Jin Yong said that the core of his martial arts story lies in "chivalry", not "martial arts", and to spread the spirit of chivalry, the most intuitive way is to let the protagonists who are heroes punish and eliminate evil, and the plots in his works are indeed set in this way, but the so-called "good has good and evil has evil retribution" is not an objective law, and some of the demons and villains in his pen have not received due retribution.
For example, Cheng Kun in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", his final ending was just imprisoned in the Shaolin Temple, accompanied by the ancient Buddha of the Green Lantern, maybe he was a fake monk for ten or eight years and was really influenced by the monks, and he really became a Buddha on the ground.
(Cheng Kun stills)
However, compared with the episode of "the wicked are reformed", the reader should want to see the episode of "the wicked are destroyed", so why didn't Jin Yong arrange for the decent heroes to take action and kill Na Chengkun early?
1. Cheng Kun, who scourges martial arts
Although the biggest villain in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" is the Great Yuan court, strictly speaking, those martial arts people in the book do not have such a big pattern.
For example, the three senior monks of the Shaolin faction have practiced martial arts for 30 years, just to avenge the great revenge that Yang Dingtian injured them.
The reason why she shows hysterical hatred for Mingjiao is not because she has the heart to punish the evil and eliminate the evil, but because her senior brother Gu Hongzi was killed by Yang Xiao, and her beloved apprentice Ji Xiaofu was despised by Yang Xiao, obviously she was a personal vendetta.
(Yang Dingtian stills)
The Shaolin monks and the head of the Emei faction are still like this, not to mention the other people in the martial arts, naturally they all have their own ghosts, and they have not touched their own interests, and they are afraid that they will not take the initiative to subdue the demons.
So even if Cheng Kun has done a lot of evil things and has already made the name of the "Mixed Yuan Thunderbolt", these so-called famous and decent people will only pretend to be deaf and dumb, and they will only sweep the snow in front of the door, after all, provoking Cheng Kun will also bring trouble to himself, this guy is ruthless, who knows what he will do?
But there is one person who is different, that person is Wudang Zhang Zhenren, he should take action to subdue the demon.
Second, Zhang Zhenren who swept away the demons
Zhang Sanfeng's prestige is often mentioned even in the era hundreds of years after the end of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer".
For example, in "Chivalrous Journey", Granny Shi talked with Dr. Dai about who is the number one master in ancient and modern times.
Here's what they said: "'I heard that Zhang Sanfeng, the patriarch of the Wudang faction, is a martial arts master, and the inner fist created by him is especially above the Shaolin faction. According to the villain's opinion, Patriarch Bodhidharma is a Hu person, which is insignificant, and Patriarch Zhang Sanfeng can be regarded as the first person in the martial arts throughout the ages. Granny Shi said: "Shaolin and Wudang are two major schools, each with its own merits, and it cannot be said that Wudang is better than Shaolin, but Patriarch Zhang Sanfeng is a great master who has shaken the ancient and modern in the martial arts for hundreds of years, and he is also a person from my Chinese country, which is absolutely undoubted." ’”
In this way, Zhang Zhenren not only has extremely high martial arts, but also has an excellent reputation.
(Zhang real person stills)
And the reason why he has such a reputation is also very simple, "Smiling Proud Jianghu" also mentions his deeds in his early years: "He knows that Sanfeng Patriarch is like a god in his later years, and he easily does not use swords, even if he is forced to do it with others, he only uses ordinary iron swords and wooden swords. ”
Yes, Zhang Sanfeng in the main story of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" is already a hundred-year-old man, so he lives in seclusion in Wudang Mountain all the year round and basically does not interfere in the affairs of the rivers and lakes, but when he was young, he did not punish rape and eliminate evil in the martial arts.
This is also the reason why Zhang Sanfeng will be regarded as the "Supreme Martial Arts Champion" by the martial arts heroes, as soon as those evil demons mention his name, they will inevitably be afraid of three points.
If Zhang Sanfeng is unwilling to make a move on Cheng Kun, there is only one possibility, he is in the way of the face of a certain senior, and that person is Cheng Kun's master.
3. The well-informed Xie Xun
Who is Cheng Kun's master?
It is not explicitly stated in the book, but in the serial version, Cheng Kun and Yang Dingtian are brothers, of course, Yang Dingtian in the serial version is called another name, that is, "Yang Potian".
For example, Xie Xun once mentioned the relationship between the two of them, saying: "Xie Xun nodded and said: '...... Mrs. Yang is the younger sister of the sect leader, that is, my uncle. Sect Leader Yang, Cheng Kun, and Mrs. Yang are brothers and sisters in the same school, Sect Leader Yang is my master uncle, who instructed me a lot of martial arts back then, and he treated me very well as an old man. ’”
And Yang Potian's very important Yang Xiao will use the magic power of snapping fingers, from the bright side, Guo Jing died in Xiangyang, and after Huang Yaoshi returned to heaven, only Yang Guo will use the magic power of snapping fingers, so that Yang Xiao can only inherit the magic power of snapping fingers, only through Yang Guo.
(Xie Xun stills)
If there is no accident, then Yang Potian is most likely Yang Guo's child, even if he is not a child, he is at least an apprentice, so Cheng Kun, who is a brother and sister relationship with Yang Potian, is naturally Yang Guo's apprentice.
But you have to ask, how could Yang Guo teach two villains.
Wrong, when Yang Guo accepted the apprentices, maybe these two people were not revealed in their original form, in fact, Yang Potian himself was not that bad, on the contrary, when he was the sect leader, he was committed to resisting the Yuan, and he also had the heart to unite with the decent heroes to fight against the Yuan, he was righteous.
Before he broke up with Yang Potian because of Mrs. Yang's affairs, there was no mention in the book that he had done any evil things, and he also went astray later, so this did not conflict with Yang Guo accepting them as disciples.
If this is the case, it makes sense that Zhang Sanfeng did not make a move to submit Cheng Kun.
(Yang Guo stills)
Most people may not know that there is also a plot in the last episode of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", that is, the plot of Jueyuan taking the little apprentice Zhang Junbao (Zhang Sanfeng) to pursue Xiao Xiangzi and Yin Kexi, they want to recapture the "Jiuyang True Scripture" stolen by the two, and in this process, they happened to meet Yang Guo, and Yang Guo also instructed Zhang Junbao a few tricks in Huashan, and there was a layer of master-apprentice relationship between the two.
Therefore, Zhang Sanfeng and Cheng Kun are still from the same school, and it is reasonable that Zhang Sanfeng will not kill Cheng Kun for the sake of Yang Guo's face.