The previous article introduced a total of eight pairs of people with the same name and surname in "Water Margin", and this article is going to introduce the last pair. They originally belonged to the camp hostile to Liangshan, and for their own different purposes, they had contact with liangshan's army. The final results of the two men were also different, one became a prisoner of the Liangshan army, and the other became an ally of the Liangshan army. Both men were named Ye Qing.
Ye Qing, who first appears in the novel, appears in the eighty-fifth time of the novel. At that time, in order to take Bazhou by surprise, Song Jiang pretended to agree to the proposal of Ouyang Shilang of the Liao state to submit to the Liao state, and led fifteen good men to Bazhou, intending to blend into the city and prepare for the plan to capture Bazhou.
The lord of the Liao state of Zhenshou Bazhou would be kangli Ding'an, the uncle of the liao state. There were two attendants under this person, one of whom was Ye Qing. When Song Jiang came to Bazhou City, Kang Li Ding'an was quite suspicious of Song Jiang's submission. Therefore, he ordered Song Jiang's soldiers and horses to stay outside the city, and only Let Song Jiang enter the city alone.
At this time, Song Jiang showed outstanding boldness and superior wisdom. Not only did he enter the city alone, but he was calm in his conversation with Kangri Ding'an, not only did he not show the slightest flaw, but he easily gained the trust of KangLi Ding'an. Subsequently, Kang Li Ding'an finally agreed to let the soldiers and horses brought by Song Jiang enter Bazhou City. This also laid a solid foundation for the Liangshan army to seize the city.
A few days later, when Lu Junyi's army approached the city, all the good men in the city should join forces and capture Kang Li Ding'an and Ye Qing and others. It was only at this time that Song Jiang made clear his position and attitude of resolutely not surrendering to the Liao state. Subsequently, Song Jiang ordered the release of Kang Li Ding'an and Ye Qing. At this point, the story of this Ye Qing was over.
Compared with Ye Qing, the Liao state attendant who had been taken by a stroke, the story of the second Ye Qing was much richer. This Ye Qing appears in the ninety-seventh time in the novel. He was originally the housekeeper of Qiu Shen, a wealthy household in Jiexiu County, Fenyang Province, who continued to marry the daughter of Song Youlie in Pingyao County in half a hundred years, and then gave birth to a daughter Qiongying.
When Qiongying was ten years old, Qiu Shen and his wife rushed to Pingyao to mourn, leaving Qiongying at home and marrying Ye Qing and his wife to take care of them. Who knows, on the way to Pingyao County, the couple was robbed by robbers, Qiu Shen was killed, and the Song clan was taken captive. Since then, Ye Qing and his wife An Shi have raised Qiong Ying to grow up.
During the Tian Hu rebellion, Mianshang was also plundered, and Ye Qing and his wife and Qiong Ying were taken captive. Tian Hu's general Wu Li's wife saw that Qiongying had a beautiful eyebrow, and since she had no children herself, she adopted Qiongying as an adopted daughter and asked Ye Qing and his wife to continue to take care of Qiongying. Since then, Ye Qing and his wife have stayed in Wuli Mansion.
Soon after, Ye Qing accidentally discovered that Qiongying's parents had died at the hands of Wu Li, and since then he has made up his mind to avenge the hatred of Qiu Shen and his wife. After that, Ye Qing told Qiong Ying the truth. Qiong Ying secretly swore that she must hand blade Wu Pear to avenge her parents. Since then, Ye Qing and Qiong Ying have been lying down in Wu Li's home, waiting for the opportunity to take revenge. A few years later, The Liangshan army conquered Tian Hu and marched to Xiangyuan Castle. In the battle against liangshan's army, Wu Li was wounded by an arrow and forced to hold the city. After that, Ye Qing secretly went to Liangshan Camp and told Song Jiang about Qiongying's origins.
Under the arrangement of the military master Wu Yong, Zhang Qing and the divine doctor An Daoquan changed their names and surnames and mixed into Xiangyuan City and gained the trust of Wu Li, who gave Qiong Yingxu to Zhang Qing as his wife. On the wedding night, Zhang Qing told the truth about his true identity and purpose of entering the city. Qiong Ying was overjoyed, and immediately discussed with Zhang Qing a plan of action to eradicate Wu Li and seize Xiangyuan.
Within a few days, Zhang Qing and his wife poisoned Wu Li and secretly controlled Xiangyuan City. After that, Zhang Qing, whose identity was not revealed, was recruited by Tian Hu to fight against the Liangshan army. In the decisive battle with the Liangshan army, Zhang Qingliang revealed his true identity, cooperated with the Liangshan army to capture Tian Hu alive, and won the final victory of the war.
After the war against Tian Hu, Ye Qing was appointed to the post of Zhengyi Army and participated in the subsequent Liangshan Campaign against Wang Qing. After the war, because Qiongying was pregnant, Ye Qing and his wife stayed behind to take care of Qiongying and failed to participate in the battle against Fang La. Soon after, Zhang Qing was killed in Dusongguan, and Ye Qing accompanied Qiongying to Dusongguan to transport Zhang Qing's coffin back to his hometown for burial. A few years later, Ye Qing died of illness.
Reference book: Water Margin