The Little Stories of Water Margin

1. Punch the town of Kansai

One day, Lu Da, Li Zhong, and Shi Jin went to the Pan family restaurant to drink and were about to enter Hong Kong when they heard someone crying in the neighboring cabinet. Lu Da sent a bartender to bring the Jin family father and daughter to inquire about the reason. It was said that the Jin family father and daughter were forcibly married by the powerful media in Zhenguanxi, and the false money was used to forcibly occupy Cuilian. They then drove her out and demanded the blood and tears of the Jin family to demand the ceremonial money, which aroused Lu Da's anger towards Zhenguanxi. He immediately gave silver coins and arranged a way for the Jin family father and daughter to escape. The next morning, Lu Da arrived at the Lu family inn where the Jin family father and daughter were staying and personally protected them from escaping from Hukou. Then he went straight to the Zhuangyuan Bridge Zheng. Before the meat slaughter case, he deliberately made things difficult for Zheng Tu by buying meat, provoked him, started a fight, and then punched Zheng Tu three times to kill him, eliminating harm for the people. After Lu Da killed Zheng Tu, he ran out of the south gate to avoid litigation

2. Pull the willow tree upside down

There are twenty to thirty idle hooligans living near the vegetable garden of Daxiangguo Temple. They often come to steal vegetables on weekdays. When they heard that a new monk had arrived, they discussed making trouble with him and giving Lu Zhishen a warning. However, Lu Zhishen was skilled in martial arts, and these hooligans were no match for him. Lu Zhishen only kicked the first two into the cesspool with three punches and two kicks, and the others were frightened and begged for mercy.

The next day, this group of people came to apologize to Lu Zhishen with food and drinks. Halfway through the meal, I could only hear the incessant chirping of crows on the big tree outside the door, which was annoying. The hooligans find it inauspicious and want to move a ladder up a tree to dismantle the old crow's nest. Lu Zhishen followed them to the bottom of the tree. He looked at the green willow tree, took off his clothes, bent down, hugged the trunk tightly with both hands, and even uprooted the big tree. The hooligans around were all stunned

3. Causing chaos in the wild boar forest

Lin Chong was falsely accused of being a spy in Cangzhou, and Lu Qian instructed the police to kill and silence him on the way. The two police officers tormented Lin Chong in various ways on the way, and finally decided to take action in the sparsely populated Wild Boar Forest. In the Wild Boar Forest, they pretended to rest and were afraid that Lin Chong would escape, deceiving Lin Chong into agreeing to tie them up. However, after being tied up, Lin Chong was about to kill Lin Chong. Lin Chong knew he had been tricked, but he could not escape. Lu Zhishen heard at the inn that Lin Chong was going to be silenced, and rushed to this evil place where he could only do murder and silence, in order to appear in time and save Lin Chong. Originally, Lu Zhishen was planning to kill both of them, but Lin Chong was in the midst of the two people. Please ask Lu Zhishen to let them go. Lu Zhishen is not at ease and will continue on the road with them, along the way accompanied by Lin Chong, the attendant on duty

4. Drunk hitting Jiang Menshen

(Drunk and Beating Jiang Menshen: It means that Wu Song was exiled to the Mengzhou prison camp, and the son of Shi Zhong, Xie En, who was in charge of the camp, admired his name and became sworn brothers. Xie En's hotel was occupied by the tyrant Jiang Menshen, and Wu Song was furious when he heard about it. He rushed to the Happy Forest with his wine, beat Jiang Menshen severely, and regained the hotel.)

5. Make a big fuss in Feiyunpu

Wu Song was falsely accused by Zhang Dujian in Mengzhou and was exiled to Enzhou. In the remote area of Feiyunpu, Wu Song pretended to be watching from the bridgehead as his master Jiang Menshen instructed him to harm Wu Song. Two gentlemen carrying knives were about to attack from behind, but Wu Song kicked them into the river one by one. The other two gentlemen turned their heads and ran away, and Wu Song broke the wooden shackles and rushed forward to capture them. It turned out that these people were Jiang Menshen's subordinates. This time, Wu Song was falsely accused, and it was entirely Jiang Menshen and Zhang Tuanlian who conspired with Zhang Dujian. Wu Song was furious when he heard this and killed the four of them before turning back. Mengzhou

6. Wisely selecting a birth chart

(Yang Zhi was dispatched by Liang Shijie to escort the birthday official to Tokyo. In mid May, the weather was extremely hot, but Yang Zhi ordered his followers to rest early and rush through the scorching sun, causing widespread complaints. When they arrived at Huangnigang, they ignored Yang Zhi's advice and put down their cars to rest. Wu Yong and others disguised themselves as jujube merchants and also rested here. Bai Sheng disguised himself as a man selling alcohol and sold it along the way. Yang Zhi was worried that the alcohol was poisonous and did not allow the soldiers to buy it. Wu Yong and others first bought a bucket to drink, then scooped another bucket and used the opportunity to poison it. Yang Zhi and others did not know what was going on and bought alcohol to drink, but ended up fainting one after another, feeling sick.) Chen Gang was robbed of everything by Wu Yong and others

7. Wu Song fights tigers

Wu Song returned home to visit his brother and passed by Jingyang Hill. He drank a lot of wine at the foot of the hill and stumbled towards the top. Due to his drinking power, he found a large bluestone and lay down on his back. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard a fierce wind roar. A colorful tiger rushed towards Wu Song, and Wu Song dodged twice in a row. The tiger became anxious, roared loudly, and attacked Wu Song with its tail. Wu Song quickly jumped away. The tiger unleashed its animalistic instincts and pounced on Wu Song. Wu Song rode on the back of the tiger, grabbing the skin on its head with his left hand and striking it hard with his right hand, causing the tiger to bleed from its eyes, mouth, nose, and ears, and lying on the ground unable to move. He raised his whistle again and struck for a while, only to stop when he saw that the tiger was indeed out of breath. From then on, Wu Song's reputation was greatly shaken

8. Li Kui killed four tigers at Yiling

In order to bring his mother to Liangshan, Li Kui returned home. He learned that his mother had lost her eyes because of him crying and was deeply saddened. When his elder brother Li Da led the villagers to arrest her, Li Kui took the lead in carrying her and fled his hometown. When the mother and son arrived at Yiling, the mother felt dry and Li Kui placed her on a large bluestone to search for water. However, when Li Kui returned with water, he found that the mother on the bluestone was gone. Li Kui quickly searched everywhere and finally found the mother's remains in the tiger hole. Li Kui was furious and killed four tigers before taking the mother's remaining bones. The package was wrapped up and buried in a pit behind the Great Holy Temple in Sizhou

Twenty essential stories to know when reading 'Water Margin'

1. Angry killing of Yan Poxi

Due to the incident of Chao Gai and Huang Nigang robbing the Birth Chart, Song Jiang informed Chao Gai of the news of the official army's pursuit. After Chao Gai and others went to Liangshan, they sent Liu Tang to deliver letters (recruitment bags) and fifty taels of gold as a reward. Unexpectedly, this letter fell into the hands of his concubine Yan Po Xi. Helpless, Song Jiang angrily killed Yan Po Xi.

2. Song Jiang's Poem on Xunyang Tower

After killing Yan Po Xi in anger, Song Jiang suffered a lawsuit and was exiled to Jiangzhou, where he met iron men such as Dai Zong, Li Kui, and Zhang Shun. One day, Song Jiang couldn't find a friend and went alone to Xunyang Tower to admire the river scenery, pouring his own drink. Touching the scenery, feeling hatred and sorrow, I wrote two anti poems on the wall. Also leave your name. After being discovered by Judge Huang Wenbing, he reported it to Governor Cai Jiu. Governor Cai Jiu ordered the arrest of Song Jiang, but he attempted to feign madness and was sent to death row.

3. Song Gongming attacked Zhujiazhuang three times

When Shi Xiu, Yang Xiong, and Shi Qian fled to Liangshan and passed through Zhujiazhuang, they stole a rooster in the hotel, which caused a conflict between Liangshan and Zhujiazhuang. Song Jiang led more than ten iron men including Lin Chong, Qin Ming, Hua Rong, Li Kui, and more than six thousand minions down the mountain to attack Zhujiazhuang. The first two attacks ended in failure. In the third attack, Song Jiang received support from Wu Yong and others, adopted Wu Yong's multiple strategies, and arranged for Sun Li to go undercover. Only then did he break through Zhujiazhuang, kill the three brothers of the Zhujia family, and seize countless money and grain.

4. Luti governs the punching town of Guanxi

One day, Luda, Li Zhong, and Shi Jin came to the Pan Family Restaurant to drink. Eating happily, suddenly she heard the sound of crying from the next door. Ruda called the bartender over to inquire. It turned out that Zheng Tuqiang, a local butcher who called himself "Zhen Guanxi", married a Jin woman as his concubine and later demanded silver coins. The Jin father and daughter had to sell songs everywhere. Luda and Shijin immediately pooled together fifteen taels of silver to give them. The next morning, after arranging for the safe departure of the Jin family, Ruda went to settle accounts with Zheng Tu. Luda pretended to buy meat and deliberately played with Zheng Tu. Zheng Tu was furious after being provoked, and was pinned down by Lu Da. He only punched him three times before taking his life. Luda was afraid of getting involved in legal proceedings, so she hurriedly went home, packed her bags, and left.

5. The Flower Monk uproots the weeping willow trees

Lu Zhishen went to Daxiangguo Temple to see the vegetable garden. The hooligans near the vegetable garden caused trouble when Lu Zhishen kicked the two leaders into the cesspool, scaring them to kneel down and beg for mercy. The next day, the hooligans bought some food and drinks to apologize to Lu Zhishen. Everyone was eating happily when they heard the crows chirping incessantly from the big tree outside. The hooligans wanted to move a ladder to dismantle the bird's nest, but Lu Zhishen had already taken off his coat and hugged the tree trunk with his left hand, and held the upper part of the tree with his right hand. He straightened his waist and the tree was pulled up one by one.

6. Make a scene in Mount Wutai

Lu Zhishen followed Zhao Yuan up the mountain and became a monk, showing great disrespect in the mountains. One day at the Half Mountain Pavilion, I saw a person carrying wine up the mountain. He stopped and drank a bucket, got drunk and went up the mountain. After a commotion, the elder stopped him and helped him to sleep. A few months later, he went down the mountain again and ordered a 62 pound Zen staff and a ring knife. He then falsely claimed to be a wandering monk in the hotel, had a big drink, carried a dog leg up the mountain, and was not allowed to enter. He also damaged two Diamond Kings, and people were afraid that he would burn down the temple, so they let him in. On the bed, he forced the monks to eat meat, but the monks refused and started fighting. The workers used sticks to beat him, and he broke two legs and started fighting. He was stopped by the elders and recommended to write a book to Elder Zhiqing. I had to send him to the Daixiangguo Temple.

7. Lu Zhishen caused chaos in the wild boar forest

Leopard head Lin Chong was exiled to Cangzhou for offending Gao Qiu. Lu Yuhou bribed the escort officials Dong Chao and Xue Ba to kill Lin Chong on the way. Lin Chong was tormented by various hardships along the way with two tolerances. In the Wild Boar Forest, seeing no one around, the two officials revealed their ferocity and tied Lin Chong to a tree without hesitation, indicating the reason why Captain Lu Yuhou instructed them to frame Lin Chong. The two of them were going to use water and fire sticks to kill Lin Chong. The two were about to take action when suddenly they heard a loud shout and a monk jumped out. It turned out to be Lu Zhishen, who had always been secretly protecting Lin Chong. Lu Zhishen picked up his Zen staff and his anger surged towards the heavens and the earth towards the two tolerances. The two tolerances were so shocked that they were scared out of their wits and dared not move. Lu Zhishen approached Lin Chong, cut the rope, helped him up, and escorted him safely to Cangzhou Prefecture.

8. Jingyang Gangwu Song Beats Tigers

Wu Song is going back to Qinghe County to visit his brother, passing by Jingyanggang. In the hotel, Wu Song drank eighteen bowls of "three bowls of strong liquor that are not too strong". After being full of wine and food, he ignored the advice of the waiter and traveled alone to Jingyanggang. It was already evening, and Wu Song's drinking power was on. He saw a large bluestone by the roadside and was about to lie down and rest when a big tiger pounced on him. Wu Song was startled and quickly turned over to dodge. When the tiger pounced again, Wu Song tried his best to hold it down and beat it to death.

9. Fight and kill Ximen Qing

One day, Pan Jinlian accidentally lifted a curtain and hit a bamboo pole on Ximen Qing's head. Ximen Qing is a bully in Yanggu County. Seeing Pan Jinlian's enchanting beauty, he conspired with his neighbor Wang Po to seduce her. Soon after, the matter was learned by the vendor Yun Ge, who informed Wu Da. Wu Da rushed to Wang Po's house, but Ximen Qing kicked and injured Wu Da, and then poisoned him to death. Wu Song, the official, returned and saw the loophole. He specially prepared water and wine to invite his relatives and neighbors to inquire, and after uncovering the truth, he reported it to the government office. But the county official was bribed by Ximen Qing and gave him 40 lashes instead. Wu Song was filled with righteous indignation and rushed to the Lion Tower to kill Ximen Qing. He then returned home and killed Pan Jinlian, avenging his brother's death.

10. Drunk hitting Jiang Menshen

Meng Zhou's management of the camp informed Wu Song of the fact that the Joyful Forest was taken away by Jiang Menshen. Wu Song immediately sought revenge for Xie En and became brothers with him. Two days later, Wu Song drank a lot of alcohol and arrived at the Happy Forest. He first threw Jiang Menshen's wife into the wine vat, and when Jiang Menshen arrived, he gave him a jade ring step and a mandarin duck foot, which made Jiang Menshen beg for mercy underground. Jiang Menshen had no choice but to return the Joyful Forest Hotel to the benefactor.

11. Make a big fuss in Feiyunpu

Wu Song was falsely accused by Zhang Dujian in Mengzhou and exiled to Enzhou. In the remote area of Feiyunpu, a nobleman was instructed by his master Jiang Menshen to harm Wu Song. Wu Song stood at the bridge and pretended to be looking around. Two noblemen carrying knives were about to strike from behind, but were kicked into the river one by one by Wu Song. The other two gentlemen turned their heads and ran away, while Wu Song broke the wooden shackles and rushed forward to capture them. Originally, these people were subordinates of Jiang Menshen. The accusation against Wu Song this time was entirely orchestrated by Jiang Menshen and Zhang Tuanlian colluding with Zhang Dujian. Upon hearing this, Wu Song was furious and killed the four of them before turning back to Mengzhou, where blood splattered on the Mandarin Duck Tower!

12. Blood splattered on the Mandarin Duck Tower

Wu Song rushed back to Mengzhou City and, at the Dujian Mansion, chopped down more than ten members of Zhang Dujian's family and servants before heading to Yuanyang Tower. Zhang Dujian, Zhang Tuanlian, and Jiang Menshen were drinking and laughing upstairs to celebrate their success. Suddenly, they saw Wu Song going upstairs and became cautious. Without hesitation, Wu Song raised his sword and chopped. Before long, he turned several wicked people into ghosts under the knife. Wu Song dipped himself in blood and wrote on the wall the eight words "The murderer beats the tiger Wu Song" before leaving the city. He changed his hair and clothes and fled far away from a foreign land.

13. Eliminating evil centipedes (Centipede Ridge)

While passing through Wugongling, Wu Song encountered an evil Taoist who bullied virtuous women and plundered property. In conflict with him, Wu Song killed the evil Dao and his Taoist child, rescued the woman, gave the evil Dao's wealth to the woman to support her family, and sent her back home.

14. Fake Li Kui cuts the path to rob a single person, Black Whirlwind kills four tigers in Yiling

Li Kui went home to pick up his mother and enjoy the peace of Liangshan. On the way, he encountered Li Gui cutting a path and robbing him in his own name, and he stabbed Li Gui. After hearing that Li Gui wanted to support his ninety year old mother, he did not kill Li Gui and instead gave him ten taels of silver. After learning that he had been deceived, Li Gui did not have a ninety year old mother, so he killed Li Gui and his wife fled. Li Kui returned home to see his mother, who had been crying for his son for years and had become blind. Li Kui lied to his mother that he had become an official and wanted to take her away to enjoy his happiness. Carrying my mother to Yiling, my mother shouted for thirst. So Li Kui let his mother sit on a large bluestone and went to fetch water for her by himself. Unexpectedly, when I returned with water, I found that my mother had been eaten by a tiger. Li Kui was filled with grief and anger, wielding a simple knife and killing four tigers, including his mother and son. And he packed up the remains of his mother's body and sent it to a temple for burial.

15. The Battle of "Black Whirlwind" and "White Strips in Waves"

One day, Li Kui, Song Jiang, and Dai Zong went to a restaurant to drink. Song Jiang said he wanted to eat fish, but the hotel didn't have it, so Li Kui went to buy it. Li Kui went to the riverbank to buy fish from the boatman, but the boatman said he had to wait for the owner to return before he could sell it. Li Kui acted impulsively and jumped onto the boat to grab it, but he didn't know how to catch fish and accidentally released them all. The boatmen refused to give up and started fighting with Li Kui. These boatmen were no match for Li Kui. Zhang, who happened to be rushing back, lured Li Kui into the water. In a fit of anger, Li Kui forgot that he didn't understand water and jumped into the water, choking and losing his ability to hit someone. Fortunately, Song Jiang arrived in time and showed Zhang Shun his brother's letter, which made Zhang Shun realize that he was the famous Song Jiang. Afterwards, Li Kui and Zhang Shun became life and death brothers.

16. Li Kui's Axe Slashes Luo Zhenren

Daizong and Li Kui were ordered by Song Jiang and Wu Yong to leave Gaotangzhou and go to Jizhou to find Gongsun Sheng. One day, while dining at a vegetarian noodle shop, I learned from an old man that Gong Sunsheng was located on Erxian Mountain in Jiugong County. Dai Zong went to see him, but was refused by Gong Sun Laomu. Dai Zong asked Li Kui to play around in the house, but Gong Sunsheng had to come out and refused to go to Liangshan, citing his elderly mother and Luo Zhenren's refusal to let him go. Li Kui stole Songhe Pavilion in Wugeng and attacked Luo Zhenren with an axe. Luo Zhenren played a prank on Li Kui with a white handkerchief, and Dai Zong pleaded repeatedly. Luo Zhenren sent a yellow scarf wrestler to rescue Li Kui from the prison in Jizhou and return.

17. Yang Zhi sells knives in Bianjing City

Yang Zhi came to Tokyo and wanted to fill the position of a palace official, but Gao Qiu intervened and was unable to achieve his goal. Due to the exhaustion of the entanglements, he reluctantly sold the precious sword left by his ancestors and exchanged some entanglements to throw elsewhere. But unfortunately, he got into trouble with the tough guy Niu Er, who was known for being a big bug in the household. Niu Er repeatedly made things difficult, using a knife to chop copper coins, pulling out his own hair for experiments, and unreasonably demanding that Yang Zhi chop a person to try. Yang Zhi said he would chop a dog, but Niu Er refused and insisted on taking on this precious knife with Yang Zhi, all for nothing. Yang Zhi was furious and the two fought. Yang Zhi killed Niu Er. Yang Zhi requested his neighbors to testify and surrendered to Kaifeng Prefecture, but was later conscripted and his sword did not enter the government.

18. Taking a Birth Chart with Wisdom

Yang Zhi was dispatched by Liang Shijie (Liang Zhongshu) to escort Shengchen Gang to Tokyo. In mid May, the weather was scorching hot, but Yang Zhi ordered his soldiers to rest early and leave late, braving the scorching sun to rush on, causing widespread complaints among the crowd. At Huangnigang, despite Yang Zhi's dissuasion, everyone put down their cars and rested. Wu Yong and other jujube merchants also rested here. Bai Sheng disguised himself as a man selling alcohol and sold it along the way. Yang Zhi is worried that the alcohol is toxic and won't let the soldiers buy it. Wu Yong and others first bought a bucket to drink, then scooped a ladle from another bucket and took the opportunity to dispense medicine. Yang Zhi and others didn't know what was going on, so they bought alcohol and drank it in a confused way. As a result, one after another, they fainted, and everything about their birthdates was stolen by Wu Yong and others.

19. Lin Jiaotou mistakenly entered Baihutang

Gao Yannei, the godson of Captain Gao, wanted to take possession of Lin Chong's wife, so Marquis Lu Yu, Fu'an, and others plotted to frame Lin Chong. First, he lured Lin Chong to buy a treasure sword, then invited him to the Grand Commandant's mansion to compare and tricked him into the secret military location of Baihu Jietang. He falsely accused Lin Chong of carrying a sharp blade and entering the Jietang alone to assassinate the Grand Commandant. He took Lin Chong down and escorted him to Kaifeng Prefecture. Lin Chong was tricked and captured as a result.

20. Snowy Mountain Temple

Lin Chong was falsely accused by Gao Qiu of bringing a knife into Baihutang without authorization and was exiled to Cangzhou. Because his friend Chai Jin's caregiver is in Cangzhou, he has been arranged to take care of the hay field. Gao Qiu intends to exterminate Lin Chong and send Marquis Lu Yu to Cangzhou to plot against him. After multiple unsuccessful attempts at murder, Marquis Lu Yu decided to set fire to the grass field and burn Lin Chong to death. On that day, Lin Chong went out to drink and it was snowing heavily. When he returned to the hay field, he saw that a piece of the house had collapsed due to the snow and he couldn't live there anymore. He thought of a mountain temple not far from the hay field, so he threw himself there for the night. In the mountain temple, Lin Chong suddenly heard an explosion outside. He saw that the grass field was on fire and had to go to put out the fire. Just as he was about to leave, he saw that Lu Yuhou and others had just set fire and were talking about how to burn Lin Chong to death. Lin Chong understood the situation and killed Lu Yuhou. Later, Lin Chong reluctantly went up Liangshan.