Some people say that the experience of reading "Water Margin" is like riding a roller coaster, and the process of gathering heroes from all walks of life at the beginning of the story is naturally like a cool text, and all kinds of reversals and slaps in the face are addictive, and in the seventy-first episode of the original work, after Liangshan collected one hundred and eight leaders, the plot can be said to have reached its climax.
However, who would have thought that in the later battle of Fangla, the heroes of Liangshan suffered heavy casualties, and even the heroes who returned to the dynasty after victory may not be able to die well, which is really miserable.
And the most puzzling thing is the ending given to Wu Song by the author, why did he become a monk? Combined with the details in the book, everything has already been foreshadowed.
1. Wu Song who escaped into the empty door
In the penultimate episode of the original book, Wu Song completely became a "walker" in the true sense, and he chose to escape into the empty door and leave home.
So what is the reason for Wu Song's ordination?
On the bright side, there are two points, one of which is his head-mounted outfit.
(Wu Song stills)
The reason why it was said above that Wu Song finally became a real "walker" is because he was a fake walker for a long time at the beginning of the story, and he became a walker, but because he got a head top costume from Sun Erniang and his wife.
In addition, Wu Song had his arm cut off, which made him disheartened.
On the way to conquer Fang La, Bao Daoyi, the "Lingying Heavenly Master" under Fang La, cut off Wu Song's arm, and since then, Wu Song has collapsed, and Song Jiang played the last straw that broke the camel's back.
After all, after Wu Song's arm was abolished, there was such a conversation between them: "At the moment, Song Jiang looked at Wu Song, although he was not dead, he had become a wasted person. Wu Song said to Song Jiang: "The younger brother is now disabled, and he is unwilling to go to Beijing for the pilgrimage, so he will reward the gold and silver around him, and accept the public use of this Liuhe Temple, and he has been a pure and idle Taoist, which is very good." The elder brother made a book, and Hugh wrote the younger brother to enter Beijing. Song Jiang saw and said, "Let your heart be." Since then, Wu Song has only been a monk in the Liuhe Temple, and he will die at the end of his eighties, which is a later story. ”
Even his brother thinks he has become a waste, so he escaped into the empty door?
Maybe it's not like that, but after going through too many things, he looked back at his past and realized that all the tragedies he had encountered were actually the bane he planted.
2. Walkers with a difficult road ahead
What kind of person is Wu Song? Of course, he has a heroic side and a good martial arts, but it is precisely because he relies on his own ability that he is used to doing his own thing, so that he has done a lot of things out of the ordinary.
For example, when he was exiled into the house, he hit someone on impulse, and the other party's life and death were uncertain, so he had to flee for his life.
And in Chai Jinfu, he almost beat the famous Song Jiang, thanks to Song Jiang not caring about him, and recognized him as a brother.
(Stills of Wu Song's arrest)
In fact, if the story only develops here, Wu Song's impulsive and reckless character will not be a big mistake, but all the tragedies he experienced later were caused by one thing.
He drunk and beat Jiang Menshen because he fell into prison, got the benefit of grace, and made a feud with Zhang Dujian, and it was also because of the Jiang Menshen incident, and even in the end he had to fall into the grass in Erlong Mountain, and live the days of green forests and grasses, all because of the butterfly effect brought about by everything that happened before, but what are these things about?
The answer is very simple, it is precisely because he killed his sister-in-law Pan Jinlian.
There is no problem with Wu Song killing his sister-in-law, the woman really deserves to die, as presented in the book, when Pan Jinlian first appeared, there was such a sentence mentioned in the book: "There is a big family in Qinghe County, there is a handmaiden, her nickname is Pan Jinlian, she is more than 20 years old, and she is quite colorful." Because the big man wanted to pester him, the envoy just went to sue the master's wife, and refused to obey. The big man hated it in his heart, but he paid some money for the house, and he didn't want a penny from Wuda to marry him for nothing. Since Wu Da married that woman, there were a few treacherous prodigal children in Qinghe County, but they came to his house to be troubled. It turned out that this woman saw that Wu Da was short and short, the characters were obscene, and she would not be romantic, but this woman was so good, and she loved to steal men for the head. ”
She is indeed romantic, but with Wu Song in charge, Pan Jinlian would not really do anything, she would be somewhat afraid of Wu Song.
(Ximen Qing, Pan Jinlian stills)
But who would have thought that not long after Wu Song left his eldest brother's house, Wu Dalang was killed by Pan Jinlian and Ximen Qing, which led to Wu Song's killing of his sister-in-law and his own becoming a prisoner, and at the same time his brother also lost his life.
And in Wu Song's opinion, he may be to blame for this matter.
3. The bane you planted
As mentioned above, if Wu Song hadn't torn his face with Pan Jinlian, maybe Pan Jinlian and Wu Dalang would still be able to maintain a semblance of peace.
Just like Gao Yanei teasing Lin Niangzi, Lin Chong still had to knock on the door outside, and did not choose to break in directly, just because he was unwilling to pierce the layer of paper.
A similar situation also happened to Yang Xiong, if it weren't for Shi Xiu breaking the relationship between Pan Qiaoyun and Pei Ruhai, Yang Xiong would have continued to live in confusion and would not have killed people and fallen into the grass.
(Yang Xiong, Pan Qiaoyun stills)
There are clues to some things, Lin Chong and Yang Xiong are not unaware, but choose to pretend to be stupid, people, it's rare to be confused, they are all pretending.
Back to Wu Song and Pan Jinlian, Pan Jinlian had the idea of teasing him after seeing Wu Song.
The book only said: "The woman's desire was like fire, and she didn't see Wu Song's anxiety, so she put the fire chopstick, but sifted a glass of wine, took a sip of herself, and left most of it, looked at Wu Song and said: 'If you have the heart, eat my half of the left.'" Wu Song snatched it with his hand, splashed it on the ground, and said, "Sister-in-law Hugh must be ashamed!" Wu Song opened his eyes and said: "Wu Er is a man with teeth and hair who stands up to the sky, not such a pig and dog who corrupts customs and has no humanity! ’”
At this time, even if Wu Song tore his face with Pan Jinlian, his brother-in-law knew who he was, how could Pan Jinlian pretend to be with Wu Dalang? It was after this incident that Pan Jinlian had the idea of killing Wu Dalang, and it can be said that Wu Song forced Pan Jinlian to do this.
But Pan Jinlian knew that Wu Song was ruthless, so how could she rashly provoke Wu Song?
The answer is very simple, she misunderstood Wu Song, because of Wu Song's unintentional move, and because Wu Song also gave her something.
(Wu Song, Pan Jinlian stills)
The book only said: "A few days later, Wu Song took out a colorful satin and made clothes with his sister-in-law. The woman grinned and said, "Uncle, how to make it." - Since the uncle put the slave family, he didn't dare to refuse, so he had to take it. ”
Wu Song was just polite, but Pan Jinlian couldn't help but think about it.
Later, Wu Song recalled this incident, how could he not regret it, not to mention that Wu Song would not think so, the more delicate he was, the more he took care of the feelings of others, the easier it was for him to take the mistake on himself, when he experienced so much and broke an arm, when he looked back on the past, the more he thought about it, the more he shouldn't.
If Wu Song hadn't misunderstood Pan Jinlian and drew a clear line with his sister-in-law from the beginning, maybe there would have been no later tragedy, but it was too late, and at this time, he could only escape the troubles of this world.