Some people say that martial arts stories are the same, nothing more than that the protagonist learns magic skills, subdues demons and eliminates demons, becomes famous, and finally holds the beauty back, which is not false at all, but the reason why Jin Yong is Jin Yong is because he does not take the usual path
In his stories, of course, there are those relatively clichéd plots, but they are necessary "clichés", after all, the "coolness" of martial arts stories comes from those bridges, but he will also write unexpected bridges, such as writing the protagonist to death.
At the end of "Dragon Babu", after Xiao Feng calmed down the Song Liao dispute, he first pierced his heart with a broken arrow, and died on the spot.
(Yang Dingtian, Guo Jing stills)
A similar situation also occurred in the "Condor Trilogy", and Guo Jing, the soul of the trilogy, was finally killed in Xiangyang.
However, unlike Xiao Feng, Xiao Feng committed suicide in front of everyone, Guo Jing's death, but no one witnessed it, so his ending is still variable, combined with the plot of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", it is entirely possible that Guo Jing will be active in the martial arts in another capacity.
1. The end of no one witnessing
The battle of Xiangyang at the end of "The Condor Heroes" is not without thrills, although readers know that in order to give the story a happy ending, Jin Yong will naturally let the heroes repel the Mongolia army.
But in "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", the tragedy that should have come still came.
Zhou Zhiruo, the successor of the Emei faction, mentioned the ending of the last Xiangyang War, saying: "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. ”
(Zhou Zhiruo, extinction stills)
You taste carefully, Zhou Zhiruo said, she heard the news from her master, and the news that her master heard was naturally passed down by Emei's predecessors, so the question is, Guo Xiang himself was in Xichuan at the time, how could he know everything that happened in Xiangyang City so clearly?
It is clear that she is nothing more than hearsay.
It is equivalent to saying that "Guo Jing's death" is not positively described in the book, and the people in the book say that Guo Jing died, but because the Mongolia did break through Xiangyang City, and the bodies of Guo Jing and his wife may not be found in the city, but their whereabouts are unknown, so they default to "dead".
And the real Guo Jing may have already come out of his shell.
Not to mention that Guo Jing will not hide his name in order to survive, or even flee from Xiangyang, if it is just for himself to live, he will naturally not do this, but his life is not only his own, he lives in order to one day continue to lead the group to fight against Mongolia.
For example, his "Heaven and Dragon Slaying Project" is the best proof that he still has expectations for the future, and he naturally has a reason to live.
But in what capacity will Guo Jing survive later?
This matter has to start with the inheritance of Mingjiao.
2. The Demon Cult that has reformed the evil and returned to the right
When did Mingjiao rise?
The era of Etienne? That is, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty?
No, in fact, as early as in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Jin Yong has already begun to pave the way for this organization, and when Zhou Botong mentioned the origin of the "Nine Yin True Scripture" to Guo Jing on Peach Blossom Island, he mentioned the story of Huang Shang, a civil official in the Northern Song Dynasty, who conquered Mingjiao.
Later, when Zhang Sanfeng met Chang Yuchun, he also mentioned his own understanding of Mingjiao, saying: "The rules of people in the Demon Sect are extremely strict, and they abstain from eating meat, which has been the case since the Tang Dynasty. At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Fang La, the great leader of the Ming Sect, started an incident in eastern Zhejiang, and the officials and people called it 'the Demon Sect of Eating Vegetables' at that time. Eating food and serving the demon king are the two major laws of the Demon Sect, which have been passed down for hundreds of years. Since the Song Dynasty, the government has been extremely strict with the Demon Sect, and the people in the martial arts have also discriminated against it, so the Demon Cult disciples act secretively, abide by the rules and eat vegetarians, but they pretend to worship the Buddha and worship the Bodhisattva to outsiders, and dare not reveal their identities. ”
(Stills of Guo Jing and his wife)
It is not difficult to see that Mingjiao has been a demonic crooked way for hundreds of years, and it is an existence that everyone shouts and beats.
However, by the time of the Etienne era, they had actually changed a lot.
For example, when Yang Xiao recalled Yangdingtian, he 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. Fortunately, Sect Zhang is in charge of religious affairs, and the grudges with various factions are gradually resolved, so we just work together to fight against Hulu. ”
Don't look at Yang Xiao's evil style, he was also influenced by Yang Dingtian and lived as an anti-Yuan warrior.
So what does this have to do with Guo Jing?
The answer is very simple, just because Yang Dingtian led the Ming Sect to resist the Yuan, and he was also guided by a senior.
3. A chivalrous warrior who enters the game
When Zhang Wuji saw Yang Dingtian's corpse in the secret passage of Mingjiao, he also learned about a past story about Mingjiao.
(Yang Dingtian stills)
Said yes: "The thirty-second generation of the Yi Sect Master ordered Yu to lead the people to the Persian Patriarch to try to welcome back the Holy Fire Order after Yu Xiu's cultivation of the Great Shifting Divine Achievement. Although this religion originated in Persia, it has taken root in China and spread out for hundreds of years. Now that the Tartars occupy our Middle Earth, this religion swears to the end, and must not obey the unreasonable orders of the Persian Patriarchate, but serve the Mongolia Yuan people as the mainstay. If the Holy Flame Order is re-entered into my hands, my Chinese Ming Sect will be able to compete with the Persian Archchurch. Zhang Wuji thought to himself: "It turns out that the head religion of Mingjiao is in Persia. This Yi Sect Leader and Yang Sect Leader refused to obey the orders of the Chief Sect and surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, and he was really a good man with a very bloody backbone. ’”
It is precisely because of the existence of the Yi Sect Master that the Ming Sect has gradually changed from a crooked path of evil demons to a vanguard of resistance to the Yuan.
So why did Mingjiao suddenly have such a highly conscious sect leader?
If this person is Guo Jing, who did not die and changed his name and surname, everything will make sense.
When Guo Jing listened to Zhou Botong's description of the Mingjiao forces, he noticed the strength of this organization, Huang Shang led the official army to conquer the Mingjiao, but he could only return in vain, and even his family members were killed, which shows that this organization is not easy to mess with, but if he can lead this group of people to the right path, he may be able to fight against Dayuan.
(Zhang Wuji stills)
So Guo Jing joined the Mingjiao as a "cloth someone", won the position of the sect leader, and then led the Ming Sect to fight against the Great Yuan, which led to the later deeds of Yangdingtian against the Yuan, and the later sect advocated that if Wuji was lucky enough to see the former sect leader, he would naturally bow down.
In this way, Guo Jing's story is more complete, even after the destruction of Xiangyang City, he is still secretly fighting against Mongolia, using his life to serve the country and the people, he is really a hero.