Chapter 2 Human iron

Wang Chongyang and Lin Chaoying are a pair of immortals.Compared with this pair, the other so-called "families of gods" in Jianghu are all a little bit less interesting. Yuan Shixiao and Guan Mingmei appear to be "inferior"; Wu Yazi and Li Qiushui appear to be more "sexy";The pair of Huang Yaoshi and Feng Heng was quite likable at first, but Jin Yong later changed the book and arranged for Huang Laoxie to have a crush on Mei Chaofeng, and the mood plummeted.As for Ouyang Feng and his sister-in-law...can we not mention that? To sum up, Wang Chongyang and Lin Chaoying are simply a pair of revolutionary couples made in heaven, supported by the organization, supported by the masses, and required by the situation.As arrogant as Huang Yaoshi, when he commented on the two, he said "the two immortals meet here", so generous in his words.However, everyone knows the result: these two people are not together.

So the question arises: why? Jin Yong has given two explanations for this.The first explanation is the most deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It is said that the two people have too much "competition" and they are not convinced by each other, and they have strangled each other for a lifetime.In the original text, it is: "The two people have high martial arts skills, and their self-confidence is even greater. Whenever the relationship grows, the competition when talking about martial arts will follow, and they will always be on par with each other." It means that these two people are top-notch Olympic athletes only know "higher, faster and stronger", but don't understand "friendship first, competition second", so the relationship is not good.

This explanation is plausible.There are plenty of couples competing with each other in the arena.For example, Hu Qingniu and Wang Nangu, one is a "poison fairy" and the other is a "medicine fairy".Isn't their "competitive heart" more than that of Lin and Wang?But it does not affect their marriage as husband and wife. Besides, did Wang Chongyang really not give in to Lin Chaoying at all?Looking through the original, in fact, not necessarily.Quoting Qiu Chuji's words, Wang Chongyang told Lin Chaoying "knowing that she had good intentions, so he endured all the way." ".From this point of view, he and Lin Chaoying were fighting with each other from the beginning to the end.

The second explanation is that two people cannot be together "due to etiquette".In the original book, Yang Guo said: "At that time, the ancestor of Chongyang and my mother-in-law, the ancestor of the ancient tomb sect, were supposed to be a good husband and wife. I don't know why they bothered each other because of the weird etiquette, which made each of them die with hatred." There is no evidence for Yang Guo's statement, and most of it is out of selfishness - obviously he wants to engage in a master-student relationship, but he goes to associate with the ancients and seeks legitimacy from the Chongyang Patriarch.Wang Lin and Wang Lin were neither masters nor disciples, nor did they have any kinship relationship, so there wasn't any ethical obstacle for them to marry.

In fact, it is difficult for these two people to marry each other, and there is another problem: the relationship between Wang Chongyang and Lin Chaoying is not like friends, but like netizens—they communicate a lot and write a lot of letters to each other, "Sister Ying ""Yingmei" screamed, but they were embarrassed when they met, and they couldn't find a common topic, so they had to talk about martial arts. The way these two interact is also very similar to that of netizens—I post today and you upvote, and tomorrow you post and I upvote. It seems that the circle of friends is in full swing, but the relationship has not made substantial progress.

For example, in the original book, Wang Chongyang wrote a letter to Lin Chaoying, babbling only about the situation in which he led troops to fight against the Jin Dynasty, which was equivalent to posting in the circle of friends, "Fucking, the Jin soldiers are so fierce today", and Lin replied with "Zhe Gezan" ;The next time Lin Chaoying ran to the ancient tomb to shout, it was equivalent to posting "Haha, I am the best in martial arts in the world", and Wang actively replied "Hey, I don't believe it". Their endless "competition" and "fighting to win or lose" are just superficial phenomena.I don't think the two really care about winning or losing that much.Whoever is superior and who is inferior, both sides have the same mind - the original book says that Wang Chongyang "knows that his martial arts is slightly higher than her", and Lin Chaoying also knows that he "did not intend to fight me".But what if you don't fight?After all, apart from a romantic relationship, "fighting" can be regarded as an intimate relationship after all!

The real problem with Wang Chongyang and Lin Chaoying is that they can't fall in love. Love, like light work and hidden weapons, is also a technical activity that requires innate endowment and acquired learning.Zhang Cuishan doesn't know how to fall in love, but thanks to Yin Susu, they became a couple; Wang Chongyang and Lin Chaoying both don't know how to fall in love. up. They are all talented in civil and military affairs. Wang Chongyang even knows engineering and construction. He drew the blueprints of ancient tombs; Lin Chaoying is the same. You can see that in the jade girl swordsmanship, she knows too many things: "Little gardening "Chrysanthemum", "playing the qin and pressing the flute", "playing chess under the pine", "making flowers with a fine brush"... How can such two people reveal that they don't know how to fall in love?

The more excellent and versatile a person is, the more he would rather die than touch a field that he does not know how to do. So they wrote so many affectionate letters to each other, but "none of them involved their children's personal relationship".They all tried their best to pretend that "as long as I want, I can talk about personal affairs at any time", just like two strong landlubbers calmly gesturing, warming up, chatting about the weather and food by the pool, but neither of them refused to go into the water. They staged a scene of clumsy rivalry scenes similar to "fix the computer for the goddess, and go home without drinking water after the repair".Lin Chaoying claimed that she had taken a fancy to the ancient tomb and said: Brother Zhe, I think your house is really nice.Wang Chongyang immediately replied: Okay, I will move out for you.A few days later, Wang Chongyang came and said, "Sister Ying, I found that a stone bed is very good for your body.Lin Chaoying said: Yes, yes, I want it!As a result, Wang Chongyang worked hard to make her a "Hanyu" brand single bed.

They just kept posting to each other indifferently like this, squandering their years and years, thinking that this was considered a relationship. In the end, Lin Chaoying grew old and died alone.Wang Chongyang ran to the ancient tomb, looked closely at the face of the deceased, and "wept bitterly". and then?Write a daughter's story for her?Or die for love like Duan Zhengchun?That's because you think too much.What he did was to engrave a piece of martial arts on the wall of someone's house, and left a line of words in a very dumbfounded way: "The Heart Sutra of the Jade Girl, the skills of Quanzhen, the life of Chongyang, is not weaker than others."

Someone might say: Look, you're saying they're not competing for victory!People and ghosts have gone their own way, but he still only wants to compete in martial arts! But if you think about it again, is that a win?It was just that Wang Chongyang repeated the only thing he would do, and he updated a circle of friends: "Sister, my martial arts is better." Then he circled Lin Chaoying triumphantly. He is so old, but the technology of love is still at the boy stage: he doesn't know how to approach the girl he likes, so he provokes her, pulls her braids, in exchange for her angry response, and then complacent.

The difference is that this time, Lin Chaoying will never reply to the post, nor will she like it.The updates in their circle of friends will always stay on this day of the year. You are also very decent, and I am also very decent, but our love has only gained a forever silent circle of friends.