Data Wasteland

At night, hundreds of kilometers away from the Red Dragon Principality Monitor Lizard City, in a small hotel in a post town, a moth flapped its wings and flew around a dilapidated lamp.

Below the light bulb, two men are playing poker around a small table, with some copper and silver coins piled up as chips.

"Mr Qin, I have four kings, you should give up." Cassie grabbed the card and said triumphantly.

"Why can't I have four aces?" Chen Xing glanced at the cards in his hand and asked when he put them on the table.

"Hehehe..." Cassie let out a mean laugh, and showed Chen Xing a club ace card.

"Maybe I have a straight flush." ​​Chen Xing said disapprovingly.

"Haha, it's impossible, the probability of a straight flush is too low." Cassie became more and more proud.

"You can take four kings and one ace, why can't I take a straight flush?" Chen Xing said as he opened the top two cards, two of spades and four of spades.

"Don't bluff," Cassie said.

"Maybe the next one is the 3 of spades." Chen Xing pretended to say deeply, and then opened the third card, which was a 5 of spades. "Look, it might be a straight flush."

"Impossible, you will never have three of spades." Cassie said.

"Then we are adding two silver coins, how about it?" Chen Xing asked.

"Add it!" Cassie replied confidently.

Both sides added chips, and Chen Xing opened the fourth card, which was the 3 of spades. Cassie's already dark face became darker.

"The last card can be the ace of spades or the six of spades. The possibility of a straight flush is very high," Chen Xing said.

Cassie's face was a little ugly, silent, without answering, as if he was thinking about the truth and falsehood of Chen Xing's words.

"Well, I won you a lot of money today, as long as you surrender now, even if you lose half of it." Chen Xing said calmly.

"No, you can never be a straight flush!" Cassie cried out.

"Then add two silver coins, how about it?" Chen Xing leaned forward, his voice full of pressure.

"You are too greedy, Mr. Qin." Cassie refused.

Chen Xing saw that the opponent's mind was a little loose, and added a 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, fell into a fierce thought struggle, and finally smashed his hand on the table, and said frustratedly, "Forget it, I give up..." Then he emphasized, "It can only be half!"

"OK!" Chen Xing laughed, and Cassie's face changed and she had a bad feeling.

"Look clearly." Chen Xing flipped his hand, and it was a club six, just an ordinary straight, not as big as Cassie's four kings.

"Oh, my goodness, Mr. Qin, you are such a shameless liar!" Cassie grabbed his head and howled in pain. This is the best card he got tonight, but he didn't expect to lose. This yellow monkey is too cunning, and until today, he has lost more than ten gold coins.

"Tuk tu tu..."

The two were about to start the next game when suddenly there was a knock on the door. Opened the door, it was Su Xuefei.

"You guys talk first, I have to go back to do the laundry

clothes. "Cassie left wittily.

"What's the matter?" Chen Xing sat down and asked after Cassie had left.

"Hmm..." Su Xuefei hesitated for a while before saying, "I have something, I want to ask you to help..."

"For Sasha's matter?" Chen Xing asked. Before Su Xuefei came, he had 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 Salsa's service was not good and refused to pay. It's not easy for them to intervene in this kind of thing. Although everyone is a friend, they are mercenaries and take money to do things. Su Muzhu has not established an interest relationship with them, and they have no corresponding obligations.

But he also knew that Su Muzhu didn't have much money, and all his savings were half of the property rights of the small building, which had now been burned out by Aaliyah.

Therefore, Su Muzhu would not come to him, because she couldn't afford to ask mercenaries to do things, so she could only let her daughter come.

"Sa Sha asked him for money, not only did he not give it, but also slapped her. If this goes on, the sisters will not be able to do business here." Su Xuefei said worriedly.

"I can help, but..." Chen Xing didn't finish the following words, facing the old lover of the previous life, he couldn't open his mouth to withdraw money. But rules are rules, and there is no free lunch in the world. The mercenaries exchange money with blood, and he has done his best to **** them here for free. Not to mention, he also paid Cassie’s "disaster commission fee" of 100 gold coins.

He wants to flee, but also to strengthen himself, and money is used everywhere. When the money is gone, he can't brazenly ask Ye Yang Bailiu for it, right? How ugly...

So, help is fine, but it requires money.

"My mother said, I will give you and Cassie a 20% commission in the future." Before Chen Xing could speak, Su Xuefei continued, "I know, according to the rules, we should pay 35%, but We are now very difficult. In addition to eating, we have to pay for the hotel, so..."

"I see." Chen Xing interrupted her. "That's it. You should first inquire about the person's situation, and then we will act."

"Okay." Su Xuefei nodded in response, then turned and left.

Chen Xing stayed in the room and waited. It was inappropriate for him and Cassie to inquire.

In addition, the reason why he stayed here was because he wanted to find a caravan to Sanchahe City. He can't stay in the monitor lizard city for too long, it is best to get in place in one step, and directly take a boat down the river and leave the Red Dragon Principality.

But Su Xuefei's mother and daughter were unable to settle down in the monitor lizard city because they had insufficient money, so they had to make some money in the surrounding post towns before they passed.

Therefore, they will stay here in the near future and cannot make things too much. It depends on the situation. If you handle it well, you can handle it, and if you don't handle it, you can bear it.

At half past ten in the evening, Su Xuefei returned and told Chen Xing what her mother and the Orioles had learned.

The freebie is a mercenary, but there is no team. I have been here a few months ago and have been living in this shop. It seems that I have a good relationship with the owner. Some people have seen them drinking together, and sometimes they boasted and chatted at the bar.

Hearing these things, Chen Xing immediately understood that the other party was instigated by the owner of this store. Generally speaking, the cost of crime in a post town is very high, and no one wants to cause trouble.

Su Muzhu's Orioles recruited guests here, but did not give a commission to the bar owner, so the other party warned them in this way.

It may be that Su Muzhu has been in Crow City for too long, forgetting the rules in the wilderness, or being greedy for petty gains, or owning Chen Xing and Cassie, and not wanting to give a commission to the bar owner, so she suffered.

The situation before was very simple, but it has become a little more complicated now. If they give in, it means that they have no backstage. As a punishment for unruly behavior, the shop owner will increase exploitation, and even find local snakes to control them.

Above the wilderness, the weak eat the strong, even in the post town. It's just that compared to the wilderness, there is an extra security team in the post town, so you can't kill and rob casually. But for minor crimes, such as fighting and eating for nothing, the security team usually turns one eye and closes the other.

After understanding the situation, Chen Xing called Cassie, told him about the commission, and then came to the place where the mercenary lived. They are also on the second floor, with only seven or eight rooms separated from the place where Chen Xing lives.

The other party has no background of a mercenary group, just a lone traveler, and the backstage is just a bar owner, there is nothing to worry about.

"Tuk-Tuk-Tuk!"

"Who?"

Cassie knocked on the door several times, and soon a male voice came from inside.

"I'm an electrician, some rooms over there are out of power, I want to check the wiring." Cassie said sharply.

"Crack!" The door opened soon, revealing a face wearing a pirate headscarf.

"Why didn't you bring tools?" The mercenary was puzzled, and only Cassie's fist answered him.

With a few "ping-ping-ping-pongs", Cassie slapped the opponent with black eyes. Chen Xing also rushed in, kicking several times. The mercenary lay on the ground like a dead dog, only breathing out, not breathing in.

"Hit a woman?" Cassie grabbed the other's collar and slapped it. "I hate the trash of hitting women!"

Hearing the movement upstairs, the bar owner ran up and quickly saw Chen Xing and the mercenary who had been beaten to death by them.

"You, how can you hit people!" The bar owner tremblingly exclaimed with horror.

After coming here, Chen Xing did not have dinner with Su Xuefei and the others, because Su Muzhu went to the market to buy ingredients and cooked them by himself in order to save money, so the bar owner didn't know the relationship between them.

Chen Xing grabbed the bar owner by the collar, grabbed it in front of his eyes, and said viciously, "Eating for free, and beating my people. Okay, let's go to the sheriff for theory!"

The bar owner knew he was wrong, his eyes flickered. The security team is also a tough one. They will help whoever is not easy to bully. They don't bite hard bones, and look for soft persimmons to pinch them. Going to the sheriff will inevitably have to stuff some money, and the gain will outweigh the loss.

"Two big brothers, don't make things big, it's not good for everyone." The bar owner begged, with a sincere tone and sincere eyes. Who can open a bar in Yizhen, which is not the exquisite old rivers and lakes? Able to bend and stretch, to be good and evil, turning a face is faster than turning a book, and begging for mercy is easier than begging for food.

"Let's do it..." Chen Xing loosened the collar of the bar owner, patted the other's shoulder, and glanced at the mercenaries lying on the floor, "I will give you a 5% commission in the future, which is regarded as a compensation for your medical expenses."

As the saying goes, money is not made by one person. Since you are soliciting business in other people's stores, you should still give some benefits so that it can last for a long time.

"Okay, big brother has the final say." The bar owner simply agreed, then greeted the waiter to come up and sent the mercenary to the nearby clinic.