You want to live, don't you?
From Create Your Own Story
"Oooh, I'm so scared, please don't kill me, I'll let you enter to steal whatever you want," the watchman squeaks sarcastically. "Okay, so you're armed. Well, guess what, so am I. So what? Why should I let you in?"
"Because I have gold. Here, take some."
Or, of course, you can just kill him already.