"The Swordsman" is Mr. Jin Yong's penultimate martial arts novel. Together with "The Eight Parts of the Dragon" and "The Deer and the Cauldron", it is also known as the "Three Wonderful Peaks" of Jin Yong's martial arts. Critics believe that this book has reached the pinnacle of perfection in narrative. realm. . 23 "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" lays out the majestic and epic martial arts background, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" offers vast and bizarre martial arts scenes, and "The Swordsman" vividly depicts a A tortuous and immersive picture of martial arts life. At the same time, "Swordsman" also presents the core of the sentence "If you want to understand the essence of a person, give him rights" in front of readers. This is also the reason why the author did not define a specific historical background for the book, "because of the same Things can happen in any dynasty. "After the controversy of "The Deer and the Cauldron" ended, the character of Wei Xiaobao was gradually recognized and accepted by everyone, and critics and general readers generally believed that including Wei Xiaobao, the gallery of protagonists in martial arts novels finally expanded. With the last piece of the puzzle completed, it is finally complete. The perfect personality Guo Juxia, the fierce personality Condor Heroes, the mild-mannered and moderate Mr. Zhang, the helpful young man Snow Mountain Flying Fox, the gentle Chen Jialuo, the cute and slightly boring Yuan Chengzhi, the innocent Shi Potian If we insist on classifying it, Guo Jing is unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness, and is worthy of being a representative of Confucianism; Yang Guo can enter the world and become a hero, and retreat from the world and become a hermit, which is a Taoist; Shi Potian has no actions, no attachments, no actions, and no wishes, and belongs to Buddhism Home; Hu Fei helps those in need, but the road is uneven. Drawing a sword to help others belongs to the Mohist family; Wei Xiaobao, who dominates the officialdom, is naturally a strategist. ??This type of martial arts novels includes almost all kinds of characters. Coupled with the eccentric characters such as Li Xunhuan, Chu Liuxiang, and Xiao Shiyilang, it is becoming increasingly difficult to create new characters in martial arts novels. After clarifying these ideas, and then looking at Gu Yongsheng's closing remarks, it suddenly became clear , what everyone is most curious about now is what Gu Yongsheng's last martial arts movie will be like. What kind of character will be created. "You won't really write a villain as the protagonist, like the Blood Knife Ancestor?" Chang Youdao speculated from the title of the book "Swordsman" that Gu Yongsheng planned to write a ruthless martial arts overlord character. "If it has been defined as a villain, how can it still be the protagonist? No matter what, martial arts novels must always abide by the principle that evil prevails." "Oh, what I want to say is the villain. Use a pure villain as the protagonist." "Every novel Novels always create villains. It would be too deliberate to single him out as the protagonist. I know what you mean, Lao Chang. The protagonist of "The Swordsman" is like this, between Yang Guo and Wei Xiaobao. To be more specific, he is better than Yang Guo. A little more casual and dignified than Wei Xiaobao. "I understand! I thought you wanted to write about a heroic figure who dominates the world." "Well, the theme of the new book is centered on this." Huh?" Qingjiao answered: "Which dynasty is it? The historical background" "There is no exact background. I won't be able to explain it for a while, but you will understand it after I finish writing it. Uh I was thinking about this. Do you want the book to be serialized? " Everyone: "Yes!" "Wanting to read the whole book is one thing, but ensuring the sales of the magazine is always the key point they never forget. ¡ ¡ In May, ¡°Swordsman¡± was officially serialized, and Lin Pingzhi was undoubtedly misunderstood as the leading actor again. However, for "Jiang Lu", the most important thing in May is not the serialization of Gu Yongsheng's "last martial arts", but the fact that deputy editor Wang Jianshan became a father, Qingjiao became pregnant, and Kang Lingyue resigned. Like a certain theorem, many important things often choose to burst out intensively and continuously in a similar time period. "I know that I will never be able to find such a satisfying, warm and beautiful job again in the future, but life - always requires more attempts." When Kang Lingyue said goodbye to everyone with tears in her eyes, Qingjiao, Su Jin and Yang Lilu also Everyone was crying, and several boys kept shaking their heads and sighing. Liu Jingting sat sideways, listening quietly, with a smile on his face, showing full understanding. Xu Qing sat on the window sill, looking outside without saying a word. "What are your plans?" Su Jin asked. "Of course I'm going to travel first. I saved a lot of money in this wealthy company." Kang Lingyue tried to calm down and said, "We'll talk about other things when we get back." Qingjiao said, "Then you can take a long vacation." Kang Lingyue Yao Shake his head. Liu Jingting then asked, "Do you want to go back to Wanxiang?" Kang Lingyue turned to look at Liu Jingting, with a complex and difficult look in his eyes.With a bright look on his face, he nodded and said: "It's possible, after all, you will take over my dad's class in the future." "Then you have to take the Ph.D. exam first." "Well, that's the plan." "It's good to be a female doctor." " "Yeah." "You can come back as a guest editor whenever you have time." "Yeah." Liu Jingting stood up and said, "So you don't have to be sad. It's a good thing. We will have a female doctor friend in the future." After a while, Chang Youdao hesitated. Liu Jingting glanced at him and said, "Don't rush the recruitment matter. I thought about it carefully. Now that Jianshan has just had a child and Qingjiao is pregnant, Lao Chang, you have to prepare for marriage." "Ling Yue resigned, should the magazine take a one-year break?" "No!" Everyone, including Kang Lingyue, replied in unison. Liu Jingting nodded and said, "I don't think it's necessary either." Everyone broke into a cold sweat. "Then Misu will continue to put out the recruitment notice. Let's recruit five this time, two with work experience, one fresh graduate, and two interns." "Okay." "Invite everyone to go to Beicheng for dinner tonight. Ling Yue said goodbye. "Xu Qing jumped down from the window sill and said, "Why go to Beicheng? Do it yourself." "I agree, Aunt Qing. "Agree, Aunt Qing, add one." "Add 2." Liu Jingting glanced at everyone, nodded and said, "Okay. But I made a promise in advance. Except for Qingjiao, no one else will return unless they are drunk tonight." Xiao Qingyu said hurriedly: " I have to take care of" Qingjiao glared at him. "Okay, I won't go home until I'm drunk!" Xiao Qingyu changed his mind. In order to prepare a sumptuous dinner. Everyone started taking action at 5pm, with girls buying groceries and boys buying wine; girls cooking spoons and boys washing rice and washing vegetables. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? off Liu Jingting is the wine commander, and whenever he pours wine, he says "fill it full" boldly. Girls like Su Jin, Kang Lingyue, and Yang Lilu, who usually look delicate and gentle, suddenly waved their little hands. Doing the "Liangshan Hero Act" and asking you to fill their glasses with wine is still very impressive. Wine is intoxicating, and the atmosphere is more intoxicating than the wine. Liu Jingting sat there with a smile, watching everyone toasting and drinking to each other. Consciousness gradually blurred. It felt like the words everyone said were just floating in my ears. They were probably words of sincerity and sisterly affection. Then, I seemed to hear what Aunt Qing was saying, "I was planning to leave to do something else, but you, Ling Yue, beat me to it." Liu Jingting patted the table and loudly continued: "There is still a chance." Then others followed suit and persuaded Xu Qing, "There is still a chance." Then, Liu Jingting saw Kang Lingyue and Su Jin sleeping on the table one after another. Yang Lilu stood up and lay on his shoulder, smiling and saying, "Brother Ting, carry me to bed" Xu Qing pointed at Liu Jingting He said with a big tongue: "Liu Jingting, didn't you hear Lulu asked you to carry her to bed? I'm warning you, you are not allowed to bully her. Otherwise, I will never let you go. Did you hear that?" The next day In the early morning, when Liu Jingting woke up, he found himself lying on Aunt Qing's bed, but Aunt Qing was not in this room. Liu Jingting rubbed his head, which was dull and painful after being hungover, and then felt that his mouth was so dry that it was about to burst into flames. Liu Jingting picked up his coat and trousers from the floor and put them on, then got out of bed and went to the kitchen to drink water. When he arrived in the living room, he saw Aunt Qing and Su Jin lying on the sofa, and Chang Youdao sleeping on the floor next to the dining table. He frowned and recalled After a while, I always felt that something was wrong. I remembered that I should have been with Lulu last night. It seemed like was it a dream? Liu Jingting took a breath and shook his head. When I walked to the kitchen, I saw Qingjiao cooking porridge. "Morning, Qingjiao." Qingjiao turned around and replied: "Morning, boss." "This was Misu's job in the past." "Yes, so the taste may not be very good this time. How about you taste it first, boss?" ?" "No problem." After Liu Jingting finished his bowl of porridge, everyone woke up one after another and ran to the kitchen to find water. "Liu Jingting, where did you go last night?" Yang Lilu asked Liu Jingting after entering the kitchen. "In Aunt Qing's room." "Huh?" Xu Qing turned her head and asked, "Why did you run to my room?" "I don't know, I was thinking about it too, but I can't remember it at all, Qingjiao?" Everyone focused their attention on Qingjiao, the only one who was awake last night. Qingjiao shook her head and said, "I don't know what happened. Last night, I clearly watched my boss carrying Lulu back to the room." "Oh? Then what?" "Then I helped Aunt Qing, Mi Su and Ling Yue. When I got to the sofa, Lao Wang went back to the room by himself. As for Lao Chang" Chang Youdao nodded clearly and said: "You can't help me." Qingjiao smiled and nodded and said: "I will go back in the end. The room." Although Qingjiao and Xiao Qingyu had already made love, she still couldn't say the words "Xiao Qingyu and I will go back to the room" in front of everyone. "I didn't see Ling Yue in the living room when I woke up this morning." Su Jin said, rubbing her temples. Kang Lingyue said with a smile: "I went back to the room in a daze in the middle of the night." Liu Jingting said: "I wish I had asked Qingjiao to use a dv machine to film last night's scene. Maybe with post-production, we can still film it." A Chinese version of "The Hangover" After drinking the porridge, everyone went back to their rooms to wash up. After Liu Jingting and Yang Lilu went back, Liu Jingting hugged Yang Lilu from behind and whispered warmly in her ear: "I dreamed about it last night. The two of us are like this" Yang Lilu looked back and glared at him, saying, "I should be in the back, you are the one carrying me." "So dreams and reality are opposite," Liu Jingting added with a deliberately evil smile. : "And the difficulty is too high." On June 6, Kang Lingyue went to the United States. Everyone went to the airport to see him off. Kang Lingyue hugged everyone one by one. When they arrived at Liu Jingting, Kang Lingyue said in his ear, " "The third time", Liu Jingting was embarrassed. The first time, I looked at her buttocks; the second time, I misunderstood her as Yang Lilu touching and prodding her; this third time, I hugged her openly and seriously. "Take care." Liu Jingting said with a smile as naturally as possible. "Take care." Kang Lingyue waved to everyone. The first farewell of "Jiang Lu". ¡ By the end of June, five new recruits from "Jiang Lu" came to report one after another. Because Liu Jingting accompanied Yang Lilu on a business trip to Dalian, Chang Youdao and Su Jin were solely responsible for arranging the work for the new recruits. The company's personnel changes did not affect the normal daily operation of the magazine. The June issue of "Jianglu" was released as scheduled. The male protagonist of "The Swordsman" appeared indirectly through the chats between his brothers and sisters. However, the protagonist has not been announced for the second chapter yet. The reader only knows that he is a "big brother who loves drinking" and is 99% sure that he is the male protagonist of this book. "It stands to reason that Lin Pingzhi was the first one to appear. He was an extraordinary-looking young hero, and his family was wiped out. This is the setting for the male protagonist of a martial arts novel. But once this situation appears in Gu Yongsheng's martial arts novels, it will It must not be the protagonist. Because, in Gu Yongsheng¡¯s martial arts novels, the more he looks like the protagonist in the beginning, the less likely he is to be the protagonist. " "The master brother is the protagonist and has not run away. In the second chapter, the brothers chatted, 'Master Brother'. These three words appear seventy or eighty times, and judging from the weird things he does, it is even more certain that he should be a young hero who loves drinking and is free and uninhibited. We should not be called "big brother". The name scares me, I can guarantee that the "elder brother" is a young man. As for Lin Pingzhi, it is definitely a trap set by Lao Gu, because Gu Yongsheng will not play the old-fashioned trick of "extermination of the family-revenge" now. ¡± I don¡¯t know since when, every time Gu Yongsheng¡¯s new book came out, the intrigue between him and the readers started. At first, the game of guessing the protagonist of "The Legend of Heaven and Sword of the Dragon" severely hurt a lot of readers, and later he played a game of "The Legend of Heaven and Sword of the Dragon". "Dragon and the Eight Parts", it is impossible for readers to fall into the trap so easily this time. "I'm not sure whether Master Brother is the protagonist, but it should be a consensus that Lin Pingzhi is definitely not the protagonist." On July 16, Liu Jingting posted a microblog, "A picture of a thumbs up", which means that all readers can click Thumbs up. Liu Jingting¡¯s status received 110,000 retweets, more than 80,000 comments and 200,000 likes. Everyone knows that "Swordsman" may be Gu Yongsheng's last martial arts novel, which means that his similar confrontation with readers will come to an end here. However, in this last novel, he chose to give readers Like, the meaning is thought-provoking. "Everyone is discussing who the male protagonist is and how to win Guda, but have they overlooked one important point - Hengshan School Liu Zhengfeng's golden basin to wash his hands!" This sentence, like lightning in the night, quickly attracted everyone's attention. The focus of the opening chapter of "The Swordsman" turns out to be here. When Gu Yongsheng wrote "Liu Zhengfeng washed his hands in the golden basin", wasn't he hinting at himself?Washing hands in a golden basin? Is it "Liu" or "Liu"? Regarding the plot of "Liu Zhengfeng washes his hands in the golden basin", there is a famous incident. Mr. Wang Meng, the former Minister of Culture and a great contemporary writer, read "The Swordsman" and cried when he read it. Later someone talked to him about this incident. Mr. Wang Meng He sighed: "There is also the 'difficulty of washing hands in a golden basin'!" This sentence is about "Liu Zhengfeng washing hands in a golden basin." Nowadays, when readers read this story after hearing Gu Yongsheng¡¯s closing remarks in advance, how can they not sigh with emotion? (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!