Is the story of "The Condor Heroes" considered complete? It seems that everything is just right, first, Long and Yang finally reunited at the bottom of the desperate valley after a 16-year absence; second, the defenders of Xiangyang repelled the Mongolian army with the cooperation of Guo Jing, Yang Guo and other masters; and the third Huashan sword discussion at the end of the book, which praised the two protagonists as the five uniques, but should this story come to an end at this time?
The answer is naturally no, after all, Jin Yong later wrote the "Legend of the Condor" nature of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", which involved a lot of details related to the previous work, and this can't help but make people wonder, why didn't Jin Yong explain the ending of the little dragon girl?
1. The whereabouts of the Condor Heroes
In fact, after the end of the story of "The Condor Heroes", the story of Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu is not over, they were only in their thirties at that time, and they were in the year of fighting, plus Yang Guo killed Meng Ge Khan in the Battle of Xiangyang, even if he had the intention to retire, how could the Mongols let him go? Even if the Central Plains is turned upside down, Yang Guo must be found out, the defeat of the Xiangyang Battle will only make the Mongols' desire to destroy the Song Dynasty more firm, and Yang Guo is also the person they must kill.
(Yang Guo, Xiaolongnu stills)
In addition, there is indeed a detail in the book that can prove that Yang Guo and his wife did not completely retire.
In "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", Zhou Zhiruo said this sentence when introducing the "Heaven and Dragon Slaying Plan" mentioned by her grandmother's mother-in-law: "She hired a master craftsman to melt a dark iron heavy sword left by Yang Guo, the Condor Hero, to Guo Shizu, and then added Western fine gold to cast a dragon slaying knife; ”
The "she" here refers to Huang Rong, so the question is, when did Yang Guo give the Xuantie Sword to Guo Xiang?
Obviously not in the era when the main story of "The Condor Heroes" takes place, from his jumping off the cliff to the later battle of Xiangyang in the original book, there is no mention of him fighting with the Xuantie Sword, and even when he dealt with the Golden Wheel Dharma King, the book also emphasized a sentence: "For 16 years, I have not used the Xuantie heavy sword, and today I can really hold it up." ”
(Zhou Zhiruo stills)
Obviously, the heavy sword was not by his side at this time, and he did not mention it when Huashan San Theory, so "Yang Guo's gift of the sword" happened after the end of the main story of "The Condor Heroes", and he did not retire.
In this case, why didn't Jin Yong explain the ending of Xiaolongnu?
Some people may want to say that Jin Yong didn't write the ending of Xiaolongnu, but he didn't write the ending of Yang Guo and his wife at all.
In fact, the reason why it is emphasized that "the ending of Xiaolongnu is not written" is because there are indeed descendants of Yang Guo in the martial arts of later generations, and the woman in the yellow shirt is surnamed Yang, but "the descendants of Yang Guo" are not necessarily the descendants of Xiaolongnu.
Because the little dragon girl may have died a long time ago.
Second, the little dragon girl who has long since died
Regarding the "death of the little dragon girl", there are many details in the book to prove it.
First of all, when Long Yang and the two reunited at the bottom of the valley, Yang Guo couldn't understand why Xiaolongnu was able to live to this day under the condition of being highly poisonous, and Xiaolongnu replied: "I take honey, plus the white fish in the pool, can actually reduce the pain, I can't imagine that this jade bee honey mixed with the white fish in the cold pool is a good medicine to repel poison." If you take it for a long time, the number of poison attacks in the body will gradually decrease, and the intermittent episodes will be prolonged. At first, it happened once or twice a day, then once every few days, then every few months, and in the last five or six years, it hasn't happened again, so I think it's already better. ”
Pay attention to her wording, "It's good to think", that is, it may not be good, and the poison in her body may still attack.
There is also the beginning of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", Qiu Chuji wrote a praise to Xiaolongnu in the praise: "It looks like a real person, the sky is beautiful, and the spirit is very noble." Wan Rui is uneven who believes, and is not in the same column as Qunfang. Haoqi Qingying, immortal talent Zhuo Zhuo, it is difficult to distinguish between the soil. Yaotai returned, and the cave was clear. ”
The "return of Yaotai" mentioned here also seems to imply that Xiaolongnu is no longer there.
There is another point, that is, the wording of the woman in the yellow shirt, in the thirty-eighth chapter of the original book, the woman in the yellow shirt said to Zhang Wuji: "The woman in the yellow shirt jumped back to the pine room and said to Zhang Wuji: 'Sect Leader Zhang, the Dragon Slayer Sword and the Heavenly Sword are on the island where you once stayed, please send someone to find them. ’”
For example, when the purple-shirted dragon king wanted to snatch Xie Xun's dragon-slaying knife, there was such a conversation between the two: "(Xie Xun) shouted: "Mrs. Han, you are known as the purple-shirted dragon king, and your name has violated the taboo of this knife. "Mother-in-law Jinhua shuddered, all those who learn martial arts, roll on the knife every day, pay the most attention to the taboo of lip gloss, they are known as the 'Dragon King', but this knife is called 'Dragon Slaying', which is really bad. ”
(小龙女剧照)
Obviously, the ancients paid great attention to avoidance, if she was the descendant of the little dragon girl, how could she say the words "dragon slayer" so calmly?
Some people think that the girl in the yellow shirt is more like the style of Peach Blossom Island, whether she is wearing it or taking a group of maids to play the piano and blow the flute when she appears on the stage, so she is more like the descendants of Yang Guo and Cheng Ying.
As for the mention of "The Condor Heroes, extinct in the rivers and lakes" when she exited, there is no problem, who said that the "Condor Heroes" must refer to Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu? Only the eagle is next to Yang Guo, and whoever is the female companion next to Yang Guo is the chivalrous couple, which is not in conflict.
So what happened to Xiaolongnu later? Why did Jin Yong mention the plot of her death?
Perhaps because the paper can't hold the fire, Xiaolongnu's love for Yang Guo is not so pure, and it is punctured, which inevitably makes their "beautiful love" disillusioned in the hearts of readers.
3. The true love of the little dragon girl
Who is the true love of the little dragon girl?
It is safe to say that there is only one person she clearly likes.
(Stills of Xiaolongnu and Gongsun Zhi)
When Gongsun Zhi rescued her and lived with her for half a month, she had such an inner monologue: "Xiaolongnu felt the grace of Gongsun Valley Lord's life, and saw that he lived in a secluded valley, which was the most suitable place to avoid Yang Guo, so she agreed to commit." After getting along with him for a few days, I felt that he was calm and knowledgeable, and he really didn't look like a lonely man in the countryside, and he was also a civil and military all-rounder, and he couldn't help but feel a little admired, and secretly wanted to accompany him for a lifetime, that is. ”
What is her attitude towards Yang Guo? Don't look at the fact that they got married later, but the arrangement at the bottom of the desperate valley will not lie.
In the thatched hut where the little dragon girl lived, it was arranged like this: "There is a rough wooden cabinet on the left side of the room, and when I opened the door, I saw a few children's clothes made of bark in the cupboard, which were exactly the appearance that the little dragon girl had sewn for herself in the ancient tomb in the past. He entered the room and stroked the bed, and he was already in tears, and at this time he couldn't bear it anymore, and rolled down his shirt with tears in his eyes. ”
(Yang Guo crying stills)
It's all arranged according to Yang Guo's childhood, why? What she misses is only the days when she got along with Yang Guo as a master and apprentice in the ancient tomb, and she didn't love Yang Guo at all.
If Yang Guo knew about her heart, would Yang Guo, who had been suffering for 16 years, collapse and kill her?
is still the same sentence, paper can't hold the fire, and a person's heart can't be hidden, but once it is clarified, the reader may not be able to accept it, so it is reasonable that Jin Yong did not write the ending of the little dragon girl.