The inlaid treasure helmet is worn steadily, and the polished silver armor is heavily draped. Suluo robe is embroidered with branches, and the lion is densely built with Qiong Yao. The spear of the eight snakes was stiff, and the frost horses neighed frequently. The mountains are all calling Xiao Zhang Fei, and the leopard head Lin Chong is.
This is the original work of "Water Margin", the author gave Lin Chong a hymn, there are many characters in the book, but there are not many people who can get such praise, it can be said that Lin Chong is also in addition to Wu Song, Lu Zhishen, Song Jiang and other core characters, the most popular Liangshan hero.
But what kind of person is Lin Chong? It seems that most people only remember him as a strong martial artist, and ignore his reflex and tactfulness.
At least he didn't do a very good job of killing Wang Lun, but even so, why were Song Jiang and Chao Gai willing to keep him in Liangshan later?
1. Fire and Wang Lun
Wang Lun, the first owner of the village in Liangshan, is indeed a straw bag, but even his straw bag is fully qualified to be the master of a village.
You can understand what kind of scene Liangshan was when he was the owner of the village.
(Lin Chong stills)
The original book said: "The mountains are lined with huge waves, and the water is connected to the sky." Thousands of swords and guns were gathered in chaos, and thousands of layers of swords and halberds were lined up in strange trees. The antlers on the side of the river are all gathered into bones, and the bowls and scoops in the village are made of skeletons. Peel off the human skin and cover the war drum, and cut off the hair to make the reins. Blocking the official army, there are infinite severed heads, and blocking thieves is a lot of desperate forests. The pebbles are stacked like mountains, and the bitter bamboo guns are like rain. Warships come and go, and there are reed flowers in ambush around the week; the deep harbor is hidden, and there are many plants and trees under the four walls. The clouds of sorrow rose on the broken gold pavilion, and the murderous atmosphere was born in front of the Juyi Hall. ”
There are always people who say that Wang Lun is a scholar, an incompetent person, and can't suppress the reckless hero, but isn't this Shuibo Liangshan also a terrifying place under his rule?
In other words, even if there is no later Lin Chong, Chao Gai and others, Wang Lun can still rely on Liangshan's original power to dominate the side, and he is fully qualified to refuse Lin Chong to join the gang.
In fact, Wang Lun treated Lin Chong not badly, for example, when Lin Chong first went up the mountain, he even asked his original younger brother Zhu Gui to give up the fourth position, let Lin Chong sit in Zhu Gui's position, and even gave Lin Chong fifty taels of silver and two silk horses, which is not bad.
If Lin Chong is interested, he should take something and leave at this time, and also give both parties a decent look.
But he chose to fight with Wang Lun, Chao Gai and others watched the picture of Lin Chong killing Brother Liangshan, and they didn't know what they thought in their hearts, this person was a little bit of a backbone, in the green forest of love and righteousness, how could this kind of person have a place?
Second, Liangshan Tiger General
In fact, strictly speaking, Chao Gai is not qualified to drive Lin Chong away, after all, he was present when Lin Chong committed the murder, and even he can be regarded as an accomplice.
(Song Jiang stills)
At least that's what the book says: "Wu Yong touched his mustache with his hand, Chao Gai and Liu Tang came up to the pavilion, stopped Wang Lun, and shouted: 'Don't be angry!' Wu grabbed Lin Chong with one hand, and said: 'The leader can't make a mistake!' Gongsun Sheng pretended to persuade: 'Hugh is waiting for me to destroy the righteousness!' Ruan Xiaoer went to help Du Qian, Ruan Xiaowu helped Song Wan, and Ruan Xiaoqi helped Zhu Gui. The little minions were stunned. ”
You see, in fact, most people only noticed that the first half of the subtitle this time is called "Lin Chong Water Village is big and hot", but they ignore that the second half is actually called "Chao Gai Liangshan Xiao Duobo", the author clearly wrote that Gongsun Sheng is pretending to persuade, when Lin Chong killed Wang Lun, Chao Gai and others were also blocking Lin Chong's little brother, what is this not an accomplice?
So Chao Gai naturally won't drive Lin Chong away, they are grasshoppers on a rope.
But why didn't Song Jiang drive Lin Chong away?
(Song Jiang, Chao Gai stills)
You may want to say, isn't he afraid that Lin Chong will also turn against him?
After all, from the bright side, Song Jiang and Wang Lun are not much different, in terms of martial arts level, he may not be much better than Wang Lun, he is just more willing than Wang Lun, and he is never ambiguous about his brothers, but in the final analysis, he is always an incompetent person.
Especially in the follow-up plot, Song Jiang advocated "accepting Zhao'an", which seems to be contrary to Lin Chong's wishes, after all, Lin Chong was framed by traitors before he was reduced from the head of the forbidden army to a green forest and grass coward, how could he be willing to return to the imperial court to serve again? Even if he went back, how could the traitors who made it difficult for him let him go at this time?
Therefore, in the old version of the TV series, when Song Jiang captured Gao Yu, Lin Chong was angry and wanted to kill Gao Yu to conform to human nature, and even later when Song Jiang let Gao Yu go, Lin Chong was directly angry to death.
However, most people ignore the fact that there is no such scene in the original book, Lin Chong died after the expedition to Fang La, and at the same time, Song Jiang captured Xia La until the process of letting Fang La go, Lin Chong actually did not show any dissatisfaction, of course, this is also because there are too many characters who appeared later, and the author may not have been thoughtful for a while.
(Lin Chong, Suo Chao stills)
Logically speaking, Lin Chong has every reason to fight with Song Jiang because of Song Jiang's acceptance of Zhao'an, after all, in his opinion, if Song Jiang can't bring his brothers to become bigger and stronger together, then Song Jiang and Wang Lun are no different.
And Song Jiang is also a smart person, so he will naturally be wary of Lin Chongcai, but the fact is that he has no defense, and he has made Lin Chong one of the Five Tigers of Liangshan.
Why is that?
3. The celestial star that sees through everything
In fact, the author has already explained this point from Wu's perspective.
The reason why Song Jiang was able to become the lord of Liangshan, and even Chao Gaihui Shi Wengong shot him, everything was already decided.
In the forty-second chapter of the original work, Song Jiang met the Nine Heavens Xuannu, and the fairy gave him a book of heaven, and explained: "The Jade Emperor because the star lord's demon heart has not been broken, and the Tao has not been completed, he will be temporarily punished, and he will soon return to the Purple Mansion, and he must not forget it." If he sins in the future, I will not be able to save you. These three volumes of the book can be well read and familiarized. It can only be viewed with the Celestial Machine, and nothing else is visible. When it is done, it can be burned, and it should not be left alive. Remember, what you have commanded. Seeing that today is far apart, it is difficult to stay for a long time, and you should return quickly. ”
(Wu Yong stills)
Pay attention to one of the details, the Nine Heavens Xuannu emphasized that the Book of Heaven could only be watched with the "Heavenly Machine Star", and later Song Jiang handed over the Book of Heaven to Wu Yong, but at this time they had not dug out the stone pillar and had not arranged the seats, how did Song Jiang know who the Heavenly Machine Star was?
There is only one explanation, and the Book of Heaven has already written clearly who can go up the mountain, and who corresponds to the thirty-six Tiangang and the seventy-two earthly demons.
In this way, it makes sense that Song Jiang was defenseless against Lin Chong, after all, Song Jiang already knew everything that might happen in the future.