Chapter 457 Is Qin Ming's tragedy really caused by Song Jiang?
Six or seven days later, Murong Yanda strictly ordered the generals to strictly patrol the passes of Qingzhou City. On the eve of the arrival of officers and soldiers from various states on Jingdong East Road, he was deeply afraid that thieves from Erlong Mountain and Qingfeng Mountain would invade.
Lu Zhishen, Sun An and other green forest heroes also escorted Huang Xin back to Dazhai early. They were waiting in tight formation and were ready for the official army to attack.
However, the people in Qingzhou City are still making their own living in the city as always. On the long market street, the shouts and shouts of vendors and the chatter of pedestrians can be heard endlessly. In a wine shop near the west gate of Qingzhou City, the waiter is busy with his business.
While greeting the guests who were seated, a big man suddenly greeted him: "Waiter, put on another pot of red yeast wine!"
"Okay!" The waiter put the handkerchief on his shoulder. He subconsciously glanced at the ready-made pork head meat on the plate of Shandong braised pork head wrapped with a layer of golden crispy skin.
, exquisite braised bean curd and other special snacks, but the few guests seated here do not look like locals. Among them are beautiful women with heroic spirit between their eyebrows; elegant, handsome and elegant young men;
A tall man with thick eyes and eyebrows, a good-looking man; Sanliu, who has a covered mouth and black beard, is extremely fair and young, and there is also a skinny man with a turban and a long yellow beard...
The man sitting at the top was leaning on his side with a big felt hat of Fan Yang. He was very masculine with sharp eyebrows, but he was Xiao Tang who had just arrived in Qingzhou.
Xiao Tang, Gao Zhanling, Xu Guanzhong, Zhang Shun, Xiao Yi, and Duan Jing stayed in Laizhou Bay and then went westward. Before arriving at Erlong Mountain, they happened to pass through Qingzhou City. Xiao Tang came to stay in a hotel, and secondly, he was going west.
But he took the opportunity to go to the city to inquire about the news, so he went into the city with others to find a restaurant to rest.
This is the third time Xiao Tang has come to Qingzhou. The first time Xiao Tang was persecuted and hunted by the Nine-Headed Insect. While evading arrest by the government and at the same time coming here to "send Jin Niang a thousand miles away", he was still a fugitive from the government.
; The second time he went to Qingzhou, he passed through here as the left-behind commander of the Daming Prefecture escorting the escort cargo to Mizhou. He also received Hua Rong, Zheng Tianshou and other close brothers, and worked with the Qingzhou commander.
Qin Ming, Huang Xin and other generals got to know each other; the third time Xiao Tang came here again, he became the co-master behind Erlong Mountain, Qingfeng Mountain and other cottages. Looking back on the past, Xiao Tang couldn't help but feel emotional.
"Hey, have you heard? A few days ago, Qin Tongzhi, the commander of the command department, and the strongmen from Erlongshan and Qingfengshan fought in Linqu, but they were defeated and returned to the city."
Suddenly, he heard two drinkers talking about the encounter between Qin Ming and his green forest troops at a seat next to him, which immediately attracted Xiao Tang's attention. The two men were half drunk, and their voices became louder unconsciously.
Xiao Tang listened calmly and could hear a general outline.
"So what if we lose? I heard that the strong men in the two mountains and green forests did not harm the lives of ordinary people, nor did they rob passing convoys of merchants, but Murong Yanda was a shameless and abusive official who bullied the market. That group of strong thieves did not
Wouldn't it be a good thing if it falls on us and makes the dog official suffer some pain?"
"You just scold, what are you shouting about? That guy is relying on the power of the state officials to deceive the people. If the public servants in the city hear your words, it's not a joke!"
The drinker swore angrily again and said: "The police officers from the Inspection Department were useless. When they were sent to arrest the robbers, they first extorted money from the money. When they really met the strong men in the green forest, they were scared to death. No,
Dare to look at him squarely! But those strong men from the two mountains don’t harm the common people. What kind of world is this? I also heard that the Jingdong Road Marshal is about to send troops to conquer the strong men from the two mountains. I don’t know whether it will be a success or a failure.
, but we also know that many people will be exploited by the government and the army!"
Listening to the two drinkers talking to each other, Zhang Shun smiled coldly and whispered to Xiao Tang: "Fortunately, brother Zhishen first asked Murong Yanda to know the power of our two mountains. Qingzhou
Everyone in the city also hates that guy for being greedy and promiscuous, and it’s the dog-eat-dog who brought it upon himself and insists on provoking my brother!"
Xiao Tang smiled faintly. He was thinking about Yang Xu's preparations for Qingfeng Mountain and Erlong Mountain. After transporting materials through Yang Lin, he stocked up on grain and grass, made weapons, built walls, built houses, and straightened robes.
The armor, artillery and other matters have been fully prepared, and based on the current manpower and the city defense offensive situation in the two mountains, it is enough to withstand the large number of officers and soldiers coming to suppress the attack.
But just now I heard the two Qingzhou people mention Qin Ming, which made Xiao Tang think again. It is said that Pilihuo, one of the Liangshan Five Tiger Generals in the novel, would never easily surrender to a general who betrayed his master and turned into a thief.
, Xiao Tang did not intend to use tricks like Song Jiang to gain Qin Ming, but ruined his family, and then joined the green forest in anger. However, after Xiao Tang re-read the original work several times at that time, he discovered that Song Jiang had designed to force Qin Ming to Luocao.
Things are not that simple.
On the surface, it seems that after Song Jiang got Qin Ming drunk, he ordered a minion who looked somewhat similar to Qin Ming to wear Qin Ming's armor and helmet, and then led the strong men to Qingzhou City with a mace.
After a lot of burning, killing and looting, Qin Ming was mistaken for a traitor who betrayed the imperial court. It is true that Song Jiang's move caused Qin Ming to be wiped out...
However, the person who personally ordered the killing of Qin Ming's family was not Song Jiang himself, but Qin Ming's immediate boss Murong Yanda.
Although the relationship between the two people seemed to be harmonious before, compared with Qin Ming's reaction before and after his defeat, Murong Yanda's behavior was indeed very strange. It stands to reason that even if Murong Yanda could not recognize that night, he led his men to the edge of Qingzhou City to burn and kill
It was not Qin Ming himself who looted, but when Qin Ming himself returned to Qingzhou to complain, it was Murong Yanda who was the first to insist that he was leaving now just to earn money by opening the city gate and taking away his own children, and even deliberately
Let the sergeant pick up the head of Qin Ming's wife with a gun and show it to him... On the first day, he led a group of strong men to kill people and set fire in front of the officers and soldiers, but the next day he came back alone to earn the city gate. How in the world?
Does this make sense?
The reason why Qin Ming was willing to take refuge in Song Jiang is also worth thinking about. According to Xiao Tang's thinking, it is definitely not an inexplicable reason like "It was originally the evil of Tiangang and the earth, and the stars in the upper world coincided with each other." Although Qin Ming's tragedy was caused by Song Jiang
But if Qin Ming recognized Song Jiang as his enemy, how could he be willing to serve as the vanguard general of Liangshan and repeatedly charge into battles and attack cities?
Because after experiencing great sorrow and anger, Qin Ming knew very well that the person who killed his whole family indiscriminately and impatiently was not Song Jiang, but his former Shangguan Murong Yanda, and if Qin Ming wanted to take revenge, he had the only choice
Take refuge in Song Jiang.
It was clear that they had a long-term relationship between superiors and subordinates, but Murong Yanda fell into such a very lame "counterintuitive trick". He rewarded Qin Ming's soldiers on the first day, but then changed his face and scolded him the next day.
Sooner or later, when I capture you, I will cut you into pieces!", and then used his beloved wife's head to make Qin Ming heartbroken, but pushed this tiger general into Song Jiang's camp...
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Qin Ming knew that there had been a gap between himself and Murong Yanda, so he only resented Song Jiang for trapping him into disloyalty for a while. Later, Qin Ming simply adapted to his identity as a green forest bandit and only regarded Murong Yanda as He is his true enemy, and he must vent all his hatred on him... On the surface, they are harmonious, but in fact they have long harbored resentment. This is what Xiao Tang could think of the two of them in that tragedy. The most reasonable explanation for various behaviors.
In view of Song Jiang's nature of recruiting evil, his tactics to recruit Qin and Ming were scolded by many people in later generations. In fact, if it were a troubled time when princes were competing for supremacy, or a time when two countries were at war, I am afraid that either force would Everyone is eager to use this method to make an enemy general surrender. If everything is as I expected, then what method should be used to make this Thunderbolt also surrender to me?
After thinking about it for a moment, a smile gradually appeared on Xiao Tang's lips. He had probably figured out a way...