Chapter 1054 A sanctimonious pseudo-hero, a real beast with two sides
Yang Tengjiao was born in Nanwangying, Zhongdu County, Dongping Prefecture (later Wenshang County) on Jingdong East Road. His location is bordered by Xiqingfu in the east, Shuiboliang Mountain in the west, Weishan Lake in the south, and Dongyue Taishan Mountain in the north. It is also like Jeju Yun Places such as Shijie Village in Cheng County are very close to the boundary of Liangshan.
Originally, Yang Tengjiao made a living by blacksmithing, and he also learned some martial arts skills with swords, guns and sticks, especially long-handled axes, from several masters. Although his hometown Nanwangying only had a few hundred people, it was adjacent to Liangshanbo, so it was inevitable that there would be copycats. The Chinese soldiers and horses occupied the village in the name of attacking the local big households who accumulated a lot of money and food but were harming the people. Especially Yang Tengjiao was well-known in his hometown. Song Jiang thought that Liangshan Bo Dazhai was the time to employ people, so he went to persuade him to join the gang. righteous.
It happened to be a coincidence that Yang Tengjiao's father died of a serious illness. Liang Shanbo originally planned to persuade him to join the gang, so his parents and family would not be harmed. However, it happened that his father died of illness when Liangshan strongmen occupied the village. Yang Tengjiao He put all this debt on the heads of the Shuibo grass bandits in his eyes. However, Yang Tengjiao still agreed to defect to Liangshan and join the bandit, but naturally he had no sincerity.
Yang Tengjiao's real intention was to win the trust of the Liangshan grass bandits, take advantage of them to assassinate several well-known bandit leaders, and take their heads to the government to claim credit and reward. In this way, the blacksmith With his background, he still has the opportunity to be hired and promoted by the government. Isn't this a good thing for Yang Tengjiao?
However, although Yang Tengjiao has some martial arts skills, he is not very extravagant. He is also a tough-tempered person, and he does not dare to plot against the violent and rough men in Liangshan Dazhai such as Liu Tang, Li Kui, Mu Hong, etc. For him, the kind of people in Liangshan He is a strongman leader, but those who are not proficient in martial arts are his most intended targets.
As a result, the person Yang Tengjiao planned to attack and assassinate was the man in front of him who acted with him according to the general order issued by Song Jiang. Wang Dingliu, who had always treated him with courtesy and sincerity.
I heard that Chen Xizhen, Zhu Yongqing, Yun Tianbiao and other experts have gathered in Zhujiazhuang, and they are about to sweep away several green forest villages on Jingdong Road... Yang Tengjiao thought that if he could take this opportunity to kill a few more strong leaders, he would take advantage of it. The head of this group of thieves was regarded as a stepping stone for him to climb into the officialdom. Under the current situation, it was a golden opportunity.
And Wang Dingliu, a useless thief, trusts me, and he talks about the loyalty of the green forest. It is certainly not difficult to assassinate him... But Yang Tengjiao also complained about this thief in his heart. He is not very famous and his martial arts skills are mediocre. It seems that just using his head to reward him will not get him any high-ranking official or generous salary.
But today, I bumped into several mountain bandit leaders who cross the borders of Hebei and Shandong. Their prestige in the world is even greater than that of Chao Gai, Song Jiang's iron-faced Xie Zhi Quan Yu...
The murderous intention that arose in his heart quickly disappeared. Yang Tengjiao was a very timid person after all. It was said in the world that Quan Yu was proficient in all kinds of martial arts. He was extremely skilled and rarely encountered an opponent. His head was certainly valuable. Ten thousand gold, but how could I possibly succeed? Even if I could kill the bandit leader of several Green Forest Mountains, but he was the leader of several Green Forest strongholds, how could I easily escape?
Yang Tengjiao quickly suppressed the urge in his heart to use the head of "Quan Yu" to claim credit from the government. He pretended to be very submissive and saluted Xiao Tang. However, when Yang Tengjiao reported to Xiao Tang After his name, he inexplicably felt that the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became very subtle. Yang Tengjiao seemed to feel that the eyes of the leader in front of him from under the Haezhi mask had a deep meaning. He was originally harboring evil intentions. This was also Yang Tengjiao felt panicked for no reason.
Did Zhemo, the leader of thieves and bandits, realize what I was planning?
Yang Tengjiao then thought about it and thought that this was absolutely impossible. At the moment, I haven't got on the line with Chen Daozi, Zhu Yongqing, and Yun Zongzong from Zhujiazhuang. It's just a calculation in my heart. He is not a great golden immortal who has the ability to understand people's hearts. How can you see through my mind?
However, Xiao Tang did know very well what Yang Tengjiao's bird in front of him was.
Seeing Yang Tengjiao pretending to say something to him about the famous name he had admired for a long time, Xiao Tang couldn't help but sweat for Wang Dingliu, and said in his heart that it was dangerous if the plot described in the bird book was followed. .If he hadn’t known what Yang Tengjiao was thinking, he might have killed Wang Dingliu without knowing it!
But Xiao Tang also knew that even if he could understand the general character of the people in the Water Margin and the so-called gangsters, there was no way to warn Song Jiang about these things. Yang Tengjiao hadn't taken action yet, so why should he warn Song Jiang about these things? Liangshan insisted that their newly recruited leader must rebel, and temporarily defected to Liangshan to join the gang just to assassinate a few leaders so that they could claim credit from the government?
After all, Yang Tengjiao can only be said to be an out-and-out villain, and he is not just planning to pretend to return to Liangshan in order to assassinate the leader of the village. But Yang Tengjiao claims to hate the people in the green forest and is determined not to let anyone die, but the lives of others In his eyes, it was worthless. It was said that Yang Tengjiao had killed someone in anger before, but after killing someone in the inn, he threatened other villagers by saying: "Nonsense, I won't pay for this guy's life..." .You will not allow me to leave, you will offend my temper, and if you chop a few more, I will still leave."...
But in the original work of Water Margin, for example, what did Yang Zhi Bianjing say when he stabbed the Pi Niu twice? "How can the Sa family kill this Pi Pi? How can I hurt you! Now that Pi Pi is dead, you all come and go to the government with the Sa family." "The first." And after Wu Song avenged the murder at the Lion Tower, he also said to his neighbors: "The villain was just to take revenge on his brother, and it was justifiable for him to commit a crime. He died without complaining, but he frightened his neighbors." ..... I hope that the four noble neighbors and the villain will sell some money to use as funds for the government, and wait for use. Now I go to the county to report it. I don't care about the villain's crime. I just obey for the villain. Empirical proof."... Even if they were involved in a murder case, they had no intention of surrendering at that time and took the initiative to surrender. They dared to accept the legal trial and take responsibility for their actions. In comparison, they were high and low. Judgment. Although there was Lu Zhishen who became a monk and became a monk to avoid lawsuits, he had known that the world was chaotic, so it would have been convenient to simply abandon the grass. However, this Yang Tengjiao clearly scorned the green forests and grass, claiming to be a strong man who wanted to defeat the bandits, but his behavior... How can I be a responsible hero!?
Seeing this guy still acting coquettishly in front of him, Xiao Tang couldn't help but feel sick in his heart. However, Xiao Tang thought about it again, this Yang Tengjiao thought that the people in Liangshan didn't know about his conspiracy, but this guy didn't know about me either. I had known that he was a sanctimonious thing. In this case, is it possible for me to use this trick to defeat Zhu Yongqing, Yun Tianbiao and the gang of thieves?
After thinking about it for a while, Xiao Tang suddenly had an idea in his mind. At this time, he probably already had a plan. He was thinking about how to devise a plan. Instead, he taught Yang Tengjiao how to steal chickens without losing sight of the rice. Become your own helper.
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Author's note: According to the bird book, Liang Shanbo sent out Wei Dingguo, and Shan Tinggui temporarily occupied the Nanwang camp. Seeing that Yang Tengjiao had some reputation in the local area, he wanted to recruit him into the army. Yang Tengjiao originally wanted to take the opportunity to assassinate Wei Dingguo and Shan.
Tinggui did not dare to take action even though he had several opportunities, so he assassinated two leaders, Wang Dingliu and Yu Baosi, and took their heads to sacrifice to Yun Tianbiao who was fighting fiercely with Liangshan.
This person has appeared in many shocking plots...
Basically, the timeline roughly matches, and although there are irreconcilable plot conflicts between Water Margin and the Bird Book, the temperament of the characters and their intentions, as well as Xiao Tang's views on this person, are also my fault.
I also referred to the narrative in the bird book and tried to be as rigorous as possible in my explanation. Interested readers can go read it and find out more, but if you feel disgusted after reading it, I can only say that I really cannot be responsible.