Became the "King of Jiuyang"

  After hearing Yang Shuo Ming's words, Yao Chang Kui was stunned at first, then his face turned pale all of a sudden.

  "Hmph! I knew you guys were up to no good the moment I arrived!" Yao Changkui suddenly lifted his clothes, and when they saw the explosives tied around his waist, several of the mountain kings let out a stunned cry. Some people jumped up from their bear-skin chairs,

  Watching Yao Changkui's hands already grasping the fuse, Tang Jing was also shocked.

  "What's wrong, Tang? Scared this time?" Yao Changkui laughed wildly and walked to the center of the courtyard. "What if I want you to take a cold shot? I'm going to seize your mountain stronghold too!"

  "Brother Yao! Brother Yao! Let's talk this over! Let's talk this over!" A mountain bandit saw Yao Changkui walk into his own place and couldn't help but shout out in alarm.

  "Don't panic, you few masters of the house, nothing to do with you. You're here today, just in time to witness my appointment as 'Ganxi Town Guardian' by Yao Changkui." Yao Changkui glared at Shan Dawai and turned his gaze to Tang Xuan, "Tang! Hand over the official seal and letter of appointment!"

  "Those things are not with me." Tang Xuan said coldly, "I, Tang, have always hated the government office and would never go to be some kind of dogshit garrison commander!"

  After listening to the conversation between Yao Changkui and Tang Jing, Yang Shouming remembered the blank appointment letter and seal of "Ganxi Town Guardian" that he and his wife had picked up in the mountains, and suddenly understood.

  "So it was you, Yao Changkui, who wanted to be the Garrison Commander of Ganxi Town." Tang Jing's gaze suddenly became sharp and piercing, causing Yao Changkui to involuntarily take a step back.

  "Come on, Tang! If you don't hand over the seal and the letter of appointment today, I'll slaughter your whole clan!" Yao Changkui shouted loudly, turning his head to order his men behind him, "Brothers, take away their guns!"

  "How dare you!" Tang Jing angrily shouted, and Yao Changkui's several subordinates who were about to step forward were frightened by his loud shout and retreated a few steps.

  "Who dares to move! I'll pull the bowstring, and you're all finished!" Seeing Tang Jing wanting to step forward, Yao Changkui backed off a few steps with the fuse, shouting loudly, "Quickly! Put down their guns! Send a signal to our brothers at the foot of the mountain! Come up and seize the mountain!"

  Having heard this, Yang Shuoming, who was still sitting there, understood Yao Changkui's intention and couldn't help but sneer. One hand took advantage of the table's cover to quietly move towards his leg.

  "Yao Changkui, you're really good at calculating, aren't you!" Tang Jing gazed coldly at Yao Changkui, step by step closing in on him, but his hand didn't reach for the short gun at his waist.

  "You're a Tang! Don't show off there for a moment! I'll dig out your heart to drink wine!" Yao Changkui turned his head and shouted, "First put down his gun!"

  Just as Yao Changkui's voice had barely fallen, a series of crisp gunshots rang out, with bullets flying horizontally into the crowd, instantly knocking down several of Yao Changkui's subordinates to the ground.

  Yang Shuo Ming caught a glimpse of a red figure swiftly flashing past the pillar in the distance, and he guessed who it was, involuntarily praising her in his heart. Just then, Yang Shuo Ming sprang up like lightning, drew out the small combat knife hidden on his leg, and rushed to Yao Chang Kui's face in just a few steps.

  Yao Changkui only felt a dizziness in front of his eyes, and then he saw Yang Shuoming's handsome and elegant face.

  Seeing the eyes on this face had turned blood red, Yao Changkui's heart and gall were split, he let out a loud roar, using force to try to pull the fuse in his hand, but suddenly discovered that the fuse in his hand had inexplicably broken!

  A few flashes of cold light, Yang Shuo Ming's figure quickly retreated backwards, Yao Chang Kui felt a looseness on his body, followed by a chill wind blowing over.

  At this time, Yang Shuo Ming had already retreated to Tang Jing's side, with a smile that was not quite a smile, looking at him and raising the thing in his hand.

  Yao Changkui only then discovered that the explosives tied to his body had actually fallen into Yang Shouming's hands.

  Yao Changkui's soul was still unsettled, and he only now understood what had happened. His heart felt a wave of dizziness, and just as he was about to reach for the short gun at his waist, he felt a chill run down below.

  Tang Jing looked at Yao Changkui with a hint of disdain on his lips, and the surrounding mountain owners burst into loud laughter.

  Yao Changkui involuntarily lowered his head, only to discover that his pants had fallen to the ground, and the belt had been cut into two segments.

  Yao Changkui realized what Yang Shuo Ming had just done to him, and he couldn't help but feel both ashamed and angry. He had just drawn the short gun from behind his waist when Yang Shuo Ming's box-shaped pistol fired.

  "Bang, bang, bang, bang!" Four shots rang out. Yao Changkui's wrists were blown apart first, followed by blood splattering on his legs. He stumbled and fell to his knees involuntarily, then face-planted heavily onto the ground, letting out a mournful scream.

  The yard gradually quieted down, leaving only the wails and groans of the injured.

  Yang Shuo Ming saw a big chaos finally subsiding and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

  "Just now this guy said he still has troops ambushing at the foot of the mountain, we need to clean them up." Yang Shuo Ming said to Tang Jing.

  Tang Jing nodded and called over a leader to give him some instructions. The leader nodded, led the men to carry the mortar away.

  "The gunner also needs to borrow your strength." Tang Jing said to Yang Shuo Ming.

  "Alright." Yang Shuo Ming instructed one of his attendants beside him, and the attendant nodded and turned to leave.

  Yang Shuo Ming put away his combat knife, and his gaze inadvertently swept across the corridor, where he saw Tang Jiamei standing with a blush on her face, holding two guns and smiling at him. Yang Shuo Ming gave her a thumbs up in admiration, praising her for shooting well just now. She shook her head modestly and turned to walk away.

  "I didn't expect Yao Changkui to harbor such a vicious mind and come to Tianyun Mountain, startling all of you masters." Tang Jing bowed his fist in salute to the various mountain masters, "I, Tang, will immediately set up a banquet for everyone to calm their nerves. Later, there is also important business to discuss with everyone together."

  Several masters of the mountain were polite for a while, and then returned to their respective seats. Tang Xuan called someone to carry down Yao Changkui, whose limbs had been broken, and the servants began to sweep the yard again. Then, on this land that was still bloody from the fierce battle, they started setting up the banquet tables.

  With no more worries and concerns, the several mountain kings were able to let loose, and the atmosphere at the banquet became relaxed and lively. However, the occasional cannon fire from the foot of the mountain still reminded them that today was not a peaceful day.

  After three rounds of wine, Tang Ju looked at Yang Shuo Ming and then brought up the real topic of today's gathering.

  "Tang Xiang invited all of you here today to discuss something," Tang Jing said. "Yang Dazhang from Luanshi Mountain wants to find a dignified way out for everyone, so let's listen to what Yang Dazhang has to say." After finishing speaking, Tang Jing looked at Yang Shouming and nodded, indicating that he could start.

  Yang Shuo Ming looked at the gaze of everyone staring at him, smiled slightly and said: "This time Yang came not only to introduce a good way out for everyone, but also to let everyone and his brothers make a fortune and live a good life, no longer living in a day with a knife on their head and blood on their lips."

  After listening to Yang Shuo Ming's words, the originally lively courtyard suddenly became quiet. Several mountain kings unconsciously focused their eyes on Yang Shuo Ming.

  "Yang Daren's words are harmless." A mountain king said with a serious face, "If we can really live a peaceful life as Yang Daren said, Yang Daren's orders, we will not disobey."

  Yang Shuo Ming nodded and began his speech, at this time he did not notice that in the second floor corridor of the courtyard, Tang Jiamei was quietly watching him with a fervent and admiring gaze from behind a pillar. Her hand gently stroked the repeating box cannon, her heart also beating lightly.

  A few days later, Yang Shuo Ming returned to the headquarters of "Renhe Company" in the Luanshi Mountain cave.

  "Is everything going smoothly?"

  Huang Yunzhi looked at Yang Shuoming who was sitting on the chair with some fatigue, and immediately came to his side to help him change clothes as usual.

  "It's okay, I guess." Yang Shuo Ming smiled wryly and let her undress him, "It's just that the outcome isn't quite what I had in mind."

  "What's the difference?" Huang Yunzhi asked as she unbuttoned his military uniform and handed him a loose-fitting garment.

  "I originally intended to let them be remade into the Fifth Corps, but it's different now." Yang Shuo Ming thought of his newly acquired title and couldn't help but smile wryly, "Although the final result won't be much different either way."

  "They think your official position is too low, and what you say doesn't count?" Huang Yunzhi asked in puzzlement after hearing Yang Shao's words. "Or are they simply unwilling to surrender and come down the mountain?"

  "You're right about half of it." Yang Shuo Ming looked at her with an approving gaze, "On the one hand, they think I'm too low-ranking and are afraid that what we say now won't count later. On the other hand, they're also afraid that if I'm no longer in this position, everything will fall apart."

  Huang Yunzhi remembered the "Ganxi Town Guardian" appointment letter and seal that she had already filled out with Yang Shuo Ming's name, just as she was about to tell him, but Yang Shuo Ming's next words shocked her.

  "In the end, guess what? They actually elected me as their leader! Even gave me a title, calling me 'Nine Mountain King'!" Yang Shuo Ming said with a mixture of laughter and tears, "It means I'm the big king of nine mountain heads. I didn't expect Tang Jing to do this to me at all."

  "'King of Jiuxian'?" Huang Yunzhi was taken aback at first, then smiled with a hint of amusement, "Haven't they been reading too many strange stories?"

  "How did I get involved with 'Liao Zhai'?" Yang Shuo Ming asked somewhat strangely.

  "There is a story with this title in 'Liaozhai's Records of the Strange'. " Huang Yunzhi smiled and said, "However, the ending of that 'King of Jiushan' was not very good."

  "Come to think of it, I really didn't know there was such a story," Yang Shuoming said with a smile.