Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"What does Your Highness mean?"

After hearing Ren Yuan's words, Cheng Ziming asked with some doubt.

"So many of you worked for Cai Jing, and Cai Jing is about to die, yet you are still alive. Do you think that's possible?"

Ren Yuan shook his head. Cheng Ziming still didn't understand.

I'm afraid that on the day of the Regent's assembly, all of them will be blown up together!

"This...no, this can't be..."

Cheng Ziming realized this too late. He initially refuted it directly, but after thinking about it, it seemed that this situation could really happen.

"You are nothing but Cai Jing's tools. What benefits do you expect?"

Ren Yuan sneered. These people are really naive. Do they really think that Cai Jing's high position is so easy to climb?

"And what about you, Your Highness? How do you treat your subordinates? Don't you see them as tools for conquering the world?"

Cheng Ziming was probably provoked. He couldn't accept that he was just a tool and that he didn't even know it. So, after getting angry, he took the initiative to provoke Ren Yuan, trying to sow discord between him and his subordinates.

"Cheng Ziming, how dare you!"

Before Ren Yuan could say anything, Hua Rong, who was standing nearby, got furious on the spot, rolled up his sleeves, and was ready to beat someone up. "Cheng Ziming, why are you swearing so filthy?"

"Brother-in-law, there's no need to get angry with this kind of person."

Ren Yuan waved his hand, indicating that Hua Rong shouldn't be angry, then looked at Cheng Ziming and said:

“Although you used to be involved in the underworld, do you have any brothers? If you don’t even have any brothers, then there’s nothing I have to say to you. We can’t see eye to eye, and you wouldn’t understand.”

"I'll tie you up and take you to the Zhe family army camp first. As for what to do with you, that's Zhe Kecun's business. We can handle Cai Jing's affairs without you."

Ren Yuan didn't give Cheng Ziming a chance to say more. He signaled his men to send him, bound hand and foot, to Zhe Kecun. Zhe Kecun must be furious with Cheng Ziming, so sending him there now would be perfect!

“Brother, you don’t need to take Cheng Ziming’s words to heart. You are different from Cai Jing. The brothers have never felt that you treat us as tools.”

Hua Rong was afraid that Ren Yuan was overthinking things, so she tried to give him some advice.

"Brother-in-law, am I that fragile? You get angry just because someone who doesn't know anything says something?"

Ren Yuan remained remarkably calm, primarily because he had a clear conscience; he had genuinely considered his subordinates as his own brothers throughout his life and had changed the fates of many of them.

Secondly, Ren Yuan had been a white-collar worker in his previous life and had been ridiculed by his boss countless times. How could he possibly break down so easily?

Thirdly, who is Cheng Ziming anyway? Ren Yuan is now a prince, so why should he care about Cheng Ziming's words? Absolutely not!

“That’s good. But brother, if what Cheng Ziming said is true, then Cai Jing does have quite a few people at his disposal. With the gunpowder involved, I’m afraid that everyone who came to attend this Regent’s Conference will end up with nothing but bones.”

"It doesn't matter. Apart from that brat Zhe Kecun, there's no hope for the rest of this group. Let them do whatever they want. If Cai Jing bombs them, we'll fight Cai Jing. It's no problem."

Ren Yuan stated that he is not a saint who wants to save everyone. Since so many people want to become Cai Jing's regent, then let them go.

However, Cai Jing, before you died, you managed to eliminate so many irrelevant people. I, Ren Yuan, will remember this favor.

……

"What did you say? Cheng Ziming's men, including himself, haven't returned?"

Inside the Tokyo Imperial Palace, Cai Jing stared at his eunuch in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, it's like this: Commander Cheng led his men to the Zhe family army camp today and hasn't returned. The guards on the city wall said that there were sounds of fighting coming from the direction of the Zhe family army camp today, and more than once. Commander Cheng must have fought a major battle with the Zhe family army, and then..."

"What happened after that? Why did you stop talking?"

Cai Jing took a deep breath and tried his best to maintain his composure.

"Later, he met with misfortune..."

The eunuch lowered his head, not daring to look at Cai Jing, for fear of offending the emperor.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Although he had guessed this possibility, Cai Jing still couldn't help but cough when he actually heard it, and once he started coughing, he couldn't stop. The eunuch next to him had to bring him a handkerchief.

After Cai Jing covered his mouth with a handkerchief and finally managed to stop coughing, unsurprisingly, a patch of black blood appeared on his handkerchief again.

"The Zhe family, how dare they!"

Cai Jing was furious; he felt his authority had been seriously challenged!

The Zhe family, how dare you kill my men! How dare you!

I am the Emperor! I am the Emperor!

"Your Majesty, should we go and negotiate with the Zhe family army...?"

The eunuch mustered his courage and asked.

"Negotiations? What's there to negotiate? Does the Zhe family think that just because they killed Cheng Ziming, I'm powerless to do anything about it?"

Cai Jing sneered.

"Go to the Imperial Guard camp and tell Hu Chun that from this moment on, he is the commander of the Imperial Guard!"

"Furthermore, tell everyone outside the city that the Zhe family has broken the rules and has lost their eligibility to compete for the throne. Even if they win in the end, it doesn't count!"

"Your Majesty, will the Zhe family listen to us?"

The eunuch thought that since the Zhe family army dared to kill even Cheng Ziming, they probably wouldn't care about the orders of their own court, right?

"You don't want to listen? That's fine!"

Cai Jing slammed his hand on the table, and the sound made the eunuch think that his hand must be in a lot of pain!

"Let them come! Blow them all up when they arrive! Blow them up!"

"You all want to ignore me! You all want to laugh at me! Then you'll all die with me!"

……

"Cheng Ziming, what do you think? Didn't I tell you that fortunes change every thirty years, and in less than thirty years, I'll have you kneeling before me?"

At this moment, Zhe Kecun was also very excited in the Zhe family army camp.

"Zhe Kecun, I lost to Dayi and Prince Ren, not to you. Why are you so happy?"

Cheng Ziming retorted, "I wasn't arrested by you, so what are you smug about!"

"Hmph, sorry, but I, Zhe Kecun, have had an alliance with Dayi for a long time, so in a sense, I've been a member of Dayi for a long time!"

At this point, Zhe Kecun also has a thick skin!

"If the Prince arrests you today, then Da Yi has arrested you, which is the same as me arresting you!"

"You're shameless! You've got no shame!"

Cheng Ziming thought he had already been shameless enough to survive, but he never expected that there would be someone even stronger. The Zhe family, which was known as a century-old family, actually had a thicker skin than him!

"Hehe, don't worry, I won't kill you now. I'll use you as a sparring partner until the day I can kill you myself!"

Zhe Kecun said he would make sure Cheng Ziming died a worthy death!

"You? Zhe Kecun, then you'll probably be supporting me for many years to come..."