When it comes to the heroes of Liangshan in "Water Margin", most people will always think of the sentence "When the road is uneven, you will roar, and you will shoot when you should shoot", but only those who have really read the original book will know that few of the heroes in the original work of "Water Margin" can be regarded as good people, and even many of them are people who create injustices.
Take the role of Lin Chong as an example, he is also multi-faceted, you may have heard of his heroic feat of surviving in a desperate situation in the "Fengxue Mountain Temple", but you may not be able to accept that he also let go of bullying his wife Gao Yanei very cowardly.
(Lin Chong, Lin Niangzi stills)
In fact, not only did he not kill Gao Yanei, but he didn't even show much hatred for the villain, but took the initiative to divorce his wife, how can this be explained?
First, the hard-hearted Lin Chong
In "Water Margin", in addition to Wu Song and Lu Zhishen, Lin Chong is the third outstanding character in the book, and he is also one of the characters with the most scenes in the early part of the story.
His debut is enough to impress the reader, that Lu Zhishen is a top master, in his opinion, Lin Chong has an aura that is difficult to hide, which shows how powerful this leopard's head is.
At least that's what the book says: "Zhishen heard it, and when he stopped his hand to look, he saw an official standing on the missing side of the wall. How to dress up? But see: wearing a green gauze horn turban, two white jade rings and beaded sideburns on the back of the head. Wearing a single-collar green Luo Tuanhua robe, and a double-tailed turtle back silver belt tied around his waist. Wear a pair of soap boots with a melon head and hold a folding paper Xichuan fan in his hand.
The official's life has a leopard head and ringed eyes, swallow jaws and tiger whiskers, and an eight-foot long and short body. ”
(Lin Chong stills)
In short, he is tall and domineering, Lu Zhishen admires him very much, and he became a brother right away.
Lu Zhishen is not something that everyone can look up to, for example, Li Zhong is not bad, but Lu Zhishen thinks he is not happy, at this time he just met Lin Chong Pingshui, but he was about to bow down, which shows how brave Lin Chong is.
Lin Chong's later achievements are also worthy of Lu Zhishen's high opinion, not to mention the few villains killed in the Fengxue Mountain Temple, his military exploits after going to Liangshan are really worth boasting about, but Fan Lin Chong made a move, almost never defeated.
However, Lin Chong, who was proud on the battlefield, was a little less tough by his wife's side.
Second, the aggrieved Lin Chong
That Lin Niangzi is as beautiful as a flower, and Lin Chong is a hero and a beauty, which is a match made in heaven.
But who would have expected that Gao Yanei fell in love with Lin Niangzi, and even dared to speak and flirt in broad daylight.
The book only said: "A young descendant on Hu Ti, standing alone on his back, stopped Lin Chong's lady and said: 'You go upstairs and talk to you.'" Lin Chong's lady blushed and said: "Qingping the world, what is the reason, flirting with your lover!" Lin Chong rushed to the front, pulled the shoulder blade of the young man, and shouted: "What a crime to flirt with the wife of a beloved!" Just when he was about to be punched, he recognized Gao Yanei, the son of the Gao Taiwei in charge. ”
As said in the book, there was no fight this time, on the one hand, Gao Yanei didn't know that the other party had a husband, and on the other hand, Lin Chong didn't know that this person was Gao Yanei, so this time it was a misunderstanding, which made sense.
But later, Gao Yanei knew that Lin Niangzi was Lin Chong's wife, and he wanted to put her under house arrest and plot against her, which was to provoke Lin Chong's bottom line as a man.
It's just that this time, Lin Chong still didn't show much toughness.
(Gao Yanei, Lin Niangzi stills)
The book only said: "Lin Chong was taken aback when he saw it, and he didn't care about the female envoy Jin'er, he took three steps and ran to Lu Yuhou's house." grabbed the ladder, but closed the door. I only heard the lady shouting: 'Qingping world, how to lock up my beloved wife here!' Then he heard Gao Yanei say: 'Lady, pity me and save me! It's the iron-stone man, and he also sues for the turnaround! Lin Chong stood on the ladder and shouted, "Sister-in-law open the door!" The woman listened to her husband's voice and came to open the door. Gao Yanei was taken aback, opened the window, jumped off the wall and left. Lin Chong went upstairs and couldn't find Gao Yanei. ”
You say this is ridiculous, Lin Chong knew that his wife was bullied in the house, but he still shouted to his wife outside the house to open the door, and Wu Song came instead, how could he do this? Not to mention breaking in, even if there is no door in this house, he will break in directly if he demolishes the wall.
To put it bluntly, Lin Chong's intention was to give the two sides a step down, and he didn't want to clash head-on with Gao Yanei.
But this matter is not over, Lin Chong knew that his wife was targeted by Gao Yanei, and he couldn't fight him, so he made the move of divorce from his wife.
said yes: "The lady is at home, the villain's heart is unstable, and I am afraid that Gao Yanei will coerce this family matter." In addition, he was young and young, and Hugh missed his future for Lin Chong. But it was Lin Chong who advocated on his own, not forced by others, and the villain was here today, understanding that he would leave the paper and remarry, and there was no dispute. ”
When Lin Niangzi had a husband, she was still bullied by Gao Yanei, and now that she is divorced, what kind of fate will she usher in? How could Lin Chong not think of it?
No, he didn't think about it, he did it on purpose, he just sent Lin Niangzi into Gao Yanei's arms, but the follow-up development was beyond his imagination, Lin Niangzi actually hanged herself, and Lin Chong could only accept it helplessly.
Third, it is difficult to say
So things have developed to this point, what do you think Lin Chong's attitude towards Gao Yu and Gao Yanei's family?
Hate someone's guts?
No, he doesn't have much hatred, don't say that Lin Chong in the TV series was angry to death because Song Jiang let Gao Yu go, he lived well in the original book, when he defeated Gao Yu three times, he, like other heroes, did not show any extra hatred for Gao Yu, but just followed Song Jiang's order, he was beaten when he should be beaten, and he was released when he was released.
So why is that?
(Song Jiang, Lin Chong stills)
The answer may be very simple, just because Lin Chong has a hidden disease.
Those who have read the original book know that Lin Chong was finally left in Liuhe Temple due to wind paralysis, and after Wu Song took care of him for half a year, he died of depression.
However, he may not have suddenly suffered from wind paralysis after the expedition to Fangla, as early as the beginning of the story, there was already foreshadowing.
For example, this description: "At that time, Lin Chong came over, but he recognized that it was Gao Yanei, who was in charge, and first relented...... It turned out that Gao Yanei didn't recognize him as Lin Chong's wife, and if he did, he wouldn't have this matter. Seeing that Lin Chong didn't do anything, he said this. When many idlers saw the commotion, they gathered together to persuade: "The head of the sect is not to blame, and those who don't recognize it in the yamen have many collisions." Lin Chong's anger did not subside, a pair of eyes looked at the high ya, the idlers persuaded Lin Chong, and coaxed the high yanei out of the temple and got on the horse. ”
(Lin Chong fell stills)
His hands are soft, his eyes are straight, they are like the precursors of wind paralysis, and he will have a seizure when he is angry, he has this hidden disease, but he is afraid that he and Lin Niangzi are only superficial husband and wife, so he has the heart to fulfill Lin Niangzi and Gao Yanei, which can be regarded as repaying the debt to his wife, but Lin Niangzi desperately observes the festival, which caused a tragedy.
So he can't hate Gao Yanei, he just hates himself who is miserable.