An important technique of the novel's gripping is to create coincidences. Coincidence means that people and things that seem to fail to intersect turn out to intersect. As it happens, it is the basic connotation of creating coincidences. Jin Yong is very good at creating coincidences and letting the plot evolve in coincidences. No, in the chapter "Cliff Top Doubt", he happened to let Ma Yuguo Jing and Mei Chaofeng also appear at the top of the cliff, creating a coincidence, and thus triggering a gripping misunderstanding.
The first and sixth monsters misunderstood Guo Jing
Guo Jing was originally very stupid, Han Xiaoying taught him the Yue Nu Sword Technique, and many moves could not be practiced. But recently all of a sudden he can, not only will he not know before, but he used to learn very slowly, and now he learns very fast. The six monsters didn't know what was going on, and thought that he had suddenly become familiar with it.
In fact, this is not the case, Guo Jing has Ma Yu behind the guidance of this master. Originally, it was all fine, but the light skill and internal strength that Guo Jing showed when he subdued the little red horse were not explained by Kai. The six monsters finally found out that there was a problem. Because they know that Guo Jing's internal strength is definitely guided by a high person. So, who is it?
They don't know, and the more they don't know, the more they want to know, because they are afraid that there will be an ulterior conspiracy behind them. Don't be defensive. That night, the six monsters followed Guo Jing together to see where he was going and who he was going to meet. Zhu Cong was surprised to see Guo Jing climb up the cliff very easily.
He ran back to the tent, took two long ropes, two axes, dozens of huge nails, and all the blonde hair all the way to the hole to hit the nails, pulling each other, fighting light kung fu, although tired of a big sweat, finally went to the top of the cliff, turned over the cliff, the two exclaimed at the same time, the face changed greatly.
But when I saw a boulder at the top of the cliff, there were nine white bone skulls neatly stacked, and three of the lower five were exactly the same as the black winds and two brakes on the barren mountain that day. Look at the skeletons, each of which is five finger holes in the brain door. It's just that the finger hole is like a knife, and there are no fine cracks next to the hole. Compared with previous years, the man's finger power has been greatly improved.
The two of them were fluttering in their hearts, and they were afraid to patrol the top of the cliff for a week, but they did not see anything unusual, and immediately came down the cliff.
Han Baoju and others saw that the two looked very different, and they were busy asking questions. Zhu Cong said, "Mei Chaofeng! The four were taken aback, and Han Xiaoying said urgently, "What about Jing'er?" The all-blonde said, "They're down from the other side." "At the moment, I said what I saw at the top of the cliff.
Ke Zhen sighed evilly, "We have worked hard for eighteen years, and we didn't expect to be raising tigers and mussels." Han Xiaoying said, "Jing'er is loyal and honest, and is by no means an ungrateful person." Ke Zhen sneered, "Loyal and honest? How he had been practicing martial arts with the demon woman for two years, but he didn't reveal a word. Han Xiaoying was silent, and his heart was in chaos.
Han Baoju said, "Could it be that the demon woman is blind in the eyes, so she wants to use Jing'er's hand to harm us?" ”
As described by Jin Yong, it can be known that they misunderstood Guo Jing in this way:
First, Guo Jing had been practicing internal skills with Mei Chaofeng for two years. Otherwise, his martial arts would not have improved so fast. Second, Guo Jing was ungrateful. Because he was practicing martial arts with Mei Chaofeng, he definitely didn't have a good heart.
These two ideas seem plausible, but they are actually misunderstandings. So, what is the truth of the matter?
Second, the truth is this
Since the six monsters misunderstood Guo Jing, what is the truth?
That night Guo Jing climbed up the cliff, the Daoist was already waiting at the top of the cliff, when he saw him come up, he pointed to the side of the boulder and whispered, "You see! Guo Jing looked closer, and in the moonlight saw that there were nine skulls, startled, and trembled: "Black wind and double brakes and... Not again. The Daoist wondered, "You also know the Black Wind Double Flame?" Guo Jing repeated the story of the night fight on the barren mountain, the death of the Fifth Master, and his inadvertent stabbing of Chen Xuanfeng. When recounting this past, thinking of the various situations of the two corpses of the former barren mountain night fighting, my heart shuddered, and my voice constantly trembled. When he stabbed Chen Xuanfeng to death, he was still extremely young, but the scene of that night was too terrible to be deeply imprinted in his little mind.
...... Guo Jing agreed, and was about to slip down the cliff when the Daoist suddenly stretched out his arms and hugged him in his waist, jumped up, and gently landed behind a large rock, crouching down. Guo Jing was about to ask a question, his mouth had been held down, and he was lying on the ground at the moment, not daring to make a sound, revealing a pair of eyes from behind the stone, staring intently.
Who's coming? Mei Chaofeng. What is she here for? Practice. How to practice? It was nothing more than practicing advanced tuna, and playing with the silver whip for a while. From Mei Chaofeng's martial arts training process, it can be seen that her martial arts are already very high, so that Ma Yu feels shocked and does not dare to face her directly.
Ma Yu took Guo Jing down from the back cliff and tracked all the way, wanting to see what ghost Mei Chaofeng was doing. As a result, they did not meet the six monsters on the front mountain. It was precisely because of this that the six monsters misunderstood Guo Jing.
Third, Jin Yong created a coincidence here
Jin Yong's description here actually uses the technique of coincidence, that is, creating coincidence to stimulate further confrontational conflicts. Coincidence technology can create a lot of psychological ups and downs when used well, and it is also one of the common tricks used by novel authors. So, how exactly did Jin Yong create coincidences here?
First, they are all at the top of the cliff. Ma Yu's professor Guo Jing Jin Yan Gong was at the top of the cliff, and Mei Chaofeng made people practice and also chose to practice at the top of the cliff. It is precisely because of the overlap of geographies that coincidences can occur. If Mei Chaofeng practiced martial arts on the flat land of the prairie, then how could he have a coincidence with Ma Yu?
Second, let the misunderstanding party temporarily insulate. If the two sides of the misunderstanding can calm down and sit together and chat, then the misunderstanding will not arise. They must be separated.
Guo Jing and Ma Yu descended from the other side of the cliff. If you go down the same path, you will naturally encounter six masters, and they can know and explain clearly. Of course, this is also logical, because Mei Chaofeng is blind, and she is highly skilled in martial arts, so she can't figure out where is the front and where is the back, anyway, it is good to go with the trend, which is the most convenient for her. So Mei Chaofeng went down from the back, and Ma Yu Guo Jing also followed down from the back.
Third, there was a misunderstanding. The above two scenes are superimposed together, and you will see a scene: Guo Jing has deep internal skills, he climbed to the top of the cliff in the middle of the night, his movements quickly far exceeded his masters, the masters spent a lot of effort to climb to the top of the mountain, and there was a bunch of white skulls on the top of the mountain, which was exactly what the iron corpse Mei Chaofeng used to practice martial arts, and at this time, Mei Chaofeng could not be seen, nor could Guo Jing be seen.
If you see such a scene, as an ordinary person, what would you think? Of course, it is mei Chaofeng who is teaching Guo Jing internal skills. So, what does it mean? Of course, Guo Jing had changed his mind, was ungrateful, and hid from his masters without saying a word. It's really angry. The first impression of people who do not know it will be that Mei Chaofeng is teaching Guo Jing internal skills. In this way, it is not strange not to misunderstand.
Fourth, misunderstandings have strong consequences. It is also because of the misunderstanding based on coincidence that the six monsters agreed between their anger that instead of waiting for Mei Chaofeng to use Guo Jing to avenge, it was better to kill Guo Jing to avoid the consequences. This is because of the wrong decision caused by misunderstanding, which led to the subsequent fierce conflict, and the two sides after the conflict are more compatible. That is to say, Jin Yong creates further motivation for the advancement of the plot through coincidence here, and also allows the reader to follow the ups and downs of the heart.
Fourth, the basic method of creating coincidences
From the above process of Jin Yong creating coincidences, combined with the coincidence writing of other writers, the basic method of creating coincidences can be deduced.
The first step is to identify the target coincidence. The goal coincidence is what kind of coincidence the author wants to create. Only after the target coincidence has been identified can the coincidence factor be captured and the relevant outcome arranged. In general, coincidence is intrinsically necessary to advance the plot. If it is not necessary for plot rushes, there is no need to be a target coincidence.
The second step is to find the coincidence point. Coincidences must have coincidence points, that is, the central points at which coincidences are concentrated. For example, the above six monsters misunderstood Guo Jing, and the coincidence point was that Guo Jing followed Ma Yu to learn martial arts, which was the same region as the place where Mei Chaofeng practiced martial arts. As a result, the six monsters misunderstood, and Guo Jing had been following Mei Chaofeng in learning internal skills. This is extremely explosive, it can ignite the emotions of the parties, but also can drive the emotions of the readers.
The third step is to design a coincidence scene. A coincidence scene is the basic scene in which coincidence can be produced. What is mentioned above is the misunderstanding of the six monsters to Guo Jing based on coincidence, in fact, there will be a better reunion or other results based on coincidence. Therefore, the scene of coincidence cannot be generalized. In short, people and things that need coincidence should be combined according to logical needs in scenes that require coincidence.
The fourth step is to design coincidences. Let one party come from and where the other party comes from, how they connect, and find the coincidence points that can inspire the subsequent plot. The best coincidence is that the coincidence scene created by many important factors should be real and credible, and such a coincidence must be produced from the interaction of various factors.
The fifth step is to show coincidence. After the coincidence is designed, the purpose is of course to achieve the coincidence. This requires the author to show the internal motivation of people and things step by step according to the relevant design, so as to achieve coincidence at the appropriate point.
In addition to the specific steps of creating coincidences, there are probably two ways of writing that create coincidences. The first, by creating coincidences by chance. It is a coincidence that I am walking on the street and suddenly encounter someone I am missing in my heart.
The second is to create coincidences by overlapping. For example, the above-mentioned place where Mei Chaofeng practiced and Guo Jing practiced belonged to the same place, and there were no other factors to alleviate misunderstandings, but there were many factors that promoted overlap and misunderstanding. In this way, the generation of misunderstandings is inevitable.
The above-mentioned method of creating coincidences needs to pay attention to several basic aspects in order to be concretely implemented. First, the two sides need to intersect. If there is no intersection, the plot cannot be further developed. Many times, the connection between the characters is done by coincidence. For example, the encounter between the hero and the heroine, if there is no coincidence, how they meet is even more unable to know each other and so on.
Second, both sides can intersect. According to the conditions at that time, the situation at that time, the two sides could intersect. This requires reasonableness. If the place where Mei Chaofeng practiced and the place where Ma Yu taught Guo Jing to practice did not overlap, then there would be no misunderstanding. However, if they don't all like to practice in the high places of escape, then they can't suddenly happen on a whim. Moreover, there was only one mountain in the area at that time. If there are several alpine cliffs near them, then the coincidence between them is reluctant.
Third, logical coincidence. Only by rationally creating coincidences can we convince people. People and things that cannot be hit by eight rods cannot be coincidental if the author forcibly allows them to coincide, or counter-logical coincidences that violate common sense, they cannot play a role in coincidence.
The superposition of factors such as characters and environment merges into misunderstandings. For example, Mei Chaofeng and Ma Yu both like to practice or teach martial arts on the top of high mountain cliffs. They all like to climb high, and they all choose the top of the cliff as the activity area, which is also a coincidence, but this coincidence is a reasonable coincidence, not a casual coincidence.
Coincidence, to conform to the state within the intellectual range of the person. The misunderstanding caused by coincidence mentioned above, which is actually a mistake or error, means that the intelligence of the person concerned has not broken through the objective limit. This requires that the intelligence of the person concerned cannot be higher than the blindness caused by the objective environment and things.
For example, the above six monsters misunderstanding Guo Jing because of coincidence. The same is the environment in which the six monsters are located, if Di Renjie goes to the top of the cliff, after some reasonable speculation, he will soon see through this misunderstanding, then the misunderstanding will not be able to occur. And it just so happens that this misunderstanding is bound to arise within the wisdom of the six monsters.
After the above analysis of the basic process, specific methods and basic directions of manufacturing coincidences, it can be seen that the manufacture of coincidences is still relatively complex. This writing technique needs to be deeply realized in combination with specific situations.
In particular, it should be emphasized that although coincidences are good, they should not be greedy. Although coincidences should unfold logically, coincidences themselves have an anti-logical tendency. If it is used too much, it will weaken the logical persuasion power of the whole novel.
In particular, it should be noted that the technique of creating coincidences cannot be used indiscriminately, otherwise it will cause useless coincidences or even have a counterproductive effect. Coincidences must be made when necessary. Of course, coincidence is not an easy trick to master. If you don't know exactly how to do it, then learn from Jin Yong.