Song Jiang Recites a Rebel Poem in the Xunyang Pavilion; Dai Zong Carries a Forged Letter to Liangshan Marsh

There is a poem that says: When the mood comes, I climb the riverside wine tower; vast misty waters join the autumn sky. I call for fine wine to wash away a thousand years of regret; I write lines, wanting to pour out layer upon layer of sorrow. The false letter failed to fulfill the hero’s plan; one wrong step instead made him a prisoner in jail. It alarmed the heroes of Liangshan Marsh; they gathered like clouds and threw Jiangzhou into tumult. Now, just before, Li Kui had poked the singing girl on the forehead with one finger and knocked her down. The tavern keeper stopped the four men and said, “You four gentlemen, what is to be done now?” The keeper was frantic and quickly called the waiters to come and rescue the girl. They sprayed water on her face, and after a while the girl slowly came to. When they helped her up and looked, a piece of skin had been scraped from her forehead, and that was why she had fainted on the spot. It was fortunate enough that she could be revived. When her father and mother heard that the man who had hurt her was Black Whirlwind Li......