Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

"Someone we know? Do we both know each other, or..."

Xiao Jiasui was somewhat surprised. He actually knew the Jurchen prince consort? How come he didn't know?

"Yes, and it's not just the two of us who know Strategist Xiao. In fact, all the old men of Liangshan know him."

Shi Qian said with a smile.

"Now that you put it that way, I'll have to guess carefully."

Xiao Jiasui suddenly became interested. Many faces and names began to flash through his mind. Combining this with the existing information, he quickly found a name!

"Zengtou City, Zeng Sheng!"

"Yes, that's him."

"Zengtou City? I think I remember that place too."

Xu Guanzhong also felt a sense of familiarity upon hearing this name.

"Back then, Lao Xu, you had just gone up the mountain and then followed Yang Zhi to Jeju Island. You just missed the chance to fight them."

Hsiao Chia-hui stated that the battle at Zengtou City provided Liangshan with a significant amount of supplies, and Zengtou City played a crucial role in enabling Liangshan to quickly acquire a large amount of resources back then.

"I remember now, you said two people ran away from Zengtou City, right? They were the father and son who were the leaders of Zengtou City, weren't they?"

Hsu Kuan-chung said that he also remembered.

"Yes, it was that old bastard Zeng Nong who ran away, and this Zeng Sheng too."

"I never expected that Zeng Sheng would actually make it to the Jurchen territory and become a prince consort!"

Xiao Jiahui was also very emotional; he never expected things to turn out this way.

During the attack on Zengtou City, Zhang Qing was in charge of the outer defenses. However, seeing that things were going badly, the Zeng family organized a group of people, led by Zeng Sheng, and fought desperately to break through the encirclement. Zhang Qing was no match for Zeng Sheng and could not stop the father and son, allowing them to escape.

"Strategists, do you think he'll be surprised if he sees us again?"

Shi Qian suddenly asked.

"There's probably no surprise, but there's definitely hatred."

Xiao Jiasui stated that Zeng Sheng and Liangshan were sworn enemies. Now that he is the son-in-law of the Jin Kingdom, and Liangshan has been upgraded to Dayi, the hatred between the two groups has naturally escalated into a national feud...

Of course, Zeng Sheng is unaware of all this at the moment, and on Dayi's side, only Shi Qian and the other two know.

"Alright, let's go talk to your brother. You can continue with your work."

Hsiao Chia-hui said that this matter was quite important and she needed to tell her brother as soon as possible.

"Um, my two strategists, you see how busy I am here, are you just going to leave like this? Would you like to stay and help me out?"

Shi Qian said, "Can at least one of you stay?"

"Well said! Guanzhong, you stay here, I'm going to find my brother!"

Upon hearing that he would stay and work for the Sky Curtain Army, Xiao Jiahui's expression suddenly changed. He abruptly reached out and slapped Xu Guanzhong on the back, then darted out of the house and disappeared in a flash.

“Um, Military Advisor Xu, look at this…”

Shi Qian shrugged, indicating that it wasn't his fault.

"Brother Shiqian, tell me, what can I do?"

Xu Guanzhong has a really good temper. Since he's already stayed, he didn't say anything more, just rolled up his sleeves and gestured for Shi Qian to bring over the work.

"That's why I say Strategist Xu is the most straightforward of all strategists! Strategist, please sit here and wait a moment, I'll get your things right away!"

Shi Qian clapped his hands. With Xu Guanzhong's help, things would definitely be much easier for him.

"But Strategist Xu, you won't be angry that Strategist Xiao did this, will you?"

"Sometimes Lao Xiao is just like a child who hasn't grown up. It's a good thing that he can retain his childlike heart."

Xu Guanzhong shook his head. As Xiao Jiasui's good friend, Xu Guanzhong naturally had no objection to helping his brother with some work.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony! Someone, bring over the documents we need to process recently to Strategist Xu!"

"Remember this, Strategist Xu is unusually free today! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers of Tianmu immediately perked up. They rushed over, brought Xu Guanzhong a chair, and made him tea.

"No, what's going on here?"

Xu Guanzhong was a little confused. What are you going to do?

"Thump! Thump..."

The next moment, several large baskets filled with documents landed heavily on the table in front of Xu Guanzhong!

"Strategist, since you're already here, please go to the trouble. We need your help with all of this."

Shi Qian laughed like an old fox catching a chick.

"So, that's why Lao Xiao ran away, right?"

Xu Guanzhong realized that Xiao Jiasui had helped Shi Qian before, and probably knew that there were many things going on at Tianmu, which was why she had rushed off so quickly.

"Hehe, strategist Xu, my good brother, since you're a good person, please help your brother this once."

Shi Qian looked at Xu Guanzhong with a grin, while Xu Guanzhong shook his head helplessly.

"Alright, I'd also like to see if I can read all of this by myself..."

Xu Guanzhong stayed at the Tianmu command post, while Xiao Jiasui, now free, naturally wandered over to Ren Yuan's residence.

Currently, the Liao Dynasty's palace in Liaoyang is still being cleared by the Dayi Army. Some of the female relatives and eunuchs inside need to be placed in a new place, so Ren Yuan has not yet moved in.

"Brother, according to intelligence reports, the Jurchens have sent people to discuss an alliance."

"Oh? So fast?"

Ren Yuan was taking a break from his busy schedule today to prepare a barbecue in the backyard of his residence. When Xiao Jiahui arrived, he was skewering the food with large wooden skewers.

"Come on, sit down and have some skewers with me."

Upon seeing Xiao Jiahui arrive, Ren Yuan naturally asked him to get to work.

"No way, brother, I just ran out of the sky and you're already thinking about not doing any work?"

Xiao Jiahui said that, but his actions didn't reflect it. He moved a chair and sat down next to Ren Yuan, then started skewering meat as well.

Because he had eaten Ren Yuan's grilled skewers once, and they tasted amazing!

"No work, no harvest. Tell me, who did the Jurchens send? Which member of the Wanyan family? Wanyan Wuqimai? Wanyan Xieye? Or Wanyan Zhezhe?"

Ren Yuan kept moving his hands and rattled off a bunch of names, all of them famous figures from the Wanyan family.

"None of them. The one who came doesn't have the surname Wanyan."

Xiao Jiahui added two more pieces of meat to the skewer in her hand, making the whole skewer look more tempting.

"Not Wanyan? Then what is his surname? Wanyan Aguda shouldn't have made such a mistake."

Ren Yuan was somewhat surprised. As emerging forces, sincerity was crucial for joining forces at this time. Wanyan Aguda was a powerful and ambitious figure; how could he be so insincere?

"No, he is sincere."

Xiao Jiahui waved her hand and then said:

"They sent their son-in-law, the Golden Knife Prince Consort. Tianmu's explanation is that the Jurchen prince consort is nothing special, but having a golden knife bestowed by the emperor makes all the difference!"

"Moreover, this prince consort has married two Jurchen princesses."

"Wanyan Aguda has people like this under his command?"

Ren Yuan was a little dumbfounded. Sisters marrying the same person? How capable must that person be to be worth Wanyan Aguda doing this?

"Well, brother, why don't you guess who this person is?"

"I do not guess you guess guess?"

Ren Yuan rolled his eyes.

"Hey, alright, I'll just say it straight. This guy is Zeng Sheng, the fifth son of the Zeng family who ran away from Zengtou City back then."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing Zeng Sheng's name, Ren Yuan stopped what he was doing.

"Zeng Sheng? He's the Golden Knife Prince Consort? Interesting. It seems the Jurchens really don't know who we are."

"Brother, will you meet Zeng Sheng?"

"See him? Why not? Let's go and clean up this Liao Kingdom's Tokyo palace! I not only want to see him, I want to see him in the palace!"

Ren Yuan put down the skewers in his hand, immediately stood up, and prepared to leave.

"No, brother, this skewer isn't skewered yet. Can we eat it first and then clean it up?"

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