In Jin Yong's story, the two most unsatisfactory characters are Guo Jing and Xiao Feng, and the biggest thing they have in common is "being both heroes" and "having a miserable ending".
Among them, Guo Jing was to guard Xiangyang, and finally took his wife and children to die in the city, so tragic, but as the author's wording, Guo Jing at least has a wife and children by his side, and even Jin Yong left him a little daughter Guo Xiang in the world, and the woman later founded the Emei faction, which can be regarded as inheriting Guo Jing's will.
(Xiao Feng, A Zhu stills)
And Xiao Feng is even more miserable, although he has also had a love, and it can even be said that there is no shortage of women who love him around him, but Jin Yong didn't even let him leave a descendant, why did Jin Yong be so ruthless to him? Maybe the foreshadowing has already been laid in the book.
1. A miserable enough life
Xiao Feng's life is a tragedy with a capital letter.
The Yanmen Pass tragedy that happened thirty years ago in the main story is the root of all the tragedies, when Murong Bo came up with a way to provoke Song and Liao disputes for his own plan to restore Yan, so he lied that the Khitan warriors had the intention of plundering Shaolin, and then led Xuan Ci to go to Yanmen Pass with a group of Central Plains masters to encircle and suppress Xiao Yuanshan's family.
Although Xiao Yuanshan was the minister of Liao, he was a pro-Song faction, and he was a Han master in his early years, so he has been committed to maintaining the peace of Song and Liao, but now the master of the Great Song Dynasty wants his life and kills his wife, at that moment, how desperate does he have to be?
And Xiao Feng, who was in infancy, didn't know anything about it, he could only be at the mercy of the Great Song Dynasty heroes, and was trained by them to become a master of the beggar gang, and he was also committed to fighting against the Khitan Liao, and I don't know how many compatriots died in his hands, which is really sad.
What's even more tragic is that even though Xiao Feng has made a lot of contributions to the beggars and the Great Song Dynasty, these Central Plains masters still can't completely believe in him, a "wolf" with Khitan blood flowing in his body, so they launched a siege on Xiao Feng several times, how chilling should Xiao Feng be at this time?
(A Zhu, Xiao Feng stills)
It can be said that Azhu's appearance is the only light in Xiao Feng's life, just like this conversation between them: "He only said that since he is a Khitan Hulu, the Han people all over the world naturally avoid suffering snakes and scorpions, and he didn't expect that Azhu still treats himself in general, so he couldn't help but reach out and hold her palm, and said softly: 'Azhu, you are Murong Gongzi's maid, not my maid, I ...... How can I look down on you?' Azhu said: 'I don't need your pity, you don't have to look down on me in your heart, and you don't have to say anything good about me. She learned Qiao Feng to say these words, the tone of her voice was all the same, but her eyes were full of naughty looks. Qiao Feng laughed, when he was frustrated, he had to have such a smart and clever girl to laugh and comfort, and he couldn't help but be troubled. ”
They are all sensitive and inferior because of their own identities, but at this time, they are both fallen people at the end of the world, but they feel sorry for each other.
Seeing that a couple is about to come together, fate plays a joke on them.
2. A story that is more tragic than a tragedy
Although Xiao Feng has the intention to retire outside Yanmen Pass with Azhu, he must avenge his parents' hatred, and he still has to retire with peace of mind after solving the leading eldest brother of the year, but what he doesn't know is that his decision will make him lose his love forever.
He rushed to the doctor in a hurry, listened to Kang Min's slander, and ran to find Duan Zhengchun, the prince of Dali, to seek revenge, and then killed Azhu, who pretended to be Duan Zhengchun.
(Xiao Feng, A Zi stills)
Why do you say that Xiao Feng is sick and rushed to the doctor? It's very simple, Duan Zhengchun's age is not right, he was still a stunned young man thirty years ago, how can he become the leading big brother and lead the group?
Second, Duan Zhengchun was a person from Dali, and although he did not have a hostile relationship with the Great Song Dynasty, how could the Great Song Dynasty Qunxiong listen to his orders as an outsider? Who knows if he had other plans?
Obviously, Xiao Feng's revenge seeking was too reckless, and it was precisely because of this that he was extremely painful after killing Azhu.
However, Ah Zi's appearance seems to have made up for Ah Zhu's vacancy, and Ah Zhu did entrust his sister to Xiao Feng before he died.
Although this story is a little regrettable, if Xiao Feng can get together with Ah Zi, it is also excellent, at least it will not make Xiao Feng lonely for a lifetime, if he can have children with Xiao Feng, it can be regarded as starting a new life.
However, Jin Yong once again plunged Xiao Feng into despair at the end of the story.
At this time, he was in the gap between the Song and Liao countries, one side was to save him, and the other side was the bloodline clan he couldn't give up, he was particularly embarrassed, but for the sake of the world, he had to force the Liao Emperor to retreat, which was undoubtedly the following crime, and this became the last straw that crushed Xiao Feng.
Afterwards, he felt shameless to face Emperor Liao, and he couldn't continue to live with the pain of the past, so he picked up a broken arrow and poked it into his heart, ending his tragic life, and he didn't even have a descendant left.
Why did Jin Yong give Xiao Feng such a miserable fate? In fact, Jin Yong had already hidden the answer in the names of the three protagonists.
3. The deep meaning hidden in the character's name
What is the strange thing about the names of the three protagonists, Xiao Feng, Xu Zhu, and Duan Yu?
In fact, it is very simple, they almost all express the same meaning, they are all "false", and their lives are destined to be empty.
(Duan Yu, Xuzhu stills)
Let's take a look at Xiao Feng's two righteous brothers first, the prototype of that Duan Yu is actually the real Dali Emperor Duan Heyu in history, why Jin Yong deleted a "and" word, it is nothing more than to make his name read similar to "broken desire", and Duan Yu's ending is indeed a monk after forty years of being an emperor, breaking off the desire of the world, as for the reason, maybe because Jin Yong separated him from Wang Yuyan in the new revised version, he always loved and couldn't.
And Xuzhu is better understood, the word "virtual" is the meaning of vain, and "bamboo" is hollow, plus the story of Xuzhu is too dreamy, whether it is cracking the Zhenlong chess game, or the meeting between Xixia Ice Cellar and Menggu, it is too idealistic, but in the end it is empty, so Jin Yong didn't even explain his ending, even if it is mentioned in the "Condor Trilogy" that Xuzhu passed down the eighteen palms of the beggar gang and the dog-beating stick method, but it is also missing the Xiaoyao faction and the Vulture Palace.
(Ah Zi, Xiao Feng stills)
Looking at Xiao Feng, after he calmed down the Song and Liao disputes, he fell off the cliff with Ah Zi and disappeared between the peaks, that is, "Xiao Feng", the first half of his life was dedicated to fighting the Liao State, and the second half of his life was dedicated to avenging his parents, but in the end, all his efforts were in vain.
In fact, Jin Yong did not deliberately let Xiao Feng be the last, but the theme of "Dragon Babu" was "asking but not getting", even if Xiao Feng is the protagonist, his fate is destined to fit the theme of the story.