In the ghost town of Dongming, there are no living people and all the ghosts come and go. Even Bian Ya, who has always been heartless, feels gloomy and clings tightly to Wei Shiqi, never leaving.
Wei Shiqi held Bian Ya’s little hand and walked step by step in the inner city. At a familiar corner, he did not find the familiar shop. Instead, he found a strange gambling house with a hanging hanging under the eaves. There is a shiny silver hook, and the nanmu plaque is inscribed with the four characters "Silver Hook Gambling House".
People come and go, in and out, some are happy and some are sad, some are happy and some are worried.
The silver hook hanging under the eaves dangled, which brought back Wei Shiqi's memory, and he couldn't help but want to laugh. Silver Hook Gambling House, Gutter Gambling House, capsize in the gutter, what a good fortune!
Wei Shiqi passed through the door without entering, and then passed five or six stores. Sure enough, a brothel stood on the corner of the street, with flickering lights and a ghostly atmosphere. The dark red paper lanterns were written with upright words. The ink characters are clearly the three characters "Mingyue Tower".
He vaguely guessed the Mingyue Tower of Silver Hook Casino.
Dongming City is not a replica of Liantao City. Dongming City is the sandbox of Liantao City. Chu Tianyou has incredible skills and created a city out of thin air. From this, he can deduce various possibilities, although he cannot take into account All situations are taken into consideration, and I don’t know how much better it is than making changes rashly.
He listened to Wei Shiqi’s words. In time, the inner city of Liantao City will undergo the same changes.
"Uncle Chu is really planning to build a gambling house and brothel in the inner city?" Bian Ci looked around for a few times, quite curious.
"Go in and have a look?"
Bian Ci was a little moved. He hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's go to the gambling house, Mingyue Tower... forget it, okay?"
Wei Shiqi smiled slightly, put his arm around her shoulders, and turned back towards the place where the silver hook swayed.
Stepping into the gambling house, a ghost servant floated forward, bent down and stretched out his hand, making a "please come in" gesture. Wei Shiqi looked around and saw that there were more than ten gambling tables set up in the gambling shop. The dealers were all female ghosts, with graceful looks and expressionless faces.
Wei Shiqi found a deserted gambling table nearby, and saw the croupier pushing a lottery tube in front of him. The tube was made of bamboo. It had been rubbed for a long time and was as moist as jade. The surrounding mountains and rivers were engraved on it. In the shape of a river, three identical bamboo sticks undulate inside the tube, as if suspended in the water.
The dealer reached into her pocket and took out the bamboo sticks. Two of the three bamboo sticks were short and one was long. They were about half an inch apart. She showed the bamboo sticks back and forth several times. After everyone confirmed that they were correct, she put her palms together and rubbed them. , dropped it into the bamboo stick tube, turned his wrist and shook it, the bamboo sticks turned into a group of shadows, colliding with each other, making a clattering sound, and then stopped after a moment.
The dealer stretched out his index finger and tapped one of the bamboo sticks. The bamboo stick immediately floated a few inches, higher than the other two. She opened her palms and pointed them diagonally towards the gaming table, signaling for everyone to place bets.
There are three circles drawn on the gambling table, one red and two black. There is a word "long" in the red circle and a word "short" in the black circle. One person hesitated and placed a bunch of paper money in the red circle, as if it was a signal. One after another, people placed bets on either the red circle or the black circle.
The bet left his hand, and the croupier flicked the chosen bamboo stick with his fingers. The bamboo stick jumped out of the tube and fell on the gaming table. It was clearly a long stick.
The dealer took out the remaining two lots from the lot tube and placed them side by side with the long lot. One was long and the other was short. There were no mistakes or omissions. She accepted the gambling money in the black circle and paid out the gambling money in the red circle. She made a profit every time she went in and out.
Wei Shiqi watched a few games. The rules for betting on "long and short lots" were simple and clear. If you bet wrong, you will lose everything. If you bet on a long number, you will lose one. A common habit is that Silver Hook Casino is too quiet. No matter the croupier, ghost servants or gamblers, everyone is silent, winning silently, losing silently, winning enough or losing all, silently again After leaving, the gambling house was like a huge tomb, without any excitement at all.
Wei Shiqi looked at the gambling tables one by one. In addition to "long and short lots", there were also gambling games such as Pai Gow, dice, and leaf cards. The mentality of a disciple.
After staying in the gambling house for a long time, the yin energy was overwhelming and very uncomfortable. Bian Ci rubbed his arms with his hands. Seeing that Wei Shiqi was very interested, he suppressed his words.
Wei Shiqi looked around, summoned a ghost servant, and threw him a bright red pill. The ghost servant put the pill under his nose and sniffed it, his face looked happy, and he immediately I gave him five bundles of paper money in exchange.
The paper money is extremely light and tightly tied with fine linen ropes. Three of the bundles are randomly bundled, but the other two bundles are different. One is bound by tortoise shell and the other is bundled, but they are only slightly larger in size. That's all, if Wei Shiqi hadn't been well-informed, he really wouldn't have recognized it.
In the distant past, a time that was almost forgotten, he spent a lot of time studying rope bondage, downloaded a lot of videos and pictures, and tried a few things with his own hands. Of course, he couldn't find a suitable one. The test subjects are just scratching the surface.
He was a senior theorist and a discerning connoisseur, and he spent many sleepless nights using this as a pastime.
After many years, he saw Rope again on an unexpected occasion and in an unexpected way. Wei Shiqi felt cordial. He couldn't restrain his curiosity and picked up a rope. The ghost servant tied the paper money with a tortoise shell and asked: "Who tied this paper money?"
The ghost servant looked frightened, babbling and gesticulating for a long time, and finally choked out four words: "Master Ghost King."
If there is a ghost city, there must be a ghost king. What kind of person is so bored that he would use ropes in a place like this. Wei Shiqi has a lot of regrets about saving fate.
He casually took out three bundles of paper money and placed them in the red circle. The croupier popped out the bamboo stick, and it turned out to be a long one, which cost Wei Shiqi a bet.
Being bearish on winning or losing, he was very lucky. Wei Shiqi didn’t show any tricks, so he bet casually. One moment he bet on the red circle, the other moment he bet on the black circle. He actually won more and lost less, without changing time. In no time, the paper money in front of me was piled up like a hill, making people jealous.
Bian Ya cheered, but Bian Ci was worried.
Wei Shiqi gambled for a while, and suddenly felt that his interest was waning. He pushed all the paper money into the red circle., said: "The last one, either move upstairs or move bricks downstairs."
Although it is a sand table deduction, everything that a casino should have is here, including the croupier with twitching mouth and a fierce look. The ghost servants, the envious gamblers, everyone's expressions are very reserved, just click on the button.
Wei Shiqi's "last hand" became the focus of Silver Hook Casino, attracting almost everyone's attention. The croupier's iceberg face, which had remained unchanged for thousands of years, finally showed some expression. His fingers trembled slightly and he didn't play it for a long time.
Except for Wei Shiqi, no one else placed bets. In the red circle, paper money piled up like a mountain. If he lost again, the croupier couldn't explain it, so he had to buy a piece of tofu and hit him to death. .
If ghosts could die again.
At this moment, heavy footsteps sounded in the back hall of the gambling house, and a tall man walked out slowly, with sunken eyes, a straight nose, and extremely tough facial lines, like an ax chopping a knife. The body is as thin as a chip, the back is strong, the body is majestic, and only the right leg is slightly lame. Even though he walks as steadily as a mountain, it makes people sigh with regret. How could such a good man lose his legs and feet?
The gamblers who were watching were divided on both sides. The croupier stopped his hands one by one, and the ghost servant bowed in greeting. Wei Shiqi glanced at him, guessing his identity, and tapped the gaming table with his fingers, saying. : "Open the treasure." r1058(..)
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