Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Brother! Urgent report from Shijie Village!"

In the Liangshan kitchen, Ren Yuan was having breakfast with Hua Yun, Hu Sanniang, and Li Shishi when Shi Qian rushed over.

Li Shishi was finally brought back more than a month ago. As the number one courtesan in Tokyo, it was not so easy to get her out of Tokyo.

Finally, Shi Qian took action, sending people to evacuate everyone from the pleasure boat, and then setting the entire pleasure boat on fire, creating the "pleasure boat massacre case" that caused headaches for the entire Tokyo government.

Li Shishi is currently in Tokyo and is considered a missing person, her whereabouts unknown, and she is suspected to be dead.

Upon returning to Liangshan, Li Shishi naturally stayed with Hua Yun and the others, handling the daily paperwork and supplies for the female soldiers in the Huichun Legion. Despite being a woman, her abilities as a spy for Liangshan over the years were exceptional!

Moreover, Lin Chong's family went to thank her, because it was Li Shishi's pleasure boat that allowed their whole family to leave Tokyo safely.

"Shijie Village? Xiaoqi's hometown? What's going on?"

Ren Yuan put down the steamed bun in his hand, his expression becoming serious.

"It is said that during last night's heavy rain, a stone tablet fell from the sky and appeared under a big tree at the entrance of Shijie Village! It was covered with writing, which the village scholar could not understand, so he specially came up the mountain to ask our strategist to take a look!"

Shi Qian reported directly, without any attempt to conceal the identities of the three female leaders. This was mainly because they were all acquaintances. He had known Hua Yun and Li Shishi for a long time and they were quite familiar with each other. Although he had known Hu Sanniang later, she had been on the mountain for quite some time, and Shi Qian knew she was one of his own.

"You all continue eating, I'll take the strategists down the mountain for a bit."

Upon hearing the name "stone tablet," Ren Yuan raised an eyebrow.

Good heavens, is there no escaping this? Is there really a stone tablet?

But he knew very well that this stone tablet was not made by his Liangshan. In the original story, it was said that the stone tablet fell from the sky, but if we put aside the supernatural explanations, Ren Yuan believed that it was carved by Jin Dajian at the behest of Song Jiang and Wu Yong in the original story.

It's all for a title!

But Liangshan doesn't need this now, so the appearance of the stone tablet at this time can only mean that someone is up to something.

Recalling the scene of the tiger devouring the moon at Wang Qing's place, Ren Yuan immediately understood.

This stone tablet is man-made.

You're right, Fang Shisan?

"Go ahead, Brother Shiqian, take an extra umbrella, the rain is still quite heavy."

Hua Yun straightened Ren Yuan's collar and then gave Shi Qian some instructions.

"Alright, sisters-in-law, I'll borrow my brother for now..."

Shi Qian was about to make a joke when Ren Yuan grabbed him by the back of his collar and dragged him away.

"Let's go, let's go. You talk too much."

Shi Qian's words made Hua Yun blush slightly, but she quickly recovered. There was nothing she could do; she was already used to it.

Looking at Ren Yuan and Shi Qian, Li Shishi couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh. She still remembered the first time Ren Yuan and Shi Qian came to her painted boat, the two of them were also bickering and joking.

"The Shi brothers and Brother Ren have a really good relationship."

Hu Sanniang was more direct. Although she knew that Ren Yuan was down-to-earth and all the brothers in the mountain stronghold admired him, the only people who could be so unrestrained in front of Ren Yuan were probably Shi Qian and Xiao Jiasui.

Oh, and there's also a little Yue Fei, this kid is even more mischievous...

Liangshan Golden Beach.

The seven strategists, each holding an umbrella, were already waiting there.

"Brother, let's go, let's see what's written on the stone tablet that Fang La sent us."

Xiao Jiahui was in high spirits.

When he learned about the stone tablet, he knew it was probably Fang La's doing. As soon as he went out, he ran into Xu Guanzhong across the street. The two of them talked and found they were on the same page, so there was no doubt it was Fang La.

After meeting with the other five strategists, Wen Huanzhang and the others also stated that this thing was unlikely to be a stone tablet falling from the sky, but rather something Fang La was up to.

However, the strategists did not tell anyone else.

In an era when belief in ghosts and spirits is so popular, it's easy for people to believe in such things.

Didn't you see that Wang Qing was forced to kill someone because of this "Tiger Devouring the Moon" incident?

Liangshan would never do such a thing, so their strategists wanted to go and see what Fang La had written first.

"I don't believe you can't tell it's fake, so what are you so excited about?"

Ren Yuan looked at Xiao Jiasui and found it somewhat amusing.

“Oh, brother, when the fake is taken for the real, the real becomes fake, and when the real is taken for the fake, the fake becomes real. Besides, only the nine of us know that this thing is not real. There are so many brothers on the mountain, and the others may not think so.”

Xiao Jiahui said.

“Brother, Lao Xiao is right. I think this thing has both advantages and disadvantages. If we use it well, it will only benefit Liangshan.”

Hsu Kuan-chung agrees with Hsiao Chia-sui's statement.

"What do you think, sir?"

Ren Yuan asked Wen Huanzhang.

"Tian Hu became king, and Wang Qing had a stone tablet. So it's not unreasonable for Liangshan to have a stone tablet as well. But we'll have to take a look at what's written on it later. If anything isn't quite right, we can change it. Everything should be for the benefit of Liangshan."

Wen Huanzhang was prepared to examine the inscription in person this time, and he was well aware of the situation.

“Brother, if it’s beneficial to Liangshan, then leave the rest to the two of us. With the backing of Erxian Mountain, this thing is a godsend, if not a divine gift.”

Gongsun Sheng and Qiao Daoqing exchanged a glance and then smiled and spoke.

“Brother, if the stone tablet is not carved well, as long as the teacher points it out, I can correct it for him without him noticing.”

Wang Yin patted his chest, reminding everyone that this strategist, Wang, was also a stonemason by trade.

"Let's go then, let's take a look."

After everyone reached an agreement, they immediately boarded the ship and headed to Shijie Village, surrounded by more than a dozen guards.

When they arrived at Shijie Village, they were surprised to find that a large number of people had already gathered there, making the village entrance quite crowded.

"Old village chief, why are there so many people?"

Ren Yuan was somewhat surprised. He looked at the village chief, who had struggled to squeeze out of the crowd to greet him, and asked with some confusion.

"There was nothing we could do. The news spread too fast. People from the surrounding villages wanted to come and see for themselves, and we couldn't stop them."

The old village chief was a little embarrassed.

"It's alright, village chief, let's go take a look."

"Yes, chieftain, strategists, come and take a look."

The old village chief gestured for Ren Yuan and the others to come in. When the villagers saw that it was Ren Yuan, they all spontaneously made way for him.

"Stop pushing! The chieftain is here! Let him see!"

Among the crowd, some people stepped forward to maintain order.

When Ren Yuan and the others arrived in front of the stone tablet, Ren Yuan knew at a glance that he couldn't understand it.

"Mr. Wen, Guanzhong, we're counting on you."

Wen Huanzhang and Xu Guanzhong nodded, but their expressions changed as soon as they stepped forward and took a look.

"Brother, it says here, 'The stars of the nine heavens descend to the mortal world!' It has the names of all the brothers on it! And your name too!"

Sure enough! Here it comes!

"Did the higher-ups say there were 108 people?"

Ren Yuan quickly asked.

"No, brother, it's not just that."

Upon hearing the number 108, Xu Guanzhong looked up at Ren Yuan and said with a smile.

"There are more than 108 names on this, and there is also a passage that says that more stars will descend to earth. Those stars that descend to earth later do not have names this time."

"Then...my name?"

"Brother, you're something else! Our old friend has arranged a very reasonable, but also very conspicuous, position for you—you could even say it's a hot potato!"

Wen Huanzhang also looked at Ren Yuan and smiled.

"What position?"

Ren Yuan raised an eyebrow. When it exceeded 108, he actually felt a little uneasy.

Fang La was definitely trying to cause trouble for himself.

“Brother, the stone tablet says that you are the Lord of the Stars, the Great Emperor of the North Star of the Central Heaven, who has descended to earth to rule over the other stars that have come down to earth!”

(Ren Yuan is the Lord of the Stars; in the next chapter, the Stars will make their appearance!)