Let's talk about "Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin". They were originally scripts, and they were interpreted orally, which later became storytelling.
There is a word "ping" in storytelling, which is to comment on matters. According to today's reading standards, it is roughly similar to containing personal belongings.
Sometimes I write about someone or something out of emotion, and I inevitably add a few more comments, or do some interpretation and excavation of the background. Some book friends think it is not beautiful and seems to be hydrographic. After careful consideration, the author agrees.
I wrote about Li Zhong today, and I expanded it on a whim, and suddenly I thought: Oh, this is hydrology!
After thinking about it, I decided to leave it as a small chapter and not include it in the main text - those who like it can appreciate it, while those who don't like it can skip it and it won't affect the rhythm of the story. Wouldn't it be wonderful?
Back to business.
To say that Li Zhong is an incredible person!
He is the master of "Nine Pattern Dragon" Shi Jin Shi Dalang.
Shi Jin learned the stick technique from Li Zhong, and Wang Jin summed it up in one sentence: "They are all flower sticks, they are only for looking at, but useless in battle."
The judge wants to ask: What is so great about people like this?
Dear brothers, the great men of the Song Dynasty could not understand how great this person was. It is only in later generations that we can understand him.
What makes him outstanding is four words: self-knowledge.
Although this Li Zhong is nicknamed "Tiger Fighter", he is not a general's son, nor is he a rich young master. He has never opened a black shop or engaged in private business. He is just an ordinary man who works as a martial artist and sells plasters. In the industry, he is called "picking." General Han".
All the heroes in the world are somewhat arrogant and temperamental, but Li Zhong is the only one who is particularly restrained and tolerant.
For example, Lu Zhishen treated Shi Jin very politely——
First, he greeted him politely: "Brother, are you not Shi Dalang, the 'Nine Pattern Dragon' from Shijiacun?"
He also complimented: "Famous is not as good as meeting, and meeting is worse than being famous."
Then he sincerely invited me: "Since you are Shi Dalang, I have heard of your good name. Come and have a drink with me on the street."
Then the two of them made love, linked arms and left.
When he met Li Zhong, his attitude changed.
Be polite first: "Since you are Shi Dalang's master, you and I will go have three drinks."
But Li Zhongzheng was at work, so he declined and said, "When I sell the plaster and get my money back, we can go with Tiha."
Lu Zhishen was a little unhappy, and he said: "Who is waiting patiently for you? Let's go with you."
Li Zhonghaosheng explained: "The villain has nothing to do with his food and clothing. If Tiha goes first, the villain will look for the future. Dear brother, you and Tiha go first."
This sentence is the self-knowledge of ordinary people, "the food and clothing of a villain", "there is nothing you can do".
There was still some humility. Lu Zhishen was a local military officer and well-known in the world. Li Zhong subconsciously wanted to get acquainted with him-this idea has always existed since then. This is an attitude that ordinary people, when they are more ambitious, subconsciously make friends with high-end people and build a network of contacts.
But Lu Zhishen didn't understand the helplessness of ordinary people. He was a strange man who was too upright and magnanimous. At that moment, "I became anxious. I pushed and handed the person who was watching, and then cursed: 'You guys put your buttholes between your legs and get away. If you don't go, I'll beat you at home.'"
This "If you don't go, you will be beaten" refers to Li Zhong's audience, and it also means to say something about Li Zhong. Combined with the above meaning, it means: If you go, you will go together. If you don't go, you will be beaten.
Click! Lu Tiha destroyed the place that Li Zhong had finally built.
Li Zhong was very angry. But, "Li Zhong saw Lu Da's fierceness and dared to get angry but did not dare to speak. He had to laugh and said: 'What an impatient person.'"
If you are a very impatient person, you should criticize politely, express your dissatisfaction gracefully, and find a way out for yourself. But to Lu Tisha's ears, it was probably a compliment.
Then drinking led to Jin Cuilian. Cuilian was bullied by Zheng Tu. Lu Zhishen had two auras: "Be brave for justice" and "Friend of women", so he naturally wanted to reach out. He worked carefully. Before doing anything to Zheng Tu, he had to ensure the safety of the victim. They need to find some money to get Cuilian and her daughter out of here.
But he only brought five taels of silver with him, so he asked Shi Jin to borrow money, saying that he would pay you back tomorrow. Shi Jin was generous and took out ten taels of silver with a click, and said openly: "What are you talking about? I want my brother to pay it back."
Lu Zhishen probably felt that it was not enough, so he asked Li Zhong for a loan. "He looked at Li Zhong and said, 'You can also lend some to the Sa family.'" Li Zhong went to his side and took out two taels of silver. Lu Tiha saw the young man and said : “He is also an unhappy person. "
Then Lu Zhishen only gave fifteen cars to the Jin family and his daughter, and the remaining two taels were "thrown back to Li Zhong." I understand that this throw back was thrown on the table.
This move was very impolite, and it took away Lao Qiang's temper. He stood up and left, but Li Zhong didn't. "The three of them had another two cents of wine" before they dispersed.
There is no need to discuss whether Li Zhong’s status, occupation, and ability are more or less than two taels of silver. In fact, I thought it was a lot. He is also a busker. Song Jiang gave Xue Yong five taels of silver. Xue Yong was grateful. I wish I could give him my life.
We only discuss Lu Zhishen's attitude towards him, three words visible to the naked eye: look down upon.
So why did Li Zhong have to tolerate it? Self-awareness.
He knows that the most important thing about being a good person is knowing a lot of people. But with his ability, he could only keep a low profile when he met a powerful person like Lu Zhishen, and he was not Lin Chong, Shi Jin, or Yang Zhi.
Such a hero is not happy at all, just like when Lao Qiang gave a proposal to a client, but the client didn't understand anything and was rude, Lao Qiang explained it to him with a smile.
In fact, who wouldn’t want to give him a kick?
If you give him a kick, it will be a world of rivers and lakes, a world of pleasure and grudges. If you don't give him a kick, it will be a world of rivers and lakes, a world of little people.
After a while, Li Zhong met Lu Zhishen for the second time.
At this time, he is no longer the "general picker", but the mountain king of Peach Blossom Mountain.
According to Li Zhong's own account: "Since that day, my younger brother and his elder brother were separated from Shi Jin and three others at a Weizhou restaurant. The next day, I heard that my elder brother had beaten Zheng Tu to death. I went to discuss with Shi Jin, but I don't know where he went. . The younger brother heard that someone was being arrested and left in a hurry, but he passed by the foot of the mountain. The man who was beaten by his older brother first set up camp in Taohua Mountain and called him "Little Overlord" Zhou Tong. At that time, he led people down the mountain. I came to fight with my little brother, but I won. He left me on the mountain as the leader of the village, and gave him the top spot, teaching me how to take it, so that he could fall into the grass here."
Looking at this logic, Lu Zhishen killed Zheng Tu. When Li Zhong learned about it, he immediately went to "see history for discussion." What was discussed? He was probably looking to see if he could be of any help, but Shi Jin had already left. When Li Zhong heard that he was being arrested, he "left in a hurry," without hiding his desire to help or his cowardice.
No pretense, no pretense, this self-knowledge, although ordinary and insignificant, is still upright.
Before saying these words, Lu Zhishen cosplayed as the bride and beat Zhou Tong violently——
As an aside, Little Overlord Zhou Tong has a very long health bar! Lu Zhishen beat Zheng Tu, killing him with three punches.
Let’s take a look at the Zhoutong situation:
Lu Zhishen clenched his right fist and cursed: "Straight bitch!" "With just one punch to the ear and neck, the king shouted: "What are you doing to beat your husband? Lu Zhishen shouted: "Teach you how to recognize your wife!" "Drag him down beside the bed, hit him with his fists and toes, and beat him until the king called for help."
"When everyone took a look under the lamp, they saw a fat monk, naked, riding over the king and beating him in front of the bed."
According to this description, after thirty punches, all ten Zheng Tu were dead, and Zhou Tong could still escape in time while Lu Zhishen went to fight the minions.
Moreover, Zhou Tong not only has a long health bar, but also recovers blood very quickly. Let’s read the original text:
"Climbed out of the room, ran to the door, touched the empty horse, broke the willow branches from the tree, jumped on the horse's back, and hit the horse with the willow sticks, but it couldn't run away. The king said: "It's bitter! This horse also comes to bully me. "When I looked again, I was so flustered that I couldn't untie the reins. I quickly tore it off and rode the horse away. When I got out of the village gate, I cursed: "Don't panic, Mr. Liu, old donkey. I'm not afraid of you flying away." "Tie the horse with two wicker sticks and carry the king up the mountain."
After being beaten as much as ten Zheng Tu, my health bar bottomed out, so I could only crawl. I crawled out of the room. My health bar had recovered a little, so I ran to the door. When I rode out of the village gate, I could activate the taunting skill. He cursed Taigong Liu for being an old donkey, and then flew up the mountain. By this time, he was almost back.
Then Li Zhong appeared and came down the mountain to avenge Zhou Tong. During the fight, he heard Lu Zhishen's voice——
The big leader laughed loudly, rolled his saddle and dismounted, put away his gun, turned over and bowed: "Brother, you are fine, but I know that my second brother has touched your hand." Lu Zhishen just wanted to win him over. He jumped back a few steps and put away his Zen staff. When he looked closely, he recognized under the torch that it was none other than Li Zhong, a master who used guns and sticks to sell medicine. Li Zhong immediately cut his hair. He brushed it up, supported Lu Zhishen and said, "Why did my brother become a monk? "
Hehehe laughed to show kindness, rolled off the saddle, turned over and bowed, to express respect, and supported Lu Zhishen to show concern. He didn't care at all about Lu Zhishen's previous contempt for him, acting like you are my good big brother——
If the fists and feet of the Zen staff are the capital of Lu Zhishen's travels in the world, then the self-knowledge reflected in the above performance is the capital of Li Zhong's travels in the world.
This self-knowledge actually boils down to two points. If we use it as a strategy, it is positioning and goals: who am I and where do I want to go.
Once you understand these two points, it is not impossible to lower your dignity appropriately at certain times.
Back then, the saying "Look up and see the Big Dipper" made the pants cling to the thighs. This is also the reason.
At this time, even though Lu Zhishen still looked down on Li Zhong, he still had to give him some good looks. Zhishen said, "Don't be afraid, Grandpa, he is also my brother." "
Of course, this brother's gold content is still very low.
Although Li Zhong and Zhou Tong had worked very hard, they still couldn't get Lu Zhishen's approval: "Li Zhong and Zhou Tong killed cattle and horses, arranged a banquet, and stayed there for several days." "After staying for a few days, Lu Zhishen saw that Li Zhong and Zhou Tong were not generous people. People who are stingy in doing things just need to go down the mountain.”
At the farewell banquet, Li Zhong finally showed his timidity. He heard that a group of merchants were passing by at the foot of the mountain, and they were going to rob the money to pay for Lu Zhishen. Lu Zhishen was not happy to hear this, and took advantage of the two of them coming down the mountain to hold a meeting: " Sajia, please teach this guy to surprise me." He knocked over the gangster, rolled up the gold and silver wine vessels, rolled down the mountain behind, and escaped.
This move made Li Zhong very defensive and sad. He didn't even care about the principle of being kind to others. It was probably mainly because he lost face in front of Zhou Tong. He suggested: "Let's go up and ask him for it. It would be embarrassing for him." .”
Zhou Tong didn't agree, so why could these two be good brothers? Because everyone is a measured and self-aware person.
Zhou Tong said clearly, "Come on, come on! The thief has gone to close the door. Where can he catch him? When he can catch it, he will ask him if he can get it. If something else happens, you and I will not be able to defeat him, and it will be difficult for us to meet him later. It’s better to give up and we’ll see each other again later.”
I especially like Zhou Bawang's performance here. His wisdom and optimism exceed 90% of the heroes in Liangshan, especially the sentence "You and I are no match for him", which is really cowardly and cute.
Moreover, King Zhou Bawang is a person who lives in the present, and he immediately talks about happy things, "Let's unpack the package on the car and divide the gold and silver satin into three parts. You and I will each catch one part and reward you with one part." All the little minions."
Brother, don't worry about that bald old thief, let's split the money between us! Ha ha!
At this time, Li Zhong showed his sense of propriety. He did not take everything for granted just because we were good brothers. He said: "I was the one who led him up the mountain inappropriately and broke many of your things. This point of mine is with me." about you."
Zhou Tongtong: "Brother, I will die and live together with you, so there is no need to argue."
The relationship between these two people has the characteristics of modern people: I can ignore it, but you can't treat me as you should. At the same time, there is no lack of loyalty that brothers should have.
And Li Zhong's flattery to Lu Zhishen, and Zhou Tong's carelessness about "getting together later" finally reaped the fruits: Hu Yanzhuo attacked Peach Blossom Mountain, and the two troubled brothers could not resist, so they had to go to the only Jianghu master they knew. Dude, Lu Zhishen.
Li Zhongdao: "I heard that the 'Flower Monk' Lu Zhishen of Baozhu Temple in Erlongshan is there, accompanied by many people, and there is also some kind of green-faced beast Yang Zhi, and there is a new traveler Wu Song, both of whom are brave enough to be worthy of ten thousand men. How about writing a Seal the letter and ask the minions to go there and ask for help. If the crisis is solved, I will be willing to surrender to his stronghold. At the end of the month, I might as well accept some donations from him."
Here again, we can see Li Zhong's character. He did not beg for help, but thought of a reward plan: pay a monthly protection fee.
Zhou Tongtong said: "I know a lot about the heroes there, but I'm afraid that the monk will remember what happened before and refuse to come to the rescue."
Li Zhong smiled and said: "He beat you again at that time, and got many of our gold and silver wine vessels. How can he be surprised? He is a straightforward and good man. If someone goes there, he will definitely lead the army to rescue him." Zhou Tongtong: "Brother is right."
Lu Zhishen learned from him that the performance was as follows: "Zhishen said: "When the Sa family left Wutai Mountain, they went to a Taohua Village to stay, and they beat the Zhou Tongcuo bird. Li Zhong came to recognize the Sa family, but he invited me to go up the mountain to have a day of drinking. He became acquainted with the Sa family as his brother and left me to be the leader of the village. I saw that these guys were stingy, so I rolled up some gold and silver wine vessels and threw them away. Come for help now and see what he says. Put that little guy in jail. "
It is a pity that after three mountains gathered together and all the tigers returned to their hearts, the wisdom honed by Li Zhong and Zhou Tong in the rivers, lakes and green forests, and their contented and measured attitude in dealing with things, never shined again. In the battle of Zheng Fangla, they died silently one after another.
——In fact, what I originally wanted to write was that a self-aware person like Li Zhong dared to single-handedly stop the powerful generals of the Jin Kingdom in order to avenge his brothers. This is also where this person's responsibility and loyalty lies.
But later I decided to just give out free chapters, so I just let my pen rest and I wrote so much. Before the finale, I would like to explain why I prefer Zhou Tong.
Finally, let me attach a list of the heroes of Jin Guo Yanqing——
King Shizong of Jin Dynasty painted images of heroes in Yanqing Palace based on the difficulties of Jin Taizu and Jin Taizong in starting a business, and the most famous heroes at that time: King Wanyan Xieye (Wanyan Gao) of Liao Dynasty (died in battle), King Wanyan Sa of Jinyuan County Gai (died in battle), Liao Wang Wanyan Zongqian, Qin Wang Wanyan Zonghan (died in battle), Song Wang Wanyan Zongwang, Liang Wang Wanyan Zongbi (died in battle), Jinyuan County King Wanyan Xibu Shi, Jinyuan County King Wanyan Oru (died in battle), Jinyuan County Prince Wanyan Xiyin, Jinyuan County Prince Wanyan Loushi (died in battle), Chu King Wanyan Zongxiong (died in battle), Lu King Wanyan Yanmu, Jinyuan County Prince Wanyan Yin Shuke (died in battle), Sui Guogong Wanyan Alihesi, Jinyuan County Prince Wanyanzhong, Yu Guogong Wanyan Pujianu (died in battle), Jinyuan County Prince Wanyan Salihe (died in battle), Duke Liu Yanzong of Yan State (died in battle), Tejin Wanyan Orugu (died in battle), Duke Han Qixian of Qi State (died in battle), Tejin Wanyan Xishishi (died in battle), a total of twenty-one people.
Then determine the secondary heroes of Yanqing: Dai Guogong Wanyan Huandu, Jinyuan County Prince Wanyan Shitumen (died in battle), Xu Guogong Wanyan Hun was deposed, Zheng Guogong Wanyan Yanduhe, Pu Guogong Wanyan Shigunai, The Duke of Ji State Wanyan Pucha, the South Korean Duke Xiemao Ali, the Marshal Zuo Jianjun Wanyan Bali Su (died in battle), the Duke of Lu State Pucha Shi's slave, the doctor Yinqing Guanglu Wanyan Mengshi, followed the Duke Wanyan Huonv (died in battle), Te Jin Wanyan Tuhesu (died in battle), Qi Guogong Wanyan Po Luhuo (died in battle), Kaifu Yitong Sansi Wuyan Puluhun, Yitong Sansi Wanyan A Lu Bu, the general of Zhenguo, Wulin Da Taiyu (died in battle), the Taishi who led the three provinces, Wanyan Xu, the Taifu Dabao, Daxing Yin Chizhanhui, the Jinwu Guards General Yelu Mawu (died in battle), the Hussar Guards General Han Chang (died in battle), the deputy marshal of the left went to the platform, the prime minister of the left went to the platform, General Yelv Mawu of the Jinwu Guards (died in the battle), the general of the Hussars Han Chang (died in the battle), the deputy marshal of the left went to the platform, the prime minister of the left Wanyan Alibu .
