Wu Song is the most popular character in "Water Margin", which is due to the fact that the author Shi Nai'an spent the most pen and ink on him, so those who are familiar with "Water Margin" must have heard the saying "Wu Shihui", and the brilliance of Wu Song's role also brought fire to several characters who are close to him, such as his brother Wu Dalang and sister-in-law Pan Jinlian.
The episode where Wu Song avenged his brother and killed his sister-in-law in anger is also well known, but in fact, they could have had no need to make such an unseemly quarrel between them, after all, Pan Jinlian's amorous nature is a well-known thing, in this case, why didn't Wu Dalang just take Pan Jinlian off?
1. Shameful Pan Jinlian
Although Pan Jinlian is bad, it is undeniable that this woman was indeed born like a fairy.
The book only says: "The eyebrows are like willow leaves in early spring, and they often hate the clouds with rain; The face is like a peach blossom in March, hiding the amorous moon. The slender waist is na, and the restrained swallow is lazy; The sandalwood mouth is light, seducing the bees and butterflies. The jade looks enchanting and the flowers are interpreted, and the fragrant beauty is beautiful and the jade is fragrant. ”
(Pan Jinlian, Wu Dalang stills)
However, it is not difficult to see that the author is clearly praising and implicitly disparagement, after all, it is also emphasized here that her "flower" is easy to attract bees and butterflies, and the implication is not because the flower itself is beautiful, or because the flower is actively selling itself.
In fact, you don't need to dig deep to know Pan Jinlian's personality, because almost the entire Qinghe County knows Pan Jinlian's personality.
After all, the author also mentioned such a sentence: "Since Wu Da married that woman, there are a few treacherous prodigal children in Qinghe County, but they have come to his house to be troubled." It turned out that this woman saw that Wu Da was short and short, and the character was obscene. ”
So before Pan Jinlian hooked up with Ximenqing, she had already hooked up with a few treacherous prodigal sons in the county, of course, from this point of view, it can only show that those prodigal sons have a wrong idea about her, but as the saying goes, "flies don't bite seamless eggs", if Pan Jinlian really cleans herself and decisively rejects the kindness of those prodigal sons, how can these things be known to everyone?
Those men also ridiculed her husband, they described Pan Jinlian as a good piece of mutton, which fell into the dog's mouth, and Wu Dalang also moved from Qinghe County and lived in Yanggu County because of these rumors.
(Wu Dalang, Pan Jinlian stills)
Nest, it's really a nest, but this is also the strangest place, since Wu Dalang and Pan Jinlian have suffered so much grievances together, why didn't they think about divorce their wives?
Second, Wu Dalang's attitude
Wu Dalang didn't divorce his wife, isn't it because of the etiquette of the Song Dynasty?
Not really, in fact, since the Tang Dynasty, the rule of divorce is "one childless, two adulterous, three uncles, four tongues, five thefts, six jealousy, seven evil diseases", obviously, the first and second articles, Pan Jinlian has accounted for it, she and Wu Dalang do have no children, and often hook up with other men, Wu Dalang can divorce her.
In fact, there is also a precedent of "divorce of wife" in "Water Margin".
For example, the "leopard head" Lin Chong was favored by Gao Yanei because his wife, and he didn't want to be involved in this matter anymore, so he made the decision to divorce his wife.
Obviously, Wu Dalang has a good reason to divorce his wife, the author has always hated the evaluation of "red face and troubled water" to splash dirty water on women, but Pan Jinlian is undoubtedly a disaster, for Wu Dalang, dumping this woman is the wisest choice, but why didn't he do it?
Maybe Pan Jinlian had already said the answer when she teased Wu Song.
(Ximen Qing, Pan Jinlian stills)
After Wu Dalang learned that Wu Song had returned, he was overjoyed when he returned as a "Tiger Fighting Hero", but that joy was not only the joy of "my brother has gone home", but at the same time, he also had a little bit of the meaning of letting his brother raise his eyebrows for himself, and he immediately led Wu Song home.
The book reads: "Wu Dadao: Brother, I heard people on the street the day before yesterday saying: 'There is a strong man who fights tigers on Jingyanggang, surnamed Wu, and the county magistrate is the head of the county. I also guessed that it was you, but I only had to meet you today. I will not buy or sell, but I will go with you. ”
Then Wu Dalang enthusiastically introduced Wu Song to Pan Jinlian, and Wu Da's intentions at this time were very interesting.
After all, Wu Dalang already knew what kind of person Pan Jinlian was, and he also let the strong and handsome Wu Song be alone with his wife, what was his intention?
Naturally, it was not to push his younger brother into the fire pit, nor to give his wife a chance to hook up with his younger brother, but to give Pan Jinlian a dismount.
(Wu Song, Pan Jinlian stills)
In fact, when Pan Jinlian teased Wu Song later, Wu Song's attitude was also expected by Wu Dalang.
The book only said: "(Pan Jinlian) looked at Wu Song and said: 'If you have the heart, eat half of my residual wine.'" Wu Song snatched it up, splashed it on the ground, and said, "Sister-in-law Hugh is ashamed!" With just one push of the handle, I pushed the woman to the ground. Wu Song opened his eyes and said, "Wu Er is a man with teeth and hair who stands up to the sky, not a pig and dog who corrupts customs and has no humanity!" Sister-in-law Hugh wants to be so shameless and shameless, so she does such things. If there is some turmoil, Wu Er recognizes his sister-in-law in his eyes, but he doesn't recognize his sister-in-law in his fist. Come back to Hugh! ’”
You see, Pan Jinlian thought that her beauty could tempt Wu Song, but she miscalculated.
On the contrary, Wu Dalang did not miscalculate, it was all in his plan.
3. Wu Dalang, who is self-inflicted
Why do you say that Wu Dalang is self-inflicted?
This can be seen from his words when he was caught later, he said: "Wu Da called his wife to share the payment and said: 'What you did, I came to catch you with my own hands, but you provoked the adulterer to kick my heart!'" So far, I have survived and died. but you go to rejoice. I might as well die, and I can't fight with you. My brother Takeji, you need to know his character. If he comes back sooner or later, he will take a break! If you will have mercy on me, and help me early, I will not mention him when he returns. But if you will not look at me, when he returns, you will speak to you. ’”
Not only did he never have the idea of divorce his wife, but he used Wu Song's brother as a trump card to threaten Pan Jinlian.
You see, the so-called honest man and good husband are just packaged images.
Don't forget how he married Pan Jinlian's wife, it is clearly written in the book: "There is a big family in Qinghe County, there is a handmaiden, whose nickname is Pan Jinlian, who is more than 20 years old and has some color. 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. ”
(Pan Jinlian stills)
Pan Jinlian was also a fierce woman, unwilling to submit to the big family, so she was sent to Wu Dalang by the big family in retaliation, Wu Dalang did not pity her situation and let her go, but used Wu Song to press her, what kind of good person is this?
Is this victim guilty?
Non-ya.
If you want to say it, Pan Jinlian is the same victim, of course, this is not to clear her name, this woman really deserves to die, it can only be said that in the whole incident, Wu Dalang and Pan Jinlian are not good people, it was they who joined forces to create this tragedy.