A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 22 Entering Valentine for the first time

The train passed slowly in front of the town of Valentine.

Arthur drove the carriage across the railway, passing by the railway platform beside him.

Before entering the town, the air that hit us smelled like sheep.

You can see several sheep pens beside the main road in the town, and in the fences, the cowboys are busy counting the number of sheep entering the pens.

Strauss sat in the carriage and said:
"Looks like a decent town."

Arthur smiled and replied:
“Thinking back on the snow on the mountain, I really don’t want to go back.”

After driving the carriage along the path to the main road of the town, Arthur looked around. Taverns, hotels, convenience stores, and the Sheriff's Office were all neatly arranged on both sides of the road.

The buildings on both sides are old and new, extending from the beginning to the end of the main road. At the innermost part of the road is a public stable where horses can be stored and bought and sold. Arthur is going to park the carriage here.

When the carriage stopped, Strauss got down from the carriage and said:
"Okay, let's separate here and meet again here after dark. Is there any problem?"

Arthur shook his head. Since he had already persuaded him, he was not going to stop him from lending money now. Arthur planned to wait until he could not collect the debt and handle it himself.

Right now Arthur had other things to do.

After the two separated here, Arthur went straight to the tavern in the town.

As soon as he entered the door, the cheerful piano sounded in his ears. On the right side of the hall, Arthur saw three people playing Texas Hold'em poker on the table. Arthur stepped forward and pulled out one of the empty chairs and sat down.

"Count me in, friends."

The three people who were originally playing cards welcomed Arthur's arrival, threw away all the cards in their hands, and started over.

One of them shuffled the cards skillfully, while the other person asked:
"How many chips?"

Arthur asked: "How big is this?"

Among the three, the old man wearing a cowboy hat said with a smile: "Not much, capped at one dollar each time."

Arthur nodded, first changed the chips for five dollars, quickly shuffled, cut and dealt the cards, and the game began.

Although Arthur's purpose was not to play cards, but mainly to inquire about some information and check the market situation, at this time, Arthur was not in a hurry to ask, but started playing cards seriously.

Seeing only two cards in hand, the K of Spades and the Q of Spades, Arthur frowned deliberately, and then followed everyone to place an ante bet of 20 cents in the first round. After the host confirmed that no one wanted to increase, Turned over the three hole cards on the table, nine of spades, J of spades, and Q of hearts.

None of the three of them had played cards with Arthur before, and they couldn't figure out what his tricks were, so this round they just added a normal amount of 20 cents.

Arthur rolled his eyes in his mind. It wasn't because his cards were bad. He was now guaranteed a pair of Queens, and there was hope for a flush. The main reason was that when people here play cards, do they all play so small?What's the point of this.

So, when it was Arthur's turn, he decisively added 50 cents, and then said:
"I'm from the north. Today is the first time I've been to this small town. Is it possible that everyone here is so petty when playing cards?"

The old man wearing a cowboy hat who kept smiling was not angry when he heard what Arthur said, and said:
"There's a one-dollar cap for each raise. It's not a small game, right?" Good guy, Arthur was stunned for a moment. Is there such a one-dollar cap?
After the old man finished speaking, he continued to place bets with Arthur, but increased the bet by $1, as did the other two.

Ben came here. I heard that there is a limit of one dollar for each raise. Arthur can fold and stop playing. However, his hand is very good, and everyone has followed for $1. The pot is already That's a pretty good number.

After a simple calculation, only three cards have been opened. There is still one more round of betting before the fourth card is opened. The pot is now US$4.9. After doing the calculation in his mind, Arthur feels that these people seem to have a plan. Partnership Education educates this new boy.

Arthur followed up by adding $1. As expected, no one folded, so he continued to add $1.

The fourth hole card is the Ten of Hearts. Although the card in Arthur's hand is not the biggest yet, it is already a straight. This is already an excellent card. Most gamblers will be willing to play for this card. The cards mortgage the wife and daughter.

However, Arthur didn't forget that he was here to inquire about the news. While they still felt that they were sure of him, he hurriedly asked:
"Do you guys usually play cards here? Are there any other card games that you can play with your brothers?"

After another round of $1 increase, the old man still said:

"The two of them don't like to talk very much. We just have fun here. After all, this is just a small livestock town, not as good as other places. The rich people here prefer to go to Saint Denis. Although The journey is indeed a bit far, but the fun is great.”

Sure enough, the other two people on the field gave up on the last card, and now only Arthur and the old man are left to continue.

At this time, Arthur had run out of chips. After buying some more chips with someone who had already left, the last hole card was also revealed, the seven of diamonds.

The old man smiled and said to Arthur:
"Otherwise, don't add it and just drive. Otherwise, I'm worried that one of us may not be able to get out of this town in a while."

Arthur nodded and saw the old man turning over the cards in his hand, an A of diamonds and a K of clubs. The old man won. Both of them had straights, but the old man had a straight A and Arthur only had a straight K. I don’t know. Why, Arthur was not surprised by this result.

Willing to admit defeat, Arthur did not want to cause trouble in the town, so he exchanged the remaining chips. After congratulating the old man, Arthur walked out of the tavern. Although he said he lost money, Arthur got the news he wanted to know, among which The most important thing is that there are no other high-end card games in town.

Under the telephone pole at the intersection, Arthur bought a newspaper from the newsboy. It was the New Hanover Gazette. He checked the time and saw that it was the latest issue.

Opening the newspaper, on the cover, there is the news of the robbery of the Cornwall train. There are three conspicuous headlines - "Fierce fighting resulted in many deaths", "The murderer called himself Odrisk Colm" ”, “The train belongs to Leviticus Cornwall”.

After seeing what he wanted to read, Arthur quickly sat down on a bench at the door of a grocery store and studied it carefully. He saw this in the newspaper:

“A train belonging to railway, sugar and oil tycoon Henri Vétix Cornish was robbed in broad daylight by a gang of masked gangsters calling themselves the Odrisk Gang. The train was traveling north towards Grizzly and the robbers boarded the train shortly after it departed West Elizabeth and forced the train to a stop. As of press time, preliminary telegrams indicate that the bloody robbery was intended to steal railway bonds from Mr. Cornish's private train."

"Shortly after the robbery, the train was stopped in the southern area of ​​Oönigsberg after the police and management inspected it due to the delay in arriving at the station. Survivors on the train and the police said there was a violent riot inside the train carriage. Fighting, the guards on the train resisted valiantly, and members of the Odlisk gang left a lot of dead bodies,"

"The engineers and mechanics in the train and some guards survived, but except for a few guards who insisted that the robbery was the work of the O'Drisco Gang, other personnel were too frightened to provide more information to the police."

Arthur smiled knowingly when he saw this. He didn't know if Colm would be furious when he saw the newspaper. However, he was not happy for a long time. He continued to read along the newspaper, and the next news was Arthur's face turned ugly instantly.

It is not clear whether Colm will blow up Arthur, but he is indeed going to blow up now. The headline on the second section of the newspaper reads:

"Blackwater is on lockdown."

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(End of this chapter)