If you want to say what is the most classic line in Jin Yong's novel, in the author's opinion, it is undoubtedly Guo Jing's sentence "For the country and the people, the great man of chivalry".
It can be said that this sentence has raised the overall style of "martial arts novels" by more than one level, and it lets the world know that "martial arts" can not only be a small family of martial arts disputes, but also a family and a country.
It's just that this sentence is like a "moral kidnapping" for Guo Jing, is it because he is a chivalrous man, he is destined to spend his life for the country and the people, and even pay for his life? This was a bit too cruel for him.
(Guo Jing, Huang Rong stills)
So is there a possibility, "Guo Jing died in Xiangyang" is just an appearance, combined with the details in the book, maybe he was just cheating to death at the beginning, and later he continued to influence Wulin in another capacity.
First, the city of Xiangyang is broken
Jin Yong did not write directly about the process of the last Xiangyang War, but through the Xiangyang War at the end of "The Condor Heroes", readers can also feel the tragedy of the war.
When tens of thousands of Mongolian iron horses rushed to Xiangyang, the heroes defending the city felt that the end was coming, but only Zhou Botong of the Optimist faction did not think so.
Indeed, if Yang Guo had not saved the scene in time and killed King Jinlun and Meng Ge, Xiangyang City would have been broken by the Mongolia army in that war.
So when the news of Guo Jing's family dying in battle was mentioned in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", the author's reaction was first stunned, and then calmed down, because this seemed to be a predestined thing, after all, Guo Jing had already said that all he could do was "do his best and die".
However, Guo Jing has the heart to die in battle, but there are also people who don't want him to die in battle.
When the final war broke out, Guo Jing naturally entered the enemy formation with his wife Huang Rong, but when Yeluqi was trapped in the enemy formation, Jin Yong expressed a point of view from Guo Fu's perspective: "Guo Fu saw that there were fewer and fewer soldiers beside her husband, and her heart couldn't help sinking, knowing that thousands of troops and horses were fighting each other in the battle array. ”
Even if Guo Jing and Huang Rong's strength is far stronger than Yeluqi, it is difficult to stop thousands of troops.
(Huang Rong, Guo Jing stills)
In the book, Guo Xiang's descendants mentioned the ending of the last Xiangyang War, but Jin Yong also said that Guo Xiang was far away in Xichuan at that time and did not come to Xiangyang in person, so everything that happened in Xiangyang City was naturally just hearsay.
So what was the situation like back then?
The last picture Guo Jing saw may be the killing of his beloved wife Huang Rong.
After Huang Rong died, he was suddenly discouraged, his eyes were black, and he didn't know what happened next.
When he woke up again, there was an old man in front of him, an old man he thought he would never see again in his life.
Second, the old love
When Guo Jing left the desert and returned to the Central Plains, the saddest person was undoubtedly Hua Zheng, and later the woman even followed Guo Jing's footsteps thousands of miles away, just to let him return to Mongolia to marry him.
However, the two later killed Guo Jing's mother because of various misunderstandings, and even Hua Zheng indirectly killed Guo Jing's mother, so that Guo Jing broke all thoughts of returning to Mongolia, and Hua Zheng knew that he had no face to see Guo Jing again, so he could only leave a farewell letter, so he went to his brother with peace of mind.
Can Hua Zheng really let go of Guo Jing?
There is only one "love" word in this world that is the most difficult to understand, Hua Zheng is a person of great affection, when she heard that the war in Xiangyang was urgent, she would inevitably worry about Guo Jing, so she chose to go out with Kublai Khan, and strive to Kublai Khan not to harm Guo Jing's life, and it is bound to capture Guo Jing alive.
Hua Zheng is Kublai Khan's aunt, plus Guo Jing was also a golden sword horse in Mongolia, and his father's "Anda", he will naturally remember the old love and leave Guo Jing alive.
The following is the plot that the author speculated.
When Guo Jing saw Hua Zheng again, his eyes were only full of incredulity.
"Where am I?"
"I once said that you would wait for me for a hundred years, didn't God let me meet you under the Nine Springs?"
Hua Zheng had mixed feelings, although Guo Jing violated the marriage contract, she did indirectly harm Li Ping, she just calmly explained the ins and outs.
"Xiangyang City has been breached, your wife and children have been killed in battle, you ...... You can't go back. ”
Guo Jing sighed and didn't speak again.
(Hua Zheng stills)
"We can start a new life, away from strife."
"The Great Khan said that as long as you don't go against him again, he can keep you from dying, and he will never mention the death of Meng Ge."
Guo Jing saw Hua Zheng's sincere expression, and also remembered all kinds of fragments of life in Mongolia back then, what else could he do now? I can only reluctantly agree.
"Okay, but I have one more thing to do."
3. Entrust the heavy responsibility
Guo Jing accepted Hua Zheng's love, the two went around for decades, and finally came together, but before retiring, Guo Jing still had one thing to do, that is, to find a suitable successor, let him replace himself, fight against Mongolia, Hua Zheng knew that Guo Jing was not so easy to give up, can only acquiesce.
One year, Guo Jing met a young talent in the rivers and lakes, who was a talent, and at the same time there was a very strong force behind him, and he was the best candidate to lead the group to fight against Dayuan.
Needless to say, that person is Yang Dingtian.
(Guo Jing, Hua Zheng stills)
Most people may not know that Zhang Sanfeng said that Mingjiao has done a lot of evil in the rivers and lakes since the Tang Dynasty, and when it came to the era of Yitian, it was the most restrained time, and even Zhang Sanfeng never personally punished the "demons" of Mingjiao, and it was precisely because of the Mingjiao people under the Yangding Heavenly Throne that they had become the vanguard of the anti-Yuan Dynasty.
For example, Yang Xiao said: "The suffering of the people in the world is deep, and people's minds have changed, which is a good opportunity to drive out the Tartars and return my rivers and mountains." In the past, when the Yang Sect Master was alive, he thought of revival day and night, but this sect has always acted in an extreme way, and it has been entangled with the Central Plains martial arts factions for a hundred years, and it is difficult to work together to resist the enemy. ”
How could Yang Dingtian have such an awareness?
Unless he got the guidance of a certain master, there is no doubt that that person is Guo Jing who cheated to death in Xiangyang.
It's just that the eighteen palms of the beggar gang have never been passed on, and it is inconvenient for Guo Jing to pass on this trick to him, and another trick is more suitable.
At the beginning, Guo Jing had the idea of creating his own martial arts in Huashan: "The two came to the Shansun Pavilion at the south entrance of Huashan, and saw twelve big dragon vines growing next to the pavilion, which were premature and knotty, and the branches were hollow, just like flying dragons. Guo Jing saw the momentum of this ancient vine branch taking off, and suddenly remembered the move of 'Flying Dragon in the Sky', only to feel that according to the general purpose of the "Nine Yin True Scripture", it was possible to create a twelve-way ancient and majestic fist move from the posture of these twelve great dragon vines. ”
Later, he created the "Great Nine Heavenly Hands" with this, which is also the origin of Yangdingtian's "Great Nine Heavenly Hands".
(Yang Dingtian stills)
Yang Dingtian didn't understand why Guo Jing didn't personally lead the heroes, but Guo Jing said: "The era that belongs to me has passed, I have lost your master once, I can't break trust her again, I have made up my mind, and the future of the Central Plains is in your hands." ”
So Yang Dingtian led the people of the Ming Sect to resist the Yuan, and even went to Shaolin Temple to win over Sandu, but the three monks wanted to take the opportunity to kill Yang Dingtian because of the view of the door of good and evil, which led to the later showdown.
As for the ending of Yang Dingtian, it has been written in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer".
Guo Jing and Hua Zheng found a place to escape from the world and spent the rest of their lives peacefully.