Chapter 3 third bet
Food sex also.
The meaning of this sentence is that everyone has to eat, and everyone has to do the "work" of passing on the family line-whether he feels happy or not.
So there are restaurants everywhere, women everywhere, some women belong to only one man, and some women can be bought by every man.
There are also some women who can only be bought by some men-some men who are richer and more willing to spend money.
In addition to the two sexes of "food and sex", it is said that human beings also have a "gambling sex".
At least there are always more people who gamble than those who don't.
There are a lot of people who usually gamble at home -- in their own house, in a friend's house.
It's a pity that there are always inconvenient times at home, sometimes my wife will be upset, sometimes the children will be noisy, and sometimes I can't find my gambling friends.
Fortunately, there are places where this "inconvenience" will never happen-the casino.
So there are casinos everywhere.
Some casinos are on the ground, while others are underground; some casinos are open to the public, while others are not;
But as long as you gamble, you may lose your wife at any time.
In several relatively large cities, in several casinos with relatively large bets, a lucky person appeared recently.
In a casino, "lucky guy" means the person who wins money, that is, "winner".
No matter what anyone says, there is always someone in the casino who wins some money.
In a casino, although there are always more losers, you can still often see winners.
However, there are a few very special things about this winner——
He only plays with dice.
As long as he grabbed the dice and rolled it, it would be three sixes.
"Six Leopards."
This is the supreme treasure of dice. According to the statistics of some experienced gamblers, it takes about 900,000 dice tosses before such an idea appears.
Some people gamble all their lives, gamble every day, throw dice every day, and never roll such an idea.
"He must be a doctor." Some people doubted.
In casinos, the word "medical doctor" does not mean a doctor who sees a doctor, but a person who "deceives people with fake tricks when gambling".
It's just that a real Langzhong would never be so ostentatious, and would never attract so much attention.
That's a taboo among doctors.
A real doctor would never commit this kind of taboo. If you roll a three, he will only roll a five at most.
Five points has won three points.
For a real doctor, as long as he can beat you, that's enough.
Sometimes he will even deliberately lose you once or twice, because he is afraid that you will not bet.
But this lucky guy never lost.
As soon as he picked up the dice, he would always get three sixes, and he never missed a single throw.
"Is there really such a person?"
"real."
"Can he really roll three sixes every time?"
"real!"
"Have you seen it?"
"Not only I have seen it, but many people have seen it."
"How did he roll the dice?"
"That's how I grabbed three dice and threw them casually."
"Can't you see he's using tricks?"
"Not only can I not see it, even Daniel can't see it!"
Daniu, surnamed Zhang, is a well-known gambler. He once won the last penny of a friend who grew up with him, but he only invited his friend to drink a bowl of soybean juice.
Those who had doubts about this lucky guy at first no longer doubted it.
"If even Daniel can't see it, who else can?"
"There's no one left."
"Is this person born lucky? A born winner?"
"Ugh!"
"If he really has such luck, I would rather lose ten years of my life in exchange."
"I would rather lose twenty years of my life."
"Ugh!"
"Oh!" It was just a sigh.
Not only was he sighing why he didn't have that kind of luck, but he was also somewhat envious.
"Have you seen him?"
"Of course I have."
"What kind of person is he?"
"He is a handsome young man. I heard that he was rich in the first place. Now he must have so much money that even he himself doesn't know how to spend it."
"Do you know his name?"
"His name is Zhao Wuji."
This is an ancient building, and from the outside, it looks like the ancestral hall of a prominent family.
But experienced people know that this place is not a ancestral hall, but a casino.
The largest casino within five hundred miles nearby.
Just like those other casinos, the owner of this casino is also the leader of a secret gang.
His surname is Jia, most people call him Uncle Jia, and his close friends call him Lao Jia, so gradually no one knows what his original name was.
For a casino owner, the name is not a very important thing.
Although his surname was Jia, no one dared to cheat in his casino, otherwise the thugs he raised would politely ask that person to go outside.
When the person wakes up from the excruciating pain, he often finds himself lying in a stinking ditch.
Then he will find that he has three broken ribs.
At least three.
The interior of such a building is of course far more grand and interesting than its appearance.
The brightly lit halls are usually filled with people of all kinds, and stacks of bills, piles of chips, and handfuls of gold and silver flow in the trembling and sweaty palms of these people.
Of course, most of them flowed into the hands of the dealer in the end, so the hands of the dealer will always be dry and stable.
Wearing a newly cut spring shirt, Zhao Wuji walked into the brightly lit hall from the gentle and cool evening wind outside.
At first, he felt a little stuffy, but the warm atmosphere in the hall immediately made him forget this unpleasantness.
It is not very easy to enter this hall.
Of course, he was also brought by an experienced "friend". He spent fifty taels of silver and a rich dinner to make this friend.
Appropriate clothes made him look radiant, slender and handsome, just like a handsome young man with a lot of money.
A man like that would have attracted attention wherever he went.
What's more, he has recently gained a very unusual reputation in the casino--
"Lucky Leopard".
This is what the gamblers secretly called him, because he was the "Leopard" who rolled three sixes.
Gamblers are usually mobile, and there are people in this casino who have seen him in other casinos.
Not even a moment after he walked in, there was already quite a commotion among the crowd.
"Lucky Leopard is here."
"Do you think he will throw another six-point leopard today?"
"Do you want to bet with me?"
"How to bet?"
"I'll use one hundred taels to bet you fifty taels, betting that he will still throw six leopards today."
"How can you be so sure?"
"Because I've seen him throw it nine times."
"Nine times are three sixes?"
"Nine times."
The crowd around the biggest gaming table suddenly dispersed, allowing Wuji to walk over.
Everyone is looking at his hands.
What kind of magic is in these hands that can throw three sixes of leopards every time?
The fingers of these hands are long and strong, and the nails are neatly trimmed, but they look no different from others.
The owner of these hands seems to be just a gentle and handsome young man.
No matter how you look at it, he doesn't look like a doctor.
Everyone really didn't want him to be invited outside by those thugs who laughed at him.
The psychology of every gambler hopes to see a hero who can defeat the dealer.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Wuji walked over with a smile, like a famous actor walking onto the stage.
He seemed very calm and calm, full of confidence in himself, and he was absolutely sure of acting in this play.
The dealer started to get a little nervous.
Wuji smiled and said, "Is this table betting on dice?"
of course.
In a large and exquisite porcelain bowl, three dice were shining under the lamp.
Wuji then asked again: "Is there a limit to the size of the bet here?"
Before the banker could answer, someone beside him interjected, "This place has never had a betting limit."
"But only cash is gambled here, and the silver bills issued by Shanxi Bodyguard, even jewelry, have to be discounted first."
Wuji said: "Okay."
Smiling, he took out a stack of bank notes, all of which were issued by banks with the hardest signs.
He said, "I'll make a bet of 10,000 taels first."
As the saying goes: "Money goes to the casino, people go to the execution ground."
This means that when a person goes to the execution ground, he is no longer an individual, and when money goes to a casino, he can no longer be treated as money.
But ten thousand taels is ten thousand taels after all, not ten thousand taels of copper coins, but ten thousand taels of silver.
If you use 10,000 taels of silver to suppress people, at least several of them can be crushed to death.
The crowd started to commotion again, and people who had been gambling at other tables crowded over to watch the excitement.
The dealer coughed a few times and said, "Win or lose a bet?"
Wuji smiled and nodded.
The banker asked, "Is there anyone else betting?"
there is none left.
The banker said: "The two families are betting against each other. If you throw the leopard first, you won't be able to catch it."
Wuji said, "Who will throw first?"
The dealer had a bead on his nose, cleared his throat, and finally said a word he was very reluctant to say: "You."
The Ping family toss first, and the dealer takes the same point. This is the rule in the casino, no matter which casino it is.
With a smile, Wuji grabbed three dice and threw them casually.
The people watching were already shouting for him!
"Three sixes."
"Big Leopard!"
The yelling hadn't stopped, but the dice had already stopped, and it turned out to be a three-six big leopard!
The yelling immediately turned into applause, so loud that the roof was almost lifted.
The dealer is wiping sweat, and the more he wipes, the more sweat he gets.
Wuji didn't even blink his eyes, the result seemed to be what he expected.
He seemed to have known for a long time that he would throw such an idea.
The banker was already counting the money and preparing to pay, but his eyes were wandering around again.
At this moment, a hand rested on Wuji's shoulder, a thick and big hand with bulging veins on the back of the hand, the four fingers were almost the same length, bare and without nails.
Even people who have never practiced martial arts can tell that this hand must have practiced kung fu such as Iron Sand Palm.
Even those who have never been spanked can imagine how uncomfortable it must be to be slapped by this hand.
Immediately the laughter and applause fell silent.
Only this person was still laughing, looked at Wuji with a smirk, and asked, "What's your surname, sir?"
Wuji said, "My surname is Zhao."
The man said: "Oh, so it is Mr. Zhao, who has been admiring him for a long time."
The expression on his face didn't even mean "Jiu Yang". With the thumb of the other hand, he pointed to his nose and said, "My surname is Sun, and others call me Tie Slap."
Wuji said: "It's a pleasure to meet you."
Iron slap said: "I would like to invite Mr. Zhao to go outside and have a talk."
Wuji said, "What are you talking about?"
Iron slap said: "Talk casually."
Wuji said: "Okay, I'll leave after a few more bets."
Tie Slap lowered his face and said, "I invite you to go now."
His face darkened, and the hand that was originally on Wuji's shoulder also grasped tightly.
Everyone is sweating for Wuji.
Being grabbed by such hands and such, even if the shoulders are not broken, the feeling is definitely not good.
Who knew that Wuji didn't even wrinkle his brows, but still said with a smile: "If you must talk to me now, it's the same as talking here!"
Tie Slap's face changed, and he said sharply: "Give you face, you are shameless, do you want me to reveal your details here, if you are not a doctor, why should you bet 10,000 taels all at once?"
Wuji said: "First, because I'm rich. Second, because I'm happy. Third, because you can't control it."
Iron Slap said angrily: "I just want to take care of it."
He raised his iron slap, and slapped Wuji across the face.
He missed.
Because his people had already flown out.
Wuji slammed his wrist lightly, lifted and flicked it, and his man flew out, flying over the heads of a dozen people, and hit a big pillar with a "bang", causing his head to bruise flow.
This time it was really terrible, the casino immediately turned upside down, seventeen or eight burly men with horizontal noses and vertical eyes rushed towards them from all directions like tigers.
But in Wuji's eyes, these tigers are just sick dogs.
Just as he was about to teach the group of sick dogs a lesson, someone suddenly shouted softly from behind a door with a curtain: "Stop!"
The curtain hanging on the door is made of Hunan satin, with rich peonies embroidered on it.
A bald man in gorgeous clothes, holding a jade pipe in his hand, stood at the door with a golden sword.
All the voices stopped immediately, and everyone secretly worried for Wuji.
Now that even Boss Jia has come forward, it may be very difficult for Wuji to go out as a whole.
"Back off."
Boss Jia really had the prestige of a big boss. With a slight wave of his hand, the group of big men who looked like sick dogs immediately retreated obediently.
Boss Jia said loudly: "It's okay, it's okay, there's nothing wrong with it, everyone just keep playing, if you want to drink, I'll treat you."
While he was talking, he had already walked in front of Wuji, looked Wuji up and down, a broad face full of flesh, suddenly smiled, and said: "This is Mr. Zhao?"
Wuji said, "Yes, my surname is Zhao."
Boss Jia said: "My surname is Jia. My friends call me Lao Jia. I am the owner of this small place."
Wuji said, "Does Boss Jia want to invite me outside to have a talk?"
Boss Jia said: "It's not outside, it's inside." He pointed to the curtained door with the emerald jade pipe in his hand: "There is a friend inside who wants to gamble with Mr. Zhao."
Wuji said, "How big is the bet?"
Boss Jia smiled and said: "There is no limit to the bet, the bigger the better."
Wuji smiled and said: "If you want to chat with me, I may not be free. If you want to gamble with me, I will accompany you at any time."
Boss Jia nodded and said, "That's great!"
Wuji and Boss Jia had already walked through the door, and the curtain hanging on the door fell again.
Everyone was whispering again: "Who dares to gamble with this lucky leopard? Isn't that just like a fat pig arching the door and sending it to his door?"
Someone next to him was sneering, lowering his voice and saying: "How do you know that someone really wants to gamble with him inside? Waiting for him inside; maybe it's a sharp knife, once the lucky leopard goes in, I'm afraid it will kill you." Turned into a dead leopard."
There are no knives in the house, only people.
Including Boss Jia, there were a total of nine people, eight standing and one sitting.
The eight people standing there were either a burly man with gorgeous clothes and a mighty demeanor, or a middle-aged man with piercing eyes and shrewd skills. It seemed that none of them were big bosses.
Sitting on a red sandalwood chair covered with red felt was a dry and thin little old man, with a dry and sallow face, a pair of small triangular eyes, and a few sparse goatee beards, graying. His hair is almost gone.
If the old man looked like a goat, it would be better to say he looked like a monkey.
But he was more imposing than anyone else, and the eight people standing in front of him also respected him and did not dare to be careless.
Wuji took a deep breath.
"Could it be that this unremarkable little old man is the famous gambling king in sixty-three provinces in the south and north?"
In every line, there is a king, and in this line of gambling, it is the same.
The gambler's surname is Jiao, and no matter who recognizes him or not, they respectfully call him Mr. Jiao Qi.
Mr. Jiao Qi is not only well-known in this industry, but also has an honorable status.
Grandpa Jiao Qi gambled no less than tens of millions of times in his life, and it is said that he never lost even one—at least he never lost after the age of thirty.
Grandpa Jiao Qi is seventy-two this year.
Mr. Jiao Qi is not only a good gambler, but his eyes are even more poisonous. No matter whether he is a big doctor, a young doctor, a doctor who plays tickets, or an expert doctor, no one has ever dared to play tricks in front of him, because no matter what trick you use, Mr. Jiao Qi It can be seen at a glance.
Grandpa Jiao Qi had already washed his hands and retired to the forest on the day of his sixth or sixth birthday.
——I heard that Mr. Jiao Qi has come back again, and he was invited out by the Eight King Kongs under his sect.
——He is so old and of such a high status, what else is he doing?
——When he came out to deal with that lucky leopard, the old man also wanted to see what kind of luck this leopard had.Can actually throw three sixes every time?
Wuji had already heard the news, and of course he heard it from a "friend".
But he never expected that this famous gambling king in 13 provinces would be such a wretched little old man.
Grandpa Jiao Qi held up a sterling silver hookah with a pair of hands with three-inch long nails, "Hulu Hulu", took two puffs first, then smiled at Wuji, and said, "Sit, please sit."
Of course Wuji sat down, he never had the habit of standing in front of others.
Grandpa Jiao Qi squinted his eyes to look at Wuji, and smiled with squinted eyes: "This is Mr. Zhao?"
Wuji asked, "What's your surname?"
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "My surname is Jiao, and my senior ranking in the family is Lao Qi, so others call me Jiao Qi."
Wuji didn't even react at all, as if he had never heard the name before.
Grandpa Jiao Qi smiled softly and said, "I heard Mr. Zhao has been lucky recently?"
Wuji said, "It's not bad."
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "I don't know if Mr. Zhao would like to give you face and play a few games with me, a little old man?"
Wuji asked, "What are you betting on?"
Mr. Jiao Qi said: "Of course it's a dice game."
Wuji also laughed, and said: "I may not dare to accompany you to bet on other things, but I never refuse to bet on dice."
Grandpa Jiao Qi said, "Why?"
Wuji smiled and said, "Because when I bet on dice, my luck seems to be very good."
Grandpa Jiao Qi suddenly opened his pair of triangular eyes that were always squinted, and looked at Wuji.
When he opened his eyes, it was as if two rays of light shot out. Those who saw it for the first time would definitely be shocked.
Wuji was not startled by him.
When the zombie opened its eyes and looked at him, he didn't even startle.
He was by nature not easily intimidated.
Grandpa Jiao Qi stared at him twice, narrowed his eyes again, and said: "But luck can change from time to time, when good luck sometimes turns bad, and bad luck sometimes turns good."
He smiled lightly, and said again: "There is only one kind of person whose luck will never change."
Wuji asked, "What kind of person?"
Mr. Jiao Qi said: "People who don't rely on luck."
Wuji said, "What do you rely on if you don't rely on luck?"
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "Rely on skill!"
He used his well-maintained hand to make a very graceful gesture, and then slowly continued: "Just a little skill is enough."
Wuji seemed to be completely incomprehensible, and asked foolishly, "What technique?"
Grandpa Jiao Qi acted as if he really didn't understand, and actually explained to him: "The skill of manipulating dice."
He smiled and said again: "Dice is a very simple thing. It has neither life nor mind. As long as you have a little bit of this skill, it will do what you want it to do."
Wuji laughed, as if he still didn't quite believe it, and asked again: "Is there really such a thing in the world?"
Mr. Jiao Qi said: "Absolutely."
Wuji said, "Will you know?"
Grandpa Jiao Qi narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Do you want to see it?"
Wuji said, "I really want to."
Mr. Jiao Qi said: "Okay."
He clapped his hands, and Boss Jia immediately brought a big bowl. There were three exquisitely carved dice in the bowl.
Boss Jia said: "This bowl is made by a famous kiln in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, and the dice are exquisite products made by the old Baoshizhai shop at Xiejiekou, Wang's Widow in the capital."
Grandpa Jiao Qi seemed very satisfied, and said: "Very well, gambling is not only a great learning, but also a kind of enjoyment. This tool must not be sloppy."
Wuji said: "I completely agree."
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "The most important point is that Gem House has always had a good reputation, and the weight of the dice it makes is absolutely up to the standard, and there are absolutely no fake dice filled with lead or mercury."
Wuji said, "I believe it."
Grandpa Jiao Qi stretched out his well-protected hand with three-inch long nails, and grabbed the three dice.
When the dice were in his hands, it was like the sword was in the hands of the invincible sword master Ximen Fuixue.
In terms of gambling, Grandpa Jiao Qi is indeed worthy of being a master craftsman of a generation.
He rolled the three dice lightly, his technique was natural, skillful and graceful.
Wuji didn't even need to look at it to know that the three sixes must be thrown out of the three dice.
The dice stopped, and it turned out to be three sixes.
Wuji sighed for a long time, and said, "It seems that your luck has been pretty good recently."
Mr. Jiao Qi said: "It's not luck, it's skill. Everyone can roll these three dice and get three sixes."
Wuji said, "Oh?"
Grandpa Jiao Qi said, "You don't believe me?"
Wuji was laughing.
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "Okay, you guys can try to show this Mr. Zhao."
Boss Jia was the first to try.
He grabbed the dice, and sure enough, three sixes came out.
The other seven people each rolled once, and they all rolled three sixes.
Wuji seemed dumbfounded.
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "You can't see what's going on?"
Wuji shook his head.
Mr. Jiao Qi took it as if he really couldn't see it, and said: "The dice is filled with mercury. Anyone who knows a little bit of skill can easily roll three sixes."
He squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Although the dice in Baoshizhai are definitely not fake, as long as we give some small gifts to the master dice maker, the situation will be different."
Wuji seemed to be in a daze.
Grandpa Jiao Qi turned his head and asked a middle-aged man with pale yellow complexion and high cheekbones, "What did you give to that old master last time?"
The middle-aged man said: "It's a big house located outside the West City, with seven front and rear entrances, all the furniture and furnishings, plus a pension of one thousand taels of silver per year."
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "How much can he get in a year in the gem shop?"
The middle-aged man said: "Three hundred and sixty taels of wages, with bonuses for takeaway, plus it's less than seven hundred taels."
Grandpa Jiao Qi looked at Wuji and said with a smile, "You should understand this by now, right?"
Wuji sighed: "If it wasn't for your constant guidance, I really never thought that there is such a great knowledge in a dice."
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "Gamblers all over the world, as soon as they see the dice in Baoshizhai, they immediately feel confident and bold to gamble. That's why they lost their wives to others, and they insisted that they were not wronged."
He also sighed, and said: "In fact, out of ten gamblers and nine cheaters, those who never gamble are the real winners."
Wuji said: "But you—"
Grandpa Jiao Qi sighed: "I have already fallen, and if I get up again, I will be covered in mud!"
He continued: "But none of my sons and daughters have ever gambled."
Wuji said: "They don't like to gamble?"
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "Everyone loves gambling, but they love their own hands more."
He continued calmly: "Of my thirteen sons, six of them have only one hand left."
Wuji said, "Why?"
Mr. Jiao Qi said: "Because they go to gamble secretly."
Wuji said: "Then you cut off one of their hands!"
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "As long as the descendants of the Jiao family dare to gamble, I will cut off his hand if he gambles once, and his leg will be cut off if he gambles twice."
Wuji said, "What about the one who gambled three times?"
Grandpa Jiao Qi said indifferently: "No one dares to gamble three times, not even one."
Wuji smiled bitterly: "If I were a descendant of the Jiao family, I would definitely not dare."
Grandpa Jiao Qi smiled slightly, and said: "But I never object to other people's gambling, just because there are more and more people gambling in this world, our lives will be better and better."
He suddenly said to Boss Jia, "How many children do you have?"
Boss Jia smiled apologetically, "Not much."
Mr. Jiao Qi said: "Not many, but a few?"
Boss Jia said, "Seventeen."
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "How much does each of them spend a year?"
Boss Jia said: "Except for the boss, everyone will be distributed equally, five hundred taels a year."
He added: "The boss is one thousand taels."
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "How much does your family spend a year?"
Boss Jia said: "That's hard to say, roughly calculated, it's about seven or eight thousand taels."
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "Are you still paying for your daily expenses?"
Boss Jia apologized and said with a smile: "I have entertainment almost every day, and friends in the six doors also have to deal with it; buddies in the palaces of princes and ministers also have to curry favor, and at least tens of thousands of taels of silver are enough every year."
Mr. Jiao Qi sighed, and said: "But ordinary people can live a good life as long as they have a hundred taels of silver a year."
He asked Wuji again: "Of course you should have figured out where he got these expenses from!"
Wuji nodded, and suddenly said with a smile: "But my expenses come from him."
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "So I think you are a genius, as long as you don't overdo it, your life will be better than all of them in the future."
Wuji said: "I'm not a genius, and I don't have skills, but I'm lucky."
Grandpa Jiao Qi squinted his eyes and smiled again, then suddenly grabbed three dice from the bowl and threw them down.
This time he didn't throw three sixes, but the smallest idea—one, two, three.
Wuji smiled and said, "Your luck has turned bad."
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "No change."
In his obviously empty hand, three more dice were thrown out suddenly.
These three dice fell into the bowl, and when they collided with the previous three dice, the "one two three" was rolled over, and all six dice became six points.
Grandpa Jiao Qi raised his hand and conjured up six more dice from his empty hand. He tossed them all at once, and twelve dice rolled in the bowl at the same time. When they stopped, all of them were at six.
Wuji seemed to be dumbfounded again.
Grandpa Jiao Qi smiled slightly: "This is also a skill. A true expert can hold several pairs of dice in one hand at the same time, and no one else will see it."
Wuji smiled wryly, "I can't see it."
Mr. Jiao Qi said: "So even if the dice placed in the bowl are obviously real, if he changes them with his hands, they will become fake. He can roll as many times as he wants."
Wuji said, "These twelve dice are all filled with mercury?"
Grandpa Jiao Qi said, "Try it."
Wuji looked at Boss Jia. Boss Jia picked up a dice with two fingers and squeezed it lightly. The dice, which was harder than a stone, shattered. A drop of mercury fell and rolled around the table.
Grandpa Jiao Qi said, "What do you think?"
Wuji sighed, "Okay, that's great."
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "There is also a kind of person who has practiced qigong, and his technique is even better. Even if you clearly throw a six, he shakes the table with qigong, and the idea changes, and it becomes a yao." He smiled again. Said: "But in terms of gambling, this kind of style is a bit rascal. A real expert will never use this kind of method."
Wuji said, "Why?"
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "Because gambling is a very learned thing, and it is also a kind of enjoyment. Even if you have to use tricks, you must use it gracefully. You must not force it to make people feel unconvinced when you lose."
He smiled and continued: "You must convince people to lose, and others will come again next time."
Wuji sighed: "Sure enough, you are knowledgeable."
Grandpa Jiao Qi's squinted eyes shot out again, he stared at Wuji and said, "But of course I won't use this method to gamble this time."
Wuji said: "Even if you want me to use it, I won't."
Master Jiao Qi said with a sullen face, "If we want to gamble, we must gamble fairly, and there must be no falsehood."
Wuji said, "Yes."
Grandpa Jiao Qi narrowed his eyes and smiled again, "Okay, then I'll play a few games with Mr. Zhao."
Wuji said: "Why play a few games, wouldn't it be more enjoyable to see the winners and losers!"
Grandpa Jiao Qi opened his eyes and stared at him again. After a long time, he asked, "You only gamble?"
Wuji said: "As long as we can tell the difference between winning and losing, one hand is enough."
Mr. Jiao Qi said: "How much do you bet?"
Wuji said: "I have to check, I don't seem to have much on me."
He took out a large handful of silver bills from his person, and a wad of thinly beaten gold leaves.
While counting, he sighed and murmured: "I really don't bring much. Even the gold leaves add up to only three hundred and eighty-five thousand taels."
Except Mr. Jiao Qi, everyone's expression changed.
The eight people here, although each of them is a top tycoon in the (gambling) industry, they have never even heard of a gamble of more than 300,000 taels of silver.
Wuji suddenly smiled and said: "I remembered, I still have 20,000 taels on the table outside, just enough to make up 400,000 taels."
Boss Jia changed his face and said, "There are still 20,000 outside?"
Wuji said: "Ten thousand taels is my capital, and the dealer should pay me another ten thousand."
Grandpa Jiao Qi's expression remained unchanged, and he said, "Go outside and get 20,000 yuan to Mr. Zhao."
Boss Jia said, "Yes."
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "By the way, you can go to the accounting room to see how much you have."
Boss Jia said, "Yes."
One of the most burly purple-faced men suddenly said, "I'll accompany Sixth Brother to have a look."
Grandpa Jiao Qi said: "Lao Ba Liao can go with him, as it happens that you also have business here, if there is not enough in the counting room, you can go and collect some."
Old Liao said: "Yes."
After they left, Grandpa Jiao Qi turned to Wuji again, smiled and said, "Master Zhao, do you want to drool first?"
As soon as he walked out of the curtained door, Liao Laoba frowned and said, "I really don't understand what the old man is doing?"
Boss Jia said, "What do you not understand?"
Old Baba Liao said, "Why did the old man tell that Plague Student about those tricks? Why didn't he use these methods to deal with him?"
Boss Jia said: "Because the old man knows that Wensheng is definitely not Wensheng."
Liao Laoba said: "But he didn't even notice the old man's tricks."
Boss Jia said, "He's pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger."
He smiled, and said again: "But the old man is not simple. Since he knows that he can't hide it from him, he might as well show him his hands. As long as he knows how powerful and says something nice, the old man might let him go." .”
Old Liao said: "But this kid just doesn't know what's good."
Boss Jia said: "So in my opinion, the old man is ready to deal with him this time."
Old Liao said: "But the old man hasn't done anything for seven or eight years, that kid..."
Boss Jia smiled and said, "Don't worry, Jiang is old and hot, and Sun Monkey's seventy-two transformations can't change the palm of Tathagata Buddha."
He asked again: "You have been with the old man for almost twenty years, have you ever seen him miss?"
Old Liao said: "No."
He finally showed a reassuring smile: "Never."
There was no sound in the house except the "puff, puff" from the hookah.
Everyone is thinking.
What kind of tactics should be used to win this "lucky leopard"?
Everyone can't think of it.
Every method they can think of is not sure of victory.
The young man was so steady, so utterly unpredictable, that he almost felt a little frightened.
Could it be that he is really lucky?
Or was it because he believed that Grandpa Jiao Qi would never see what tricks he was using?
Grandpa Jiao Qi smoked the hookah one after another, even closing his squinted eyes.
Did he already have a chance of winning?Still thinking about how to deal with this young man?
Wuji smiled and looked at him, as if a collector was studying a precious antique and identifying the authenticity of this antique, or like a little fox studying the movements of an old fox, hoping that he could recover from Learn a little secret.
Is Master Jiao Qi secretly looking at him?
Boss Jia and Laoba Liao finally came back with a large stack of banknotes, and first picked two for Wuji.
"Here is twenty thousand."
"Have you collected enough 400,000 taels?"
"Here is 400,000 yuan," Boss Jia put down the banknote, and he couldn't help but show a smug expression on his face.
It is by no means an easy task to scrape together 400,000 silver in an instant.
Wuji smiled and said: "It seems that Boss Jia's business has indeed made a fortune."
Boss Jia also smiled and said, "This is a business to get rich!"
Wuji said: "Okay, how should we bet now?"
The middle-aged man with a pale yellow face coughed twice before saying, "There are rules in business, and there are rules in gambling."
Wuji said: "There are rules in doing things, and even more rules in gambling."
The middle-aged man with a pale yellow face said: "But no matter what the rules are, both parties must agree."
Wuji said, "Yes."
The middle-aged man with a pale yellow face said: "If there are only two betting against each other, they cannot be divided into the dealer's side."
Wuji said, "Yes."
The middle-aged man said: "So no matter what ideas are thrown by the first one, the other one can catch up."
Wuji said: "What if the two companies have the same idea?"
The middle-aged man said: "Then there is no winner or loser in this one, we have to toss again."
Wuji shook his head suddenly and said, "This is not good."
The middle-aged man said: "What's wrong?"
Wuji said: "If the two families always come up with the same idea, don't they have to keep betting? Even if they gamble for three days and three nights, they may not be able to tell the winner or loser."
The middle-aged man said: "How do you want to bet?"
Wuji said: "If the one who throws first throws the biggest idea, the opponent will have to admit defeat."
The biggest idea is three sixes, as long as he stretches out his hand, he throws three sixes.
The eight people were all staring at him, almost saying at the same time, "Who will throw first?"
Wuji said: "This old man is very old and respected, of course I should let him toss first."
When these words came out, everyone was taken aback, even Mr. Jiao Qi was surprised.
Is this kid crazy, or does he feel too sure?
Wuji's expression remained unchanged, he smiled slightly, and said again: "Please first!"
焦七太爷又盯着他看了半天，忽然道：“老大，拿副骰子来。”
脸色淡黄的中年人立刻从身上拿出个用白玉雕成的小匣子来。
匣子里黄缎垫底，三颗白玉骰子。
中年人道：“这是进贡用的玉骰子，是宝石斋老掌柜亲手做的上上极品，绝不会有假。”
焦七太爷吩咐道：“你拿给赵公子去看看！”
中年人道：“是。”
他用双手捧过去，无忌却用一只手推开了，微笑道：“我用不着看，我信得过这位老爷子。”
焦七太爷又盯着他看了半天，才慢慢的点了点头，道：“好，有气派！”
他用两根留着三寸长指甲的手指，将骰子一颗颗拈了出来，把在掌心：“一把见输赢？”
无忌道：“是。”
焦七太爷慢慢的站起来，一只手平伸，对着碗口，轻轻的将骰子放了下去。
这是最规矩的掷法，绝没有任何人还能表示一点怀疑。
“叮”的一声响，三颗骰子落在碗里，响声清脆如银铃。
骰子在不停的转，每个人却似连心跳都停止。
骰子终于停下来。
三个六，果然是三个六！所有点子里最大的至尊宝，统吃！
无忌笑了！
他拍了拍衣裳，慢慢的站起来，道：“我输了。”
说出了这三个字，他就头也不回的走了出去。
屋子里已静了很久。这间屋子里有九个人，有九个人的屋子里，通常都不会这么静。
这九个人非但都不是哑吧，而且都是很会说话，很懂得说话技巧的人。
他们都没有开口，只因为他们心里都在想着一件事——那个行运豹子，为什么要做这种事？
谁都想不到他就这么样说了句：“我输了。”然后就走了。这结束实在来得太突然，太意外。
他走了很久以后，焦七太爷才开始抽他的水烟袋，一口一口的抽着，“噗落，噗落”的响。
过了很久，才有人终于忍不住要发表自己的意见，第一个开口的人，当然是廖老八。
“我告诉你们这是怎么回事，输就是输，赢就是赢，他输了，所以他就走了。”
“虽然他输得很漂亮，可是他既然输了，不走还赖在这里干什么？”
没有人答腔。除了他之外，根本没有人开口。
焦七太爷一口一口的抽着水烟，微微的冷笑，忽然道：“老大，你认为这是怎么回事？”
老大就是那脸色发黄的中年人，他姓方，在焦七太爷门下的八大金刚中，他是老大。
方老大迟疑道：“我想不通。”
焦七太爷道：“怎么会想不通？”
方老大道：“老八说的也很有道理，既然输了，不走干什么？”
他又想了想：“可是我总觉得这件事好像并不是这么简单。”
焦七太爷道：“为什么？”
方老大说道：“因为，他输得太痛快了。”
This is the truth.无忌本来确实可以不必输得这么快，这么惨，因为他本来不必让焦七太爷先掷的。
廖老八可忍不住道：“你认为他别有用意？”
方老大承认。廖老八又道：“那么我们刚才为什么不把他留下来？”
方老大笑道：“人家既然认输了，而且输得那么漂亮，那么痛快，我们凭什么还把人家留下来？”
廖老八不说话了。焦七太爷道：“你也猜出了他为什么要这样做？”
方老大道：“我猜不出。”
人家钱也输光了，人也走了，你还能对他怎么样？焦七太爷又开始抽他的水烟，抽了一口又一口，烟早就灭了，他也不知道。他并不是在抽水烟，他是在思索。又过了很久很久，他枯瘦蜡黄的脸上，忽然露出种很奇怪的表情。
站在他面前的八个人，都已跟随他二十年以上了，都知道他只有在想到一件很可怕的事时，才能有这种表情。但是，谁也不知道他心里想到了什么事。
对一个已经七十二岁，已经经历过无数次大风大浪的老人来说，应该已没有什么可怕的事。
所以每个人的心都拉了起来，吊在半空中，忐忑不定。
焦七太爷终于开口。
他在看着廖老八：“我知道你跟老六的交情最好，他在你的地盘里有场子，你在他的地盘里也有。”
廖老八不敢否认，低头道：“是。”
焦七太爷道：“听说你在这里的场子也不小。”
廖老八道：“是。”
焦七太爷道：“你那场子，有多少本钱？”
廖老八道：“六万。”
在焦七太爷面前，什么事他都不敢隐瞒，所以他又接着道：“我们已经做了四年多，已经赚了二十多万，除了开销外，都存在那里没有动。”
他在笑，笑得却有点不太自然：“因为我那女人想用这笔钱去开几家妓院。”
焦七太爷道：“听说你身边最得宠的一个女人叫媚娥？”
廖老八道：“是。”
焦七太爷道：“听说她也很好赌？”
廖老八赔笑道：“她赌得比我还凶，只不过她总是赢的时候多。”
焦七太爷忽然叹了口气，道：“赢的时候多就糟了！”
——一个人开始赌的时候，赢得越多越糟，因为他总是会觉得自己手气很好，很有赌运，就会愈来愈想赌，赌得愈大愈好，就算输了一点，他也不在乎，因为他觉得自己一定会赢回来。
——输钱的就是这种人，因为这种人常常会一下子就输光，连本钱都输光。
这是焦七太爷的教训，也是他的经验之谈，他们八个人都已经听了很多遍，谁都不会忘记。
可是谁都不知道焦七太爷为什么会在这种时候问这些话。
焦七太爷又问道：“连本钱加上利息，你那场子里，可以随时付出的银子有多少？”
廖老八道：“一共加起来，大概有二十多万两。”
焦七太爷道：“你不在的时候，是谁在管那个场子？”
廖老八道：“就是我那个女人。”
他又赔笑道：“可是你老人家放心，她虽然会吃醋，却从来不会吃我。”
焦七太爷冷冷道：“不管怎么样，她手上多少总有点钱了？”
廖老八不敢答腔。
焦七太爷接着又道：“你想她大概有多少？”
廖老八迟疑着，道：“大概最少总有七八万了。”
焦七太爷道：“最多呢？”
廖老八道：“说不定，也许已经有十七八万。”
焦七太爷沉默着，看着桌上的银票，过了很久，才缓缓道：“老大，老二，老三，老四，老五，老七，你们每个人分两万。”
六个人同时谢过焦七太爷的赐赏，他们从不敢推辞。
焦七太爷道：“老六出的赌本，也担了风险，老六应该分五万。”
贾老板也谢过，心里却在奇怪，既然每个人都有份，为什么不分给老八？
可是焦七太爷既然没有说，谁也不敢问。
焦七太爷道：“三万两分给我这次带来的人，剩下的二十万，就给老八吧。”
焦七太爷做事，一向公平合理，对这八个弟子，更没有偏爱，这次，廖老八本没有出力，却分了个大份，大家心里，都在诧异。
廖老八自己也吃了一惊，抢着道：“为什么分给我这么多？”
焦七太爷叹了口气道：“因为你很快就会需要的。”
廖老八还想再说，那面色淡黄的中年人，方老大忽然失声道：“好厉害，好厉害。”
贾老板道：“你说谁好厉害？”
方老大叹息摇头，道：“这个姓赵的年轻人好厉害。”
贾老板道：“刚才我也已想到，他这么样做，只因为生怕老爷子看破他的手法，又不愿坏了他'行运豹子'的名声，所以索性输这一次，让别人永远猜不透他是不是用了手法。”
方老大慢慢的点头，道：“只凭这一着，已经用得够厉害了。”
贾老板道：“但是他毕竟还是输了四十万，这数目并不少。”
方老大道：“只要别人没法子揭穿他的手法，他就有机会捞回来。”
贾老板道：“怎么捞？”
方老大道：“他在赌这上面输出去的，当然还是从赌上捞回来。”
一向沉默寡言的老三忽然也叹了口气，道：“他在这里输了四十万，难道不会到别的地方去赢回来？”
廖老八道：“到哪里去赢？”
方老大看着他苦笑摇头，贾老板已跳起来，道：“莫非是老八的场子？”
老三道：“现在你总该明白，老爷子为什么将最大的一份分给老八了。”
贾老板道：“我就不信他的手脚这么快，一下子就能把老八的场子赢倒。”
焦七太爷眨眼，微微冷笑，道：“你为什么不去看看？”
廖老八已经冲了出去，贾老板也跟了出去。
方老大还在摇头叹息，道：“他若不把场子交给女人管，也许还不会这么快就输光，可惜现在……”
每个人都明白他的意思。
女人输了钱就会心疼，心疼了就想翻本，遇见了高手，就一定会愈输愈多，输光为止。
“翻本”本来就是赌徒的大忌，真的行家，一输就走，绝不会留恋的。
“一输就走，见好就收。”
这两句话一向是焦七太爷的座右铭，真正的行家，从不会忘记。
老三叹了口气，道：“我只希望老八的房契不在那女人手里。”
方老大道：“依我看，那场子老六一定也有份，一定也有笔钱摆在那里。”
他叹息着又道：“说不定还有个女人摆在那里。”
两个女人输得当然比一个女人更快。
贾老板回来的时候，果然满头大汗，脸色发青。
方老大道：“怎么样？”
贾老板勉强想笑，却笑不出：“老爷子和大哥果然料事如神！”
方老大道：“他赢走了多少？”
贾老板道：“五十四万两的银票，还有城里的两栋房子。”
方老大道：“其中有多少是你的？”
贾老板道：“十万。”
方老大看看老三，两个人都在苦笑。
贾老板恨恨道：“那小子年纪轻轻，想不到竟如此厉害。”
焦七太爷眯着眼在想，忽然问道：“老八是不是带着人去找他麻烦去了？”
贾老板道：“他把老八场子里的兄弟放倒了好几个，我们不能不去找回来。”
焦七太爷道：“他赢了钱还要揍人，也未免太凶狠了些。”
贾老板道：“是。”
焦七太爷冷笑道：“怕只怕凶狠的不是人家，而是我们。”
贾老板道：“我们……”
焦七太爷忽然沉下脸，厉声道：“我问你，究竟是谁先动手的？”
看见焦七太爷沉下脸，贾老板已经慌了，吃吃的道：“好像是老八场子里的兄弟。”
焦七太爷冷声道：“他们为什么要动手？是不是因为人家赢了钱，就不让人家走？”
贾老板道：“那些兄弟，认为他在作假。”
焦七太爷脸上已有怒容，冷笑道：“就算他做了手脚，只要你们看不出来，就是人家的本事，你们凭什么不让人家走？”
他目中又射出精光，瞪着贾六：“我问你，你们那里是赌场？还是强盗窝？”
贾老板低下头，不敢再开口，刚擦干的汗又流满一脸。
焦七太爷的脾气很快就平息了。
赌徒们最需要的不仅仅是“幸运”，还要“冷静”。
一个从十来岁时就做了赌徒，而且做了“赌王”的人，当然很能控制自己。
但是有些话他却不能不说：“就好像开妓院一样，我们也是在做生意，虽然这种生意不太受人尊敬，却还是生意，而且是种很古老的生意！”
这些话他已说了很多次。
自从他把这些人收为门下的时候，就已经让他们有了这种观念。
——这种生意虽然并不高尚，却很温和。
——我们都是生意人，不是强盗。
——做这种生意的人，应该用的是技巧，不是暴力。
焦七太爷平生最痛恨的一件事，就是暴力。
他又问：“现在你是不是已明白我的意思？”
贾老板道：“是。”
焦七太爷道：“那么你就该赶快去把老八叫回来。”
贾老板低着头，赔笑道：“现在去恐怕已经来不及了。”
焦七太爷道：“为什么？”
贾老板道：“因为他把郭家三兄弟也带去了。”
焦七太爷道：“郭家三兄弟，是什么人？”
贾老板道：“是我们兄弟里最'跳'的三个人。”
他又解释：“他们跟别的兄弟不一样，既不喜欢赌，也不喜欢酒色，他们只喜欢揍人，只要有人给他们揍，他们绝不会错过的。”
“跳”的意思，不仅是暴躁、冲动、好勇斗狠，而且还有一点“疯”。
“疯”的意思就很难解释了。
那并不是真的疯，而是常常莫名其妙、不顾一切的去拼命。
郭家三兄弟都很“疯”，尤其是在喝了几杯酒之后。
现在他们都已经喝了酒，不仅是几杯，他们都喝了很多杯。
郭家三兄弟的老二叫郭豹，老五郭狼，老幺叫郭狗。
郭狗这名字实在不好听，他自己也不太喜欢，可是他老子既然替他起了这么样一个名字，他也只好认了。
他们的老子是个很凶狠的人，总希望能替他的儿子起个很凶的名字，一种很凶猛的野兽的名字。
只可惜他所知道的词汇并不多，生的儿子却不少。除了虎、豹、熊、狮、狼……之外，他再也想不出还有什么凶猛的野兽。
所以他只有把他的幺儿子叫“狗”，因为狗至少还会咬人。
郭狗的确会咬人，而且喜欢咬人，咬得很凶——不是用嘴咬，是用他的刀。
他身上总带着把用上好缅铁千锤百炼打成的“缅刀”。可以像皮带一样围在腰上。
他的刀法并没有得到真正名家的传授，却很凶狠，很有劲。
就算真正的名家，跟他交手时，也常常会死在他的刀下。
因为，他常常会莫名其妙的去跟人拼命。
因为他很“跳”。
现在他们都已到了平安客栈，赵无忌就住在平安客栈里。
平安就是福，旅途上的人，更希望能一路平安，所以每个地方都几乎有家平安客栈。
住在平安客栈里的人，纵然未必个个都能平安，大家还是喜欢讨个吉利。
这家平安客栈不但是城里最大的一家，而且是个声誉卓著的老店。
廖八爷一马当先，带着他的打手们到这里来的时候，正有个陌生人背负双手站在门外的避风檐下，打量着门口招牌上四个斗大的金字，微微的冷笑。
这人三十出头，宽肩细腰，满脸精悍之色，身上穿着件青布长衫、脚上着布袜草鞋，上面却用一块白布巾缠着头。
廖八一心只想去对付那个姓赵的，本没有注意到这么样一个人。
这人却忽然冷笑着喃喃自语：“依我看，这家平安客栈只怕一点都不平安，进去的人若想再平平安安的出来，只怕很不容易。”
廖八霍然回头，盯着他，厉声道：“你嘴里在嘀咕什么？”
白布包头的壮汉神色不变，冷冷的打量了他两眼，道：“我说我的，跟你有什么关系？”
在这段地面上混的兄弟们，廖八认不得的很少，这人看来却很陌生，显然是从外地来的，说话的口音中，带着很浓的四川音。
廖八还在瞪眼打量他，郭狗子已经冲过来准备揍人了。
这人又在冷笑，道：“放着正点子不去找，却在外面乱咬人，莫要咬破了自己的嘴。”
郭狗子的拳头已经打了出去，却被廖八一把拉住，沉声道：“咱们先对付了那个姓赵的，再回来找这小子也不迟！”
廖八爷虽然性如烈火，毕竟是见过世面的老江湖了，仿佛已看出了这个外路人并不简单，说的话中也好像别有深意，已不想再多惹麻烦。
郭狗子却还是不服气，临走时，还瞪了这人几眼，道：“你有种，就在这里等着。”
这人背着手，仰着脸，微微的冷笑，根本不望他。
等他们走进去，这人居然真的在门口一张长板凳上坐了下来，用一只手在脚上打着拍子，哼起川中的小调来。
他一支小调还没有哼完，已经听见里面传出了惨呼声，甚至连骨头折断的声音都可以隐约听得见。
这人皱着眉，摇了摇头，嘴里正数