Lu Qian is a character in the epic tale, the ''Water Margin''.
Lu was a friend of Lin Chong's and he also served as an official to the Song Dynasty. Lu was not a trustworthy person and he had repaid Lin Chong's kindness with evil twice. He diverted Lin Chong's attention away from his wife by asking Lin out for drinks with him. Meanwhile, Gao Yanei, Gao Qiu's foster son, seized the opportunity to dishonour Lin's wife by trying to rape her. Lin later found out about the incident and went to his wife's rescue, and managed to chase Gao Yanei away. When he went back to find Lu Qian, the latter was gone.
Later, Lin Chong was framed with attempting to assassinate Gao Qiu by bringing a weapon into the White Tiger Hall and sentenced to exile. Even when Lin Chong was in exile, Gao Qiu did not want to let him off as Lin had offended him and his foster son. Gao sent Lu Qian to bribe the prison commander of the prison where Lin was held captive in exile to finish off Lin. Lu Qian and the prison commander were killed after a vicious fight with Lin Chong when Lin caught them trying to set fire to the storage field in his charge.
The Lu-Lin story was manifested on film in a Hong Kong movie in the late 1990s.
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Liu Menglong
Liu Menglong is a character in the epic Chinese tale, the ''Water Margin''.
Liu Menglong got his name when his mother dreamt of a dragon in her sleep while she was pregnant and gave birth to him shortly afterwards. She named him 'Menglong', as 'Menglong' is literally translated as 'Dream Dragon' in Chinese.
Liu featured in various parts of the novel, but rose to prominence in chapters 78-80 in the 5th imperial assault on Liangshan, serving as the chief naval commander for Gao Qiu's forces, of which a massive fleet had been commissioned to defeat the Liangshan rebels once and for all. The assault failed and all of Liu's troops died or captured; Liu was captured and released, but eventually executed by Gao for his failure and also due to him being obsolete as he had no more troops to command.
Liu Menglong got his name when his mother dreamt of a dragon in her sleep while she was pregnant and gave birth to him shortly afterwards. She named him 'Menglong', as 'Menglong' is literally translated as 'Dream Dragon' in Chinese.
Liu featured in various parts of the novel, but rose to prominence in chapters 78-80 in the 5th imperial assault on Liangshan, serving as the chief naval commander for Gao Qiu's forces, of which a massive fleet had been commissioned to defeat the Liangshan rebels once and for all. The assault failed and all of Liu's troops died or captured; Liu was captured and released, but eventually executed by Gao for his failure and also due to him being obsolete as he had no more troops to command.
Liangshan County
Liangshan County is a in Shandong province, China. Within its administrative territory is the famous Mount Liang . The area is the setting for the classic novel the ''Water Margin''.
Li Tianrun
Li Tianrun is a character in the epic Chinese novel, the ''Water Margin''.
Li was an officer of the Southern rebel Fang La, and is best remembered as the one who killed some of Liangshan's best officers including , Dong Ping and .
Li was an officer of the Southern rebel Fang La, and is best remembered as the one who killed some of Liangshan's best officers including , Dong Ping and .
Li Shishi
Li Shishi is a character in the epic Chinese novel, the ''Water Margin''.
Li was a famous prostitute in the capital, and the Emperor Huizhong was a regular client of hers.
Li encounters the Liangshan heroes on two occasions; on the second, more important encounter, she befriends Yan Qing and agrees to become his sworn elder sister. She then promises Yan then she will tell the emperor about the heroes' plight and desire to be granted an amnesty.
Li was a famous prostitute in the capital, and the Emperor Huizhong was a regular client of hers.
Li encounters the Liangshan heroes on two occasions; on the second, more important encounter, she befriends Yan Qing and agrees to become his sworn elder sister. She then promises Yan then she will tell the emperor about the heroes' plight and desire to be granted an amnesty.
Huang Wenbing
Huang Wenbing was an official in the Chinese novel ''Water Margin'' who almost caused Song Jiang to be executed. During his exile period in Jiangzhou, Song Jiang wrote a poem on the wall of a restaurant criticizing the Imperial Court in a drunken stupor. Huang Wenbing read the poem by chance and reported it to Cai Jiu, the Governor of Jiangzhou.
Cai had Song Jiang arrested and thrown into prison. Huang used torture to force Song Jiang to confess everything as Song had feigned madness as suggested by Dai Zong. Cai Jiu found Song Jiang guilty of plotting to overthrow the government and ordered his execution. Wu Yong had Xiao Rang and Jin Da-jian forge a letter by Cai Jing, Cai Jiu's father, to release Song Jiang. Huang found out the forgery as the seal in the letter had a mistake. Cai Jiu was furious and had Dai Zong arrested as well and both Song and Dai were to be executed. The Liangshan heroes stormed the execution ground and rescued both of them. Later, Huang Wenbing was caught by Zhang Shun while escaping from the Liangshan heroes who sought revenge on him. In the end, Huang was stabbed to death by .
Cai had Song Jiang arrested and thrown into prison. Huang used torture to force Song Jiang to confess everything as Song had feigned madness as suggested by Dai Zong. Cai Jiu found Song Jiang guilty of plotting to overthrow the government and ordered his execution. Wu Yong had Xiao Rang and Jin Da-jian forge a letter by Cai Jing, Cai Jiu's father, to release Song Jiang. Huang found out the forgery as the seal in the letter had a mistake. Cai Jiu was furious and had Dai Zong arrested as well and both Song and Dai were to be executed. The Liangshan heroes stormed the execution ground and rescued both of them. Later, Huang Wenbing was caught by Zhang Shun while escaping from the Liangshan heroes who sought revenge on him. In the end, Huang was stabbed to death by .
Hu Cheng
Hu Cheng is a character in the epic Chinese novel, the ''Water Margin''.
Hu was not one of Liangshan's 108 heroes, but was instead one of the chieftains of the Hu village - one of several villages that the Liangshan heroes would encounter in a skirmish.
Hu was also the elder brother of eventual Liangshan bandit Hu San Niang; however upon the decimation of the Hu family, Hu Cheng went his own way.
Hu was not one of Liangshan's 108 heroes, but was instead one of the chieftains of the Hu village - one of several villages that the Liangshan heroes would encounter in a skirmish.
Hu was also the elder brother of eventual Liangshan bandit Hu San Niang; however upon the decimation of the Hu family, Hu Cheng went his own way.
Guo Shiguang
Guo Shiguang is a character in the epic Chinese novel, the ''Water Margin''.
Guo is best known as one of the southern rebel Fang La's officers, and he was the one who killed Liangshan's Xuan Zan in a fight, but was also killed in the fight as well.
Guo is best known as one of the southern rebel Fang La's officers, and he was the one who killed Liangshan's Xuan Zan in a fight, but was also killed in the fight as well.
Gao Yanei
Gao Yanei was the foster son of Gao Qiu, the high-ranking Song official and eventual nemesis of the Liangshan heroes in the novel ''The Water Margin''.
In the novel, Gao Yanei was entranced by the beauty of Lin Chong's wife and tried to rape her. Lin came back on time and rescued his wife from Gao Yanei. Gao Yanei, being unhappy, ganged up with his foster father and Lu Qian to frame Lin Chong. Lin was accused of attempted assassination on Gao Qiu and exiled to Cangzhou.
Gao then bribed the guards escorting Lin to Cangzhou to kill him on the way, but Lu Zhishen rescued Lin from his fate. Gao Qiu was furious with Lu and ordered the temple abbot to chase Lu out. Gao Yanei's eventual fate was to be ambushed by Lu Zhishen's followers and castrated.
In the novel, Gao Yanei was entranced by the beauty of Lin Chong's wife and tried to rape her. Lin came back on time and rescued his wife from Gao Yanei. Gao Yanei, being unhappy, ganged up with his foster father and Lu Qian to frame Lin Chong. Lin was accused of attempted assassination on Gao Qiu and exiled to Cangzhou.
Gao then bribed the guards escorting Lin to Cangzhou to kill him on the way, but Lu Zhishen rescued Lin from his fate. Gao Qiu was furious with Lu and ordered the temple abbot to chase Lu out. Gao Yanei's eventual fate was to be ambushed by Lu Zhishen's followers and castrated.
Gao Qiu
Gāo Qiú , nicknamed the 'High Ball', is a character in the epic novel the ''Water Margin''.
Gao starts off as a street urchin who impresses important government officials with his skill at football, but he soon becomes a perpetual thorn in the flesh of the Liangshan bandits. His first run-in with a bandit-to-be is with Lin Chong, whom he frames out of vengeance for his nephew Gao Yanei, in a plot involving Lu Qian, a good friend of Lin's.
Gao rises through the government ranks and eventually becomes Prime Minister, manipulating the incompetent , and ensuring that corruption and decadence prevail. Together with Tong Guan and Cai Jing, Gao Qiu seeks to eliminate Chao Gai and Song Jiang, the leaders of the Liangshan rebels, who have sought to "deliver justice on Heaven's behalf". Following a series of five failed imperial military campaigns against the bandits, Song Jiang takes up the government's offer of an amnesty, believing that this will bring peace and unity to the country.
Although the campaign against the Liao Tartars is successful, close to two thirds of the 108 heroes are slain in the campaign against the Southern rebel Fang La. When Song and his remaining brothers return to the imperial court, having eliminated the rebels, Gao Qiu conspires with his cronies to kill Song and his deputies one by one.
Gao Qiu is the cousin of , an equally corrupt government official who also appears in the novel .
Gao starts off as a street urchin who impresses important government officials with his skill at football, but he soon becomes a perpetual thorn in the flesh of the Liangshan bandits. His first run-in with a bandit-to-be is with Lin Chong, whom he frames out of vengeance for his nephew Gao Yanei, in a plot involving Lu Qian, a good friend of Lin's.
Gao rises through the government ranks and eventually becomes Prime Minister, manipulating the incompetent , and ensuring that corruption and decadence prevail. Together with Tong Guan and Cai Jing, Gao Qiu seeks to eliminate Chao Gai and Song Jiang, the leaders of the Liangshan rebels, who have sought to "deliver justice on Heaven's behalf". Following a series of five failed imperial military campaigns against the bandits, Song Jiang takes up the government's offer of an amnesty, believing that this will bring peace and unity to the country.
Although the campaign against the Liao Tartars is successful, close to two thirds of the 108 heroes are slain in the campaign against the Southern rebel Fang La. When Song and his remaining brothers return to the imperial court, having eliminated the rebels, Gao Qiu conspires with his cronies to kill Song and his deputies one by one.
Gao Qiu is the cousin of , an equally corrupt government official who also appears in the novel .
Gao Lian (Water Margin)
Gao Lian is a character in the epic Chinese novel, the ''Water Margin''.
Like his notorious relative, Gao Qiu, Gao Lian was a corrupt government official who crossed swords with the Liangshan bandits. Gao Lian's relative Yin Tianxi once bullied and humiliated Chai Jin's uncle and Chai's uncle died of the severe injuries caused by Yin. Later, Yin Tianxi was killed by in a fit of anger when Chai Jin went to confront Yin, escorted by Li Kui.
Chai was held responsible for Yin's death and was arrested by Gao Lian. Li Kui had fled back to Liangshan to seek help from the heroes. Gao Lian had Chai severely tortured and locked up in a prison in Gaotangzhou. Later, the Liangshan heroes arrived with an army to attack Gaotangzhou and rescue Chai Jin.
Gao Lian was a master of sorcery and he defeated the heroes in the first battle by conjuring up a whirlwind. Song Jiang who had some knowledge in sorcery managed to dispel the whirlwind and allowed the heroes to launch an attack. Later, Gao Lian summoned some fiercesome and poisonous beasts with his magic shield to attack the heroes. He was eventually defeated by Gongsun Sheng in a battle of magical powers. The heroes then managed to break through Gaotangzhou's defences and killed Gao Lian. Chai Jin was rescued after being hidden in a dry well by Gao Lian for days.
Like his notorious relative, Gao Qiu, Gao Lian was a corrupt government official who crossed swords with the Liangshan bandits. Gao Lian's relative Yin Tianxi once bullied and humiliated Chai Jin's uncle and Chai's uncle died of the severe injuries caused by Yin. Later, Yin Tianxi was killed by in a fit of anger when Chai Jin went to confront Yin, escorted by Li Kui.
Chai was held responsible for Yin's death and was arrested by Gao Lian. Li Kui had fled back to Liangshan to seek help from the heroes. Gao Lian had Chai severely tortured and locked up in a prison in Gaotangzhou. Later, the Liangshan heroes arrived with an army to attack Gaotangzhou and rescue Chai Jin.
Gao Lian was a master of sorcery and he defeated the heroes in the first battle by conjuring up a whirlwind. Song Jiang who had some knowledge in sorcery managed to dispel the whirlwind and allowed the heroes to launch an attack. Later, Gao Lian summoned some fiercesome and poisonous beasts with his magic shield to attack the heroes. He was eventually defeated by Gongsun Sheng in a battle of magical powers. The heroes then managed to break through Gaotangzhou's defences and killed Gao Lian. Chai Jin was rescued after being hidden in a dry well by Gao Lian for days.
Fang Xi
Fang Xi was a rebel in the Song Dynasty and also a nemesis of the 108 heroes of Liangshan in the epic tale, the ''Water Margin''.
The Han characters "方腊" are pronounced as "Fang Xi" rather than "Fang La". The confusion was caused when the character "腊" was used as a simplified version of another character "臘" . In fact, the character "腊" was not a simplified character during the Song Dynasty, but another character pronounced as "xi".
The Fang Xi Rebellion took place nearing the end of the northern Song period in China. Fang Xi was by occupation a lumberjack. Being a man from south of the Yangtse River, he became frustrated and angry at the growing corruption in the Song emperor's court. Given that this frustration was shared by many of his compatriots who suffered from the same poverty and neglect he found himself well supported. By gaining massive support and rallying troops south of the Yangtse River, he became formidable enough to challenge the emperor in the north. Soon enough, by conquering and gaining control of vast amounts of land south of the Yangtse, Fang Xi set up his own court and declared himself emperor.
Fang Xi's rebellion was eventually crushed by united local armies organized by the corrupt officials he sought to destroy. Afterwards, Fang Xi was captured and killed.
In contrast to the "Water Margin", Fang Xi never did encounter a force such as Song Jiang's 108 heroes, or even encounter Song Jiang himself who was of another time period.
After Song Jiang had led his men on several successful campaigns against the corrupt imperial government, the latter offered the bandits amnesty. As part of the deal, Song had to repel the Liao Tartars from the north, and a trio of rebel leaders in the south. Fang Xi was one of them; the others being Tian Hu and Wang Qing.
Whilst the Liangshan contingent suffered hardly any casualties up till the point of the defeat of the Liao Tartars, the war against Fang Xi proved to be calamitous. Only 30-odd heroes survived the brutal war, and many of them were killed by Fang's men in gruesome ways, such as Qin Ming and Hao Si-wen.
Fang Xi was eventually captured after an elaborate infiltration scheme involving Chai Jin and he was gagged and tied up by Lu Zhishen, and executed in the capital.
Pronunciation of the name
The Han characters "方腊" are pronounced as "Fang Xi" rather than "Fang La". The confusion was caused when the character "腊" was used as a simplified version of another character "臘" . In fact, the character "腊" was not a simplified character during the Song Dynasty, but another character pronounced as "xi".
The Fang Xi Rebellion
The Fang Xi Rebellion took place nearing the end of the northern Song period in China. Fang Xi was by occupation a lumberjack. Being a man from south of the Yangtse River, he became frustrated and angry at the growing corruption in the Song emperor's court. Given that this frustration was shared by many of his compatriots who suffered from the same poverty and neglect he found himself well supported. By gaining massive support and rallying troops south of the Yangtse River, he became formidable enough to challenge the emperor in the north. Soon enough, by conquering and gaining control of vast amounts of land south of the Yangtse, Fang Xi set up his own court and declared himself emperor.
Fang Xi's rebellion was eventually crushed by united local armies organized by the corrupt officials he sought to destroy. Afterwards, Fang Xi was captured and killed.
In contrast to the "Water Margin", Fang Xi never did encounter a force such as Song Jiang's 108 heroes, or even encounter Song Jiang himself who was of another time period.
''Water Margin''
After Song Jiang had led his men on several successful campaigns against the corrupt imperial government, the latter offered the bandits amnesty. As part of the deal, Song had to repel the Liao Tartars from the north, and a trio of rebel leaders in the south. Fang Xi was one of them; the others being Tian Hu and Wang Qing.
Whilst the Liangshan contingent suffered hardly any casualties up till the point of the defeat of the Liao Tartars, the war against Fang Xi proved to be calamitous. Only 30-odd heroes survived the brutal war, and many of them were killed by Fang's men in gruesome ways, such as Qin Ming and Hao Si-wen.
Fang Xi was eventually captured after an elaborate infiltration scheme involving Chai Jin and he was gagged and tied up by Lu Zhishen, and executed in the capital.
Fang Tianding
Fang Tianding is a character in the epic Chinese tale, the ''Water Margin''.
Fang is best known as one of the southern rebel Fang La's officers, and he was the one who killed Liangshan's Hao Si-wen in battle. Fang decapitated Hao and dismembered Hao's body, and displayed his head to the heroes. Also, Fang was responsible for the death of Zhang Shun as he had ordered his archers to shoot Zhang to his death while Zhang tried to climb over the Yongjin gate of Hangzhou.
Eventually, Fang was killed by Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun's brother. It was said that Zhang Shun's spirit had possessed his brother's body and killed Fang for revenge at Wuyun Mountain.
Fang is best known as one of the southern rebel Fang La's officers, and he was the one who killed Liangshan's Hao Si-wen in battle. Fang decapitated Hao and dismembered Hao's body, and displayed his head to the heroes. Also, Fang was responsible for the death of Zhang Shun as he had ordered his archers to shoot Zhang to his death while Zhang tried to climb over the Yongjin gate of Hangzhou.
Eventually, Fang was killed by Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun's brother. It was said that Zhang Shun's spirit had possessed his brother's body and killed Fang for revenge at Wuyun Mountain.
Fang Jie
Fang Jie is a character in the epic tale, the ''Water Margin.
Fang is best known as a general for the Southern Song rebel, Fang La. In the campaign against the Liangshan bandits, Fang Jie was responsible for killing Qin Ming on the battlefield with his spear.
He was eventually slayed by Wu Song at the last battle before the capture of Fang La.
Fang is best known as a general for the Southern Song rebel, Fang La. In the campaign against the Liangshan bandits, Fang Jie was responsible for killing Qin Ming on the battlefield with his spear.
He was eventually slayed by Wu Song at the last battle before the capture of Fang La.
Du Wei (Fang La general)
Du Wei is a character in the epic tale, the ''Water Margin''.
Du is best known as an instrumental general for the Song Southern rebel, Fang La. He inflicted great damage on the Liangshan forces when the latter attacked Fang and his men. In one instance, at the battlefield, he threw a flying dagger at Qin Ming and whilst Qin dodged it, Fang Jie seized the opportunity to stab him to death.
Du also killed Sun Er Niang and Yu Bao-si with his flying daggers as well.
Du is best known as an instrumental general for the Song Southern rebel, Fang La. He inflicted great damage on the Liangshan forces when the latter attacked Fang and his men. In one instance, at the battlefield, he threw a flying dagger at Qin Ming and whilst Qin dodged it, Fang Jie seized the opportunity to stab him to death.
Du also killed Sun Er Niang and Yu Bao-si with his flying daggers as well.
Cai Jing
Cai Jing was the Imperial Tutor during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.
In the ''Water Margin'', Gao Qiu and Cai Jing were portrayed as two of the greatest villains and enemies of Song Jiang and the Liangshan heroes. Cai Jing held the post of Premier to the emperor.
In the ''Water Margin'', Gao Qiu and Cai Jing were portrayed as two of the greatest villains and enemies of Song Jiang and the Liangshan heroes. Cai Jing held the post of Premier to the emperor.
Bao Daoyi
Bao Daoyi is a fictional character in the epic Chinese novel, the ''Water Margin''.
Bao was one of southern rebel Fang La's warriors, he is perhaps most famous for slicing off the arm of Wu Song when the Liangshan bandits were tasked by the Song government to eliminate the rebels in the south. Wu Song was saved in time however by Lu Zhishen.
Bao was one of southern rebel Fang La's warriors, he is perhaps most famous for slicing off the arm of Wu Song when the Liangshan bandits were tasked by the Song government to eliminate the rebels in the south. Wu Song was saved in time however by Lu Zhishen.
Bandit Kings of Ancient China
Bandit Kings of Ancient China, also known as ''Suikoden - Tenmei no Chikai'' in Japan, is a turn-based strategy video game published by KOEI in the 1980s for the Nintendo Entertainment System, MS-DOS, Amiga and the . In 1996, KOEI issued a remake for the Japanese Sega and Sony Playstation featuring vastly improved graphics and new arrangements of the original songs.
The game's character and events are based on the Chinese Novel Water Margin. Players start out in a remote prefecture and must expand his base by acquiring additional prefectures, recruit troops and heroes to lead them. The goal is to defeat Gao Qiu by attacking Gao Qiu's base which cannot take place until emperor's edict is received.
Each turn player has several options. Some of which are Hunt, recruit troops or a hero to lead them, improve the land, and rest. Heroes have loyalty which can be increased by giving them gold. If the loyalty of a hero that you have recruited becomes too low, the hero may betray you. To prevent this, player may swear brotherhood with heroes provided their loyalty is high enough, 95 or higher. Depending on the game level, the number of sworn brothers is limited to 9 or fewer. Once a hero becomes a brother, loyalty becomes irrelevant and he will never betray you. Brothers/sisters are also extensions of yourself. Each turn, you may perform one action and likewise, you brothers/sisters can do the same essentially providing you with additional actions per turn. Battles can be resolved automatically or in tactic mode where terrain, a unit's power, supply, and weather needs to be considered. Tactical battle is very similar to Dynasty Tactics game without the tactics element. There is also a turn limit in the game. It ends if the player is unable to obtain an imperial edict and remove Gao Qiu before 1127 A.D.
There are many games in the series, but those later in the series are in Chinese.
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Plot
The game's character and events are based on the Chinese Novel Water Margin. Players start out in a remote prefecture and must expand his base by acquiring additional prefectures, recruit troops and heroes to lead them. The goal is to defeat Gao Qiu by attacking Gao Qiu's base which cannot take place until emperor's edict is received.
Gameplay
Each turn player has several options. Some of which are Hunt, recruit troops or a hero to lead them, improve the land, and rest. Heroes have loyalty which can be increased by giving them gold. If the loyalty of a hero that you have recruited becomes too low, the hero may betray you. To prevent this, player may swear brotherhood with heroes provided their loyalty is high enough, 95 or higher. Depending on the game level, the number of sworn brothers is limited to 9 or fewer. Once a hero becomes a brother, loyalty becomes irrelevant and he will never betray you. Brothers/sisters are also extensions of yourself. Each turn, you may perform one action and likewise, you brothers/sisters can do the same essentially providing you with additional actions per turn. Battles can be resolved automatically or in tactic mode where terrain, a unit's power, supply, and weather needs to be considered. Tactical battle is very similar to Dynasty Tactics game without the tactics element. There is also a turn limit in the game. It ends if the player is unable to obtain an imperial edict and remove Gao Qiu before 1127 A.D.
Games in the series
There are many games in the series, but those later in the series are in Chinese.
Similar games from Koei
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Zheng Mojun
Zheng Mojun is a character in the epic Chinese tale, the ''Water Margin''.
Zheng was a general of Fang La, and is most noted for having killed Liangshan's Xiang Chong, and Hu San Niang. After killing Wang Ying and Hu San Niang, he started laughing and did not notice approaching him and was killed by Yang.
Zheng was a general of Fang La, and is most noted for having killed Liangshan's Xiang Chong, and Hu San Niang. After killing Wang Ying and Hu San Niang, he started laughing and did not notice approaching him and was killed by Yang.
Zhang Wenyuan
Zhang Wenyuan , not to be confused with Zhang Liao of the Three Kingdoms period, is a minor character in the Water Margin one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature.
Zhang was an adulterer in the novel, who had an affair with Song Jiang's wife Yan Poxi. Yan was in love with Zhang and she discovered Song's relations with the bandits from Liangshan. She threatened to report Song to the county office unless Song agreed to her terms, which angered Song and he killed her in a fit of anger.
Zhang was an adulterer in the novel, who had an affair with Song Jiang's wife Yan Poxi. Yan was in love with Zhang and she discovered Song's relations with the bandits from Liangshan. She threatened to report Song to the county office unless Song agreed to her terms, which angered Song and he killed her in a fit of anger.
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