Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Report! Imperial Advisor, our Great Jin's position is about twenty miles ahead!"

An army was heading towards the border between Liao and Jin, and a messenger reported this to the middle-aged man in charge.

This middle-aged man was tall and imposing, with a face as blue as indigo, hair as red as cinnabar, and two yellow fangs protruding from his lips. He wore a fiery red robe and carried a heavy iron staff, clearly dressed as a wandering ascetic. His mount was even more unusual—not a horse, but a golden-eyed camel! This camel was no ordinary creature either; its speed rivaled that of a fine horse!

Before Wanyan Aguda risked his life to invite a divine being from the snow-capped mountains and the grasslands. One was the teacher of Shanshituo and others, and the other was this middle-aged monk.

"Zeng Ding, Zeng Ning, do you still have the strength? Do you want to rest?"

The monk turned around and asked the two people behind him. One of them was holding a phoenix-winged gilded halberd, and the other had a handsome face. They were Su Ding and Xie Ning, who had been sent by Xu Guanzhong to be undercover agents.

When the two of them first arrived in the Jin Kingdom, they happened to meet a monk who had just come from the grasslands to the capital of the Jin Kingdom in a restaurant.

There were no seats left in the restaurant at that time. After the monk came in, he seemed to have a dispute with the waiter and was shouting that he was about to cause trouble.

"Master, if you don't mind, come and stay with us brothers."

Su Ding and Xie Ning were both shrewd people, and they quickly realized that this monk was no ordinary person, and that he exuded a kind of awe-inspiring aura, just like when they were facing Assistant Strategist Li or Old Master Zhou. So, after exchanging a glance, the two of them tacitly invited him to their seats to have dinner together.

"Can the master drink alcohol?"

After taking his seat, Su Ding asked.

"Haha, why be so formal about drinking? Don't use cups, drink directly from the jar!"

"Can the master eat meat?"

Xie Ning also pushed over a plate of meat.

"Bring it on! I'll eat as much as you can!"

Su Ding and Xie Ning left a very deep impression on the monk with just a meal of wine and meat. The monk, who had not seen anyone on the grassland for many years and had not returned to the capital with Wanyan Aguda, was indeed short of money at the moment. He originally planned to fill his stomach first, but the restaurant insisted on paying first. Since he had finally encountered someone treating him, he had to have a good meal.

So Su Ding and Xie Ning watched as the monk ate ten chickens, ten catties of meat, and five jars of wine before finally letting out a satisfied burp.

"You two treated me to a good meal, and I will repay any kindness you have shown me. Now, tell me, what do you want?"

After finishing his meal, the monk looked at the two of them and said...

"Master, you flatter us. We met by chance and it's only natural that we can sit down and have a meal together. My brother and I have great respect for you, so we invited you to dinner. If we were to ask for anything in return, what would we be?"

Su Ding and Xie Ning, as expected of experienced undercover agents, knew exactly what to say and when to say it.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the monk felt even more favorably toward the two of them!

"That won't do. The Buddha's principle is to repay kindness. How about this, the Buddha will give you a great opportunity that can change your lives?

"Master, my brother and I are doing quite well now, this is about changing our fate..."

Xie Ning deliberately looked the monk up and down a few times, as if questioning his statement.

Sure enough, the monk took the bait again.

"You don't trust the Buddha? Let me tell you, do you know the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom? The Buddha was someone he personally went to the grasslands to invite! It's just that the Buddha is used to traveling alone, which is why he didn't come back with them."

"Seeing that you two are skilled in martial arts, here's what we'll do: you two come with me to report to the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom. Just say that you are the Buddha's disciples."

hiss……

After the monk finished speaking, Su Ding and Xie Ning both gasped and looked at each other, both seeing shock in each other's eyes!

Good heavens! I thought he was just an important figure in the Jin Dynasty, but I never imagined he was this important!

However, this is also a godsend for them. They ran into the person that Wanyan Aguda personally invited. How could they not make some plans?

"How about it? You treated the Buddha to a meal, and the Buddha bestowed upon you great wealth. Isn't that a good deal?"

“Master, it’s not that we don’t believe you, but this surprise is too great. My brother and I need to process this.”

Su Ding poured another bowl of wine for the monk and handed it to him.

“Yes, Master, we brothers are surprised, but it's more that you and we are complete strangers, and suddenly you're talking about being master and disciple…”

Xie Ning also handed over a plate of meat, suggesting that this sudden master-disciple relationship was a bit...

"Do you two perhaps have some hidden reason? Are you unwilling to see the Emperor?"

Although the monk accepted the wine, he did not drink it.

"To be honest, Master, the identities of my brother and me are indeed somewhat... Please understand."

"Hmph, what difficulties could there be?"

The monk slammed his wine cup down on the table.

"If you're willing to treat the Buddha to a meal, then you're not bad people! The Buddha still has some influence with the Emperor. Come with the Buddha! You're not his disciples, but his friends, is that alright?"

"Is there such a good thing?"

Su Ding and Xie Ning said, "We never expected this. We were thinking about how to get close to the Jin royal family, and this turned out to be a complete accident."

The two immediately expressed their deepest gratitude to the ascetic, and traveled with him. They then successfully met Wanyan Aguda and readily revealed their backgrounds.

Zeng Ding and Zeng Ning, orphans of Zengtou City.

This greatly shocked Wanyan Aguda. Ever since his son-in-law Zeng Sheng disappeared, he really didn't expect that anyone in Zengtou City could still survive.

Moreover, after witnessing Zeng Ding and Zeng Ning's martial arts skills, and with the monk's guarantee, Wanyan Aguda directly appointed the two of them as the monk's deputy generals!

As for the monk, he was appointed as the national teacher and commanded 30,000 elite soldiers of the Jin Kingdom!

……

"Master Pufeng, we can hold on, we don't need to rest!"

Xie Ning nodded to the monk. Over this period of time, the two of them had come to understand the monk named Pufeng better.

He is extremely skilled in martial arts and seems to know some illusions and tricks. If they were enemies, even if the two of them joined forces, it would be difficult for them to escape from him.

However, both of them are professional undercover agents, so they are now Pu Feng's confidants. Of Pu Feng's 30,000 elite soldiers, at least 7,000 or 8,000 are now under their control.

"Hahaha! Good! You two brothers are just to my liking. In that case, let's keep charging! Once we get to the camp, I'll let everyone get some rest!"

Pufeng squeezed the camel under his leg harder, and it seemed to run even faster!

Su Ding and Xie Ning exchanged a glance and immediately followed.

Although they had a pretty good grasp of Pu Feng's personality, they still had to keep acting.

I wonder what the situation is like on the Liao-Jin front now. If the Jin state has the upper hand, then those two will definitely have to cause some trouble...

P.S.: Today is an important day. First, it's the anniversary of the July 7th Incident, a day to remember history. Second, this afternoon's job fair was a great opportunity; I'm grateful to a master's student who chose me as their advisor, giving me my first student!