one day li kui and yan qing, two *es in liangshan marsh1（沼泽，湿地） , spent the night in the town of jingmen, which is near to the liangshan marsh. in the manor2（庄园，领地） the squire3（乡绅，侍从） told them that song jiang, head of the liangshan marsh, had *ed his daughter away by force. li kui got so angry that he ignored the facts and yan qing's doubts and immediately went to liangshan marsh. he went directly to loyalty4 hall and without a word took his axes and cut down the apricot-yellow banner inscribed5 with "act in heaven's behalf" and ripped it to shreds6（碎片） . axes in hand, li kui charged across the hall towards song jiang. some commanders in the hall hurriedly blocked him and asked him for reason. li kui told them what he had heard, which song jiang strongly denied. seeing that li kui did not beli* him, song jiang asked him to search his house. but li kui said it would be impossible to find the girl because *ry man in the fortress7 was under song jiang's command. finally song jiang said, "the squire isn't dead yet. i'll go and confront him." in the manor, li kui discovered the truth: it was someone else who mi*ehaved in song jiang's name. he began to regret his impatient, hasty actions. he carried a thorn stick on his bare back and asked song jiang to take the stick and beat him. song jiang said, "i'll forgive you if you capture the two impersonators（演员，模拟艺人） and bring the girl home." after taking a great deal of bother li kui finally found the two perpetrators, wang jiang and dong hai. he killed them and saved the squire's daughter. __