Standing at the foot of Bianliang City's city wall, Xie Tian fell into deep thought.
He didn't know why the more prosperous a place was, the higher the city wall would be.
He once heard from the people of Mulan City that Mulan City had been in disrepair for a long time. Coupled with the sandstorms and wars, the city wall that used to be 100 feet tall was now only 60 feet tall. The city wall of Yangshuo City, which was 300 miles away from Mulan City, was 100 feet tall, and the city wall of the first city after Hexi Corridor was 200 feet tall.
But now, the city wall of Bianliang City in front of Xie Tian was 250 feet tall, which was dizzying.
Before he entered the city gate, Xie Tian was disturbed by the noise coming from the city gate. When he walked through the two-hundred-foot hole in the city gate and entered Bianliang City, he was stunned.
He had never seen so many people in his life.
"Where did this country bumpkin come from? Stand aside if you want to see something strange, don't block the way!"
"Damn it, I'm in a hurry. Move aside!"
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When Xie Tian came back to his senses and looked around, he found that he had become the center of attention. He stood aside quietly and watched the long line of people converge into Bianliang City, not causing a ripple.
Xie Tian didn't mind being scolded as soon as he entered the city. When he was about to leave, a young man suddenly jumped in front of him, looked him up and down, and said with a mysterious smile, "Brother, you just arrived in Bianliang?"
Xie Tian nodded.
"Hey, to tell you the truth, me too." The young man pulled Xie Tian aside and pointed at the pouch on his shoulder, "My uncle is making a living in Bianliang City. Because he doesn't have enough people, he asked me to help him. I think I can't help uncle by myself. Brother, you don't look like a bad person, so I want you to come with me. Is that okay?"
"What does your uncle do?" Xie Tian thought for a while and asked.
The young man leaned close to Xie Tian and said in a low voice, "Casino."
More than an hour later, under the guidance of the young man, Xie Tian finally arrived at the entrance of his uncle's casino.
The casino did not have a signboard. It was just a courtyard of a single-story house. A die was drawn on the curtain of the door, representing the business inside. Xie Tian considered whether he should go in or not. It was not that he hated gambling, but he had been standing at the door for half an incense stick of time, and there was not a single customer.
"Yo, Goudan, you found it for me?" A half-naked middle-aged man opened the door curtain and yawned lazily. He picked his nose and glanced at Xie Tian. He frowned and said, "What kind of man are you helping me with? What can a skinny man like you do?"
Goudan was displeased and slapped Xie Tian's back loudly. "So what if he's skinny? I, Goudan, am skinnier than him. I can run the entire Bianliang City in a day! Boss Jia, I've brought him here for you. Hurry up and pay the rest of the money! "
Boss Jia scratched his arm and smiled sheepishly. "I haven't opened for business yet. Even if I have, I'll have to wait for a few days before I can give it to you. How would I know if you're in cahoots with this kid? If you leave, he'll run away too. Who am I going to look for?"
"Sure!" Goudan agreed without hesitation. He turned to Xie Tian and said with a smile, "Brother, it's not easy to go out. First, you have to fill your stomach, right? Do a good job. Boss Jia is a good man. He'll definitely treat you well! "
After watching Goudan leave, Xie Tian turned around and followed Boss Jia into the casino. Although it was called a casino, it was actually just a room with six tables. There were six dice cups on the tables, dozens of benches scattered all over the floor, and gnawed bones on the floor.
"Clean up first, then rest." Boss Jia pushed open the door of the back room and lay on the rocking chair to bask in the sun. At the same time, he instructed lazily, "There are no customers during the day, so you can do whatever you want. At night, you have to be alert and serve those gamblers. That's all the rules. If you do a good job, you'll get five taels of silver a month. If you don't do a good job, get lost."
Xie Tian looked around and asked, "Where do I live?"
Following Boss Jia's direction, Xie Tian found his room. He opened the door and found it clean. Xie Tian put his backpack on the table and poured himself a cup of tea. Just when he was about to drink it, he heard Boss Jia's voice again.
"The water in the teapot is from last month. If you don't want to have diarrhea, go boil it yourself." After a pause, Boss Jia struggled to prop himself up and looked at Xie Tian. "Do you know how to cook?"
"A little."
Boss Jia was overjoyed. "You'll get an extra tael of salary and three meals a day."
Xie Tian was very diligent. He finished everything in an hour. When he brought the three meals to the stone table next to the rocking chair, Boss Jia finally got up. His nose twitched and his eyes lit up. "Tsk, tsk. Not bad. Go to my room and get that jar of wine."
Boss Jia ate and drank while Xie Tian ate quietly. After a few cups, Boss Jia was in the mood to drink. Plus, he found Xie Tian pleasing to the eye, so he started to talk.
As a native of Bianliang, Boss Jia couldn't stop talking about the people and things in Bianliang City. This was also the reason why Xie Tian came to the casino.
Xie Tian listened attentively. His earnestness moved Boss Jia. Therefore, he ate the two dishes and one soup like a state banquet. For six hours, Boss Jia didn't stop talking. Xie Tian also had a general understanding of Bianliang City.
For example, he learned about the status of the Yin Family in the Kingdom of Song. He learned that Elder Gong, who saved him and wanted to kill him, was actually the number one martial arts master in the Kingdom of Song. Of course, this was under the condition that the three major sects didn't show up.
What caught Xie Tian's attention the most was that he finally knew what the name "Young Master Xu" meant.
Young Master Xu's real name was Xu Zhantang. His grandfather, Xu Batian, was the commander-in-chief of the Kingdom of Song. He was a hereditary duke. His father, Xu Ruhai, was a first-class general in the Kingdom of Song.
With Xu Batian and Xu Ruhai, the Xu Family became the well-deserved number one family in the Kingdom of Song.
As for Xu Zhantang, he was only 15 years old. He was a martial arts master in the Realm of Inner Qi. He was the Valiant Cavalry General of the Kingdom of Song. Under his command was the Valiant Cavalry Battalion, the bravest army in the Kingdom of Song.
Apart from the imperial court, the Xu Family was also quite famous in Jianghu. His grandfather, Xu Batian, married an elder of the Jade Shadow Pavilion. Xu Ruhai even won the heart of Fairy Chixiao of the Red Cloud Peak, the number one beauty in the martial arts world.
Together with these two women, the Xu Family's power even surpassed the royal family to a certain extent. It was far beyond the reach of ordinary families.
Xie Tian was still young. He couldn't be like Boss Jia, who was well-versed in the ways of the world. Just talking about the Xu Family made him tremble. However, he also knew that he couldn't do anything to Young Master Xu.
Understanding this, Xie Tian was curious about Mu Liang, who had been monitoring him for the past two days. When he said the words "Young Master Xu," Mu Liang's eyes were only filled with shock and no fear. What kind of status did he have to face the Xu Family so calmly?
Xie Tian gained a lot from Boss Jia's words. By the time he cleared the bowls and chopsticks, the sun had already set. Boss Jia finally pulled himself together and patted Xie Tian's shoulder in a daze. He said, "We spoke too much nonsense today. You have to be alert later. That's right, what's your name again? I forgot."
Xie Tian did not say his name at all. He said, "Xie Tian."
"En, en. That's a good name."
Boss Jia gave a perfunctory reply. He sat in front of the counter and stared at the dice on the curtain with a smile.
Not long after, the curtain was lifted and five or six martial artists came in. Their hands were filled with wine jars, roast chicken, and takeaway beef. They nodded at Boss Jia and sat down to eat for half an hour. Only then did they take the opportunity to gamble and chat.
It seems that I have nothing to do with it. Xie Tian sat on a small stool and looked at the guests before looking at Boss Jia. Just when he was about to take a break to think about the future, Boss Jia gave him a look. Xie Tian did not understand, so he simply ran to the counter and stared at Boss Jia.
"You don't know how to gamble?" Boss Jia looked at the gambling table and asked in a low voice.
Xie Tian shook his head.
Boss Jia took a deep breath and suppressed the anger that was about to erupt. He clenched his teeth and smiled, "Fine, I'll tell you. They roll the dice for fun. I can't earn a single cent from it. So, you go and roll it!"
Boss Jia was too embarrassed to say that he would roll them until they went bankrupt. He did not think that Xie Tian could do that.
Although Xie Tian did not know how to gamble, he knew how to play after watching the guests gamble a few times. So he walked to the gambling table, picked up the dice cup, and shook it gently.
"Oh, Boss Jia, are you going to be the banker again?"
"Hey, that's strange. The only casino in Bianliang City that doesn't have a banker actually broke its golden body."
"Is this guy a master? But he doesn't look like one when he shakes the dice … "
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Boss Jia smiled awkwardly. His right hand under the counter was holding a piece of silver tightly. This was his only property. The reason why he did not play in person was that he guessed that he was in bad luck. So, he wanted to make some money by taking advantage of Xie Tian's virginity.
With a clang, the dice cup fell. Xie Tian did not keep them in suspense. He opened it and looked. One, two, four, and seven points were small.
Boss Jia's face turned as pale as a sheet after being shaken by Xie Tian. His vision darkened because all six gamblers had placed their bets on small bets. Just this one round had cost him his entire fortune.
The gamblers immediately roared with laughter. Xie Tian did not care. Since Boss Jia asked him to shake, he would do it. After a few rounds, Boss Jia had already lost a hundred taels of silver. The gamblers finally knew Xie Tian's level. They began to chat absent-mindedly as they gambled.
"Hey, I heard that something big happened in the House of Falling Rain a few days ago."
"Tsk, I knew it. What a stupid thing. It was the Lady Boss of the House of Falling Rain who thought of it. All these years, she has put in a lot of effort to please the big shots in Bianliang City!"
"So that Xie something Yong is an actor hired by the House of Falling Rain?"
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Xie Tian's hand paused. He looked at the well-informed gamblers.
"Nonsense. Why else would there be a Xie family out of nowhere? I've never even heard of it."
"Not necessarily. Yangshuo City is too far from Bianliang City. Maybe there really is a Xie family there."
"Haha, according to what you said, there really is a twelve-year-old Xie Tian who broke through to the ninth level of the Brute Force State after a month of cultivation, transformed into a killing cultivator in the Hexi Corridor, and killed Li Yuanyang, who is at the first level of the Inner Qi State?"
With a clang, the dice cup in Xie Tian's hand was crushed into pieces!
"Xie Tian, you, you, you, what are you doing?!" Boss Jia finally came to his senses. He knew how badly he had lost, so he wanted to take the opportunity to interrupt the gambling. He pointed at Xie Tian and scolded, "Don't you know that the biggest taboo for customers is to destroy gambling equipment? How are they going to gamble today?! Hurry up and leave! "
The six of them were not too happy, but when they saw that Boss Jia wanted to take the opportunity to slip away, they immediately laughed and said, "It's fine, it's fine. You're just a newbie, we don't mind. Let's continue with another dice cup. Eh, so your name is also Xie Tian? Haha, no wonder you're so nervous. "
The gamblers laughed for a while, but when they saw that Xie Tian did not move, they were instantly annoyed. The person closest to Xie Tian pushed Xie Tian hard and shouted, "Hurry up and shake it. Don't waste my time!"
Xie Tian was shocked. He looked at the gamblers coldly, then walked back to the table, picked up the new dice cup, shook it lightly, and put it on the table.
"Oh my god, if you keep shaking me like that, I'm going to go bankrupt!" Boss Jia wailed. His heart was in so much pain that he couldn't say a word.
When the six heard Boss Jia's wail, they immediately burst into laughter. "It's because we care about old times. Otherwise, you'd have to cut your own flesh to repay your debt if we won all the rounds. Come and see, you've won so much this round … F * ck! Leopard! "
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