Before Chao Gai died, he held Song Jiang's hand and said to Song Jiang: "Brother, whoever kills Shi Wengong and avenges my brother will be the master of the village."
Looking at Chao Gai, who was lying on the hospital bed, dying and about to die, Song Jiang was full of expectations. He thought that Chao Gai at this time, when holding his hand and instructing him about his funeral, would definitely say: "Brother, dear brother, I see that I am dying, and Liangshan's business will continue to grow and develop. You will be the master of this village. You must kill Shi Wengong and avenge my brother."
However, what Song Jiang didn't expect was that Chao Gai at this time did not intend to pass on Song Jiang and let Song Jiang kill Shi Wengong. that person.
When Song Jiang saw this, he felt secretly resentful. Song Jiang thought to himself, this brother, the King of Heaven, does not want to pass on the master of the village to me. Brother Tianwang also knows that with my three-legged cat's kung fu, can I kill that guy Shi Wengong? ! In Liangshan, the only person who can kill Shi Wengong is Coach Lin Chong.
Thinking of this, Song Jiang understood more clearly that the master of Chao Gai's cottage was originally Lin Chonghuo, the leader of the family, who had annexed Wang Lun and supported him to become the master of the cottage. Now, Chao Gai has asked whoever kills Shi Wengong to become the master of Liangshan. The meaning is very obvious, that is, the property should be returned to its original owner, and he should still be the leader of Lin Chonglin!
Song Jiang was resentful in his heart that Chao Gai did not pass on him, but he showed an extremely sad expression on his face and cried: "Don't worry, brother. I will remember my brother's instructions for my brother, support the person who killed Shi Wengong to rise to power, and carry forward the cause of Shanzhai."
With Song Jiang's guarantee, Chao Gai relaxed his hands and rushed to hell.
When Song Jiang and other brothers saw this, they burst into tears.
Look at the acting, it's absolutely lifelike.
In fact, when Song Jiang first came up the mountain, Chao Gai was pretending and gave up his position over and over again to let Song Jiang be the master of the mountain village.
Why is this so?
Because at that time, Song Jiang had not yet established a high prestige on Liangshan, and he did not dare to let Song Jiang sit. Therefore, Chao Gaicai gave way to Song Jiang again and again, showing that he was not jealous of the virtuous and capable.
For this reason, when Chao Gai repeatedly gave way to Song Jiang, Song Jiang did not dare to easily take over Chao Gai's position as village leader; besides, as long as Chao Gai was alive, how could that position be so easy to sit on! Therefore, every time Chao Gai pretended to give up his throne, Song Jiang refused.
Obviously, Chao Gai's original intention at that time was not really to give up his position to Song Jiang, but just to test him. Now that Chao Gai was about to die, he did not say anything about handing over the master of the village to Song Jiang. He only said that whoever could capture or kill Shi Wengong alive and avenge him would be made the master of the village.
Obviously, Chao Gai excluded Song Jiang from taking over as the master of the cottage; because with Song Jiang's three-legged cat-like martial arts, he couldn't defeat Shi Wengong? ! Naturally, he couldn't kill Shi Wengong, let alone capture him alive. In fact, Chao Gai already had a candidate in his mind to succeed the leader of his village, and this person was Lin Chong, the leopard head.
In the beginning, the reason why Chao Gai was able to become the leader of Liangshang Mountain Stronghold was because Lin Chonghuo had supported Wang Lun and supported him; now that he was about to die, he naturally wanted the property to be returned to its original owner. Therefore, Chao Gai wanted to return the owner of the mountain stronghold to Lin Chong, so he made the above arrangement for Song Jiang.
Among the heroes in Liangshan, Lin Chong was the only one who could capture Shi Wengong alive and avenge Chao Gai. Could it be that besides Lin Chong, Wu Song couldn't do it? The answer is yes. Although Wu Song was highly skilled in martial arts, it was still difficult to defeat Shi Wengong, because Wu Song was strong in foot combat but not on horseback. Wu Song is riding a horse. If he can ride steadily, it will be very good. How to fight Shi Wengong?
Besides Wu Song, who else is stronger than Lin Chong? No. Lin Chong was a strong general on horseback. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "a horse fights with Lin Chong, and an infantry fight with Wu Song"; besides, Lin Chong had a grudge against the imperial court for killing his wife, and he was the most resolute in his opposition to the imperial court. The most important thing is that Lin Chong and Shi Wengong are from the same sect, and they are most confident of defeating Shi Wengong. If so, wouldn't the owner of the cottage become Lin Chong's?
This is obviously not what Song Jiang wants.
In Song Jiang's heart, the owner of this copycat can only be himself, not anyone else. Chao Gai's confession before his death couldn't help Song Jiang, so he came up with an even more ingenious way, which was to frame Lu Junyi to go to Liangshan.
Lu Junyi was the number one hero in the Song Dynasty at that time, so it was no longer a problem to capture Shi Wengong alive. Sure enough, after earning Lu Junyi's move to Liangshan, Liangshan once again sent troops to Zengtou City. Before leaving, Song Jiang and Lu Junyi broke an arrow and swore an oath, agreeing that whoever captures Shi Wengong alive would take the top spot in Liangshan.
Song Jiang clearly knew that he was no match for Shi Wengong, so he led his troops to attack Zengtou City, and appointed Lu Junyi and others to intercept Shi Wengong on his way to escape, so that Lu Junyi could be the one to capture Shi Wengong.
In this battle to attack Zengtou City, all four sons of the Zeng family were killed by Liangshan heroes. Seeing that Zengtou City had been defeated, Shi Wengong single-handedly fought his way out of the west gate and fled.
While Shi Wengong was running away, he suddenly saw King Chao Gai and Chao Tianwang, who he had shot to death, blocking the road and preventing him from passing by. He was frightened and panicked. This is the appearance of the ghost of King Chao Tian.
Shi Wengong was shocked when he saw this. He hurriedly turned the horse's head and ran back. He met Lu Junyi and Yan Qing, the master and servant. As a result, Lu Junyi stabbed his leg with a simple knife and fell off the horse. Yan Qing rushed over and pounced on Shi Wengong.
Lu Junyi and Yan Qing tied up Shi Wengong.
Lu Junyi was overjoyed when he saw that Shi Wengong had been caught, and said to Yan Qing: "Xiao Yi, I am watching the first place in Liangshan go to me. When the time comes, I will promote you to the top ten."
Yan Qing laughed when he heard this and said: "You are stupid, master. In fact, Lin Chong, the leopard head, can do this job. Why did Brother Song Jiang not let Lin Chong do it but let you do it? The reason is that Lin Chong is an old man from Liangshan. If he really catches Shi Wengong naturally wanted to be the number one in Liangshan, so Brother Song Jiang did not let Lin Chong do this. The reason why Brother Song Jiang asked Master you to do this is because the Master is new to Liangshan and does not have any qualifications or prestige. Even if he is If the master catches Shi Wengong, how can he sit in the top position? It will bring trouble to himself."
After hearing this, Lu Junyi realized something and said in frustration: "It turns out that Brother Song Jiang is using me. He wants to take the top spot, but he asks me to suppress Coach Lin. Forget it, Xiao Yi, who let us Master and servant are new here?! Let's go, let's escort this guy to Brother Song Jiang."
Therefore, Lu Junyi and Yan Qing, master and servant, took Shi Wengong into custody and sent them to Liangshan Village together with Shi Wengong's Zhaoye Lion Horse.
Song Jiang was about to cut open Shi Wengong's belly and gouge out his heart in order to offer sacrifices to Chao Gai. When paying homage to Chao Gai, Song Jiang was grief-stricken. He cried out to heaven and earth, and comforted the soul of Chao Gai and King Chao Tian, saying: "My brother's heroic spirit is on high. Currently, Lu Junyi, a member of the Daming Palace, has captured Shi Wengong alive. According to your will, Lu Yuanwai should be made the master of the village."
After the memorial ceremony, all the heroes returned to Dazhai. Song Jiang pretended to give way to Lu Junyi and decided to let Lu Junyi take the first place. Seeing this, Lu Junyi was still concerned. Li Kui, Hua Rong, Qin Ming and other confidants arranged by Song Jiang in advance all glared at Lu Junyi.
Seeing that Lu Junyi was interested and seemed to want to take the first place, Li Kui jumped up, brandished two double axes, and shouted loudly: "The first place in Liangshan is only worthy of me, Gongming." Brother, sit down. I don’t think anyone except my brother Gongming dares to sit down?! Who dares to sit down? Let me first ask if I, Tieniu’s axe, are willing.” As he spoke, he swung a pair of axes in public.
Seeing this, Song Jiang pretended to angrily scold Li Kui and said, "You nigger! What nonsense are you talking about? This was arranged by Brother Tianwang before his death."
Li Kui stared at his eyes as big as ovules and roared: "Since it was Brother Chao Gai's final arrangement, let him talk to Brother Chao Gai. I only recognize Brother Gongming."
In this situation, no matter who arranged it, Lu Junyi did not dare to expect to be ranked first in Liangshan. So Lu Junyi hurriedly knelt on the ground and respectfully invited Song Jiang to take the top spot in Liangshan.
Song Jiang pretended to refuse and said repeatedly: "Brother Tianwang's arrangement must not be violated."
At this time, Wu Yong came out to smooth things over and said to Song Jiang and Lu Junyi: "The village cannot be left without an owner for a day. In my opinion, brother Gongming should take the first place for the time being! Lu Yuanwai has just arrived, and he has contributed to the capture of Shi Wengong, so he should be the first. Second place.”
Seeing this, Song Jiang pretended to decline and said, "I'm afraid there's something wrong."
However, as soon as Song Jiang finished saying something that might be inappropriate, Wu Yong took the lead and knelt down, insisting on asking Song Jiang to be the leader of the village. Seeing this, the other heroes had no choice but to kneel down and support Song Jiang in taking the top spot in Liangshan. Song Jiang pretended to be helpless and had no choice but to take the top spot in Liangshan.
After Song Jiang became the Lord of Liangshan, the first thing he did was to change the Juyi Hall of Chao Gai's time into his Zhongyi Hall. In front of the Zhongyi Hall, he erected a large flag with the four characters "Practice the Way for Heaven". In addition, what Song Jiang never forgets is being recruited by the imperial court.
In the Zhongyi Hall, Song Jiang repeatedly announced the invitation, which made Li Kui anxious. He jumped up suddenly, kicked over the table, and shouted angrily: "Invitation! Invitation! You are recruiting me! I'm waiting for you!" My brother supported you and became the master of the village. You wanted to eat big chunks of meat and drink from big bowls, but now you keep saying you want to be a good person! What a good thing you want! You want to be a good person to me!"
Wu Song also said angrily: "I will recruit you today, and I will recruit you tomorrow. This has chilled the hearts of the brothers!"
Song Jiang was shocked when Li Kui kicked the table over, and was complained by Wu Song, so he felt unhappy.
Wu Song is a hero who fights tigers. He can fight even the huge tigers on Jingyanggang. How can he kill any human? ! Song Jiang didn't dare to provoke Wu Song, so he had to catch Li Kui and scold him: "You nigger! You know nothing! You, a bastard, dare to kick my brother and I's desk! You are simply disrespectful." , You are so audacious! Is it possible that people in this world will cooperate with you and chop with axes?! Let me ask you, brother, if you don’t accept the imperial court’s invitation, is it possible that you will die of old age in the mountains and rivers?!”
Li Kui was scolded and stared angrily, very unconvinced. Li Kui thought to himself, are you a fool for being such a desk clerk? ! Grandpa, I'll kick him for you. What can you do to grandpa? ! People in this world should not cooperate with grandpa’s axe, but grandpa is chopping down corrupt officials! Even if grandpa dies of old age in the mountains, what will happen? Can't afford to eat meat? Still can't drink anymore? Why should I be recruited? Why bother being a grandson to the imperial court?
Seeing that Song Jiang was angry, Wu Yong and others came out to smooth things over and said to Song Jiang, "Tieniu is a rough man. Brother, don't get along with him."
Seeing this, Li Kui twisted his neck and secretly said: Hammer!
Song Jiang was a very scheming person, and knew that he could not lose big for small things, so he borrowed the donkey down the slope and scolded Li Kui: "You nigger, if the military advisor and others hadn't interceded, I would have cut off your dog's head!"
Although many good men disapproved of the recruitment plan, Song Jiang's recruitment plan was still in full swing.
In order to make people believe him, Song Jiang arranged for someone to bury a stone tablet in advance, which was engraved with tadpole inscriptions, and then agreed to get to know the Taoist priest on the tablet to create an illusion.
What exactly is this illusion?
