The Water Margin-The Death of Wu Dalang
Wu Dalang is a very humble figure in the Water Margin, but everyone is familiar with the story of Wu Dalang. The description of Wu Dalang by the author of Water Margin is also one of the highlights of the whole novel. Who killed Wu Dalang? Is it Pan Jinlian, Ximen Qing, Wang Po or others? No, it was the joint efforts of Ximen Qing, Pan Jinlian, Wang Po, Song Wu, Qiao Yun and Wu Dalang that led to Wu Dalang's death.
Mrs Wang is the mastermind of killing Wu Dalang. Her motivation is fear. She was afraid that Wu Dalang would tell Song Wu what she had done. Song Wu will come after her and tell Wu Dalang to shut up forever. If Song Wu knows the truth, it is not very complicated to kill a Wang Po as the director of his county public security bureau. So when Wang Po learned that Song Wu came back from a business trip, he felt uneasy and afraid, and immediately set this deadly trap. She is not only the mastermind of Ximen Qing's adultery with Pan Jinlian, but also the mastermind of Wu Dalang's death, and one of the chief culprits of the original murder case. Do more wrong things and you will die.
Ximen Qing is the biggest beneficiary. After Wu Dalang's death, you can get Pan Jinlian not only in fact, but also in name, so you don't have to sneak around. It is false to say that he is not afraid of Song Wu, but he has never been so afraid as Mrs. Wang. Ximen Qing has a close relationship with the county party secretary. If there is no direct homicide, how can he be afraid of the county party secretary and the public security bureau chief? Ximen Qing, instigated by Wang Po, supported the murder plan in order to marry Pan Jinlian for a long time. Ximen Qing is the culprit behind this case, the decision-maker, and the provider of killing tools. In addition, Ximen Qing is recognized as a sex maniac, but Ximen Qing is very particular about getting women, paying attention to your feelings and wishes. The same is true of adultery with Pan Jinlian, which was carried out voluntarily by both parties, much better than individual womanizers in Liangshan, such as Wang Ying, a short-legged tiger. There are few so-called Liangshan heroes, and most of them are Bi Han.
Pan Jinlian was the implementer of the plot to kill Wu Dalang and the direct cause of Wu Dalang's murder. Without Pan Jinlian, Wu Dalang's selling his own baked cakes every day has nothing to do with Ximen Qing. Pan Jinlian killed Wu Dalang because he was instigated by Wang Po, and because of his pursuit of love, he wanted to be with Ximen Qing for a long time. If Wu Dalang doesn't die, it can be used as the most favorable weight to deal with Song Wu. Even if Song Wu knew the truth, he wouldn't kill Pan Jinlian, and he would admit his mistake at most. In this way, of course, Mrs Wang is most afraid of Song Wu. Ximen Qing is rich and powerful, and the county party secretary can cover it. Pan Jinlian is protected by Wu Dalang, which can keep him safe. Although Wu Dalang has no other skills, Song Wu still respects him. In addition, if Wu Dalang dies and kills Pan Jinlian, Wu Dalang will never agree, which will personally destroy the Wu Dalang family. Finally, Song Wu had to talk to Wang Po. Bet the life of a thief on the life of a traitor.
Song Wu was the indirect cause of Wu Dalang's murder, and Wu Dalang was killed to deal with Song Wu, so that Song Wu would never know the truth. Then Wang Po was bribed by Ximen Qing, and Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian were married for a long time. This is of course their wishful thinking, and eventually they were killed. In addition, Pan Jinlian was flatly rejected when flirting with him because of his love for him. If Pan Jinlian didn't get the care of Song Wu, he would have hatred. Song Wu has no hope, and Ximen Qing is more likely to take advantage of it. Song Wu was also a law-abiding young man at that time. When he found out the truth about Wu Dalang's murder, his first thought was the law. Looking for evidence to take Ximen Qing to court. At that time, the judiciary was extremely corrupt, and even such a well-documented murder case was easily reconciled by the county party secretary. Song Wu had to solve the case by himself, judge the case and carry it out. In these processes, he always abides by the law. Before the murder, he found his neighbors, not for bullying, but for taking a confession, leaving Wang Po's confession before his death as direct evidence that they should be killed. Turn yourself in after killing. This time, it can be said that the two people killed by Song Wu, one is Ximen Qing and the other is Pan Jinlian, are damn. No one has been wronged. Kill one less Wang Po to save his life. In the process of serving his sentence, he was involved in the struggle between two evil forces, kindness and Jiang Menshen, and was framed and imprisoned again. This time in prison is very different from last time. Last time I turned myself in on purpose, this time I was framed here. Last time, I was sent to Mengzhou for a felony and a light punishment. I was convicted this time and didn't want to kill myself on the way to delivery. These two experiences made Song Wu realize the darkness of justice, saying that guilt means guilt, and innocence means innocence. From then on, I stopped believing in the law and began to retaliate against myself. This killing can be said to be straightforward. A * * * killed 16 people. Four killers, Zhang Dujian and Ying, were killed, and the rest were innocent. The evil of Song Wu was exposed at this time, which was forced by dark justice.
Brother Qiao Yun was also one of the reasons why Wu Dalang was killed. Although he didn't mean to hurt Wu Dalang subjectively, his behavior did put Wu Dalang on the road to death. When Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian's adultery became known all over the city, only Wu Dalang himself was still in the dark. Qiao Yun told Wu Dalang that it was one of his mistakes. Will you tell Wu Dalang? What's more serious is to take Wu Dalang to Wang Po Teahouse to catch the rape. Who is Ximen Qing, and a Wu Dalang is no match for twenty or thirty people? What's the good result of taking Wu Dalang to catch a rape? It was the child's ignorance that drove Wu Dalang to the wall. Without Qiao Yun, even if Wu Dalang knew that his wife had misbehaved, there was no evidence, and Wang Po would not have been caught red-handed. Of course, I won't kick Ximen Qing's foot.
Wu Dalang himself is also responsible. First of all, he was fiddled with by a child, Brother Qiao Yun, from the beginning, and forgot Song Wu's instructions when he went out. "Don't argue with others when something happens, and come back to theory when I come back." "Wu Dalang is ill in bed after eating Ximen Qing. At this time, the wise choice is to keep silent, not to mention Song Wu." "Things can be done, but words can't be done." At this time, it was a fatal mistake for Wu Dalang to talk about Song Wu. Hearing this, Pan Jinlian turned and went out to discuss countermeasures with Wang Po and Ximen Qing, instead of asking Wu Dalang, and a word led to fatal disaster. The same is true in daily life. If a thief or a woman is attacked by a pervert at home, even if she recognizes him, she should pretend to know nothing and even call the police afterwards. In this matter, you should argue with others, and don't use words to provoke them to do things that are not good for you.