Water Margin: I Became Lu Zhishen's Younger Brother

Heaven played the biggest joke on me.

The moment I opened my eyes, I was Lu Zhishen's younger brother, a character who doesn't even exist in the original story.

I was fifteen when my big brother finally got into trouble. He beat Zheng the Butcher to death, and three lives were lost. According to the original plot, he'd flee and become a monk, spending the rest of his life abstaining from meat and praying to Buddha.

I refused to let that happen.

Behind Zheng the Butcher was Gao Qiu. Behind Gao Qiu was Prince Duan. Behind Prince Duan was the entire Song court. Officials protected one another, right and wrong were turned upside down, and human lives were worth less than grass. But I refused to accept it. Who says commoners can only live on their knees?

Gather heroes, do business, raise a banner. If Erlong Mountain is too small, we'll go to Liangshan Marsh. If three thousand strings of cash aren't enough, we'll earn thirty thousand. Soap, liquor, military strategy, the hearts of men: everything I learned in my previous life has become a blade for changing the world.

Zhong Shidao says I'm too clever and won't live long. Gao Qiu says I don't know my place. Prince Duan says the waters of Dongjing are too deep for me to wade into.

But all I want to say is this:

Why should they be the only ones who get to decide what happens to this world?

I won't be a pawn. I'll be the one moving the pieces. I'll make this world play by new rules.

Even if all I have are two kitchen knives. Even if I have only a few brothers. Even if the entire Song dynasty stands against me.

I, Lu Meng, am going to give it a try.