It is said that the theme of martial arts stories is the confrontation between good and evil, but what is good and what is evil? It seems that it is not difficult to distinguish whether a character is decent or evil in martial arts stories, after all, in order to highlight the contradictions between the characters, the author often portrays the decent spotlessly, and the villain is heinous, but Jin Yong's story is not like this.
In Jin Yong's story, there are sanctimonious and decent people, such as Yue Buqun, Bai Shijing, and Hua Tiegan, who are decent, but they all have bad stomachs, and there are also evil factions with a clear conscience, such as Tian Boguang, Yue Laosan, etc.
So who is the first villain in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer"? Perhaps most people's answers are wrong, because one person trivialized Xiao Zhao, played with Zhou Zhiruo, and tortured Zhao Min, but he got a good death.
1. The villain in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer".
From the bright side, the biggest villain in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" is naturally the Dayuan court, but that is too abstract, if you want to be concrete, it is the group of people headed by the Ruyang Palace, including the King of Ruyang himself, as well as his sons and daughters, and then his subordinates including the two elders of Xuan Ming, Fang Dongbai and others.
(Stills from Ruyang Palace)
But as presented in the book, even Zhao Min, who has always been against Zhang Wuji, became Zhang Wuji's pillow person, so should Zhao Min be regarded as an evil faction or a decent person? Obviously, Jin Yong's characters cannot judge whether he is evil simply by his position, but also depends on what he has done.
In addition to the gang of people in the Ruyang Palace, Cheng Kun is also one of the most hateful characters in the book, after all, most of the conspiracies in the book are provoked by him, and at the same time, this guy's personality is useless, and there is no problem in saying that he is one of the biggest villains.
However, in the eyes of the righteous heroes, in fact, Mingjiao itself is the villain, even if the protagonist Zhang Wuji is in charge, it cannot change the image of Mingjiao in their hearts.
At least the exterminator did not admit Mingjiao until his death, after all, when Zhang Wuji wanted to save her, she was extremely resistant.
The book reads: "The master is too determined to die, and he will never accept half of the favor of the Ming Sect, seeing that his palm is slapped, he fights the remaining strength of his body and strikes it out with his backhand." The palms intersected, and there was a loud bang, Zhang Wuji's palm power shifted the direction for her palm, and with a click, the exterminator fell to the ground heavily, and his spine was broken into several pieces. ”
(Zhao Min, Zhou Zhiruo stills)
would rather die than accept the favor of the people in the Ming Sect, she does have her own bottom line.
But then again, the extinction can kill even her own disciples, how decent is she?
So it's still the same sentence, Jin Yong's pen: it's really difficult to distinguish between the righteous and the evil.
So who is the protagonist of this work? Perhaps from this point of view, you can draw conclusions about who is the biggest villain.
Second, the real protagonist
In the eyes of most people, "who is the protagonist" does not need to be discussed at all, the story is unfolded from whose point of view, who is the protagonist, but such a statement only applies to other martial arts stories, and in Jin Yong's case, it is not applicable, after all, "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" The story starts from Guo Xiang's perspective, but she only lived the first two times, and then Yu Daiyan took over the main perspective shot, but it didn't take long for her to be paralyzed, and then to Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu, they only lived to the tenth time, and the next long story was indeed from Zhang Wuji's perspective, but he was not the final winner.
In this way, Zhu Yuanzhang, who finally repelled the Mongols and founded the Ming Dynasty, is the real protagonist, so Zhang Wuji, who competes with him in secret, has become a villain.
However, in addition to this angle, the that Zhang Wuji did to the confidantes around him can also support the statement that "he is the first villain", because he is really sorry for those women.
3. Zhang Wuji's rogue behavior
Yin Li won't talk about it, although Zhang Wuji has a bond with her, he hasn't done anything out of the ordinary, but for Xiao Zhao, Zhang Wuji has crossed the line.
(Zhang Wuji, Xiaozhao stills)
When Xiao Zhao was about to be taken away by the Persian envoy, Zhang Wuji had a close contact with Xiao Zhao.
The book only said: "Zhang Wuji was sad, so he had to let her help him change his clothes as usual, help him button his clothes, tie his belt, and take out a comb to comb his hair." Seeing her tears, Zhang Wuji suddenly became excited, and reached out to hold her petite body in his arms. Xiao Zhao 'snorted', and his body trembled slightly. Zhang Wuji imprinted a deep kiss on her cherry lips...... Xiao Zhao rested his head on his broad chest. ”
Knowing that he can't give the other party a future, Zhang Wuji still has to kiss the other party, making the other party uneasy, and it can even be said that his move is ruining Xiao Zhao's reputation, what is this?
Looking at the things he did to Zhou Zhiruo, although Zhou Zhiruo is not a good woman, she has done a lot of bad things in order to make the Emei faction rise, and it is difficult to forgive Yin Li, but in front of Zhang Wuji, she is the one who is let down.
(Zhao Min stills)
Zhang Wuji's act of repenting his marriage in public in Bozhou City is a typical negative move, Zhou Zhiruo is the head of the Emei faction, he is the head of the Ming Sect, and the marriage of the two of them can be said to be known to everyone in the world, but now he left hand in hand with another woman at the wedding, which is tantamount to stepping on Zhou Zhiruo's face on the ground and rubbing it, how can Zhou Zhiruo not be toyed with by him? Not to mention that Zhou Zhiruo will be angry, no woman can accept such a thing.
Looking at Zhao Min in the end, Zhang Wuji did choose to join hands with her to return to the desert in the end, but will Zhao Min really be happy?
Jin Yong himself denied this point in the afterword, he commented on Zhang Wuji: "Zhang Wuji has always dragged his feet, for Zhou Zhiruo, Zhao Min, Yin Li, Xiao Zhao, the four girls, it seems that he loves Zhao Min the most, and finally said the same to Zhou Zhiruo, but deep down in his heart, which girl does he love more? I'm afraid he doesn't know." Whether this is the case, the author does not know, since his personality has been written like this, all the development depends on his character, and the author cannot interfere. ”
(Zhang Wuji and the three women stills)
Zhang Wuji's future is full of uncertainty, and he promised Zhou Zhiruo before retiring: "I promise you." After arriving in Mongolia, I don't marry Zhao Min, but we have to be husband and wife and have babies the same!"
What is Zhao Min in his heart? Just because he owes Zhou Zhiruo a favor, he can disrespect Zhao Min? If he doesn't give her a name, he has to let her give birth to a baby for himself, what kind of thing is this? Not having a name is undoubtedly a kind of torture for Zhao Min.
Obviously, Zhang Wuji, a negative man, is the biggest villain in the book, men must not follow him, and it is better to be decisive when dealing with feelings.