It is said that "less people don't read Water Margin", but from a man's point of view, it should be "Women don't read Water Margin", because looking through the entire "Water Margin", there are really not many women in the book who can be regarded as a positive image, at least the most impressive is undoubtedly Pan Jinlian, Pan Qiaoyun, Yan Poxi These characters.
However, it is precisely because the images of women such as Pan Jinlian and Pan Qiaoyun are too shameful that it seems that the "one zhang green" Hu Sanniang is particularly heroic.
Hu Sanniang is the strongest among the female generals in Liangshan, and she is also the woman with the most outstanding appearance, it stands to reason that Song Jiang should not miss such a strange woman, and it is most suitable to marry her as the lady of the village, but why did Song Jiang choose to give that woman away?
1. Song Jiang and Hu Sanniang
Song Jiangren gave the nicknames "Xiaoyi Hei Saburo", "Hu Baoyi" and "Timely Rain", this guy was able to gain a foothold in the green forest, indeed because of the word "righteousness", as if only brothers were the most important in his life, but this does not mean that he is not interested in women, at least he once had a relationship with Yan Poxi.
(Hu Sanniang stills)
And the image description given by the author to Hu Sanniang is obviously better than that of Yan Poxi.
You read the original hymn: "The cicada sideburns and golden hairpins are double-pressed, and the phoenix shoes and stirrups are obliquely stepped." The chain armor is lined with red yarn, and the embroidered willow waist is crossed. The frost knife slashed the male soldiers, and the jade fiber took the fierce generals. The natural beauty of begonia flowers, a zhang of green is the first to go out. ”
said that she is a fairy, and is a little more heroic than a fairy, saying that she is a female general, she is not the kind of "King Kong Barbie", but with a bit of beauty, this woman is really amazing.
Later, there was another praise in the book: "Yuxue skin, hibiscus appearance, natural standard." The golden armor is brilliant, and the scales are moving, and the silver seeps red and wipes the forehead. The jade hand is slender and the blade is double-wielded. The hero Xuan He, his eyes slip through the autumn waves, and ten thousand kinds of enchanting can be picked. At present, the frost blade is like the wind, and the officers and soldiers must be beheaded. The dust is flying, the robe is sweaty, and the chest and armpits are murderous. The warrior dies the soul, the enemy loses fear, and the female general is peculiar in the middle. Returning victorious, with a faint smile on his cheeks. ”
It can be said that she is the most praised among the three female generals in Liangshan, Song Jiang, as the eldest brother, naturally has the "right of priority to choose a mate", but he has never attacked Hu Sanniang.
Of course, from the bright side, Song Jiang did not marry Hu Sanniang because of two things.
(Hu Sanniang, Wang Ying stills)
One is that Li Kui provoked him, when he angrily scolded Li Kui for not killing Hu Sanniang's family, Li Kui replied to him, saying that he had the heart to marry that Hu Sanniang so he couldn't bear to kill them all, and Song Jiang might be embarrassed to save face and make a gamble.
The second is that Wang Ying took the initiative to ask Song Jiang to be a matchmaker, and Song Jiang owed Wang Ying a favor at the beginning, so he could only be a favor at this time and marry Hu Sanniang to him.
But if Song Jiang really had the heart to marry Hu Sanniang, he would never be affected by these objective factors, and he failed to marry that woman, or because his subjective will was not strong enough, but it was not that he didn't want to marry Hu Sanniang, but more likely because he didn't dare to marry.
Second, Luo Zhenren's hints
Most people may not know that "Water Margin" is not a pure historical novel, if you have read the original book, you will know that although this work does not have as many fairies and monsters in "Journey to the West", there are indeed many surrealist existences.
For example, in the forty-second episode of the original work, a drama of "The Legend of Song Jiang Tianshu of the Nine Heavens Xuannu" was staged.
For example, when the tiger was conquered later, Song Jiang and the others were trapped by Qiao Daoqing's demon law, and they were about to be drowned by the huge waves in the sky, and their loyalty moved the god of the earth again, and the immortal made a move, and Song Jiang and others were able to save their lives.
(Stills of the master)
However, in addition to those immortal characters, there are also some demi-immortal characters in the book, and Song Jiang's decision may be related to one of the demi-immortals, and the person I am referring to is Gongsun Sheng's master Luo Zhenren.
At the beginning, Song Jiang and Luo Zhenren had such a conversation.
The original book said: "Song Jiang told Luo Zhenren about his henchmen in detail, and he was willing to ask for advice." Luo Zhendao: 'The general has a little loyalty, and the heaven and the earth are the same, and the gods will protect each other.' He was born as a marquis, and died as a temple food, and he had no doubts. It's just that the general's life is thin and he can't be the whole United States. Song Jiang said: "My teacher, could it be that Song Jiang can't die well in this body?" The general will die and the corpse will return to the grave. It's just that the life is thin, and the benefits are more grinding, and the worries are less happy. When you are proud, you should regress, and don't love wealth for a long time. Song Jiang told again: "My teacher, wealth is not Song Jiang's meaning. But the brothers who wish to live together are always together, and even though they are poor, they are also full of heart. I just want you to be happy. ’”
Luo Zhenren said that Song Jiang would have a good death, but the premise was that he must put brotherhood in the first place and not be greedy for pleasure.
You may want to say that Song Jiang gave up Hu Sanniang before that, and before Luo Zhenren could say this, he had already given Hu Sanniang to Wang Ying.
(Song Jiang stills)
But don't forget, Song Jiang had already obtained the Heavenly Book of the Nine Heavens Xuannu, and at that time, the Nine Heavens Xuannu said that the Book of Heaven could only be watched with the "Heavenly Machine Star", and Liang Shan's seat ranking was in the seventy-first chapter of the original work, how could Song Jiang know that the Heavenly Machine Star was Wu Yong? Obviously, the Book of Heaven had already hinted at his later fate, which was equivalent to saying that he asked Luo Zhenren at this time, but it was just to play the role of "reconfirmation".
He didn't marry Hu Sanniang, but he was afraid that he would end up miserable because of his greed for pleasure.
3. Tragic ending
But then again, why didn't Song Jiang marry Hu Sanniang, and he really always put his brothers first, but why did he end up miserable?
Of course, it was not Luo Zhenren who deceived him, but because he still did not understand what "loyalty" was.
Song Jiang's loyalty is loyalty to the imperial court, in fact, he has always only considered "loyalty" and forgot "righteousness".
When it came to life and death, he revealed his true nature, and when the emperor gave him poisoned wine, he thought of not taking his brothers to fight again, but poisoning Li Kui.
(Liangshan heroes stills)
He said to Li Kui: "Brother, don't blame me! The day before yesterday, the imperial court sent an angel to give me medicine and wine, and I died. I am a human being, and I only advocate the word loyalty and righteousness, and I refuse to deceive at all. Today, the court gave innocent deaths. I'd rather the court bear me, and I will be loyal to the court. After I die, I am afraid that you will rebel and ruin my name of Liangshanbo for the loyalty and righteousness of Tianxingdao, so please come and meet you. Yesterday, I took the slow medicine with you in the wine, and I will die when I return to Runzhou. ”
In short, "Brother, I killed you in the name of loyalty", but he forgot that killing his brother is an unrighteous act.
How can such a selfish villain deserve a good ending? He will eventually be poisoned, and he will die innocently.