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Song Jiang

Song Jiang was originally a small official in Yuncheng County, Shandong Province. His courtesy name was Gongming and his nickname was Hu Baoyi. He is dark-skinned and short in stature. He is usually a righteous person, spends money like water, is good at making friends, and is famous for his timely rain. Due to the incident of Chao Gai and others' robbery of the birthday plan in Huangnigang, Song Jiang informed Chao Gai about the pursuit by the officers and soldiers. After Chao Gai and others went to Liangshan, he sent Liu Tang to deliver a letter (recruitment bag) and fifty taels of gold as reward. Unexpectedly, this letter fell into the hands of his concubine Yan Poxi. Helpless, Song Jiang furiously killed Yan Poxi and sent him to Jiangzhou, where he met Li Kui and others. However, he was sentenced to death for writing an anti-poem in Xunyang Tower. Fortunately, the heroes of Liangshan rescued Song Jiang from the execution ground and brought him to Liangshan, where he became the deputy leader. Later, when he attacked Zengtou City, Chao Gai was killed by a poisoned arrow in his eye, so he took the top spot. Later, Song Jiang led the crowd to recruit peace for the imperial court. In the process of attacking other rebel armies, Liangshan heroes suffered many casualties. Song Jiang himself was also poisoned to death by the imperial wine he was given.

Song Jiang ranks first among the one hundred and eight generals, and is the Tiankuixing star at the top of the thirty-six Tiangang stars.

Chao Gai

A native of Dongxi Village, Yuncheng County, Shandong Province, Dongxi Village Baozheng, a wealthy family in his hometown. He was devoted to justice and wealth all his life, and loved to make friends with heroes all over the world. He was famous in the world. He likes to stab with spears and use sticks. He is strong and does not want a wife. He beats his bones all day long. Legend has it that Xixi Village, a neighboring village, was haunted by ghosts. The villagers chiseled a bluestone pagoda by the stream, and the ghosts were driven to Dongxi Village. Chao Gai was furious, so he went to Xixi Village to snatch the bluestone pagoda alone and put it down by the East River. Therefore, he is known as the "King of Tota".

Wu Yong

Personally known as Xue Xue, he was born in Dongxi Village, Yuncheng County, Jezhou, Shandong Province. Full of knowledge, he was proficient in the Six Tao and Three Strategies, and was resourceful. He often compared himself to Zhuge Liang, so he was nicknamed "Mr. Jialiang" and was known as "Zhi Duo Xing". Worked as a tutor in the rich man's house. He was born with clear eyebrows, white face and long beard. Make good use of two copper chains. Befriended Chao Gai since childhood.

He and Chao Gai, the king of pagodas, outsmarted Liang Taishu of Daming Palace to give Cai Jing a birthday plan of 100,000 coins, and went to Liangshan to avoid being pursued by the government.

He is the secret military advisor in charge of the cottage. Almost all military operations in Liangshan were planned by him. After being recruited, he assisted Song Jiang and Lu Junyi in conquering the Liao Kingdom, Tian Hu, Wang Qing and Fang La, etc., and made outstanding achievements. He was awarded General Wu Jie, and Wu Shengjun was appointed as Propaganda Envoy. Later, after seeing Song Jiang's murder, he felt deeply that the court was in charge of traitors and feared that he would be punished. So he and Hua Rong hanged themselves in front of Song Jiang's tomb in Liao'erwa, outside the south gate of Chuzhou, and his body was buried beside Song Jiang's tomb.

Lu Junyi

Nicknamed "Jade Qilin", he is good at martial arts and has unparalleled sticks in the world. He was originally a member of a wealthy family, and the prodigal son Yan Qing was his servant. As the book says, "Lu was born in Beijing and grew up in a wealthy family. There were no criminals in his ancestors, and there were no remarried daughters in his family. He also acted with integrity. Be prudent, do nothing without reason, and do nothing without wealth." He has a clean family background, is cautious, and has lived in a famous mansion.

Song Jiang admired his name and wanted to lure him up the mountain in order to strengthen Liangshan's momentum. Military advisors Wu Yong and Li Kui pretended to be fortune tellers and mute boys and went to Lu Mansion to tell fortunes for them. Hearing that he was born in "the year of Jiazi, the month of Yichou, the day of Bingyin, and the time of Dingmao", Wu Yong was shocked and said that "within a hundred days, there will be a bloody disaster: the property cannot be kept, and he will die by the sword." ", advised him to go thousands of miles to the southeast to avoid disaster, and wrote a poem on the wall with the acronym "A small boat in the reed bushes, a handsome man swims alone at dusk. A righteous man carries a three-foot sword, and when he rebels, he must behead the rebel minister."

Lu Junyi fell into the trap and wanted to go to Tai'an Prefecture to avoid disaster. When passing through Liangshan, he was ambushed and fought against the heroes of Liangshan. Lu Junyi was defeated and was captured alive by Zhang Shun when he escaped by boat. Lu did not want to fall into the trap of Liangshan and become a bandit, but Song Jiang did not force him and released him. When he returned home, his wife Jia had already married the housekeeper Li Gu. They falsely accused him of colluding with the rebels. Lu Qu was beaten and sent to death row. Fortunately, Yan Qing, Shi Xiu and other Liangshan heroes rescued him one after another, and he was spared from the murderous hands. After reaching Liangshan, he took the second top spot. A banner with the words "Shandong Hubaoyi, Hebei Yuqilin" was also erected in front of the Zhongyi Hall.

After the recruitment, Lu Junyi was named a martial arts doctor, Luzhou pacification envoy and deputy commander-in-chief of the army. Participated in commanding the campaigns of conquering Liao and conquering Fang La. Later, he was injured by Gao Qiu's poisoned wine. He lost his footing and fell into the water while riding in the boat and died.

Li Kui

is an important character in the ancient Chinese novel "Water Margin".

Baizhang Shuren, a man from Yishui County, went into exile in Jiangzhou for beating people to death and became a small prison guard. He is bold, straightforward and loyal, generous and generous. Known as the Black Tornado.

Yan Qing

is the last one in the Thirty-Six Tiangang Stars.

Originally from Beijing, his parents died when he was young. He grew up in Lu Junyi's home. He was good at playing the flute and singing, and could shoot arrows and shoot darts with a hundred steps. He was known as "The Prodigal Son Yan Qing". After Lu Junyi was kidnapped by Wu Yong, the housekeeper Li Gu colluded with Lu Junyi's wife Jia, seized Lu's family property, and drove Yan Qing away. After Lu Junyi returned home, Li Gu reported to the Daming Mansion that Lu Junyi had an affair with Liangshan and wrote anti-poems with his head hidden. Lu Junyi was imprisoned, and Li bribed Dong Chao and Xue Ba, asking them to kill Lu Junyi. When Dong and Xue were about to take action, Yan Qing came and shot them to death. After Lu Junyi was sentenced to death, Yan Qing and Yang Xiong went up the mountain to report the news, attracting Song Jiang's troops, who rescued Lu Junyi at the execution ground and fled to Liangshan together.

On the Lantern Festival in Songjiang, he was summoned by the Holy Spirit in Tokyo and secretly communicated with the famous prostitute Li Shishi. Yan Qing played the flute well, and became sister and brother with Master Li. She met Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, conveyed the news from Liangshan, and made great contributions to Song Jiang's recruitment.

After being recruited, Yan Qing had a premonition that there would be no good results in the long run, so he left alone and retired.