First, the big brother of the dragon and the tiger
In fact, there are not many people who occupy the mountain as the eldest brother of Wang in the Water Margin, of which Song Jiang and Chao Gai are the most famous, of course, there are more famous former Liangshan village lords, Wang Lun, the eldest brother, who was finally destroyed by Lin Chong and died.
In addition to Wang Lun and Li Zhong of Peach Blossom Mountain, in fact, there is a most peculiar big brother in the Water Margin, this person's jianghu nickname is called: Golden-Eyed Tiger, not to mention anything else, just look at this nickname, like a small role.
I don't know if you found it, there is a hidden law in the Water Margin, also called interpreting the code, that is: all those who have "tigers" in the nickname are all soy sauce parties, and almost none of them have been selected for the Tiangang Star. Because among the good men of Liangshan, Wu Song is a hero who fights tigers, Li Kui strives to kill the four tigers, and there is also a Li Zhong who is nicknamed "Tiger General", so it is strange that there is a "tiger" in the nickname.
But this golden-eyed tiger is different, he is not one of the 108 generals of the Water Margin, and his real name is also Niu, called: Deng Long. Nickname: Golden-Eyed Tiger, real name: Deng Long. This seems to tell us that this person wants to "roar the dragon and the tiger" in the water margin rivers and lakes.
Unfortunately, it was even more disappointing, Deng Long was not even as good as a small role, although it was the big brother of the party , the owner of Erlong Mountain. Looking at the original work, Deng Long was originally the abbot of a temple on Erlong Mountain, and later somehow returned the customs, pulled up a team of Yibiao, occupied Erlong Mountain as king, and began a promising career as a mountain king.
Therefore, Deng Long, who can be called the most peculiar jianghu big brother in the Water Margin, let go of a good monk and not do it, but turned into a jianghu big brother, this transformation is really stunning.
Second, here comes a monk named Lu Zhishen
Since Deng Long became the eldest brother of the jianghu, soon erlong mountain ushered in the most famous and unruly monk Lu Zhishen in the water margin, he wanted to defect to Deng Long and join Erlong Mountain, but Deng Long did not receive it. But Lu Zhishen was not Lin Chong, so he was not affected by this bird qi, and immediately fought with Deng Long.
Although Deng Long's monk rank was higher than Lu Zhishen's, his martial arts were far behind, and he was deeply injured by Lu Zhishen. So "only the three passes under this mountain were firmly tied." Lu Zhishen didn't have to go anywhere else, so he scolded around Erlong Mountain, and Deng Long just didn't come out, allowing Lu Zhishen to scream and scold.
At this moment, Lu Zhi was deeply angry enough, and just at this moment, he happened to meet Yang Zhi, a blue-faced beast who was instructed by Cao Zheng and also came to run to Erlong Mountain, and inadvertently looked at Lu Zhishen. Lu Zhishen was nowhere to be angry, he moved his hand with Yang Zhi, after a contest, the two did not fight and did not know each other, each of them not only heard of each other's jianghu prestige, but also admired each other's martial arts, so they became good buddies.
In front of them is The Erlong Mountain, Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi look at the mountain and sigh, how to get in? The last total is still back to the sword master Cao Zheng, because Cao Is Lin Chong's apprentice, naturally considered to be the "old man".
Sure enough, Cao Zheng also had great admiration and enthusiasm for Lu Zhishen, and after learning of the situation, the three of them joined hands, because Lu Zhishen had injured Deng Long, so he regarded Lu Zhishen as a "surrender" and handed it over to Deng Long to relieve his hatred. In this way, the three of them deceived erlongshan, and as soon as they met Lu Zhishen, Deng Long was killed and took Erlongshan. Lu Zhishen succeeded Deng Long and became the eldest brother of the second Erlongshan.
This Water Margin big brother Deng Long has finished explaining, but people with hearts may raise a question, Deng Long, the character, seems to be dispensable in "Water Margin", why do you have to write him? Or did he have to be a high monk? What is Shi Nai'an doing?
Third, the Water Margin interpretation code hidden in Deng Long's body
This question, in fact, only Shi Nai'an has the most right to speak, but Shi Lao has already driven the crane fairy, and I and other descendants have to be a young man and "worry about giving new words." ”
First, it is known that there are many famous events in the Water Margin, which are not isolated, but occur in pairs or even three times. Among them, there were three occurrences, Wu Song killed his sister-in-law, Yang Xiong killed his wife, and Lu Junyi killed his wife. Although it belongs to the same type of event, whether it is Wu Song and Pan Jinlian, or Yang Xiong and Pan Qiaoyun, or Lu Junyi and Jia Shi, their character images and personalities are not confused, but more clear.
And there are also many famous events that occurred twice, such as Wang Lun's difficulty with Lin Chong and Deng Long's difficulty with Lu Zhishen! It can be found that Wang Lun and Deng Long are both big brother-level figures, and Lin Chong and Lu Zhishen, who are also good men with super strong abilities, suffered the same incident, Lin Chong asked for perfection until Chao Gai came and broke out, while Lu Zhishen had a vendetta to report in person, and all of a sudden, the personalities of the two came out.
And what is even better is that Wang Lun is a talent who is inferior to the ground, Lin Chong, an intellectual who can write poetry, Deng Long, a monk who is not a high monk, and King Kong Lu Zhishen, who is a difficult monk, can be called the tip of a needle to Mai Mang. Because if you change it, such as Lin Chong defecting to Deng Long, Deng Long will definitely take Lin Chong in, and Lu Zhishen's defection to Wang Lun will also be happily accepted by Wang Lun - this is the second point to say.
Second: Wang Lun did not accept Lin Chong, and the reason in the book was that Wang Lun was jealous of Being able to take Lin Chong. And Deng Long was also jealous of Lu Zhishen. But the question is, if Lin Chong did not go up to Liangshan, but came to Deng Long of Erlong Mountain, would such a thing still happen?
Naturally not, because the real reason why Deng Long did not accept Lu Zhishen was: he was once a high monk, and Lu Zhishen was also a monk, the so-called peers and wrongdoers, know each other's roots, what do you play I know, what do I want to do, you know, are old drivers, how to play the routine?
If Lin Chong arrives, it will be different, Lin Chong is the head of the 800,000 Forbidden Army, or an intellectual who can write poetry, Deng Long is a senior monk, the "aura of a high monk" can protect the body, and there is leadership experience. At that time, Deng Long could perfectly explain why he should not be a high monk to be the king of the mountain, and he would be very tall. How could Lin Chong know the routine? Naturally, there would be no doubt, and then Deng Long used his own leadership experience to control and make Lin Chong use it for himself!
But these routines, Deng Long would never dare to use on Lu Zhishen, who was also a monk, because he was afraid of not being able to play! In the same way, looking at Wang Lun and Lu Zhishen, in fact, this is also the case. Therefore, this "Water Margin Code" of Shi Nai'an not only reflects his heavenly writing skills. At the same time, it can also be known that Shi Nai'an must be a master who can easily understand the "relationship between people"!