The antique "Junxiao Building" is located in the center of a deep garden.

Crossing a small bridge and flowing water to the main entrance of Junxiao Building, there is no ordinary casino, brothel in front of the noisy atmosphere, sporadic guests in and out of the brocade robes and costumes, full of energy, people who do not know the inside will mistakenly think that this is the teahouse academy where literati and scholars gather.

Aretha secretly admired in her heart, "Jun Xiaolou" is worthy of being known as the first casino in the empire, and it is really different.

Aretha, who was just about to step inside, was stopped by two men in brocade clothes in front of the door, "You are wrong, the teahouse where the guards are resting and waiting is behind." ”

Aretha was stunned for a moment, only to realize that the two men were the guards of the casino, "Do you open the casino and don't let guests in?"

"Aren't you a guard who came with some of the adults?"

"Do you look like me?" Aretha unconsciously became embarrassed as she spoke, the men who walked into this Junxiao Building before were all dressed in brocade clothes, and now they were dressed as mercenaries, which was obviously out of place with the environment here.

Unlike Arthur and Joan, who were hunted down by the church and the imperial family, Aretha did not deliberately disguise herself when she entered the city, but only tied up her long blue hair and wrapped it in a cyan scarf.

Jun Xiaolou is a big man who comes in and out every day, and the guards guarding the door didn't sneer at Aretha because of her mercenary costume after realizing the misunderstanding, but just explained: "If it's the first time to come here, we need to register and verify your identity here, and the price of admission is two thousand gold coins." ”

The guard's words were very tactful, meaning that if you can't take out two thousand gold coins, you are not qualified to enter this Junxiao Building.

The threshold of Jun Xiaolou is really high enough, and two thousand gold coins are almost a year's income of a viscount. But this amount is nothing to Aretha, and a casual warrior must have a net worth of tens of thousands of gold coins.

Aretha took out two crystal cards and shook them in front of the guards, and then showed her golden high-level mercenary medal, "Blue Enchantress Mercenary, Aretha." ”

The gaze of the two men instantly changed from plain to respectful, and they immediately welcomed Aretha respectfully into the door. A high-level mercenary is the top of the mercenaries, a symbol of strength and experience, and in the eyes of many warriors, it is more worthy of respect than nobles.

When Aretha calmly enjoyed the other party's respectful gaze, she would never have imagined that this was the property under the name of Yunxiao Firm.

The first floor of Junxiao Building is an open hall, decorated with antique furniture in the hall, where you can drink tea and rest at will. When Aretha entered the door, a girl in pink took the initiative to greet her, her eyes were stunned at first, because few women came to play in Junxiao Building, and then turned into a smile, "This guest, do you want to play a few games, or do you want to find a girl to accompany you, I will lead you there." ”

In this luxurious imperial capital, there are occasional rumors that the women and young ladies of the rich and aristocratic families are looking for same-sex playmates, not to mention that Aretha is wearing the equipment of a male ** soldier.

Aretha didn't realize what this meant, and replied, "I'll play a few games." ”

"Then you can go upstairs with me, the second and third floors are casinos, and guests under 10,000 gold coins are on the second floor. ”

Aretha followed the girl who led the way up to the second floor, after all, the win or loss of tens of thousands of gold coins was only played by the top handful of nobles and rich people in the empire.

On the second floor, there are large open-plan private rooms, each of which is a game of gambling. Waiters serving wine and tea shuttle between the private rooms, and all drinks and meals are free of charge.

The girl in pink led Aretha to the second floor and left, and Aretha turned around in the casino with two thousand gold coins.

After turning around, Aretha finally walked into the private room where she played "King of the Continent", which is also one of the gambling methods she usually likes to play.

"King of the Continent" is a card game with simple rules but very strong skills, fifty-two cards, four tribes of human race, beast race, elf and dwarf, each race is thirteen cards from the first-level warrior to the thirteenth level sage.

The game can be played with two to ten players, each with a five-card ratio. The dealer gives each player two hole cards to place blinds, players can choose to bet, fold and raise from the third card, five cards after the card according to the size of the card type, in order is the same family with a straight flush, four with the same level, three with the same level plus a pair, the same family is not a straight, straight different family, three families, two pairs and so on, the smallest is not a straight, not a pair of miscellaneous cards than the size.

Although the "King of the Continent" has a certain element of luck, players still have to rely on fighting intelligence and fighting psychology among themselves.

There were already five men playing in the private room before Aretha entered the private room, and when she sat down, several of them looked at her in surprise. There are not many women who enter the casino, let alone a charming and beautiful woman like Aretha.

Aretha smiled, "Go ahead, don't deliberately release water just because I'm a woman." ”

The game continued, with 10 gold coins in the blind bet per game, except for the young man directly opposite Aretha, the others quickly turned their attention back to the game, after all, it is to win or lose to play here, and if you want to find the girl Junxiao Building, there are all kinds of beauties of all ethnic groups on the fourth and fifth floors.

Sitting across from Aretha was a thin man in his thirties, with two sparse beards, and his unscrupulous gaze swept over Aretha's chest and face from time to time.

The thin man gambled fiercely, as if he was deliberately showing off, and almost every game was raised, and the game was followed to the end of the card.

Aretha has seen a lot of this kind of man in the casino, and she has only seen the thin man, and she is only focused on the game.

Aretha was not very lucky today, losing more and winning less, losing nearly a thousand gold coins in more than an hour. And the thin man on the opposite side was still deliberately targeting himself, and he would raise almost all the cards he called until the end, causing Aretha to discard several hands that he was not too confident in.

"You're not lucky today, so go ahead. Aretha sighed, tossed the cards in her hand, and got up to change tables.

"Don't go, girl, it's rare to meet such a beautiful girl to play cards with us. Girl, if you don't have enough chips, you can take it from me first. The thin man looked at Aretha defiantly.

"Okay, then the girl will play with you again!" All the gamblers had a sense of refusal to admit defeat, and the man's words finally angered Aretha, and she sat back down in her seat and took out three crystal cards and threw them to the dealer who dealt the cards, "Help me exchange three thousand more chips." ”

The game continued, but Aretha's gambling luck still did not improve, and the thin man's targeting of Aretha became more obvious, and several consecutive Aretha and the last card were raised to the upper limit of 1,000 gold coins.

Aretha was finally aroused and fired five or six in a row with the other party. Today's gambling luck is not destined to be on Aretha's side, she only won one game in a row, and the other games were either won by the thin man or by other players who followed. Aretha soon had only a few hundred gold chips left at the table, and she had to discard the good cards in her hand when she had re-raised her opponent to the cap.

"Does the girl still have chips? The thin man spoke triumphantly again.

Aretha took out five crystal cards again and sneered: "Change another five thousand chips, and play with you to the end tonight!"

"How can 5,000 chips be enough? Play bigger if you want!" a voice rang out from behind Aretha, and a small pile of crystal cards was pushed onto the table in front of her.