Chapter 22 nothing to worry about

In Jin Yong's works, it doesn't attract much attention. Its length is not long, and the characters written are not the same as ordinary martial arts heroes.However, if you savor carefully, there are many thought-provoking points in this novel, and many hidden "mysteries", which reflect that Jin Yong's experience of life, human nature, life and the universe has entered a new stage. The protagonist of the novel has no name, and he lived in the deep mountains and old forests with his "mother" and a yellow dog since he was a child.His "mother" doesn't seem to love him, calling him a "bastard".One day, he lost his way and got Xie Yanke's black iron order by accident. From then on, he stepped into the sinister world and encountered a series of ups and downs.

Because of his similar appearance to Shi Zhongyu, he was mistaken for Shi Zhongyu, which caused him great confusion.He has never been able to figure out who he really is. The ending of the novel is quite wonderful.The appearance of Mei Fanggu—his "mother"—seems to reveal the truth of the mystery of his life experience.However, Mei Fanggu committed suicide suddenly, with the cinnabar red of the virgin symbol on his arm, which showed that he was definitely not Mei Fanggu's child.So, is he the child of Shi Qing and Min Rou who were kidnapped by Mei Fanggu?It seems to be and it seems not to be.After Mei Fanggu took away Shi Qing and Min Rou's eldest son, Shi Zhongjian, she returned the child's body within a few days.However, the facial features of the corpse were bloody and bloody, so it is possible that Shi Zhongjian was not the one who died.

The author did not answer this question, but ended the book with this sentence: This is the author's brilliance, and it also makes this novel covered with philosophical or even religious speculation. In fact, it doesn't matter who "he" is.The important thing is, isn't everything in the world just so elusive? This image reflects the brilliance of Jin Yong's own thoughts, and shows that Jin Yong's tendency to Buddhism in the future is not accidental, but stems from his own inner exploration and pursuit of life. Aunt Mei Fang called him a bastard, people from the Changle Gang called him Shi Potian, Granny Shi named him Shi Yidao, Ding Dang called him Brother Tian, ​​and Axiu called him Big Zongzi, but Shi Qing and Min Rou decided that He is his son Shi Zhongyu... Where did he come from among various names?Where are you going?He doesn't know, it can be said that he has nowhere to go, nowhere to go.

The external "name" is actually dispensable, it is rolling and changing, it is just an illusion.What remains unchanged is the "Tao", the "ultimate" that makes it so, and the essence of the "self".This person who has lost his identity is precisely a person who has grasped his own form, a person who has no worries and is connected with heaven and earth. He formed a sharp contrast with the mundane world.He is plain, simple, ignorant of words, etiquette, and ignorance of the world.His heart is open and defenseless.His standard of right and wrong is original and based on the most basic human nature.He seemed to be in a daze, and he seemed to be in a daze, but he was the most innocent person.

For the convenience of writing, let's call him Shi Potian. The world is full of scheming, conspiracy, and deceit, and there are countless high walls between people's hearts, which are difficult to overcome.Selfish desires flow, in order to protect their own interests, there is nothing impossible to do. Xie Yanke once had three black iron tokens, which he distributed to his benevolent friends, promising that as long as he came with the tokens and handed them over to him, he would be asked to do one thing, no matter how difficult or dangerous it was, he would do it. It must be done.

Xie Yanke has already taken back two black iron tokens.The remaining one was lost in the rivers and lakes, causing many people to covet, scramble, and even serially chase and kill.Unexpectedly, it was obtained by Shi Potian who looked like a beggar. Xie Yanke is a man of the rivers and lakes who has made a promise and will never regret it, so of course he can't harm this silly boy.But immediately suspected that Shi Potian was a trap set by others, and deliberately asked him to embarrass himself, so he took him away.After careful questioning, he realized that Shi Potian was just a fool, and it was purely a coincidence that he got the Xuantie Order.I thought to myself, "Tell him to come and ask me for a small matter, and if he fulfills the oath he made in the past, then it's over."

Unexpectedly, this "stupid boy" never asks for help. "My mother often told me: 'Bastard', don't ask others for anything in your life. If they want to give you what they want in their hearts, you don't have to ask, and they will give it to you." If people refuse, it is useless for you to beg hard, but it will make them hate you." Therefore, he never asks for help. It happened that three killers from Changle were besieging the old man Dabei, Shi Potian instinctively felt aggrieved, and rushed out to fight against the injustice.What Xie Yanke thought in his heart was: "That's fine, let's use the hands of these three people to kill him. If I refuse to save him, it will not be considered a breach of my oath; otherwise, if the little baby asks me for help, I will help him." He took care of those three."

The result was unsuccessful. He was afraid that Shi Potian would be used by others to deal with him, so he tricked Shi Potian to follow him to his residence, Motianya, which was tantamount to putting him under house arrest.But Shi Potian didn't care, because he grew up on the barren mountains since he was a child, just like a small weed that fends for itself, it doesn't matter where it falls. Because Xie Yanke wanted to get rid of the trouble of his oath, he had been trying his best to deal with Shi Potian. Seeing that he didn't come and begged himself to "let him go", Xie Yanke couldn't spit out the "little thorn" stuck in his throat, so he came up with a vicious trick to put the stone to death.He lured Shi Potian to practice a set of martial arts, but deliberately reversed the sequence, trying to make him go mad and die.But Shi Potian didn't know it, and always regarded him as a "good guy".For example, when Xie Yanke hurt him with internal force, he thought it was Xie Yanke who had a fever and was full of concern, but now Xie Yanke couldn't help "feeling a burst of warmth in his heart".

Many days later, when Shi Potian met Xie Yanke, he still had no doubts about his actions, and said, "Old man, I was practicing the kung fu you taught me on the mountain, and suddenly my whole body felt cold and hot, and I was in unbearable pain. Then he passed out. After waking up, strange things happened one after another. Old man, how are you doing these days? I don’t know who will wash and cook for you. I often miss you, thinking that I can’t give you It's hard for you to wash and cook." It never occurred to him that there was anything weird about the martial arts Xie Yanke taught him.

In order to deal with the order of rewarding good and punishing evil on the Chivalrous Island, the Changle Gang half coerces and half lures Shi Zhongyu to be the gang leader. In fact, they want him to go to the Chivalrous Island to replace the dead ghost in exchange for the lives of the whole gang.Because after receiving the order of rewarding good and punishing evil from Xia Ke Island, if the gang leader does not attend the meeting as promised, then the whole gang will be wiped out. Shi Zhongyu escapes, and the invitation from the Knights Island is approaching again. The Changle gang is so anxious that they find Shi Potian who is similar to Shi Zhongyu by accident.At the beginning, he really admitted his mistake, but soon found out that he had admitted his mistake, but he didn't correct it. Instead, he manipulated Shi Potian's body and made the same scar as Shi Zhongwang's to deceive him.Shi Potian was so confused that he almost really believed that he was Shi Zhongyu, but he was ill and forgot about the past.

The Changle Gang's reverence and obedience to Shi Potian are actually all out of selfishness, in order to let Shi Potian protect them from disasters.Shi Potian is just their doll. However, after the truth came out, Shi Potian was neither indignant nor retaliated, but unexpectedly agreed to continue to be their gang leader, and take them through the "hell" that is considered "there is no return" by the rivers and lakes—— Knight Island. To be taken advantage of by others without getting angry, to know that it is a dangerous path but not to be afraid, this is not just the spirit of chivalry, but the mind of a Bodhisattva. Ding Dang mistook Shi Potian for Shi Zhongyu, no matter what Shi Potian explained, she didn't believe it, and even worshiped Shi Potian in a daze.She occasionally feels that Shi Potian is very different from her former lover Shi Zhongyu, but it always comes down to the fact that he has suffered from a serious illness and will recover later.Therefore, blindly pestering Shi Potian. When the real Shi Zhongyu appeared, Ding Dang's attitude was actually like this: The honest and straightforward Shi Potian became a "liar", and his kindness to Ding Dang was wiped out.What makes people even more sad is that Shi Zhongyu was then captured by the Xueshan faction and was taken to Lingxiao City to judge his crimes.In order to save Shi ZhongYu, Ding Dang tricked Shi PoTian into pretending to be Shi ZhongYu, while he and Shi ZhongYu slipped away.Not only did Shi Potian not doubt it, but he kept thinking that Ding Dang and Shi Zhongyu would save him, thinking that they were kind to him. Finally, when he understood everything, he didn't feel resentment towards anyone, instead he asked Xie Yanke not to kill Shi Zhongyu. It can be said that since Shi Potian came to the world from the barren hills, he has always been in the midst of various conspiracies and selfish calculations, being deceived and used, but he himself has no awareness. Others often misunderstand his frankness and nature as treachery, even Shi Qing and Min Rou's couple were like this for a while.Because people have never seen such a transparent and selfless person, they often judge based on their past experience, or use the heart of a villain to save the belly of a gentleman. What would it be like for a person with a clean heart to suddenly be exposed to a world full of pollution? In this comparison, Jin Yong once again showed his deep insight into the dark side of human nature.Human selfishness and human cruelty are all displayed in such a reasonable and grandiose way. There are several condensed scenes in the novel, which are thought-provoking.For example, at first the leaders of the Xueshan faction were arguing endlessly for the position of leader and refused to give in to each other, but when the envoys of rewards and punishments from Chivalrous Island appeared and wanted to invite the leader to go to Xiake Island to drink Laba porridge, suddenly a A mutual "modesty" up. These people are all upright "gentlemen" who are dignified in front of their apprentices and in front of the crowd, and sing in a high-pitched manner, but when it comes to life and death, they show their true colors. For all these things, Shi Potian is full of compassion, a sympathy that surpasses love and hatred.This actually reflects Jin Yong's attitude.When he described all the "evil deeds", he expressed concern and sympathy between the lines, just like the Buddhist scriptures say: For those who do evil, you should have mercy on them.Sometimes I do not consciously "excuse" them of some responsibilities. For example, when I wrote about Xie Yanke's surlyness and suspicion, I added a stroke, saying that Xie Yanke had an apprentice who was ungrateful and broke his heart. The world of desire leads to strife, and the result of the strife is nothing but illusion.There are no winners and no losers. It is people like Shi Potian who "forget themselves" and "no self" have the essence of "self".Because there is no need and no desire, so in the end, he obtained the highest martial arts and the true meaning of life.