The bet between Sun Yixie and Murong Ji spread throughout Hangzhou in just a few days.
In order to show fairness, the two agreed that Murong Ji would decide the gambling items, and the time and place of the gambling would be arranged by Sun Yixie.
This is quite reasonable, because Murong Ji is the "King of Gambling", so it is easier to convince the public to leave the gambling content to him; and Sun Yixie is a local snake, it is up to him to Organizing the venue and organizing the audience also get twice the result with half the effort.
Youdao is the mouth of a storyteller and the legs of an opera singer. This sentence is enough for us.
In a blink of an eye, the day of the duel between the two came.
This afternoon, the wind is gentle and the sun is beautiful.
Murong Ji and Liu Ming boarded a cruise ship on the West Lake on time.
Today, Mr. Murong did not bring so many thugs, but only Liu Ming. After all, the space of the cruise ship back then was limited. Even today, Sun Yixie picked one. It's a large ship with two floors, but the area on that floor can only accommodate dozens of people.
The quota of these dozens of people, excluding the two parties betting against each other, must naturally be reserved for the "audiences" who come to witness, rather than for the dozens of thugs brought by one party.
Anyway, the people who can board this ship to watch the battle today are without exception high-ranking officials from Hangzhou. No matter how hard it is, Sun Yixie will never be able to ambush Murong Ji in front of these people and kill him on the spot. Sinking into the lake.
Therefore, Murong Ji did not need to bring so many people.
After getting on the boat, Mr. Murong and Liu Ming were immediately taken to the second floor. When he walked into the room, which was the cabin of the boat, he found that there was already a circle of people sitting around the room, and almost all the seats were occupied. The queue is full.
A square table and four stools have been set up in the vacant space in the middle of the room. .
Mu Rongji was not surprised by these decorations, because the mahjong match against Sun Yixie today was exactly what he chose.
"Mr. Liu." Murong Ji came to the table and was not in a hurry to sit down, but called Liu Ming softly.
Liu Ming also understood immediately and stepped forward to inspect the tables and chairs.
No one made any comments about their behavior, because what they did at the moment was what they should do.
Everyone who has been at the gambling table knows that when you go to an important gambling game, you have to be wary of anything owned by your opponent, because anything can be tampered with.
The drink you drink may be drugged, the chair you sit on may have a mechanism, and the table in front of you, or even the floor and ceiling, are all beyond your imagination.
Most of the tricks you have seen in magic, whether with the help of props or pure tricks, have more foolproof versions.
Some of these techniques can be seen through with eyesight or experience on the spot, but there are many others that if you don’t check and take precautions in advance, you won’t be able to expose them even if they do them in front of you.
“Master,no problem. "Liu Mingzai carefully inspected the tables, chairs and surrounding floor beams, and then reported to Murong Ji.
Murong Ji nodded and was about to take his seat.
< p>But just as he casually walked towards one of the chairs and was about to sit down, he hesitated.Because there are four seats here, which one should he sit on?
Thinking of this, Murong Ji looked around again
Due to the limited space in the boat, the audience sitting at the front was only two meters away from the gambler's back. You can see the cards by stretching your neck. If you choose the wrong position, and there happens to be a business partner who has a good relationship with Sun Yixie sitting behind you, what should you do if you give the opposite party a code?
Liu Ming is also very good at it. He quickly saw Murong Ji's concerns, so he said, "Master, how about we wait for Sun Yixie to come and see where he wants to sit first, and then we can make a fuss."
He Before he finished speaking, suddenly
a burst of pipa and suona suddenly erupted outside the cabin.
With pipa as the accompaniment and suona as the main melody, a classic BG from the movie God of Gamblers suddenly appeared.
Then the cabin door opened.
The next second, Sun Yixie was dressed in fancy clothes, wearing sunglasses, and holding a piece of dried salted fish in his mouth. He appeared on stage accompanied by music
Maybe it was because this appearance had been rehearsed many times, so Brother Sun wanted to make the process longer, so he started to move forward slowly in slow motion after entering. Stepping forward very slowly
Everyone present was shocked on the spot.
Especially Murong Ji and Liu Ming were stunned.
< p>Murong Ji was thinking in his mind at that time, "Is this guy surnamed Sun crazy? Is he trying to create suspicion or look down on me?"Just when he was confused, the music outside the room stopped abruptly, because Sun Yixie only taught the musicians a short piece in total, and they couldn't play anymore no matter how long they played.
Sun Yixie then greeted him with a smile and said, "Heheheheah"
But just when he was smiling and about to talk, he tripped and fell down on the spot.
Of course, this is not surprising. Think about it, there were no sunglasses in those days, but glasses. Yes, so Brother Sun's sunglasses are obviously a pair of glasses that he dyed black with ink himself
"What a chicken!" Sun Yixie, who fell down, instinctively scolded the street and said with the fastest Speed stood up again, brushed off the dust on his body and said, "Uh-huh, sorry, I can't see clearly with my sunglasses on in the room. ”
That’s what he said, but he still put on the sunglasses that he had just thrown off and put them on backwards.
Looking at the other party’s funny expression Performance, Murong Ji's inner thoughts now are "I was tricked by such a thing a few days ago. Am I actually a fool too?"
"What about Brother Murong, Mr. Liu. Sun Yixie seemed to want to change the topic to cover up his embarrassment, so he immediately answered, "Why are you two standing here? Please sit down." "
"Oh haha." Liu Ming came to his senses a little faster. He immediately clasped his fists and laughed dryly, "Master Sun is the host in today's round and the host is not sitting. How can our guests be embarrassed to sit down?"< /p>
This is actually a nonsense sentence that makes no sense. I have only heard of people waiting for the host to be seated first at dinner parties, but I have never heard of such rules in gambling games.
However, his specious theory did not seem to let Sun Yixie notice any special purpose.
"That's okay." Sun Yixie just responded casually and sat down on a nearby chair.
"Wait a minute." At this moment, Murong Ji stopped him and said, "Brother Sun, you are the master. You should sit north and face south, that is, sit over there."
Murong Ji reacted quickly this time. He thought that Sun Yixie's appearance of "sitting casually" must be fake, so wherever Sun Yixie chose a seat, he asked Sun Yixie to sit opposite. And he himself went to seize the one chosen by Sun Yixie.
"Ha" Sun Yixie was stunned when he heard this, "How the hell can you tell the southeast from the northwest on the ship?"
Gu Di
Complaints are complaints, but he still moved his position according to Murong Ji's words.
"Okay, if you say it's north, it's north. Anyway, I can't find north." Sun Yixie is telling the truth, otherwise how could he "reverse high-speed rail"
"Well" Murong Ji saw this and didn't answer any more. He just came to the seat he had won and sat down, and motioned Liu Ming to sit on his left side, which was the side where he could "feed cards" .
Sun Yixie saw all of this, but he didn't take it seriously.
"You two, would you like something to drink?" Sun Yixie asked when he saw the two of them sitting down.
Murong Ji and Liu Ming were a little confused by his question, because gamblers in those days generally did not have the habit of eating and drinking while gambling, let alone having a beautiful woman by their side as a vase.
Maybe some private gambling games set up by princes and nobles will do this, but generally private gambling, especially when playing mahjong, a game that requires constant touching and playing of cards, will not do this
p>"No need." Murong Ji hesitated for a few seconds and then said he didn't need to drink.
"I don't need it either." Liu Mingzi did the same.
As mentioned before, they should try to avoid accepting things from each other to prevent fraud.
"Oh, that's okay." Sun Yixie turned to a waiter who was standing by and said, "Brother, bring me a bowl of soy milk."
"Yes. "The attendant responded and went out.
Murong Ji and Liu Ming really couldn’t see through Sun Yixie. In those days, the most common so-called "beverages" were tea and wine, and the positioning of soy milk was similar to " "Soup" is usually eaten with breakfast, but Sun Yixie actually asked for a bowl of it on this occasion. The key is that there really is one on the ship
Yes, there is
Today's The second floor of the boat is a gambling venue, and the first floor is the "preparation area".In addition to soy milk, most of the tea and drinks are available, and there are also a lot of dried fruit snacks of various colors.
Of course, in addition to being used for stocking goods, another function of the first floor is to allow the attendants brought by the distinguished guests on the second floor to have a place to stay. After all, the space on the ship is really limited. If everyone on the second floor If there is someone standing next to the guest, it will be too crowded.
"Brother Tang, come and sit too." After Sun Yixie ordered the soy milk, he turned and shouted to Tang Weizhi, who was already waiting in the corner of the room.
Hearing the sound, the latter quickly walked through the audience and came to the card table.
Today, Tang Weizhi looked radiant and energetic in a smart outfit; obviously, his previous injuries were almost healed.
"I have met Mr. Murong and Mr. Liu." Tang Weizhi first greeted the two people with clasped fists, and then said "Young Master" to Sun Yixie's gaze before sitting down. .
Murong Ji and Liu Ming looked at him and exchanged glances. At this time, they both wondered in their hearts, "It's actually him."
They would be surprised and very surprised. It was normal, because they reasoned that if Sun Yixie wanted to find a mahjong partner, he would most likely ask his think tank Xue Tui, or simply ask a local gambling expert to help. However, they did not expect that Tang Weizhi would show up to Xihu Yazao to watch the game. The "beater" can sit on it.
So what is the level of Tang Weizhi's gambling skills?
In a word, he is an old gambler.
Perhaps you have forgotten that Tang Weizhi, the "former nineteenth-generation disciple of the Kongtong Sect", incurred a lot of debt because of his gambling habit, and he accidentally beat up the rogues who came to collect debts. He was expelled from the school until he died, ruining his great future.
Later, when he wandered around the world and gave up on himself, he also gambled a lot, but he still had a bottom line. He did not just rely on his martial arts to do evil like Hongmei Que
Even if Tang Weizhi was so poor that he begged for food, he never harmed the people.
Later, he was so hungry that he went to the West Lake Pavilion to eat the Overlord meal, hoping to be sent to jail, but was taken in by Sun Yixie. After that, Tang Weizhi gave up gambling.
In fact, no one tried to persuade him to quit gambling, but he felt that he had finally met a noble person and had a chance to be a new person. He must not fall down again.
Because of this, Tang Weizhi has not had anything related to gambling since a year ago. Even if people say they don’t want to gamble and just ask him to go to the card table to make up the numbers, he is determined to do it. reject.
But today, the young master had the order to take action, so he had to make an exception.
Some people may have something to say after seeing this. Even if he is an old gambler, he is also an old gambler who has lost money and is in debt. Isn’t this a noob?
Then you might as well think about it this way, are there people in this world who can gamble for a long time without losing money
To put it bluntly, as long as gambling continues for a long time, the only people who can guarantee winning are twoOne type is for running a casino, and the other type is for cheating.
Even if there are a very small number of people who can stably achieve a winning rate of more than 60% in a relatively high-tech project without cheating by relying on skill and luck, such people are only a rare breed. The modern mahjong professional player.
The man in front of him, Murong Ji, who was born in a gambling family and is known as the "Gambling Overlord", is at this level.
Anyone higher than this must be a person with super powers, a con man, or a god of gambling.
Therefore, with Tang Weizhi's "old gambler" skills, it is enough to come over and assist Brother Sun.
Instead of worrying about his gambling skills, it is better to worry about his "face that cannot hide things" problem. After all, the main reason why he lost money in the first place was actually this "expression management" problem.
As for why Sun Yixie did not temporarily hire a "master foreign aid" from the casino, it is also a simple matter of trust.
How do you know that the person you are looking for will not be bribed by the other party in advance? How do you know that he will ask others to buy peripheral bets to lose, and then deliberately come to play you
Saw it Anyone who works in gambling movies in Hong Kong knows that in such an important gambling game, the skills of the person you partner with should come second and loyalty should come first.
"Master, your soy milk." Not long after, the attendant brought a bowl of hot soy milk up from downstairs.
Sun Yixie took the bowl and immediately blew it and took a small taste. After feeling that the temperature was okay, he raised his voice and said to everyone in the room, "Everyone, I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long. , Today you are willing to come and bear witness to this bet between Brother Murong and I. Sun is deeply honored. I will bring wine with you here and offer you a bowl first."
He said this , the guests in the room also raised their tea cups or wine glasses one after another, and talked politely for a while.
Then, Sun Yixie drank a bowl of soy milk with a tilt of his neck, and the guests also drank a glass.
After putting down the bowl, Sun Yixie said, "Without further delay, Brother Murong, let's get started."
"Yes." Murong Ji turned his head immediately after hearing this. Looking at Liu Ming, "Mr. Liu."
Liu Ming received the order and put a wooden box he carried with him on the table.
This was also agreed upon by both parties in advance. In addition to Murong Ji choosing the gambling items, Murong Ji would also prepare the gambling equipment for the day.
So, the box Liu Ming took out now contains the mahjong and chips that will be used today.