Chapter 7 Part 5: The Flying Phoenix Among People (1)

●Baby He narrowly escaped death, Wandering, Because of a childlike innocence and perseverance, He walked into the Garden of Eden. Some high-minded scholars dismiss martial arts novels, which has something to do with tradition.Many of our ancient teachings are expressed like this: Born less than a hundred years old, I often worry about a thousand years old. or: Worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joys later. Under the influence of this adage full of suffering, how can Chinese people pay attention to things and literature out of curiosity or interest? Temple consciousness has always been the right way of literature.

But there are so many ordinary people who like martial arts novels. Of course they are ordinary people. Ordinary people certainly don't think of "ultimate care" when they pick up a book, or lament that "people's hearts are not old, and the world is declining"!Ah, "cultural deserts" or something. Even if they see themselves as educated, they will not like the unpleasant way of education. Ordinary people certainly don't often borrow martial arts novels to vent their sulk.It is precisely because we are mortals that we yearn for heroes; it is precisely because we live a mediocre life that we dream of vigor in the world, and so on. This is the idea of ​​literati, and ordinary people may not be completely like this.

Ordinary people may just be bored when reading martial arts, just want to pass the time, occasionally pick it up inadvertently, if they can read it, they will kill all the way, and if they can't read it, they will give up halfway and return. It's that simple, it's that common. Gu Long wrote about Lu Xiaofeng with this mood. After Chu Liuxiang, Lu Xiaofeng was more relaxed and happy. Because he often pays attention to things out of curiosity or interest, rather than to adhere to some socially accepted norms. So he is more childlike. Childlike innocence is characterized by innocence, romance and cuteness.

The innocence of children is a thing of nature, so what about the innocence of adults?If there is still a childlike innocence after being tempered by the world, then this person must not only be cute but also amiable and respectable. Lu Xiaofeng can be regarded as such a person.So he has been a man with peace of mind and a clear conscience all his life. When Gu Long wrote about him, he had the same features as Chu Liuxiang, such as being famous all over the world as soon as he appeared on the stage, such as not writing about age and appearance, such as they are all wandering around the world, such as they can smile under any difficult situation.

They are also rational people, never revealing other people's privacy, never making judgments, and never wronging the innocent. But Lu Xiaofeng is different from Chu Liuxiang, his characteristics are more obvious than Chu Liuxiang: He has "four eyebrows" and he can hold wine on his stomach but drink it into his mouth without his hands.He often says he's a big jerk, and he's even more flamboyant. He has the lightness skill of "two flying colorful wings", and the unique skill of "teaching one's heart and mind" - he can hold everything between his two fingers at the speed of lightning.

When the sword or blade stabs at his heart like a spirit snake, when everyone thinks that he can't dodge anyway, he doesn't even dodge: --He just stretched out two fingers and pinched it lightly. What kind of fingers are these?Have you ever been cursed by gods and monsters?Is there some kind of incredible magic in the fingers? Nobody knows. But everyone in Jianghu knew that the value of these two fingers was ten times more expensive than a diamond of the same size.It is said that someone was willing to spend five hundred thousand taels of gold to buy his two fingers. Because as long as he stretches out these two fingers to pinch gently, there is absolutely nothing in the world that cannot be pinched.

It is said that these two fingers have completely communicated with his mind, and they have pinched off countless murder weapons in the palms of martial arts masters, and saved his lives countless times. This is why Lu Xiaofeng is called Lu Xiaofeng. Just like he doesn't drink with his hands, he treats it all like an art. A perfect art, perfect art. This is Gu Long's style, even if he is writing an ordinary character, he still uses artistic means. So, is it Lu Xiaofeng's wine tasting and reception?Ximen Chuuxue's swordsmanship, Huamanlou's keenness, and the honest monk's informality, which one is not the ultimate and perfect art?

Only childlike innocence, or Lu Xiaofeng much more. He doesn't have Chu Liuxiang's boat, nor does he have gentle and capable "angels" like Su Rongrong, Li Hongxiu, and Song Tian'er, so his constraints are smaller and his actions are more free.Moreover, he is so interested in this world, and he is so prone to fight against injustices, so of course he can't calm down. Either he is drifting on the sea, or he is ups and downs in the swamp, or he is competing in the Forbidden City, or he is catching murderers in the glacier, or he is "undercover" on the yellow land... whatever Gu Long can do Lu Xiaofeng has experienced all the extreme places that he came up with, and he was able to make some achievements, causing a sensation in the entire martial arts world.

Every time, every time, of course, he encountered dangers that were unpredictable and unavoidable.But Lu Xiaofeng's greatest ability is to survive in desperate situations and resolve dangers with childlike innocence. --One day, he broke into a place that seemed to be a paradise, but was actually full of dangers. The son who wanted to wipe out his father's usurpation wanted to use his power to achieve his "great cause". The two played a game of "cat and mouse" , in the process of this game, instead of avoiding the "cat", the "mouse" became the guide of the "cat". In the end, the roles were easily changed, and the "cat" became a "mouse", and the "mouse" became a "Cat" and "mouse" were of course caught.

One time, things were so confusing that Lu Xiaofeng had no choice but to pretend to be dead, and let the "honest monk" be his scapegoat, while he escaped himself and pretended to be a little old woman, not only playing tricks on many friends, but also deceiving his enemies , in the end, of course a big win. Is such a thing fun? Of course it was fun, Lu Xiaofeng also said it was fun. Includes seven stories: , , , , , , . Every story is very interesting, because it is supported by childlike innocence and used art as a means. But if we think about Don Quixote, that eternal child, he fought so bravely against the windmill, so fearlessly supported the good and eliminated the evil, so he moved against the reality of utilitarianism, without flattery or compromise.We can find that childlike innocence cannot be summed up by the word "fun".

Is it still shining with a kind of idealism and romanticism in it? Many people who have escaped death, after getting up from the ground, only resentment and hatred are planted in their hearts.There is nothing more sad than this. They all said that there is no more story about the eternal Garden of Eden, the most beautiful gift that the ancient human beings gave to themselves. Don't say there is no Garden of Eden, if there is, can we go in?We will look left and right, compare balances, and consume a little bit of true feelings in the discussion. really? And what about those who are childlike and persistent? Like Lu Xiaofeng. He is also a person who escaped death, and he is also a person who has wandered around the world, but because of his childlike innocence and perseverance, he walked into the Garden of Eden. That Garden of Eden is much more beautiful than "Jiangshan". A foreigner may not understand the connotation of the word "Jiangshan" in Chinese. He will think that "Jiangshan" is just a beautiful scenery. Why should he "beat" or "sit" for the beautiful scenery? But Chinese people can draw a meaningful meaning in this word. Who does the country belong to, and which family should it belong to? Of course, the loser will be the bandit, and the winner will be the king. It is the main line or sub-line of many martial arts novels that the heroes of the rivers and lakes fight for others. Because they are all Chinese or people from ancient China, the "Jiangshan" complex is of course not so easy to unravel. For example, in Jin Yong's novels, "Jianghu" and "Jiangshan" just form a complementary and complete cultural circle.As Chen Mo said, this complementary cultural circle is mediated by the protagonists Yuan Chengzhi and Li Zicheng. Inseparable. isn't it?Yuan Chengzhi is a figure in the world, but he is a descendant of the pillar of the country. Moreover, what he did in the book is certainly to avenge the murder of his father on the one hand, but this is only the shell of the novel, because this is the common life pattern of Jianghu characters.On the other hand, no matter in terms of his subjective wishes and objective effects, he has always been helping Li Zicheng to win the country. " On the contrary, Li Zicheng is a reckless hero from the rivers and lakes. What he did was to kill the rich and help the poor, and do justice for the world.This act of doing justice for the sky has risen to a higher level, and it has become the "road" against the declining and decaying Ming Dynasty.It's just that it has always been like this in Chinese history, "the thief who steals the hook, the prince who steals the country"-he is the Emperor Dashun when he ascends to the Dragon Court, and once he is expelled from the palace, he becomes a gangster in the world. It doesn't matter if he fell into the grass like this, Yuan Chengzhi was also exhausted to "empty An Bangzhi, so he went to the National Bank". Not only was he disappointed and disgusted with his life in the rivers and lakes, but he also lost his interest in fighting the country. Lu Xiaofeng is much more "sophisticated" than Yuan Chengzhi in this aspect. He thinks that fighting in the world is not fun, and it is better than walking in the rivers and lakes. Therefore, he can dig three hundred and sixty-five earthworms for others, and he can shave off his two eyebrow-like beards, but he will not intervene in the affairs of the country for the sake of glory and wealth. Even if he were to be kicked out of Eden, he wouldn't do it. What's more, is it that easy for Lu Xiaofeng to be expelled? It's the story of the Garden of Eden.Although the Garden of Eden in the story is full of streams, thorns and grass are flying everywhere, it is still the Garden of Eden. Lu Xiaofeng and Shaman's Garden of Eden. Lu Xiaofeng himself said that he is a prodigal son, and of course prodigal sons also have love.But the prodigal son's love is either like Chu Liuxiang, who is merciless everywhere; or it is like Hu Tiehua, the women he likes don't like him, and the women he doesn't like like him, so he has to drink all day long. But in the movie, Lu Xiaofeng actually had a very "normal" love. This was a miracle for Lu Xiaofeng. This is also a miracle for Gu Long. Gu Long still writes legends, but Lu Xiaofeng's legends are more human. Just like Ximen Chuuxue can get married and have children, Lu Xiaofeng also really fell in love with someone. In "Legend of Chu Liuxiang", women all love Chu Liuxiang, does Chu Liuxiang love them? have no idea. Because he can care about them, protect them, suffer for them, and work hard for them, but he will never focus on any one of them. Chu Liuxiang is just Chu Liuxiang. Lu Xiaofeng is not Chu Liuxiang. Lu Xiaofeng can fall deeply in love with someone.He fell in love with Sharman. He did a lot for Sharman. Even in the nick of time, he would think of Sharman, and when he thought about it, his will relaxed. His mind was already filled with Sharman's love. Those who have love will have scruples. In the past, Lu Xiaofeng was not afraid of death, because he didn't have love at that time.Now that he has it, he will think of Shaman, he will think of Shaman's concern for him, he will think of Shaman's lonely and miserable demeanor in the world. So, in the movie, Lu Xiaofeng often dreams, sweet and beautiful dreams. What's wrong with dreaming? There's nothing wrong with being seduced by rare love. Being awake forever is not only tiring, it's scary. So Lu Xiaofeng wasn't tired, and Ximen Chuuxue wasn't tired either.The ones who were tired were the little old man, Gong Jiu, Ye Gucheng and the others. These people think about "Jiangshan" all day long, think about sitting in Longting all day, how can they not be tired? They do not know the loveliness of worldly life, because they have not experienced its benefits, and do not know what it does to create a good state of mind. They don't know that there are many lovely qualities in human nature. They only see greed, fear, selfishness, hatred, and the side of enjoying happiness, but they ignore freedom. Love, romance and constancy, and childlike innocence. Lu Xiaofeng understood all of these things, maybe not enough, but not paranoid. As for himself, he wants to live a free and unrestrained life in the rivers and lakes.Although this kind of life is not very rich, it has mellow wine and fragrant flowers, as well as friendship that is more mellow than wine and love that is more fragrant than flowers. This is Lu Xiaofeng. Lu Xiaofeng flying in the Nine Heavens. ●How to live He knows there is heaven, But cannot bear the solitude of heaven; He knows there are flowers, But there is no leisure to appreciate it carefully. Like Chu Liuxiang, Lu Xiaofeng has all kinds of friends. But there are not many real old friends, the kind of friends who can not meet each other, quarrel when they meet, don't want to think about it, and melt like nectar in their hearts when they think about it. No one has many such friends. Therefore, Chu Liuxiang only has Hu Tiehua. Lu Xiaofeng has Huamanlou and Ximen Chuuxue. What Ximen Chuixue blows is not snow, but blood. He lived in Wanmei Villa, dressed in white as snow, and his face was as white as snow. He should be a very enjoyable and elegant person, but he is also a very good murderer. He can ride thousands of miles away alone to compete with a top expert in an instant, just to avenge a person he has never met. Of course, he thought he killed the right people. Because if he thinks it's not worth doing, even if his only friend in this world - Lu Xiaofeng asks him, he won't go. But he thinks that killing is also an art, so before killing, he will bathe and change clothes, burn incense and pray. He is not praying to God.It's just a process, a habit. Just as he kills, he also focuses on the process. Because the result is always the same: a sword stabs out, there is only a drop of blood on the tip of the sword, and the opponent has fallen. It was just a matter of a moment. He regarded himself as the sword god, and others saw him in the same way. To be a sword god, one must have arrogance. With such arrogance, he can even regard his own life as worthless. Because he has already dedicated his life to the "Tao" he loves. His word is the sword. He neither seeks God nor Buddha, and success or failure in the world is not worth his attention, nor is it worth his smile. All he wanted was the dignity and glory when the sword was swung.For him, that moment is eternity. In order to reach the peak of this moment, he would even sacrifice everything. Ximen Chuuxue was also a person who was full of blood, tears, crying and laughing, as well as human emotions.In the movie, he actually showed this emotion. In other words, Gu Long was shocked by the person he created that was colder than ice, and he wanted him to fall back from the clouds. Therefore, Ximen Chuuxue married the one he loved and gave birth to a new life. All this happened before he fought Ye Gucheng. When he stood on top of the Forbidden City, facing Ye Gucheng, Lu Xiaofeng was always worried about him - his sword was originally a god, the god of swords.But now, he is no longer a god, but a human being. Because he already had human love, human affection.So his sword is like an invisible thread tied to his wife, his children, his home, and his feelings. With such a sword tied by a thread, how could it not be dull and biased? It's just that Ye Gucheng's sword is also tied with a line, a line that is extremely rebellious in human ethics and morality-he wants to assassinate the emperor.Only Ximen Chuuxue can win this battle. Their swords are all one with people, this is the heart sword.Heart sword is of course suitable for heart warfare. Gu Long was naturally in a cold sweat because of this.After this battle, he still decisively moved Ximen Chuuxue from "earth" to "heaven". What he wants is the effect of "overwhelmingly cold at a high place", and what he foretells is such a lonely state of "raising a glass to invite the bright moon, and forming three people in the shadow". He always wants to express his ideals with such a figure standing on the cloud, surrounded by white mist, making it difficult to see the image clearly.This person is not Lu Xiaofeng, not Huamanlou, not to mention Ye Gucheng, then it can only be Ximen Chuuxue. Gu Long is very contradictory. On one side he is saying: "I am also from the rivers and lakes", on the other side he is tired of life in the rivers and lakes, and wants to hide in a deserted place and live the life he wants to live. That's why Ximen Chuuxue came into existence, and with Ximen Chuuxue, he went from the clouds to the mortal world, and from the mortal world to the sky. So he appreciates the emotion between Ximen Chuuxue and Ye Gucheng. "Since Sheng Yu, He Shengliang".This is their mutual hatred. If you want to die, you would rather die by the opponent's sword.This is mutual respect between them. Sometimes hate deserves more respect than love. For hatred is not an absolute emotion.The awareness of hatred sometimes includes understanding and respect. As Gu Long said, "In this world, there are not only loyal friends, but also loyal enemies." Of course, this can only be meaningful in a small way. Gu Long would not advocate hatred, even this kind of hatred with understanding and respect. He loves life very much and enjoys life, so while writing Ximen Chuuxue, he also wrote Huamanlou. Hua Man Lou heralds another state of life, which is completely different from Ximen Chuuxue's state.In this realm, there is little hatred and blood, but more fragrance of flowers, singing of birds, and human tenderness and fraternity. The floor is full of flowers. The flowers are full of hugs, but they can't see them. Because he is blind. But his heart is very bright. He uses this bright heart to appreciate the world and love all the life in the world. He didn't complain because he was blind, let alone envy others who were luckier than him.Because he is satisfied with what he has, because he has been enjoying this wonderful life. It's amazing. Many people, many people with complete five senses, always look at the unsatisfactory aspects of this world and complain.Because their desires are not being met, they complain, and rightfully so. But when will human desire have an end? Parents always know the most. When the child is still an embryo hiding in the mother's body, they will pray to God: Just give me a child with sound limbs and good facial features. Well, a child with "sound limbs and good facial features" is born, can laugh, and can leave. Which parent doesn't want to: let my child grow more beautiful, more fit, and more intelligent... When the child grows up, of course he will hope that he will be powerful, earn money, and become famous. When the child gets married, he will naturally want him to find a Snow White or Prince Charming, and then some smart and beautiful grandchildren... A person's life is actually a life dominated by desires. Many people rush through life just to chase their desires. Some people say: When I earn enough money, I will let go of everything to enjoy freedom, travel, travel around the world, and do everything I want to do but have no time to do now.But what amount is enough?Earn one thousand and think ten thousand, ten thousand think one hundred thousand, one hundred thousand think one million... time flies by like this. Some people say: I will stop climbing when I become a director, as long as I don't let people look down on me.The problem is, there is a director above the director, a director above the director, and a minister above the director... How could you be willing to stop and look at the scary scenery around you? This is human nature, if it is not so, it will be strange.Just like a story widely circulated in foreign countries: A rich tourist was surprised to see a poor fisherman basking leisurely on this world-famous beach, so he couldn't help going up to him and asking: "Why don't you go to work?" The fisherman replied: "I have already worked today, and the fish I catch is enough for my day." Tourists pity: "Then you can catch more fish and make more money." "What do you need so much money for?" "You can buy more boats, catch more fish,..." The rich man continued to imagine: "You can also have your own fleet, and then establish an ocean shipping company... and finally become a millionaire." "So what if you become a millionaire?" "Then you can do nothing but lie on the most famous beach in the world and bask in the sun." The fisherman laughed loudly: "Aren't I basking in the sun right now? The rich man was probably just dumbfounded.Can he accept this kind of "same goal" between a millionaire and a poor fisherman? But that's the way it is. Different routes lead to the same goal. The process of life lies in each person's sense of life, and the practices derived from this sense. When people think that a blind person must be a dejected and frowning person, because this colorful world will always be just darkness to them, but Huamanlou lives better than many blind or non-blind people. happy. At dusk, he always likes to sit in front of the window under the setting sun, caressing the soft petals like his lover's lips, enjoying the wonderful fragrance of flowers like his lover's breath, and his heart is full of gratitude. Thank God for giving him such a wonderful life, so that he can enjoy such a wonderful life. How many ordinary people can be like him: have heard the sound of snowflakes falling on the roof, felt the wonderful vitality of flower buds slowly opening in the spring breeze, and know that the autumn wind often carries a kind of wood coming from distant mountains. Ye Qingxiang... So he is satisfied: "Actually, being blind is not bad. Although I can no longer see, I can still hear, feel, and sometimes even enjoy more than others." There is also a kind of happy and brilliant light on his face; "As long as you are willing to appreciate it, you will find how lovely life is, and there are many pleasant things in every season that are enough to make you forget all your troubles." His voice is soft and beautiful, like singing a song: "Whether you can live happily, the question is not whether you are blind, but whether you really like your own life and whether you really want to live happily." Who would not be moved and respected upon hearing these words? Besides, he is not enjoying life statically, he is always doing his best to help others. Like the realm represented by Ximen Chuuxue, is the realm represented by Huamanlou also unattainable? Lu Xiaofeng would often feel ashamed of himself. Although he is also a strange person, as long as many people only see him once, they will never forget that he not only has two pairs of eyes and ears (that is to say, he can see and hear more than others), but also has three hands. (This means that his hands are faster and more flexible than anyone else), and he has four eyebrows (this is what he pretends to do, and his two mustaches are also like eyebrows). But he is not Ximen Chuixue, nor is he Huamanlou. Of course he has his realm, and his realm is between Ximen Chuixue's realm and Huamanlou's realm. This is the state of life that Gu Long most admires. He knows there is heaven.But he could not bear the solitude of heaven. He could see the flowers, but he didn't appreciate their leisure. But he understands Ximen Chuuxue and Huamanlou, and fully respects them. Of course it was because they were all his friends, not just friends. Maybe he will think that human beings should have a noble spirit that ignores the practical utility, and in the "untimely", there is also a great idealism and romanticism shining. As for himself, he might as well be more worldly and realistic. It is good to drink alcohol, and it is also good to be accompanied by beautiful women. There is a sword god, there is a flower fairy, and there should be a prodigal son. In fact, the prodigal son also has the shadow of the sword god and the flower fairy. Lu Xiaofeng's martial arts, who said that like Ximen Chuuxue, he has reached the fairyland? Who said that Lu Xiaofeng's heart was not like that of Huamanlou.Full of compassion? He liked women, he liked children, he liked friends, and he had a heart always full of love for all mankind. So: "Most people also like him very much. Although the clothes on his body are a little dirty, his eyes are still bright and his waist is still straight. Women from fourteen to forty years old, when they see him, they still cannot help but wonder." Take a sneak peek." Gu Long also likes him very much, so he specially restrained his pen and ink for this reason, and diluted a lot of the narcissism that must have been extended when writing about Chu Liuxiang. Lu Xiaofeng is no longer as brave and capable as Chu Liuxiang, he is as graceful as a dragon and as graceful as a flying fairy. He needs the help of his friends for many things, such as "Wind Dance for Nine Heavens", etc. The major Jianghu cases that Lu Xiaofeng solved are already written in the book. It belongs to the "collective creation" among friends. : Moreover, Ximen Chuixue and Hua Manlou are not like Hu Tiehua, they are completely reduced to Chu Liuxiang's followers: Lu Xiaofeng is Lu Xiaofeng, Ximen Chuuxue is Ximen Chuuxue, Huamanlou is Huamanlou.They are all independent individuals, each heralding the three realms of life that Gu Long likes. They are both old friends and forever friends.Their friendship reminds one of a melodious European folk song: How can we forget our old friends and not miss them in our hearts? How can old friends forget each other, friendship lasts forever. We used to wander all day, on the green hills of our hometown; We have also experienced hardships and wandered around. We used to be at ease all day long, rowing on the blue waves, But now they are separated from each other, separated by seas and oceans. We used to be like each other, let's shake hands, Let's toast and drink, friendship will last forever! longlive friendship! Raise your glass and drink, and sing the praises of friendship forever.