In the Battle of Xiangyang at the end of the book "Divine Eagle Hero", how did Yelüqi perform? Although he is not as bright as the five masters, nor does he have the aura of the protagonist like Yang Guo, as Guo Jing's son-in-law and Guo Fu's husband, what he has done is worthy of the Guo family and worthy of the Great Song.
You also look at the scene at that time: "Yelüqi ran to Guo Jing with a spear in his hand and said: 'Father-in-law and mother-in-law, the Tartars can't retreat, and the son-in-law Kaicheng goes out to charge and kill for a while.' Guo Jing said, "Good! You lead four thousand people out of the city, but be careful. Yerushalayim rolled over and went down to the city. Soon the drums of war thundered, and at the opening of the city gate, Yelüqi led a thousand disciples and three thousand officers and men, usually armed with javelin shields, and rushed out. ”
(Yerushalayim stills)
Anyone who has read the original book in the next plot knows that he was trapped in the enemy line and almost died, but fortunately Yang Guo came to the rescue, and he only picked up a life.
But when Guo Jing was finally martyred, where did Yelüqi go? I believe that a man who can give his life for the sake of his father-in-law's family will never commit an act of defection to the enemy, he cannot be the traitor described in a part of the population, but where was he at that time? There may be a story behind this that has not been written.
I. Death of Guo Jing
At the end of "Divine Eagle Hero", Yang Guo retired to the jianghu with his lover Xiaolongnü, although he is also a hero, but he did not carry the world on his shoulders like Uncle Guo, which is also understandable, his life has too much suffering, readers can not ask him why he did not help Guo Jing defend the city.
The Guo Jing family chose to fight until the last moment, although Jin Yong did not directly write out the process of Guo Jing's death in battle, but the "Book of the Dragon Slayer in the Heavens" still mentioned this past through the mouth of others.
The original said: "On the day xiangyang city was destroyed, Guo Daxia and his wife and Guo Gong were martyred at the same time, and the whereabouts of the dragon slaying knife were unknown. Guo Zushi was in Xichuan at the time, waiting to rush to save his parents and relatives, but it was too late. Over the past hundred years, storms have arisen in the martial forest, and the pair of swords have changed masters several times. Later generations only knew that the Dragon Slaying Sword was the supreme of the martial forest, and only the Heavenly Sword could match it, but in the end why it was the supreme, then no one knew. Guo Gong destroyed the martyrdom of the young man, there was no heir, it was a secret in the sword, only the original guo zushi was passed down. ”
(Guo Jing stills)
It is precisely because this description arouses the curiosity of readers, among Guo Jing's three children, Guo Xiangyuan is far away in Xichuan, and Guo Shaoyu is killed in battle with Guo Jing and his wife, what about Guo Fu? Where is her husband?
Naturally, it is not "Yelüqi betrayed Guo Jing" that some people think, and in the author's opinion, there is a possibility that Yelüqi has already died, as for how he died, this is related to the later Plan of Slaying the Dragon in Heaven.
Second, the plan to slay the dragon in the sky
The plot of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon" revolves around the two divine soldiers of the Yitian Sword and the Dragon Slaying Sword, that is, "Wulin Supreme, Sword Slaying Dragon, Commanding the World, Don't Dare not follow, Rely on the Heavens, Who Fights with the Front" The twenty-four characters are crazy for the Wulin Qunxiong, no one does not want to get these two Divine Soldiers, and then orders the Qunxiong, but in the end it is just a waste of life.
Obviously, the situation of the wulin crowd vying for the sword was not what Guo Jing and his wife thought, their original intention was only to borrow the sword as a container for preserving the Nine Yin True Scriptures and the Wu Mu Testament, and Zhang Sanfeng also confirmed that the twenty-four-character rumor in the jianghu was definitely not passed on by Guo Jing and his wife, but was misrepresented by those who wanted to plunder the sword later.
The original said: "Not hundreds of years, at most seventy or eighty years, when I was young, I never heard these words." ”
(Yang Guo stills)
In any case, Guo Jing and his wife's plan to rely on heaven to slay the dragon was able to work, and one thing was very important, that is, to obtain the Xuan Iron of the Forged Sword.
At the end of the book "Divine Eagle Heroes", Yang Guo did not give the Xuantie Heavy Sword to Guo Jing and his wife, so the Xuantie Sword as a material for casting the sword was not the first choice of Guo Jing and his wife, Yang Guo's whereabouts were unknown, and their first choice should be another treasure on the surface, that is, the Sacred Fire Order of the Ming Sect, which was also made of Xuan Iron.
Guo Jing and his wife wanted to defend the city, so it was naturally difficult for them to withdraw to grab the Holy Fire Order, so Guo Jing gave this task to Yelüqi.
Iii. The heavy responsibility of Jericho
In the twenty-ninth edition of the Triptych Edition of the Dragon Slayer in the Heavenly Slayer, it is mentioned that the Gang of Servants once had a festival with the Ming Sect.
(Persian Three Messenger Stills)
At that time, the holy fire order held by the three Persian envoys had this conversation with the crowd: "The bearded drifting cloud made two black cards hit each other, and the sound of Zheng, which was not golden and not jade, was very strange, and said: 'This is the holy fire order of the Ming Sect in Middle-earth, the previous leader surnamed Shi was not Xiao, lost outside, and now I will retrieve it by me and so on.'" Since seeing the Holy Fire Order, if you see the Sect Leader, Xie Xun still doesn't obey the order? When Xie Xun joined the religion, the Sacred Fire Order had been lost for a long time, and had never seen it, but his divine peculiarities were heard from him, and the Ming Sect's scriptures and texts were often mentioned, and after listening to these strange voices, he knew that this person was indeed holding the Sacred Fire Order of the Sect, not to mention that the three of them grabbed the Golden Flower Mother-in-law and threw it out, which was definitely not what ordinary people could do, and there was no doubt at the moment, saying: 'I believe what the Honorable Driver said, but I don't know what to command?' ’”
From Xie Xun's attitude, it can also be seen that the history of the Three Persian Envoys is not false, and the Sacred Fire Order of the Ming Sect was indeed robbed by the Beggar Gang that year.
What did the Beggars do to rob the Ming Sect's Sacred Fire Order? Thinking about it, there is only the possibility of the assumption mentioned above, naturally because Yelüqi was able to help his father-in-law win the material for casting the Heavenly Sword and Slaying Dragon Sword, after all, in the "Double Eagle" period, zhongyuan Qunxiong and Mingjiao were in a state where the well water did not violate the river water, and Guo Jing and Yelüqi at this time also had to do it.
(Stills of the Second Elder of the Dark Underworld)
It is conceivable that Yelüqi went to the Ming Sect to grab the Sacred Fire Order was successful, but later he did not live to bring the Sacred Fire Order back, the reason is very simple, he met the second old master of the Xuan Di on the way home, that is, the Hundred Damage Daoren, Yelü Qi and the Ming Sect master's duel was already a serious injury, naturally not the opponent of the Hundred Damage Dao people, and because of this, the successful Xuan Tie Sacred Fire Order fell into the hands of the Hundred Damage Dao People, and later turned to the hands of the Persian Three Envoys, and Yelü Qi was killed by the Hundred Damage Dao People who used the Xuan Hell God Palm, and the corpse was exposed in the wilderness. Yitian's plan to slaughter the dragon was put on hold for the time being, and as for yang Guo's sword later, the Yitian dragon slaughtering plan was restarted, and that was another matter.
If the plot develops in this way, at least three things will be explained clearly, one is why the Gang of Servants robbed the Ming Sect's Sacred Fire Order; second, the mystery of The Unknown Whereabouts of Yelüqi when Guo Jing died in battle; and third, the reason why Zhang Sanfeng was also jealous of the Three Points when talking about the Hundred Damage Dao People.