The light of the sword is like the moon reflecting on Kyushu

Chapter 1980 Those Who Oppose Me Die
Feng Jiuxiao said, "I saw it."

Pang Shiwu said, "That woman is definitely suspicious."

"what is the problem?"

"When I see her, it's like seeing Xiong Mengyan!"

"You mean she might have a relationship with Xiong Mengyan?"

"Hmm, he exudes an evil aura; he's most likely a member of the Demonic Sect!"

"As long as they behave themselves and don't show their faces again, I won't go so far as to exterminate them!"

As Pang Shiwu spoke, he knocked down several thugs. The gamblers around couldn't stand it anymore, and someone advised, "Hey, you guys, stop! You can't beat them. You'll just get beaten up. Look at how badly you've been beaten. Don't go for it!"

"That's right, they were clearly not going all out and were letting you win, why are you still going on and on?"

Pang Shiwu said, "If they're willing to go, why are you trying to persuade them?"

Perhaps they were exhausted, for several of the thugs finally stopped moving, panting heavily!

Once one person stopped, another would follow suit, and before long, all the thugs had stopped!

This pause allowed them to calm down and they were horrified to find that their companions were all unrecognizable and in a terrible state. They subconsciously touched their own faces, and several of them cried out in pain! Only then did they realize that their faces were burning with pain!

The exclamations from the other side also caught Feng Jiuxiao's attention. He saw that a large area of ​​gravel and dust was scattered on the ground. The gamblers around him were all looking at the ground in horror, as if the gravel was some kind of deadly ghost or man-eating beast, making them feel fearful!
Feng Jiuxiao stood up and walked over. Upon closer inspection, he frowned. Some of the stones had patterns resembling the texture of fabric, and some even looked like a part of human tissue... What the hell was going on?
Several thumb rings stood out conspicuously among the rubble!

An ivory thumb ring, a jade thumb ring, and a rhinoceros horn thumb ring are all very valuable!
Looking at the expressions of the people around him, Feng Jiuxiao instantly understood what this pile of powder and gravel was!

It must be the work of that glamorous woman who just left!

Turning bones into ash is somewhat similar to the "Mirror Flower Treasure Mirror" that Chang Zijin cultivated!
Feng Jiuxiao asked, "Who's in charge here?"

No one responded!

Feng Jiuxiao's gaze swept across the crowd and instantly locked onto a waiter hiding in the crowd. "Come out."

The waiter approached cautiously, forcing a smile, and said, "Young hero, I'm not in charge!" He had seen the white-clad youth's accomplices displaying their prowess, beating the casino's thugs so badly that they didn't even recognize their own parents. He figured the white-clad youth was probably no pushover either. If the white-clad youth hadn't insisted on calling him, he wouldn't have dared to come closer!
Feng Jiuxiao asked, "Then who is in charge?"

The waiter pointed towards Pang Shiwu and said, "That tallest guy, with a face covered in blood and two missing front teeth, is our casino manager, Yang Wanli!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Take me there!"

The man was taken aback. He thought to himself, "Didn't you just come from over there? Do I need to take you there? Looks like he's trying to put on airs, trying to elevate himself by belittling me! Seeing how fierce that black-clad youth is, who knows how he'll humiliate me later! Ugh, I've only been here for less than two months and I've already run into this mess. What incredibly bad luck!"

Feng Jiuxiao laughed and said, "Why do you look so gloomy? Who bullied you?"

The waiter immediately waved his hand and forced a laugh, saying, "Nobody's bullying me!"

How long have you been here?

"Uh...it's been two months!"

How much money can you earn each month?

"A minimum of five taels will be given, and then bonuses will be awarded based on usual performance."

"So what exactly constitutes good performance? Are there any clear rules?"

"Yes, as long as you can lend money out, you can get a one-thousandth commission!"

"If you lend out one thousand taels, you get one tael of silver, right?"

"Correct!"

"So how much can you lend out in a month?"

"I've only been here for two months, and I haven't been able to get a single loan approved."

"And what about the others? The most successful one, how much does he lend out in a month?"

"The most impressive one is Brother Jia, who has made 130 loans, totaling more than 3.5 million!"

"His share of the profits alone amounted to 3,500 taels, making him a proper little tycoon!"

The waiter's eyes gleamed with envy. "Yes!"

Feng Jiuxiao laughed and said, "How many people can't repay their loans?"

The clerk thought for a moment, "You mean Jia-ge's loan clients?"

"Yes."

"There are probably ten or eight every month."

"How to deal with it?"

"They'll definitely beat them up first, then force them to pay back the money."

What if you can't pay it back?

"Then take his belongings to pay off the debt."

What if there's nothing valuable at home?

"This one……"

"Are there any cases of women being forced into prostitution?"

"Have."

"If you can't pay your debts, you kidnap someone's wife or sister and send them across the street to be prostitutes, right?"

The young man kept his head down, not daring to look Feng Jiuxiao in the eye. His intuition told him that the other party didn't seem very happy!
He whispered, "Maybe."

"Maybe so, you don't know? I hate people who don't tell the truth the most!"

"Huh? That should be true! I saw it once! They brought a little girl here tied up, with a strip of cloth stuffed in her mouth..."

The two men walked and talked, and were already standing next to Pang Shiwu! The thugs were panting heavily, glaring at Pang Shiwu with eyes as sharp as knives! If looks could tear people apart, Pang Shiwu would have been chopped into mincemeat by now!

Feng Jiuxiao looked at the tall man with no front teeth and said, "Are you Yang Wanli, the manager here?"

Yang Wanli was taken aback: "You know me?" His eyes were swollen like walnuts, his cheeks were swollen as if his mouth was stuffed with steamed buns, his face was bruised and swollen, and covered in blood, making him look both pitiful and ridiculous!

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Let's get straight to the point. Liu Mubai has transferred all his businesses to me, including the casino here and the brothel next door. From now on, I am your boss. You have two choices: either pledge allegiance to me from now on, or die right now!"

Yang Wanli looked Feng Jiuxiao up and down, "Where did you come from, you little brat..."

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Fifteen, kill him!"

Pang Shiwu said, "Okay." He responded but did not move.

The young man next to him was puzzled. Why wasn't the boy in black making a move?

Suddenly, a bloodstain appeared between Yang Wanli's eyebrows!
Yang Wanli himself noticed a warm current flowing down his nose from between his eyebrows. He instinctively touched it and found his hand sticky. Upon closer inspection, he saw that his fingertips were covered in a bright red blood!
The thugs also noticed Yang Wanli's strange behavior. The bloodstain continued to extend downwards along the bridge of his nose, and his clothes were torn at the chest, with the tear continuing downwards until it reached between his legs!
Yang Wanli noticed that everyone around him was looking at him strangely, as if they were looking at a dead man!

That look in my eyes is so painful!

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

No one dared to utter a sound!
Just as Yang Wanli was about to speak, Feng Jiuxiao spoke up: "What's your name?" His eyes were fixed on the young man.

The young waiter replied, "Young master, my name is Chu Tiankuo."

Feng Jiuxiao said, "From now on, you are the manager here. You only have one boss, and that is me. You also have two choices: those who obey me will prosper, and those who defy me will perish."

The young man was completely dumbfounded!

What? I'm the general manager?

Before I could even react, I suddenly saw Yang Wanli split in two!

It splits open from the middle to the left and right.

No sign.

A sudden realization dawned on Chu Tiankuo: So the young man had already drawn his sword! It's just that his movements of drawing, swinging, and sheathing the sword were too fast for him to see clearly!

The usually arrogant and domineering steward Yang Wanli was chopped in two like this.
Not only was Chu Tiankuo almost scared to death, but the other thugs were also so frightened that they almost wet themselves. At least several of them couldn't stand the fright and farted!
Fear causes one's qi to subside!

The stench is pungent!

At this moment, everyone's gaze towards the two youths was clearly different! They had dared to fight just now, but now they realized just how vast the gap was between them! With a single, light sword strike, you were dead before you even saw a shadow!
At that moment, all they could see was awe!

One part respect, nine parts fear!

The words of the young man in white are now like a royal decree!
He is like, no, he is a saint whose words carry the law, and whose words become law!
Chu Tiankuo reacted the fastest, kneeling down with a thud, "Master, please accept my bow!"

Feng Jiuxiao casually pointed a finger at his brow, "Remember this: those who defy me will die. I don't joke around!"

Chu Tiankuo felt a warm current enter his body from between his eyebrows. Although he didn't know what it was, he guessed it pretty well. Knowing that his fate was in the hands of the young man, he immediately said solemnly, "I, Chu Tiankuo, swear to the heavens that I will be loyal to you from now on. If I have any disloyalty, may I be struck by lightning!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Alright!" He turned to look at the thugs, and before he could speak, they all knelt down on the ground!
The beatings they had just endured hadn't brought them to their senses, but Yang Wanli's death had completely sobered them up!
Feng Jiuxiao said, "Why are you kneeling? Do you think I want to take you in? Hmph, Chu Tiankuo has only been here for less than two months, he hasn't committed any major crimes yet, he hasn't even lent out a single loan at exorbitant interest rates, and he still has a chance to turn back. But you people, you usually abuse your power, commit all sorts of evil deeds, force good people into prostitution, and do all kinds of wicked things! Let me ask you, which of you dares to say that you are clean?"

The thugs looked at each other, their faces gradually turning ashen!
What? This isn't what I expected? Does he intend to kill everyone?
Sweat began to drip from the thugs' foreheads onto the ground!
The scene was eerily quiet; you could hear a pin drop. The air seemed to have frozen, creating a suffocating atmosphere of oppression!

The surrounding gamblers dared not make a sound! They were all terrified of being torn in two as well!

Feng Jiuxiao paused for a moment, then slowly said, "Heaven cherishes life, so I will give you another chance to choose. One, you can stay, but you must be loyal to me and do as I say from now on to atone for your sins; two, you can leave now and sever all ties. The sea is wide enough for fish to leap, and the sky is high enough for birds to fly. The world is vast, and you can roam freely!"

One of the thugs forced a smile and said, "Young master, we are illiterate and uneducated, and we don't know any skills. We can't support ourselves if we leave here!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Oh dear, you're not stupid after all. You're so aware of your shortcomings and know you're nothing outside, right? Since you're so clear-headed, I'll give you a chance to be reborn! From today onwards, you'll follow Chu Tiankuo. Do whatever he tells you to do. If you dare to disobey, Tiankuo, you have the right to punish you as you see fit!" Seeing Chu Tiankuo's anxious expression, Feng Jiuxiao said, "You don't need to speak. I know you're worried that your martial arts aren't enough to intimidate them, right? Now you don't need to worry anymore. I've already opened up your eight extraordinary meridians and added thirty years of internal energy. Every single one of them here is no match for you! You can try!"

Chu Tiankuo was both surprised and delighted. Believing that the boy wouldn't lie to him, he suddenly slammed his palm down on the gambling table next to him!
This time he used all his strength! His moral dilemma was simple: if the boy was just trying to fool those thugs, then he would risk breaking his hand to smash the table with his own strength!
Bah!
The gambling table shattered!

The thugs were shocked!

Chu Tiankuo was also shocked!
The gamblers were shocked!

This strike shattered the heavy cypress tabletop into countless pieces! That palm strike definitely required thirty years of internal energy!
In fact, Chu Tiankuo has not yet learned to control the true energy given to him by Feng Jiuxiao. If he uses it properly, the person on the table will only need to leave a transparent handprint hole, which would be even more shocking!

The thugs stepped forward and said in unison, "Young master, we choose to stay!"

Are you kidding me? This move is absolutely comparable to the Great Hand Seal of the Red Sect Lamas of Tibet!
Chu Tiankuo's skills are far superior to Yang Wanli's! With such a master as his leader, how much harder can life get? The so-called atonement is nothing more than doing more good deeds. Can he really be exiled to the mines to quarry stones?
Feng Jiuxiao said, "Starting tomorrow, this place can continue to operate, but you must not entice or coerce others to gamble. There must be warning signs, and those who lose all their money must leave. You must not borrow money at usurious rates!"

One of the henchmen whispered, "Then the casino's profits will be very low!"

Feng Jiuxiao said calmly, "Thank you for reminding me, but I am different from the Liu family. I don't pursue high profits, just enough to get by! I just took a look, and the casino's customer flow is almost saturated. The daily commission is already quite substantial. Chu Tiankuo, from now on, all the casino's revenue should be used to pay the staff's salaries first. I'll tell you how to use the rest of the money."

Chu Tiankuo nodded repeatedly.

He's still a bit dazed.

One moment he was a lowly worker who suffered all kinds of bullying, and now he has transformed into the casino manager!

Even a fool knows this kid won't be staying here long, so what's the difference between me and the boss? I'm practically all-powerful! I never thought I'd have a day like this, hahaha!
Feng Jiuxiao looked at the thugs and said, "Are you sure you want to stay?"

The thugs knelt on the ground, craning their necks, their eyes filled with determination: "I'm sure!"

"I am sure!"

"I'm sure too!"

Feng Jiuxiao said, "Alright, once it's decided, there's no going back! Fifteen, let's see if your blood pact signing technique has improved!"

Pang Shiwu laughed and said, "Alright!"

He hadn't yet mastered the technique of signing contracts remotely, so he could only walk behind the thugs and press a few acupoints on their backs!
The thugs immediately felt a strange warm current surge up their backs and seep into their meridians!

They immediately understood what was going on!

Even if you've never eaten pork, you've at least seen a pig walk, right?

They immediately realized that they had become the black-clad youth's contracted slaves!

Everyone thought to themselves: "Let them sign it, they won't stay anyway!" In order to consolidate his power, Chu Tiankuo would definitely ensure that his subordinates obeyed his every word. Anyone who dared to refuse to sign the blood oath would be the first person he would jump out and drive away!

Only after the last person's pressure points were sealed did Feng Jiuxiao continue, "The casino is now closed. Next, let's go next door and experience what a warm and secluded bed looks like! Shiwu, Tiankuo, let's go!"

Seeing the young man in white about to leave, the gamblers breathed a sigh of relief, and many began to urge, "Come on, let's place another bet!"

More than twenty thugs stood up as well. At that moment, a person suddenly walked in from outside. He was dressed in the same black outfit as the thugs, with the same Liu family logo embroidered on his right arm: a red Liu character in clerical script, with a dragon encircling it on the outside!
No need, he's also a henchman of the Liu family! He was probably busy with his own business just now!

He was stunned when he came in!
What's going on here?! Yang Wanli's body had been cut in two and was lying there, blood flowing all over the ground, a gruesome scene!
But then one of the thugs shouted, "Old Jiang, what's going on? Why are you in such a panic? Speak up first!"

The thug surnamed Jiang finally came to his senses. "Oh, brothers, there's a lucrative job tonight. Are you in?"

"What lucrative job?"

"Let's move to the Liu residence!"

"What? We're going to the Liu family's place to move things?"

The thugs secretly glanced at Feng Jiuxiao, sensing that things seemed rather complicated!
The thug asked, "How much are you getting this time?"

The thug surnamed Jiang said, "Two hundred taels!"

The thugs looked at each other, their eyes gleaming, but none of them dared to utter a sound!
Feng Jiuxiao said calmly, "Is the person who hired you the owner of a silk shop?"

The thug surnamed Jiang was immediately startled: "How did you know?"

The other thugs, on the contrary, were no longer as tense as before!

Since the new owner knows who the employer is, it means that the development of events is most likely under his control!
Feng Jiuxiao said, "Because I hired him! Now that someone has hired you, you'd be fools not to make money! Go and make some! Remember, this is the last time you take on private jobs. From now on, you must get Chief Steward Chu's approval for any such work! Got it?"

"remember!"

"Go!"

"Yes!"

More than twenty thugs quickly disappeared.

Feng Jiuxiao, Pang Shiwu, and Chu Tiankuo then pushed open the door and left the casino.

The two gatekeepers at the entrance still had smiles on their faces when they saw Feng Jiuxiao, and respectfully said, "Please take care, sir!"

Feng Jiuxiao nodded, "Thank you for your hard work!"

The three of them went up the steps and came to the T-junction. One more step forward, and at the end of the downward-extending steps, was the gate leading to the brothel! Behind the gate was the real paradise on earth!
"Fifteen, why do you think the Liu family opened a brothel? Was it just to make money?"

"Of course not! They opened brothels because they were the best place to gather intelligence!"

"Okay, it's so clear now?"

"That's right, he's someone who's seen the world!"

Chu Tiankuo followed closely behind, adhering to the principle of listening more, observing more, and speaking less.

Descending the steps, the path leads to a vermilion-lacquered gate studded with copper nails, guarded by two burly men.

Feng Jiuxiao glanced at the two men, who immediately opened the door and said, "Please come in, young master!"

As soon as he entered, a madam greeted him with a smile, "Oh, is this your first time here, young master? Please come in!"

The door is closed.

Chu Tiankuo's eyes widened as soon as he entered.

This was also his first time coming in.

The warm mist of agarwood, carrying the sound of a pipa, wafted over, and several hexagonal glass lamps illuminated the hall as if it were daytime. The golden lotus pattern embroidered on the scarlet carpet flickered with each step.

From behind the rosewood screen on the left, the faint sound of dice hitting a jade plate could be heard, while on the right, the chirping of orioles and swallows seemed to come from near and far—it was a group of girls in honey-colored gauze dresses leaning against the vermilion railing, their golden hairpins trembling like a shower of stars with their laughter.

Seeing the madam's hair styled in a loose bun, the brothel-patterned gold phoenix on her apricot-yellow dress jingling as she bowed, Feng Jiuxiao laughed and asked, "How did you know this was our first time here?"

The madam glanced at the jewels on Feng Jiuxiao's belt, and her lips curled into a deeper smile: "Chuntao, brew the freshly arrived pre-rain Longjing tea quickly!" Her gaze swept over Pang Shiwu several times. Her eyes lingered on the blood sword a few times, but she showed no sign of anything amiss.

Feng Jiuxiao thought to himself: He really is a natural actor! He's on par with Madam Pear Blossom!
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