In order to leave one day for everyone to bet, Ji Qiao deliberately arranged for the knockout round to be held the next day.

At the same time, it is also good to help the princess study the opponent's martial arts routines.

However, Ji Qiao has limited the amount of betting, and each participant in each single game only accepts bets of five hundred taels of gold, for fear that someone will manipulate the game in large amounts and cannot afford to lose.

The next morning, the third-round knockout matchup table came out.

Ji Qiao has set the odds of each single game and let people publicize it.

Lin Shi and the princess went to look at the odds again and discussed who to buy.

The princess was not very lucky this time, and she played against the person who was in tenth place in the odds list.

But what the two didn't expect was that the odds of this game were: the princess won one to nine, and the other party won one to eight.

The princess immediately asked curiously, "Who decided this, and is there a mistake?" ”

Lin Shi replied: "The second steward decided, we are not optimistic about you winning, but he has to do so." I want to buy all of your opponents to win, he is the one who is sure to win, the odds are the highest! For other people who are sure to win, the odds are less than 1.5, and some are less than 1.1. ”

The princess resolutely objected: "No, you buy him to win, I will turn against you." ”

Lin Shi asked: "Do you want to buy it yourself to win?" ”

The princess shook her head and said, "Buy others!" The third, fifth, and eighth ranked are all against twenty people outside the game, and the odds are about a little eight, and the opponents are relatively weak, so it is better to buy these three. ”

Lin Shi also shook his head: "The opponents of these people, we have carefully observed, they are very stable, and the odds of winning are half open, so the odds of both sides are set at the same level." ”

At this time, Ji Qiao and Lin Qing came over.

Ji Qiao asked the princess and Lin Qing to study the opponent's martial arts routines together and conduct targeted training.

The princess was not in a hurry: "Wait a minute, I haven't bet yet." ”

Ji Qiao urged: "Vote casually, anyway, you will win or lose." ”

The princess disagreed: "But I have to win once, otherwise it will be too shameless." ”

Ji Qiao didn't want to waste time, so he whispered: "Vote for yourself, you will win." ”

The princess was very unconvinced: "You don't know martial arts, not to mention that Mrs. Dongfang is not optimistic about me." ”

Ji Qiao continued to urge: "Hurry up and vote for yourself, if you lose, it's mine." Madame has to observe a lot of people, and I don't have time to study you alone, so I can't judge for sure. ”

The princess was still hesitating.

Lin Shi became interested: "Okay, I'll bet on the princess to win, and if you lose, it's yours." ”

Then he said to the princess: "Vote, anyway, you have made a steady profit, even if you lose, you can continue to vote next time." ”

The princess thought to herself: I should vote for myself, so as to increase my confidence!

So both bets.

Then, the princess and Lin Qing left together.

Lin Shi asked at this time, "Second housekeeper, what are the chances of the princess winning?" ”

Lin Shi didn't answer, but stretched out a finger.

Lin Shixi said: "I must win!" ”

Ji Qiao shook his head: "Yicheng." ”

Lin Shi was immediately unhappy: "With this point of certainty, you also let me vote?" ”

Ji Qiao smiled: "I asked the princess to vote, to cheer her up and increase her confidence!" Anyway, if you lose, your mother will return it to her. I didn't let you vote, you had to follow up, and I didn't care if you lost. ”

Lin Shi is blinded again!

......

That night, Steward Chen had counted the amount of bets, and there were a total of five hundred taels of gold.

However, the princess alone voted one hundred and ten taels. The other bet amounts are relatively small, but they are converted into copper coins, but there are a lot!

The next day, the third knockout round begins.

Before the game, Ji Qiao asked the princess: "Do you remember the opponent's advantage?" ”

The princess replied, "The force is strong! ”

Ji Qiao asked again: "How to deal with it?" ”

The princess continued, "Instead of wrestling, draining its physical strength and making it irritable. ”

Ji Qiao immediately smiled and said, "It seems that your bet this time is a sure win." ”

Lin Shi suddenly scolded: "You dead pig, you had a plan, and you deliberately deceived me, causing me to worry about my money all night." ”

Ji Qiao ignored her, but said to Lin Qing: "Childe, we will all go to watch the princess's game later, press the formation next to us, and give guidance." ”

"You can also teach martial arts?" The princess was very skeptical.

Ji Qiao boasted very angrily: "What is there that I won't do!" I know how to have children, but I just can't. ”

Lin Shi and the princess immediately scolded: "Hooligans." ”

......

In the competition that day, the princess won by luck after nearly half an hour of maneuvering.

But he didn't defeat the opponent, but the opponent used too much force and went out of the circle.

However, Qi Xiong and Xuan did not win easily.

What is surprising is that everyone's bets today are relatively stable, and they are all very sure of the people. Since there was no big upset, the Hou Mansion also lost one hundred taels of gold.

But the princess is very generous, she doesn't want to win, as long as the principal, saying that it is just for fun.

Lin Shi is different, not a single copper plate is missing, so now there are nearly twenty taels of gold.

Ji Qiao believes that if there is no big upset in the future, it will be impossible to make money. But now there are fewer and fewer people in the competition, and everyone's martial arts routines have been figured out, and it is not easy to be an upset.

At the same time, Ji Qiao was also afraid that Qi Xiong and Xuan would not win in the end and win the first place, and the Hou Mansion would not be able to afford to lose.

Therefore, the single-game betting limit was increased to 1,500 taels of gold, and the odds of two people winning were set to one to one, and the odds of two opponents winning were set to one to two.

I hope that the two of them will deliberately lose the game, and the people behind the scenes will each win 1,500 taels of gold, so that they can get out of the game as soon as possible.

Dongfang Jiao also thinks that this method is very good, at least Houfu can still earn a thousand taels. If these two people take the first place, they will lose their money.

......

Xuanwu Houfu.

Tian Yi seemed to have discovered a new continent, and said very excitedly: "Dad, now the maximum bet on a single game can reach 1,500 taels, why don't we bet all on Xuan Bu's opponent to win, and then let Xuan Bu deliberately lose the game, and you can make a steady profit of 1,500 taels." ”

Xuanwu Hou shook his head and said, "You think they are stupid!" It will make us take advantage of the loopholes. They deliberately raised the betting limit and set the odds of the opponent high, which shows that they have no bottom in their hearts, and they are afraid that we will take the first place. Besides, are we the ones who are short of money? We're going to knock each other down completely! ”

Tian Yi immediately nodded and said, "Yes, let them not afford to pay, and take Lin Shi over to pay off the debt." ”

But I was a little worried in my heart: I was afraid that Qi Xiong would win the first place and grab Lin Shi with himself. And he hasn't found out who is behind Qi Xiong.

How do you know that things are coming, Xuanwu Hou suddenly asked: "Have you figured out the details of Qi Xiong?" ”

"No... No. Tian Yi replied hesitantly, for fear that his father would scold him for being useless.

Unexpectedly, Xuanwu Hou sighed: "It seems that this person is hiding very deeply!" My people couldn't find any clues. ”

......

After three more rounds of elimination, only eight remained.

The princess, Qi Xiong, and Xuan Bu are still there.

Lin Shi and the princess listened to Ji Qiao's words in the first two games, bought the princess to win, and made some money. But in the third game, I had to buy the princess opponent to win, so I lost it all again.

But what I didn't expect was that there was one person who bet heavily on the princess to win in these three consecutive games, and he won a total of more than 200 taels of gold.

Since most of the contestants in the back are evenly matched, everyone is not very accurate when betting. Therefore, in addition to betting heavily on the princess to win and lose, the others also made some money.

But in general, the three rounds are not profitable or losing.

At this time, Ji Qiao said to everyone: "It seems that Qi Xiong and Xuan Bu's behind-the-scenes instigators are bent on defeating us, and these next few scenes must be carefully planned." ”

Lin Shi asked very worriedly: "If these two people win, how can they compensate?" ”

Ji Qiao replied: "Actually, don't worry too much, if these two people win, they won't ask for money, their target is you, and you can be used to pay off the debt at that time." ”