The characters of the protagonists in martial arts stories are always very special, for example, making a fuss in life experience is the most common operation, and the most intuitive embodiment is that the protagonist can get help from masters because of various coincidences, learn various magic skills, and even hold a beauty, all because he has a very special life experience, and his parents may be a senior master.
However, there is no such setting in Jin Yong's stories, and the fathers of the protagonists in Jin Yong's pen almost can't help much, and sometimes they even help back, the most typical is Xiao Yuanshan and Xiao Feng, the father and son, but although Xiao Yuanshan is pitted, the father-son relationship between him and Xiao Feng is undoubted.
(Zhang Cuishan, Yin Susu stills)
In "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", the father-son relationship between Zhang Cuishan and Zhang Wuji is questionable, after all, Jin Yong said that Zhang Wuji is not like Zhang Cuishan, whose child is Zhang Wuji?
1. Zhang Wuji and Zhang Cuishan
As a beloved disciple of Zhang Zhenren in Wudang, he is upright and kind, and at a glance, he is a typical upright gentleman.
And Zhang Wuji is different, most people have only seen Zhang Wuji in the later version, and he also looks upright, a little more indecisive than his father, that's all, right?
But this is not the case with Zhang Wuji in the serial version, in Jin Yong's original setting, Zhang Wuji is actually a scheming character, even a little more evil than Yang Guo.
If you look at this description, it is very intuitive: "Wuji shouted: 'Clever plan, wonderful plan!'But father-in-law, isn't this time too vicious?' Zhang Cuishan said: 'Why?' Wuji said: 'The father-in-law slapped his heavenly spirit cover, and the old monk naturally shouted and came to save you. The father-in-law took advantage of his unpreparedness, and he could do it. But the old monk is so good to you, you must not hurt him, right?' Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu were both shocked, although they knew that their son was extremely smart and clever, they expected that he would be able to see through Xie Xun's tricks in an instant. ”
Xie Xun's mental activities of killing the empty see were all guessed by Zhang Wuji, which shows that if this kid is in Xie Xun's position, he will probably do the same thing.
This style is obviously different from Zhang Cuishan, but there is more intuitive evidence in the book, that is, Zhang Wuji does not look like Zhang Cuishan.
Zhu Changling once painted a portrait of Zhang Cuishan, which he made to commemorate his benefactor, and at this time the book mentioned such a sentence: "In the 'Zhang Gong Cuishan Ende Picture', why does everyone look like Xiao, but his father with a sharp face is painted with a square face? His father's eyebrows are very similar, yes, because his father and son have similar eyebrows, but his father is a sharp face, not like Zhang Wuji himself, his face is rectangular." ”
(Zhang Wuji, Yin Susu stills)
If Zhang Wuji is not like his father because of baby fat, that is reasonable, but Zhang Wuji's face is rectangular and his father is pointy, then it is unreasonable.
It seems that Jin Yong is implying that Zhang Wuji is not the son of Zhang Cuishan.
2. Zhang Wuji and Xie Xun
Compared with the identity of "Zhang Cuishan's son", Zhang Wuji's actions in the follow-up plot make him look more like Xie Xun's child.
What kind of person is that Zhang Wuji? He can give up the country for the sake of his red face, but for the sake of Xie Xun, he is willing to give up his red face.
Later, when Zhao Min used the hair of the golden lion king to force him not to marry Zhou Zhiruo, he agreed to Zhao Min's request almost without thinking about it, and his father-in-law's life was more important to him than anything else.
At the lion slaughter conference, in order to save Xie Xun, Zhang Wuji broke into the King Kong Demon Circle three times, and even his grandfather's life was put into it, and he himself was almost killed by three old monks, so you can imagine how hard he worked.
If he is only a "righteous father", why is he like this?
You must know that he witnessed Zhang Cuishan die in front of him back then, and in the face of those decent people who killed his parents, although Zhang Wuji showed anger, he did not make any substantive revenge, but for Xie Xun, he had to fight hard, as if Xie Xun was his biological father.
In fact, when Zhang Wuji was just born, Yin Susu's approach was very intriguing, and she had the intention to let this child have the surname Xie Xun.
(Yin Susu, Zhang Cuishan stills)
Look at this dialogue: "Zhang Cuishan said: 'No matter the child's surname is Xie or Zhang, we love him generally. In the future, he will be filial to his parents, respect his father-in-law, and not distinguish between relatives and relatives, isn't it a good thing? If there are many children who are loved by one person, they will finally cheapen him. Xie Xun shook the ground and said, "I thank you for this, let's write it off." Although Xie Xun lost his son but has a son, Xie Wuji will be famous all over the world in the future, so that the world can know that his parents are Zhang Cuishan and Yin Susu, and his father-in-law is Xie Xun, the golden lion king!"
And when Zhang Wuji was born, what was Xie Xun's attitude?
(Xie Xun stills)
He was still going crazy a second ago, Zhang Wuji's cry came, and he instantly became gentle: "I only heard the baby crying, and suddenly, Xie Xun's conscience was stimulated, and he went crazy, and his mind came to his senses, remembering that his whole family had been killed, and his son was not yet three feet old, lively and cute, and he couldn't escape the enemy's murder." ”
Isn't it some kind of telepathy?
And there is a factual basis for all this.
3. The tragedy on the island of ice and fire
Most people who know about "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" through the TV series may not know, after all, the TV series cannot completely restore the original work, and Xie Xun in the original book actually bullied Yin Susu more than once.
For example, this description: "One night, Zhang Cuishan did not sleep during the day, and this night he was lying on the ice with a seal skin, and in his sleep he suddenly heard Yin Susu screaming loudly: 'Let go of me, let go of me.'" Zhang Cuishan jumped up, and under the flash of the iceberg, he saw Xie Xun hugging Yin Susu with both arms, and the sound of a beast sounded in his mouth. ”
Zhang Cuishan was on the side, but he was helpless: "My surname Xie has never known what is good and what is evil. I see that this girl is beautiful, and today I will take possession of her, and even if you are her husband, stand aside for me, and look at her obediently. If you say one more word, I will hit you down the iceberg with one palm. ”
(Xie Xun, Zhang Wuji stills)
Later, there was another paragraph in the book: "Xie Xun suddenly screamed, jumped up and hugged her, and shouted: 'Squeeze you, squeeze you!' Yin Susu seemed to have an iron hoop on his body, and this iron hoop was still tightening. ”
I don't know how much Yin Susu was tortured during the years he lived with Xie Xun, and Zhang Wuji is not like Zhang Cuishan's setting, his background is really suspicious, which also explains why Zhang Wuji is so obsessed with Xie Xun.
Of course, this is just a guess made by the author based on the details of the original work, and only Jin Yong himself knows whose child Zhang Wuji is.