There was indeed more than one simple burglary in the alley. The lost owner chased forward for a short distance, and then suddenly found himself surrounded by five or six strangers.

The thief, who was still running away just a moment ago, turned around and had a malicious smile on his face. The thieves are indeed bare-handed, but these people who are ambushed here are all armed with weapons.

"You...... What do you want to do......" After understanding that he had fallen into the trap, the owner's face turned white. He chased too far, deep into the alley, and now it was too late to shout. The gang could have stabbed him a few times before someone came and walked away. No one even comes.

"We didn't want to do anything!" the leader of the scoundrel made a hint to his companion, and the thief who had just led his prey into the trap threw the purse he had stolen to the leader and ran out to act as a guard. "Actually, the brothers just want to eat together, so I hope the big boss will appreciate his face. ”

Looking at the situation, it can also be seen that this group of people is not ambushing here with the intention of simply looting the prey, because the prey's wallet has already fallen into their hands.

"We heard that adults have been in the casino very well lately, and they have won a lot of money in consecutive bets. As he spoke, the leader weighed his wallet. It was clear that the weight of the wallet was not to his liking, so he was not even interested in opening it. "It's a bit troublesome to spend so much money on one person, why don't you divide the brothers with a fraction?"

The hapless owner took a few steps back and leaned his back against the wall. He was surrounded by each other on three sides, and there was nowhere to escape if he wanted to.

"I ...... ...... on me"

"That's all you have, I know. The leader shook his wallet. "There's no oil and water in your inn room, and my brothers have all been there. So, I think you might have put your money in some chamber of commerce. We have a lot of branches of the Chamber of Commerce here. ”

"I ......" the hapless man who fell into the trap looked around in despair, trying to find a way to escape. He had understood that the other party might have been hired by the casino—something that wasn't common, but it wasn't uncommon—and he had figured out his situation.

There were a total of six people around, and each of them was the kind of guy who was five big and three thick, with a face full of meat, and he knew that he was very fierce at a glance. With the exception of the leader, who was empty-handed, the other five men were armed with knives, axes, and other sharp weapons

"You're looking for the wrong person...... I don't have the money......" the unlucky guy is trying his best. But to be honest, with the kind of demeanor he had at the moment, anyone in his right mind could see that he was lying.

"What are you kidding!" the leader's face changed suddenly, and the laughter he had just had had disappeared in favor of extreme violence. "Do you take Lao Tzu for a fool? I know that you won at least 100 gold coins over there yesterday! The last word he uttered was to his companion, and he made a gesture of "scrap a few of his parts".

A scream rang out from the alley.

The six robbers looked at the source of the sound in amazement. On their side, the thief who had gone to look out for the wind was being thrown to the ground. The scream just now was shouted by the thief.

Next to the thief, a stranger stood. The stranger was dressed in the usual traveler's attire, that is, a leather long-sleeved blouse and trousers of the same texture, lined with linen underwear, a cloak and a long sword at his waist. Except for the cloak that looked neat and tidy, the others were all very ordinary goods from a small roadside shop. At this moment, the stranger looked at them with a cold expression, but did not take the initiative to speak.

The leader immediately took action. He made a few quick gestures to his companions, three of them continued to look at their prey, and the other two followed behind the leader, facing Cheng Biting Jin head-on.

"What do you want to do?" the leader spoke first, as the stranger didn't seem to be about to speak.

"It's okay to steal from someone else, but if you want to hurt someone," the stranger finally spoke. "It's too much. ”

"Knowing the way but not knowing the way, these days, people who do chivalry and righteousness don't live long. ”

"It's a pity, although I'm not a chivalrous person, but I'm also a person who doesn't believe in evil. ”

Although it felt a little inappropriate for the other party to be so calm, the leader was ready to shoot at this time. He drew a close-fitting short sword from behind his back and rushed forward with two of his subordinates.

The remaining four watched the battle. It's not so much a fight as it is a show. The stranger grabbed the leader's wrist with a blinding speed, twisting his wrist directly into a distorted force with great force. The leader staggered back with a howl, his dagger had been snatched by the stranger. Another robber with an iron-headed club rushed up from the side, but before he could swing it, the stranger stabbed him in the arm with a short sword. Then the stranger snatched the iron-tipped wooden stick he had taken off and knocked the third one to the ground with a single blow.

It was only about ten seconds before the three robbers were completely incapacitated. The stranger casually dropped the iron-headed wooden club, and looked at the remaining three stunned robbers, and the bandit leader who was shaking with pain and fear with a broken wrist.

"If you want to continue, I welcome you. ”

"Let's go!" the leader finally made the right choice. They took their wounded and unconscious companions and hurriedly withdrew from the other side of the alley. Even the purse was left on the ground and not taken with it.

Ashruphat watched them go away, and only turned to leave until he was completely out of sight.

"Wait a minute, sir!" the unlucky man caught up from behind, and a thank-you greeting was too enthusiastic.

"You don't have to thank you so much, I'm just ......" Ashrufat tried to speak, but found that he couldn't interject at all. This person speaks quickly and has a rich and varied vocabulary. In fact, Ashrufat stood there and waited for a long time (almost before his patience ran out) before he finally finished his thank-you speech. If he had known that the other party was such a verbose person, maybe he wouldn't have joined at all.

"My lord, although I don't thank you for my great kindness (when I say this word, Ashrufat smiles bitterly), but if you don't dislike it, I have something good to tell you. ”

"Good thing?"

"That's right...... "The unlucky guy (or maybe Lucky, now the one he could change his name) looked at Ashrufat's plain and uncharacteristic clothes, and suggested, "If the adults are willing to cooperate with me, we can make a lot of money." ”

"Master, I advise you to listen to him. In her mind, Carrie suddenly interjected. "Your money...... If it's travel expenses, it's sufficient, but if it's event expenses, I'm afraid it's not worth mentioning. If you get as unnoticed as possible to the vampire, as we calculated, you'll need money for the event. ”

Almost all of Ashrufat's money came from his belt, the one Thomas had given him in the name of the "amulet", which was cleverly embedded with hundreds of gold coins. Although he spent very little, he still used up a considerable part of it. There were only four other certificates of deposit left to him by Thomas, and he had three left. But to be honest, the amount of this certificate of deposit is too large, and it is best not to take out the certificate of deposit to exchange it unless it is forced to do so.

"Don't call me an adult, my name is Ashrufat, you can call me Ashrufat. Ashrufat replied. "Tell me about it. ”

"My name is Cosbodi. When the man saw that Ashrufat was interested, his face immediately turned browsy. "Maybe you haven't heard of me, but in our line of work I'm known as 'Multi-Handed Cosbodi'. ”

Soon, Ashrufar finally understood that the man named Cosbodi was a professional gambler, more specifically, a master gambler who wandered around casinos and made a gambling business. He encountered this bad luck today because he really won in the casino two days ago. He was so dizzy at the time that he won too much and became very conspicuous, and finally attracted the danger of today. For gamblers, there is not only the danger of losing, but also the danger of winning – too many pairs of eyes are watching you win, and gold coins always inspire greed.

And the "good opportunity" that Cosbodi just mentioned is a large casino nearby. In fact, in the profession of professional gamblers, there are some open taboos, even if the gambling skills are high, they cannot be easily offended. For example, one of them is not to win too much in one casino. Because in this case, the casino will definitely retaliate.

But Cosbody is an exception, because he has no relatives and no reason, and he is a foreigner, so he is ready for this. He especially left one of the largest casinos not to go, because he planned to make a lot of money and fly away before leaving.

The abacus is like this, but Cosbodi also has scruples. After all, he is only one person, and if the other party loses in a hurry and turns his face on the spot, then he is afraid that he will have to be beaten with chickens and eggs, and he may even become the kind of unclaimed corpse on the street.

Now with Ashrufat's help, his certainty was five points greater.

Casinos...... In Thomas's diary, there was also a record of the casino. According to Thomas's own writing, he lost a clean game in the casino, but he learned a lot, especially the fact that "the human heart is unpredictable". Since then, he has strived to be steady in his life, whether it is officialdom or on the battlefield, and never takes risks easily. But in this way, every time he takes an adventure, he can take the enemy by surprise and catch the enemy off guard.

"Is the so-called gambling a so-called outcome?" asked Ashrufat inadvertently as he walked out of the alley with Kosbodi.

"As long as it's a big amount of money, of course, you have to cheat when you can. Cosbody said without blushing. "However, there are also many gambling methods that cannot be cheated in the world, and at this time, it is time to really test your skills. ”

They walked out of the alley, where Mimilu and the Nightmare Pony were waiting. When he saw his master appear, the Nightmare Pony even sneezed, which looked exactly like a live horse.

"I stayed at the 'Prince' Inn, the best hotel in town. "Cosbodi's enthusiastic advice. "As partners, it's better for us to live together and take care of each other. ”

Originally, Ashrufat did not plan to spend the night in the city, but since there was an invitation, he could not refuse, and Kosbodi promised to help Ashrufat bear the hotel expenses.