In the Water Margin
Yang Xiong works as an executioner in Jizhou. His pale complexion and martial bearing earn him the name Pale Guan Suo. When local bullies surround him, the traveller Shi Xiu intervenes. They swear brotherhood, and Yang Xiong brings his rescuer into his household.
Shi Xiu discovers the affair between Pan Qiaoyun and the monk Pei Ruhai, but his warning is turned against him. After the truth emerges, Yang Xiong kills Pan Qiaoyun at Cuiping Mountain. He leaves with Shi Xiu and Shi Qian for Liangshan; Shi Qian’s arrest at Zhu Family Manor draws the band into a much larger conflict. Yang Xiong eventually takes seat thirty-two under the Tianlao star.
