Dai Zong Cleverly Recruits Gongsun Sheng; Li Kui Splits Immortal Luo with an Axe

There is a poem that says: It is lamentable that some hearts are more venomous than snakes, but the eye of Heaven’s Way turns as clearly as a wheel. Last year they seized the eastern neighbor’s things from nothing; in the end it must still be returned to another house. Wealth gained without righteousness is like hot water poured on snow—gone in a blink; fields that come by accident are like sand pushed by a flood—they cannot be held. If one lives by cunning and scheming, it is like morning and evening clouds: fair to look at, but it cannot last. Now, at that time Wu Yong said to Song Jiang, “If we want to break Gao Lian’s sorcery, we must send men as quickly as possible to Jizhou to bring Gongsun Sheng back. Only he can deal with Gao Lian.” Song Jiang said, “Earlier Dai Zong went to look for him and found not the slightest news. Where are we to find him?” Wu Yong said, “We only know the great region of Jizhou; below it are many counties, towns, and villages, and last time he did not search them all. Gongsun Sheng is a lofty cultivator of the Way; he will certainly......