Why did Chao Gai save Liu Tang after he was captured in Water Margin

The river of time flows endlessly, and history continues to develop. Let the history encyclopedia editor take you through the fog of history, back to the era of swords and shadows, and see the story of Liu Tang in the Water Margin.

Chao Gai and Liu Tang were originally strangers. Liu Tang was arrested by Lei Heng as a thief. Coincidentally, Lei Heng and his subordinates were tired and came to Chao Gai’s mansion to beg for food. At the same time, they informed Chao Gai of the news of the arrest, as Chao Gai was the local magistrate! Chao Gai heard that a thief was caught on his territory. After all, he was from his own territory, and Chao Gai also wanted to know who it was! So he walked to the place where Liu Tang was being held captive, and with just one sentence, Liu Tang had Chao Gai come to his rescue!
Why did Liu Tang let Chao Gai save him?
After meeting Liu Tang, Chao Gai asked about his background. Liu Tang said he came to seek refuge with Chao Gai. After hearing this, Chao Gai was very surprised. He didn’t know Liu Tang. What was he doing here to seek refuge with him?

At this moment, Liu Tang said these words: “Now I have a set of wealth and honor to tell him.” Chao Gai heard this and realized that the God of Wealth had come knocking on his door! Without any further ado, he directly stated a plan to ‘save Liu Tang’! This plan is to recognize relatives! Leaving aside the specific details, why did Chao Gai save this outsider with just one sentence from Liu Tang?
Is it just the wealth and prosperity that Liu Tang mentioned?
Chao Gai didn’t even ask in detail what kind of wealth and honor it was? Just interrupted Liu Tang’s words and said, ‘You stay here.’ Does Chao Gai have the ability to predict the future and know the secret of Liu Tang’s birth chart? In fact, this bizarre scene of rescuing people reflects a fact – Chao Gai has experienced many such things!
In other words, Chao Gai himself is a Wang Lun hidden in Dongxi Village, and Chao Gai’s home is Liangshan Bo in Dongxi Village. Liangshanbo was openly robbing, while Chao Gai and his gang were secretly attacking. The government may not know about Chao Gai’s situation, but there must be legends about Chao Gai in the martial arts world! Otherwise, Liu Tang and Gong Sunsheng wouldn’t have come knocking on their door directly!
This can explain why Chao Gai wanted to save Liu Tang, and why when Liu Tang said he would give him a set of wealth and honor, Chao Gai intervened to save him!
Why did Lei Heng release Liu Tang?
Chao Gai fabricated the idea that he was Liu Tang’s maternal uncle in order to save him. It was a painstaking effort to say so, but this relative must be recognized because people need to be saved, as it is related to wealth and prosperity. The theory of identifying relatives is also the most convincing among many reasons.
But this relative cannot be recognized by just any relative. This maternal uncle is the most touching among all the reasons, after all, uncle and nephew are quite close. Moreover, my nephew has a foreign surname and has no direct relationship with Chao Gai, so he is rarely seen by others. Therefore, this relative is recognized as beautiful!
So why did Lei Heng release Liu Tang?
Lei Heng’s release of Liu Tang naturally had Chao Gai’s face, but in fact, the most important thing was for that ten taels of silver!
After the incident of the birthday chart, Lei Heng and Zhu Tong went together to arrest Chao Gai. At that time, Lei Heng had this psychological activity: “Zhu Tong and Chao Gai are the best. I dare to let him go. I have no reason to be a villain. I also had the intention to let him go, but he has gone now, but there is no human favor. Chao Gai is not easy to deal with
Lei Heng wanted to let Chao Gai go for two reasons, one was “human feelings” and the other was “Chao Gai is not easy to deal with”. These two points can also explain why Lei Heng let Liu Tang go!
One is for Chao Gai’s silver, and the other is to give him face, after all, in Lei Heng’s eyes, ‘Chao Gai is not easy to deal with’. It is not difficult to see from this that Chao Gai’s status in the martial arts world!