Chapter 19: After Losing a Poker Match
"Brother, the face is very raw, do you want to play two games?" The cigar man shook the cards in his hand and said to Aix with a smile, as if he were a hospitable bar owner. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"I don't know how to play, and I don't have much money on me, so forget it, you play, I'll just watch it." Ax said shyly, like a big boy who came to the bar for the first time and was curious about everything.
"What does it matter, don't you know? Playing cards, that is, the novice is lucky, and a few of us should be sparring partners for brothers, happy and happy. The cigar man said haughtily, and then the little brothers immediately parted, pushed Ax to the chair next to the table and sat down, and a four-player game was made.
Without giving Aix a chance to refute the refusal, a person is already dealt. Ax took a look, similar to Texas Hold'em, two cards per person, Ax opened and looked, an eight of hearts, a four of spades, this kind of card can win there is a ghost. However, the dealer didn't ask Ax for his opinion at all, and just continued to deal the cards, until the end, just waiting for everyone to open the cards, and in the middle of the default, Ax followed all the cards.
The other two little brothers are just decorations, but Aix's cards are not even as good as those two doglegs, let alone the cigar man's straight flush. So, everyone looked at Ax and waited for him to open his cards, but Ax knew that his biggest combination was a pair of fours, which was definitely the smallest.
Surrounded by the rogue ruffians around him, everyone's eyes were on Aix, waiting for him to lose money, and they didn't even care about his hole cards, because everyone knew that Ax was definitely going to lose.
"I'm a pair of four, who is older of the two of us?" Ax didn't seem to know the rules at all, and asked nervously and curiously.
Everyone laughed in response to Aix's question, and then the cigar man shook off the ashes of his cigarette and said, "Boy, you lose, take the money, a total of three hundred gold coins, of course, if you don't have so much money on you, you can also ask your family to send it with me, don't worry, I'm very patient." ”
"Are you lying to me, we didn't talk about gambling money before, now why do you ask me for money." Aix said tremblingly.
"Boy, do you want to fail to repay your debts, how can you gamble without gambling, you have to pay if you lose, or do you want to leave something?" The cigar man laughed and said menacingly.
"What is left?" Ax asked very cooperatively, and Aix's words caused everyone to laugh again.
"It's up to you to choose, it can be a hand or a foot, you feel free, I'm only responsible for chopping." After saying that, the cigar man didn't know where to pull out a knife and stab it directly on the table.
"That's not necessary, I'll give the money anyway." Seeing Aix's acquaintance pay the money, everyone no longer laughed, but stared at Ax, waiting for him to pay the money. However, Aix didn't move for a long time, and finally said embarrassedly: "I don't have that much money on me!" ”
"Then you tell me where your home is, I'll let people pick it up, and forget the running fee, how about it, I'm already very generous." The cigar man leaned forward, one hand pressed against the table, and his eyes were fixed on Ax as he spoke.
Ax seemed to be frightened by the cigar man, and shuddered and took out a business card, handed it to the cigar man and said, "You can ask him for money, he said, if I have any problems, I can go to him." ”
The cigar man took the business card, glanced at Aix, and found that it didn't look like a lie, so he looked at the business card, and then his body was shocked, and he looked up at Ax again, but quickly lowered his head and pretended to continue to look at the business card, but his eyes were rolling around, and he didn't look at the business card again at all, because he could already see everything at the previous glance.
All the other rogue ruffians also noticed the boss's anomaly and all fell silent, and at that moment, the cigar man suddenly pulled out the dagger on the table, and then stabbed it with his backhand, but it was not Aix, but the ruffian who dealt the cards. Before the others could react, the little brother who dealt the cards had already covered his thighs and fell to the ground, and his thighs were already bleeding, and the whole person fell to the ground like a prawn.
"Bastard, dare to be a fool, am I a person who can't afford to lose?" The cigar man scolded the ruffian who fell to the ground, and then kicked a few more times as if he was angry, and then sat back in the chair very domineeringly, and said to Aix with a smile: "This young master, I'm really sorry, this dog thing is out of the way, isn't this bad for my reputation?" Forget the previous round, what do you think? After speaking, he respectfully held the business card in his hands and handed it to Aix.
Seeing the boss's expression, the others also knew that this time they had kicked the iron plate, and they all lowered their heads one by one to minimize their sense of existence, in this case, if the young master was unhappy, it would not be strange to kill two people at will, and the person who died died in vain, so everyone became an ostrich, for fear of attracting the attention of Aix.
Aix took the business card and didn't make it difficult for the other party, but just asked casually: "So I don't have to pay anymore?" ”
"No, no, how dare I ask for your money, this is my subordinate's problem." After speaking, he said viciously to the others: "Throw him out for me, dare to show a thousand in front of me, this time is just to teach you a lesson, if there is a next time, I will never spare you." ”
After the cigar man finished speaking, he also glanced at Aix, and found that Ax did not react, so he breathed a sigh of relief, in fact, the cigar man seemed to be scolding the little brother who dealt the cards, but in fact, he was testing Aix's attitude, if Ax didn't care about this little ruffian, then he would be fine, if not, then he would have to bleed heavily, and he couldn't even mix it in Bristol. And now, depending on the situation, I should be fine.
After the others carried the injured ruffian away, the cigar man shifted his position, sat down beside Aix, and asked flatteringly, "I don't know the young master's name, what are you doing in such a dirty place?" ”
"What, you want to get to the bottom of me? To tell you the truth, I'm not from the Wright family. Aix didn't bother to continue acting, and leaned back in his chair and said nonchalantly.
"Where, where can you get Mr. Stephen's private business card, you are the uncle, if there is anything you need my service for, you just ask, I dare not guarantee the rest, some small things on the dock, there is still some way to do it." The cigar man said as he shook his hand, for fear that Ax would be suspicious.
Aix thought for a moment before saying, "If that's the case, there are really some places where you need the help of your eldest brother, and recently, have there been many strangers on the docks?" ”
"Yes, young master, you are here for this matter?" The cigar man replied, looking at Aix's expression at the same time, but unfortunately he didn't see anything, knowing that the other party was an old fox, the cigar man no longer looked at Aix, but lowered his head to show respect.
"Actually, I don't need you to do anything, just help me keep an eye on them, and if they do anything, tell me immediately." After Ax finished speaking, he stood up and prepared to leave, but as if he had just taken a few steps, as if he remembered something, he turned his head and added: "I live on a boat on the dock now, but recently there are always people throwing dead rats and dead snakes, I hope that the eldest brother will help take care of it, I thank you here first." ”
"Don't worry, this matter is left to the next one, if there is another dead mouse, I will personally cut it down and feed the fish with this hand." The cigar man swore assurance.
After the matter was done, Aix left the tavern, as the head of the land, they were the most sensitive to the wind and grass of the docks, with them as eyes and ears, and their own side took the lead in information.
When Ax returned to the boat, Tina immediately ran over and asked, "How is it, have you solved it?" Will they still throw dead rats and dead snakes? ”
Tina has been really annoyed these days, she can't sleep well every day, and she is afraid that a few rats and cockroaches will run into her room, and when she sees Ax coming back, of course she immediately runs over to ask for clarification. The young man not far away also pricked up his ears, as a pampered young master since he was a child, he is also very disgusted with things such as rats and snakes, and he has not eaten a good meal recently, because he doesn't have any appetite when he thinks of those mice, and he has lost a lot of weight in the past few days.
"Don't worry, you don't look at who is out of the horse, from now on, they shouldn't come again, and even if they come, they won't throw dead mice, you can rest assured!" With that, Ax stretched and went back to his room.
The cigar man was obviously very attentive to Aix's orders, and almost every day news would be presented, although it was a trivial matter such as the location and whereabouts of some strangers, but everything was informed, and Ax was notified, for fear that he would miss any important information because of his own knowledge.
Every time he got the news, after reading it, Aix would give it to Master Yi and listen to his opinion. Although there was no valuable news every time, Aix still sent it every time, and Master Yi was not bored, and read it carefully every time. And just when Aix once again sent the news that he didn't see anything wrong to Master Yi, Aix could feel that this time it seemed to be different, because Master Yi hadn't spoken for a long time this time.
"Any questions?" Aix asked, puzzled.
"I thought it would be easy this time without the interference of those old friends. I didn't expect the praying mantis to catch the cicada and the yellow finch behind, and someone fisherman profited, it seems that this time it depends on you little guys to compete for the map, and the only luck is that you are three against two, and the number is superior, as for whether you can win the map...... Master Yi didn't say, but Aix already knew what he said next.