Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

Yang Zhi was still waiting anxiously for his buyer when, to his utter surprise, he met someone he knew.

"Yang Zhi? Isn't this Yang Zhi? What are you doing standing there? Come here!"

The man arrived riding a tall horse, followed by a group of servants.

"Your Majesty, Grand Commandant Wang..."

Yang Zhi originally wanted to avoid seeing them, but since he was directly called out, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go forward to greet them.

This man was one of the Grand Commandants of the capital, nicknamed "Flower King Grand Commandant." His surname was Wang, and his given name was unknown. However, he had a wide range of interests, spent money lavishly, and especially loved new things.

In his early years, when Yang Zhizhong passed the military examination, he was invited by Grand Commandant Wang to a banquet at his residence.

At that time, Grand Commandant Wang expressed his desire to see the Yang family's treasured sword.

Unfortunately, Yang Zhi, who had just passed the military examination, was full of vigor and had no intention of agreeing to Grand Commandant Wang's request.

And now, well... we've actually run into each other, how embarrassing!

"Yang Zhi, what are you doing? Selling knives?"

Wang Taiwei, with his sharp eyes, immediately spotted the knife with the straw marker stuck in it that Yang Zhi was holding in his arms.

"Yes, it is."

"Is that your family heirloom?"

A playful smile appeared on Wang Taiwei's face.

"Yes, it is."

The mighty Blue-Faced Beast was once again blushing red; he was utterly ashamed.

"What trouble have you gotten yourself into? You're even selling your family's heirloom sword?"

After thinking it over, Wang Taiwei decided to help this guy, since they had known each other for a while.

"me……"

Yang Zhi was not a good liar, and since no one was buying knives right now, he didn't want to miss out on Grand Commandant Wang's opportunity.

After all, this Grand Commandant Wang is generous and shouldn't be too stingy with me.

So he explained the whole story.

Upon hearing this, Grand Commandant Wang exclaimed, "Oh dear, he's fallen on such a miserable state that he can't even get through Gao Qiu's gate?"

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Given Gao Qiu's personality, and the recent news that his son has gone missing, it's no wonder he wouldn't see Yang Zhi.

Upon realizing this, Grand Commandant Wang felt some sympathy for Yang Zhi; the fellow was truly pitiful.

"Yang Zhi, if you have no objections, I'll take your knife. As for Gao Qiu's side, you don't need to go there. I'll introduce you to a place in Daming Prefecture. I have some connections with Grand Tutor Cai's son-in-law. If you don't mind, I'll recommend you go there."

Yang Zhi thanked Grand Commandant Wang.

Yang Zhi was overjoyed. This Grand Commandant Wang seemed to be a decent person.

"Don't thank me yet. Tell me, how much is this knife worth now?"

"Four...no, three thousand strings of cash!"

Yang Zhi gritted his teeth and lowered the price again. After all, the other party had promised to introduce him to potential customers, so it was only right to lower the price.

"Hahaha, three thousand strings of cash is too expensive. How about this, one thousand strings! You sell it to me, and I'll take you back to my manor right now and write you a letter, how about that?"

One thousand strings of cash!

That's 500 taels of silver!

This price is undoubtedly an insult to a family heirloom sword!

Clearly, Grand Commandant Wang still remembered what happened back then. Yang Zhi refused to look at the sword no matter how much money he was offered, but now he actually wants to sell it?

We definitely need to negotiate a lower price!

"So, Yang Zhi, how about it? One thousand strings of cash for this knife, and you get one more chance. Are you in?"

"it is good."

Yang Zhi remained silent for a long time before slowly uttering this word.

He could see, of course, that this price was simply a way for Wang Taiwei to vent his anger.

Although Grand Commandant Wang is wealthy, it is clear that Yang Zhi's current situation makes him unwilling to spend lavishly on him.

Giving Yang Zhi a chance is already quite generous!

Want an even higher price? You must be dreaming.

"? You actually agreed?"

Grand Commandant Wang was somewhat surprised. His offer of one thousand strings of cash was clearly intended as revenge. After all, Yang Zhi had indeed shown him some disrespect back then.

However, the reason he made that offer was because he thought Yang Zhi wouldn't agree, which is why he did it.

His original intention was that if Yang Zhi bowed his head and softened his stance on what happened back then, he would continue to consider offering him a higher price. As for the letter to Liang Zhongshu, that was a very simple matter and there was no need to say anything more.

Unexpectedly, Yang Zhi actually accepted the price and didn't mention the incident from back then at all.

The way you're doing it makes it difficult for me to continue.

"Are you sure? Yang Zhi, I can give you a chance to back out."

Grand Commandant Wang squinted and looked Yang Zhi up and down again.

"The Grand Commandant's willingness to give Yang Zhi a chance is already the greatest help he can offer. I'll sell this sword!"

Yang Zhi gritted his teeth, thrust the knife forward, and lowered his head, refusing to look at Grand Commandant Wang's expression.

This was his last act of defiance.

"Alright, I understand what you mean. You follow behind my group and come back to the manor with me."

Grand Commandant Wang didn't say anything more. Since Yang Zhi had figured it out himself, he couldn't be bothered to care. He really hadn't expected that the once spirited martial arts candidate would be so humble for a mere opportunity.

Since someone is willing to sell me the knife at a lower price, I'll accept it without hesitation.

Wang Taiwei ignored Yang Zhi and rode ahead on his horse, while Yang Zhi silently followed at the back of the group, head down.

Yang Zhi waited until they arrived at the Grand Commandant's residence. He held his sword and prepared to go in with Grand Commandant Wang, but was stopped by the guards at the gate.

"Yang Zhi, just wait here. Give the knife to the guard. I'll bring you the letter and the silver in a bit."

Grand Commandant Wang didn't even glance at Yang Zhi, and walked into the mansion on his own. His guard stepped forward, preparing to take the knife from Yang Zhi's hand.

But, once, twice, three times, huh? Why don't you let go?

The guard leader was about to start cursing when Yang Zhi spoke up:

"Brother, this is my family's heirloom sword. Can I hold it a little longer?"

The guard leader looked at the pleading expression on Yang Zhi's face, but felt no sympathy for him.

"Since it's an heirloom, you should protect it even if you starve to death! You sold it off cheaply yourself, so why are you pretending to be so sentimental now?"

"I……"

Yang Zhi was speechless; he truly didn't know how to defend himself.

"Give it to me! And wait here obediently!"

The head guard snatched the knife and quickly caught up with Grand Commandant Wang, giving Yang Zhi no chance to say anything more.

"Is that Yang Zhi? He's been to our residence before?"

"He even sold the things left by his ancestors, really."

"If the old general could know this from beyond the grave, he would be furious, wouldn't he?"

"Selling knives? How could he even think of that? It's practically begging!"

"Shh... Let's not follow his example. He's a hopeless case."

……

The other guards from the Grand Commandant's mansion also entered the mansion one after another, but at this moment they were all whispering among themselves, and of course they certainly wouldn't say anything nice.

These words were like knives, cutting deeply into Yang Zhi's heart.

Unfortunately, he had no way to defend himself.

Not long after, the guard leader who had gone in earlier came out with two envelopes.

"This is a letter from the Grand Commandant, and this is a silver note (jiaozi). Take it and go."

Yang Zhi quickly took the letter and, as if it were a priceless treasure, put it into his pocket. Little did he know that this action only made the guard leader look at him with even more contempt.

"Hey brother, why is there only a 200-tael silver note? Shouldn't it be 1,000 strings of cash?"

Yang Zhi then opened the envelope containing the silver notes, and upon seeing the amount, his expression changed again.

"Take whatever the Grand Commandant gives you! Who do you think you are? Trying to bargain?"

The guard leader's tone was very unfriendly.

In fact, Grand Commandant Wang did give 500 taels of silver notes, but the head of the guards pocketed 300 taels for himself.

I'll deliver your money and letters for you, and charging a small storage and shipping fee is perfectly reasonable, isn't it?

Looking at the guard leader's face, Yang Zhi knew that his money had been withheld. But he could only be angry but dare not speak out, and had to smile and apologize before turning to leave.

For the sake of the Yang family... I'll endure it!

"Hmph, what right does a beggar have to take so much? You might as well give it to me!"

The head guard watched Yang Zhi leave, then patted his waistband. "Excellent, 300 taels of silver. Looks like I can have another night at the Spring Breeze Pavilion!"

Should we choose Xiao Hong, Xiao Cui, or A Xiang tonight?

Or... all of them?

……

However, what no one expected was that Yang Zhi's act of selling his knife indirectly harmed another hero in Tokyo!