The death of Chao Gai is full of mysteries, but it is not without solutions. When Song Jiang was waiting to die, Dadao Guan Sheng's words revealed the truth about Chao Gai's death: Lin Chong checked something and found that the murderer was not Shi Wengong.
Jin Shengtan insisted that Song Jiang murdered Chao Gai, but he did not produce convincing evidence, so we can only doubt the guilt. However, "Remn Water Margin", which is known as "the best sequel to Water Margin", provides strong evidence.
In this book, thirty-six Liangshan heroes including Song Jiang were sentenced to death. Forty-one Liangshan heroes including Lu Zhishen and Wu Song, who had already served as imperial officers, wrote to defend their defense. Only Wu Yong and Lin Chong Reluctant to sign, Song Jiang specifically asked the new commander of Xihe Road (not the military commander of Daming Prefecture) Da Dao Guan Sheng.
The author of "Remn Water Margin" is Cheng Shanzhi. He is definitely a historical celebrity, but he cannot be introduced more because when introducing him, more historical celebrities will be involved. It is wrong to say Not good. So let’s talk about Song Jiang’s murder of Chao Gai and Song Jiang’s possible ending.
"Remn Water Margin" was also written after the 70th chapter of "Water Margin". This book is consistent with the expectations of most modern readers: Gongsun Sheng, the dragon in the clouds, floated away with the demon king Fan Rui. Wan Li's daughter poisoned the double-gun general Dong Ping with a wooden turtle.
This book is as good as the conquest of Liangshan. It is really the way of old Zhong Jing. After cultivating the way of teaching, readers will naturally think of an interesting question: What should Lu Zhishen do when the old leader comes?
Song Jiang was seriously ill and bedridden at that time. Wu Yong took charge of Liangshan's work and advocated surrender without a fight. At this time, it was time for Lu Zhishen to appear.
Wu Yong wanted to send the faceless Jiao Ting to negotiate for recruitment, but he couldn't find a way. At this time, a person suddenly jumped out: "Okay, okay! If you want to go, Sajia will accompany you. Sajia recognizes him "Zhongjinglue."
No need to ask, this person who calls himself "Sajia" is of course Hua monk Lu Zhishen. Lu Zhishen bowed his hands to Wu Yong and others, and walked out with long strides. "Wu Song and Shi En walked down behind them, and the four of them walked away."
I don't know what Zhong Shidao said to Lu Zhishen. What (it should be called Lu Da here, but in order to take care of readers' reading habits, we will still call it Lu Zhishen), anyway, it was when Dai Zong, the divine traveler, was captured alive in front of Mr. Lao Zhongjinglue, Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, Wu Song, Shi Jin, and Shi En have all put on the uniforms of Song Dynasty officers. After Lao Zhong made a strategy to pacify Liangshan, among the leaders reported for recruitment were Lu Junyi and Guan Sheng, but not Lu Zhishen and Wu Song - he included Lu and Wu in his list of meritorious generals.
The old minister admired Dai Zong's magical skills very much, and also gave him a fifth-rank military position. Even when he was promoted to a master, he also became a ninth-rank military attaché.
All Liangshan heroes who had no sins became officers of the Zhong family army, and Wu Yong was certainly not far behind. After Yan Qing made the connection, Wu Yong brought Yu Qilin Lu Junyi, Dadao Guan Sheng, Qin Ming, Hu Yanzhuo, Yang Zhi, Zhang Qing, Xu Ning, Suo Chao, Zhu Dian, Lei Heng, Huang Xin, Xuan Zan, Hao Siwen, Han Tao, Peng Qi, Shan Tinggui, Wei Dingguo, Ling Zhen, Wang Ying, Hu Sanniang, Tang Long, Gong Wang, Ding Desun and others all defected to Laozhong Jinglue Xianggong.
Those who could fight had all surrendered to Zhongshi Dao, and the rest were naturally vulnerable. After Song Jiang and the other 36 people were defeated and fled, they were all captured alive by Zhang Shuye. It was a pity that these three The sixteen people also include the three heroes of the Ruan family.
The thirty-six people who were captured alive were all sentenced to death. Even Song Jiang's father, Song Taigong, was sentenced to death by hanging for failing to educate his son and harboring imperial prisoners.
Thirty-six Liangshan heroes were sentenced to death, but after waiting for three months, they were not taken to the execution ground to receive the knife. This is because Lu Zhishen, Wu Song and others wrote to defend him, and because Lao Zhongjinglue Xianggong had a great reputation, the court was not easy to kill or release him, so he was kept there until a reason was found before he could be pardoned.
On this day, Song Jiang was sitting on death row with a haggard face and sighed. The new commander of Xihe Road, Dadaoguan Sheng, came: "Congratulations to brother, the imperial court has changed the Yuan Dynasty and granted amnesty. The public can hope to be forgiven!"
In order to prove that what he said was true, Guan Sheng also took out a piece of paper from his boots. On it was written a joint letter from forty-one Liangshan heroes including Lu Zhishen, Wu Song and others: "Gongbao Song Jiang and others will repent from now on and resolve to If he does it again, he will be punished with the same crime."
Song Jiang read the forty-one signatures from beginning to end, but couldn't find the names of Wu Yong and Lin Chong, and couldn't help but feel puzzled: " I have a silly question, why are the names of Commander Wu and Coach Lin not included? Didn’t you ask him before?”
Just now, he congratulated Song Jiang and the other thirty-six people, “There will be one within thirty days.” "Good news" Dadao Guan Sheng restrained his smile at this time: "Brother Gongming, you should know the reason. I'm sorry for being rude. I'll tell you the truth. Brother Lu and I have both invited them, and we all said in unison, 'What if? I saved my brother for fear of being sorry for King Chao.'"
Song Jiang was still arguing: "This is really unjust. I was not present when King Chao was hit by the arrow. This was shot by Shi Wengong, so what does it have to do with me? ”
Guan Sheng saw that Song Jiang still had cooked duck meat that was rotten in his mouth, so he revealed the truth about Chao Gai’s death in front of all thirty-six people.
When Liangshan broke through Zengtou City, where the Jin people made the decision, and captured Shi Wengong alive, Lin Chong paid more attention and checked the captured Shi Wengong's equipment: "None of the arrows in his pot had a name engraved on it. Moreover, none of them had a name engraved on them." The engraved arrow does not match the length of the bow Shi Wengong wears."
Lin Chong was very senior in Liangshan and had a group of confidants. His informant also found out this thing: "Afterwards. One day, two primary schools were fighting. One said that you shot King Chao with a cold arrow and I want revenge; the other said that it was a frame-up."
The two men fought in front of Song Jiang. Song Jiang personally drew his sword and killed the two. They were all killed together. When Song Jiang angrily killed two fighting boys, Zhiduoxing Wu Yong was by his side.
Song Jiang was speechless, Guan Sheng floated away (Guan Sheng floated away is the original text in the book), and then a meaningful scene appeared: "Song Jiang turned around and saw more than thirty pairs of eyes. , all shot towards him with infinite murderous aura. Song Jiang sat in the murderous aura, silently, with his head shrunk, waiting for the pardon letter."
Guan Sheng's words. The truth behind Chao Gai's murder was revealed. And Song Jiang will definitely not be able to wait for the day when the pardon letter comes, because in prison, the owner of those thirty pairs of eyes will tear him into pieces - the three heroes of the Ruan family and Chao Gai have a deep relationship, so what? How can we not avenge Chao Gai at night?