Song Jiang Views the Small Ao Mountain Lanterns by Night; Hua Rong Raises Havoc in Clear Wind Fortress

Song Jiang Views the Small Ao Mountain Lanterns by Night; Hua Rong Raises Havoc in Clear Wind Fortress There is a poem that says: Flowers bloom without choosing whether a house is rich or poor; Moonlight falls over mountains and rivers, bright everywhere. In this world only the human heart is most vicious; In all things, in the end, Heaven protects the good. Some are blind, deaf, and mute, yet their homes are wealthy; Some are clever and capable, yet suffer poverty and hardship. The year, month, and day a person is born are long since fixed; In the end it is all fate, and no one can decide it for himself. The story goes that Clear Wind Mountain was not far from Qingzhou—only about a hundred li. Clear Wind Fortress was set up at the three-way crossroads in Qingzhou, in a place called Clear Wind Town. Because this three-way road connected three dangerous great mountains, the authorities had specially established Clear Wind Fortress in Clear Wind Town. The town had three to five thousand households and was only a day’s journey from Clear Wind Mountain. That day the......