The Brocade Leopard Meets Dai Zong on a Small Path; the Sick Guan Suo Meets Shi Xiu on the Long Street

There is a poem: When heroes meet, there is surely a cause; linked rings and hooks draw them to one another. They swear to one heart, their feeling firm as stone; they smear blood and share one mind, their righteousness cutting through metal. The Seven States contended for power, and today their traces continue; the Five Barbarians rose in confusion, and the lingering sound still stirs. The generals and chancellors of the Han court rose from butchers and fishermen; do not regret that Liangshan spends its hearts in vain. Now, at that time Li Kui raised his polearm and fought with Li Yun. The two fought five or seven rounds beside the main road without deciding victory or defeat. Zhu Fu took his polearm, rushed between them, and shouted, “Stop fighting first! Listen to me, both of you!” Only then did the two stop. Zhu Fu said, “Master, I have always received your great kindness and been taught spear and staff skills by you, and I am deeply grateful. But my elder brother Zhu Gui is now a chief of Liangshan Marsh and was ordered by Brother Song Jiang to look after......