Chapter 61: Admitting defeat at a huge expense
"Is it solved?" The man in iron armor asked with a cynical look on his face.
"As expected, he is just a monkey. Although his internal energy level is average, his body skills are very flexible." The man in a strong suit replied.
"Haha, are you lost?" the other party said with a bad smile.
"Humph, you jumped into the river after being hit by me. You won't survive." The strong man turned around and entered the camp.
The man in the iron armor curled his lips and stopped sarcastic. Instead, he turned his head and glanced at A Diao, who had lost his breath. Walking up to him, making sure that the other person was indeed dead, he said softly: "You know I am in front of you, but you still turn around to remind him. He is your very good brother. Don't worry, he will go down to accompany you soon. Oh. , you said you want to know who won the first game?" As he said that, he pulled a strip of cloth from A Diao's shirt, and then said: "Don't worry, if I know the result, I will write it on it and burn it. you."
After saying that, the man dragged A Diao by one foot with one hand, like dragging a dead dog, and dragged him into the tent.
The man opened the curtain of the tent and entered the tent. He saw that there were still five people in the tent at this time.
The man in strong attire who had just entered the camp was standing on the far left.
"Fourth and fifth, why are you so slow?" the leader, a bald man, asked in a hoarse voice.
"It's all Lao Wu's fault. He dealt with a strong man in the Qi Realm and let him run away!" The man in the iron armor of the guard yelled first.
The bald man glanced at Lao Wu. Lao Wu pondered for a moment and replied: "If you take a slap from me, jump into the river and you will die."
The bald man nodded slightly and ordered: "When the second and third sons recover, go see Mr. Shui in the evening."
The fourth child dragged A'Diao's body to the back hall of the camp and saw three bodies already there. Two of them had their coats stripped off. There is also a person wearing a raincoat and bamboo hat worn by strong men.
The fourth man threw A'Diao's body to the ground, took off his iron coat, threw it onto one of the bodies that had been stripped of its coat, and muttered: "It's really hard to wear such a heavy thing."
The fourth child walked back to the front hall of the camp, glanced at the second and third children who were still cross-legged and recovering, walked up to the fifth child, and whispered to him in a low voice: "This village is not big, but there are many good people."
Lao Wu clasped his hands on his chest and nodded in response: "We discovered it in the previous battle. Not to mention the monkey who ran away just now, it is not easy for the guard Tieyi and the two strong men in the back hall to do it. This is for the five of us together. With a sneak attack, he could still injure the second and third oldest ones. Tsk tsk, if the boss hadn't taken action, I guess even if we take down those three people, we would still be seriously injured."
The fourth child changed from his previous lazy look and said seriously: "That guy named A Diao is also pretty good. Although he is definitely not as good as me, he is really cool to be able to dodge my more cool knife in such a cool way."
Lao Wu smiled slightly and said: "A sword that can be dodged is not a chic sword."
The fourth old man laughed and said, "Then you slapped the opponent and let him run away. Isn't this a cool slap?"
Lao Wu ignored the other party and murmured: "Death is dead, but why did you jump into the river?" However, no one present heard what he said.
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On the banks of the Chunfeng River, Ouye Trading Company.
"What? In the first match, the opponent gave up?" a man yelled.
"Yes, I heard that too. The boy named Qi Chengcheng actually abstained from voting." said a woman next to him.
"How could this happen? That Qi Chengcheng's performance in the ring competition is still very eye-catching, his physical skills and skills are very outstanding. Why did he give up without even holding on to half a stick of incense?" The man was very confused by this result.
"After all, the opponent is Zhang Yanshi, who is among the strongest people in the Guard Iron Armor except for the captain level!" The people next to him also followed up in the discussion.
"Hey, if I had known earlier, I would have placed my bet on the match!" Many of them complained.
In the finals of this martial arts competition, in order to make money, merchants divided the odds into two types: victory and defeat bets and battle bets. Among them, the "win or lose bet" only depends on who wins or loses between the two sides. The "battle bet" refers to how long it will take for the pressing side to defeat the other side. The grades are also finer, ranging from half a stick of incense to more than four sticks of incense. Generally, the battle time rarely exceeds one hour (that is, four sticks of incense), so the battle time that exceeds four sticks of incense is classified into one level.
Generally, bettors focus on the "win-loss bet", while the "fight bet" is just a supplement.
For example, a person has one hundred taels of silver, of which ninety taels are worth Zhang Yanshi, and the remaining 10 taels are worth two sticks of incense. So based on the handicap before the start of the game, Zhang Yanshi’s winning odds are three to four, and Zhang Yanshi defeated his opponent within half a stick of incense (including the opponent admitting defeat). Then, this person's winning bet will be one hundred and twenty taels, and the battle bet will be zero.
If this person's 10-tael battle bet is within half a stick of incense, then according to the odds, Zhang Shiyan's odds of winning within half a stick of incense are 10 to 10. Then this person will get one hundred and twenty taels for the winning bet, and one hundred and twenty taels for the battle bet, for a total of two hundred and twenty taels.
"Have you noticed that in the first battle, the odds of betting within half a stick of incense are not high!" Someone at the scene suddenly shouted.
For a moment everyone looked at the curtain announcing the handicap. I saw on the screen that in the first battle, the battle bet, the odds for the block within half a stick of incense were 1 to 10. Although the odds are not low, in the half stick of incense category, they are significantly lower. For example, in the battle between Zhao Long and Li Xintian, at this time, the odds within half a stick of incense were 50 to 1. After all, they are all champions who have won through the ring battle. No one believes that they can't even hold on to half a stick of incense.
"Yeah, why is it so low?" People speculated one after another.
At this time, a young man emerged from the crowd. He was wearing a moon-white open dress, a gold ring tied the ponytail at the back of his head, and a pair of cyan trousers, with the trouser legs stuffed into a pair of deerskin boots. . The young man swaggered up to the counter of Ouye Trading Company, slapped the chips in his hand, and shouted: "Where are you? I'm here to exchange money. Please prepare some money for me!"
"Huh? Isn't this Qi Chengcheng who just participated in the competition? Did he also place a bet?" Many people recognized Qi Chengcheng and asked questions.
The clerk from Ouye Trading Company respectfully took the calculation, and soon there was a small box there, with a thick stack of banknotes neatly placed inside.
Qi Chengcheng didn't count it, picked up the banknotes, winked at the clerk, and ducked into the crowd.
Only then did people realize that it was Qi Chengcheng. I placed a heavy bet before the game, betting that I would lose, and I would lose the game within half a stick of incense.
Similarly, it was Qi Chengcheng who spent a lot of money on his own loss. As a result, Zhang Yanshi's odds of winning within half a stick of incense dropped. Because when merchants open orders, in addition to handling fees, they have to make money no matter what, and they cannot lose money doing business.
Just as Qi Chengcheng was causing big trouble at Ouye Trading Company, there was also a group of people on the other side of the Chunfeng River who were paying close attention to the disturbances in the Chunfeng River.
