When I was a child, I didn't understand what the sentence "less read the Water Margin" meant, I just felt that it was adults who relied on the old and sold the old, so they made a mystery, the first time I read it, this is just a story that describes the heroes of the green forest to punish the traitor and eliminate the evil, and the story of happiness and revenge, not to mention that it is not obscure, but when I grow up and read "Water Margin", I know that I was indeed too superficial back then.
There is indeed a bit of brotherhood between the heroes of Liangshan in the book, but there is not too much affection.
For example, at the end of the story, after Song Jiang was poisoned by the emperor, no brother stood up to avenge him, how should this be explained?
1. The death of Song Jiang
In the seventy-first chapter of the original work, heroes from all walks of life gathered in Liangshanbo, and they gathered together in the righteous hall, and the scene was really exciting.
(Song Jiang stills)
The book only says: "The light flies away from the earth cave, and the heavens and the earth descend into the dust." When he speaks, he is arrogant and cold, and he is cold when he talks about it. Fight righteousness and squander wealth to return to the water, and take revenge and hatred to go down to Liangshan. A dignified volume of heavenly writing, put it to the princes to read carefully. ”
They show the stars and gather here, just to create a great cause together, and the brothers drink and have fun, so happy.
In the follow-up expedition, they did throw their heads together and spill their blood, Liao, Wang Qing, Tian Hu, Fang La's four major forces were all taken by them, although the battle against Fang La was heavily killed and wounded, but in the end there were still some heroes who survived.
It's just that as Liangshan's eldest brother, Song Jiang has always been a thorn in the side of the traitorous ministers in the court, he will not die for a day, Cai Jing, Tong Guan and others will have trouble sleeping, so at their instigation, the emperor gave Song Jiang poisonous wine.
Song Jiang is indeed foolish, he always adheres to the set of "the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die" in his heart, knowing that the emperor gave him poisonous wine, he also chose to accept his fate, and even before he died, he was not worried about Li Kui, for fear that Li Kui would make trouble, so he poisoned Li Kui to death.
Song Jiang didn't want to ruin his reputation for loyalty, but this didn't affect the other brothers who had the heart to avenge him, but the attitude of other heroes at this time was chilling.
2. The surviving brothers
"Gangxing starts in Hebei, and heroes are in all directions. Wutai Mountain made a vow to sweep away the Liao country and change its name. Feng Zhao south to collect Fang La, urging the Yangtze River to cross. One broke the enemy from Runzhou and swept through Qiantang. Arrive at Qingxi, climb Yuling, and wade Gaogang. The hive was extinguished, and the class teacher returned to his hometown. can be hated as a slanderer, ignorant of men and children, and the lord will be in trouble. Pity a dream, tearful lines. ”
The battle of Liangshan to conquer Fangla was indeed miserable, but although dozens of heroes died in this battle, it was not the whole army, in addition to the big brother Song Jiang, there were more than 30 heroes who survived, what was their attitude after hearing the news of Song Jiang's death?
(Guan Sheng stills)
Among them, the most ironclad relationship with Song Jiang is Hua Rong and Wu Yong, the two brothers learned that the eldest brother was poisoned, and actually chose to go with the eldest brother, they ran to Song Jiang's grave, and finally hanged themselves, in fact, it is ridiculous, that Wu Yong is a lonely person, he knows that he has done a lot of evil, and sooner or later he will be liquidated, and it makes sense to want to die, but Hua Rong is accompanied by his wife and children, but he also died so hastily, it really doesn't make sense.
But what's even more chilling is the attitude of other heroes.
Not to mention that the heroes who survived in the world did not have the ability to avenge Song Jiang, in fact, there were indeed a few of them who could be regarded as high-ranking and powerful.
For example, Guan Sheng, the "big knife", said: "Guan Sheng is in charge of soldiers and horses in Beijing's Daimyo's Mansion, and he is very popular with the army, and everyone is admired." One day after returning from training military horses, he fell ill and died of illness due to drunkenness. ”
He is the head of the Daimyo's Mansion, and he has won the hearts of the people and has the prestige of responding to every call, but he is only at ease as his head until he dies of illness at sunset.
Hu Yanzhuo, who is also the "double whip" of the five tiger generals, also had a good time, saying: "Hu Yanzhuo is commanded by the imperial camp and is prepared every day. Later, he led the army to break the four princes of the Great Golden Vultures, and went out to kill Huaixi and died. Only Zhu Tong had meritorious service in managing the army in Baoding Mansion, and later followed Liu Guangshi to break the gold and become the envoy of the Taiping Army. ”
He also seems to have worked hard for the imperial court, and he did not waver in any way because of Song Jiang's death.
Not to mention that Gongsun Sheng, who knew how to spell, if he made a move, even if he was a thousand troops, he would not be his opponent, but he did not choose to help Song Jiang avenge.
(Song Jiang, Hu Yanzhuo stills)
If they have the heart to avenge Song Jiang, they can reunite and use their respective money to recruit troops, which can be regarded as living up to the oath they made when they gathered together in the Juyi Hall.
But why didn't anyone stand up to avenge Song Jiang? The answer may be very simple, just look at the relationship between Song Jiang and Hu Sanniang.
3. Song Jiang and Hu Sanniang
When Liangshan beat Zhujiazhuang three times, Nahujiazhuang also suffered along with Zhujiazhuang.
After Li Kui killed the red eye, he didn't know what to "stop", so in addition to Hu Cheng, the whole and all the children of Hujiazhuang were almost killed by Li Kui, and Hu Sanniang was captured by Lin Chong and became a prisoner of Liangshan.
(Hu Sanniang stills)
If you are Hu Sanniang, what is your attitude towards these so-called "Liangshan heroes" at this time? I'm afraid I can't wait to cut this gang of thieves with a thousand knives.
But Shi Nai'an did not let Hu Sanniang show any emotional changes, but after just a few times, she became Song Jiang's subordinate and became a "Liangshan hero".
It's just that the plot of Song Jiang's surrender to Hu Sanniang is really a bit abrupt.
Said yes: "Song Jiang called Wang Xiaohu and said: 'When I was in Qingfeng Mountain, I promised you a family affair, and I hung it in my heart, and I never fulfilled this wish. Today my father has a daughter, and he will take you as a son-in-law. Song Jiang went to invite Song Taigong to come and led a zhang Qinghu Sanniang to the feast. Song Jiang personally talked to him and said; 'My brother Wang Ying, although he has martial arts, is not as good as his virtuous sister. It was I who promised him a family affair, but I never got it. Today, Sister Xian, you recognize my father, all the leaders are matchmakers, today is a good day and auspicious day, Sister Xian and Wang Ying are married. Yizhang Qing saw that Song Jiang was very righteous, but he couldn't push it, so the two of them had to thank him. ”
Hu Sanniang was able to recognize Song Jiang's enemy as his brother and become his sister-in-law, and at the same time accepted Song Jiang's arrangement to marry her to Wang Xiaohu, how ridiculous is this?
But that's the case, although the other heroes also cheered, didn't they understand what was going on in their hearts?
(Song Jiang, Hu Sanniang stills)
But as long as they stand from Hu Sanniang's point of view, they should understand that this woman joining Liangshan and even marrying Wang Ying is a helpless move.
Hu Sanniang will never be sincere, she is just forced to act on the spot out of desperation.
Song Jiang has such an attitude towards Hu Sanniang, and the same can be true for any other hero, all of them are just pawns for him to achieve his name of "loyalty" in his eyes.
To put it bluntly, Liangshan is a group of superficial brothers, and they fell into the grass in Liangshan together, but because they were cornered, and now they all have a bright future, who will avenge a dead Song Jiang.