Water Margin, Chapter 70: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. Song Jiang arranges a seven-day religious ceremony to thank Heaven, seek pardon, and pray for the dead.
2. A fireball falls during the final night, and digging beneath its landing place reveals an inscribed stone tablet.
3. Priest He reads the heavenly ranks, and the leaders accept the tablet’s ordering as binding.
4. Song Jiang distributes military duties, tallies, and seals, and the leaders swear mutual loyalty and drink blood-mixed wine.
5. Lu Junyi dreams that Ji Kang captures him, prompting the other leaders to surrender in an attempt to save him.
6. In the dream, Ji Kang orders all 108 executed, and Lu Junyi sees a plaque proclaiming peace.

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Cosa notare

Song Jiang turns the tablet’s revelation into a rule of obedience. Sacred ranking supports the military organization that follows.

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