Guo Jing has been for the country and the people all his life, but his descendants can't make him worry, the eldest daughter Guo Fu is a typical straw bag, even Huang Rong can't help but complain that Guo Fu is really difficult to be a big responsibility, relatively speaking, the second child Guo Poyu and Guo Xiang are so good, at least the book mentions that Guo Poyu is quite fatherly, and Guo Xiang is smart and lovely, but if you taste the original work, you will find that Guo Xiang is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and even she is not as good as her sister Guo Fu.
Guo Fu has been assisting her parents to defend the city, and Guo Xiang is traveling outside for a man who already has a wife, and is not at home all day, which is really inconsistent with her identity as the "daughter of a hero", as for her later becoming the patriarch of the Emei faction, that is all a later story.
(Guo Xiang stills)
Then again, why is Guo Xiang unwilling to help his parents defend the city? Maybe the truth isn't what you see.
1. Guo Xiang, who is looking for Yang
Since the character of Guo Xiang appeared in the plot of "Sixteen Years Later", her life has almost revolved around Yang, and the encounter at Fengling Ferry made her never forget this powerful and handsome man.
Even if she knew that Yang Guo had a wife, she still followed Yang Guo without hesitation, and even when Yang Guo jumped off the Valley of Despair, she jumped down after him, no one knew what Guo Xiang was thinking at that moment, did he want to move Yang Guo? But it was obviously an attempt to die, and it was not difficult to see from here that her love for Yang Guo was indeed deep in the bone marrow.
So in the first episode of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", Jin Yong mentioned Guo Xiang's choice, after Yang Guo left Huashan, she also bid farewell to her parents and began to look for people.
(Stills of Guo Jing and his wife)
The book reads: "Guo Xiangzi and Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu broke up at the top of Huashan, and they haven't heard from him for three years. She often misses herself, so she told her parents that she wanted to go out to play in the mountains and rivers, and expected that his wife should live in seclusion in the ancient tomb of Zhongnan Mountain, so she went to the ancient tomb to ask for a meeting...... But Yang Guo and his wife did not explain the return date, Guo Xiang came out again and walked at will, she walked from north to south, and from east to west, almost all over the Central Plains, and never heard anyone say about the recent news of Yang Guo, the Condor Hero. ”
Then there was the "Guo Xiangchuang Shaolin Incident", Jin Yong arranged for her to meet the young Zhang Sanfeng again at this time, as if to intertwine the fate of the two of them, but later Zhang Sanfeng became the supreme martial arts, but Guo Xiang was no longer alive.
What's even more puzzling is that it seems that Guo Xiang has never returned to Xiangyang since then.
Second, Guo Xiang, who has no regrets
Regarding the last battle of Xiangyang, such a setting is also clearly mentioned in the book.
"On the day of the destruction of Xiangyang City, Guo Daxia and his wife were martyred at the same time as Guo Gongpo, and the whereabouts of the dragon slayer knife are unknown. Patriarch Guo was in Xichuan at the time, and he wanted to save his parents and relatives, but it was too late. ”
It is not difficult to see from here that Guo Xiang has the heart to go to Xiangyang to rescue her parents, so it seems that it is not so much that she is in love and has been traveling outside the mountains and rivers, but more like she has to play outside for some special reason and cannot return to Xiangyang.
For example, Guo Xiang later mentioned his inner regret before he died, and Jin Yong told this matter through her heirs: "There are two major wishes in the life of the teacher, the first is to drive away the Tartars and restore the mountains and rivers of the Han family; The second is the Emei faction's martial arts leader, Qunlun, who overshadowed Shaolin and Wudang and became the first sect in the Central Plains martial arts. ”
You see, in Guo Xiang's heart, what she wants to do most is to expel the Mongols, which also shows that she is not a pure love brain, she is righteous, in this case, why didn't she go back to Xiangyang?
(Guo Jing stills)
The answer is simple, there are two reasons why she can't go back.
One is to keep the Heavenly Sword, after Guo Jing and his wife formulated the "Heavenly Dragon Slaying Plan", Guo Xiang and Guo Poyu kept the sword separately, if the sword fell into the hands of the same person, the secret of the Heavenly Dragon Slayer could be cracked, so Guo Poyu stayed in Xiangyang, Guo Xiang naturally could not stay in Xiangyang, and it can even be said that Guo Poyu stayed in Xiangyang It was unreasonable, Guo Jing and his wife should send him out of the city.
In addition to this reason, for Guo Xiang, there is another reason, that is, the things she did with King Jinlun.
3. Unpredictable relationships
What did Guo Xiang and King Jinlun do? The answer is simple, they are a mentor-apprentice relationship.
At the beginning, Guo Xiang let go of the Golden Wheel Dharma King in the Valley of Despair, and let himself fall into the hands of that guy, but the Golden Wheel Dharma King did not directly kill Guo Xiang, for the Mongolian side, her identity as the "daughter of Guo Jing" can play a key role in the Xiangyang War, as long as it can threaten Guo Jing and his wife, and even as long as Guo Jing and his wife's hearts are shaken, the Mongolian side will have a much greater chance of capturing Xiangyang City.
(Golden Wheel Dharma King, Guo Xiang stills)
It is true that Huang Rong, who was a mother, was shaken for a while, and only when Guo Jing gave up his personal feelings and focused on the overall situation, he would not let the defenders of Xiangyang be defeated.
However, it is surprising that the Golden Wheel Dharma King also has compassion for Guo Xiang, this little girl is really smart and lovely, and he is still a wizard who practices martial arts, so he has the heart to accept this girl as a disciple, and even in the short process of getting along, he has taught what he has learned all his life.
The book reads: "In these days, the Golden Wheel National Master has taught the internal and external martial arts of his own sect. Guo Xiang was bored for a long time, so he was accustomed to self-deference, and if he wanted to get out in the future, he had to gain the trust of the national teacher, and he loosened his guard against her, and no longer guarded it day and night, so he pretended to apprentice and studied sincerely. She is smart and sensitive, and this concentration has led to the entry very fast, and the national teacher sees that she has learned faster and better than the big disciples of the year, and he likes it very much. ”
There is already a master-apprentice relationship between Guo Xiang and Jinlun, and both of them have a good impression of each other.
And after Yang Guo seriously injured the Golden Wheel Dharma King, Guo Xiang was almost stoned to death by the high platform, and at this time something unexpected happened, and Jinlun actually sacrificed his life to save Guo Xiang.
The book only said: "At this time, the high platform shook again and again, and the high platform was about to fall, and Guo Xiang was bound to die." The Golden Wheel National Master suddenly jumped up, the iron wheel slashed, cut the rope that bound Guo Xiang, picked her up, and shouted: "Call me Master again!" As soon as Guo Xiang turned his head, he saw his tears running down and shouted, "Master! The national teacher shouted: 'Yang Guo, take it!' Yang Guo saw that the national teacher threw Guo Xiang over, rolled out his right sleeve to block it, stretched out his left arm to hug her body, saw the back of the eagle, and jumped. ”
(Guo Xiang, Golden Wheel King stills)
And all this was seen by the defenders of Xiangyang.
I can't tell, I can't say it at all, if Guo Xiang doesn't have some special relationship with Jinlun, why is he here?
In the eyes of the defenders of Xiangyang, could Guo Xiang collude with the enemy and act in this play? She couldn't argue, even Guo Jing and his wife couldn't defend Guo Xiang, with Guo Jing's character, even if he made a righteous move to kill his relatives, it would not be surprising.
In this way, Guo Xiang can only be "exiled", not so much that she is unwilling to assist her parents in defending the city, but that she has no way to stay in Xiangyang, and her heart must be extremely miserable.