Chapter 9 Tell you the world I believe

It is Mr. Jin Yong's first martial arts novel, written in 1955.Or because of the start-up, the first half of the novel did not escape some of the disadvantages of traditional martial arts.The indiscriminate love and hatred, the almost pathological interdependence of loyalty, and the autocratic gang organization form, although there are many martial arts, are suffocating.What is displayed is a struggle of interests backed by manpower, force, and financial resources.The most typical one is the plot where Chen Jialuo brought the Red Flower Club's men and horses to force Zhou Zhongying to pay for his life with his son.The former aggressive momentum can be seen.Zhou Qi's words revealed some kind of truth: "People from the Red Flower Society love to look down on others. Sister Bing, I'm not talking about you."

The appearance of Princess Xiangxiang is like a beautiful piece of music, adding a touch of warmth to blood, violence, and vendetta, transforming the whole novel into an aesthetic direction, and neutralizing the spirit of killing. Please see the last time Chen Jialuo accompanied Princess Xiangxiang to see the Great Wall: The soul is broken, the city is already fainted Chen Jialuo was dejected for a while, and the two got on their horses and walked again.Along the way up the mountain, we arrived at Juyongguan in a short time. We saw two steep cliffs, overlapping mountains and endless city walls, winding among the mountains like a long snake.Princess Xiangxiang said: "Why did you spend so much time building this big thing?" Chen Jialuo said: "That is to prevent the enemies from the north from coming in. In the north and south of the Great Wall, I don't know how many people threw their heads and shed blood." Princess Xiangxiang said: "Men are really strange. Everyone dances and sings together unhappy, but wants to fight. How many people have died and suffered. I really don't know what good it is." Chen Jialuo said: "If the emperor listens to you, you Tell him not to beat those poor people on the frontier, will you?"

Princess Xiangxiang saw that he spoke solemnly, and said: "I will never see this bad emperor again." Chen Jialuo said: "If you can make him listen to you, then you must persuade him not to do bad things and do more for the people." Good thing. You promised me this sentence." Princess Xiangxiang smiled and said: "You are really weird. Is there anything you want me to do, is there anything I won't listen to?" Chen Jialuo said: "Kasili, thank you .” Princess Xiangxiang smiled sweetly. The two walked hand in hand outside the Great Wall.Princess Xiangxiang said: "I suddenly thought of something." Chen Jialuo said: "What?" Princess Xiangxiang said: "I had a really good time today, is it because of the beautiful scenery here? No. I know it's because of being with you Together. As long as you are by my side, even in the ugliest place, I will like it." The more Chen Jialuo saw her happy, the more uncomfortable he felt, and asked: "Is there anything you want me to do? Is it?" Princess Xiangxiang was stunned, and said: "You treat me so well, you have done everything for me. I don't need to say what I want, you just go and get it for me." She said from her arms He took out the lotus in the snow, although the lotus has withered, it is still fragrant, and said with a smile: "There is only one thing you refuse to do. I want you to sing, but you say you can't."

Chen Jialuo smiled and said: "I really have never sung before." Princess Xiangxiang pretended to be serious and said, "Okay, I won't sing for you in the future." Today is the only day we get together. It’s good for me to sing a song to her and make her laugh.” Said: “When I was young, I heard my mother’s maid sing a few songs, I still remember. I’ll sing it to you , you are not allowed to laugh." Princess Xiangxiang clapped her hands and laughed, "Alright, sing!" Chen Jialuo thought for a while, and sang: "The rain is falling softly, and the wind is blowing gently. There is a man downstairs saying some flirtatious words. I just regard it as a lover, and I can't help but say Cursing in a low voice. Looking at him carefully, it turned out that he is not a handsome man, so scared that I couldn't help but feel flustered."

After Chen Jialuo sang, she explained the meaning of the song in Hui language. Princess Xiangxiang laughed straight after hearing it, and said, "So this big girl's eyes are not very good." Just laughing at herself, she suddenly saw that Chen Jialuo's eyes were red, and there were two lines of tears Flowing down from the face, he said in surprise: "Why are you sad? Ah, you must be thinking of your mother and the person who sang this song in the past. Let's stop singing." The two looked inside and outside the Great Wall, and saw battlements built outside the city wall, stone railings built inside, corridors in the middle, and piers every thirty feet.When Chen Jialuo saw the pier where the beacon fire was set off, he remembered that Huo Qingtong was going back to the headquarters to burn the beacon fire and destroy the Qing soldiers.

Princess Xiangxiang said: "I know what you are thinking?" Chen Jialuo said: "Really?" Princess Xiangxiang said: "Well, you are thinking of my sister." Chen Jialuo said: "How do you know?" Princess Xiangxiang Said: "The three of us used to be in that ancient city together. Although it was dangerous, I was so happy to see you. Oh, don't worry!" Chen Jialuo took her hand and asked: "Kasili, what are you talking about? " Princess Xiangxiang sighed: "I used to be a child and didn't understand anything. But I lived in the palace these days, and I think about the scene with you every day. Many things I didn't understand before, now I understand. My sister has always liked you, and you like her too, right?" Chen Jialuo said: "Yes, I shouldn't have kept it from you." Princess Xiangxiang said: "But I know, you really like me too. I can't live without you. Let's go find my sister, and after we find it, the three of us will be happy together forever, how nice do you think that would be?" At this point, his eyes brightened and his face shone brightly. Brilliant, very happy in my heart.Chen Jialuo held her hand tightly, and said softly: "Kasili, you think so well, you and your sister are the best and best people in the world."

Princess Xiangxiang stood and looked into the distance, and suddenly saw the water shining under the sun in the west. She listened carefully, and the sound of the water was like the sound of a qin. She said happily, "Listen, how beautiful this sound is." Gorge." Princess Xiangxiang said: "Go and have a look." The two passed through the chaotic mountains, and when they got close, they saw a clear spring spurting out from among the rocks. The sound of the water was murmuring, high and low, just like music. Princess Xiangxiang walked to the edge of the water and said with a smile: "I wash my feet here, can I?" The clear water flowed from her insteps that were as white as cream.Chen Jialuo suddenly saw his figure reflected in the water, it turned out that the sun was already in the west, so he took out some dry food from his pocket and ate it for the two of them.Princess Xiangxiang leaned against him, eating cakes and wiping her feet with a handkerchief.

Chen Jialuo gritted her teeth and said: "Kasili, I want to tell you something." She turned around, put her arms around him, hid her head in his arms, and whispered: "I know you love me .I understand if you don’t tell me. Needless to say.” He felt sore, and retracted a sentence that rushed to his mouth. After a while, he said: “We saw Mameer’s suicide note in Yufeng, Do you still remember?" Princess Xiangxiang said: "She lives in heaven with her Ali now, that's good." Chen Jialuo said: "You Islam believe that after a good person dies, he will enjoy happiness in Paradise forever, right? Princess Xiangxiang said: "Of course it is." Chen Jialuo said: "After I return to Beijing, I will go to your Islamic imam and ask him to teach me so that I can be a good follower of Islam."

Princess Xiangxiang was overjoyed, she never expected that he would voluntarily convert to Islam, she raised her head and shouted: "Brother, brother, are you really so good?" Chen Jialuo said: "I will definitely do this." Princess Xiangxiang said: " You even agreed to this because you love me. I didn't dare to think about it." Chen Jialuo said slowly: "Because we can't be together in this life. After I die, I will be with you every day." After hearing this, Princess Xiangxiang felt as if she had been struck by thunder. She froze for a while, and said in a trembling voice, "You...what did you say? We can't be together in this life?" Chen Jialuo said, "Yes, after today, we can no longer We met." Princess Xiangxiang was startled and said, "Why?" Her body trembled, and two teardrops dripped onto his clothes.

Chen Jialuo hugged her tenderly, and said softly: "Kasili, as long as I can be with you, even if I have nothing to eat, no clothes to wear, and being beaten, scolded and insulted every day, I am willing. But do you remember Mameer That good Mameer, in order to keep her people from being bullied and oppressed by the tyrant, she would rather leave her beloved Ali and be bullied by the tyrant..." Princess Xiangxiang's body fell limply and fell on his lap , whispered: "You want me to follow the emperor? Do you want me to stab him to death?" Chen Jialuo said: "No, he is my real brother." So he told the truth about his relationship with Qianlong, the plan of the Red Flower Society, the oath on the Six Harmonies Pagoda, and what Qianlong wanted today.When she heard the last word, she knew that the happiness she had been looking forward to day and night and that she had already got it slipped out of her hand all of a sudden, she felt anxious and fainted unconsciously.

When he woke up, he felt that Chen Jialuo was hugging her tightly, and his clothes were wet, which was soaked from his tears.She stood up and said softly, "Wait for me a moment." She walked slowly to a big rock in the distance, lay down to the west, prayed devoutly, and asked Allah to show her what to do. The faint sunlight shone on her white clothes. Above, an infinitely beautiful figure reveals infinite misery and infinite tenderness.She turned around slowly and said, "I will always do what you want me to do." Chen Jialuo ran forward, and the two hugged tightly, unable to speak anymore.She whispered: "If I had known it was only today, I wouldn't have come here. I want you to hold me all day long." Chen Jialuo didn't answer, just kissed her.After a while, she suddenly said: "I have never bathed since I left my hometown, and now I want to wash." She took out her dagger, cut the seams on her clothes, and took off her coat. Chen Jialuo stood up and said, "I'll wait for you over there." Princess Xiangxiang said, "No, no! I want you to look at me. It's your first time seeing me, and I'm taking a shower. Today is the last time... I want you to never forget me after seeing me." Chen Jialuo said: "Kasili, do you think I will forget you?" She begged: "I'm wrong, big brother, don't take offense. Don't go Ah." Chen Jialuo could only sit down again. But seeing her take off all her clothes one by one, in the gorge with murmuring water, the golden sun shines on an incomparably beautiful body.Chen Jialuo only felt dizzy for a while and didn't dare to look directly at her, but when she saw her innocent face, she suddenly felt that she was just a naked baby of three or four years old, so beautiful, yet so pure, and suddenly thought: " To create such a beautiful body, there really is an all-knowing and omnipotent God in heaven, right?" Suddenly, reverence and gratitude filled my heart. Princess Xiangxiang wiped off the water droplets on her body slowly, put on her clothes slowly, felt sorry for herself, and hurt herself again, thinking in her heart: "This body will never be seen by my dear one again." Wipe it dry hair, and leaned against Chen Jialuo's arms again. Chen Jialuo said: "I told you the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, do you still remember?" Princess Xiangxiang said: "Remember, you also taught me a song, saying: 'Although we only meet once a year, we are better than the world. Countless gatherings'." Chen Jialuo said: "Yes, we can't be together forever, but God always taught us to meet. In the desert, here, we lived so happily, although the time is very short, But we are more happy than many couples who have been together for decades." ——From Chapter 19 Princess Xiangxiang is the concentrated representative of the purest heart, the best virtue and the most beautiful face of human beings. The beauty of Helen in "Homer's Epic" is a temptation to plunder.Beauty here brings thousands of killings and blood flow for thousands of miles, which is the source of power for violence.On the balance of human nature, beauty and evil stand on one side unconsciously; and the beauty of Princess Xiangxiang is the power given by the gods to purify the hearts of ordinary people.The beauty here is an irresistible oracle that paralyzes all force, makes good people more kind, and wicked people put down their butcher knives and become Buddhas immediately.From the king of a country, the leader of a gang, down to ordinary soldiers, when they saw her beauty, they were all ashamed of themselves.What she gives people is inspiration, and has nothing to do with filth, vulgarity, evil thoughts, and blasphemy. Her beauty, in the long river of literary history, may only be barely comparable to Qin Luofu in "Mo Shang Sang". "Walkers see Luo Fu, and put down their burdens to stroke their beards. When young people see Luo Fu, they take off their hats and bristles. Farmers forget their plows, and hoes look at their hoe. Come and return with resentment, but sit and watch Luo Fu." Princess Xiangxiang said It caused countless romantic figures to bend their waists, and the weapons of the enemy soldiers fell to the ground one after another. "Laigui" is not complaining to each other, but the unconscious joy and tranquility in the heart.Her goodness is comparable only to the goddess Beatrice in Dante's "Divine Comedy". "Good woman, because of you, the human beings on the earth have become the spirits of all things! You command me, and you value me; if I have done it now, I still think it is too late to obey you." Faced with such a " In addition to enjoying her beauty and kindness, besides admiring and shocking, what else can the elf do? Princess Xiangxiang is innocent, but also sentimental.She shed tears for the pain and loss of all weak lives, and grieved for all violence and hatred. "Men are really strange. Everyone dances and sings together unhappy, but wants to fight. How many people have died and suffered. I really don't know what good it is." Her sentimentality is different from the traditional Chinese sentimental sentiment. "Feeling the time, flowers splashing tears, hating the birds and being frightened" is a projective "state with me" that "sees things with me, and the old things are all in my color".And she is often ignorant of the experience of the world, which is exactly the case. Her sentimentality often comes from every slender reality she saw at that time, which is refreshing and healthy, sad but not sad.Her sentimentality is also different from the sensitive melancholy in the English sentimental literature of the 18th century.Yorick in Steyn's "Sentimental Journey" is a typical character in British sentimental literature.He is sentimental, any little thing will touch his sensitive nerves, and he will often cry for a donkey or a few caged birds.Moreover, he regards sensitivity as the most precious thing in human beings, and believes that "sensitivity is the inexhaustible source of all our precious joyful feelings and all our noble sorrows".His sentiment is that in the early days of the industrial revolution, people expressed their worries about the disasters brought about by capitalist civilization, but they could not find a cure for social ills, leaving only world-weary and hopeless emotions; In the various injustices of the world, the self-pity and self-pity forged.The sentimentality of Princess Xiangxiang comes from the most pious belief in nature and life. She is neither sentimental nor full of complaints. What she gives to all things is a broad home in the anthropological sense. If Yorick's tears are sour and weak and fragile, then Princess Xiangxiang's tears are crystal clear and strong.It can be seen from the fact that she stepped forward to face the provocation of the Qing army. One is the melancholy and resentment of mortals, and the other is the mercy and generosity of gods. She believes in what she believes.She is not afraid to judge everyone with the best kindness.She is unaware of all the ugliness and dangers in the world.When Chen Jialuo sold her as a commodity, she didn't know the truth.When Chen Jialuo's eyes were red from guilt, grief, and helplessness, she thought he was homesick.So, "Two lines of tears flowed down my face, and I said in surprise: 'Why are you sad? Ah, you must be thinking of your mother and the person who sang this song in the past. Let's stop singing.' She finally agreed, not because she accepted the logic of sacrificing one's life for righteousness that Chen Jialuo told her.But brave because of love. "A beautiful back reveals infinite misery and infinite tenderness. She turned around slowly and said: 'Whatever you want me to do, I will always do it for you.'" The moment she turned around, a pure and noble heart fell to the ground brokenly in the vicissitudes of Juyongguan. In terms of soul, Chen Jialuo and Xiangxiang cannot compete.His pain and regret are far from enough to make up for his sin, filth and selfishness.Just imagine, if the person Qianlong wanted wasn't his lover, he probably wouldn't be in pain.Surely he would happily go and help with the loot.When people are shouting for the slim hope of social and historical change, who cares about the individual pain that really makes sacrifices in the process?Especially under the pretext of a so-called high standard of saving people's lives. Chen Jialuo and Princess Xiangxiang, one loves in reality and the other loves in heart.Princess Xiangxiang is pure, innocent, selfless, and loves sincerely. What simplicity brings does not have the tyranny and cruelty of love, and does not kidnap the other party in the name of love.Of course, there is the idea of ​​male power center at work here.Therefore, Rang Xiangxiang only likes Chen Jialuo, but not Qianlong.Otherwise, the story would be more complicated.Although Chen Jialuo loves two of them, there are differences in his heart.In front of the beautiful and godlike Princess Xiangxiang, no one can resist.Although he originally liked Huo Qingtong.However, Huo Qingtong is beautiful, capable, strategic, and considerate. She is more in line with the standards of ordinary people's wives.In the face of reality, many people will make decisions.People often don't believe in pure and kind things, think that what is true is false, or think it is naive and naive, or can't feel romance for a long time, and can only guess and doubt things in this world with the heart of a layman.And the so-called saving the people of the world is just an excuse, and it is even more absurd when it comes to Chen Jialuo. Unexpectedly, he pinned his political ideals on Xiangxiang's submission to Qianlong.What he loves is not Xiangxiang, but himself.He did not sacrifice himself, he asked others to sacrifice. It was the first and last time that Princess Xiangxiang showed her body to Chen Jialuo. Chen Jialuo didn't dare to look at it. When she found her smooth and beautiful body like a baby's, she suddenly thought: 'To create such a beautiful body, God really has a god. An all-knowing and all-powerful God, right?’ My heart suddenly filled with reverence and gratitude.”The body here is not a space for writing desires, but an escalator for the soul to ascend.In the face of true love and beauty, Chen Jialuo has no strength to face it. Beauty is often destroyed in this way.In other words, from the very beginning, Princess Xiangxiang was doomed to be destroyed.What she gave Chen Jialuo was the happiness of the soul, and the consequent shame.People are lazy.In an emergency, people are very accustomed to surrendering things that they think are unattainable, especially emotionally.In other words, the author did not make Qianlong like Huo Qingtong in his writing, making a happy ending for everyone.This in itself explains many hidden things in people's thinking. Princess Xiangxiang is to people who have romantic feelings, enthusiasm and dreams in reality, just like the famous German romantic poet O.W. Schlegel is to Heine.Heine's own third sonnet eulogizes thus passionately the man who led German poetry from affectation to truth: Most Dangerous Vermin: Thought of Doubt, Like a Dagger, worst poison: loss of faith in one's own power, This nearly gnaws at the marrow of my life, I am a seedling, and I am supported by it. You complain about the poor seedling, You let it wrap around your well-meaning words, For this I salute you, my noble master, This thin seedling will one day blossom and set fruit. Princess Xiangxiang's death is the death of a poet.Love outweighs the fear of death.She is destined to belong to the beloved angel of heaven, and the mortal world cannot keep her. The shaping of this image is artistic.It would be foolish to testify or criticize its authenticity.What it gives people is a kind of spiritual aesthetic pleasure, and it is the last glimpse of the deep affection of human beings. The metaphorical existence of Princess Xiangxiang is particularly eye-catching in the turbulent society.Applying Bei Dao's poems, it can be said: "Tell you, the world, I--believe", "I believe that the sky is blue, I believe that thunder echoes, and I believe that dreams are real..."