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Chapter 28 Chapter 3 Brothers in life and death, a friend in need is a friend

Dong Chao and Xue Balue tricked Lin Chong to a tree.At this time, Dong Chao and Xue Ba finally showed their true colors and told Lin Chong the truth. Lin Chong, who had lost any ability to resist, could only beg for mercy, begging these two to let him go and save his life. Dong Chao said: "What nonsense are you talking about? I can't save you." Jin Shengtan commented at the bottom of the sentence: "When you are dying, asking for help is called gossip, and you will never fall for it." In their eyes, a human life is just a gossip! Since it's gossip, there's no need to talk, let alone listen. Xue Ba is a cheerful person, and he has already raised the water and fire stick high, hoping that Lin Chong's head will come off, and Lin Chong is bound tightly, unable to move or resist. , I can't hide, I can only close my eyes and suffer death!

At this critical moment, there was a sound like thunder in the pine forest, and then an iron Zen stick flew over, separated the water and fire stick, and threw it out of the sky. How long have you been!" Lin Chong looked away, and it turned out to be Lu Zhishen! Wang Wangru said in the general commentary at the end of this chapter: "Since the Song Dynasty, many wronged lives have been lost in the wild boar forest. How many times have I been rescued by Taibai Jinxing Lu Zhishen! What a coincidence! It’s not a life-and-death situation!” Lin Chong's story, at least these two points are worthy of our consideration.

First, from a rational point of view, it was inevitable that Lin Chong was killed in the wild boar forest, but being rescued by Lu Zhishen was just accidental, or in other words, just a novelist's opinion.In life, like Lin Chong, there is only one dead end.This may be an important revelation given to us by the author of "Water Margin": no resistance, only death. Second, Lu Zhishen is impulsive and reckless, while Lin Chong is meticulous and cautious. According to our general thinking, Lu Zhishen must often get into trouble, fall into danger, and need others to rescue him.But Lin Chong must be able to protect himself from harm.However, it turned out that Lu Zhishen was an auspicious person, turned danger into good fortune, and was always saving others; while a cautious person like Lin Chong needed a reckless person like Lu Zhishen to rescue him.The mystery of it is worth our deep thinking.

In fact, Confucius opposed people's "think twice before acting". He often warned people to be cautious and fearful in doing things, and he asked people to stand up at critical moments instead of being timid and hesitant. Ever since Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong met at Daxiangguo Temple, the protagonist of the story has always been Lin Chong, and Lu Zhishen faded out.Now Lu Zhishen has returned to our field of vision.From the point of view of reading, Lin Chong's story is immediately behind Lu Zhishen's story, because Lu Zhishen's story is exhilarating and exhilarating. Back, change the rhythm, so Lin Chong came out.However, Lin Chong's story has been depressing and depressing since Cai Yuan became a righteous man until now.

This is the author of the novel's accurate grasp and ingenious adjustment of our reading emotions. In the next story, the protagonist is Lu Zhishen, so we found the happy feeling of reading "Water Margin" before: Lu Da escorted Lin Chong to Cangzhou, and cleaned up the two men along the way. No end, because our resentment towards these two treacherous villains has finally been vented. Ever since he was framed by Gao Taiwei and imprisoned in the prison of Kaifeng Mansion until now, Lin Chong, who has been trampled and mistreated, has finally become a man with pride, and he is still a master: Lu Zhishen asked for a car and let Lin Chong He got into the car and walked lying down, sitting down, like a landlord; Lu Zhishen was carrying the Zen stick, and the two gentlemen were escorted by the car, walking slowly and tightly, like a dog's legs.

Lu Zhishen bought wine and meat all the way, took Xi Lin Chong, and the two gentlemen lit a fire to cook, and waited carefully. Seventeen or eighteen days later, Lin Chong's body had basically recovered, and he was only 70 miles away from Cangzhou.Lu Zhishen said suddenly: "Brother, it's not far to go to Cangzhou, and there are people on the road ahead; there is no other place to go, and the Sajia has already inquired about it. I am breaking up with you now, and we will meet again someday." When Lu Zhishen rescued Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen once promised Lin Chong: "If you kill someone, you must see blood, and if you save someone, you must be rescued thoroughly. The Sa family can't let go, so I will send my brother to Cangzhou." However, when there were only 70 miles left to reach Cangzhou, Why did he suddenly want to break up and stop sending to the end?

What will happen to Lin Chong without Lu Zhishen's escort? Although Lu Zhishen had done meticulous work before leaving, he found out that there were houses all the way ahead, and there was no secluded place, so Lin Chong should not be in danger of safety. Moreover, before Lu Zhishen left, he once again gave the two gentlemen a serious warning. However, the two of them had already given up their hearts to harm Lin Chong, but Lu Zhishen's "half-ninety in a hundred miles" style of giving up halfway, still makes people feel a little strange.But don't worry, the answer will come soon.

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