The relationship between Li Kui and Song Jiang was neither brothers nor friends. Li Kui's status gradually decreased with the silver ingots thrown by Song Jiang, from "eldest brother" to "brother", and then from "brother" to "black guy" , and finally turned into a "black beast".

The relationship between Li Kui and Song Jiang is neither brothers nor friends. Li Kui's status gradually decreased with the silver ingots thrown by Song Jiang, from "eldest brother" to "brother", and then from "brother" He became a "black guy" and finally a "black beast".

If we look closely at the original work of Water Margin, we will find that Wu Song should indeed call Song Jiang his brother, while Song Jiang called Li Kui his brother.

Li Kui is older than Song Jiang, Dai Zong is also older than Song Jiang. They respectfully call Song Jiang their elder brother, which makes people sigh that people in the world are also snobbish: Dai Zong has something in Song Jiang's hands, while Li Kui does. He was bought for eighty taels of silver for a lifetime.

It is normal for Wu Song to call Song Jiang brother, because when Wu Song met Song Jiang at Chaijin Village, when he was fighting tigers in Jingyanggang, and when he was visiting his sister-in-law in Yanggu County, Pan Jinlian, the two sides had conflicts. After some self-introduction: Wu Song was twenty-five years old, three years older than Pan Jinlian.

Song Jiang served as supervisor in Yuncheng County , and before he reported the news to King of Towers Chao Gai, when Shi Shiran came out of the county government office, it was "thirty", That is, nearly or just turned thirty.

From the time when he secretly released King Chao Tian to sitting in the building to kill Xi, fearing the crime and absconding from Chaijiazhuang, Kongjiazhuang, Qingfengzhai, until he returned to Yuncheng to surrender and was exiled to the army and sent to Jiangzhou, at most a year and a half has passed. By two years, that is to say, when Song Jiang met Li Kui, the upper limit of age was thirty-two years old, and it would never be older.

Pipa Pavilion by the Xunyang River, if that was really the place where Bai Letian wrote long poems to express his feelings, these guys from Song Jiang would be Tangtu ancients: a murderous and exiled thief with the army, a warden who specializes in collecting black money, and a whole The fishy fish was making rude remarks, and there was also a little jailer who hung upside down for three days and couldn't control a drop of ink. They started talking about age in the elegant place, but the seats arranged according to age were limited to Langli Baitiao Zhang Shun and Black Tornado Li Kui is the first in Song Jiang and the second in Dai Zong. No one can compete for it.

The result of the scheduling of Zhang Shun and Li Kui is "Li Kui is the elder and sits in the third place, and Zhang Shun sits in the fourth place."

Li Kui is older than Zhang Shun. How old was Zhang Shun at that time? This is clearly explained in the original work of Water Margin: "Six feet five six years old, thirty-two or thirteen years old, Sanliu covered his mouth and black beard."

By such a comparison, we know that Li Kui was at least thirty-three years old at the time, and Song Jiang was at most three At the age of twelve, it was normal for Song Jiang to call Li Kui his eldest brother at first: "Brother, strong man, please sit down... (Give Li Kui ten taels of silver) Brother, you will redeem the money... (find it from the gambling house) (Out of Li Kui) Let's have three drinks with Brother Li... I put two cups in front of me, and the elder brother put a big bowl in front of him... (Tell the waiter) I think I'm hungry, you can go to the restaurant Cut a piece of meat into two kilograms and eat it with him, and he will pay you back in a short time. "

Song Jiang and Dai Zong called each other "respected brother" and "benevolent brother". It is understandable that no one corrects the other: Dai Zong is better than Song Jiang. Due to his high status, Song Jiang held on to the evidence of Dai Zong's affair with Liangshan. Song Jiang called Li Kui "big brother" five times, but Dai Zong didn't say that Song Jiang was wrong. There could only be one reason - Li Kui was older than Song Jiang.

After Song Jiang spent eighty taels of silver on Li Kui, the title between the two changed. The words "Brother Li" would never come out of Song Jiang's mouth again.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, when he went to Liangshan, Zhilu was a Mara gang, which disrupted the original order and listed Hua Rong, Qin Ming and others who had been on the mountain for a long time as the new leaders, except Xiao Li Guang Hua Rong because he was a member of the Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming. Except for the eldest brother, who sits at the top of the table, the rest of the people are arranged according to their age: "On the right side, in terms of the order of year, they give way to each other.Huarong, Qin Ming, Huang Xin, Dai Zong, Li Kui, Li Jun, Mu Hong, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, Yanshun, Lu Fang, Guo Sheng, Xiao Rang , Wang Xiaohu , Xue Yong , Jin Dajian , Mu Chun , Li Li , Ou Peng , Jiang Jing , Tong Wei , Tong Meng , Ma Lin , Shi Yong , Hou Jian , Zheng Tianshou , Tao Zongwang , a total of forty leaders sat down. "

In this order, starting from the second position, whoever is older sits forward. For example, the tailor Hou Jian sits above Zheng Tianshou and Tao Zongwang, and Mu Chun sits above Ou Peng and Jiang Jing, because of their age advantage. Later, one hundred and eight generals were officially ranked, Xiaozhelan Mu Chun became the 80th, Tongbiyuan Hou Jian became the 71st, and Tong Wei and Tongmeng ranked 68th and 60th respectively. 9. Moyun Golden Wings Ou Peng rose to the 48th place.

Li Kui is relatively older, at least seven or eight years older than Yan Qing and Wu Song, and at least one year older than Song Jiang, but he is definitely not as smart as Zhiduoxing. Wu Yong is older.

Comprehensive comparison, we will find an interesting phenomenon: Wu Yong, a wise man, is seven or eight years older than Song Jiang. He calls Song Jiang an elder brother without blushing at all, and Song Jiang never blushes. I feel embarrassed.

Chao Gai is ten years older than Song Jiang, and Wu Yong is Chao Gai's younger brother (who has known him since childhood). The age difference is only two or three years, otherwise we wouldn't be able to play together.

From this comparison, we know that Li Kui's age seems to be in the top ten in Liangshan, or at least in the top twenty. However, after being called "big brother" by Song Jiang for a while, he became everyone's little brother. , met Yan Qing, who was only 24 or 25 years old, and was also known as "Brother Xiao Yi" before "Brother Xiao Yi". His name in Song Jiang's mouth became increasingly unpleasant.

After going to Liangshan, Song Jiang became more and more unhappy. If you are happy, just call Li Kui brother. If you are not happy, you will become a "black boy" - Li Kui knows this well: when Songjiangkou is called "black boy", it means you are angry but not angry. If you call it another name, That was a murderous intention.

After Song Jiang became an official, his level of swearing also increased. If he said "black guy" again, which was detrimental to the authority of the official, he changed to another way of swearing, and Li Kui's status also dropped to a low point.

After Song Jiang defeated the Liao Kingdom , destroyed Tian Hu, and captured Wang Qing, he was granted the title of Baoyi Lang ( Song Dynasty The 50th rank of the 52nd military rank, the ninth rank, Equivalent to a second lieutenant platoon leader), carrying imperial equipment, and being envoys from the imperial city. During the New Year's Day meeting, he was not even qualified to enter the main hall to kowtow to the emperor and pay New Year greetings: "As a servant of the two classes, I cannot go to the hall. Looking up at the jade hairpins, pearls and shoes, and the purple ribbons and gold medals on the hall, people come and go to pay homage to each other and express their longevity. From dawn to noon, you can only drink the wine of thanksgiving. All the officials dispersed, and the emperor ascended. Song Jiang and Lu Junyi came out, took off their official uniforms, mounted their horses and returned to the camp, with sad faces on their faces. "

The shy Song Jiang can still show off his authority in front of Li Kui: " Black Tornado Li Kui said: 'Brother, I am so confused! When I was in Liangshan Boli, I couldn't bear to be angry with anyone. But today we have to recruit people, and tomorrow we have to recruit people. Even if we get peace, we will be troubled! Let the brothers stay here and go to Liangshanbo , but they won't be happy! ’ Song Jiang shouted: ‘This black beast is rude again! Now that they are ministers of the country, they are all good ministers of the court. You have no sense of reason, and your rebellious spirit is still there! '"

"Black Beast" is an "official curse" and is also Song Jiang's exclusive title for Li Kui. In the eyes of Song Jiang, the ninth-grade Baoyi Lang, Li Kui is no longer even a human being. The former "strong man" and "Brother Li" have become worthless subordinates.

Wu Yong and Li Kui are obviously older than Song Jiang, but they obey and act like younger brothers. This is the so-called "jianghu", which is the real officialdom. Once friends forget that "the order of elders and young ones cannot be abolished", the friendship will become After making a deal, both parties take what they need and decide on their superiority. It has nothing to do with brotherhood.

Li Kui and Wu Yong are neither Song Jiang's elder brothers nor Song Jiang's brothers. From another perspective, they are more like Song Jiang's slaves, especially Li Kui. He is like a coated slave in the Qing Dynasty , whose life and death are controlled by him. In the hands of master Song Jiang.

The friendship between Li Kui and Song Jiang reminds us of the allusion of "Qi Da Fei Ou". Readers may also have some feelings in this regard: in many cases, the words of old man taro are worth learning from, while the words of uncle Xiang He Pong are the opposite. Listen.

I would rather learn from Taoyuan than to learn from Wagang to make incense. The most ruthless person in the world is the one hundred and eight generals in Liangshan. From the relationship between Song Jiang and Li Kui, we can find many problems. Looking around, I would like to ask readers the last three questions: How many "friends" have left us over the past few decades? How many Song Jiang are there among the "friends" we are close to or far away from? How many times have we been Li Kui without knowing it?