The leading brother in the Eight Dragons refers to Master Xuan Ci, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, who is Xu Zhu's biological father. Big Brother refers to Master Xuan Ci, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, who is Xu Zhu's biological father. In those days, because Murong Bo lied that the Khitan samurai would come to Shaolin Temple to seize the martial arts classics on a large scale, he led the Central Plains samurai to ambush. The leading brother is just the incarnation of a general, a very prestigious person, who is highly respected and has a prominent position in the Wulin, and Jin Yong, the author of this book, uses Xuan Ci to mean "leading brother" in the play.
In the play, Xiao Yuanshan didn't die after jumping off a cliff. He has been hiding in Shaolin Temple to find out who is the leading brother. After years of efforts by Xiao Yuanshan, he finally found the leader of that year, that is, Master Xuan Ci of Shaolin Temple!
It turns out that Master Xuan Ci was cheated by Murong Bo 24 years ago. In order to revive the country, Murong Bo wanted to stir up disputes between Song and Liao, so he fabricated a lie. When Murong Bo learned that Xiao Yuanshan, a warrior of Liao State, was going to visit relatives in Dasong with his wife and children, Murong Bo told the master that Liao State would send someone to Shaolin Temple to steal the secrets of Wulin!
In order to keep the secret of martial arts in the Central Plains Wulin, Master Xuan Ci called some experts from the Central Plains Wulin as the leading brothers. However, Master Xuan Ci did not expect that Xiao Yuanshan was not an ordinary Liao soldier. Xiao Yuanshan's martial arts is not simple, and his force value is not lower than that of Master Xuan Ci, and even far exceeds those of the Central Plains Wulin masters! If Xiao Yuanshan hadn't taken care of his wife and children, the people brought by Master Xuan Ci would have died!
Master Xuan Ci later learned that he had been cheated by Murong Bo. Fortunately, Master Xuan Ci adopted Xiao Feng, the son of Xiao Yuanshan, and didn't make a bigger mistake! However, the protagonist Xuan Ci also made a serious mistake.
The "big brother" in the play is a mysterious person, the embodiment of justice and loyalty. Although many people know who the leader is, it can't ruin his identity. One is for the protagonist Xiao Feng, and the other is to hide the secret of Shaolin abbot's illegitimate child. After all, all this is to maintain the image of abbot Xuan Ci in the Wulin. Many people would rather die than tell the truth, because Jianghu is moral, and they swore never to tell each other's identity. Once they say it, Master Xuan Ci, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, will be ruined. Not only that, but also the Wulin will be disrupted, thus setting off a bloody battle, which is said to directly destroy the prestige of Shaolin Temple.