Outline of the story of "Water Margin", about 600 words

During the reign of Emperor Zhezong of the Song Dynasty, Gao Qiu, a poor young man, was appreciated by King Duan and promoted to the rank of Taiwei of the Palace Commander's Palace because of his good football. When Gao Qiu took office, he took private revenge on the instructor Wang Jin, forcing him to abandon his home with his mother and take Jiu Wenlong Shi Jin as his disciple while fleeing through Shijia Village.

In order to save Mr. Jin and his daughter, Ruda beat Zhen Guanxi to death with three punches, and fled to Mount Wutai to become a monk to avoid disaster. He did not abide by the rules and was sent to the Daishoguno Temple in Tokyo to serve as a ministering monk after getting drunk. While passing by Peach Blossom Village, Lu Zhishen drunkenly beat the bully Zhou Tong to relieve Liu Taigong of his worries about forced marriage. When he arrived at Daxiangguo Temple to guard Laiyuan, he defeated the crowd and threw them.

In order to seize Lin Chong's wife, Gao Yanei framed her for entering the Baihu Hall by mistake and assassinated her in Cangzhou. Lin Chong was poisoned in the wild boar forest, and Lu Zhishen came to rescue him. When Lin Chong arrived in Cangzhou, Gao Qiu sent people to chase him. Lin Chong killed Lu Yuhou and was forced to go to Liangshan.

Yang Zhi was unwilling to join the gang, so he went to the streets to sell knives to alleviate poverty. He killed Niu Er, a provocateur, and was exiled to Daming Mansion. Liang Zhongshu valued Yang Zhi's ability and promoted him to be the supervisor to escort the birthday program. Chao Gai, Wu Yong and other "seven stars gathered together" to outwit the birth chart.

Yang Zhi defected to Erlong Mountain and Luocao. He Qing leaked the news about intercepting the birthday card, Bai Sheng was arrested, Song Jiang risked his life to deliver the letter, Zhu Deng and other arresters deliberately let Chao Gai go. Chao Gai went to Liangshan to join the group and was appointed as the big leader.

Song Jiang adopted Yan Po’s daughter Po Xi as his concubine. Po Xi committed adultery with Zhang San and alienated Song Jiang. Song Jiang received Chao Gai's letter and Xie Jin, but was discovered by Po Xi and threatened to report him. Song Jiang couldn't bear it and killed Po Xi and fled to Chaijin Village to escape, where he met Wu Song.

Wu Song returned to Qinghe County and met his brother Wu Da after hunting tigers in Jingyanggang. Pan Jinlian, wife of Wuhan University, was seduced by Ximen Qing and poisoned to death. Wu Song killed Ximen Qing and others and assassinated Mengzhou. Wu Song meets Zhang Qing and gets drunk and beats up Jiang Menshen to regain Happy Forest. Jiang Menshen designs to frame Wu Song and assassinates Enzhou, intending to kill him.

Wu Song broke the locks and shackles, killed Jiang Menshen and others, took the letter from Zhang Qing and his wife, and went to Luocao in Erlong Mountain. He passed by Centipede Ridge and killed the villain Wang Daoren, and met Song Jiang again in Baihu Mountain.

Song Jiang went to Hua Rong, but was arrested as a thief by Mrs. Liu Zhizhai. Yan Shun and others rescued Song Jiang and used a trick to trick Qin Ming into joining the gang. Song Jiang got acquainted with Dai Zong and Li Kui. After being drunk in Xunyanglou, Song Jiang wrote a poem of praise, but was framed and imprisoned by Huang Wenbing. All the heroes robbed the court, saved Song Jiang, and killed Huang Wenbing.

Dai Zong was ordered to look for Gongsun Sheng and met Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu. Yang Xiong's wife Pan Qiaoyun and Pei Ruhai were in a relationship, but Shi Xiu saw through it. Yang Xiong and Shi Xiu killed the adulterer and the adulterer, and went to Liangshan with Shi Qian, but Shi Qian was captured in Zhujiazhuang.

Song Jiang lost his battle at Zhujiazhuang and was trapped on Pantuo Road. Fortunately, Shi Xiu visited Zhujiazhuang and recognized the road signs, and the heroes were able to escape. Song Jiang's second attack on Zhujiazhuang failed again. Wang Ying, Qin Ming and others were captured, and Lin Chong captured Hu Sanniang alive. Sister-in-law Gu and others robbed Jie Zhen and Jie Bao in Dengzhou Prefecture and fled to Liangshan. Song Jiang played three times and Zhujiazhuang won.

Lei Heng beat the county magistrate to death and was imprisoned. Zhu Dian released Lei Heng and was assassinated in Cangzhou. The prefect saw Zhu Ding's heavy duty and asked him to take care of Xiaoya Nei. Li Kui was ordered to kill Xiao Yanei. Zhu Ding angrily chased Li Kui to Chaijin Village. He wanted to kill him and fled to Liangshan. Wu Yong had to let Li Kui stay in Chaijin temporarily.

Chai Jin visited his seriously ill uncle. The prefect’s wife and uncle wanted to come and occupy the house, but were beaten to death by Li Kui. Chai Jin was implicated and imprisoned. Song Jiang and others came to the rescue, but were unable to defeat Gao Lian's magic, so they had to order Dai Zong to persuade Gongsun Sheng to help. Gongsun Sheng used magic to defeat Gao Lian, and Li Kui rescued Chai Jin from the dry well.

Gao Taiwei attacked Liangshan in three groups. Song Jiang was defeated by Lian Ma. Xu Ning went up the mountain and taught Jun the Sickle Spear. Song Jiang used this to defeat Lian Ma. Erlongshan, Taohuashan and Liangshan gathered together to attack Qingzhou. After capturing Huyanzhuo, Song Jiang released him and claimed that he would only wait for the imperial court to recruit him.

Chao Gai led his troops to attack Zengtou City and was injured by Shi Wengong's poisonous arrow. Before his death, he left a message that whoever killed Shi Wengong would be the master of the village. Liangshan is temporarily led by Song Jiang. Song Jiang heard that Lu Junyi was a wise man, so he sent Wu Yong and Li Kui to deceive him into Liangshan, and spread rumors to frame Lu Junyi.

Yan Qing rescued his master and was captured, and Lu Junyi could not escape his fate. Shi Xiu jumped from a building to rob the court, Liangshan soldiers attacked Daming Mansion, and the imperial court sent Guan Sheng and other troops to attack Liangshan, but Wu used his tactics to capture and surrender. Wu Yong took advantage of the approaching Lantern Festival and sent Shi Qian and others to sneak into the city and set fire to it. They made a surprise attack on Daming Mansion and rescued Lu Junyi and Shi Xiu.

Shi Wengong fled to the forest and was captured by Lu Junyi and Yan Qing. Song Jiang followed Chao Gai's will and wanted to make Lu Junyi the master of the mountain stronghold. Wu Yong and Li Kui refused. Song Jiang and Lu Junyi divided their forces to capture Dongping and Dongchang Prefectures, and agreed that whoever captured them first would be the master of the mountain stronghold.

Song Jiang's soldiers arrived at Dongping Mansion, planned to capture Dong Ping, a general with two spears, and captured the city.

Song Jiang led his troops back to Liangshan and asked Gongsun Sheng to host the Luotian Jiao. A block of fire fell from the sky into the ground in the south, and a stone tablet was dug out, with a seating list of 108 generals in Liangshan written on it.

Song Jiang begged the prostitute Li Shishi for help in order to recruit him. When Song Jiang heard that the emperor was coming, he discussed asking for a letter of recruitment and amnesty, but Li Kui burned Master Li's house. The imperial court sent Tong Guan and Gao Qiu to encircle and suppress Liangshan many times, but they were all defeated, so they had to send Taiwei Su Yuanjing to recruit the heroes of Liangshan. After Song Jiang and others were recruited, they were marginalized by Gao Qiu, Cai Jing and others.

When the Liao soldiers invaded the border, Song Jiang and Lu Junyi were sent to lead the old Liangshan troops to conquer the Liao. Song Jiang and others attacked Jizhou, crossed Yujin Pass, captured Dulu Mountain, fought in Youzhou, and besieged Yanjing, forcing the Liao Kingdom to surrender. Not long after returning to the army, he heard that Tian Hu was causing rebellion in Hebei Province. Song Jiang and others asked for orders to suppress Tian Hu. Song Jiang and Lu Junyi divided their troops to capture Zezhou and other places occupied by Tian Hu.

After returning to Beijing, Song Jiang was named "Imperial City Envoy", Lu Junyi was named "Regiment Training Envoy", and his brothers were named "Major General" and "Partial General". Then Song Jiang and others were ordered to attack Fangla. After Fangla was pacified, only Song Jiang and 36 others remained.

On the way back to the teacher, Lu Zhishen passed away. Lin Chong, Yang Zhi, Yang Xiong, and Shi Qian died of illness. Yan Qing, Li Jun, Tong Wei, and Tong Meng retired. There were only twenty-seven heroes in Liangshan, and four more resigned when they entered Beijing. ?

Song Jiang, Lu Junyi and others were granted titles. Due to persecution, Dai Zong and others went into seclusion one after another. Soon, Song Jiang, Lu Junyi and others were poisoned by traitorous officials. Song Jiang was afraid that Li Kui would rebel against the court again, so he also poisoned him to death. A vigorous career as a hero of the Water Margin ended here.

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Origin of the title of "Water Margin":

The author Shi Naian was disgusted with the cunning officialdom and resigned after only working for two years. Returned to his hometown, while teaching, he wrote "The Biography of the Rich Man in the Jianghu". The book was finally finished. Shi Naian was very satisfied with the plot of the book, but felt that the title was not good enough.

Luo Guanzhong, who was still Shi Naian's student at the time, suggested the title of the book "Water Margin". When Shi Naian heard this, he was so happy that he said repeatedly: "Okay, okay! This title is great! 'Water Margin' , which means "by the water" and means "in the wild", so "The Legend of Jianghu Heroes" was officially renamed "Water Margin"

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