Chapter 39: Song Jiang recited an anti-poetry in Xunyang Tower, Liangshan Bo Dai Zong passed on a false letter
After resting in the camp for many days, Song Jiang went out to look for Dai Zong, but came out of the city to Xunyang Tower. , he drank and ate with great interest, and took advantage of the wine to write two anti-poems on the wall. Huang Wenbing, the general judge of the Wuwei Army who happened to be passing by, found Song Jiang's anti-poetry on the Xunyang Tower. He reported it to the prefect Cai Jiu, who immediately ordered his arrest. After Dai Zong learned about it, he asked Song Jiang to pretend to be crazy in order to avoid this disaster.
But they didn’t know that Huang Wenbing was an extremely stingy person. He wanted to put Song Jiang to death and provoked him several times in front of the prefect. Magistrate Cai Jiu ordered Song Jiang to be put on death row and sent Dai Zong to Tokyo to report to Grand Master Cai. Dai Zong passed by Zhugui Hotel to eat on the way. After being drugged, his belongings were searched and a letter was found from his father, Cai Jiu, the prefect, who wanted to kill Song Jiang.
So Dai Zong was led to Liangshan by Zhu Gui. Everyone came up with a plan to teach someone to forge a reply. Wu Yong asked Dai Zong to pay for Xiao Rang (calligrapher) under the pretense that he wanted to engrave an inscription. Jin Dajian (a sculptor) went up the mountain and was invited to join Liangshanbo. The two of them faked Cai Jing's reply. Extended information
Brief introduction of the main characters in this chapter:
1. Song Jiang was originally an official in Yuncheng County, Shandong Province. His eyebrows were like lying silkworms, his eyes were like dragons and phoenixes, his lips were red and square, and his figure was Short and dark-faced, he is the leader of the Liangshan Uprising Army. He holds the top spot in Liangshanbo among the 108 generals, and is the Tiankuixing head of the Thirty-Six Tiangang Stars.
Because he released Chao Gai and others privately, his concubine Yan Poxi caught him, so he killed Yan Poxi and escaped overnight. During this period, he made friends with many heroes and went up to Liangshan.
And accepted the heavenly book presented by Jiutian Xuannv, and then led troops to conquer Zhujiazhuang and Gaotang Prefecture. After Chao Gai's death, he succeeded as the third leader of Liangshan Village. He accepted the imperial court's recruitment and went to Liao Kingdom, Tian Hu, Wang Qing, Fang La, etc. in order to serve the country. He repeatedly made military exploits and was named the Doctor of Wude and the pacifier of Chuzhou.
2. Dai Zong was originally a prisoner at the Jiangzhou Liangyuan prison level. He had Taoist magic and divine walking skills. He tied four pieces of magical walking armor to his legs and could travel eight hundred miles a day at the fastest. He was known as Godly Taibao. He is a close friend with Wu Yong, Liangshanbo's military advisor.
He once conspired with the Liangshan heroes to forge letters from Cai Jing to rescue Song Jiang, but was discovered and sentenced to beheading. He was rescued by the Liangshan heroes, so he went to Liangshan to join the gang and was one of the twenty-nine heroes of the White Dragon Temple. When Liangshan gathered for justice, he ranked 20th and was promoted to Yingtian Suixing, with the title of chief detective. After conquering Fangla, he was granted control of the capital of Yanzhou Prefecture. He later resigned and became a monk in Yuemiao Temple, where he finally died laughing.