Chapter 8
Instructor Lin Is Exiled to Cangzhou; Lu Zhishen Makes a Great Scene in Wild Boar Forest A poem says: Heaven watches clearly, yet lets villains bully and kill and seize men’s wives. Know that the wicked devise every scheme to destroy a hero’s life. Loyalty and righteousness are inborn in the heart; one thought that lets go of greed and hate can give rise to good. Lin Chong was fated to survive this disaster; it only showed Gao Qiu’s scheming was all in vain. Now Marshal Gao ordered his guards to seize Lin Chong and behead him on the spot. Lin Chong cried out that he was innocent. The marshal said, “Why did you come into the military council hall? And with a sharp sword in your hand—were you not coming to assassinate me?” Lin Chong pleaded, “If Your Excellency had not summoned me, how would I dare come on my own? Two runners from your residence came into the hall and tricked me into coming here.” The marshal shouted, “Nonsense! There are no such two runners in my residence! This man will not confess!” He ordered his men, “Take him to the Kaifeng Prefecture. Tell......
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