Across the street from Yonghua Street is Tianfu Street. There are a total of 12 large and small streets in Meng Chaocheng, only Yonghua Street sings every night, and the other Tianfu Street is like gold. Each street has hundreds of city residents, but these two streets are the most prosperous. The eunuchs in the city saw that the people could be rich in rent, and they were insatiable enough to drive away the local people, forcibly expropriate the land, and collect the rent into their own pockets. Many people who resisted did not end up well.

Everyone is rumored to spend the Spring Festival on Yonghua Street to know the taste of life, and after playing in Tianfu Street, they know that money is like clouds floating in the sky. Those who do not want to make progress will die here, and those who have a lot of money will spend their time here. Life is full of ups and downs, and you can see it all in the gambling house on this street.

The Raw Money Casino is the largest casino on the street, covering an area of 10 shops on one street. The gambling hall used to be crowded and crowded, but now there is only one table left. On one side of the table sat Ghost Shili, with a cane in his hand, with a calm face, and on the other side sat Qian Sheng, the manager of the city's gambling houses. The coin was full of gold teeth, and wore ten gemstone rings of different colors on each of the ten fingers of each hand, two of which were prosthetics, and the hat was inlaid with a square of gold leaf, engraved with the obvious word "money". In his left hand is two huge unicorn walnuts, and on his right hand is a jadeite pot inlaid with gold. Dressed in rich makeup, he was afraid that others would think he was a poor man. There were still a few people standing sporadically around the table, and there were hundreds of people who received the news that the outside of the gambling hall was so crowded that not a single fly could fly in.

Ghost Shili looked at the people watching the excitement next to him, and asked curiously: "Everyone else is gone, why are you still staying?"

The gamblers smirked: "Those people are the lives of the poor, and they guess that they are not going to end well." We are different, how can a true gambler believe in his fate. The more unfavorable the situation, the more insistent it is, and maybe there will be a turnaround. Otherwise, what is the purpose of betting, I just don't know the size is the gamble. We just want to see if today's gamble is won by an unknown old man like you, or by Qian Sheng, who is known as the god of gambling. ”

Ghost Shili smiled in his heart, he knew the whole thing about the gods, he was still the reincarnation of the Yama of the four ancient gods, and he hadn't said that there was such a priesthood as a gambling god, but it was not funny. However, what these people said made him feel that what these people said was reasonable, and nodded. Anyway, there is no reason to talk to gamblers, so I am too lazy to waste my tongue, just go along with it. Sitting opposite him sat Qian Sheng, smiling confidently at him all the time, two rows of big gold teeth and gold were brilliant and people couldn't open their eyes, one leg was on the chair, his body was thin but confident, as if he was saying in his heart that he didn't know what to do. Two fingers of his left hand were broken, but he made a prosthetic limb out of silver, and his right eye was fake, and he filled the socket with a night pearl. There was a large gold necklace on his chest, and on each of the eight fingers was a ring, and on the ring were all kinds of treasures, except for precious stones, one of which was set with broken bones. Ghost Shili took a closer look, this person is really not human, and the ghost is not a ghost. These words came out of the mouth of the ghost, and they had a special meaning.

Ghost Shili asked him why he didn't have a finger, and Qian Sheng replied: "The former housekeeper of this Shengqian gambling village was not me, and I am not called Qian Sheng." In the past, I didn't have any money, so as soon as I had money, I would come here to gamble, and I would win every time I gambled. Later, the housekeeper noticed me and gambled with me personally. The first time I bet on dice, I lost and lost a finger, I was not reconciled, the second time I played chess, I lost again, and broke another finger, and the third time, I beat him with dominoes. When he lost, he didn't believe it, saying that I was out of a thousand. I said that I lost two before because he was out of a thousand, and I wanted to break my finger if he won out a thousand, and I didn't count if I won a thousand dollars, and then he was angry and gouged out one of my eyes and threw me out of the city. I should not die, because all gamblers have a day to turn over, poor for no more than three days, rich for three generations. He won Yan Qibao of the Jimin Gang out of a thousand dollars, and after being discovered, Qiu Shenglong led people to kill him. I dug up his grave, took a bone from him, and made a prosthetic finger, and wrapped it in silver, and behold, it was my middle finger and the finger. At that time, everyone knew my gambling skills, so I made a bet with Yan Qibao, and he was convinced that he won in the end. Eventually, I became the housekeeper of the Raw Money Gambling Bank, and I changed my name to Qian Sheng. ”

"I see, your life is quite ups and downs, just like a gamble. ”

"Don't live life, I'm not dead, your old man said that he has lived for thousands of years, and I haven't seen you explain life thoroughly. None of us are your opponents, after all, what you have to say is true, your thousands of years of cultivation are no match on the mainland. For a demon like you, it is indeed normal to take Jiang Guo lightly overnight. But we don't accept our fate, you can kill me, but I won't accept it. At the table, no one can win against me, gods or demons. I'll only be convinced if you beat me at the table. ”

"Don't say it too early, you don't say that people always have a comeback, then naturally there will be a situation where the whole game is lost. "Ghost Shili actually has a little interest in his heart, it would be too boring to take people away casually in the past, Yan Che also specially instructed to be careful before leaving, if he was forcibly taken away, he would have done a bad errand on the way. It just so happened that he also wanted to play a little bit, so he played with him according to Qian Sheng's wishes, and when he won, he obediently followed him.

"I'll be sure again, if I win you, you won't want my life, and you won't touch my gambling house again?" Qian Sheng asked Ghost Shili.

"Don't get me wrong, the young master of the demon clan just asked me to bring you to him, whether or not you want your life is his business. But if you really win against me, I should accidentally let you go, the young master should forgive me for my age. ”

After hearing Ghost Shili's affirmation, Qian Sheng immediately began to gear up. He asked Ghost Shili to choose which kind of gambling to play, and he would win or lose the game. Ghost Shili chose dominoes, saying that his dominoes should be the strongest, Qian Sheng incomprehensibly asked knowing that he still chose dominoes when he knew that he had the strongest dominoes, not to hit the stone with an egg and bring humiliation on himself. Ghost Shili is not funny if he laughs at it is not his best thing, didn't Qian Sheng threaten that even gods and demons are not his opponents, Ghost Shili just wants to teach him a lesson and let him know that there is a sky outside the sky.

The people at the table were in high spirits, brought dominoes, and stacked them neatly on the table. Qian Sheng said: "Since the winner of the game is decided, we will play small pai gow." Do you want to make sure you've done anything about this domino?"

Ghost Shili shook his head: "No, it's only interesting to do your hands and feet." ”

Hearing Ghost Shili's answer, Qian Sheng laughed even more: "Anyway, you are so powerful, you won't rely on spells to turn cards into the cards you want at will, right?"

Ghost Shili shook his head again: "No, then it's not interesting." The most important thing in betting is to be interesting, to be small and big, this is to gamble knowing the ending, what is the interest. “

Qian Sheng could only be suspicious, and he asked one of the people at the table to deal cards. The dealer shuffled the cards excitedly, saying: "I can't imagine that I can see people and demons gambling in my lifetime, if there is a Confucian student in this game, you can make up a book." "After the dominoes were washed, they were stacked in the center of the table and folded neatly, like a piece of black tofu. Qian Sheng asked Ghost Shili to draw the card first, Ghost Shili touched the first card, Qian Sheng followed the second card, and finally they each took the last card.

Qian Sheng picked up the first card, and the first card was the day card. He smirked, the gold teeth in his mouth shining with confidence. He looked up at Ghost Shili, but found that Ghost Shili didn't look at the cards at all, just stared at himself. He asked suspiciously, "Don't you look at the cards?"

Ghost Shili said leisurely: "To watch or not to watch, it has no effect on the ending." Gambling is something that determines the outcome from the start. I don't look at it or not, the cards that are dealt won't change, will it? But it's a pity, because of this fixed ending and process, there is no room for people to struggle, and there is no place for people to be excited. The old man has been betting for at least hundreds of years, and it is extremely boring, but the world is tireless. Look at you, a heavenly card is so happy, as if you already know the end?"

"Yes, of course I know the end, and you will definitely lose from the moment you promise to bet against me. If you knew you were going to lose, would you still gamble?" Qian Sheng asked rhetorically.

"Because I know, I simply don't look at the cards, and see how fate you gamblers talk about makes people. ”

Ghost Shili's words made him unpredictable, Qian Sheng continued to look at the next card, he first touched the card back and forth with his thumb, the more he touched it, the more excited he became, the lines engraved on the front of the domino were transmitted to the brain along the skin of the fingers, and the familiar feeling made him adrenaline surge, and the corners of his mouth were about to grin to his eyes. This pair of heavenly cards is already a good card in ten thousand, people in this life are estimated to only touch once, it seems that God is blessing him, he is almost certain to win, the only thing that can defeat him is the Supreme Treasure. He turned over the first card to show the ghost Shili, wanting to overwhelm the other party first in terms of momentum. The onlookers exclaimed when they saw the first card, and Ghost Shili glanced at his card and exclaimed, "Oh, the heavenly card, it's really big." After speaking, he opened his first card, which was actually Ding San, a very small card.

"How is this possible!" Qian Sheng was shocked in his heart, as long as it wasn't Ding San or Twenty Four, he would definitely win, why could he turn over Ding San? Qian Sheng guessed in his heart that the other party must have cast a spell, but he had already turned over the sky card first, and he didn't see the opponent's tricks, and then as long as he could make the opponent not turn over two or four, he would win. He quickly flipped over all the dominoes on the table, then threw a card from his sleeve and blended into the pile. He counted the remaining cards and smiled: "Hahaha, I thought you were the Supreme Treasure, but unfortunately Ersi is still in the deck, and now you can't touch the Supreme Treasure!"

Ghost Shili then turned over his second card, which was an 11-point tiger head card. The two cards add up to 17 points.

The other party is really not a supreme treasure, and his hand just now has added to the snake. Seeing that he was holding the chance to win, Qian Sheng stood up and had higher requirements for the bet.

"If I win, I'm going to keep one eye of yours. Your eyes are a hundred times more precious than my fake eye, and they are the eyes of demons who have lived for thousands of years!"

"No problem. It seems that the higher the stakes, the higher the human passion. It's just an eye, you can even take your life, and I naturally have to accompany you to the end. Ghost Shili nodded in agreement.

The atmosphere has reached a climax, and the people watching the play next to him are also looking at the last card excitedly, and they can't wait for Qian Sheng to turn over the impressive cards. I saw Qian Sheng confidently turning over the last card, looking at the ghost Shili proudly, looking up to the sky and laughing. However, after laughing, the surrounding gamblers did not cheer, and the atmosphere was very strange. Qian Sheng felt that the situation seemed to be wrong, and looked down at his cards - it was obviously another natural card before, but now it has become 4 points! His two cards only have a total of 16 points!

Qian Sheng was like a thunderbolt from the blue, and sat on the chair. He refused to admit defeat, pointed to the ghost Shili and said, "You old man is out of a thousand!"

"This can't be nonsense, I promised you not to use spells before, and I don't know how to use a thousand spells, where is a thousand. It's you, haven't you made a thousand?" Ghost Shili asked him rhetorically. Qian Sheng, of course, denied it. However, the people watching the play around said the clue: "Mr. Qian is in charge of your own thousands, and when you were messing up the dominoes, you took the opportunity to change the hole cards, and I saw it." It's you who said it yourself, whoever makes the most moves in the gambling game is the one who comes out of the game. This old man didn't do anything except turn over the two cards, but you turned over the hidden cards for no reason. Everyone sees that you bet a lot on weekdays, and they can also see your thousand skills. ”

"Impossible! My hole card is obviously a natural card, how can it become a 4 points!" Qian Sheng did not give up, looked at the scattered card pile, and found that there was indeed another natural card in the card pile. He knew in his heart that the other party must have cast a spell, and he was more than lucky, and slowly rubbed one of the rings in his hand. Among the rings in his hand is a very special one, which is a magma crystallization that can spew flames when rubbed. After the ring turned red and hot, he quickly stretched out the ring and attacked the ghost Shili. A raging fire erupted from his ring, directly hitting the ghost for ten miles, and the impact of the flames rushed the door away. The gamblers at the table were so frightened that they hid in the corners and under the front desk, and when the flames disappeared, the ghost ten miles had been burned to ashes.

Qian Sheng smiled proudly and said to the burned ghost Shili: "The money has to be spent on the blade, and the money for this quenching ring is not spent in vain." You dead old man, I thought you had a lot of power, and you haven't even been burned by me. He got up and walked to the seat across from him, confirming that Onishiri really didn't exist anymore. When he was about to leave, he looked back and saw that Ghost Shili was actually sitting in the place he had sat in before! Ghost Shili was safe and sound, and said calmly: "Where are you going? Didn't you say that it was fun to play dominoes, and you left before you played?"

Qian Sheng saw that the table that had just been chaotic was stacked again, and there were two cards on each table in front of the two.

"What the hell is going on?" Qian Sheng asked him in disbelief, "Aren't you already ......?"

"What is it? Didn't you say that you would play dominoes to decide the winner or loser, and if you win, I will let you go. You ask these people next to you if they are. The previous onlookers gathered around the table and echoed, Qian Sheng immediately quietly asked one of them: "Didn't this guy just be burned to death by me?" The person who heard the words was also surprised, and replied to him: "Are you crazy, he is not doing this well, you just touched the cards and you are talking nonsense, is it a big cigarette and your brain is fluttering?"

Although he didn't know what was going on, he knew it wasn't easy. He returned to his seat and looked at the first one, and it was a heavenly card again! And Ghost Shili also opened the first one, Ding San.

"This, this is impossible!" Qian Sheng couldn't understand, in order to prevent the other party from catching the Supreme Treasure, he did the previous trick again. But the result is still the same - the opponent's points are always greater than his own, and in the end he kills Oni Shili, and Oni Shili still appears unharmed! Eventually, after countless repetitions, he collapsed. Hoarse, sweating profusely, he collapsed on the ground.

He chose to throw in the towel.

The people around him couldn't understand his words, saying that he had not even started how to throw in the towel. Qian Sheng just bowed his head and said nothing, he knew that when he looked up, it was the same scene that he had repeated before, and he was deeply trapped in the other party's spell and had no power to resist. At this time, Ghost Shili stood up and turned over his two cards, one was Ding San, and the other was not two or four. And Qian Sheng slowly turned over the cards, it was actually a double heaven card! Why is the ending different this time?

Oni Shili walked up to him and said to him, "Sometimes the unknown becomes knowable, and it's not a good thing. You've been playing with yourself since the beginning. I have taken a soul from your soul, and when you go out of a thousand, your soul goes out with you. In the final analysis, if you want to win against yourself, you have to let go of everything you have. You claim to be the god of gambling, and you want to make a bet with gods and demons, so isn't it just a bet with yourself? A person makes a bet with himself, and while winning, he also accepts the reality of losing. In the final analysis, gambling is the most vulnerable way for people to live, and their lives are over with one desire. That's why I said, this gambling technique has been invented for hundreds of years, and only you humans have enjoyed it, and you really don't know the true face of Lushan, only because you are in this mountain. ”

After saying that, Ghost Shili patted him on the back, and Qian Sheng instantly lay on the table, looking like he had lost his breath. This is a soul separation technique, Qian Sheng's soul has been separated from the body, and mortals can't see the soul. Ghost Shili stretched out his staff and put Qian Sheng's soul into the staff. This staff of Ghost Shili is an artifact of the underworld, there are two of them, and he actually threw one away because he was troublesome, it was really an interesting old man.

The people around came to check on Qian Sheng and found that he was out of breath. Ghost Shili said to them, "He is not dead yet, but the old man has taken away his soul." If the young master doesn't want his life, I will return it. Don't destroy his body until then, or you will become a lonely ghost. After the ghost Shili finished speaking, he turned into green smoke and dissipated. Only those who are confused are left, and there is no place to be ashamed.

Gambling, on the other hand, is robbery in disguise. When one person can snatch others without fear, the victim will naturally inflict sin on others. Such a vicious circle will cause the entire society to collapse. In the gambling game, there is never a winner, and no one will lose in the next second. Instead of taking a desperate bet, it's better to keep your feet on the ground.