There is never a shortage of fairy-looking women in martial arts stories, but most of the time, these women will always be set as vases, just to add a bit of feminine softness to the story, and lack of independent personality, naturally not much charm, but Jin Yong's Huang Rong is different.
Her skin is better than snow and her delicate beauty is just her most inconspicuous advantage, and the point that Huang Rong's character leaves a deeper impression on readers should be her extraordinary resourcefulness, after all, "Zhuge in the Female Middle" is not blown out.
Although Huang Rong in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is no longer as playful and cute as in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", she is also a little more mature, compared with the slightly evil style back then, Huang Rong at this time has a little more righteousness and a different kind of charm.
(Huang Rong stills)
It is strange to say that Huang Rong can also be called one of the souls of the "Condor Trilogy", but Jin Yong is vague about her ending, and the rumors about Huang Rong's death in the book are also a little strange, so after Guo Jing's death, where did Huang Rong go? And what is her end?
1. Rumors
As mentioned above, Jin Yong did not mention Huang Rong's ending at all, but he never described that story positively, but asked later martial arts people to mention that past.
For example, in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", when the exterminator Tai explained the "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" to Zhou Zhiruo before his death, he mentioned this matter in passing.
The book only said: "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. ”
Judging from here alone, it seems that Huang Rong died in Xiangyang with Guo Jing, but the question is who came out with this news?
Naturally, the extermination master heard it from her master, Fengling Shitai, and as for Fengling Shitai, she heard it from Emei Patriarch Guo Xiang, so the problem is obvious, Guo Xiang himself was far away in Xichuan at the time, how could she know everything that happened in Xiangyang City?
(Guo Xiang stills)
Obviously, she was just hearsay, and as for why she believed this statement, it was naturally because she never saw her parents and brother again.
In fact, Guo Jing's death in battle is a matter of course, he has long had the desire to die, and he can't let go of the people of Xiangyang, but judging from the details in the book, Huang Rong may not really die in battle, because she still has a reason to live.
2. The aftermath of the catastrophe
The process of the final battle of Xiangyang was not directly written, but judging from the details in the book, Huang Rong must not have died.
Guo Xiang has always been smart, but in the matter of "mother's whereabouts", she failed to see through, not that she should "think about it", but that she should think that her mother may still be alive.
Most people may not know that the so-called "Heaven and Dragon Slaying Plan" is not to hide the "Nine Yin True Scripture" and "Wu Mu's Testament" in the sword, and then hand over the sword to Guo Poyu and Guo Xiang for safekeeping.
(Guo Jing and his wife, Guo Fu stills)
In fact, some readers have already seen the unreasonableness of this plan, such as the extremely high temperature required to cast the sword, so what material should the cheats be written on in order to put it into the sword and not be damaged? Obviously, not to mention the technology of the time, even modern technology, it is as difficult as the sky.
Therefore, Jin Yong revised the details of the "Heaven and Dragon Slaying Plan" in the new revised version.
There are no longer two cheats hidden in the sword, but two pieces of iron, and the iron pieces are engraved with the location information of the secret book, and as for the cheats itself, it is stored on Peach Blossom Island.
In this way, someone will be needed to escort the cheats to Peach Blossom Island, so who will that person be?
Guo Xiang said that the only people involved in this plan were her, Guo Jing and her brother Guo Poyu, and as for Guo Fu, she had never been favored by Guo Jing and his wife, and in order to ensure that the plan was foolproof, Guo Jing and his wife never even mentioned this matter to her.
In this way, Guo Jing and Guo Poyu died, and Guo Xiang founded Emei after traveling all over the world, and only Huang Rong himself could perform the task of escorting the cheats.
There is no doubt that the return of fallen leaves to the root is Huang Rong's ultimate fate, she came from Peach Blossom Island, and finally returned to Peach Blossom Island, becoming the guardian of those two secret books.
It's just that maybe even she didn't expect that when she left Xiangyang with the cheats, she was already pregnant with Guo Jing's fourth child.
Third, the fourth child
Some people may want to say, in that war-torn era, how could Guo Jing and Huang Rong have the heart to have children.
In fact, this is completely overthinking, as presented in the book, the war in Xiangyang is not a matter of one or two days, didn't Guo Jing and his wife still give birth to their second children Guo Xiang and Guo Poyu?
And what were they thinking at the time? Not to mention whether Guo Jing has the idea of inheriting the lineage, at least Huang Rong has.
(Guo Jing, Huang Rong stills)
You can understand by looking at this conversation between their husband and wife: "Guo Jing said: 'Okay, but I hope this girl will not be as naughty as her sister in the future, she is so old, and she will let her parents worry about it. Huang Rong smiled slightly...... Said: 'I hope to be a boy so that Guo Men can have a future.' ’”
Therefore, it will not be surprising that Huang Rong will conceive a fourth child for Guo Jing, not to mention that she is old and difficult to give birth, not to mention that there are examples of old people in the real world, not to mention that the martial arts world is full of wonders.
And the most important point, in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", there is indeed a character who is very compatible with the identity of "Guo Jing's son".
That man was the monk of empty sight.
Sorumi is a particularly mysterious character, he does not appear directly in the main story, and no one knows what his real name was before he became a monk, but his attitude towards Xie Xun and the words he said on his deathbed do not make people doubt his identity.
Why did he insist on sacrificing his life to save Xie Xun? If his mother is a heroine, he follows his mother's teachings and encompasses the talents in the rivers and lakes to resist the yuan, then it makes sense.
And what he said before his death was really intriguing, and the book only said: "I said: 'Master, don't worry, I won't kill people indiscriminately and provoke him out.'" But I have traveled to the ends of the earth to find him. He said, 'Well, but you are not as good as him in martial arts...... Unless...... Unless...... 'Speaking of which, the voice is getting lower and lower. I put my ear to his mouth and listened to him say, 'Unless...... Can find the Dragon Slayer Knife, find the ...... Find the secret ...... in the knife' When he said the word 'secret', he couldn't catch it in one breath, so he died. ”
(Kong Jian, Xie Xun stills)
Others only know the sentence "Martial arts supreme, sword slaying dragon, commanding the world, don't dare to disobey, rely on the sky, who will compete".
I only know that the Heavenly Sword and the Dragon Slayer Sword are divine weapons, but I don't know that the "secret" is in the "sword".
There is only one explanation, he is a member of Guo Jing's family, if he is the posthumous son born to Guo Jing by Huang Rong, then everything makes sense.
In this way, the image of Guo Jing's family has become more and more magnificent, Huang Rong spent the rest of his life guarding the cheats, and Kongjian used his life to transform Xie Xun, Guo Jing's family is really a hero.