu Yang, a high-ranking member of the hostile forces, and acted secretly, I am afraid that even his family and disciples were hiding it, how could Zuo Lengchan know?
Then there is only one possibility, which is the wind sound that Mo Da deliberately released.
Liu Zhengfeng is very clear about this. He once said bluntly in front of hundreds of guests: "Liu Mou's heart is clear at this moment, presumably it is my Brother Mo who went to the Songshan Sect's Zuo Meng Lord to sue me, saying that I was not, so that the brothers and sisters of the Songshan Sect came to ask about the crime... Lord Zuo Meng only listened to the words of My Brother Mo, so he sent so many brothers and sisters to deal with the younger brother, and even Liu's old wife and daughter became prisoners under the order. ”
Even your brother and brother have reported it, and that is not conclusive evidence. As a result, Fei Bin, the "Great Song Yang Hand", and others, destroyed Liu Zhengfeng and pursued liu Zhengfeng and Qu Yang.
After Liu Zhengfeng's entire power was completely disintegrated, Mo Da came out and pretended to be a good person, and launched a surprise attack, killing Fei Bin.
The original book mentions: Mr. Mo Da took two steps closer to Liu Zhengfeng, and Sen Ran said, "Kill!" As soon as the word "kill" was exported, the cold light flashed sharply, and there was already a thin and narrow long sword in his hand, and he stabbed back violently, pointing directly at Fei Bin's chest... Qu Yang, Liu Zhengfeng, and Ling Huchong were all shocked when they saw Mr. Mo Da's [sword moves change, like ghosts]. Liu Zhengfeng studied the same art as him and had been a brother for decades, but he never expected that his brother's swordplay was so exquisite... Hearing Fei Bin's long and miserable cry, he jumped up. Mr. Mo Da took two steps back, inserted the long sword into the huqin, turned around and left, a song "Xiaoxiang Night Rain" sounded behind the pine trees, and gradually disappeared.
At this time, the shot not only showed gratitude to Liu Zhengfeng, but also washed away the suspicion that he was a whistleblower, which can be called killing two birds with one stone.
Excellent politicians are often particularly good at "forbearance" before they gain power. Forbearance here has the meaning of patience, forbearance, and perseverance. The most famous person who cultivated the ninja character to the highest realm was of course Sima Yi, and Mo Da was not bad.
On the Song Mountain Sealing Zen Platform, he jumped out to oppose the merger, and when Zuo Lengchan hinted that he was the suspect who killed Fei Bin, he immediately shut up and no longer objected. When he won the battle with the sword, Mo Da fought against Yue Lingshan. In terms of strength, he was far superior to Yue Lingshan, but he pretended to be defeated at the hands of Yue Lingshan, obviously unwilling to directly clash with Zuo Lengchan.
After Yue Buqun became the head of the Five Peaks, he invited everyone to watch the sword moves of the various factions on the stone wall in the cave where Mount Hua thought about the cliff, in fact, he wanted to sweep away the masters of each faction. In the cave, Mo Da was the only survivor besides the pig's foot, and it is unknown how many people he killed.
It is also worth noting that although Mo Da's family was poor when he was young, it was impossible to be poor after he became the head of the government, but he was still dressed in rags, which can only show that he deliberately pretended to be low-key. Man relies on clothes and makeup and horses to saddle, and he is big and not ugly. If he wears a good dress, the image can easily go up a step, and it can be more eye-catching in the jianghu.
But Mo Da was very clear about what a gun shot out of the head bird. He went from the lowest level of society to the center of power, and he understood what could be, what must be, what could not be, what must not be. In order to reach the pinnacle of power, he chose to abandon his pursuit of personal appearance and fame.
Because, his becoming the leader of the Hengshan Sect is only the beginning, and if he wants to go further and higher in the game of power, he must be more reclusive. In the rivers and lakes where the weak eat the strong, the carnivores at the top of the pyramid are destined to eat other animals to create his rule and legend.