No wonder they all say that "Smiling Proud Jianghu" is the most mysterious work in Jin Yong's martial arts, just reading the beginning, you will have a very brain-burning feeling.
For example, the relationship between the head of the Hengshan faction, Mo Da, and the second leader, Liu Zhengfeng, on the surface, the two of them are not in harmony, no one is convinced by anyone, and they don't even speculate for more than half a sentence, but when Liu Zhengfeng was seriously injured by Fei Bin, the master of the Songshan faction, Mo Da kept a low profile for most of his life, but at that moment, he made a quick decision and quickly killed Fei Bin.
Since Mo Da and Liu Zhengfeng are at odds, then Fei Bin let Liu Zhengfeng be seriously injured to death, didn't he indirectly help Mo Da get rid of his rival, why did Mo Da risk offending the Songshan faction to kill Fei Bin? Is he avenging his younger brother?
If this is the case, then is the feud between Mo Da and Liu Zhengfeng pretending to confuse everyone, or is it really discordant, or is there any other inside story?
【1】
Let's start with the first reason.
As far as the Wuyue Sword School at that time is concerned, the strongest is the Songshan School led by Zuo Lengchan, not only Zuo Lengchan's own martial arts are the crown of the Wuyue Sword School, but also one of the three masters of Orthodoxy.
Moreover, the strength of the Thirteen Taibao of Songshan is not inferior to the other heads of the Wuyue Sword Sect. In other words, in terms of high-end combat power, the Songshan faction occupies an absolute advantage.
If it weren't for the sake of his own reputation, then with just strong means, Zuo Lengchan could merge the Wuyue Sword Sect.
However, there are not only the Wuyue Sword School on the rivers and lakes, but also the Shaolin School and the Wudang School, in the eyes of these two factions, the Wuyue Sword School is not as good as the Emei School and the Kunlun School, let alone Shaolin and Wudang.
It can be said that even if the Wuyue Sword Sect merges, the overall strength is far from catching up with the Shaolin and Wudang factions. It was also for this reason that even if Zuo Lengchan had an advantage in strength, he did not dare to use strong means to merge the Wuyue Sword Sect.
If the bright ones can't do it, they can only come to the dark ones.
In such a situation, how to get the higher-ups of other sects to agree to merge or prevent the merger became the only way.
For different sects, Zuo Lengchan adopted different methods. Like what:
To deal with the Taishan faction, Zuo Lengchan bribed the three uncles of his head Tianmen Daoist to let most of the high-level and disciples of the Taishan faction occupy his side to achieve his goal;
As for the Huashan faction, Zuo Lengchan bribed the leftists of the side door to ambush the entire Huashan faction and try to annihilate it;
Dealing with the Hengshan faction, whose strength is not much stronger than the Huashan faction, Zuo Lengchan has a more justifiable reason, that is, Liu Zhengfeng, the master of the Hengshan faction, colluded with the demon sect elder Qu Yang, and violated all the taboos of decency, so as to destroy Liu Zhengfeng first, so that Mr. Mo Da would be alone, and he could only agree to the merger of Wuyue.
Therefore, Mr. Mo's first reason for killing Fei Bin is obvious, that is, although Liu Zhengfeng and himself do not agree, it is a battle for the portal, and he can't let outsiders kill people. What's more, this is not only a slap in the face of the Hengshan faction, but also a salary for Mr. Mo Da. is reasonable, as a bloody Jianghu person, Mr. Mo Da has to take revenge.
【2】
The second reason is that Liu Zhengfeng and Mr. Mo Da are not in harmony, not because of a specific holiday, but because of different artistic views. Of course, such two people can't be friends, but it doesn't prevent them from being colleagues.
Original text:
Qu Yang sighed: "Brother Liu Xian, you once said that your senior brother was not in harmony, but I didn't expect him to come to the rescue when you were in danger. Liu Zhengfeng said: "My senior brother behaves strangely, and it is unpredictable to teach people. I am not on good terms with him, not because of any view of rich and poor, but because I don't want to say anything. ”
Liu Zhengfeng here interprets the disagreement between him and Mr. Mo Da as a lack of temperament and the imminent death of a person, and his words are also good, from Liu Zhengfeng's personal point of view, there is no problem with this explanation. They are just different in their artistic orientation, not in their different values in life.
Of course, in fact, just like Liu Zhengfeng himself denied, his disagreement with Mr. Mo Da is largely due to the views of the rich and the poor.
The reason is very simple, Liu Zhengfeng is a very good person, his relationship with Qu Yang seems to be high mountains and rivers, Qu Gao and widows, and confidants in life, but in the context of the confrontation between decent and evil factions in "Smiling Proud Jianghu", this is an extremely irresponsible approach.
The Songshan party is brutal in bloodbathing Liu Zhengfeng's family, but it may not be much better to change to another sect, because this itself is a life-and-death struggle.
In this case, Liu Zhengfeng knew that there was such a big risk and still went his own way, which shows that the children of rich families are born and will not think too much about others.
On the contrary, Mr. Mo Da is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and he is a chivalrous and courageous person, which leads to the fact that even if he is not used to seeing his junior and younger brother doing his own thing, he will never tolerate Fei Bin's indiscriminate killing of innocents, and even the little girl Qu Feiyan.
It is also because of this that the male protagonist Ling Hu Chong later entrusted Mr. Mo Da to protect the Hengshan faction.
Original text:
Mr. Mo said, "You can go! Linghu Chong said happily: "Shall I go first?" Mr. Mo Da did not answer, but picked up the huqin leaning on the bench and babbled and played it. Linghu Chong knew that he said so, that is, he agreed to take care of the disciples of the Hengshan faction, this Mo Shibo's martial arts insight, all are extraordinary, whether he is open or covert, the Hengshan faction is safe, immediately bowed and saluted, and said: "I feel deeply virtuous. '”
Compared with the deceitful and selfish heroes in "Smiling Proud Jianghu", Mr. Mo Da can be regarded as a rare clear stream.