In "Water Margin", one of the four famous works of ancient mainland China, there is such a classic scene, that is, in order to avenge his brother Wu Dalang, the hero of the tiger fight, killed the adulterers Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian. Among them, When Wu Song killed Pan Jinlian, he deliberately tore off Pan Jinlian's clothes before he hurt the killer.
What is this seemingly superfluous move? Is it because Ofe-song is lustful or is it an inadvertent act in a hurry? Obviously not, but because Wu Song had a far-sighted plan and wanted to create the illusion of fighting and killing people, so as to reduce his punishment and save his own life.
01 Wu Song: A brave general with thick and thin and dark strategies
Wu Song, the Celestial Wounded Starwalker, was one of the ten infantry leaders of Liangshan, ranking 14th, and had a higher status among the 100 single and eight generals of Liangshan. In "Water Margin", there are many scenes belonging to Wu Song, such as Wu Song fighting tigers, fighting and killing Ximen Qing, drunkenly beating Jiang Menshen, making a big fuss about Fei Yunpu, one-armed fang la, and so on. These plots have a characteristic, that is, they cannot do without "killing", so Wu Song also leaves people with the impression of a reckless man who is murderous and brave.
In fact, Wu Songqi was not only brave enough to win the three armies, but also a man of strategic strategy. When he made a big fuss about Fei Yunpu, if he hadn't detected something strange very early, he would have been killed a long time ago. After Liangshan defeated Fang La, Wu Song also understood the principle of Mingzhe's self-preservation.
He did not return to the imperial court to receive the reward, but directly chose to become a monk, and finally survived to the age of 80, and was also worshipped by posterity as the ancestor of Qing Zhong, which is a direct embodiment of Wu Song's strategy. And Wu Song's act of tearing clothes when he killed Pan Jinlian was one of the representative operations of Wu Song's wit and courage.
02 Murdered the adulterer and the adulteress in the form of a brawl, and was only stabbed with the border after the fact
During the Northern Song Dynasty, society paid attention to the development of the economy, and the people's lives were relatively stable, so the law was relatively relaxed. The laws of the Northern Song Dynasty clearly stipulated that intentional homicide was punishable by death, and those who killed people because of a fight between the two sides could not be sentenced to death and were given a lighter sentence.
After investigating the cause of his brother's death, Wu Song decided to avenge his brother and began to plan to kill the adulterer and adulteress, at the same time, he also knew the laws of the Northern Song Dynasty and was ready to use the law to leave a way back for himself. He first found Ximen Qing, who was also a rich man and knew a little bit about martial arts, but where was he the opponent of Wu Song, who was strong in martial arts?
After some fighting, Wu Song killed Ximen Qing. After that, Wu Song came to Wu Dalang's tablet and first tore Pan Jinlian's clothes off, creating the illusion of a fight between the two, and then killed Pan Jinlian. In this way, Wu Song killed Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian, and both had the plot of fighting and killing, and it was likely that the punishment would be mitigated. Therefore, Wu Song did not choose to escape, but honestly went to the county court to surrender himself.
Because Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian were already dead, no one complained about them. Wu Song is also very moralistic, has a good popularity, and as the head of Yanggu County, he is deeply appreciated by the county order, and there is a plot of self-surrender after the crime. Everyone interceded for Wu Song one after another, and the county order did not want to embarrass him too much, so he changed the crimes in the case file to a lighter one. Therefore, Wu Song killed two people in succession, and was not sentenced to be beheaded, but was only sentenced to a stab with the border pass, which can also be regarded as picking up a big bargain.
This is why Wu Song first tore off Pan Jinlian's clothes when he killed her. Of course, under the law of the time, not everyone who wanted to kill people could escape death by using such an operation method. Wu Song only had a "tacit understanding" with the county order, knowing that the county order would definitely let him go, so he chose to tear off Pan Jinlian's clothes and find a reason for the county order to let himself go.
In the end, the development of things also fulfilled Wu Song's wish, Wu Song was not executed, and was also stabbed with a border pass, indirectly achieving Wu Song being forced to Liangshan and becoming a generation of heroes Haojie.