Chapter 33: The Jungle of the Jungle
A "Water Margin" is full of loyalty and righteousness, but if you open it up and analyze it carefully, there are a few of the one hundred and eight generals on Liangshan who can be regarded as real heroes.
If it is according to the book of later generations, this Wu Song should be regarded as a good man in the green forest, like Chao Gai Wu with such a person in the green forest, when he meets his mortal enemy Ximen Qing, then he must be the same enemy, cut it with a thousand knives, and dig out his heart to make that "sobering soup".
The reality is that the so-called righteousness in the green forest is just a fig leaf, just like the common saying in the mouths of these strong people to rob the rich and help the poor, and to rob whose family is rich and whose family is poor, but to do such murder, arson, robbery and extortion from the beginning.
Later generations of novelists said that if someone with a heart can really take a closer look, they will be able to find out how much Spring and Autumn brushwork there is and how many real stories hidden behind it have been annihilated.
Chao Gai Wu Yong and others' current reactions, looking at it, seem to be on the wrong side, but in fact, it is the most reasonable way to deal with it.
Imagine such strongmen who have fallen into the grass, even though some of them are forced by the government to embark on this road, but in the code of conduct of such green forest characters, they have stripped off a lot of glamorous coats, but there are only four words on the inside, the weak eat the strong.
Once the situation becomes strong, the imperial court will send officials and soldiers to exterminate it, if it can't be exterminated, and do that trick to do it, from the bandits to the official.
In such a process of turning from white to black and from black to white, how many people can still maintain that pure heart, even if there are one or two outliers, in such a sinister environment where strength is respected and strength determines life and death, I am afraid that I will have been gnawed to the point that there are no bones left. In this Shuibo Liangshan alone, there is Wang Lun in front and Chao Gai in the back, the former is because of his weak strength, and the latter is because he blocked the entry of his accomplices. Whether it is strength or character, but there is a little weakness, it will not live long in this green forest.
They are all characters who lick blood with knives, and they still ignore their own life and death, let alone the lives of others.
Thinking about the four big Kou in "Water Margin", Song Jiang was recruited by Zhao'an, and the remaining three people alone can really succeed, some of the new dynasty weather, only Jiangnan La, the remaining Tian Hu and Wang Qing, even if they also erected an anti-flag and called the king in the south, they can't get rid of the habit of the mountains and grasses.
When Song Jiang was conquest of these two people, many of his generals surrendered, how could they have half a point of integrity, just because in their eyes, the forces of Tian Hu and Wang Qing were still green forest heroes, and if they could not resist the government's requisition and suppression, surrender would naturally be logical. The southern part of the river is different, with the people at the bottom as the basis for the uprising, so the soldiers all use their lives, even if they can't resist, they must die with the enemy. The reason for this is that Fang La and the others set up two countries side by side with the Great Song Dynasty, even if things are not good, they should be martyred for the country, and they will never be servile and humble to the monarch of the enemy country.
Chao Gai and others are at the root of it, and now they are just a gang of thieves, and they have interests with Ximenqing, and the two sides are naturally on the same side, even if Wu Song is a real hero, in the eyes of Chao Gai and others, it is just a stumbling block that blocks their own financial route, and they must find a way to move it away.
Ximen Qing waited in the Juyi Hall for less than an hour, and Ruan Xiaoer really led Zhu Gui up the mountain and hurriedly entered the Juyi Hall.
Hearing that Ximen Qing inquired about Wu Song's whereabouts, Zhu Gui thought for a moment, and then replied: "Since this Wu Song caused a lawsuit, Shandong Road has never heard of his whereabouts. ”
Although I didn't have much hope before, but now that I have such a result, I still have a little disappointment in my heart.
Chop the grass without removing the roots, the spring breeze blows and grows!
This Wu Song has always been a piece of Ximenqing's heart, he didn't get rid of it for a day, and he always felt uneasy, but Wu Song's bloodshot eyes were too terrifying that night, until now, Ximenqing often sees those eyes in his dreams.
With this Zhu Gui's ability, since he said that it is possible for Wu Song to leave the ground in Shandong, then this possibility will not be small, after all, Wu Song broke his right arm when he left Yanggu County that day, and his injuries were very serious.
Ximenqing had also used the official website to investigate the nameless corpses in the entire Dongping Mansion during that time, but no one was found that matched Wu Song's physical appearance, and it was obvious that this person was not seriously injured and died.
Now, combined with these two news, according to Ximenqing's judgment, even if this Wu Song is still on the ground in Shandong, it is obvious that he is hiding in which corner, and he will not go back to Yanggu County to find his own trouble.
For the time being, it was a peace of mind, and everyone had been messing around for a long time, and after they were full of wine and food, they even saved that dinner, and everyone was ready to leave.
All the leaders in the Juyi Hall drank a lot, at this time, except for Zhu Guitong and Ruan Xiaoer later, as well as Ximen Qing and Wu Yong, who had been waiting for news, the rest of the people were all drunk and hazy, and their steps were vain, and the remaining two Ruan brothers, Liu Tang and Lin Chong, were all drunk.
As the landlord, Chao Gai was also drunk at this time, and greeted Ximenqing with a big tongue, and then returned to his residence with the help of the two minions.
Liangshan covers a very wide area, and now there are only seven or eight hundred people on the mountain, and each leader has his own small courtyard in the village, and Wu Yong, who is still sober, leads several guests of Ximenqing to bypass the Juyi Hall and walk along a stone mountain road to the back mountain.
A few small courtyards were built on a relatively flat terrain in the back mountain, and Wu Yong commanded a few minions to arrange the drunk and unconscious Shi Qian and the Ma brothers behind one of the courtyards, but he led Ximen Qing to a cliff not far away.
Bypassing a few leafy trees, a cave suddenly appeared in front of him, and there were two minions guarding the cave with sharp blades at the entrance of the cave.
"Big official, please come inside!"
Standing at the entrance of the cave and looking inside, there was a turning point only four or five meters away from the entrance of the cave, and the situation inside was naturally invisible, but listening closely, there was a woman's voice faintly coming from the depths of the cave.
Following Wu Yong's follow, he also walked into the cave, and turned the corner, a cave hall with a length and width of more than 20 meters was separated by a wooden fence into two places, like a private prison.
The arm-thick wooden railing reached the top of the cave, a palm's width between the railings, and a small leader stood guard outside the prison door.
The cell was covered with hay, and a dozen young women were sitting or lying, with two women holding each other's shoulders and sobbing.
"Go get those two women out!"
Wu pointed to the two women who were crying to themselves, and the little leader quickly took out the key to open the door, and escorted the two women out with a simple knife in his hand.
"This pair of masters and servants are said to be from the official eunuchs' families, and they were just robbed by their subordinates on the mountain two days ago, and they are all virgins, and they have the right to be a little bit of the heart of the leaders of the cottage to the big officials."