Chapter 117: Two Beards Betray You
As Li Guolou expected, at the blackjack table, Li Guolou killed all sides, and after a while he defeated the four British gentlemen, the four gentlemen nodded with grace, and then left unwilling to gamble again, this is a membership system, not a real casino, there are no other gamblers, and the dealer refuses to bet with Li Guolou.
Wu Kefan talked to himself and took away half of the chips that Li Guolou had won, saying that he deserved it. Li Guolou took a cursory look, and won eighty taels of silver, and he didn't bother with Wu Kefan, he wanted to turn around and go back to watch the acting. There are some boring probes to look at the people who play cards and gamble in other rooms, the British like to play bridge, they like this kind of high-IQ gambling, but this is a game of aristocratic high IQ, mainly entertainment, gambling money is just a lottery, of course happy to win, and losing will not ruin the family.
Li Guolou saw that the three rooms were all playing bridge, he was not good at bridge, he was a boy who scattered wealth, and he felt bored after watching it for a while, and then went to the next room to watch six Britons play sand crabs. This is the real gambling, the long table is full of chips, and winning or losing a game will cost dozens of taels, or even hundreds of taels.
Here Li Guolou met the British Minister Justin Lille, who wanted to invite Bao to dinner with him in the evening, and now he is also having fun casually. Li Guolou couldn't help but stand behind Justin Lille and watch Justin Lille play cards.
Justin Lear's sand crab is mainly stable, and he is the master who does not see rabbits and does not scatter eagles, but this is the appearance, the treacherous and cunning Justin Learle won the most, and won at least more than five hundred taels of silver on the table.
Li Guolou likes to look at people's facial expressions to guess people's hearts, and after watching them for half an hour, he has already figured out the personalities of the six of them. He has an urge to try but he doesn't dare, he comes too big and won't win or lose thousands of taels, this is not a small coming, and it is contrary to his principles of life.
An English gentleman lost all his face and stood up and stopped betting. There was a vacant seat at the table for six people, and none of the gentlemen looking at the cards next to him sat on it, and Liguolou was still struggling in his heart.
Justin Lear didn't look back at Li Guolou, and said proudly with a big cigar in his mouth: "Mike, come up and play, don't count the chips behind me." ”
The British gentleman glanced at the dreadlocks of the Qing Dynasty with teasing eyes, Li Guolou had long been cultivated into a cheeky King Kong in front of foreigners, but he had won the money just now, and he was even more eager to try, so he walked to the chair with a smile on his face and said, "Your Excellency, it is better to be respectful than to obey your orders, I will put a few." After speaking, he snapped his fingers and let the "Boer" who served the drink, and then exchanged it for a stack of silver tickets for him, which is also prepared, in case someone comes to "sweep your table", you don't have enough chips, so you can only bow down.
As soon as the British gentleman saw Li Guolou's tone, he knew that he was a wealthy merchant of the Qing Dynasty, and a British gambler next to him casually pushed a box of big cigars to Li Guolou and asked Li Guolou to smoke cigars.
Li Guolou's style is the same as that of a British gentleman, spitting out a long string of smoke from his mouth, and he looks like a fake foreign devil. Although his kinesis was standard, the pigtail dragged by the Manchu dog made the other Englishmen feel ridiculous, and his expression was sarcastic. Li Guolouhao didn't care, and pushed out the ten chips on the table in a dashing manner.
After four rounds of the game, Li Guolou was already wiping the sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief, "sand crab" is not fun, he has lost more than 200 taels of silver.
The waiter pushed a bunch of chips in front of Justin Learle with a long ruler, and Justin Learle won again, he took a sip of whiskey, faced Li Guolou, and said, "Mike, it's not so easy to calculate at the table. ”
Li Guolou made a lot of small movements, wiped his forehead for a while, wrenched his cigar for a while, and said angrily: "Lord Minister, you will only be the winner if you have the last laugh, there is still an hour, I still have a lot of chips, you can't scare me, I have already found your death hole." ”
Justin Lear raised his hand and touched his bushy beard twice, and smiled, "Oh yes? I've played cards for half my life, and I haven't had anyone find a loophole, and if I could find Mike, I'd still be willing to pay for it. ”
Li Guolou gambled for half an hour to win or lose, and lost more than 100 taels of silver, but he looked much better, and he was not as nervous as he was just now. I asked "Boer" for a glass of wine and took a few sips of wine.
The waiter dealt a deck of cards, and the top card was Justin Lille's King of diamonds, and he spoke, Justin Lille dashingly rolled out twenty chips, and Li Guolou was the queen of spades, followed by no disappointment. The cards continued to be dealt for a round, and Justin Lille had the highest number of points on the table, Justin Lille added thirty chips, Li Guolou was still following, and a gambler continued to follow.
In the third round, Justin Lille actually dealt a club king, or his biggest card, Justin Lille laughed and said: "Today's luck can't be stopped." As he spoke, he added fifty more chips to the table.
Li Guolou was still nervously wiping his sweat, but he gritted his teeth and pushed the chips out, and said angrily: "I'll follow!" ”
Another gambler threw the cards and said, "I won't follow, the minister is too lucky today, I'd better take my time." ”
In the last round of dealers, a tense scene occurred, Justin Learle got a king with hearts, Li Guolou got a square Q, and three kings against three queens on the table, and everyone was amazed.
The two gamblers looked at each other, and Justin Learle said calmly, "I'll sweep your table." ”
This is not that the casino can push out all its chips, it is to use the chips on the table as the standard, Li Guolou still has more than a hundred chips left, and Justin Learle wants to eat Li Guolou's old book in one bite.
Li Guolou smiled and said, "Your Excellency, I said that I caught your loophole, and we will see the high and low." Deal! ”
Justin Leale stared at Li Guolou's hole cards, only to see a red heart Q turned over by the waiter, Justin Leale was deflated, let out a long breath, the beard on his lips fluttered This time he lost.
Li Guolou became the biggest winner with a handful of cards, and in the next half an hour he played cards carefully, no longer giving the other party a chance to fight back, winning and losing, and ending before dinner, he still won the most, almost more than eight hundred taels of silver.
Li Guolou stood up and threw two chips to the waiter who dealt the cards, and said with a smile: "Master Wu, take one in one hand." ”
Behind him, Wu Kefan stretched out a claw, grabbed a handful of chips firmly, couldn't find his smiling eyes, and said, "Xiao Lizi, I didn't expect you to be a gambler." ”
Li Guolou looked at Justin Lille and said, "Actually, I don't know how to gamble, but I can look at people." After speaking, Li Guolou bowed slightly and left the room where he gambled on sand crabs.
Justin Learle went from a big winner to a small winner, and he was very unhappy, but he was unwilling to be tricked by Li Guolou, followed behind Li Guolou, and shouted: "Mike, please wait a minute." ”
Li Guolou turned around and said, "I can tell you what the minister wants to ask, but I won't bet with you in the future, okay?" ”
Justin Lear dragged Li Guolou to the corner and said, "Okay Mike, you are the most powerful detective I have ever met, and I will definitely think of you in the future." ”
Li Guolou raised his eyes to look at Justin Lille's face and said, "Your Excellency, you are not a real gambler yet, although you can keep your complexion unchanged, but your two beards betray you." You hold your breath when you look at your hole cards, and the weight of your breath exhaled from your nose will tell you the size of your hole cards. ”
Justin Learle touched the two whiskers on his upper lip and said in surprise: "You can see that I blow such a small breath." ”
Li Guolou said: "Your Excellency, I am the one who eats this bowl of rice, and I don't have any talent, how can I scare people." If there are benefits in the future, don't forget Mike Lee. ”
Justin Learle said: "Hey, our British Empire didn't use the talent you gave it, it's too visionary, and there will be more opportunities to cooperate in the future." ”
Li Guolou was taken aback, this is to ask him to be a British spy and betray the Qing Empire! Seeing Wu Kefan not far away, he was still waiting for him in a daze. Wu Kefan couldn't understand the English they spoke, Li Guolou settled down a little, pretended not to understand the meaning of Justin Lear's words, and said perfunctorily: "Thank you, Your Excellency, Mike, we'll see you at dinner." ”
Justin Lear watched Li Guolou leave, sneering in his heart, he is another traitor, the Qing Empire has this kind of fake foreign devils, he has to pick and choose if he wants to develop British spies, and he can't look down on an official like Mike Lee who has no rank.
Being a chief is hard work, Bao is still listening to arias, and a plump foreign woman on the stage is singing vigorously with her hands on her chest, just squeezing the breast enlargement ** out of a deep groove.
Bao Tong held the binoculars and looked energetically, Wu Defu stood up and walked to Li Guolou's side, and said: "Why did you come, go and listen later, that foreign girl can't get off the field, Master Bao likes it." ”
Li Guolou was a little reluctant to be a pimp, and said dissatisfiedly: "Master Wu, isn't this kind of thing your best at?" ”
Wu Defu scolded: "This is a test for you by your friends, you must have an outstanding performance when you come in, otherwise the chief will not be able to think of you next time he has benefits." Besides, I have a language barrier, and letting you be a moon old is a trust in you. ”
While speaking, the singer has finished singing, bowing deeply, and the spring light is fully visible. Bao Tong was the first to stand up and applaud loudly, everyone applauded, and Li Guolou whistled sharply. After the performance was over, the British counsellor led Bao to the stage to meet the actors.
Bao came to the stage together and shook hands with the actor Yiyi, and patted the actor's shoulder a few times, loudly encouraging him. Other Qing officials also followed behind and shook hands with the actors, Li Guolou was doing the thing of giving chips, every actor had it, even the accompaniment piano player and others.
Li Guolou stopped in front of the aria singing girl on the stage, handed over ten chips, and said, "Miss Marilyn, my chief wants to invite you to dinner and be his dance partner, can you appreciate your face?" ”
Dinner is a formal occasion with a female companion, followed by a Westerner dance performance, which guests can attend.
Marilyn glanced at the departing bag and smiled: "Well, give me ten more chips, this is pre-dinner red wine." Got it? ”
Marilyn means that she will be rewarded for entering the shed, and let the man who goes to her give the reward according to the service level, there is no fixed price, she is priceless.
Li Guolou hurriedly handed over ten chips and asked, "Miss Marilyn, do your friends still have a face to appreciate?" I still have a few officers who don't have a female companion. ”
As soon as Li Guolou took the pulse, he knew that this was a high-level prostitute, and he was a person of the same rank as the singer of the Qing Empire.
"What's your name, you speak English very well." As she spoke, Marilyn faced Li Guolou and put twenty chips into her breast enlargement, seeing that Li Guolou almost had a nosebleed.