At night, hundreds of kilometers away from Lizard City in the Red Dragon Principality, in a small hotel in a certain post town, a moth flapped its wings and flew around a worn-out lamp.
Under the light bulb, two men were playing poker around a small table. There were some copper coins and silver coins piled on the table as chips.
"Mr. Qin, I have four kings, you'd better admit defeat." Cassie grabbed the cards and said proudly.
"Why can't I have four aces?" Chen Xing looked at the cards in his hand and put them on the table.
"Hee hee hee..." Cassie let out a mean laugh and showed Chen Xing an Ace of Clubs card.
"Maybe I have a royal flush." Chen Xing said disapprovingly.
"Haha, it's impossible. The probability of a flush is too low." Cassie became more and more proud.
"You can get four kings and an ace, why can't I get a straight flush?" Chen Xing said as he opened the top two cards, which were spades 2 and spades 4.
"Don't bluff," Cassie said.
"Maybe the next card will be the 3 of spades." Chen Xing said in a pretentious tone, and then turned over the third card, which was a 5 of spades. "Look, it might be a straight flush."
"No way, you will never have the 3 of spades." Cassie said.
"Then let's add two silver coins to the bet. How about that?" Chen Xing asked.
"Just add it!" Cassie replied confidently.
The two sides added chips, and Chen Xing turned over the fourth card, which was the 3 of spades. Cassie's already dark face turned even darker.
"The last card can be the Ace of Spades or the Six of Spades. The possibility of a flush is very high," Chen Xing said.
Cassie's face was a little ugly, she was silent and did not answer, as if she was thinking about the truth or falsehood of Chen Xing's words.
"Well, I won you a lot of money today. As long as you surrender now, you will lose half." Chen Xing said calmly.
"No, you can't be a flush!" Cassie shouted.
"Then how about adding two more silver coins?" Chen Xing leaned forward, his voice carrying great pressure.
"You are too greedy, Mr. Qin." Cassie refused.
Chen Xing saw that the other party's thinking was a little loose, so he added more fire, "Since you are so confident, why don't you win more?" While speaking, he lifted the corner of the last card, revealing half a black number. , obviously a "6".
Cassie frowned and fell into a fierce ideological struggle. Finally, he smashed his cards on the table and said in frustration, "Forget it, I admit defeat..." and then emphasized, "It can only count half!"
"OK!" Chen Xing laughed. Cassie's face changed and she had a bad feeling.
"Look clearly." Chen Xing flipped his hand, and it was a club six. It was just an ordinary straight, without Cassie's four kings.
"Oh, my God, Mr. Qin, you are such a shameless liar!" Cassie scratched her head and howled in pain. This was the best card he got tonight, but he didn't expect to lose. This yellow monkey is so cunning. As of today, he has lost more than ten gold coins.
"Tuk tuk tuk..."
The two were about to start the next game when there was a knock on the door. The door opened and it was Su Xuefei.
"You guys talk first, I have to go back and do laundry." Cassie immediately left knowingly.
"What's wrong?" After Cassie left, Chen Xing sat down and asked.
"Well..." Su Xuefei hesitated for a while and then said, "I have something I want to ask you to help me with..."
"For Shasha's matter?" Chen Xing asked. Before Su Xuefei came, he had already guessed that she would come.
About half an hour ago, he and Cassie heard Sasha arguing with a man in the room. The reason was that the man said that Sasha's service was not good and refused to pay. It's not easy for them to interfere in this kind of thing. Although everyone is friends, they are mercenaries who work for money. Su Muchu has no interest relationship with them, and they have no corresponding obligations.
But he also knew that Su Muchu didn't have much money, and all her savings were half of the property rights of the small building, which had been burned down by Aaliyah.
Therefore, Su Muchu would not come to him because she could not afford the money to hire mercenaries to do the work, so she could only ask her daughter to come.
"Shasha asked him for money, but he not only refused to give it, but also slapped her. If this continues, the sisters will no longer be able to do business here." Su Xuefei said worriedly.
"I can help, but..." Chen Xing did not finish what he said. Facing his old lover from his previous life, he could not ask for money. But rules are rules, and there is no such thing as a free lunch. Mercenaries exchange blood for money. He escorted them here for free, which is the most benevolent thing. Not to mention, he also paid Cassie a "disaster commission fee" of one hundred gold coins.
He wants to escape and strengthen himself, and money is needed for everything. After all the money was spent, he couldn't be so shameless as to ask Ye Yang Bailiu for it, right? How ugly that must be...
So, you can help, but you need money.
"My mother said that I will give you and Cassie a 20% commission in the future." Before Chen Xing could say anything, Su Xuefei continued, "I know that according to industry regulations, we should give 35%, but It’s very difficult for us now. In addition to eating, we also have to pay for hotel expenses, so..."
"I understand." Chen Xing interrupted her and said, "That's enough. You go and inquire about that person first, and then we take action."
"Okay." Su Xuefei nodded, then turned and left.
Chen Xing stayed in the room and waited. It was not appropriate for him and Cassie to inquire, as it would be easy to alert the enemy.
In addition, the reason why he stayed here was because he wanted to find a caravan heading to Sanchahe City. He couldn't stay in the Lizard City for too long. It was best to get there in one step and take a boat directly down the river to leave the Red Dragon Principality.
As for Su Xuefei and her daughter, they were unable to settle down in Monitor City because they didn't have enough money. They could only make some money in the surrounding post towns before going there.
Therefore, they have to stay here in the near future and cannot make things too big. It depends on the situation. If it's easy to handle, handle it. If it's not easy to handle, just tolerate it.
At half past ten o'clock in the evening, Su Xuefei came back and told Chen Xing what her mother and the Orioles had learned.
The freeloader is a mercenary, but he doesn't have a team. I came here a few months ago and have been staying in this store. I seem to have a good relationship with the owner. They were seen drinking together and sometimes bragging and chatting at the bar.
After hearing this, Chen Xing immediately understood that the other party was ordered by the owner of this store. Generally speaking, the cost of crime in Yi Town is very high, and few people want to cause trouble.
Su Muchu's Liuying was here to attract customers, but she didn't give the bar owner a commission, so the other party warned them in this way. Maybe Su Muchu stayed in Crow City for too long and forgot the rules of the wilderness, or she was greedy for petty gains, or she kept Chen Xing and Cassie for herself and didn't want to give the bar owner a commission, so she suffered a fate.
The situation before was very simple, just give it a try, but now it has become a bit complicated. If they surrender, it means they have no backing. As punishment for not obeying the rules, the shop owner will intensify the exploitation and even find local gangsters to control them.
In the wilderness, the weak eat the strong, even in Yi Town. It's just that compared to the wilderness, Yi Town has an extra security team, so they can't kill and rob casually. But for minor crimes, such as fights and freeloading, the security forces usually turn a blind eye.
After understanding the situation, Chen Xing called Cassie, told him about the commission, and then came to where the mercenary lived. It is also on the second floor, only seven or eight rooms away from where Chen Xing lives.
The other party has no background in a mercenary group, he is just a loner, and his background is just a bar owner, so he has nothing to worry about.
"Tuk-tuk-tuk!"
"Who?"
Cassie knocked on the door a few times, and soon a male voice came from inside.
"I'm an electrician. There's no power in a few rooms over there. I want to check the wiring." Cassie said in a high voice.
"Click!" The door opened quickly, revealing a face wearing a pirate turban.
"Why didn't you bring any tools?" The mercenary looked puzzled, and the only answer was Cassie's fist.
With a few "ping bells and bangs", Cassie beat the opponent's eyes black. Chen Xing also rushed in and kicked him several times. The mercenary lay on the ground like a dead dog, with only air coming out and no air coming in.
"Hitting a woman?" Cassie grabbed the other party's collar and slapped her, "I hate trash that hits women!"
Hearing the noise upstairs, the bar owner ran up and soon saw Chen Xing and the mercenary who was beaten half to death by them.
"You, how can you hit someone!" the bar owner shouted in a trembling voice with a look of horror on his face.
After arriving here, Chen Xing has not had dinner with Su Xuefei and the others, because in order to save money, Su Muchu always went to the market to buy ingredients and cooked them herself, so the bar owner did not know about their relationship.
Chen Xing grabbed the bar owner by the collar, pulled it in front of his eyes, and said viciously, "You are freeloaders and you beat my people. Okay, let's go to the sheriff to argue!"
The bar owner knew he was wrong and his eyes flickered. The security team also prefers those who are weak and afraid of those who are hard. They will help those who are not easy to bully. If you go to the Sheriff's office, you'll inevitably have to stuff some money in, which is not worth the loss.
"Brothers, please don't make this matter too big. It will not be good for everyone." The bar owner begged for mercy, with a sincere tone and sincere eyes. Who can open a bar in Yi Town who is not a well-rounded veteran? He is capable of bending and stretching, capable of good and evil, he can turn against someone faster than turning the page in a book, and he can be more relaxed than begging for mercy.
"Let's do this..." Chen Xing let go of the bar owner's collar, patted him on the shoulder, and looked at the mercenary lying on the ground, "I will give you a 5% commission from now on, which will be considered as compensation for your medical expenses."
As the saying goes, money cannot be earned by one person. Since you are soliciting business in other people's stores, you should still give some benefits so that it can last long.
"Okay, brother has the final say." The bar owner simply agreed, then called the waiter to come up and sent the mercenary to a nearby clinic.
