"The Zen staff opens the dangerous road, and the sword kills all the unfair people."
In Shi Nai'an's "Water Margin", Lu Zhishen is a rough man, but he is also thick and thin, jealous and hateful, holding a hundred pounds of mixed iron Zen staff, and is bound to calm the world.com.
This also shows that Lu Zhishen is destined to stand against Song Jiang.
In the environment depicted in "Water Margin", the court oppresses the people, is the evil side, and does not conform to the concept of justice, so Lu Zhishen is reluctant to stand on the side of the imperial court, while Song Jiang attaches great importance to the high-ranking official Houlu and is bent on taking the road of Zhao'an.
Therefore, after Fang La was captured, the story began to accelerate, and the good men of Liangshan died, walked, and scattered.
At that time, Lu Zhishen also choked Song Jiang a few words in front of the brothers, suggesting that the brothers followed Song Jiang to recruit An, afraid that they would not end up well. Unfortunately, of the many good men present, only 6 people understood.
01 The hero of the capture of Fang La
When Fang La's army was defeated, Fang La fled to the deep mountains, and Lu Zhishen, because of his love of war, pursued all the way to the deep mountains, but got lost.
Just when Lu Zhishen did not know which road to take, he suddenly encountered an old monk.
The old monk took him to a hut and told him that everything was there, just wait here.
Lu Zhishen waited for one night according to the old monk's words, and sure enough, someone came to hide in the early morning of the next day.
Lu Zhishen saw that the person was dressed as Fang Lajun, so he knocked him unconscious, took him back to the barracks, and went back to see that it was Fang La himself, so Lu Zhishen was also confused and made the greatest contribution to this battle.
After listening to Lu Zhishen's story of the adventure in the forest, Song Jiang also said the same, acknowledging that Lu Zhishen was helped by the gods and Buddhas.
But then Song Jiang blurted out a contradictory remark, and when they returned to Beijing, Lu Zhishen could still be a vulgar official, and then try to seal a shadow wife, which can also be regarded as a glorious lintel, returning the parenting grace of his parents.
After a few words, Lu Zhishen thoroughly saw Song Jiang's personality.
Knowing that Song Jiang's righteousness toward his brothers was entirely based on interests, the dozens of brothers folded in the Battle of Fang La were far inferior to the imperial court's promise to Song Jiang's dream of becoming rich.
After Lu Zhi deeply tasted the meaning, he would not swallow his anger, so he choked again, "The heart of the sprinkler has become ashes, and he does not want to be an official, but only wants to find a clean place to go, and it is enough to settle down!" ”
The simple words "the heart has turned to ashes" clearly express Lu Zhishen's disappointment in Song Jiang and regret for the decision of the Liangshan brothers to follow Song Jiang down the mountain.
Lu Zhishen wanted to leave, but Song Jiang was unwilling.
The heaviest thing in Liangshan is a "righteousness", if Song Jiang wants to get the court's reward, he must get the merit of capturing Fang La, but if he directly occupies the credit of Lu Zhishen, it is bound to make the brother lose his heart, and then affect the appeal to the people of Liangshan.
Therefore, Song Jiang could only continue to persuade: "If you are not willing to return to the world, you will be a monk, and you will also show off the style of the sect and repay your parents." ”
Lu Zhi was even more angry when he heard this, and directly put down the harsh words, "Don't do it, it is useless to have more." If you only have a corpse, you are strong. ”
02 Get this in mind and get out quickly
Song Jiang's few scenes were choked back by Lu Zhishen, and it was inevitable that he would be dissatisfied, but the merits of the Battle of Fang La were not robbed.
After Lu Zhi sat deeply, Song Jiang naturally and openly attributed the credit for the capture of Fang La to himself, and the crowd did not say more.
In fact, Lu Zhishen's remarks are quite straightforward, and a good man with a little heart and eyes can understand it, and Lu Zhishen is warning everyone that this time following Song Jiang back to Beijing is afraid that there will be no good end.
Think about it, the people of Liangshan were deeply entangled with the imperial court, and Gao Li's traitors had formed a lot of beams with the people of Liangshan, even if the people had been recruited, they were bound to be madly retaliated against when they entered the court.
Unfortunately, the people present either did not pay much attention or understood the meaning, but out of trust in Song Jiang, they did not leave.
Only six people understood the deep meaning of Lu Zhishen's words, and did not covet the high-ranking official Houlu, chose to leave in a dashing manner, and finally ended up with a good ending.
Lin Chong fell ill and was able to escape on this grounds.
His friend Wu Song was already at odds with Song Jiang's concept, and when he saw that Lin Chong was leaving, and he was discouraged by the loss of an arm in the Battle of Fang La, he said that he would also stay.
Because of the loss of an arm, Wu Song was full of martial arts, afraid that he could only play one or two in the future, and there was no need for Song Jiang to leave a person with unsound hands and feet who disagreed with his own opinions, so he did not retain it.
After Lin Chong and Wu Song left, they went to the Liuhe Temple.
Soon after, Lin Chong's illness worsened and died, but it was also regarded as a complete "corpse head", while Although Wu Song broke an arm, he lived to the age of eighty and lived peacefully as a monk.
Yan Qing, as one of the six, had previously understood the meaning of Lu Zhishen's words before Lu Junyi, and repeatedly advised Lu Junyi to leave Song Jiang, but Lu Junyi did not agree.
In the end, Yan Qing had to leave a letter, and from then on, he returned to the hidden rivers and lakes and did not know the end, while Lu Junyi followed Song Jiang with a dead heart, but ended up with a tragic end of being poisoned.
Many people said that after Yan Qing left, he went to Master Li's appointment, and the two of them traveled in the world's landscapes.
Li Jun made up his mind on the way back to Beijing, and before leaving, he called his friends Tong Wei and Tong Meng to analyze the pros and cons with them and wake them up.
Therefore, Li Jun pretended to be ill and asked Song Jiang to leave Tong Wei and Tong Meng to take care of him, and then the three of them broke away from the army back to Beijing, and after the wind passed, they went overseas, Li Jun became the lord of Siam, and Tong Wei and Tong served as ministers.
03 The end of the story is finally a void
It is a pity that Wu Yong, Hua Rong and others, who are bent on following Song Jiang's good brother, eventually end up with a tragic death.
After Song Jiang recruited An, he led his brothers to the south to fight in the northern war, breaking the Liao, Pingtian Hu, and marching on Wang Qing, trying their best to please the imperial court.
In one battle after another, the good men were killed and wounded continuously, and some people decided to leave after seeing Song Jiang's true face, but these brothers who died and left in battle, Song Jiang did not care at all.
In his view, as long as there is merit, everything is not a problem, bring the credit back to the capital, and the imperial court will definitely give itself an executive.
As everyone knows, "Zhao'an" has always been a conspiracy of the imperial court, but unfortunately, the lives of more than seventy good men have only been exchanged for a position of appeasement, and before he can take office, he is sent to the road by a glass of poisonous wine.
Song Jiangben was also a wise man, but he was blinded by the high-ranking official Houlu promised by the imperial court, if he could be a jianghu "flower monk" like Lu Zhishen, why bother that he could not live a wanton life with his brothers in Liangshan all the time!