Jin Yong will always let the story end at the right time, such as in "Snow Mountain Flying Fox", Hu Fei's knife was about to be chopped, but the story came to an abrupt end, leaving readers with infinite space for reverie, but because whether he really cleaved it or not, the ending was not very satisfying.
And there are many similar situations, such as the ending of "The Condor Heroes" is to draw an end in an atmosphere of reunion, but everyone knows that after the end of the third Huashan Sword Debate, Guo Jing and his wife still have to guard Xiangyang, and their ending will inevitably be to die on the battlefield, so it is normal for Jin Yong to skip the "last Xiangyang War".
(Stills of the Condor Heroes)
But why didn't he even explain the ending of Yang Guo and his wife clearly?
Maybe it's because the ending of Long Yang and the others is even worse.
1. The Condor Heroes who have not retired
After Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu walked down Huashan, did they never appear in the martial arts again?
The answer is naturally no, which can be seen from the "Heaven and Dragon Slaying Plan" mentioned by the descendants of the Emei faction.
Zhou Zhiruo said this: "She (Huang Rong) hired a master craftsman, melted a dark iron heavy sword that Yang Guo left to Guo Shizu, the Condor Hero, and then added Western fine gold to cast a dragon slaying knife; The two sharpest swords at that time, the gentleman's sword of Yang Guoxia and the lady's sword of Mrs. Yang Xiaolongnu, were fused and cast into a sword that leaned against the sky. ”
The materials used by Guo Jing and his wife to integrate the Yitian Sword and the Dragon Slayer Knife are several swords sent by Yang Guo and his wife, and in the main story of "The Condor Heroes", until the end of the Xiangyang War, Yang Guo never gave the sword, which shows that the plot of "Giving Swords" takes place after the end of the main story of "The Condor Heroes".
Based on the plot of the newly revised version, the Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Slayer Sword did not directly hide the "Nine Yin True Scripture" and "Wu Mu's Testament", and the two treasures were hidden on Peach Blossom Island.
(Stills of Yang Guo and his wife)
So Guo Jing and his wife are guarding the city, Guo Fu is unreliable, Guo Xiang is holding a sword, breaking the knife, who will escort the cheats?
Naturally, Yang Guo and his wife are the most suitable, firstly, Guo Jing can trust him, secondly, he is strong in martial arts, and thirdly, he has the experience of living on Peach Blossom Island.
Therefore, the two of Long Yang later at least had the experience of "escorting cheats to Peach Blossom Island", and as long as they were still active in the rivers and lakes, they would inevitably be targeted by Mongolian spies, and trouble would follow.
Second, the little dragon girl who has been targeted for a long time
Yang Guo's performance in the Battle of Xiangyang was really heroic, originally the Mongolian army was about to take Xiangyang City, but Yang Guo's appearance instantly turned the tide of the war, he defeated the Golden Wheel Dharma King with a gloomy ecstasy palm, saved Guo Xiang, and then hit Meng Ge Khan with a flying stone, Meng Ge died on the spot. As soon as Meng Ge died, the Mongol iron cavalry was also unable to form an army, so he could only retreat.
Yang Guo became the hero of Xiangyang City, and he was in the limelight for a while, but for the Mongolian side, he became a sinner who had to be killed.
Especially for Kublai Khan, he was certainly the beneficiary of Möngke's death, but as Möngke's younger brother, he would naturally still grieve over the death of his brother, and at the same time, he had to neutralize the Mongol tribes, and he should also take revenge on the murderer who killed the previous Great Khan.
In fact, in addition to this new hatred, Kublai Khan and Yang Guo still have old hatred, after all, Yang Guo had the intention to collude with the Mongols to eradicate Guo Jing together, and even Guo Jing has fallen into their encirclement, as long as Yang Guo cooperates, Guo Jing will definitely die, but Yang Guo defected at the last moment, so that Guo Jing ran away, how could Kublai Khan not hate Yang Guo.
Even when Yang Guo went to the Mongolian military camp, there was another detail, that Kublai Khan still had a strong interest in Xiaolongnu.
(Stills from the Great Khan)
The book only says: "Kublai Khan glanced at the little dragon girl twice, and was secretly shocked in his heart: 'There is such a beautiful woman in the world. Seeing her and Yang Guo hand in hand, with an intimate expression, Yang Guo asked, "Who is this girl?" Yang said: "This dragon girl is the master of the villain, and now she is also the villain's wife." ’”
To put it bluntly, Kublai Khan's plot to be the overlord of the world is also a man, how can he forget the face of Xiaolongnu who looks like a fairy? If there is a chance to take this woman, he will definitely not be relentless.
So a net of heaven and earth quietly opened, and Yang Guo and his wife were naturally in a catastrophe.
3. Yang Guo, who is powerless to return to the sky
It is conceivable that when the Mongols surrounded Long Yang and the others, most of them were unable to break through.
At this time, Yang Guo had already sent out his sword, and he couldn't use the Xuantie Sword Technique, and the gloomy ecstasy palm had also become ineffective due to the reunion with the little dragon girl, and his name of "Five Uniques" had long been unworthy of the name, and at this time, his instant combat power could only be regarded as a first-class level at most, and it had not reached the top of the realm.
(小龙女剧照)
Although Xiaolongnu is his wife, he still thinks that he is his master, and he always has a bit of a master's appearance, when Kublai Khan came with the newly recruited Mongol heroes (most of them have a hundred damage Taoists, otherwise his disciples Lu Zhuke and Hebi Weng would work for the Mongols), Xiaolongnu will most likely stand up and fight.
The next plot may be like this.
Kublai Khan's expression was calm but a little proud: "Yang Guo, back then, you treacherously helped Guo Jing escape, how can you get out now?" ”
Yang Guo only smiled contemptuously, didn't think much about it, and replied: "It's easy, kill you, aunt, let's go." But whether he was really sure or forced to smile, no one knows, only that it is not easy for his gloomy ecstasy palm to hit Kublai Khan.
I saw a person who looked like a Taoist priest attacking, Yang Guo suddenly felt that the cold was pressing, this was more piercing than the cold of the cold jade bed, who was this person?
I saw that the man was expressionless, and said: "Your Excellency, have you ever heard of the Xuanming Divine Palm?" ”
"Whatever you do, look at the moves." Although Yang Guo was unconvinced, the biting cold poison would not lie, and his body could not support it for long.
I saw that he and Xiaolongnu shouted to each other at the same time, "Auntie, run" and "Go first", Yang Guo himself had been tortured by the cold poison and half-knelt on the ground, and Xiaolongnu had also been besieged by Mongolian masters and couldn't get out.
(Xuanming Shenzhang stills)
With Kublai Khan's sentence "Take them down", Yang Guo's eyes were black and he never woke up, while Xiaolongnu was captured by Kublai Khan, and her martial arts were abolished by the Hundred Damaged Taoists, so she had to become a slave of Kublai Khan.
Cheng Ying and Lu Wushuang, who had been looking for Yang Guo for many years, went to the ancient tomb to look for people, but they did not see Yang Guo and his wife return, only to see their young children pitiful, those maids may not be able to take care of them, and Lu Wushuang was a descendant of the ancient tomb faction, so they stayed to take care of the children for Yang Guo and his wife.
Therefore, the woman in the yellow shirt appeared with a bit of the style of Peach Blossom Island, she didn't even have much impression of her parents, but she knew who her descendants were, and Jin Yong could only use her mouth to say the sentence "After the end of Nanshan, the tomb of the living dead, the condor heroes, extinct rivers and lakes".