Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Report! Grand Tutor, we cannot find Lord Gao at his residence."

Cai Jing had been thinking of asking Gao Kan what to do about the current situation, but to his surprise, his men went to Gao's residence and couldn't find him!

"no one?"

Cai Jing was taken aback for a moment, then realized what was happening.

That's right, Gao Kan is already a member of Liangshan, how could he possibly stay in the capital?

He probably ran away the very day he handed over the imperial seal!

"Is there anyone at the Gao residence?"

"Yes, it seems that everyone except Lord Gao is in the manor."

"This kid is cunning; no wonder he came from a bandit's den."

Hearing that everyone else at the Gao residence was there, Cai Jing understood that Gao Kan had run far away simply because he was afraid of being found!

"Go to the city gate and ask if you've seen Gao Kan leave the city in the last few days."

You still want to run? I won't let you run. Where can you run to?

Cai Jing inwardly scorned Gao Kan. The last time this kid came to his residence, he acted like a madman ready to shed blood, looking particularly tough.

And what happened? Now this guy has disappeared. It seems that after he gave me the imperial seal, he was already prepared to go into hiding.

"Taishan, why are you looking for Gao Kan? Didn't he just give you an imperial seal?"

Liang Shijie was somewhat surprised to see his father-in-law searching the entire city for Gao Kan. What use was Gao Kan? What kind of merit was it to deliver the imperial seal? If Liang Shijie had the imperial seal, he would have delivered it too! The problem was, he didn't have it!

"Shijie, don't underestimate him. He managed to get his hands on the Imperial Seal of the State without making a sound. This guy is no ordinary person."

“Taishan, didn’t you say that the Imperial Seal of the State was taken from Liangshan? That was Liangshan’s skill, not Gao Kan’s.”

Liang Shijie was unconvinced. Ever since Lord Taishan decided to start the uprising, his standing in his eyes had been declining day by day. Losing to capable people like Zhu Mian and Liang Shicheng was one thing, but Gao Kan—why did this guy deserve more favor from Lord Taishan than him?

Is it because this guy gave the Imperial Seal of the State to Mount Tai?

"Confused!"

Cai Jing gave his son-in-law a disappointed look, thinking that the guy was not only incompetent but also getting dumber!

If it weren't for his daughter's happiness, Cai Jing would have even wanted to kick Liang Shijie back to his hometown.

"Since you can tell that the imperial seal belongs to Liangshan, let me ask you this: Liangshan is such a large stronghold, and Ren Yuan is such a ruthless and ambitious man. He obtained the imperial seal but didn't use it himself. Instead, he was willing to give it to me, and even had Gao Kan, a nobody whose name isn't even on their stone tablet, give it to me. Do you think there's nothing wrong with that?"

"What Taishan means is that this imperial seal is fake!"

Liang Shijie reacted quickly, immediately stating that the jade seal was fake!

"stupid!"

Cai Jing was helpless. If this son-in-law hadn't been so filial to him, he really would have dragged him out and beheaded him!

"Let's not worry about whether the imperial seal is real or fake for now. I just want to ask you, why did Ren Yuan give the imperial seal to me instead of using it himself?"

"Ah...that means Ren Yuan lacks vision! He...he doesn't dare! Yes! He just doesn't dare to declare himself emperor! He doesn't have the courage of someone like you, Taishan!"

Liang Shijie was most afraid of Cai Jing asking him questions, because he felt that he would have a hard time answering them correctly, and if he answered incorrectly, his status in Cai Jing's eyes would drop.

"Shijie, when looking at a problem, you can't just look at the surface."

Cai Jing said that Liang Shijie's vision was too shallow.

"Ren Yuan's ability to stand out from the bandits shows that he is not someone who can be easily manipulated. You know Tian Hu and Wang Qing; they are like children in front of Ren Yuan."

"He obtained the imperial seal long ago, yet he was able to restrain his desires and not declare himself emperor directly. This shows that he has great ambitions! If he were to declare himself emperor with the strength of Liangshan, he would definitely face attacks from all sides. That's why Ren Yuan restrained himself. Shijie, if it were you, could you do the same?"

"And this time, in order to prevent me from harming the people of the capital and from destroying the capital, he is willing to give me the Imperial Seal. Is he bowing down to me? No, he can tell the world later that he gave me the Imperial Seal to protect the people of the capital. What do you think the people of the world will think of him then?"

"But, but Mount Tai, no matter how powerful Ren Yuan is, he's just a strongman. He's lucky to have Liangshan. Besides, most of the people in this world are peasants. Why should we care about them?"

Liang Shijie couldn't understand why his father-in-law would speak so highly of Ren Yuan.

"The common people are peasants? Sigh... Shijie, when you have nothing to do at home, you should read more books."

Cai Jing was speechless. How come he hadn't seen how incompetent Liang Shijie was back then?

What Ren Yuan is doing is called manipulating public opinion!

Although it is said that since ancient times, an uprising cannot rely entirely on the people, a force without the support of the people is destined to be short-lived.

By giving the imperial seal to Liangshan, they have already indicated that they will participate in the struggle for power in the future.

However, Ren Yuan did not want to bear the crime of open rebellion, so he first rebelled against the Song Dynasty in the name of the Imperial Seal of the State, causing chaos in the world, and then they entered the game!

"Hmph, you underestimated this guy. Of those four outlaws, he was the one who hid the deepest! How could he be a crude and uncouth warrior?"

Cai Jing believed he had seen through Ren Yuan's thoughts, and his opinion of Ren Yuan rose even higher.

Of course, in Cai Jing's view, although Ren Yuan was cunning, he still couldn't escape his grasp. For the sake of the Imperial Seal, he could ignore them for the time being.

"But Mount Tai, this jade seal..."

Liang Shijie still wanted to struggle a bit more.

"The imperial seal is genuine."

Cai Jing insisted, which stunned Liang Shijie once again.

No, you've always been suspicious, so why this time...?

"Stupid, don't say you couldn't tell the difference between real and fake back then, now would I still say it's fake?"

Cai Jing was speechless at his son-in-law. How could he not understand such a simple principle?

Moreover, when the imperial seal was delivered, Cai Jing had already invited several of the most knowledgeable craftsmen and merchants in the capital to examine it. The conclusion they reached was that this thing was definitely not a recent imitation; it must have been at least a hundred years old.

Upon learning that it had a history of over a hundred years, Cai Jing felt reassured. After all, they only knew that the Imperial Seal of the State existed, but Cai Jing had never actually seen what it looked like; he had only seen it in ancient books.

Therefore, this imperial seal is most likely genuine.

Cai Jing refused to believe that anyone could create such a realistic imperial seal in just two or three days!

Moreover, today, Cai Jing has already taken out the imperial seal in front of Zhao Ji and so many others. From now on, this imperial seal can only be genuine!

"Grand Tutor, Li Gang in the capital has agreed to talk!"

"Alright! I'll go and meet this tough nut to crack!"

Cai Jing nodded, then gestured to head towards the imperial city.

……

Liangshan.

"Old Jin, is that thing you made actually going to work?"

In Jin Dajian's workshop, some of the brothers who stayed behind heard that Jin Dajian had previously crafted the Imperial Seal of the State, and they all came over with great interest to see what was going on.

"With my skills and the technical assistance from the Tiangong Academy, there will definitely be no problem."

Jin Dajian has been very happy lately, mainly because of this Imperial Seal of the State. The moment it was made, he himself felt that it was real.

"Old Jin, if this succeeds, you'll have done a great job!"

"I've already said it, but Lao Jin, since you can make a fake Imperial Seal, shouldn't the ones you make for your brother in the future be even better?"

"Don't worry, I made two. The one for Cai Jing is a defective one. I haven't finished making the real one yet..."