Chapter 70: Humbly Seeking Advice
Song Jiang asked Yang Chang to come in, naturally to report his merits and ask for a position. He pulled Wu Yong and Lin Chong to testify, which made Chao Gai disagree.

Seeing that everyone agreed with Song Jiang, Chao Gai was extremely reluctant but could not go against everyone's wishes, but he did not want to agree immediately, so he laughed and said, "Rewarding is right according to merit, but the brothers have returned victoriously, and it is getting late now, so we should have a banquet to celebrate first, settle down and rest, and choose an auspicious time tomorrow to arrange the seats."

"Brother is right, this is the best way."

"Brother is right."

"Brother is right"

With Song Jiang taking the lead in agreeing, the other leaders immediately followed suit.

Chao Gai waved his hand to Du Qian in the hall, and the veteran in charge of logistics immediately led his men to move tables and chairs, and soon the gathering hall was filled with them. The leaders took their seats according to their status and closeness to them.

Although Yang Chang had not yet decided on a seat, his position as leader was already set in stone, so it was only natural for him to stay in the Juyi Hall and take a seat. However, he still walked to Xiao Rang's side and sat at the same table in a low-key manner.

After the battle of Zhujiazhuang, more than a dozen new leaders appeared on the mountain.

According to the rules, the newcomers sat at the back, so Xiao Rang and Jin Dajian were no longer at the last seats.

Sitting at the same table was Tongbiyuan Hou Jian. He and Jin Dajian tricked Li Yingdu into dressing up as Yu Hou. At this time, they had not taken off their "official uniforms", unlike Xiao Rang who was so particular.

When Yang Chang sat down, he saw two 'Yu Hou's' sitting on his left and right, so he joked to Xiao Rang: "I never thought that a small soldier like me could sit at the same table with the prefect."

"I haven't seen you for a few months. Brother Yang has changed a lot. Is it because you are in a good mood because of good things happening to you?"

Xiao Rang smiled and pointed at Yang Chang. The 'newcomer' Hou Jian was not familiar with Yang Chang, so Jin Dajian immediately explained to him.

"Brother Yang Chang is an outstanding martial artist and has a close relationship with Yasi Song. He should have been assigned the position of leader long ago, but it has taken so long to get there. He will be assigned to the new leader tomorrow, but he deserves congratulations."

"I see. Congratulations."

Hou Jian clasped his fists and greeted, then introduced himself: "Xiao Ke Hou Jian, this is Brother Gongming whom I met in Jiangzhou. The wine will be here soon, let's have a few more drinks."

"I have admired you for a long time."

"Brother Gongming."

Yang hadn't finished his long speech when he saw Hou Jian stand up and greet him.

Looking back, he saw Song Jiang waving to Hou Jian. Yang Chang realized that both of them were short and dark, and looked like brothers from the same mother, except that Song Jiang was a little fatter, while Hou Jian was a little taller and thinner.

"You guys continue, I have something to do."

Song Jiang made some polite remarks and then went straight to Sun Li's table at the back.

He was seen talking with his head down between Sun Xin and Gu Dasao, and the couple kept nodding in agreement.

When Song Jiang returned to the main table in the front, Mrs. Gu stood up and left the table, walked north along the edge of the Juyi Hall, and went straight to the back hall.

Hmm? What did Old Song say to the mother tiger?
After a while, the minions began to serve wine and food.

When Yang Chang saw some minions walking towards the back hall, he guessed that there was also a banquet inside.

Are there any female relatives in the back hall? Is the mother tiger in charge?

Wait, maybe Hu Sanniang is here too, asking Mu Dachong to do the work?
Thinking of this, Yang Changqing couldn't help but glance at the main table, thinking that Hei Sanlang's work was indeed flawless. Song Qing had been working for so long in the early stage, and now he asked Gu Dasao to do the PUA. How could the young girl Hu Sanniang withstand it?
Is this how you want to play? I will leave the table early and steal your crystal.

Before the celebration banquet began, Chao Gai said a few symbolic words. His eloquence was not as good as Song Jiang's, so everyone responded perfunctorily. This was how the eating and drinking began.

Yang Chang was still the same as usual, eating, drinking and chatting with the people at the same table, and did not go to other tables to toast.

During the banquet, Li Jun brought the Tong brothers to congratulate, and Hou Jian was amazed by their intimacy.

He didn't know that Yang Chang's ability to gain Li Jun's favor had little to do with his close relationship with Song Jiang, but was mainly due to his strong strength and respect.

When Yang Chang stood up to toast, he suddenly saw Wang Aihu glanced towards the back hall and cursed inwardly that this guy had a relapse of his old illness.

After Li Jun and the other two left, Yang Chang observed Wang Ying intentionally or unintentionally.

This guy was seen toasting people one by one, and he stayed for a long time in the row facing the back hall door on the right side, swaying his body and peeking at the small door at the back. Zheng Tianshou pulled him from time to time to remind him.

Hu Sanniang will be in the back. No, I have to leave early and find the old man to finalize the matter.

Just as Yang Chang was about to stand up and say goodbye, someone suddenly pressed heavily on his left shoulder. He turned around and found that it was Li Kui.

Is he here to toast? Or have I been exposed? Why didn't Dai Zong come with us?
Yang Chang attacked Li Kui twice. It's hard to say that he didn't feel guilty at all, but he wasn't panic-stricken either.

"Captain Li, are you here to drink?"

"Hey, I'm not in the mood today"

Li Kui took a stool from the neighboring table, sat down next to Yang Chang, and said cautiously: "I feel like I have offended something dirty."

"Ok?"

Li Kui thought his voice was not loud, but Xiao Rang and others heard his rough voice and thought to themselves, "You, the Black Whirlwind, are also afraid of dirty things?"

"Uh, what do you mean?"

"Mr. Yiqing is not on the mountain. I remember Dean Dai once said that Brother Yang dressed up as a Taoist priest before going up the mountain. Does he also know the Taoist art of exorcising evil spirits? How about helping me exorcise the evil spirits?"

"what?"

Yang Chang smiled awkwardly, pointed at Xiao Rang and said: "That was deliberately pretending to be good at walking. Mr. Xiao knows my background. I only know a little bit about Feng Shui. To exorcise evil spirits, you have to find a real Taoist priest."

"Is that so?" Li Kui scratched his head and looked at Xiao Rang for confirmation.

Xiao Rang twisted his beard and nodded in affirmation, saying, "Feng Shui is indeed different from exorcism, but you can create a Feng Shui situation in your home to drive away the evil spirits around the owner. Of course, this is what Brother Yang said in his book."

"That's fine too. You can help me with the cloth."

Li Kui was overjoyed when he heard this. He turned his head and begged Yang Chang. His humble expression was like a child asking his parents for a mobile phone.

"Uh"

Yang Chang couldn't refuse, so he said, "You have to tell me the reason, right?"

"I collapsed in the camp this morning. You should know about this. I was kicked into the water at the bow, but they said they didn't see anyone."

"Where is the wound? Let me see."

"Oh"

Li Kui was as obedient as a patient. He turned his back to Yang Chang and lifted up his clothes, revealing the bruise caused by the stone.

Yang Chang came closer to take a closer look and thought to himself: This guy has really thick skin and tough flesh. I threw the stone with such great force but it didn't even break his skin. If I want to kill this guy, maybe I can only use poison or a sharp weapon?

"How about it?"

“It certainly looks like it was hit.”

Yang Chang frowned and looked serious. He suddenly wanted to disgust Li Kui, so he deliberately lied: "Captain Li, do you think it is possible that you killed too many innocent people today, so you are haunted by evil spirits?"

"Innocent? You mean Hujiazhuang? No, no."

Li Kui waved his hands and said seriously, "I was hit on the head this morning, but I hadn't gone to chop down the Hujia Village yet. Besides, how can they be innocent in their luxurious living? Why do they live better than me? Even if I am haunted by evil spirits, I will kill all the corrupt officials and rich people!"

"Haha, Chief Li is really a man of character, really open-minded."

Yang Chang smiled awkwardly, thinking that although you are reckless, your mind seems to be quite clear. Did I make you smarter? But your hatred of the rich is just like those fools in later generations.

However, although they are equally simple-minded and their minds are full of killing, Li Kui is better than the online trolls with keyboards. These trash are not even as good as dogs in real life. Dogs know how to bark and show their teeth, but how could they have the courage to open their mouths offline?
"Hehe, I'm not being open-minded. Mr. Yiqing will be back sooner or later, and I can exorcise the evil spirits then, right? You have to help me with the Feng Shui first."

"no problem."

Yang Chang smiled at Li Kui and a prank idea came to his mind.

(End of this chapter)