Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

Zengtou City.

The Zeng family mansion.

"Snapped!"

A crisp slap rang out, and a man eight feet tall knelt on the ground, silent, his face visibly swollen and red.

"Teacher, don't hit Third Master..."

A servant behind him tried to plead for him, but was interrupted by an angry voice:

"Shut up!"

The angry man, in his thirties, was eight feet six or seven inches tall, with an imposing and awe-inspiring presence. He was none other than Shi Wengong, the chief teacher of Zengtou City.

Kneeling before him was his third disciple, Zeng Suo, the third of the Zeng family's Five Tigers.

He was also the Third Master who had previously ambushed Duan Jingzhu.

"Master, calm down!"

"Master, don't be angry!"

"Master, what exactly did Third Brother do wrong?"

Upon hearing the commotion, the other members of the Zeng family's Five Tigers rushed over. Seeing this scene, all of them except for the youngest, Zeng Sheng, pleaded with Shi Wengong for mercy.

Only Zeng Sheng stood to one side with his arms crossed, behaving himself properly and not saying a word.

The Jurchens revered the strong, and the Zeng family's five tigers held Shi Wengong in high esteem precisely because of his extraordinary martial prowess. Furthermore, Shi Wengong was also a remarkable teacher; under his tutelage, each of the Zeng family's five tigers became exceptionally skilled!

So when they saw Shi Wengong beating their brothers, their first reaction was not to protect their own, but to plead for mercy.

"What did he do? He's in big trouble!"

“Master, what has caused you to be so angry? Tell us so that everyone can criticize the third brother.”

The eldest brother, Zeng Tu, still doted on his younger brother. Seeing how angry his master was, he quickly tried to make amends for his brother.

Shi Wengong looked coldly at Zeng Suo:

"Should you say it, or should I say it?"

"Master, no, it's just a horse robbery..."

Zeng Suo no longer has the air of the Third Master he had in the valley. In front of Shi Wengong, he is as docile as a kitten.

"That's right, Master. It's just robbing a horse. It's not a big mistake!"

Upon hearing this, Zeng Mi, the second brother, thought it was just a robbery, so what was the problem?

"Really? Second brother, ask him whose horse he stole?"

Shi Wengong sat back in his chair, his face looking very unpleasant.

"Third brother, don't tell me you robbed Song Ting's horse?"

Seeing his master's expression, Zeng Mi was also a little unsure.

The third brother is somewhat arrogant and domineering, but surely he wouldn't be so brainless as to rob the Song court?

Because that would indeed be a bit troublesome!

"Second brother, am I that stupid?"

Zeng Suo felt somewhat wronged; he was just arrogant, not stupid!

“Master, since it wasn’t Song Ting, then it’s nothing. Third Brother just ruined his reputation by robbing people. Please calm down.”

Upon hearing this, Zeng Kui, the fourth brother, thought, "It's no big deal that we didn't rob the Song court!"

"Is that so? Do you think the imperial court has a high level of prestige within Shandong?"

Shi Wengong looked at the people who were speaking to his third disciple, and his tone became even more unfriendly.

"He didn't offend the Song court, but he offended someone in Shandong who was even more terrifying than the Song court!"

"Master, what are you saying? You're just scaring us. We're not three-year-old children anymore. How could anyone be more..."

Zeng Tu laughed. He thought his master was exaggerating the situation to teach the third brother a lesson. After all, they were from Zengtou City; who were they afraid of?

As long as it's not the imperial court, then within Shandong... wait, within Shandong?

Zeng Tu suddenly stopped talking, and the smile on his face disappeared.

"Master, no way..."

Zeng Tu looked at Shi Wengong, somewhat incredulous.

"Big brother, what are you talking about with Master? What do you mean? Who did Third Brother offend?"

Zeng Mi didn't react, and Zeng Kui also looked puzzled.

"Within Shandong, the imperial court's words are indeed not as good as those of one place, which is Liangshan, the number one outlaw stronghold of the Song Dynasty that has been booming in recent years."

Zeng Sheng, the fifth brother who had been silent until now, finally spoke up.

"Third Brother, you robbed Liangshan's horses, didn't you?"

"Yes……"

Zeng Suo looked at his underlings and nodded.

"Liangshan? Third brother, are you crazy? How much did you rob?"

Upon hearing that it was Liangshan, Zeng Mi was also quite excited. Zengtou City knew a lot about the famous Liangshan!

Getting involved with them is going to be a real problem!

"Four, more than four hundred..."

Zeng Suo lowered his head, not daring to look around.

"Over four hundred? Liangshan is rich! Oh no, Third Brother, are you crazy?! You robbed them of so much money!"

Zeng Kui initially wanted to praise his third brother, after all, he had stolen more than 400 horses in one go, which was really impressive!

But he swallowed his words when he saw Shi Wengong's murderous gaze and immediately changed his tune.

“Master, four hundred is no small sum. Third Brother really didn’t think things through this time. I’ll write a letter immediately to tell Liangshan that this was a misunderstanding and then return the horses.”

Zeng Tu was well aware of Liangshan's strength. In recent years, Liangshan's influence had grown significantly, and they were virtually undefeated. No one wanted to provoke them.

"It's too late. Do you think he only hijacked four hundred horses? How many people do you think are worthy of buying four hundred horses?"

Shi Wengong grew angrier the more he looked at Zeng Suo, so he grabbed a teacup and smashed it hard against Zeng Suo's forehead, giving him a physical send-off!

"Third Brother, where are those people who bought the horses?"

"Kill them all."

Zeng Suo was hit on the forehead, and blood flowed down his face, but he didn't dare to raise his hand to wipe it away, and remained kneeling obediently.

“Kill them all? That will be difficult. Here’s what we’ll do: you kill a few, and I’ll prepare 50 taels of silver for each of them. Then we’ll send them to Liangshan and say it was a misunderstanding, and we’ll let it go.”

Zeng Tu thought about it and realized that there might still be a way to salvage the situation.

"three……"

"Three people? That's fine, I'll give you three hundred taels on my own."

Zeng Tu breathed a sigh of relief. Three people? That's alright!

"Three, more than three hundred..."

After Zeng Su finished speaking, he lowered his head.

"What did you say?!!"

Zeng Tu was dumbfounded. More than three hundred people? They were all killed?

"Third Brother, are you declaring war on Liangshan?"

Zeng Sheng was shocked by his brother's actions. Good heavens, it seems that there has never been a case of more than 300 people dying at once in Liangshan in recent years. Third brother, you are awesome! You wiped out more than 300 people in one battle!

Why don't you just wipe out Liangshan too!

"You're really something, over three hundred men. Are you really not afraid of Liangshan attacking?"

Shi Wengong was furious.

"Tell me, what if Liangshan attacks?! What will we do?!"

"It shouldn't be a problem. I did it very cleanly, leaving no trace..."

Zeng Suo's voice grew softer and softer!

"Do you think everyone in Liangshan is a fool? Do you think they can't find out?"

Shi Wengong was truly amused and exasperated. Good heavens, how could I have taught such a capable disciple like you!

Oh no, you're the master, and I'm the disciple!