Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Ah, Chief Ren, you, you..."

The head constable was momentarily speechless.

Isn't this a prison van hijacking?

Of course, he didn't say those last words aloud, for fear of losing his head.

"Come here."

Ren Yuan pulled him over and put his arm around his shoulder.

"First of all, I didn't lay a hand on him, did I?"

"Uh-huh."

The yamen runners nodded like chickens pecking at rice.

"Secondly, have I been very polite in asking you questions?"

"correct."

The yamen runners repeatedly agreed.

"In the end, I've been saying 'borrowing' from beginning to end. Read it with me, jie, borrow, right, fourth tone, not second tone, right? So this is what I mean by borrowing a prison cart."

"But this way, I'm not sure how to explain myself."

The head constable was somewhat embarrassed.

"Chief, please consider our situation. We all have elderly parents to support and young children to raise..."

"Hey, you guys used to be really smart, how come you're all too lazy to use your brains now?"

Ren Yuan patted the yamen runner on the shoulder.

"Okay, I'll borrow two of your three cars and keep one for you."

"Then, you pretend to bandage yourselves up, make yourselves look a little disheveled, and then go to Daming Prefecture."

"Once we arrive in Daming Prefecture, you tell them that when we passed Erlong Mountain, the bandit Deng Long, who was incredibly audacious, tried to hijack the prison carts. You fought desperately to protect them, and in the end, only two carts were stolen, leaving you with the last one. Do you think what I'm saying is acceptable?"

The head constable was stunned. "No, Chief Ren, have you considered Erlong Mountain when you do this?"

"Oh. I've thought about it. Someone, bring the things here."

The junior officer next to me handed me a piece of paper.

"Let me show you. This paper records all the good deeds that bastard Deng Long from Erlong Mountain has done. Look at it: murder, arson, bullying men and women, trafficking children. Do you think this person and this mountain stronghold deserve to be attacked?"

"Beat them! This kind of scum deserves to be beaten!"

The constables were also furious when they saw this. They thought, "If only all bandits were like Liangshan!"

“That’s right!” Ren Yuan had a “you’re teachable” look on his face.

"Look, Liang Zhongshu will definitely be very concerned about the birthday tribute. If he finds out that the prison cart was hijacked at Erlong Mountain, what do you think he will do?"

"To save face, they will definitely send a large army to punish us!"

"Yep!"

Ren Yuan clapped his hands. "Look, this cancer of Erlong Mountain, if you Yuncheng don't take action, we Liangshan won't either. Let Liang Zhongshu handle it. Isn't that great? We're all relaxed. Why not?"

"But Chief Ren, aren't you all bandits..."

The constable was curious. He had long heard that Ren Yuan of Liangshan did things differently from other bandits, and now it seemed that he really was different!

“Alas, I am ashamed to associate with someone like Deng Long. Beating him would only dirty my hands. Let Liang Zhongshu do it.”

Ren Yuan waved his hand, indicating that he didn't care about this thing.

"So now, can you lend me two prison vans?"

"Sure, Chief Ren, you may choose."

Ren Yuan nodded, then looked at Yang Zhi.

"Your Excellency, this opportunity is for you. Go and choose two yourself."

"No need to choose, just the two of them. Let them go."

Yang Zhi directly selected the prison carts for Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian. As for Bai Sheng... Yang Zhi said he had never seen him before.

"Huh? Huh? No, Chief Ren? What about me? What about me?"

When Bai Sheng first saw Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian being taken away by Liangshan, he was overjoyed, thinking that he might be rescued as well.

As a result, he was ignored!

This was unacceptable to him, and he immediately shouted out.

"Oh? You don't accept it?"

Yang Zhi ripped off his straw hat, revealing his true face.

"Hey, what's your problem, liquor seller?"

"Yang, Yang, Yang Zhi! You, are you a human or a ghost?!"

When Bai Sheng saw Yang Zhi, he was completely dumbfounded.

Wait, what happened to Yang Zhi being dead? How come he's at Liangshan now?!

So, does that mean that the people who drugged them were from Liangshan?

Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian also saw Yang Zhi. Feeling guilty, they knelt down before him.

"Commander Yang, you are very magnanimous, we are extremely grateful."

After saying that, he kowtowed three times, his scalp turning red from the effort.

"Get up. You two didn't fight back then because you were forced by Chao Gai and Wu Yong. So there's no deep-seated hatred between us. Since I saved you to come up the mountain, we're brothers from now on."

Yang Zhi said calmly.

"Commander Yang! I... I'm innocent too!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Sheng excitedly shouted from inside the prison van:

"It's all Wu Yong's fault! It was all Wu Yong's idea, and Chao Gai's too! Save me! Save me! From now on, I'll follow your lead!"

"Bai Sheng."

Ren Yuan said slowly.

"I heard that Chao Gai and the others were fine until you were arrested, after which they confessed. Chao Gai and Wu Yong treated you well before, right? We in Liangshan dare not accept you for your behavior. You should go to Daming Prefecture. Of course, I will give Chao Gai a letter to inform him that you are in Daming Prefecture. As for whether to rescue you or not, that is his business."

"Chief Ren! Commander Yang! No! I don't want to go to jail. Chao Gai and the others won't save me. Please save me. I really didn't mean to betray them. It was because they kept beating me that I had no choice but to tell them."

Bai Sheng defended himself.

"Hmph, these two got beaten up too, but they won't say anything."

The escorting constables testified for Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian that they too had been beaten, but they said nothing.

"They wouldn't talk, so you hit me! Of course I had no choice but to talk, so why don't you hit them back!"

Bai Sheng was extremely angry!

"Because they won't say anything after we hit them!"

"Then why did you hit me!"

"Because you said so!"

"Why should I get beaten up for what I said!"

"Because they won't tell you even if you're beaten to death, and you haven't said enough, so they'll beat you again!"

"stop!"

Ren Yuan reached out and stopped the two from arguing. "Are you two spouting tongue twisters here?"

"Bai Sheng, don't worry, I will definitely inform the Heavenly King. You just need to go to Daming Prefecture obediently."

After saying this, Ren Yuan ignored Bai Sheng and instead addressed Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian:

"Let's go, you two, to Liangshan. We've already gone to fetch your families."

"We have made a terrible mistake, but we never expected that Liangshan would forgive us. From now on, we will definitely follow Brother Renyuan's lead."

Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian exchanged a glance, and then Xiao Rang kowtowed to Ren Yuan. This time, his already red scalp broke open from the kowtow.

"Alright, we're all family, no need for this. Get up, everyone. Someone, help Chief Xiao and Chief Jin up."

Ren Yuan and the others prepared to leave, which filled Bai Sheng, still in the prison cart, with despair. Thinking about the injustice the world had shown him, he suddenly roared at Ren Yuan:

"Ren Yuan! Yang Zhi is with you, which means the birthday gifts must also be here! The one who drugged us that day must have been one of your Liangshan men! How cruel you are!"

"You wait, I'm going to Daming Prefecture! I'll definitely tell Liang Zhongshu! Yang Zhi isn't dead! Liangshan is the one who stole the birthday gifts!"

Bai Sheng's shout made Ren Yuan and the others stop in their tracks.

"What just happened?"

"Yeah, boss, did anyone speak just now?"

The government yamen runners immediately covered each other's ears and pretended to be deaf and dumb.

Ren Yuan expressed his satisfaction with their performance.

Then, he looked at Bai Sheng with a very cold gaze.

"White-day Rat, what did you just say?"

As expected, mice can never see the sunlight...