Is the gold that Chao Gai asked Liu Tang to give really meant for Song Jiang, Zhu Tong, and Lei Heng? This is a question that many readers are quite concerned about. Let’s learn about it together with all the readers and give you a reference.
All along, we thought that after Chao Gai stole the birthday chart, in order to repay Song Jiang’s kindness of reporting the news, he asked Liu Tang to send a message to Song Jiang! But after carefully reading the relevant chapters, you will find that Chao Gai’s purpose is definitely not to repay kindness, but a good strategy of killing three birds with one stone!
After taking the birth chart, we found that Song Jiang was the first to inform Chao Gai, and strangely, Chao Gai’s reaction at that time was definitely not like the relationship that Song Jiang claimed, ‘Chao Gai is my trusted brother’!
When Chao Gai heard that Song Jiang was coming, his first reaction was to ask, ‘How many people have come?’? Is this the reaction that a trusted brother should have? Absolutely not! At the beginning, Chao Gai referred to Song Jiang as the “Judge”. When he heard that Song Jiang was here to report the news, he quickly changed his mind and called him the “virtuous brother”. Is this a normal reaction that a trusted brother should have? Neither!
Another reason is that Wu Yong actually doesn’t know Song Jiang, and as a sworn brother and confidant of Chao Gai, why hasn’t Wu Yong seen Song Jiang for so long? It can be seen that the relationship between Song Jiang and Chao Gai is actually just a casual acquaintance, definitely not as good as imagined!
There is one more thing, Chao Gai actually doesn’t fully believe in Song Jiang’s news, which can be seen from the time he fled. The book clearly states that Song Jiang learned about the news of capturing Chao Gai when he was already playing cards. After stabilizing the people who came to capture Chao Gai, he went to report the news to Chao Gai. It took an hour to get back and forth from the time when we learned the news, that is, from 9:00 to 11:00 in the morning. That is to say, the Supervisor of the County County knew the news at noon!
Until Zhu Tong and Lei Heng went to Chaojiazhuang in the evening to arrest Chao Gai, at least six or seven hours were spent. Chao Gai only had his stolen goods’ birthdates transferred to Shijie Village, but he did not escape. Why is this? Actually, it’s because Chao Gai doesn’t believe in Song Jiang’s news yet! In order to properly transfer the stolen goods during the period, while staying at home and waiting to see what the situation is!
At night, as expected, someone came to arrest him. At this moment, Chao Gai hurriedly burned down the house and prepared to kill him through the back door!
At this moment, Zhu Tong attacked from the back door. Zhu Tong said, ‘I’m afraid Lei Heng will be obsessed and won’t do favors.’ So he came to attack the backdoor himself, waiting for Chao Gai to come out and give him a way out!
We can infer from this that if Chao Gai wanted to repay his kindness, he would only give gold to Song Jiang and Zhu Tong, and Lei Heng had no interaction with him after all. Moreover, at that time, Lei Heng himself also said, ‘I also had the intention to release him, but now I have gone, but I have lost the favor.’ In other words, Chao Gai did not know that Lei Heng wanted to help him.
The gold that Chao Gai gave to Lei Heng is also very unreasonable!
So why did Chao Gai give gold to three people and let someone with obvious characteristics like Liu Tang, who had a criminal record in Yuncheng County, go? This is actually Chao Gai’s plan of one stone and three birds!
Firstly, Liu Tang said at that time that the one hundred taels of gold sent was for Song Jiang, Lei Heng, and Zhu Tong! Not just for Song Jiang alone. As mentioned earlier, Chao Gai did not know that Lei Heng intended to release himself. Moreover, neither Song Jiang nor Zhu Tong knew that the other had ever helped Chao Gai! So why give the gold to Lei Heng? Why do we still insist on Song Jiang handing over the gold to Zhu Tong and Lei Heng?
In fact, this is Chao Gai’s first purpose, which is to let people know that Song Jiang, Lei Heng, and Zhu Tong are all his people! Tie the three people firmly to your own camp!
And how can we make people aware of this news? This is going to fall on the messenger!
Secondly, Chao Gai chose Liu Tang as the messenger. Liu Tang was a prominent figure in the Yuncheng County government office. He was arrested by the officials from the beginning and later released. However, due to the favor of ten taels of silver, he had a physical altercation with the officials. That is to say, most of the officials in the government have seen Liu Tang, especially his distinctive appearance, so the probability of Liu Tang being arrested is very high!
In addition, Liu Tang did not know Song Jiang. The book clearly states that when the two met, he glanced at Song Jiang but did not recognize him! That is to say, on Liangshan, apart from Chao Gai, no one knows Song Jiang. Why did Liu Tang have to come find Song Jiang? Just to expose him, to have Liu Tang arrested, and to have that letter spread!
At the same time, it is also for revenge. The robbery of the birthday chart did not bring great gains, but instead resulted in the fate of leaving one’s hometown. This consequence was entirely caused by the news sent by Liu Tang. So Chao Gai had no intention of letting Liu Tang go, so he created this scene and sent Liu Tang to die! As for why there was no harvest in the birth chart? We will elaborate on the intricacies of this in the next article!
Thirdly, Chao Gai’s core value of maintaining Liangshan is “righteousness”, but where does this “righteousness” come from? That means we need to repay kindness, as long as the other party has a little bit of kindness, we should repay it ourselves with a gushing spring! Exactly, Song Jiang and Zhu Tong once helped Chao Gai, and Chao Gai wanted to show his loyalty in front of everyone in Liangshan, in order to consolidate his position in Liangshan!
That’s why Chao Gai insisted on having Liu Tang come to deliver gold! A letter from Chao Gai, a bag of gold, can achieve the goal of one stone and three birds. It can really be called a high skill! Although human calculation is not as good as heaven’s calculation, and one stone and three birds only achieve the third goal, Song Jiang does not want to join Liangshan, and Liu Tang has not been caught, but Chao Gai’s reputation as a righteous man has been spread! It’s not a waste of these 100 taels of gold!
