Story content of Chapter 30 of Water Margin

Chapter 30: Shi En and three people on death row, Wu Song makes a fuss in Feiyunpu

Authors: Shi Naian, Luo Guanzhong

The poem says:

All troubles can never be tolerated.

Be patient when opportunities arise, and enlightenment brings light.

No matter what the Buddha says, Confucianism is more valuable than anything else.

It’s a pleasant road, but less traveled.

It is said that at that time, Wu Song stepped on Jiang Menshen underground and said to the door: "If you want me to spare your life, you only need to do three things." Jiang Menshen said: "A good man, Jiang Zhong Du Yi! "Wu Song said: "The first thing is that you leave Happy Forest and go back to your hometown, and then hand over the fire and other belongings to the original owner, Jin Yan Biao, for mercy. "Who taught you to rob him?" The door god hurriedly responded: "Yide, Yide!" Wu Song said: "The second thing is, now that I have spared you, go and ask all the heroes in Happy Forest to come and talk to Shi En. "Jiang Menshen said: "You have to accept it." Wu Song said: "The third thing is that if you pay it back today, you will be asked to leave Happy Forest and go back to your hometown overnight. If you don't go back here, I will beat you again and again, ten times. I will beat you half to death, but you will be beaten to death at worst. "Jiang Menshen will fight for his life after hearing this. He kept saying, "Yi De, Yi De! Jiang Zhongdu Yi!" When Wu Song brought up Jiang Menshen to see him, he was beaten until his face was blue and his mouth was swollen, his neck was crooked to one side, and blood flowed from his forehead. Wu Song pointed at Jiang Menshen and said: "Stop talking about you idiot, I killed that big insect on Jingyang Gang with only three punches and two kicks. How much is this worth to you! Deliver him back quickly." But it was a little late, and after one more blow, I killed you." At this time, Jiang Menshen realized that it was Wu Song, so he had to beg for mercy.

While he was talking, Shi En arrived early. He led thirty or twenty brave soldiers, all of whom came to help, but they were overjoyed to see Wu Song defeating Chiang Menshen. Everyone supported Wu Song. Wu Song pointed at Jiang Menshen and said: "My master is already here. You move while you are at it, and at the same time go and invite someone to chat with you." Jiang Menshen replied: "Heroes, please go and sit on the floor in the shop." Wu Song led the group. When I went to the store, the floor was covered with wine. The two black men and women were struggling against the wall in the tank. The woman had just been pulled out of the vat. Her head and face were bruised, and her lower half was dripping with wine. The Huo family bartenders disappeared without a trace.

Wu Song and everyone went into the store and sat down, shouting: "Please pack up quickly." While arranging the car, packing the luggage, and sending the woman off first, he called the bartender who was not injured to go. The town invited more than a dozen leading heroes to come to the store to talk to Jiang Menshen and Shi En. Open all the good wine. Some of them served wine, and the tables were laid out, and everyone was invited to sit on the floor. Wu Song asked Shi En to sit down above Jiang Menshen. Put a big bowl in front of everyone and ask them to sift the wine. After several bowls of wine, Wu Song said: "All the noble neighbors are here. The villain Wu Song has been here since he killed someone in Yanggu County. Hearing this, people said: 'This hotel in Happy Forest was originally the The house and other businesses built by Xiao Shi were openly taken away by Jiang Meng Shen, who took advantage of his power. "You can't guess that he and I have no interference." I have always wanted to fight against people like this who don't know their morals! If I see injustice, I will draw my sword to help you, and I won't be afraid of death! I'm going to beat this guy from the Jiang family to death, just to get rid of you. In front of all the neighbors, I will give this guy his life. If he doesn't leave this place, he will look like a big bug on Jingyang Gang again." The Wudu leaders who were fighting tigers in Jingyanggang stood up and spoke to Jiang Menshen: "Hero, calm down! Tell him to move away and return it to his owner." Jiang Menshen was frightened by him and dared not say anything again. Shi En lit the fire at home and delivered the goods to the shop. With a face full of embarrassment, Jiang the Door God thanked everyone, called a car and left, packed his luggage and got up without saying a word. It is said that Wu Song invited all his neighbors to eat until they were drunk. At night, everyone dispersed. Wu Song fell asleep and slept until Chenpai woke up the next day.

But it is said that Mr. Shi Guanying heard that his son Shi Enzhong dominated the Happy Forest Hotel. He rode his horse and came straight to the store to thank Wu Song and drink in the store for days to congratulate him.

Everyone in Happy Forest knew that Wu Song was great, so who didn't come to see Wu Song? Since then, the store has been renovated and a wine restaurant has been opened. Lao Guanying returned to Anping Village to serve as director. Mercy sent people to inquire, but Jiang Menshen took the young and old with him and disappeared. Here we only focus on doing business and ignore him. Wu Song was left to live in the store. From then on, the interest on Shi En's business increased by 35% compared to usual. Every shop, gambling shop, and currency exchange shop will give you extra money to show your kindness. Wu Song was so kind to him that he respected him like a mother-in-law. Since then, Shi En has dominated the Happy Forest on Mengzhou Road, which is no problem. Exactly:

Evil people have their own evildoers and demons, so what if you get your wrongs repaid?

From then on, Wu Song felt happy when he showed kindness, and Wu Song was drunk all day long.

Time flies, and more than a month has passed. The power of the flames gradually recedes, the jade dew brings coolness, the golden wind removes the summer heat, and late autumn comes. If there are words, they are long; if there are no words, they are short. On that day, Shi Enzheng and Wu Song were sitting in the store talking, discussing boxing, stick and marksmanship skills. They saw two or three military men in front of the store, leading a horse, and came to the store to ask the owner: "Is that Wu Dutou who fights tigers? "Shi En recognized him as Zhang Mengfang, the supervisor of Mengzhou's military and horse defense force. Shi En then stepped forward and asked: "What are you waiting for to find Wudutou?" The soldier said: "According to the decree of the Prime Minister of the capital, Jun, I heard that Wudutou is a good man, so we specially sent our horse to fetch him. Your Majesty has a message here." Shi En looked at it and thought: "This is my father's superior officer, and he is responsible for it. Now Wu Song is a prisoner assigned to him, so he has to teach him. He went." Shi En said to Wu Song, "Brother, these doctors are sent by Prime Minister Zhang Du to pick you up. How do you feel about him now that he is leading a horse? "Wu Song is a brave man. In the end, he didn't care, so he said: "Since he wants me, I have to go for a while and see what he has to say." Then he changed his clothes and scarves, took a companion with him, got on the horse, and went to Mengzhou City with everyone. . Arriving in front of Zhang Dujian's house, he got off his horse and followed the soldier to the front of the hall to see Zhang Dujian.

Zhang Mengfang saw Wu Songlai in the hall and said happily: "Jiao Jin, come and meet me." Wu Song went down to the hall, paid homage to Zhang Dujian, and stood with his hands crossed. Zhang Doujian then said to Wu Song: "I heard that you are a great man, a man, an invincible hero, and dare to die and live with others. I saw a lonely man in front of my tent. I wonder if you would like to be married to me? ?" Wu Song knelt down and thanked him: "I am a prisoner in the prison camp. If you are promoted by a favored minister, I will serve you with a whip and a nail." Zhang Dujian was overjoyed. Then he asked for the fruit box wine to be brought out. Zhang Dujian personally gave Wu Song wine and made Wu Song drunk. Just under the corridor of the front hall, pack up a side room and rest with Wu Song. The next day, someone was sent to the Alms House to pick up the luggage. He only stayed at Zhang Dujian's house. In the morning and evening, he monitored the Prime Minister, constantly calling Wu Song into the back hall, giving him wine and food, letting him go through the room and entering the house, and treating him as a relative. He also asked the tailor and Wu Song to make autumn clothes from the inside out. When Wu Song saw it, he was also happy. He thought in his heart: "It's rare that this Prime Minister, the Governor, is trying to promote me. Since I lived here, I have never left, and I have no time to go to Happy Forest to talk to Shi En. Although he frequently sends people to see me, there are many You can't lure people into the house." Ever since Wu Song was in the prison of Zhangdu, he fell in love with his husband, but someone came to ask him for some official business. Wu Song told the prisoner of the capital, and he obeyed. Outsiders all send some gold, silver, silk, pieces of clothing and other items. Wu Song bought a willow box and locked all the gifts in it.

Time flies quickly, but it is already the Mid-Autumn Festival in August. How can we see the wonderful Mid-Autumn Festival? But see:

The jade dew is cold and the golden wind blows. The sycamore trees have fallen leaves by the well, and the leaves in the pond have become a house. The new wild geese are beginning to sing, and the south tower is moving and miserable. The cold rhyme is urgent, and the solitary guest in the hotel is full of joy. The willows are half destroyed by the dancing wind, and the hibiscus is showing off its charm with the rain. Autumn colors remind the seasons, and the moon shines brightly on the mountains and rivers.

At that time, Zhang Dujian was deep in the back hall and downstairs of Yuanyang, arranging a banquet to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Call Wu Song inside to drink. Wu Song saw that his wife's family members were all at the banquet, had a drink, and then turned around and came out. Zhang Doujian called Wu Song and asked, "Where are you going?" Wu Song replied, "Thank you for your kindness. Madam and her family are having a banquet here, so I should avoid it." Zhang Doujian laughed and said, "Oh no! I respect you as a righteous man, and I specially invited you to drink here as if you were at home. Why should I avoid you? You are my close friend, so why not just drink here.

Wu Song said: "The villain is a prisoner, how dare he sit with En?" Zhang Dujian said: "Yishi, how can you see the outside world?" There are no outsiders here, so just sit down. "Wu Song humbly said goodbye three times and five times. Zhang Dujian was willing to let Wu Song sit on the ground. Wu Song had no choice but to sing rudely and sit at a distance. Zhang Dujian watched the maid and the mother-in-law pour the wine. After drinking two glasses of wine, Zhang Dujian asked him to go to the fruit table to drink. After dinner, he chatted a little and asked about some marksmanship. If a man drinks wine, why use a small cup? "He asked for a large silver reward bell to pour wine and eat with the martyrs. He persuaded Wu Song for a few minutes with a series of arrows. Look at the moonlight shining through the east window. Wu Song was half drunk after eating, but he forgot the etiquette and just drank. Zhang Du The prisoner summoned his beloved foster-mother, Magnolia, to come out and sing. But how was Magnolia?

She had a face like a lotus calyx, lips like cherries, and a pair of eyes. The bright autumn is moist. Her slender waist is covered with golden lotuses; her body is fragrant, and her crimson gauze sleeves are holding jade bamboo shoots lightly. Zhang Doujian pointed at Yulan and said: "There are no outsiders here, only my confidant Wu Dutou is here. You can sing a song about the Mid-Autumn Festival and the moon, and teach us to listen to it. "The magnolia sticks to the elephant board, and forwards each blessing, opens its throat, and sings a Dongpo Bachelor's Mid-Autumn Water Song. The song is:

When will the bright moon come? Ask the blue sky for wine. I don't know the palace in the sky, What year is this evening? I want to ride the wind back, but I am afraid that it will be too cold in the high place. I dance to clear the shadows, how can I be in the human world? There should be no sleep in the curtains. When we say goodbye, people have joys and sorrows, and the moon waxes and wanes. I hope people will live forever.

After singing this magnolia, put down the elephant board, They each said a blessing and stood aside. Zhang Dujian said again: "Yulan, you can have a round of wine." " Yulan agreed and took a pair of cups. The maid poured the wine. First, she delayed her husband, and then she persuaded his wife. The third time she persuaded Wu Song to drink. Zhang Dujian asked him to fill the cups. Wu Song dared to raise his head and got up. He took the wine from a distance and sang to the husband and wife. He drank the wine and returned it. Zhang Dujian pointed at Yulan and said to Wu Song, "This woman is quite smart. Smart, good at knowing music and rhythm, and very good at pointing. If you don't mind being humble, I will choose a good time in a few days and become your wife in the future. " At that time, Wu Song stood up and bowed again: "How can a person who considers a villain dare to look forward to the house of his favored minister as his wife? It is in vain to destroy Wu Song's fodder. Zhang Dujian smiled and said, "Since I have said this, I must tell you." Don't push back and hold me back, you will definitely live up to your promise. "At that time, I drank more than ten glasses of wine in a row. I was afraid that I would lose my etiquette because of the wine. I got up, thanked my husband and his wife, and went out to the door of the front hall and corridor. When I opened the door, I felt that I was full of wine and food, but I couldn't. Then he went to bed, took off his clothes, took off his turban, and took a stick. He came to the hall and used the stick several times under the bright moonlight. When he looked up at the sky, it was about three o'clock. >

Wu Song entered the room and was about to take off his clothes to go to bed. He heard a cry in the back hall that there was a thief. My daughter promised me. There is a thief in his back hall, how can I not rescue him? "Wu Song Xianqin, carrying a small stick, rushed into the back hall. The singing Yulan came out in a panic and pointed out: "A thief ran into the back garden. Hearing this, Wu Song took his baton and strode straight into the garden to look for the time. He was nowhere to be seen. He turned around but ran out, not noticing that a bench was thrown out of the darkness, tripping Wu Song over. He walked out. Seven or eight soldiers shouted: "Catch the thief!" "He immediately tied Wu Song up with a hemp rope. Wu Song shouted anxiously: "It's me. "The soldiers allowed him to explain. The hall was brightly lit, and Zhang Dujian was sitting in the hall, shouting: "Get the future! "

All the soldiers beat Wu Song one step at a time to the front of the hall. Wu Song shouted: "I am not a thief, I am Wu Song. "Monitor Zhang was furious when he saw it, changed his face, and shouted: "You are a thief and an army thief! He is a robber and a thief! I want to lift you up and make you a man of strength, and I will never let you down in the slightest. But I just taught you to eat wine together and sit at the same table.

In the light of red candles, the pavilion is full of blood. *** Move the heaven and earth, make a big fuss in the world. Exactly: two big insects win or lose, and a pair of evil beasts win or lose. After all, how could Wu Song end up running back to Mengzhou City? Let’s listen to the breakdown next time.