Wen 丨 Qing Xin Junyue
After growing up, for many years, I haven't seen a martial arts drama with such a pure taste.
I remember that the last martial arts drama that made me look forward to was "Shadow of Mountains and Rivers", but I abandoned the show after a few episodes.
This time chasing "The Legend of Yunxiang", the more I watched it, the more addictive I became, and the more I watched it, the more I got better.
After chasing 8 episodes, you can finally say with confidence: You should chase this drama, and you won't regret watching it.
Story background
"Jianghu legend has it that there is a hidden sect called Qianmen. The doorman is extremely intelligent, and he can stabilize the country at the top and protect the life at the bottom. But things are extremely opposite, and the thousand doors will eventually disturb the society and cause the wrath of Tianwei. A faction of disciples, Shang Wu, swore to death against the imperial court, named Ling Yuan; The other group of disciples engaged in business, far from the court, and turned into a gimbal. Yuntai, Yunyuan, the same root and origin, the rest of the next hundred years, endless competition. ”
The background setting of "The Legend of Yunxiang" is slightly different from the martial arts dramas we are familiar with. Although there is also a big background of "home, country, and the world", it lacks a small background of multi-sect disputes.
This setting is a small regret, but it does not affect the rivers and lakes that should be in martial arts dramas - there is a lack of multi-sect disputes, but there are more deceits, business wars and power schemes between forces.
On the whole, it is somewhat biased towards the "Langya List", but it is not the same as it.
The beginning of "The Legend of Yunxiang" began when the male protagonist Yunxiang went down the mountain.
Fifteen years ago, Yunxiang was still called Luo Wenjia at that time and lived in Luojiazhuang. One night, it was dark and the wind was high, and the Luo Family Village was tragically destroyed. Luo Wenjia's father only had time to put the wrench in his hand on Luo Wenjia's hand, and he broke his breath.
At the critical moment, a man in white swung his sword, rescued Luo Wenjia from it, and brought him back to the cloud.
Luo Wenjia was bent on revenge and asked Wen Cong who killed 313 people in Luojiazhuang?
Wen Cong said: "When you finish studying, I will make it clear that you know too much here, but it is not beneficial." ”
Luo Wenjia asked: How long do you have to learn?
Wen Cong said: The qualification is ordinary, it takes three years and five years, and if the talent is different.
Luo Wenjia thought to himself that if he did not agree to Wen Cong's request, it would be impossible for Wen Cong to tell him who the murderer was. What's more, even if Wen Cong told him who the murderer was at this time, he would not have the ability to take revenge. He needs to learn art, so it's better to stay in the gimbal for the time being. Moreover, he believed that even if he was not a genius, he would never be so unlucky that he was just an ordinary person, and perhaps he would not have studied for three years and five years.
In this way, Luo Wenjia stayed in Yuntai and changed his name to Yunxiang.
It's just that he didn't expect this study, but he studied it for 15 years, and his master turned out to be the door master of Yuntai, and he became the last closed disciple of the door master of Yuntai.
After 15 years, Yun Xiangyi went down the mountain.
As soon as he came down the mountain, he learned that Wen Cong had been killed and was trapped in the prison of the salt field in Baiju Town. Yun Xiang went to the rescue, rescued Wen Cong, and asked about the Luo Family Zhuang.
Wen Cong said that the matter of Luojiazhuang was related to him, and it was he who arranged for Qi Tianfeng, the leader of the Caogang, to bribe the officers and soldiers and enter Luojiazhuang in the name of Chahaikou. The original intention was to force the peasants to hand over their land, but they did not expect that the officers and soldiers would kill them on a large scale.
Yun Xiang did not expect that the truth was like this, he had always respected Wen Cong, and the benefactor who saved his life back then was one of the culprits that led to the tragedy that year.
Yun Xiang asked again: When the officers and soldiers slaughtered my Luo Family Village, who else was behind the scenes?
Wen Cong said: "The truth that has been waiting for fifteen years is worse than you think, all grievances and hatreds are mortal hearts, and every heart continues to enter the cloud..."
In the end, Yun Xiang did not get an answer, and Wen Cong was also shot in the process of escaping, and the events of that year became a mystery.
In fact, Yun Xiang went down the mountain this time, in addition to completing the task assigned by the master, in order to find out what happened 15 years ago, Wen Cong died, and he could only shift his attention to Qi Tianfeng, the leader of the Cao Gang.
When Yun Xiang rushed all the way to Nandu, where the Cao Gang was located, in order to find out the truth of what happened back then, he broke the apparent peace of the three forces - the Cao Gang, the Su Family and the Tang Family.
And the three forces are far from being as simple as they seem, and Qi Tianfeng, the leader of the Caogang gang, who participated in the incident back then, seemed to be a "thug"-like existence, but he seemed to endure humiliation and plan something; And the Su family, the president of the Nandu Chamber of Commerce, is a weak woman in the family, who can stand tall in the southern capital, and there is definitely a big hole card behind it; And the Tang family is not simple, Wen Cong's death is related to the Tang family, and the Cao gang leader is only the "thug" of the Tang family.
In addition, there is also a Yuntai presence in Nandu, and the person in charge of Yuntai in Nandu, Mo Bufan, seems to only want to fatten himself, but Wen Cong's death may not be able to get rid of it. At the same time, Mo Bufan seems to be in the same vein as Yunxiang, but in the end, whether it is friend or foe, it is still two words for the time being.
In this case, how Yunxiang continues to layout and how to layout has become the biggest attraction.
Character setting
"Man, who has neither the claws of the tiger nor the power of a lion or an elephant, can capture a wolf and subdue a tiger, and tame a lion and hunt an elephant. Ho Ye? Only wisdom. ”
▶ The male protagonist Yunxiang
Yun Xiang's setting is different from traditional martial arts dramas, he has studied art for 15 years, but has not learned any profound martial arts, he fights against the enemy, all relying on his brain, the opening words of this paragraph are what Yun Xiang said after destroying a group of enemies with a plan.
In addition to Xuanzhi and Xuan's schemes, the only thing that Yun Xiang can get his hands on is also his hole card to save his life, which is his flashy body method - "escape ten breaths".
The advantages and disadvantages of this body method are exactly what the name suggests: within ten breaths, you can escape any death, and no one can get close to it; After ten breaths, the body broke itself and lost all his strength.
Yun Xiang's setting has the shadow of Duan Yu in "Dragon Babu", but the martial arts are much worse than Duan Yu, at least Duan Yu also has the "Northern Darkness Divine Skill" protective body, and occasionally when he is in a hurry, he can also launch the "Six Veins Divine Sword" that is not working at any time.
In addition to Yun Xiang's "escape ten breaths" similar to Duan Yu's "Lingbo Microstep", he could only rely on his brain, that is, he learned the "derivation technique" from Yuntai.
Whether it is designing to kill officials and bandits on the shore, designing to go to prison to rescue Wen Cong, including hiring in advance the swordsman that the enemy may use to assassinate him, and getting close to Shu Yanan and the Su family, all rely on "wisdom" - deduction.
It can be said that Yun Xiang is a strategist with a sprint.
▶ The heroine Shu Ya is male
The first thing that came to mind when I saw this character was the flying swallow girl in "Fantasy Westward Journey". She is Wen Cong's righteous daughter, and her background is similar to Yun Xiang.
At that time, the Shu family was a dry dart bureau for generations, and in order to take the business to a higher level, her father's generation took a trip to a "heavy" dart, it was this trip, but the dart failed, the glory of the Shu family dart bureau fell here, the family property was all lost, all the subordinates of the dart were killed, and Shu's father committed suicide.
The encounter between Shu Yanan and Yun Xiang originated from the party that saved Wen Cong. Subsequently, Shu Yanan followed Yun Xiang all the time, and it was Yun Xiang who convinced her that she would kill Qi Tianfeng to avenge Wen Cong.
But this is only the surface of the situation.
The reason for determining that Shu Yanan is the Shu family is that Su Mingyu recognized her martial arts:
"The knife technique used by Miss Shu seems to be ghostly and tricky, but it is actually a heavy defense and not a heavy attack, and after removing the enemy's defense, it will give a fatal blow, which reminds me of the Nandu Shu family's star holding knife."
But Su Mingyu's subsequent remarks on Shu Yanan's body had to make people doubt Shu Yanan's true identity:
"Your body technique is also wonderful enough, I seem to have seen it somewhere before, it seems to be the golden wing spy of the previous dynasty."
And the only person who is qualified to learn this kind of peerless learning is the other school of the Thousand Sect - Ling Yuan.
▶ Swordsman gold taels
A head needs ten taels, which can be said to be the label of golden taels, and the money earned by this rough swordsman licking blood on the tip of the knife was all sent to Jishan Hall, who adopted the orphan of the swordsman.
It's just a pity that the trust is not human, but Ji Shantang is secretly engaged in the business of selling orphans.
Every time I see the humble Jin Shitael in the play, I can't help but laugh, Xu is still influenced by the role of "Old Third" in "Qing Qing's Daily".
The relationship between Jin Shiliang and Yunxiang is more delicate.
Before Yun Xiang was ready to take action against the Cao Gang (more precisely Nandu), he had already thought that the Cao Gang would hire Jin Shitael to kill him, so Yun Xiang took the first step of the Cao Gang and hired Jin Shitael to protect him.
Therefore, when the Cao gang hired Jin Shiliang to kill Yun Xiang, Jin Shiliang killed the other party and accompanied Yun Xiang to the southern capital. After arriving in the southern capital, Jin Shiliang wanted to leave, and was left by Yun Xiang's plan, becoming Yun Xiang's "left and right arm".
It may seem like a delicate relationship, but it's actually very strong. This firmness not only stems from Yun Xiang's calculation, but also from Jin Shitao's chivalry.
▶ Gongzi Su Mingyu
Su Mingyu, the son of Pian Ping, is the only male of the Su family in the southern capital. Su Mingyu's sister is bent on training Su Mingyu to become the successor of the Su family, and when she steps down from the position of president of the Chamber of Commerce, she can stay with the money housekeeper for life.
And Su Mingyu bites to death and does not want to engage in business, in addition to his own love for martial arts, the main reason is that he is in love with a lowly woman Menglan, and he is worried that once he takes over the Su family, his marriage situation will be the same as his sister - unable to be with his beloved.
Su Mingyu's setting is more interesting, basically equivalent to the existence of Wang Yuyan in "Dragon Babu", identifying the world's martial arts.
In the play, Yun Xiang and his party followed the Su family caravan back to the southern capital, and were attacked by assassins on the road at night. During the process, Su Mingyu only glanced at the moves of Shu Yanan and Jin Shiliang a few times, recognized the roots of their martial arts, and could point out the advantages and fate of their martial arts.
Su Mingyu prides himself on his martial arts skills and has fought against all kinds of martial arts masters in the world, but the actual force value is unknown.
Su Mingyu's force value, for the time being, is a flower shelf that is not useful and can only move his mouth. But I vaguely feel that there may be hidden secrets in this, and it is likely that Su Mingyu is hiding.
▶ The Cao Gang Gang Leader Qi Tianfeng and the Su Family Qian Butler
Putting these two characters together is not because they are not important.
The figure of Qi Tianfeng, the leader of the Cao Gang, can be said to be all over the corners of the first eight episodes. He was destroyed 15 years ago, Wen Cong was killed, he was robbed of the Su family caravan, and he was even more in the base camp of the Nandu Cao Gang.
He used to be Wen Cong's thug, and now he has become a thug of the Tang family. He "made small things" with people everywhere to obtain small profits, and gradually developed the Caogang into a grown.
I always think this person is not simple!
And the Su family money butler, although there are not many scenes, but the Su family can stand tall after Su Mingyu's sister takes over, and the money butler has definitely made a great effort. His strength value is temporarily unknown like Su Mingyu, but unlike Su Mingyu who looks weak on the surface, he should look strong.
In the assassination of the Su family caravan that night, Su Mingyu was about to make a move, and the steward Qian blocked it behind, facing the group of assassins who pounced, the steward said indifferently:
"You don't need to do it."
Then there was no fight scene, depending on the meaning, the money butler should have waved his hand and let the other party "go to dust".
In addition to the fact that the character settings of these two people are not simple, the most important thing is the actors who play these two characters, one is the old drama Wang Jinsong who has recently become popular, and the other is the "Shen Lang" - Huang Haibing, who has been hidden for many years.
Played by these two teachers, the excitement can be imagined.
As for the other character settings in the play, I won't say more here, and the excitement is waiting for you to experience it yourself from the play.
Game in the middle
"What is the Yuntai faction? Without him, Tomoya. There are many people who gain baht with wisdom, and Liao Liao who wins the country with wisdom. According to legend, the highest realm of a thousand doors is to seek the intangible and invisible society. ”
The good look of "The Legend of Yunxiang", in addition to the martial arts flavor and the style of rivers and lakes, also novelly adds a game in the middle. You can completely see this drama as a martial arts suspense drama, or a martial arts reasoning drama.
What is the Bureau?
What Yuntai learns is to give people "game". Xiao Cheng's "playing game" is Tu Cai, and Dacheng's "making a game" is Tu Jiangshan.
If the speculation is correct, the door master of the gimbal is likely to be Jiangshan.
And the game made by the master of Yuntai Gate was destroyed from the 313 port of Luojiazhuang, and Luo Wenjia (Yunxiang) was brought back to Yuntai. What secrets were hidden in the events back then, or what peculiarities Yun Xiang had, would make the Yuntai Gate Master include him in the bureau since 15 years ago, and it would be impossible to see for the time being.
But the wrench in Yun Xiang's hand is likely to be the key to solving the problem.
This is the big picture.
Fifteen years later, Yun Xiang went down the mountain and began to work in the Buta Bureau, the purpose of which was to find out the truth of that year. For this reason, from the beginning, close to Shu Yanan and close to the Su family, they were all in Yunxiang's bureau.
How mysterious is Yunxiang's bureau?
Take an example. When Yunxiang approached the Su family and wanted to return to the southern capital with the Su family caravan, he designed a series of things that would happen in the future, including but not limited to: auctioning the gambling house, retaining the golden ten taels, fighting with the Tang family, the Su family catching fire, and so on.
This is Yunxiang's bureau.
So did the door master of Yuntai already calculate that Yun Xiang would make this series of games after going down the mountain?
The answer is yes.
So did Yun Xiang know that his every move was under the control of the Yuntai Gate Lord?
I think that even if I don't know for the time being, Yunxiang will wake up in the future.
According to the introduction of "The Legend of Yunxiang", Yunxiang and the Yuntai Gate Master later turned their faces. Then Yun Xiang's later face turning, not in the calculation of the Yuntai Gate Lord, I think it is likely to be too.
Therefore, the focus of the whole drama should focus on how Yunxiang takes a key step in the game of the Yuntai Gate Lord, jumps out of the game and in turn sets another game for the Yuntai Gate Lord.
This drama is not exciting, burning the brain or not, just looking at this game in the middle of the game can be imagined.
The above is my real feelings and wonderful content sharing after chasing eight episodes, whether the content is exaggerated or appropriate, just waiting for you to comment after watching "The Legend of Yunxiang".
Qing Xin Junyue is an emotional observer, book critic and film critic. Warm you with words, me.