Yang Jian walked up to the young man and asked, "Didn't Brother Xiong die? How did another Brother Xiong appear?"
"The one who died was Xiong Da. His younger brother, Xiong Er, has taken his place."
"Are you saying Xiong Er has become the boss of Xunsi River?"
Yang Jian felt a bit uneasy. What he had been worried about had indeed happened.
"Of course. Brother Xiong Er has taken over all of Brother Xiong's territory and brothers, so naturally, he's the boss around here. Hurry up and let me go. We smashed your car, and you injured our people. This matter is settled today."
The young man was eager to get away. While threatening, he also tried to trick Yang Jian.
Yang Jian wanted to ask more about Xiong Er and the Eight Vajras, but a cold laugh suddenly came from nearby. "Talking without fear of biting your tongue. When did Xiong Er become the boss of Xunsi River?"
The speaker was a young man, about eighteen or nineteen years old, who had come from the excavator. Yang Jian looked back and found him somewhat familiar, but he couldn't recall his name. He should be one of Li Jin's men; he had been present at the Golden Flower fraud operation.
Biao Biao recognized him. "Xiao Peng, why are you here?"
Xiao Peng smiled at Biao Biao and then said to Yang Jian, "Brother Jian, Brother Jin has been wanting to contact you. I didn't expect you to show up here. I'll call him right away and have him sort this out."
This statement carried a lot of information. Yang Jian sensed that Li Jin's influence might be even greater than Xiong Er's.
But as Xiao Peng took out his phone, his expression changed. More than a dozen cars had suddenly rushed in from the main entrance, clearly Xiong Er's men.
The convoy stopped about twenty meters ahead. Thirty to forty people got out of the cars, all carrying machetes and wooden clubs. Led by a burly young man with a buzz cut, they charged forward. It seemed they had no intention of negotiating and were going straight for a fight.
"Biao Biao, take Xiao Li back. Afeng, Anan, let's go."
Yang Jian pulled out another extendable baton and charged forward. As long as the opponents didn't have firearms, the three of them had nothing to fear.
Afeng and Anan were highly synchronized, flanking Yang Jian on the left and right like tigers descending a mountain, rushing into the enemy crowd.
Zheng Guangyao and his workers were stunned. They all felt Yang Jian was crazy. With so many opponents, he was actually initiating an attack. Wasn't this suicidal?
Xiao Peng was even more anxious, frantically calling Li Jin, hoping he would arrive in time to save Yang Jian's life. Although he knew Yang Jian could fight, there were too many opponents, and they were all armed. With only three people, they stood no chance of winning, and injury was inevitable. They might even be chopped to death on the spot.
"Brother Jin, hurry and bring your men over. Yang Jian is fighting with Xiong Er."
"Who? Who's fighting with Xiong Er?"
"Yang Jian, the Yang Jian who partnered with you to open the venue. He's now fighting with Xiong Er at the resettlement housing construction site. Xiong Er has brought over thirty people, and Yang Jian only has three."
"Damn, what's going on? Why did Yang Jian suddenly appear? Hello, hello, Xiao Peng, why aren't you talking?"
At this moment, Xiao Peng was completely stunned because an unbelievable scene was unfolding before his eyes.
Yang Jian and his two companions were like a strong wind sweeping away fallen leaves. In less than three minutes, they had the thirty-plus opponents in disarray, crying and howling.
"Brother Jin, they... they're done fighting."
Xiao Peng was somewhat incoherent.
"Done fighting? So quickly? Yang Jian's combat power is very strong. Even if he couldn't win, he should have been able to escape, right? Is he injured? Do we need to call an ambulance?"
Li Jin's tone was full of concern.
"Brother Jin, Yang Jian and his group won. The three of them actually made Xiong Er and his men unable to fight back. They're too fierce, I can't believe my eyes."
"Damn, is that true?"
"It's true. Hurry and come over. You have to clean up this mess. Yang Jian and his people are outsiders. If the police show up, it'll be troublesome."
"Alright, you help control the situation. I'll be there immediately."
Xiao Peng hung up the phone and immediately ran over. Yang Jian had Xiong Er's head pinned under his foot.
"Who the hell are you? If you have the guts, kill me. Otherwise, you won't be able to leave Xunsi River today."
Xiong Er's features were very similar to Brother Xiong's, but he was much younger, probably only twenty-seven or twenty-eight. Although he was being restrained, he was still very arrogant.
Seeing Xiao Peng approach, Yang Jian asked, "Xiao Peng, he should be Xiong Er, right?"
"Yes, he's Xiong Er. He's been fighting with Brother Jin for territory."
"Are you Li Jin's man? Let me go. Li Jin doesn't dare to touch me. You're looking for death."
Xiong Er naturally recognized Xiao Peng and heard that the person pinning him down was associated with Li Jin.
Yang Jian squatted down and looked at him mockingly. "My name is Yang Jian. Didn't your brother tell you about me? Even he didn't dare to be this arrogant with me face-to-face. Are you more impressive than him?"
Xiong Er's head couldn't move, but his voice trembled slightly. "Yang... Yang Jian, you're Yang Jian? How are you here?"
"Don't worry about how I'm here. I just want to ask you, can I get out of Xunsi River today?"
"Yes, yes, yes, Brother Jian, Mr. Yang, I was wrong. Please let me go."
Xiong Er completely surrendered. Yang Jian's name was well-known in this area because he had beaten Brother Xiong into ceding the territory of the Seventh Brigade to Xiao Wu back then.
Although he wasn't present at the time, he knew the whole story. His older brother had always been fearful of Yang Jian, so he wanted to kill him, but unfortunately, Yang Jian escaped.
He didn't expect Yang Jian to return. He himself didn't have his brother's strength, and opposing Yang Jian was purely seeking death.
"My people beat up my truck and driver. How do you plan to settle that?"
"I'll compensate. Whatever amount you say, I'll agree to."
Yang Jian waved his hand and called Xiao Li over. "Xiao Li, please assess how much compensation is appropriate for the car."
Xiao Li was also an honest person. "They broke all the glass, and the windshield is the most expensive. Five thousand yuan for compensation should be fine."
Xiong Er quickly said, "I'll pay ten thousand, Mr. Yang. I'll also treat you to a meal and apologize."
Yang Jian sneered. "Ten thousand? What about the assault? Didn't you see he can't straighten his back?"
"Then how about twenty thousand, or you can name your price."
"Take your people and leave the truck here, then send ten thousand yuan over. This matter will be settled."
Yang Jian knew that Brother Xiong had been operating here for many years and had assets of over a hundred million. Xiong Er, having taken over his territory, should also be quite capable. Since he had fallen into his hands today, he should at least bleed a little.
"No problem. I'll call someone to send ten thousand over right away."
"Also, the boss of this construction site, Mr. Zheng, is my brother. Your people are not allowed to appear here from now on."
"Okay, I'll listen to you. I won't interfere with this construction site."
Xiong Er felt extremely uncomfortable being stepped on, feeling like his neck was about to break. So, he agreed to everything Yang Jian said, just hoping to get up sooner.
Only then did Yang Jian release him. Xiong Er quickly got up and took out his phone to call someone to send the money.
Zheng Guangyao felt like he was dreaming. He thought someone was going to die today and that Yang Jian was in grave danger. He never expected things to turn around so quickly. Not only had they routed the opponents, but Xiong Er also knew Yang Jian's reputation and had completely surrendered, thus resolving the crisis at the construction site.