The story of "The Legend of the Eagle Shooter" is closely related to the "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon", especially after Jin Yong changed the book and released a new revision, the inheritance relationship between the two works is more intuitive.
For example, the twelfth time in the newly revised version of "The Legend of the Eagle Hero" mentioned: "During the Northern Song Dynasty, Xiao Feng, the leader of the Gang gang, used this to invite the heroes of the world, and very few people could stop him from three moves and two styles. At that time, there were a total of "twenty-eight palms of descending dragons", and later xiao Feng and his righteous brother XuanZhuzi deleted the complicated and simplified, took the essence of the macro, and changed it to the eighteen palms of the descending dragon, and the palm strength was thicker. This palm technique was passed to Hong Qigong's hands, and it was displayed at the top of Mount Hua when discussing swords with Wang Chongyang, Huang Yaoshi and others, and Wang Chongyang and others were all praised. ”
Here it is clear that the Eighteen Palms of the Descending Dragon and the Method of Hitting the Dog Stick used by Hong Qigong are inherited from Xiao Feng and the False Bamboo Lineage, which is also mentioned at the end of the newly revised Edition of the Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon.
It is precisely because of the existence of this inheritance relationship that the inheritance of the martial arts of the Cai Gang is clear, but a new problem has emerged, that is, where is the power of the Void Bamboo and his Spirit Vulture Palace? If he retreated, where would the palace ladies of the Spirit Vulture Palace go?
First, the unknown destination of the virtual bamboo
From the bright side, the last time Xuanzhu was active in the martial forest was the Song-Liao War at the end of the "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon", after Xiao Feng's death, the Song and Liao sides withdrew, Duan Yu returned to Dali, and The Virtual Bamboo never appeared again.
However, at this time, the virtual bamboo has not yet directly retired, as mentioned above, the later martial arts of the beggar gang was passed down by the virtual bamboo, before that, there is an interlude in the book, mentioning the story of the young man of the virtual bamboo transmission of the gong gang many years later.
(Duan Yu, Wang Yuyan stills)
The original said: "After many years, there was a young hero in the beggar gang, who was stable and capable, and his popularity was very good. Everyone respected Xiao Feng's original intentions and sent this person to the Spirit Vulture Palace, where he was first approved by the Virtual Bamboo Examination, and then passed on his 'Dog Fighting Stick Method' and 'Descending Dragon Eighteen Palms'. This young gang leader did not live up to his trust, learned the divine skills, and rectified the gang to prosper, and even zhongxing, and the gang has since regarded the Vulture Palace as a benefactor. ”
The two paragraphs at the beginning and end of this text are very critical, one is that the young man of the False Bamboo Chuangong Gang is many years after the end of the story of the "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon", and the Gang of Servants "has since regarded the Spirit Vulture Palace as a benefactor" also proves that the Spirit Vulture Palace has not been dissolved for a long time.
However, judging from the fact that there were no traces of the Void Bamboo and the Spirit Vulture Palace in the martial arts of later generations, he did retire and dismiss the gang, but where could the palace women go?
Second, poor palace maid
The old lord of the Ling Vulture Palace, Tianshan Tongmao, was very different from the virtual bamboo, after all, the virtual bamboo was once a monk, and the house was kind, even if he was the palace master, he was indeed polite to those palace women, and did not treat them as a person at all.
And Tianshan Tong Yao is particularly severe, those palace women are slightly unsatisfactory, she will shout and shout to kill, of course, Tong Yao is not a demon who kills innocents indiscriminately, those palace women have also mentioned that Tong Yao is a knife mouth tofu heart, just to scare them, but tong yao's majesty is inevitably frightening, over time, these palace women need to be commanded to do anything, basically no self-awareness.
(Fictional Bamboo Stills)
And the book also explains the origin of these palace women.
The original said: "The women of the various tribes obeyed the orders of Tong Yao and took the false bamboo as the new master, but when they saw that he was young, his words and deeds were quite stupid, he was stupid, and his heart was really not very obedient, not to mention that the women in the Spirit Vulture Palace had suffered great losses from men, either for men to start chaos and eventually abandon, or to destroy the family of the enemy family, under the evil temper of Tong Yao, they always regarded men as poisonous snakes and beasts." ”
They basically have no ability to return to ordinary people's lives, and if they retreat, they really have nowhere to go.
However, at the end of the new revision, Jin Yong provided a destination for the palace ladies of the Spirit Vulture Palace.
Third, the end of Duan Yu
In the new revision, Duan Yu's ending is slightly different from the old version, or the ending is the same, but Jin Yong explains it more specifically in the new revision.
(Menggu stills)
The original text says: "Dali (historically known as 'Hou Li') Emperor Xuanren duan yu, when he ascended the throne, the era name was 'Rixin', later changed to Wenzhi, Yongjia, Baotian, guangyun, a total of five era names, after which he avoided the throne as a monk, a total of forty years as emperor, passed on to his son Duan Zhengxing. Duan Zhengxingshi called him 'Emperor Jingzong Zhengkang', and changed his name to 'Yongzhen' the following year. After he had been emperor for twenty-five years, he also abdicated himself as a monk and passed it on to his son. The name of Duan Zhengxing's mother, which is not recorded in history, is mu wanqing, Zhong Ling, Xiaolei, or whether she was born to another concubine, it is not known. ”
Here is a point to Duan Yu's subsequent succession to the throne of Dali, and it is also mentioned that he married many concubines.
Duan Yu's love in life was Wang Yuyan, and later Wang Yuyan returned to Murong Fu's side, so he married Mu Wanqing, Zhong Ling, and Xiaolei, and Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling were Duan Yu's beloved sisters, and it was reasonable for him to marry these two daughters, and Xiaolei was a personal maid given to Duan Yu by Menggu in the newly revised version.
It is precisely because of Menggu's practice of sending maids that the palace ladies of the Spirit Vulture Palace have a good place to go.
(Meilan Zhuju stills)
In fact, in addition to Xiaolei, Menggu and Xuzhu also presented Meilan Zhuju to Duan Yu, and the original said: "Li Qinglu said: "I have discussed with your master and decided to give you to Duan San brother, if he likes you beautiful and lovely, he will seal you as four concubines..." Duan Yu said busily: "This... These four girls were naïve, the heavenly prison was determined to be reluctant to close, and the concubines did not dare to seal, so I would seal them one by two, three or four, and make them the four county lords and maidens. Lord of Mei County, Lord of Lan County, Lord of Bamboo County, Lord of Ju County. ”
Meilan Zhuju also had some status in the Spirit Vulture Palace, so Duan Yu did not dare to marry them, but gave them to several of his courtiers, and after The Void Bamboo retired, it was very likely that the other palace women were also sent to Dali and handed over to Duan Yu's care, Duan Zhengxing's mother may be "another concubine", this so-called "other concubine", most of them are the palace women of the Spirit Vulture Palace that Duan Yu received from the Void Bamboo.