Liangshan (梁山) receives Lin Chong (林冲), Yang Zhi (杨志), Shi Xiu (石秀) and Yang Xiong (杨雄) back into the camp. They arrive with Lu Zhishen (鲁智深), Zhou Tong (周通) and about two hundred followers. Song Jiang (宋江) hosts a banquet to welcome them. The celebration is interrupted by a woman who claims to be Yan Qing's (燕青) wife, Tong Saihua (童赛花). She recounts a violent history with Tongguan (童贯) and accuses the iron monk Sheng Tiefo (生铁佛) of fatal wrongs to her family. She insists on finding Yan Qing and on punishing those responsible. She storms into the Taihu Pavilion (太湖亭) at Zhu Family Village (祝家庄) and triggers a hidden mechanism. A volley of flying blades kills her on the spot. Dong Ping (董平) is outraged. He demands an elaborate funeral and public punishment for the pavilion guards. Zhu Chaofeng (祝朝奉) outwardly agrees to pay compensation and mourn. Behind the scenes he and Zhang Li (张立) plot to use Xu Lu (徐录) in a ruse to entrap Liangshan. Xu Lu flees to Liangshan and offers a map of the stronghold. Camp leaders seize him and debate his sincerity. Li Ying (李应) warns that the map may be a trap. Song Jiang weighs the danger and decides to hold Xu Lu under observation rather than act immediately. He orders countermeasures and counsels caution. He also orders a reconnaissance to intercept any reinforcements or supplies bound for Zhu Family Village. Wang Ying (王英) is chosen to go. Riding at night he encounters a phantomlike figure and chases it to a thatched cottage. There he finds Hu Sanniang (扈三娘) of Hujiazhuang (扈家庄), who had been drugged and robbed. Wang Ying beats the crooks and rouses her. She retrieves her horse and jewels and sets the cottage on fire to cover her escape. Later Wang Ying is thrown while seizing a fine horse. In camp the men argue and plan to turn enemy deceit into an advantage. They prepare to clear flank holdings first and to use stratagems so that any trap becomes a means of counterattack. The situation remains tense as plans and counterplans unfold. FREE transcripts of the audio files are available for download at: https://www.truelake.com/qrpages/pingshufreedownloads/

梁山众好汉接回林冲、杨志、石秀、杨雄等人，并带回鲁智深与周通等二百余人。宋江设宴欢迎，营中话题很快转向一位自称燕青妻的女子童赛花。她诉说与童贯和祝家庄的恩怨，指责生铁佛害死兄长并加害亲人，誓要索命。童赛花闯入太湖亭寻凶，却触机关遭飞刀致死。董平愤怒，要求庄主严办丧事并讨公道。祝朝奉为保全庄园暗藏计谋，张立与徐录密谋诈降以诱梁山。徐录夜奔梁山献出地形图，被押入营中引起猜疑。李应警告此举或为圈套，建议先稳后方。宋江权衡后暂留徐录以观其行，并筹划以计反计。为截断外援粮道，宋江又派王英出夜探。王英途中遭遇"鬼影"追逐，追至一处草屋，意外救出被掳的扈三娘。扈三娘夺回马匹和首饰，放火焚屋斩断追兵，继续追赶护卫队。王英后来为夺良马受困。营中众人各怀心思，既有愤怒也有戒备。梁山一面应对童赛花之死引发的公愤，一面谨慎布置反间与攻守计划，准备将敌人的阴谋化为己用，事态随着徐录的去向和扈家庄的动向而愈发紧张。 音频文件的字幕稿可在以下网址免费下载： https://www.truelake.com/qrpages/pingshufreedownloads/