Tongyuan City is a county town near the west and an important gateway to the Central Plains. It turns out that this place is a major merchant town. Merchants from east to west have to pass through this place. It is a very prosperous county town. However, in recent years, due to the rebellion of King Pingxi, all the ten western towns under his rule have raised anti-banks. The court sent troops to fight against traitors for years. This place has become the front line for the two sides to fight. Years of war, the prosperity of the past has disappeared. Many wealthy families have moved away from this place, and this place has become a place where soldiers, hooligans, spies and black markets are prevalent.

At noon that day, the sun shone brightly, Xu Tianlang was walking on the streets of Tongyuan County. This former wolf boy had grown into a strong and tall handsome boy at this time.

There were travelers everywhere in the city, shouting and shouting, and it was very lively. It was very strange that he looked around from time to time. After all, he had never been to a town outside his hometown since he was a child. Later, he had been practicing and learning art in the mountains, and had never seen the prosperity of the town.

Tianlang studied martial arts for three years in Dongming Mountain. Because his body had excellent basic qualities and his natural intelligence, he received careful guidance from Master Lingmei in his internal skills. Therefore, although he had not practiced martial arts for a long time, he had all obtained all Taoist magical skills such as Xuanzhen Taoist, Tai Chi, Bagua, Xingyi, etc., and his martial arts attainments were already quite profound.

Master Xuanzhen also loved talents and was reluctant to leave. He stayed with Tianlang for another year and passed on all his martial arts skills, "Wuji Xuan Gong", to Tianlang. By the time Tianlang finished his studies, he was already an 18-year-old young man, at the age of high spirits.

After Tianlang bid farewell to Taoist Master Xuanzhen, before returning to Ziyun Palace in Cangping Mountain, he planned to go back to his hometown to see his parents who had been separated for many years. Since Feiniao sent a letter last time, he has never contacted his family again. He doesn't know how his parents are in good health or how they are in the recent situation, and he misses them very much.

So he packed up, changed into civilian clothes, brought his money, and went westward, wandering day and night, eating hungry and drinking thirsty, and only after a few days was the town of Datongyuan. After staying here for one night, he would return to his hometown tomorrow.

Thinking of seeing his parents whom he had been away for a long time tomorrow, Tianlang wanted to bring something to the two elders to express his feelings, which was also an apology for not being able to fulfill his filial piety over the years. He looked around the street and found that everything food and clothing here was very expensive, and he was afraid that he could not afford the money in his pocket.

He finally decided to go to have a meal first. He came to a small tavern, went in and sat down, ordered two side dishes, a bowl of noodle soup, and started eating it with a slight snoring. After a while, three bowls of noodle soup were eaten, and he felt full. When he asked the waiter to come to check out, he heard a burst of noise from behind the tavern, and asked the waiter what he was doing so lively behind him.

"There is a small gambling shop behind. If you are interested, you can go and have fun." said the waiter.

"Is it a gambling? I've heard that I haven't seen it yet, so I'll go and see it." After paying the meal, Tianlang got up and walked towards the backyard.

When I arrived at the backyard, I saw dozens of people, including robes, cloth clothes, and military uniforms, shouting around a long table. It was very lively. It turned out that a gambling game was being played here, playing Sic Bo.

This is a dice game. The dealer puts three dices into a black round-bottom dice cup, covers the lid, lifts it over the top of his head and shakes it three times, and then places the dice cup in front of the table, and all players start betting. There are many grids drawn on the long table to represent different betting "areas". Each area is written with words such as "big", "small", "three armies", "circumference", "full circumference", and "points", representing different types of dice results and odds.

Tianlang saw a few games next to him and then roughly understood. Although no one could see the dice in the dice cup, he could tell the location of the dealer shaking it out after listening a few times.

There are the most people who play betting on the size of the game. Among them, there is a strong man who won the size of the game several times, and he is so happy that he can't stop. At this time, the dealer has set up another dealer and asks everyone to bet. This man has become very good at it and bets all the bets he has won. He began to bet on the "small", thinking that after all, he has won the "big" several times just now, and he has to change this time.

Tianlang heard it from the side because the dealer still shook the number this time. Seeing that he bet on "small", he couldn't help but worry about him.

Unexpectedly, after the man bet, hesitated for a moment, moved all bets to "big", and then cheered himself up and said, "It's not wrong, that's it!"

Everyone saw that he was lucky, so they followed suit.

"Ding" rings, and the dealer shouts: "Dear guests, please stop buying!"

"It's been dice!" The dealer shouted, and a dealer reached out to lift the lid of the dice cup.

At this time, Tianlang clearly heard the dice in the dice cup jumping together, and the points competition became smaller.

When the dealer uncovered the lid of the dice cup, he found it was indeed "small!"

The strong man was stunned at first sight, slapped his forehead with great regret, sighed, and then shook his head in disappointment while preparing to leave.

Tianlang could see clearly that this was clearly the dealer who had done something, and there was a magnet hidden in his hands, which was used to adjust the size of dice points at critical moments.

Tianlang saw the most dissatisfied and honest man being bullied, and immediately followed the strong man to the gate of the courtyard, stepped forward to stop the strong man and said, "Brother of Warrior, please stay."

The strong man looked up and saw a handsome young man standing in front of him. For some reason, he asked, "This brother, I have never known each other, what's wrong?"

"I saw that you were lucky, why did you leave and stop playing?"

"It's just a little gambling. Besides, I'm penniless and can't gamble anymore. What can I do if I don't leave?"

"I see my brother being so arrogant, generous, and quite obsessed. I still have a little money here, and I am willing to lend it to my brother and try it. If I lose, it will be my. If I win, I will deduct the remaining amount of money I lost before. Do you think it is true?" Tianlang took a step forward and handed over some of the scattered silver in his hand.

"That relationship is great." The strong man glanced at the broken silver in Tianlang's hand and said, "But brothers can only play with this little silver. It's hard to make a comeback. I think you'd better keep the flowers yourself."

"I'll just take it to bet. Please ask you, so I will not let you lose. When you fail, just bet according to my instructions."

"Oh, then I won't refuse anymore, let's listen to you once." The strong man took the silver and said.

"Please, please!" Tianlang said, "At that time, you can see if I put my hands in front of me, and my right hand covers my left hand, and if I take a big shot, I will bet a small shot. Do you understand?"

"Yeah, OK!" The strong man nodded and agreed, thinking, it was all your money anyway. Then he returned to the betting table with Tianlang.

After the dealer put the dice cup again, the strong man glanced at Tianlang and put the silver in his hand on the "small".

Sure enough, the dealer made a "small" after dicing the dice, and he lost the money as much as possible.

In the second hand, the strong man wanted to put all in. After thinking about it, he put half of the money in his arms, thinking that if he lost, he would return it to his younger brother so that he would not owe him any more money. Then he bet the remaining money on the "big" according to Tianlang's instructions.

After opening the market, he won again, and he put the money in his hand on the "small" as instructed. He won six consecutive games in this way, and he had already gained a large amount of money in his hand.

The strong man wanted to stop here, but he stopped when he saw that Tianlang still hinted that he wanted to bet all of them. He couldn't help but secretly called himself a surprise, thinking that he had met a paradise today.

After the dealer made the dealer, the strong man bet all the money on the "small". The gamblers next to him had never seen such a player who bets all in a row. The competition stopped, and they were not betting, and stood beside them to watch.

After calling for a stop to buy, a dealer flashed from the side and reached out to lift the lid of the dice cup.

It was said that it was soon, Tianlang snatched himself to the front of the stage, brushed away the dealer's hand with one hand, and uncovered the lid of the dice cup with the other, and said, "I'll open it!"

As soon as the lid was lifted, three dice were displayed in front of everyone: two, three, three, small! Everyone cheered and applauded.

Seeing this, the dealer shouted loudly: "Who told you to drive it? This one doesn't count!"

"Can you drive differently?" Tianlang asked, stretched out his hand and slapped the man's arm. A stone rolled out from the man's sleeve, just falling on the table.

The dealer hurriedly went to grab the stone, but Tianlang had already taken it in his hand first and raised it for everyone to show it.

"What kind of trick is this?" After saying that, Tianlang shook the stone on the dice, and saw that the dice jumped up and fell steadily. All the numbers were displayed on the upward side. Tianlang turned the stone over and shook it again, and all the dice jumped again, and all the dice were displayed as decimals again.

When everyone saw it, they suddenly realized it, and then the crowd was excited. "Take a thousand!" "Check!" "Lost money!" "Criticize!" The gambler who had just lost his eyes just now raised the table. Several more men came out of the gambling house. They wanted to control the situation, and immediately the two sides fought together.

On this side, the strong man had already taken back his money and pulled Tianlang, and ran out in the chaos. The two ran far away and stopped. Seeing that no one was chasing behind them, they couldn't help laughing after looking at each other.
Chapter completed!