Chapter 29 The fourth chapter is easy to change the country, but the slavishness is hard to get rid of

As soon as Lu Zhishen left, Lin Chong and the two gentlemen went on the road again. At noon, they entered a hotel, and the three of them entered. Lin Chong asked the two gentlemen to sit at the head, and it took half a day for Dong and Xue to feel at ease. . You see, with Lu Zhishen gone, Dong and Xue are at ease, which is normal.It is melancholy that as soon as Lu Zhishen left, Lin Chong immediately felt uncomfortable again—he took the initiative to let the two gentlemen sit on the front seat, but he himself sat down again, and he returned to the role of being bullied, again with a Ingratiate the face again.

Reliance on external power has become Lin Chong's stubborn disease. When Lu Zhishen was not involved in this external power, he was slaughtered all the way, and he dared not complain when he escaped from death. When Lu Zhishen fell from the sky, he supported him with an iron Zen staff At that time, he had lived a normal life for seventeen or eight days, healed his tortured body, and even relaxed his mood. However, as soon as Lu Zhishen left, he immediately returned to his original position very consciously. The seat on the dinner table is very meaningful. s position. It is not difficult to imagine that if the distance ahead is still long, and there is no other external force to intervene, the scene of the two gentlemen aloof and domineering, Lin Chong's low-pitched sighs and noises will appear again soon.

Fortunately, this journey of misery has come to an end, and in the remaining 70 miles or so, there really was another powerful external force intervening—the appearance of Chai Jin, which made Lin Chong escape from being tortured again by chance. The fate of slavery. And we also know why at this moment, when there are only 70 miles away from Cangzhou, the author wants Lu Zhishen to go away instead of allowing him to consummate his merits and virtues.Because, when Chai Jin appeared, if Lu Zhishen was still there, who would be the main character between Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong?Therefore, in order to highlight Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen must be let go. This is the technique of highlighting the key points in the novel.

In the hotel, Lin Chong heard that Chai Jin, the richest man in the village, was a descendant of Chai Shizong of the great Zhou Dynasty. Because his ancestor Chen Qiao gave way to Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu gave him an affidavit of iron certificate at home, and no one dared to bully him.And he has a hobby, which is to recruit heroes from all over the world, and keep thirty or fifty of them at home. It's understandable to take in the heroes of the world and raise them at home, because there are two obvious reasons. 1. He has a lot of family wealth, and China has always had a tradition of nobles and rich men supporting scholars. He is just following the example of the ancients.

Second, this is also a means to show off wealth, expand one's reputation, and satisfy one's sense of accomplishment.There is a song "Yue Tiao·Tian Jing Sha" by Yan Zhongji in the Yuan Opera, which reads: I would rather live ten years less than live a day without rights.When a man is a man, his life is hard.One day, as people wish, Sai Tianwen will entertain three thousand guests! 3. He himself is a hero. Living in the countryside, he is unavoidably lonely. Using some of his family wealth, he takes in a hero, and talks about swords, guns and sticks, and the affairs of the rivers and lakes, which also relieves the loneliness of a hero.

He also told the hotel in the village: "If there is a prisoner who has been assigned from another country, you can tell him to come to my house, and I will support him." Why did he take care of the prisoners who were assigned to the village? This shows Chai Jin's mind and foresight: in his opinion, in such an era where corrupt officials are rampant, in such an era where right and wrong are not distinguished, loyalty and evil are not distinguished, and good and evil are mixed, the people who are born in a consort There must be wronged people, poor people, and heroes! Chai Jin had the same idea as Zhang Qing.Zhang Qing and his wife, Sun Erniang, sold human meat buns in Shizipo, Mengzhou. Large pieces of good meat were cut into yellow beef for sale, and small pieces of meat were made into stuffing and wrapped in steamed buns.But he also has a principle, there are three kinds of people who will not be harmed: one is wandering monks and Taoists; the other is court prostitutes;The wandering monks did not harm because they practiced hard and obeyed the precepts and did not enjoy too much; the court prostitutes rushed to the state to rush to the mansion, and spent so many tears with them in order to earn some skinny money, so they did not harm.

Then, why don't the offenders who are transcribed everywhere not be harmed? His reason is: "there are many heroes in it." What does the idea of ​​Chai Jin and Zhang Qing imply? 1. It shows that the world was dark at that time, there was no distinction between good and bad, and there was no distinction between good and evil. Corrupt officials violated the law and discipline, often referred to white as black, and wronged good people.This is consistent with the social situation in the Yuan Dynasty when "Water Margin" was written, and it is the same social problem as reflected by Guan Hanqing. Dou E sang "Heaven and Earth!" It’s like pushing the boat with the current! Earth, you don’t know what is good and evil, what is earth! Heaven, you mistakenly judge the virtuous and foolish, and you are in vain to be the sky!” Afraid of the hard and the weak, push the boat along the current, regardless of good and evil, wrongly judge the virtuous and foolish, yes The basic characteristics of the feudal bureaucracy of that era.Under such circumstances, many of those sent here were wronged Dou E.

2. Because of the official corruption in that era, when facing evil, they often indulged in evil, and even collaborated with evil people. It was even more common for officials not to act on behalf of the people.Zhen Guanxi raped Jin Cuilian, rogue Niu Er splashed on the street all year round, Cui Daocheng and Qiu Xiaoyi forcibly occupied the monastery, etc., all related to the inaction of the government.The inaction of the government will inevitably bring about the problems of "private relief" and "illegal rights protection".Under such circumstances, it is no longer the government that upholds justice for this society, but those heroes who see injustice and draw their swords to help.And these heroes inevitably break the law in the process of upholding justice; after breaking the law, the government often arrests them, resulting in many heroes who are chivalrous and righteous become criminals, exiled, and exiled into the army.

Therefore, those unkempt and ragged people with gold seals tattooed on their faces and shackles around their necks are often the most injustices and heroes who move the world. They are either kind and weak, pitiful, or righteous and strong, respectable.For such a person, how can we not support, how can we not show compassion, how can we have the heart to kill them? And Lin Chong is the combination of the two. He is not only a poor and kind person who has been wronged and wronged, but also a respectable and strong person with first-class martial arts. So Lin Chong and the two gentlemen left the small hotel and went straight to Chai Jinzhuang, which was only three or two miles away. Could they meet Chai Jin, the official Chai?

When Lin Chong met Chai Daguan, "Water Margin" deliberately wrote some disturbances here. First, it was a coincidence: Lin Chong arrived at the village of Chai Daguan, and the farmer told him that Chai Daguan had gone hunting.And I don't know when I will come back, maybe I will live in Dongzhuang, so it is even more difficult to say when I will come back.We can only sigh with Lin Chong, Lin Chong's life is always bad. Then write a coincidence: Just when Lin Chong sighed that he was not blessed to meet Chai Daguan, and went back to the old road in a dull mood, he ran into Chai Jin who was hunting!

The two exchanged names, and they were overjoyed. Chai Jin immediately took Lin Chong's hand and walked to the village. Look, with the addition of Chai Jin, Lin Chong has a seat again.And the two gentlemen just sat with them. Lin Chong has been a prisoner since he strayed into the White Tiger Festival Hall.Now, he is the guest of honor. However, Lin Chong is really a miserable person.His seat will soon be taken by another person. who?And why did he forcefully occupy Lin Chong's seat? Since Lin Chong appeared on the stage, he has always been a character who has been humiliated, hurt and compromised, until he lost his career, lost his job and almost lost his life.From a respectable 800,000 imperial guard coach to a prisoner who was sent for 2,000 miles.Ordinarily, such a person would only attract sympathy, and no one would be jealous.However, there is often a big fallacy in things, but there is one person who became jealous of Lin Chong, and the jealousy was burning, and the burning became more and more prosperous, and no one could extinguish it. Such a strange person, who is he?