Chapter 12: Falling Cup as a Number
Seeing that Ye Mingsheng still dared to refuse at this time, Li Wanshun, holding the goose-wing knife, immediately cursed:
"You are such a fool, if I don't teach you a lesson, you will think you are such a big shot!"

After saying this, the furious Li Wanshun picked up the knife in his hand and wanted to subdue Ye Mingsheng. However, as soon as he moved, Ye Mingsheng sneered and loosened his hand, and the wine glass fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

"boom!"

As the sound rang out, Ye Tie and others who had been lying in ambush outside the living room immediately rushed in with steel knives in hand. Ye Tie, who was the first to be hit, quickly kicked Li Wanshun to the ground before he could react to what was happening, and then put the knife on his neck. Feeling the coldness of the steel knife in Ye Tie's hand, the originally arrogant Li Wanshun immediately lay on the ground obediently and closed his mouth tightly.

Li Wanshun was in such a state, so Wang Kangxin was naturally not much better off. He was also subdued by the personal soldiers who broke in. Ye Ju put a heavy three-barreled gun against the back of his head.

However, Wang Kangxin was indeed a man of character. Although his life and death were controlled by others, he did not show any fear. He looked at Ye Mingsheng deeply and then said;
"Ye Mingsheng didn't expect that you are so brave that you actually set up a Hongmen Banquet for me here!"

Ye Mingsheng turned a deaf ear to the sarcasm in Wang Kangxin's words. He calmly picked up a piece of the braised beef on the table, put it into his mouth, and began to eat slowly.

Although the alcohol content of the wine was not high, his body was not fully recovered yet and the alcohol had some aftereffects, so his head was still a little dizzy. What they were going to talk about next was very important, so it would be best to eat something to calm his mind as much as possible.

After eating several mouthfuls of braised beef in soy sauce, Ye Mingsheng, feeling the alcohol was suppressed, stood up and walked to Li Wanshun's side and said lightly:
"If I heard correctly, Brother Li just called you a bastard. Who are you calling a bastard?"

Seeing that Ye Mingsheng intended to humiliate him, Li Wanshun suddenly became furious. He looked at Ye Mingsheng with wide eyes, wishing he could cut him into pieces.

But unfortunately, at this time, Ye Tie had the knife in his hand on his neck. Naturally, he didn't dare to yell at Ye Mingsheng anymore. He could only turn his head away and not answer.

Seeing that Li Wanshun was still not cooperating, Ye Mingsheng did not get angry. He calmly took the knife from Ye Tie, and then gently cut Li Wanshun's arm. Then Li Wanshun let out a painful groan, and a trickle of bright red blood flowed out from the wound.

Feeling the pain of the wound, Li Wanshun, who had been snorting and refusing to answer, immediately panicked. After realizing that Ye Mingsheng really dared to hurt him, he suppressed his inner humiliation, closed his eyes and whispered;
"Scold myself!"

"louder!"

"I called myself a piece of shit!"

After getting a satisfactory answer from Li Wanshun, Ye Mingsheng smiled slightly and returned the knife to Ye Tie. The latter immediately tore off a piece of cloth to stop the bleeding of Li Wanshun to prevent him from going into shock due to excessive blood loss.

Wang Kangxin, who was watching this scene coldly, suddenly said coldly: "Injury and insulting colleagues, based on these two charges, you, Ye Mingsheng, can be dismissed and investigated!" Seeing that Wang Kangxin still dared to threaten him, Ye Mingsheng sat opposite him and said with some emotion: "I have heard that you, brother Wang, remain calm even when faced with a catastrophe. Today, I see that the rumors are true..."

Wang Kangxin did not buy into Ye Mingsheng's "compliments". He still said in a cold tone, very confidently: "Ye Mingsheng, you don't have the guts to kill me!"

Feeling the firm confidence expressed in Wang Kangxin's words, Ye Mingsheng smiled slightly and said calmly:
"Brother Wang, you are right. I, Ye Mingsheng, naturally do not have the courage to kill my colleagues. But just because I don't dare to kill them doesn't mean others don't dare to do so. Especially those bandits and mountain robbers. They are the most lawless. They don't care whether you are from a noble family or an official appointed by the court."

"It just so happens that within my jurisdiction, there are bandits everywhere. Among them, a group of bandits called Black Mountain Wind is particularly powerful. Brother Wang, if, I mean if, you and Brother Li are not careful and die at the hands of Black Mountain Wind, can I wipe out this group of bandits and avenge you two?"

After Ye Mingsheng said this, although Wang Kangxin tried his best to remain calm, by observing his quietly clenched fists, Ye Mingsheng was able to realize that Wang Kangxin was definitely not as calm as he showed on his face.

After a moment's silence, Wang Kangxin's attitude finally softened, and he said in a deep voice: "As long as you participate in the plan, I can help you solve the problem you committed. You know my uncle is a captain of the Supervisory Department, and this matter is nothing to him..."

"This couldn't be better!"

Seeing that Wang Kangxin chose to compromise, Ye Mingsheng felt a little relieved and smiled:

Witnessed by the five personal soldiers and the weapons in their hands, Wang Kangxin and Li Wanshun were very happy. They signed and sealed Ye Mingsheng's official document respectively.
Looking at the bright red handprints on the official documents, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but smile. With the endorsement of these two people, he was no longer afraid that Wang Kangxin and his uncle Qianhu would not do their job. Otherwise, he would be in trouble and Wang Kangxin would be in trouble too.

After carefully putting away the two documents, Ye Mingsheng waved his hand, and the five guards immediately put away their weapons and stood aside. Then he looked around, and Wang and Li, who had gloomy faces, said very seriously:

"With your guarantee, I can put my heart at ease. I am relieved and you two don't have to worry. As long as you take action, I will not let any soldiers from Gongdu cross Ruishan!"

Wang Kangxin and Li Wanshun, who were forced to be guarantors for Ye Mingsheng, looked at each other after hearing Ye Mingsheng's guarantee. Their gloomy expressions gradually eased. Their main purpose, after all, was to use intimidation and inducement to get Ye Mingsheng to join their plan. Although they were careless and were tricked by Ye Mingsheng, at least their goal was achieved.

Noticing the changes in the expressions of the two men, Ye Mingsheng sneered in his heart, and suddenly changed his tone and said with some distress: "Although I, Ye, am willing to fight for you two, but these brothers under my command have not received their salaries for several months. I am afraid it will be difficult for me to command them if there is no more money in the account..."

(End of this chapter)