Back then, Lu Zhishen was still Lu Tisha, named Lu Da. Before he became a monk, he and Jiuwen Long Shi Jin rescued the miserable Jin Cuilian.
Originally Wu Zhi had no impression of Jin Cuilian, he just knew that there was such a character.
But once when chatting with Pan Jinlian, Pan Jinlian specifically mentioned Jin Cuilian.
Out of a woman's sensitivity, Pan Jinlian believed that her sworn brother Lu Zhishen had a knot in her heart, and it was this Jin Cuilian.
Lu Zhishen was originally under his younger brother Zhong Shidao, and he did a good job as a governor. He was somewhat prestigious in the area. People respected him very much, and his life was quite comfortable.
However, the appearance of Jin Cuilian completely disrupted Lu Zhishen's life.
It was precisely because of Jin Cuilian that Lu Zhishen's originally smooth life became extremely bumpy.
Lu Zhishen is not a real monk. On the contrary, he is a man who values love and justice.
Pan Jinlian believes that although her sworn brother looks rough on the outside, he is actually very delicate on the inside. Such a delicate person also retains a very sincere relationship.
It was a pity that Jin Cuilian was with an outsider, so he stopped thinking about it.
Wu Zhi doesn't care which wild man Jin Cuilian goes with. For him, it is only right for a woman to stay with the man she truly loves.
So Wu Zhi specially asked Bai Sheng to pick two younger brothers and go to the foot of Wutai Mountain to find the golden lotus.
These two young men also specially brought the two hundred taels of silver prepared by Wu Zhi in order to buy Jin Cuilian from the foreigner. After all, Jin Cuilian was just a concubine kept by the foreigner.
Although Jin Cuilian is not mentioned again in Water Margin, the book explains that after Lu Zhishen went to Mount Wutai, Jin Cuilian often gave him food.
Jin Cuilian also mentioned Lu Zhishen in front of that member every day, which shows that she has been thinking about him and being grateful in her heart.
What man can bear such a woman with her "elbows turned outward"?
Not long after, Jin Cuilian came to see Lu Zhishen less and less often. Every time they met, they always wanted to talk but refused.
With a status like hers, sooner or later she will be disliked by other members of the staff, or even bullied by the headmistress. Needless to say, her fate will be the same.
Wu Zhi pulled Shi Jin aside and explained the whole thing in a nutshell.
When Shi Jin heard that Wu Zhi had worked so hard for his brother Lu Zhishen, he was even more moved!
He repeatedly handed over to Wu Zhi: "Nowadays, there are rumors in the world that there is a great righteousness in the world. I didn't believe it at first. But now that I have seen the real person, I realize that I am ashamed of myself!"
Wu Zhi patted Shi Jin on the shoulder: "You are Coach Wang's apprentice. Coach Wang was originally killed by Gao Qiu. Do you want to avenge your master?"
"I think about it, I've never dreamed about it!"
When he mentioned Gao Qiu, Shi Jin's eyes flashed fiercely!
Wu Zhi's words immediately stimulated Shi Jin, and his eyes were like knives: "To be honest with you, brother, ever since I found out that my master was brought to such a miserable state by Gao Qiu, I have been thinking about avenging my master all the time!"
"It's just that we are alone and have limited abilities. We can only recruit a group of brothers to work as bandits on Shaohua Mountain, rob the broken silver coins of passing merchants, and barely survive."
Wu Zhi patted Shi Jin on the shoulder: "In that case, call all your brothers over and join me from now on! How about that?"
He immediately took two steps back, cupped his fists with both hands, and bowed 90 degrees to Wu Zhi: "I wish you all the best!"
Then Wu Zhi turned to look at the large group of people in front of him and said: "From now on, I will give you a chance to make a living and change your current situation!"
"If you want to make money, if you want to stop being looked down upon by others, if you want to be able to marry a wife and have children, and to shine on your family, you just listen to me!"