Chapter 585: Opening a Gambling Stall
The words on the white banner are very big, just like the people in the martial arts who put up the ring and hang out the couplets of "punching all over the world and kicking in all directions", which is a taboo thing.
Then again, it is still tempting for many people to beat one or two pieces of silver with ten copper plates.
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Wu Qingpi hummed a little song while strolling along the streets of Yonghefang.
Everyone can't remember what Wu Qingpi's real name is, and his behavior makes everyone can only call him Qingpi, and he is happy to be called like this, as if he is particularly honored.
was working leisurely, Wu Qingpi suddenly heard a shout in front of him.
"Slam! Slam! Slam! ”
Listening to the shouting, someone should be gambling money.
Sure enough, when Wu Qingpi looked up, there was a circle of people around the edge of Chaotian Stone, and the shouts in the circle were quite neat, as if someone was commanding.
Chaotian Stone is a place for young and old people in Yonghefang to enjoy the coolness, and from time to time there will be a small shout to spend money to play, Wu Qingpi didn't care, and after walking a few steps, he suddenly felt that something was wrong: how could he play with gambling money, how could he toss such a big movement?
Wu Qingpi pushed away everyone and squeezed in to take a look: Sure enough, it was gambling money, but it was not playing, but someone hung a signboard to set up a gambling stall!
After eating the leopard's gall, he dared to set up a bet at this time.
After a closer look, Wu Qingpi found that there were more than a dozen teenagers squatting on the edge of the Chaotian Stone, about fourteen or fifteen years old. Looking at their tattered and dirty bodies, you know that they are called Hanako. They obviously don't often live in Yonghefang, and there are no people who don't know Wu Qingpi who begging for a living in Yonghefang, and these are all fresh faces.
In the middle of the Chaotian stone sat a young man in white, who seemed to be the person who set up a gambling bank.
The rules for young people to set up bets are very simple, two dice in the bowl are rolled by one person to compare the size, and whoever is bigger wins. He had a large pile of copper coins in front of him, all of which had obviously been won.
Wu Qingpi, the young man sitting in the village, didn't recognize it, but the young man standing behind the young man, Wu Qingpi recognized that it was Li Si who lived in Yonghefang.
Wu Qingpi quietly called Li Si over.
"Who is this man?" Wu Qingpi asked with a calm face.
Seeing that Wu Qingpi's face was not good, Li Si hurriedly laughed and said: "Master Wu, this is the master I just worshipped, called Lu Xiaoxian, he has good gambling skills!" ”
"The master you just worshipped?" Wu Qingpi looked Li Si up and down, "Wouldn't it be a thief too?" ”
"Wu Ye said with a smile, how could it be!" Li Si boasted, "My master is amazing!" The shopkeeper of Tiantong Gambling House asked him to be a banker, but my master was stunned and didn't agree! ”
"Is this true?" Wu Qingpi's eyes widened.
Tiantong Gambling House is the first gambling house in Chang'an, and it can be invited to be a banker by Tiantong Gambling House, and the level must be no different.
"Of course, I saw it with my own eyes!" Li Si's face was angry.
"There you go!" Wu Qingpi waved his hand.
Staring at Lu Xiaoxian in the field, Wu Qingpi made his own little abacus.
Xu Toutou has a wild gambling house in Yonghefang, which is the main channel for money, and Qin Toutou also opened a gambling house in Yonghefang and robbed a lot of business.
There are two gambling houses in a square, and the silver is naturally not easy to earn, but the gambling house that allows the head has not had a good dealer, which affects the business even more, how much money can you make by tapping? Xu Jiangtou was very annoyed by this, and asked Wu Qingpi to find a good dealer many times, but the investigation has not been found, and Wu Qingpi was buried by Xu for this matter.
After listening to Li Si's words, Wu Qingpi suddenly became convinced, if the young man was really like what Li Si said, wouldn't he be a good candidate to be a banker.
At this time, there is no one in the circle to bet on Lu Xiaoxian's dice rolling, you look at me, I look at you, either there is no copper plate, or you have already rolled enough three.
Wu Qingpi was thinking about whether to try Lu Xiaoxian's gambling skills, but he caught a glimpse of three people squeezing in from the crowd.
The two in front were handsome young men, and the one behind them was older, looking like an old servant waiting for them.
The two young men were about fifteen or sixteen years old, both dressed in white, with a jade belt around their waists, wearing a soapy folded scarf on their heads, and holding a folding fan in their hands.
The shorter man is clear and clear, as bright as the stars, and his noble expression is naturally revealed, elegant and vulgar, and he has a light spirit. A pair of black eyes, turning from time to time, hide strange tricks.
The slightly taller boy is as light as a chrysanthemum, with a snow-white face, small eyebrows and a small mouth, and there is a faint bookish air between his eyebrows, which looks quite quiet.
The old servant is about fifty years old, his body is straight, his face is not angry and arrogant, and he looks like he has passed through strong winds and waves.
Although Wu Qingpi is a gangster, his tricks are very poisonous, and it can be seen at a glance that these three people are not simple. The two sons in white must be pampered prodigals of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and if they weren't for this, they wouldn't be angry, obviously they were used to being in the women's pile.
Which people can knead at will, and which people want to hide away when they see it, Wu Qingpi is clear. At least the two pretty boys in front of him are not something he can afford to provoke, and he is very interested in shrinking back.
Wu Qingpi didn't find that not far from Chaotian Stone, there was a cyan sedan chair parked.
Wei Xianyun in the sedan chair was looking in the direction of Lu Xiaoxian along the gap in the sedan curtain, and he also saw the two white-clothed boys, and said to himself: "Huh? How could it be them? ”
Lu Xiaoxian started to make a bet here, and naturally someone reported to Wei Xianyun, and he knew that Lu Xiaoxian had already begun to implement the plan.
In order not to alarm Lu Xiaoxian, Wei Xianyun quietly came in a sedan chair and hid in the distance to watch.
The short tricky boy put his hands behind his back, looking at the words on the white banner next to Lu Xiaoxian, his eyes were shining, and there was an expression of interest on his face.
He said to the tall Wen Jing Gongzi beside him: "Tsk, there are such arrogant people in Chang'an City, it's really interesting!" ”
Wen Jing Gongzi smiled slightly: "I don't see that I am arrogant or not, but this word is written upside down very elegantly!" ”
The old servant saw that the tricky boy was eager to try, and hurriedly whispered: "Son, you are still young in these market places, and if the master knows about it, I am afraid that you will be blamed again!" ”
"If you don't say it, how will the master know?" The tricky boy grinned and said, "How can you miss such a fun thing?" Even if the master knows, blame it, anyway, if there are more lice, I'm not afraid of itching! ”
After that, the tricky boy stretched out his hand and said to the old servant: "Uncle Liu, give me some copper coins!" ”
"Childe......" The old servant still needs to be persuaded again, and the tricky boy has already been coquettish, "Uncle Liu, please, it's just fun!" ”
Uncle Liu shook his head helplessly, took out a handful of copper coins and handed it to the tricky boy.
Diao Gongzi took the copper coin, came to the edge of Chaotian Stone with a smile, dropped ten copper coins, and didn't look at Lu Xiaoxian for a while: "Come, play a few games with this son!" ”
When these three people appeared, Lu Xiaoxian kept looking at them coldly, and he was very disdainful of the tricky boy's empty appearance.
With his eyesight, how could he not see that these two were women disguised as men?
Lu Xiaoxian's face was like water, and he didn't speak, and made a gesture of please in a chic manner.
The tricky boy picked up the dice bowl, crackled the dice with care, and then slammed it on the bluestone slab.
The dice bowl opened, and everyone couldn't help but laugh: the tricky boy actually threw a point and a two, adding up to only three points.
Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help but smile and shook his head, picking up the dice bowl from the bluestone slab.
"This throws me in the towel, you don't have to throw!" The drill boy's face was flushed, and he threw down ten copper plates: "Let's do it again!" ”
"Throw in the towel?" Lu Xiaoxian stared at the tricky boy and said deliberately, "Rolling the dice is luck, and admitting defeat when you don't see it at the end is a big taboo, and it will make you lose your luck!" ”
"If I want to admit defeat, I will admit defeat, **What's the matter, where do you have so many words!" The tricky boy is arrogant.
"Okay, good, good, since I admit defeat, I won't say anything!" Lu Xiaoxian shook the dice bowl in his hand and said, "I'll try my luck, it's always okay, right?" ”
After that, Lu Xiaoxian buckled the dice bowl on the bluestone slab.
When the dice bowl was mentioned, the crowd of onlookers suddenly let out an exclamation: it turned out that Lu Xiaoxian actually threw the smallest two points, which was a little less than that of the tricky boy.
Everyone looked at the tricky boy together, with regret and banter in his eyes, if he didn't admit defeat early, this one would have won, and it could be called a classic.
The tricky boy was uncomfortable with everyone's gaze, but if he admits defeat, he has already been released, how can he take it back, he bit his lip and took the dice bowl by himself, and began to shake the second handful.
The dice bowl was opened, and everyone exclaimed again: The tricky boy was very lucky this time, and he rolled eleven points at five points and one at six points, which is quite a big point, unless it is a slam, Lu Xiaoxian will lose.
Lu Xiaoxian's face was as usual, he took the dice bowl steadily, shook it lightly twice, and buckled it on the bluestone slab casually.
Open the dice bowl, and it's a slam.
Everyone exclaimed in unison again, it was so unbelievable, it was really a slam.
Lu Xiaoxian smiled and said: "I'll just say, admitting defeat easily will take away all your luck, how about it, it's fulfilled?" ”
The tricky boy's face was red and white for a while, he glared at Lu Xiaoxian viciously, dropped ten copper coins again, and picked up the dice bowl.
This time, the tricky boy was not so lucky, and rolled a seven, which is not too big or too embarrassing.
Lu Xiaoxian threw an eight-point and won the tricky boy without any suspense.
"I don't believe I can't win you, come again!" The tricky boy threw out ten more copper plates.
Lu Xiaoxian pointed to the white banner and said: "If you can't read, then I can read it to you, each person is limited to three, you are already enough for three and can't gamble anymore!" ”
"Why can you only bet on three?" The tricky boy was already angry in his heart, but when he saw that Lu Xiaoxian was not allowed to gamble anymore, he played a trick.
Lu Xiaoxian said: "No, this is a set rule, since you come to gamble, it is to recognize this rule, so you can only bet three times!" ”
"Isn't it just a game, my son has silver, and I want to continue gambling!" The tricky boy said aggressively.
Looking at the posture of the tricky boy, he is going to play tricks to the end, Lu Xiaoxian said with a straight face: "It's a game, yes, but the game also has game rules, I don't want to play with people who don't follow the rules." ”