Huarong Road in the book is the second generation of officials. Murong Yan, the magistrate of Qingzhou, called him "the son of a hero". Considering that he became the deputy knowledge village of Qingfeng Village at a young age, many people think that his official position was inherited by him after his father died. Of course, judging from his performance in the book, even if this official position is really inherited, it is competent enough for his strength.
There is no detailed explanation about the process of Huarong and Song Jiang's first acquaintance, only that they met five or six years ago, but they have not seen each other for years. However, Huarong has deep feelings for Song Jiang and often asks about Song Jiang, so Huarong also knows that Song Jiang killed Yan Poxi. He wrote more than ten letters to Song Jiang's family asking about his whereabouts.
Through the behavior of Hua Rongdao, we can believe that his feelings for Song Jiang are heartfelt and will not be adulterated at all. After receiving Song Jiang into the village, Huarong Road personally helped Song Jiang to the main hall, and then bowed to Song Jiang for "four worships". When Song Jiang asked him to sit down, Huarong Road respectfully "sat sideways". Want to know at this time of sung river is just a fugitive, and Huarong is Qingfeng Village's second in command. Such behavior is enough to see Song Jiang's position in the heart of Huarong Road.
After worshipping Song Jiang, Huarong Road married his wife and sister and invited them to see Song Jiang. In ancient times, it was generally not easy for a harem to come out to meet guests, not to mention that Huarong Dao's sister was still a girl who didn't go out at this time. Hua Rongdao's move shows that he didn't treat Song Jiang as an outsider.
Huarong Road basically listened to Song Jiang, which can be felt from the conversation between the two. When they met again, Huarong Road cursed Gao Liu and Gao Liu's wife in front of Sung River. Song Jiang appealed to him that "enmity cannot be solved" and that he should "hide evil and promote good" in officialdom. Huarong Road, at the words of Sung River, immediately stopped insulting Liu Gao and his wife and changed his name to Gao Liu.
Soon after, Song Jiang was caught by Gao Liu on a night tour in Xiao 'ao Mountain. Huarong Road was furious when he knew it. He made a scene in Qingfeng Village, took Song Jiang back, and decided to give up his official position to protect Song Jiang. Hearing this, Song Jiang advised him to think twice before you act, and not to be impulsive. Hua Rongdao immediately began to review himself: "My younger brother is just a brave man, but he doesn't have the brilliant vision of his older brother."
In addition, for the sake of Sung River, Huarong Road even offended Classical. At the beginning, Song Jiang wrote an anti-poem to behead, and Classical took Liangshan heroes to grab the gift. Because the scene was too chaotic, Chao Gai and others were not familiar with the local environment, so they had to blindly follow Li Kui jy. As a result, they arrived at Bailong Temple and were stopped by Dajiang. Faced with such a situation, Hua Rongdao immediately expressed dissatisfaction with Classical and questioned Classical on the spot, questioning its leadership. Fortunately, Classical was also broad-minded and ignored him.
Later, Song Jiang proposed to fight against the inaction army and capture Huang Wenbing alive. Classical said he could reconsider. At this time, Huarong Road immediately stood up to support Song Jiang and thought that Song Jiang's idea was correct and feasible.
After Song Jiang came to Liangshan, Huarong Road performed a stunt of shooting geese in front of all Liangshan heroes. This skill made Chao Gai and all the heroes "all tremble with fear" and called him "the arm of God". Wu Yong even praised him as Li Guang and Yang. Huarong's Arrow not only established his position in Liangshan Group, but also made Sung River faction gain a firm foothold in Liangshan. It can be seen from Huarong Dao's attitude and behavior towards Song Jiang that in Huarong Dao's mind, Song Jiang, who is more than ten years older than him, is like his friend, his father and brother, or his life mentor.
In addition, Huarong Road is not only closely related to Song Jiang, but also a confidant of Song Jiang. His real skill is really outstanding. Huarong Road can fight the thunderbolt Qin Ming in the army of the Five Tiger Generals for forty or fifty rounds without bows and arrows. Can defeat the Tianmu general Peng Qi in more than 20 rounds. Even Lu Junyi, who is known as the first gun and stick, did not dare to make a move after seeing Huarong Road's shooting ability. Although Hua Rongdao has not become one of the five generals, judging from his record, he should also have the level of the five generals.
Based on the above, Huarong Road finally ranked ninth in Liangshan. On the one hand, it was because he had a close relationship with Song Jiang, listened to Song Jiang, and even contradicted the previous castellan Classical for Song Jiang. On the other hand, Huarong Road's martial arts is really high, and coupled with the skill of penetrating Yang, it can be said that no one in Liangshan is absolutely sure to beat him, so it is normal to rank Huarong Road in the ninth place.