Jin Shengsi's evaluation of Lin Chong was: "Lin Chong, it's too vicious. "When we first read "Water Margin", we may be confused, Lin Chong seems to be a timid and fearful person, and his most majestic performance is only the scene in the Fengxue Mountain Temple.
So, what is Lin Chong's viciousness reflected in?
If you have an in-depth understanding of "Water Margin", you will understand that what Jin Shengsian said is true. Lin Chong's viciousness is not as we usually understand, both fierce and evil on the surface, but an attitude towards life that goes deep into the bone marrow.
Therefore, although Lin Chong usually shows a weak appearance, this is not his true character. Only a person like Jin Shengsi, who is well versed in human feelings, can be the first to reveal Lin Chong's true character.
Jin Sheng sighed that Lin Chong "is naturally a top-notch character, but he writes too ruthlessly." He can not only "calculate" but also "endure", "hold firmly" and "do it thoroughly", and is a ruthless man.
Although Lin Chong did not calculate the development of his career, he was forced to be separated by the times, nor did he calculate that Liangshan later embarked on the Zhao'an route, and he dramatically became a general of the imperial court, but this did not affect him to be a "ruthless man".
Lin Chong is one of the five tiger generals in Liangshan, and his force can also be ranked in the whole book of "Water Margin", but he can't fight those politicians and magnates in the court. Lin Chong wanted to show his ambitions on the national platform, but he was just about to beat up the hooligans who bullied his own lady, and when he saw that the hooligans were Gao Yanei, he "relented first".
Lin Chong didn't want to lose face in front of his brother Lu Zhishen, and said that he originally planned to beat Gao Yanei, but considering that Gao Yanei didn't know that Lin Niangzi was his wife, and Gao Yu was his boss, he let Gao Yanei go for the time being.
Lu Zhishen couldn't stand it anymore, and felt that Gao Yanei was bullying people too much, and said angrily: "You are afraid of him as a captain, and the Sprinkle family is afraid of him!" If I bumped into that handful of birds, I taught him to eat the three hundred Zen sticks of the Sprinkle family! ”
Lin Chong immediately pandered: "Senior brother is right. Lin Chong was persuaded by everyone for a while, and he was spared. Gao Yanei knew the identity of Lin Niangzi, but he still didn't sell Lin Chong's face, and wanted to make Lin Niangzi comply.
So he designed Lin Niangzi to come to Lu Yuhou's house and be in the same room with him. When Lin Chong learned of this, he ran to Lujiaxing to ask for the guilt. thought that Lin Chong was going to beat Gao Yanei severely, but Lin Chong went to the escalator and deliberately shouted: "Sister-in-law open the door!" ”
When Gao Yanei heard that Lin Chong was coming, he hurriedly jumped out of the window and fled. With Lin Chong's ability, it was easy to open the door, and there was no need for someone to open the door inside. So in the final analysis, the fundamental purpose of Lin Chong's call is to give Gao Yanei a chance to escape and avoid directly bumping into Gao Yanei.
Otherwise, both sides will be embarrassed. Lin Chong bumped into Gao Yanei directly, did he beat him or not? If you beat him, your career will be ruined. If he doesn't beat him, once this matter spreads, what face will Lin Chong have to gain a foothold in the rivers and lakes?
So thinking about it the other way, Lin Chong can still be so deep in his mind under the anger, and even regard the wife he loves as his bargaining chip, how many people can do this?
It can be seen that Lin Chong can indeed be called a ruthless person who "holds it firmly". Looking back at Lin Chong and saying that he would not spare Gao Yanei again, this was simply a joke. In contrast, Lu Zhishen is much happier than Lin Chong, and his methods are much more vicious, but these are all external ministers, and he actually doesn't have much ruthlessness in his heart, and even has some compassion.
Lin Chong, on the other hand, is the opposite. But Gao Yu's father and son are used to acting as a blessing on weekdays, and Lin Chong is difficult to resist after all, and his compromise and concession have not been exchanged for safety. Lin Chong was assigned to Cangzhou because he mistakenly broke into the White Tiger Hall, and before leaving, Lin Chong decided to take a break from Lin Niangzi.
Many people think that this is Lin Chong's thinking about Lin Niangzi's future, but in fact, Lin Chong is more for self-preservation. In ancient times, divorce was equivalent to violating the oath of heaven and earth, Lin Chong was assassinated with Cangzhou, although it was a border, but in fact it was not so remote, Lin Niangzi could follow with a soft one.
Even if you don't accompany you, you can't make trouble to the point of divorce from your wife. Lin Chong knew that Lin Niangzi had already been taken a fancy to by Gao Yanei, and Lin Chong didn't dare to have too much to do with Lin Niangzi. People move their fingers casually, and they have to stab the frontier, if they are still tired of being with Lin Niangzi, they may not know what will happen in the future.
Instead of this, it is better to divorce his wife as soon as possible, no matter who his ex-wife marries in the future, it has nothing to do with him, and the Gao family will naturally not embarrass himself again. According to Lin Chong, it is "In this way, Lin Chong's heart is stable, so as not to be framed by Gao Yanei." ”
Lin Chong's poison was not out of personal grudges, but out of an extreme desire for a bright future. He completely blackened after the "Fengxue Mountain Temple" incident and began to pursue development by unscrupulous means.
Although he was helped by Wang Lun, the lord of Liangshan, he betrayed him, and for the sake of his personal future and to improve his position in the cottage, he cooperated with Chao Gaihuo and Wang Lun.
Lin Chong has no benevolence in this matter, and can be called "done thoroughly". Even after Gao Yu was captured by Liangshan, he did not avenge his wife being forced to death by Gao Yanei, but happily became the vanguard general of the Song army.
Lin Chong was so focused on Feihuang Tengda that he didn't care about revenge at all.
3. The change in Lu Zhishen's attitude towards Lin Chong The change in Lu Zhishen's attitude towards Lin Chong can be seen from a detail in "Water Margin". In the wild boar forest, Lu Zhishen did not reveal his identity during the whole process, which made Dong Chao and Xue Ba wonder about his origin.
However, when Lu Zhishen left, Lin Chong took the initiative to mention him and told him about the fact that he had uprooted the weeping willows. Although Lin Chong did not explicitly say Lu Zhishen's name, it was enough for Dong Chao and Xue Ba to understand.
The clue provided by Lin Chong is no different from saying the word "Lu Zhishen", because the uprooting of the weeping willow is very famous in Tokyo. From this detail, it can be seen that Lu Zhishen's attitude towards Lin Chong changed from indifference at the beginning to care and help later.
Lin Chong's mind was deep, and he shouldn't ignore this. Actually, he did it on purpose. He expressed his position to Dong Chao and Xue Ba, drawing a line with ***, someone saved him just because of love, it does not mean that he is a group of people with the thief monk.
Lin Chong's words caused great harm to Lu Zhishen, causing him to wander again, and finally fell into the grass in Erlong Mountain. Since then, the relationship between Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong has become estranged, even if they both worked in Liangshan later, Lu Zhishen did not have the slightest closeness to Lin Chong, but respected him and stayed away.
Unlike the TV series, Lu Zhishen in ** has a deep understanding of Lin Chong's character. Wang Lun just took advantage of Lin Chong, while Lu Zhishen treated him sincerely, but he didn't get anything in return.
Lin Chong is extremely selfish, and this kind of personality makes him ruthless. It can be said that Lin Chong is an outlier among the masters of Liangshan. The next issue will tell why the sincere and simple Wu Song did not become a fan of Song Jiang like Li Kui.