When Jin Yong mentioned the news of Guo Jing's death in Xiangyang in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", readers will not be surprised, that is what he wants, he has long said that for the matter of guarding Xiangyang, what he can do is "bow down and die", he only wants to live and die with Xiangyang, but the death of Xiao Feng in "Tianlong Babu" has a sense of abruptness.
Why did Jin Yong let Xiao Feng die meaninglessly after quelling the Song Liao dispute?
Maybe it's because if Xiao Feng doesn't die, it will make the follow-up plot have loopholes.
1. Xiao Feng's death
Does Xiao Feng have to die?
If you just read along the plot of the original book, the answer is naturally no.
(Xiao Feng, Duan Yu stills)
The battle at the end of the story was caused by Xiao Feng, in order to save Xiao Feng to fight against the Liao army, under the leadership of Duan Yu and Xuzhu, the Central Plains heroes and the Liao soldiers fought and lost both, just to rescue the big hero Xiao Feng in their hearts.
The final result was not bad, although the matter of forcing Emperor Liao to withdraw was indeed a bit unauthentic for Xiao Feng, after all, he and Emperor Liao were also brothers, and Emperor Liao also treated him well, but one yard to one yard, at this time he was fighting for the common people in the world, those soldiers of Liao also showed a happy expression after hearing Emperor Liao's decision to retreat, it can be seen that except for Emperor Liao, no one wants to fight, Xiao Feng has done a very correct thing, why is he wrong?
Just like Guo Jing later chose to be an enemy of Mongolia, can the Mongols criticize him for forgetting his roots? Can it be said that Genghis Khan treated him well, so he should take refuge in Mongolia? Obviously, the other party will not kidnap Guo Jing so morally, what Guo Jing did was the same as Xiao Feng, which was also correct and just.
Taking a step back, is it really worth the death to apologize for "committing the following crimes"?
(Duan Yu, Xuzhu stills)
For Xiao Feng, he has already experienced more things that are worth giving up his life, such as the moment he knew that he was a Khitan, his worldview had collapsed, why didn't he choose to make a decision on his own at that time?
Another example is that after he listened to Kang Min's slander, he went to Duan Zhengchun to seek revenge, and then mistakenly killed his beloved wife Azhu.
Then Xiao Yuanshan was ignited by the sweeping monks, and even his father was no longer obsessed with revenge, Xiao Feng at this time should have suddenly lost his life goal, what reason did he have to live?
It can be said that Xiao Feng should accept a new life, it is time for him to get out of the past, those blows failed to take away his life, at this time, what is it for him to "commit the following crimes" for the sake of the common people in the world? Don't say that he didn't hurt Emperor Liao, even if he really killed Emperor Liao, he is also a big hero, and no one will criticize him for anything.
So no matter from which point of view, Xiao Feng's death is a little deliberate, as if Jin Yong must let him leave, but what is the reason?
Maybe it's because he's too powerful.
2. The Seven Great Miracles
From the bright side, Xiao Feng's strength is the existence of the ceiling level, and his best move is the eighteen palms of the dragon and the dog-beating stick method, but if there are only these two moves, he will definitely not be able to become the "actual combat king" presented in the book, in fact, it is not difficult to find that Jin Yong gave him at least seven hidden magic skills.
The first move, the ghost body method.
When he faced the siege of the heroes in Juxianzhuang, he mentioned this sentence in the book: "Such a thrilling battle at this moment is really something I have never seen in my life." There is only one enemy, but he is like a mad tiger and a ghost, slashing and killing indiscriminately, rushing and striking. Many masters stepped forward to fight, and they all let him kill with faster, fiercer, more ruthless, and more refined moves. ”
(Xiao Feng stills)
This is somewhat similar to the undefeated style of the East later, but where did Xiao Feng learn "Sunflower Treasure Book"? Where did he come from?
The second move, a thousand blows.
The book only said: "Three moves one after another, as fast as lightning, You Tanzhi is waiting to parry, the fist power has reached the face door, finally after he practiced the "Divine Foot Sutra" diligently, the body naturally gave birth to a reaction, the head tilted back sharply, and the two hollow somersaults turned backwards, which avoided this thousand blows when there was no room for it. ”
Only Zhang Wuji's Qiankun Shift can do a thousand blows, isn't Xiao Feng also a big move?
The third move, fight left and right.
It was also the battle of Juxianzhuang: "After Qiao Feng killed people, he shot even more like crazy, flying with a single knife, his right hand flickered with a fist, and the steel knife in his left hand slashed horizontally, and the power was unstoppable, but he saw that the white wall was splashed with blood bit by bit, and many corpses fell in the hall, some with different heads, and some with broken limbs. ”
Using different moves with both hands, how could the old naughty boy's proud tricks be practiced by Xiao Feng a hundred years ago?
The fourth trick is to introduce Vientiane Tianyin.
Unexpectedly, there was an extremely strong sticky force on Xiao Feng's wrist, and the palm of his hand was glued to his wrist, and he couldn't get rid of it. Mo Yunzi was shocked and threw out hard. Xiao Feng didn't move, and the fall was like shaking on the stone pillar. ”
How did he manage to absorb enemies with the power of his palm?
The fifth trick is the source of internal force.
"Xiao Feng threw so much luck, and he actually went into the rock so deeply, he also felt pleased, and thought: 'In the past few months, I have been preparing for hardships and hardships, but my hard work has not been put down, but I have made progress. Half a year ago, I was afraid that I hadn't been able to penetrate so deeply. ’”
Without practicing, the internal force will also increase automatically, which is much more powerful than Duan Yu's Northern Spiritual Skill.
The sixth move, snap a finger of a supernatural power.
"He groaned slightly, picked up a small pebble, popped it out to the west, the strength made it very coincidental, the first slow and then the urgent, when the stone flew out without much sound, to seven or eight feet away, the sound of breaking the air was strong, hit a big tree, snapped, made a strange sound."
How is this different from Huang Yaoshi's stunt?
(Huang Yaoshi stills)
The seventh trick is to fight cattle across the mountain.
"Qiao Feng shouted: 'Stay!' Swinging his palm in the air, the palm force spits, like an invisible blade, hitting the vest of the crane in the clouds, The crane in the cloud snorted, fell heavily, the vest hit the ground, and the blood in his mouth spurted wildly, like a spring. ”
He can even make a move.
I don't know what other hidden tricks Xiao Feng has besides these moves, if he is alive, who can suppress it?
3. Plot loopholes
According to the setting of "The Condor Heroes", the "Sword Demon" Dugu seeks defeat only once in his life, and Yang Guo also speculates that this person is a master who was active sixty or seventy years ago, if he knows that there is such a number one person as Xiao Feng, he will inevitably go to challenge.
(Dugu seeking defeat stills)
But Xiao Feng, who is so strong, meets an invincible sword demon, how should Jin Yong arrange the ending of this duel? It seems that no matter what he does, it is not appropriate, and he wrote Xiao Feng to death, which avoided this embarrassing situation, which not only made Xiao Feng's image more tragic, but also preserved the invincible image of the sword demon.
I have to sigh that Jin Yong's thinking is indeed strong.