Blott's cold wind in the middle of the night was like a knife, unbearable, in winter, he would not survive, Barak's only concern was his wife and daughter, he sent his most beloved to the devil's cave, he had tried to sneak a look, when he saw his wife and daughter being held in his arms, his body trembled, and he quickly fled there, the guilt made him feel innocent, but he expected to be able to do something before he died, now it seems all delusion, he is a beggar, he can't do anything.

Barak curled up in the corner, praying to God. "Merciful God, please inflict all the punishment on me, I am a sinner, but my wife and daughter are innocent, deliver them. ”

When the prayer was over, Barak tightened his shirt that could no longer shelter him from the cold wind, and remembered the young man at the bar, the only experience that made him feel a little warm, and he had suffered a lot of stares and humiliation in Blot, although the young man only wanted to hear the story, but at least let him enjoy the warmth for a short time.

He didn't dare to ask for more beauty, and he was going to sleep with this bit of beauty, but a black shadow quickly obscured the little light coming from the residential building opposite.

Barak opened his eyes, and he remembered the face under the brim of his hat, and hurriedly stood up and saluted respectfully. "I know you, Mr. Downing. ”

It took Downing a long time to find Barak, but it was worth it, and the cold wind made him pull up the collar of his trench coat. "Mr. Barak, please follow me. ”

Following behind this kind young man, Barak didn't know what he was going to do, but it must not be a bad thing, he was a good man. "Thank you, Mr. Downing. ”

When he arrived at a large hotel, Downing let Barak take a bath, combed it briefly, and finally looked like a little human, but the scars on his face could not be washed off, and the naked Barak could be blown down by a weak gust of wind, and the severe malnutrition looked yellow and thin.

Downing sat in his chair. "Mr. Barak, you can enjoy the delicious food on the table. ”

Barak had long seen the sumptuous food on the table, he had not seen such a sumptuous dinner for a long time, he did not know why the young man was like this, probably sympathizing with his plight, feeling his determination to repent, what a kind man.

Eventually, he fell to his knees and prostrate himself. "Mr. Downing, I am a sinner, everything I suffer now is due retribution, you should let me fend for myself, I cannot repay your kindness. ”

Swallowing the food on the table, Barak's spirit looked a little better, he returned to Downing and stood, the sinner did not deserve to sit with such a kind young man, he chose to stand, this was also his punishment.

Downing just watched the whole time, and when Barak stood in front of him, he looked up at the old man who was as old as seventy or eighty years old. "Okay, I have to be honest, to be honest, I can not be as kind as you think, to save a gambler who ruined everything, you are right, you deserve everything. ”

The Baroque body is hunched up, as if listening to God's judgment.

"But I need you to do things for me, and today it's all up to your own hands to earn it. Downing was blunt. "I don't think you have a choice. ”

Barak fell to his knees and bowed reverently. "I am willing, I am willing to give everything for you, my life is yours from now on, you can even call me to die. ”

"Well, I'm going to have to tell you to go back to the casino and play a game. Tang Ning was very satisfied with the statement of this old man who enjoyed a temporary good life after suffering a lot.

Barak's body stiffened suddenly, and he raised his head to look at the young man in front of him in shock, and his mind was reminded of the sinful years in the casino, and he shook his head when he came back to his senses. No, I don't want to go to that place that fills me with pain again, and I swear I will never gamble again. ”

Downing's brow furrowed, the old man looked badly wounded, and would rather die than go to that place again, but he needed an acquaintance of Alkmaar's distant nephew, and he was the only one.

"As long as you want, I can give you a good reward afterwards to make your life normal. Downing continued to ramp up the stakes in an attempt to get Barlack to change his mind.

Barak didn't respond, almost as if dead.

"Well, you tell me, what kind of chips can make you change your mind, I need you to gamble for me. Downing was a little helpless.

Barak put his finger into his mouth, stirred wildly, and began to vomit, he tried to spit out what he had eaten, but to no avail, he wanted to return all the kindness he had just received, and finally stood up frantically, grabbed the fork on the table for a sumptuous dinner, and he wanted to kill himself.

Downing was anxious, Barak's life was not valuable, but it was important to him. "Well, Mr. Barak, I won't force you, you can stay here for the time being, give me an accurate answer tomorrow morning, and if you still refuse, I won't embarrass you, you can leave. ”

Apparently he was not mature enough to despise the determination of the beggar who had been robbed of everything by gambling to quit gambling, and he had to think of a perfect plan to make Barak change his mind.

Getting up and walking to the door, Downing turned around and took off his hat and saluted. "Good night, Mr. Barak. ”

When he took a step, Downing saw the waitress in the hallway, and his mind suddenly remembered the two characters in Barak's story, the two characters that Barak felt the most guilty about, turned around and re-entered the room and closed the door, Barak's fork was still against his neck, and the blood was already flowing out.

"I will not change my mind, Mr. Downing, I hate that place more than hell, and I can only repay it with my life. Barak gripped the fork around his neck and slowly inserted it into his throat.

"Yes, Mr. Barak, I was a little sympathetic to you, but now I think you are hypocritical and cowardly, and you have sent your wife and daughter to the devil's cave, and you have to give your life without hesitation for a little kindness from others, is this kindness of mine not as important as the countless breakfasts your wife has made for you, and your daughter calling your father here? ”

Baroque's pupils dilated, tears of remorse flowed from his cloudy eyes, and the fork in his hand finally stopped going deeper, and his knees bent down, and he fell to his knees and began to cry. "But I can't save them. ”

Downing breathed a sigh of relief, he pinpointed the weakness of the other party, nothing is more important than relatives, and walked in front of Baroque. "I don't think so, it's just an excuse for your selfishness and cowardice, you're fed up with suffering and want to die, but they have to continue to suffer, unless you can get them out of the devil's cave and give them back, you don't even have the right to die, your life doesn't belong to you, selfish ghost. ”

"No...... That's not true. Baroque hugged Downing's calf and shook his head frantically. "No, I love them more than I love myself. ”

The opponent's defense line was breached, and at this time everything went smoothly, Tang Ning leaned down and put forward the final conditions. "Okay, then you do something to prove it, you gamble for me, after the deed is done, I will redeem your daughter and wife, the opportunity comes, after all this, it has nothing to do with me whether you live or die, like a man, baroque, don't let me down. ”

In exchange for the freedom of Baroque's daughter and wife, Downing made Baroque break his gambling vow, but a beggar who suddenly had money to gamble overnight would attract some people's attention, and he had to try to make these things reasonable.

Baroque changed into clean clothes and left the city of Blot, and three days later Downing's carriage re-entered the city of Blot, and Baroque went in and out of the taverns that had insulted him, and people were surprised to see the changes in Baroque.

"What's going on, the beggar has become rich again, it's so weird. ”

"Hell, what the hell is going on, why is this happening, I must be dazzled. ”

"No, you read that right, I saw it too, Barak put his arms around the young girl, and spent a lot of money, did you see the ring on his finger, that thing must be very valuable. ”

"Maybe the old boy just designed a scam, and the ring must be fake, and see, I don't believe that. ”

The news soon spread throughout the bars of Blotte City, where the bars that had once been disrespectful to Barak were now wagging their tails like pugs, and the situation was changing too quickly.

Soon, those farms that had been mortgaged to the bank were redeemed and returned to Barak, who became rich again, and now no one doubted it, and Barak turned over.

Sitting in the bar, many customers who had insulted him came up to get some inside information. "Look, Mr. Barak, what has happened, you are back again, and I think we should have a toast, forget about the unpleasantness of the past, and by the way, your turnaround must be a feat. ”

"I remember you didn't want to listen to my story, and you didn't even want to pay for a glass of wine. Barak took his glass and took out a stack of bills and stuffed them into the chest of the girl next to him.

"It was a misunderstanding, forget about the unpleasantness. ”

Barak squinted his eyes condescendingly at the people who were bending over to talk, and their changes made Barak feel sick. "Well, I don't have a woman there, and my favorite are the married women, whose bed skills are so pleasant, that I can pay ten thousand Caesars. ”

The people who were still laughing at Barak for selling his wife and daughter immediately came up, and couldn't wait to tell about their wives' skillfulness in bed and those seductive postures, for 10,000 Caesars, they could give their wives, and by the way, they had a relationship with such a big man, most of the people who came to this kind of small bar were salarymen, and 10,000 Caesars was not easy for them.

What an ironic scene, Barack was not very happy, and when he came out of the bar he fled like crazy back to the huge apartment. "Why, Mr. Downing, they do not cherish their wives so much. ”

"Barak, they don't have the same experience as you, they don't understand the beauty of their wives, the dirtiest thing is not hell, but the human heart, don't be tempted, otherwise you will disappoint a person like you who has repented. Downing wasn't surprised by this.

"It won't be long before you'll see those old friends of yours, and they'll be visiting. Tang Ning reminded him and quickly left.

At the moment, in the office of a casino in another Blotter City.

"Mr. Valen, you must not have guessed what I had heard, news that had recently spread through the taverns of Blotter City. In the dimly lit office, someone said excitedly.

Wearing gold-rimmed glasses, a brown suit, and an elegant face that makes it difficult to associate him with the casino owner and the leader of the local gang, Valen fiddles with a golden Caesar in his hand. "Tell me about it. ”

"The beggar Barak, who had nothing left, turned over and ransomed his farm, it's unbelievable, there have been many rumors about him these days, and it seems that he is going to be richer than before. The man's eyes were greedy, and he bent over like a monkey.

Valen's expression was a little shocked, the name Barak was not unfamiliar to him, he was a regular in the casino, in order to put Baroque money in his pocket, Valen planned a series of events, and eventually turned this small capitalist in Brolot City into a beggar living on the streets.

Unexpectedly, the Baroque turned over again, and became richer, which was beyond his expectations, how a beggar turned over, unconventional, but the facts are in front of him.

"What a lucky man, what kind of good things did he encounter to make him turn over? Valen couldn't figure it out, but his mind was moving again. "It's so funny for a beggar to turn over again, you go and keep an eye on him, and I'll have to ask him how to do it. ”

The southern part of Blott City is home to a number of wealthy people, almost all of whom have something to do with the Alkmaar family, and there are quite a few large apartments here, and a large apartment in the rich area is brightly lit up from the window, and a cheerful drinking party is being held there.

The organizer is, of course, Zahavi Alkmaar, a distant nephew of AZ Alkmaar. The people who were able to come to the reception were at least the young men with heads and faces in Blott City, and the old people were not welcome at this banquet.

As Alkmaar's distant nephew, his status is enough to make those young people bow down, but those old people with status obviously will not buy the account of this once idle young man, and inviting those old people to come will eclyze his noble status, and he enjoys the feeling of being worshipped.

The idle Zahavi was once hailed as a disaster for the Alkmaar family, but the young man later succeeded in taking control of some of the small gangs in Blotter City, expanding his power, and accumulating a lot of casinos and brothels, and amassing a basic fortune.

He claimed to be credited with it, but most people knew that it was the Alkmaar family who had stepped in to deal with his rivals in the start-up phase, some of the same idle thugs, and the owners of third-rate gambling houses and brothels.

With the help of the accumulated raw capital, Zahavi began to grow savagely with some indiscriminate means, such as luring some small capitalists with a little bit of money into his casino, giving them some sweetness, and finally taking their wealth away from the gambling table, and those small capitalists fell into the trap without knowing it, until they were kicked out of the casino with nothing, but by then it was too late.

Their lost wives and daughters were taken to the brothel to pick up customers and continue to earn wealth for Zahavi, Barak was just one of the victims, and the petty capitalists who resisted the temptation of gambling used some worse means to crack down, using their thugs to disrupt their business, force them to submit, and even assassinate, while the Sheriff's Department announced the closure of the case after a simple investigation, and at that time there were many headless cases in Blott City.

Zahavi's cleverness further inflated his wealth, until now he controls all the casinos and brothels in Blotter City, and has become the biggest leader of Blot's underground, which once caused some people to be dissatisfied, but in the end they were all suppressed by the public relations of the Alkmaar family.

In person, the Alkmaar family had to maintain their positive image on the surface, and announced through the newspaper that Zahavi Alkmaar would be removed from the list, and he was no longer a member of the Alkmaar family.

In fact, all this is Alkmaar himself, he needs someone to take charge of some underground businesses in Blotter City, but these lucrative underground businesses are not glorious transactions after all, and it is not good for the Alkmaar family to take over these businesses openly, so he specially staged such a scene, so that this distant nephew became the agent of the underground business, and every year he will get a lot of profits from this nephew.

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