In the process of a person's growth, if you want to make a difference, in addition to your own innate conditions, temperament and acquired efforts, you are also inseparable from the guidance of nobles, and the same is true in the martial arts world. This point is particularly obvious in the white-eyed hero Xu Liang.
The reason why he was able to become famous in the rivers and lakes, and later shined in the martial arts, is almost inseparable from the guidance and help of the masters.
As the son of Xu Qing, one of the big five righteousness, Xu Liang's family background when he was a child was very declining, and it can even be said to be miserable, his reckless father hurt people's lives, and he fled for more than ten years, and there was no news of this time, Mrs. Xu barely survived by sewing and mending for the neighbors, orphans and widows often ate this meal, it can be said that Xu Liang's growth environment is extremely bad, not to mention the family background of the other four people in the big five righteousness, even the people in the little seven heroes are not so miserable that they are struggling on the food and clothing line.
Xu Liang has understood the hot and cold world since he was a child, and he has always had the ambition of being a man to be self-reliant, when he was still a teenager, he inherited his father's business, and reopened Xu Ji's blacksmith shop, which smoked all day long, so that his mother and himself no longer had to worry about eating and eating, but when he was young, he was growing his body, and he revolved around the stove all day long, and it was inevitable that he would hurt his skin when the days were long.
Perhaps this is the main reason why Xu Liang has been hammering iron since he was a child, and he will grow into a body with a water snake waist with slipping shoulders in the future, which is not difficult to understand, to say that large teeth and black tooth roots are naturally related to the poor growth environment. But after all the hardships, Yu Jiu completely changed his life because he met the first noble person in his life.
1. Wei Zhen, the crane in the clouds
To say that in the whole book, the best person for the white-eyed hero Xu Liang is undoubtedly Wei Zhen, the crane in the clouds, and it is his appearance that makes Xu Liang embark on the right path of martial arts. Yunzhong Crane Wei Zhen's love for Xu Liang can be said to be selfless, he heard that there was a little prodigy in Xujiazhuang in Qi County, so he came to visit this apprentice, although he had the intention of looking for a martial arts successor at the beginning, but when he discovered Xu Liang's potential, he selflessly invited Xu Liang to be a swordsman who was higher than himself Mei Liangzu, this kind of person who is dedicated to the sake of the apprentice, it can be said that few people can do it.
Although Bai Yunrui also had a similar experience, whether it was the old mandarin duck Gongye's long life or the mad monk Drunken Bodhi, the two competed to be Bai Yunrui's master, but all this was arranged by the Baiyun swordsman Xiahouren, and Xiahouren also told these two that if any of them were dissatisfied with Bai Yunrui, Xiahouren would not accept him as an apprentice.
Judging from the master's love for apprentices, Bai Yunrui's three masters are not as good as Wei Zhen's feelings for Xu Liang from the starting point, although later the golden-eyed and aggressive Mei Liangzu also repeatedly stood up for Xu Liang, but this old man Mei has a strong desire to control Xu Liang, and will show off that Xu Liang is his apprentice at any time.
And Wei Zhen, the crane in the clouds, is much more low-key, every time Kaifeng Mansion takes a big action, he almost doesn't need Xu Liang's invitation, he will show up to help, but he is low-key, and he never puts on a score in front of Xu Liang, let alone beats and scolds Xu Liang. Looking at Mei Liangzu in a blink of an eye, although he is also very protective of calves, and he will stand up for Xu Liang when he encounters danger, there are not a few times when he reprimands Xu Liang.
Especially in public, so as to show the majesty of his master, and even slapped Xu Liang in public when it didn't go his way, although "love is deep, hate is cut", but if it is "a good ranking for the white-eyed hero Xu Hao", Mei Liangzu can only be ranked behind Wei Zhen.
Second, the affectionate overseas wild king ape
If Wei Zhen and Mei Liangzu are the ones who trained Xu Liang to become a chivalrous man, then the overseas Yesuo is the guide for Xu Liang to make the leap from a chivalrous man to a swordsman, and the most precious thing is that Wang Ape's status is very high, and he and Xu Liang became brothers, which can be said to be condescending and condescending.
In terms of seniority in the martial arts, even Wei Zhen and Mei Liangzu have to call Wang Ape "senior" when they meet him, because Wang Ape's identity is too high, and his master is the originator of the overseas school, Wannian Ancient Buddha, when it comes to Wang Ape's generation, he and the golden lantern swordsman Xia Suiliang and the little sword demon Bai Yizi are the masters of the same generation, but Wang Ape became a friend of the year and became a brother in life and death because of his relationship with Xu Liang.
Speaking of Wang Ape and Xu Liang's "fate", this is almost entirely from Xu Liang's amazing performance, although Wang Ape is a little wild, but because he worshiped the ancient Buddha of 10,000 years as a teacher, under the enlightenment of Buddhism, he became very good and disgusting, and his personality was also clear in love and hate.
Xu Liang made a big fuss in the hall of the Yama King Village, staged a scene of a lonely hero killing the Quartet, Wang Ape was very happy to see it, which was completely in line with Wang Ape's mood, so he decided to make friends with Xu Liang, from the time he made up his mind, it can be said that Xu Liang was extremely good, and he Xu Liang did not hesitate to stick a knife in his ribs.
After Wang Ape Yiman came out of the mountain, he punished evil and promoted goodness all the way on the rivers and lakes, eliminated violence and peace and goodness, although he did a lot of good things, but he always felt that it was not enough, if he wanted the master to be satisfied, he naturally wanted to make his name known, after hearing Xu Liang's many deeds and beautiful talks along the way, Wang Ape originally planned to meet Xu Liang for a while.
He later became a brother with Xu Liang, which was completely a temporary change of his mind, although he had a little intention of making a name for himself through Xu Liang, but he really gave selflessly like a good big brother.
Wang Ape also taught Xu Liang some of his skills, such as the moves of the Tai Chi Yin and Yang Knife, as well as the light skills such as the paintings on the wall, which can be said to be the martial arts at the bottom of the box, which makes Xu Liang's martial arts leap to the swordsman realm, and then look at the flying witch Long Yunfeng, he taught Xu Liang's martial arts completely to hide his selfishness, on the one hand, the number of martial arts taught is incomplete, and on the other hand, he has to force Xu Liang to do things against his will.
In the end, in order to save Xiahou Ren for Xu Liang, Wang Ape took his mentor Wannian Ancient Buddha to adventure together, and died tragically in the gossip four elephant array, it can be said that such a friend is really like a brother.
3. The paranoid and fanatical Mei Liangzu
Although Mei Liangzu is Xu Liang's mentor, he can only rank third, this is because Mei Liangzu's love is very paranoid, and he is also very paranoid about Xu Liang's goodness, and he almost assumes the role of Xu Liang's "father" in the whole book.
As for Xu Liang's biological father Xu Qing, that is a pretentious fool, in addition to giving Xu Liang the identity of "Kaifeng second generation" and the responsibility of serving Kaifeng Mansion, it almost did not help Xu Liang at all, he forcefully gave Xu Liang the next family affair in 3,000 households, which also completely disregarded Xu Liang's feelings, plus it was to "rank people who are good to Baimei heroes", so naturally we must exclude close relatives first, otherwise this ranking will be meaningless.
If Wei Zhen and Wang Ape are selfless to Xu Liang, then Mei Liangzu's kindness to Xu Liang is selfish, if the degree of the former is described as hot, then the degree of the latter can be compared to fanaticism, to a certain extent, from Mei Liangzu's point of view, he has regarded Xu Liang as his own work.
Because Xu Liang has achieved the best out of the blue, so in the eyes of Old Man Mei, he has regarded Xu Liang as a work beyond expectations, not only does he not allow this work to have any risks in front of his eyes, but also does not allow this work to have any flaws, so when he boasted about his apprentice Xu Liang in front of everyone, he was also extremely strict with Xu Liang himself.
When the Feiyun Dao chief Guo Dada shouted to Xu Liang in the ring, Mei Liangzu stopped Xu Liang who wanted to take the stage, he risked his life to fight Guo Dada, how could Mei Liangzu not know the other party's strength, Guo Dada is the chief of the Lotus Gate, and he Mei Liangzu is only one of the two uniques in Shanxi, just in terms of the name and status of the rivers and lakes, Mei Liangzu can not be compared with Guo Dada.
But Mei Liangzu was stunned to go on stage first to fight a strong enemy, not because he didn't know how to be strong, but because he wanted to consume a certain amount of Guo Changda's physical strength, and then add a little more chance of winning to his apprentice Xu Liang when he took the stage to fight Guo Changda.
When Xu Liang's words were inconsiderate, Mei Liangzu was also willing to slap his apprentice, from the time Xu Liang first entered the rivers and lakes, he showed deep thought, and his words were both funny and tricky, Xu Liang's character and style of acting were largely influenced by Mei Liangzu, and under the humor, he also had a chivalrous heart.
Even if sometimes Xu Liang does things a little too hard, Mei Liangzu is definitely the first to go up to protect the calf against lightning, which is from Xu Liang's pursuit of the three-handed real person Liu Daotong, and the chase to the opponent's stand to split the person in two, Mei Liangzu smiled and shouted, "Split well, split wonderfully, split wonderfully", which shows that Mei Liangzu is good to Xu Liang, but also has a certain degree of paranoia and fanaticism.