No brothers, no rivers and lakes, in the rivers and lakes full of swords and swords, those lonely heroes will inevitably have two fists and four hands, so only by making more like-minded partners, can we go along the road of the rivers and lakes, so some people say that "the rivers and lakes are not fighting and killing, but human feelings", which is not false at all.
And if you want to talk about which one of Jin Yong's stories describes "brotherhood" the most, it is undoubtedly "Dragon Babu", after all, the main plot of the original book revolves around the three protagonists, and the brotherhood between them is enough to move the heavens and the earth.
However, the brotherhood of Xiao Feng, Xuzhu, and Duan Yu came to an end after Xiao Feng's death, and even Duan Yu and Xuzhu directly died of old age and did not get along, so how sincere is the love between them? At least they didn't avenge Xiao Feng, but Xiao Feng's other brother still remembered Xiao Feng after Xiao Feng's death.
1. The three brothers of Tianlong
The first protagonist in the original book is actually Duan Yu, after all, the story is opened from his perspective, but when the plot develops to the middle stage, the role of the main player is undoubtedly Xiao Feng, the eldest brother of the three brothers.
(Stills of the three brothers)
The follow-up plots almost all revolve around Xiao Feng, and Duan Yu and Xu Zhu only appeared at the right time and became Xiao Feng's helpers.
When the three brothers fought in Shaomu Mountain, the picture of the righteous alliance in front of the heroes in the world can be called the most burning scene in Jin Yong's book, Xiao Feng's attitude towards Qianfu is a few people in the world, and Duan Yu and Xuzhu ignore the eyes of the Central Plains heroes, and want to worship a "big villain", which also shows that they can be regarded as people of temperament.
However, as the plot develops, their relationship is bound to change.
For example, Xiao Feng's father Xiao Yuanshan and Xuzhu's father Xuan Ci had a blood feud, if it weren't for Xuan Ci who listened to Murong Bo's slander and led a group of Central Plains masters to besiege Xiao Yuanshan's family, why would Xiao Feng become a plaything in the hands of the Han people? Now he doesn't have to be besieged by the Central Plains heroes, his tragic fate is all because of the eldest brother who took the lead, even if it is all a matter of his father's generation, how can Xiao Feng not care?
(Xuan Ci stills)
There is also Xiao Feng's father who once had the intention of killing Duan Yu, even if Ah Zhu dies instead of Duan Zhengchun, I am afraid that it will be difficult to calm Dali Duan's opinion of Xiao Feng.
In short, the three of them can become brothers, Jin Yong deliberately ignored the emotional changes between the characters, otherwise it would not be surprising if they became brothers, even if they became enemies.
Second, the tree falls and scatters
You may have to say that Duan Yu and Xu Zhu were hypocritical to Xiao Feng, so how could they save Xiao Feng later?
In fact, this is not the responsibility of a man, but also the responsibility of a decent person, their parents do have grudges, but it is also a sure fact that they are righteous in front of the world.
At least when Xiao Feng was alive, they were still brothers, so in the Song-Liao War at the end of the story, the three brothers teamed up to stage a scene in which the thief captured the king first and forced the Liao Emperor to retreat.
It's just that Xiao Feng chose to commit suicide after quelling the Song Liao dispute, and Duan Yu and Xu Zhu's attitudes began to change from that moment.
(Stills from Xiao Feng's death)
When Xiao Feng committed suicide, Duan Yu and Xu Zhu also showed heartache expressions, but their next operation proved that the relationship between them was over.
The situation at that time was that Xiao Feng was held by Ah Zi and fell off the cliff, in the eyes of others, Xiao Feng was bound to die, but in the martial arts world, "falling off the cliff" was not a problem at all, Xiaolongnu, Yang Guo, and Guo Xiang jumped off the cliff and did not die, so for Duan Yu and Xuzhu, Xiao Feng's body was not found, Xiao Feng was in the state of "Schrödinger's cat", and he may not really die.
But how do they do it?
It is written in the book: "Xuzhu, Duan Yu, Wu Changfeng and others have not given up yet, and they are still looking forward to a miracle, Xiao Feng was resurrected and hugged Ah Zi from the valley. They stayed until late at night, and saw no movement, and that night they slept in the valley. ”
If they really wanted to find Xiao Feng, why didn't they go down the mountain, but waited in the same place?
Ridiculous, even if Xiao Feng didn't die, he should be seriously injured if he fell, how could he climb up by himself? There is only one explanation, they didn't expect Xiao Feng to be alive at all, and this is also the best time for them to end this relationship.
(Duan Yu, Xuzhu stills)
In fact, it is not difficult to see from the plot of the "Condor Trilogy" that most of the Dali Duan clan and the Vulture Palace did not have any intersection later, otherwise the Vulture Palace would have perished, why did the Dali Duan clan do nothing? I haven't heard that the descendants of Xuzhu have dealings with the descendants of the Duan family in Dali?
Not to mention that the plot of "Dragon Babu" has nothing to do with the trilogy, at least in the newly revised version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Jin Yong clearly mentioned the name of Xuzhu, a senior.
He wrote: "During the Northern Song Dynasty, Xiao Feng, the leader of the beggar gang, invited the heroes of the world to fight, and very few people could stop him from three moves and two styles. At that time, there were a total of 'twenty-eight palms of the dragon', and then Xiao Feng and his brother Xuzhuzi deleted the complicated and simplified, took the essence and used the macro, and changed it to the eighteen palms of the dragon, and the palm power was thicker. This palm technique was passed to Hong Qigong. ”
You see, Xuzhu and Duan Yu have indeed broken off contact, why? Naturally, he didn't want to face the identity of "once Xiao Feng's brother".
3. Friendship over life
However, when Duan Yu and Xu Zhu forgot about Xiao Feng, there was a brother who always remembered Xiao Feng.
That person is Wanyan Aguta.
In fact, as early as the original Song Liao War, Wanyan Aguta appeared to assist Xiao Feng, and the book only said: "In the smoke and dust, groups of Jurchens are either naked or wearing animal skins, rushing to kill on horses, and sharp arrows are sneering and shooting, and they are invincible." Before the Liao army could retreat into the city, they were all shot to death by the Jurchens under the city walls...... A tall hunter stood on horseback and shouted, 'Brother Xiao, Brother Xiao, Wanyan Agu is here to help you fight!' Xiao Feng rode out, and the two of them shook hands. ”
(Xiao Feng, Wanyan Aguda stills)
Wanyan Agu is not as good as Duan Yu and Xuzhu, but he dares to rush into thousands of troops, and this love is even more sincere.
According to the later historical facts, it was the Dajin founded by Wanyan Aguta who destroyed the Liao State, and from the perspective of martial arts, Wanyan Aguda also avenged his good brother Xiao Feng.
In this way, only he is a good brother who treats Xiao Feng sincerely, but Jin Yong did not create a work around him, if there is a "Legend of the Dragon Queen", he will definitely be one of the core characters.