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My name is Kojiro Sasaki, as for what is the name of the motofu...... Well, I remember that there must be, and the samurai who walked in the Warring States period would have a resounding name of the Yuan costume, but I don't know for what reason, maybe it has never been used, and I have long forgotten my Yuan Fu name, so the people around me, whether they are familiar with me or not, all call me by my first name, Kojiro!

It's better to say I'm a swordsman than a samurai.

My career as a swordsman lasted until three years ago, and then I somehow became a samurai -- please believe me, I definitely didn't give up the practice of kendo because I was greedy for glory and wealth, but more because I ...... I met the last person I should have met in my life--every time I think about it, I feel heartbroken...... Lao Tzu was looking for someone to eat in Tanbo Country at the beginning, why did he have to ......

Alas, in short, my life as a free swordsman is over, and I will become the master of the Hosokawa family's art of war.

The Hosokawa clan I serve, its family governor is the civil official Hosokawa military department Daisuke Fuji Takashi, may be interfered by this factor, the entire Hosokawa family is a heavy literature and light military appearance, except for the young master Hosokawa carpenter Zhongxing who brought me over at the beginning, there are no more fierce generals in the family who can kill the generals and capture the flag.

So I had to go into battle many times to kill the enemy myself.

Alas, although I used to kick out gyms everywhere or find people to fight, I never killed anyone, just beat me half to death (to put it mildly, I was exposed to the crime of fighting and brawling-_-||But after going to the battlefield......

Half a month ago, the young lord of my family followed his brother-in-law (brother-in-law) Akechi Kogoro to attack Izumo Province, and in a bloody battle with the Maori family that guarded the country, I personally killed 27 enemies, making great contributions to the Hosokawa family and the victory of this battle.

In the end, of course, the war ended with our victory--no way, although the enemy's commander-in-chief, Yoshikawa Motoharu, was powerful, but after all, he was no match for the aura of the protagonist of this book, which was possessed by the wise Kogoro-sama......

At the end of the war, we took the Iyu Prefecture in the eastern part of Izumo Province, which is a very prosperous place.

After getting here, Wise Kogoro-sama ordered the whole army to rest for two months.

The story I'm going to tell today begins at this time.

(I'm right, this is the rhythm of entering the side story again!) ）……

This summer, Kojiro Sasaki's heart was completely fascinated by a game.

The name of that game is called Mahjong!

Mahjong is a thing that came from the Ming Dynasty across the sea...... It is said that it was passed down once in the Heian period 500 years ago, when it was called "horse tag", and it was once popular in the Imperial Palace.

It's a pity that the imperial court declined later, and the royal family no longer had the capital to play this game that was born with gambling, and among the samurai class, there were many people who went bankrupt because of "playing horse hanging", so the Kamakura shogun, who was very disgusted with gambling, simply banned this game, so the horse tag declined and even disappeared.

In the Warring States Period, the ban on the Ming Sea was relaxed, and Chinese mahjong, which had the characteristics of modern mahjong in later generations, came again (but it will take many years to form the common Japanese mahjong in later generations).

In contrast to those days, the daimyo of the Warring States period generally implemented "music rooms" and other mercantile policies, and the economic vitality stimulated the emergence and development of capitalism, and at the same time led to the rise of the wealthy small burgher class.

Since everyone has money, mahjong is no longer a game played by "superior people", and there are always many players in the casinos of Kyoto, Azuchi, Osaka (Ishiyama) and other metropolises.

Even the prosperous Higashi-Izumo Town in Izumo Province, which is controlled by the Akechi family, has such a game project!

This is a casino called "Cunhachi", and it is warmly welcomed by gamblers in the neighborhood because it offers the highest odds among the Higashiidemo Casinos that are allowed to operate normally with the permission of the Akechi family.

"This gentleman, do you really know how to play mahjong?"

Kojiro Sasaki hadn't taken his seat yet, and the waiter in the casino asked.

Because it is very rare today that he does not carry a katana, Sasaki Kojiro does not look like a swordsman at all, let alone a samurai, but is no different from a scholar of Sven Wen, but because of his bright clothes, people in the casino guess that he may be the son of a rich merchant.

Great, this kid looks stupid and stupid, maybe it's the sheep or Kaizi we met today, if you don't take a sum of money from him, then I'm really sorry for myself!

"A little bit...... Let's get started! ”

"Okay, please take a seat!"

Before the fight, Kojiro Sasaki suddenly asked:

"I wonder if 'Always Listen' is allowed here?"

"Allow, allow!"

"That's good......"

A few minutes later......

"Listen! 137 money (tube)! ”

Kojiro Sasaki said in a loud voice.

"Isn't it......"

Half an hour later, not only did the money on Sasaki Kojiro not touch, but the people who played cards with him lost all the time.

"Boss, it seems that I met a person who came to smash the field today, this guy's level of playing mahjong is simply terrifying!"

“TMD！ This little white face has worked hard for a while, I'm afraid that he has already won hundreds of dollars, and when he leaves later, you will stop him at the door, if he is willing to leave all the money he won, forget it, if he refuses, hum ......"

Then I played for more than three hours, and the money ticket in front of Sasaki Kojiro (does Japan use silver tickets?) The small judgment and copper coins have been piled up several times.

"Hah...... Ha ......"

Kojiro Sasaki stood up and stretched.

"I had a great time today...... Boss! ”

"Eh, sir, do you have any orders?"

"I've had enough of today, I'm going to go now,"

As he spoke, Sasaki Kojiro picked up a small judgment worth four taels of silver from the table and said:

"I'll just take this little sentence and leave, and the rest of the money ...... Boss, look at it! ”

"Nani? What do I look at? What does this mean? ”

"Boss, you can choose to keep it for yourself, or you can help me return to these gentlemen who play with me, see you later, maybe I'll come back tomorrow!"

The reason why Sasaki Kojiro is so generous is not because he heard the conversation between the boss and the waiter about him - he is not afraid to do so, although he does not have a knife in his hand, but it is still more than enough to deal with these waste snacks.

Kojiro Sasaki has three major hobbies, one is kendo, which everyone knows, the second is the love of drinking, which I have also introduced, and the third is gambling!

However, unlike ordinary gamblers who are crazy for money, Sasaki Kojiro is completely enjoying the fun of gambling, and money is not important to him at all (no wonder as a rich second generation, he can't even eat in the end, which is really a loser).

He took the small sentence just to make up a drink money.

For the next period of time, Sasaki Kojiro really came every day, and as before, he ended up putting a table of chips and didn't take it, but only took a small judgment.

Of course, the boss didn't dare to take it all, in that case, wouldn't it mean that this person of unknown origin was a "killer" who was found by himself, specializing in fixing those sheep? Those losers don't strangle themselves, huh?

Only a small portion of it is taken, and the rest is returned to the losing gambler, so that everyone is happy.

Although I don't know what his name is, Kojiro Sasaki's reputation is getting louder and louder.

Because he always does not charge money to play mahjong, and in the end everyone will not lose much, so everyone is willing to play cards with him, and some people are even waiting for him here to appreciate his card skills, not only that, but even other gambling stalls because of the "inch eight" has such an "undefeated East" and have rushed over to compete with him.

In this way, the person who gains the most and laughs the most becomes the owner of the casino.

It was tossed like this for more than 20 days.

"Kojiro, why do you want to be my retainer, just go to the casino to play mahjong and make a living?!"

As soon as he "went to work" that day, Kojiro Sasaki was gossiped about by his young master, Hosokawa Tadashi.

Kojiro Sasaki scratched his head, feeling very embarrassed, he had been playing too crazy recently!

"Even the hairstyle has changed, and I am still wearing a loose kimono, which really looks like a professional gambler!"

"Hahahahaha...... I changed my face, also to prevent embarrassment for our Hosokawa family! ”

Samurai gambling is not uncommon, but it would be a shame to let your colleagues see themselves fooling around in casinos all day...... So every time Kojiro Sasaki goes to the casino, he has to disguise himself first.

"Oh, I'm really embarrassed, I gave you so little, it's not enough for you to buy wine and drink, as long as you have a good deck of cards in your hand, a handful on the Hu, isn't it equivalent to taking an extra year of Yulu......"

"Young master, look at what you said, I don't gamble for the sake of gambling, I just enjoy that fun."

"Humph! I've heard that every time you gamble, you can win a lot, and in the end you pretend to be generous and send all the money back! ”

"Hmm...... Young master, it's really none of my business, it's not because of how well I play mahjong...... Young master, I guess, probably all the casinos with higher odds, gamblers are very bad! Well, it must be so, that's right-the young master rest assured, I will never give up being a samurai because I was lucky enough to win two mahjong games! ”

"Humph! You can say...... But then again, it's not enough to just talk, and if you don't let you see the real master, you won't know how to stop! ”

"Master? Is there anyone who plays mahjong better than me...... Young master, you don't mean a master ......"

"Humph! I'm not going to be interested in this thing. ”

"Huh? Young master, why do I think there is a hint of sour grapes in your words? ”

"Don't talk nonsense, you just come with me! …… Also, in our time, there are no grapes in Japan at all, so this example will be scolded by readers! You give me attention! ”

"Oh...... Good. ”……

The so-called master is......

I put down the "**Mei" in my hand (another slot-_-||), glared at Hosokawa Tadashi and Sasaki Kojiro who were kneeling on the side with some displeasure.

"So, Zhongxing, you want me to play mahjong with you, right?"

"Big brother, don't underestimate Kojiro, the 'God of Gamblers' who recently appeared in Higashiidemo Town is him!"

Kojiro Sasaki and I were taken aback at the same time.

"Nani? Kojiro-kun, you are the god of gambling who has been rumored recently, and who has never been defeated?! ”

Out of respect for Kojiro Sasaki, a super swordsman in history, I added "kun" to the end of his name.

"What is the God of Gamblers...... I don't know?! ”

"Humph! It seems that you are more unconscious than I thought...... Big brother, you can accompany him to fight, let him know how many pounds and taels he is. ”

"Uh...... Okay, I'm in a panic right now anyway, so it's good to find something to do. ”

"Your Highness, with all due respect, you don't look like you can play mahjong."

"yes, but I don't think you're like that."

I'm telling the truth, I originally thought that Sasaki Kojiro was a swordsman, and I wasn't too surprised to know that he was still a drunkard, after all, history and those heroes in martial arts novels, there are few people who don't love alcohol.

But now, knowing that Kojiro Sasaki still likes to gamble for money, and that he still plays mahjong that I feel extremely familiar with, this really makes me feel ruined!

According to common sense, swordsmen are the kind of elegant and bold characters, how can they like the vulgar behavior of gambling (the same era Ling Hu Chong smiled and said nothing)?

"You go to the study and take out my mahjong."

"Yes!"

After instructing the attendants, I said to Kojiro Sasaki:

"Hehe, Kojiro-kun, we used to try kendo before, and you defeated me very easily at that time, and now I'm going to get this money back!"

"Hehe, Your Highness the General, even if you are a general, I will not show mercy to my subordinates."

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"Kojiro-kun, you are indeed strong, but ...... Compared to me, you can only be considered a newbie, and the gap between us is too big! ”

"Newbie?"

"In your eyes, am I Sasaki Kojiro so unbearable? Can only be called a newbie?! ”

Kojiro Sasaki looks unconvinced!

"We played a dozen sets, but I felt ...... Judging from the color of your hole cards after the show, it seems that you have many opportunities to activate the double Rashomon (parallel bars), but because you do not grasp the overall situation enough, you have caused yourself to throw the cards that were useful to you several times in a daze! ”

Kojiro Sasaki bit his lip and didn't speak, but this attitude also means that he admits that there is nothing wrong with what I said!

"Also, you're so obsessed with draws, and always prioritize listening all the time, in fact, I think you've had more than one chance to use the full door and the running water ......."

Kojiro Sasaki looked at me with disbelief in his eyes, as if something terrible had happened to my body!

"Your Highness...... Have you seen through all my cards?! ”

"Well, normal people will have several or even a dozen ways to win when they play cards, but Kojiro you only have that one way to play back and forth, I don't think it's easy to see through......"

"Alas...... His Royal Highness is a skilled prisoner, and Kojiro is willing to bow down! ”

"Where! I just play it a lot. ”

I'm telling the truth, although in this era I don't play mahjong with people very much, but in the previous life, I was quite fond of this kind of game, but, like Sasaki Kojiro now, I was just enjoying the happiness that mahjong brought me, whether it was losing or winning, I didn't care too much, so the people who played mahjong with me at that time praised me as a bold and generous, win beautifully, lose refreshingly, take up and down, and have a real "gamble" person.

In my previous life, my favorite was Taiwanese mahjong and Japanese mahjong, the style of play is similar, and the gameplay of Japanese mahjong in the Warring States period is completely the set of rules and rules of Daming mahjong, I began to be a little unable to adapt, when I adapted, no one around me could beat me, and today's Sasaki Kojiro really let me reminisce about the fun of playing mahjong back then.

In my opinion, mahjong is not a channel for gambling, it is just a simple game, and it can also develop brain power and improve mathematical ability (laughs~~), just because it takes extreme luck to play this thing, which attracts gamblers to hook it with the not-so-good verb "gambling", which also requires luck.

Today, I accompanied Sasaki Kojiro, the historical "super swordsman", to fight more than a dozen times, and at the beginning they won and lost each other, but then he was no longer my opponent, and he was completely abused by me.

It's so amazing, I always thought that I lost to the eldest brother because of luck, to this day, the eldest brother does not rely on luck, he is because he sees the opponent's cards clearly, in this way, who else is his opponent......

I smiled slightly, rolled up my sleeves high, and spread my hands out.

"You all saw it, my hands are very clean now, and my sleeves are rolled up, so there will be no more opportunities to cheat."

"Yes."

I reached for the row of "Great Wall" in front of Kojiro Sasaki, grabbed a few cards, and then pulled out a few more cards from the "Great Wall" in front of me -- note that I took them away when I touched them, and never touched them with my fingers.

Then I switched the cards a little bit more and showed them at the end.

The two men gasped.

"One word, four Rashomon, four dark carvings!"

In front of me, there were three cards in a beautiful row!

"It's a pity, this is the country of Izumo, the casino in a small place does not recognize the double service full (the most difficult card type in Japanese mahjong, the number of fans has reached a certain number or the winning cards that have been achieved with difficulty are considered full), only the single service is full, otherwise with the high odds of that'inch eight', you only need to bring ten pieces of money, my 'big four happiness', it's enough to make the casino owner bankrupt!"

Hosokawa Tadashi was so stupid that he couldn't speak at all, while Kojiro Sasaki secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Your Highness the General, how did you ...... such a complicated card?"

"Every time I play a hand, I remember the position of each card...... Hehe, you don't believe it, I don't have any other skills, but my memory of mahjong tiles is so good that even I am afraid of myself......"

"Master!! You are the true God of Gambling! Please take me as an apprentice! ”

(Full service is a derivative rule of Japanese mahjong in later generations, Japanese mahjong in the Warring States period is based on Chinese Guangdong mahjong, although the big four are powerful, but not as lethal as when the full service is started, here is my fiction, readers who understand mahjong don't scold me ^O^)......

A few days later, Kojiro Sasaki returned to the capital to run errands, and there, he couldn't help but have itchy hands and gambled with others again.

The capital is not a small place, and the consistent two-run bet is not eye-catching at all, and you have to come up with at least ten.

And the Beijing casino is also obviously more atmospheric, as long as you have enough credit and don't do things like "old thousands", then no matter how much money you win, you can take it away, never pay off, and you won't use thugs.

Of course, in the capital, people who gamble are either rich or expensive, who can afford to provoke them?!

But even so, when it comes to the gambling table, no matter how cultivated people are, they will become crazy, shouting and killing so that the sound can be transmitted to a few meters or even tens of meters away, making a well-known Kyoto with a history of hundreds of years become a miasma.

But the people at the table playing cards with Kojiro Sasaki were indeed exceptionally quiet, and the people who played cards with him were also very large.

The person sitting across from him was the daughter of the world-famous tea man Sen no Rikyu -- Miss Agin-chan (well, I admit that this character is a cameo from the book of the eighth master).

And the one sitting on her left was middle-aged, wearing the court clothes of the minister, but his face was not painted white, his teeth were not blackened, and he did not wear a black hat on his head, otherwise...... But then again, his true identity is actually -- the minister!

The richest among the ministers, the one who receives the most bribes, and is also the most fun-loving in the entire court.

There was also a man who looked to be in his thirties, dressed in white and satin, and at first glance he knew that he was not doing his job.

Yuri Takikawa, the adopted son of the "Director of the Military Command Bureau" Takigawa Kazuyi.

(Influenced by the eighth master's book, I don't have a very good impression of him, although in history, he is still quite capable of a person)

The Great Wall has been built, the hands are started, the position of the banker and the player has been determined, and finally the bet is discussed.

Yutoshi Takikawa glanced at Kojiro Sasaki, smiled, and opened his folding fan.

"Mr. Sasaki, how much money are you going to bet at one time...... I've prepared fifty strokes at once! ”

His tone was incredibly contemptuous.

As long as Shikoku is conquered, the Takigawa family will become a daimyo with more than 500,000 koku, which is incomparable to a vassal daimyo like the Hosokawa family.

Kojiro Sasaki is not comparable to his young master who doesn't care about anything, and he has been wandering the rivers and lakes for many years (in fact, he is a vagrant ←_←), so that he knows how to recognize the eyes of others.

But he still said nonchalantly:

"Fifty times? That's not a small one, but fortunately I brought a hundred pieces, and no matter how bad it is, I can play two of them...... But then again, since I learned two hands from my master, I haven't basically lost a hand......"

Hearing this, Ah Yin chuckled and said:

"Mr. Sasaki, you are really arrogant, you have never lost, hehe, we all know that you are skilled in swordsmanship, and you were once invited by His Royal Highness the Right Mansion to perform martial arts in front of His Majesty the Emperor, if you say that you have never lost a sword competition with others, we are still willing to believe it, but ...... This mahjong table is not a kendo hall, everything is not so easy......"

"Hubris? No, I've just been confident. ”

At this time, in the crowd standing on the periphery watching them play cards, the voices of several women came:

"Sasaki-kun, come on!"

"We're all optimistic about you!"

Kojiro Sasaki looks handsome, in last year's Kyoto military parade, he walked through the crowd with the review of the army, and suddenly attracted the attention of thousands of women. How can there be a lady? They all treated him as if they were in a dream.

There is always the support of women, which is probably the biggest advantage of the handsome guy.

"It's only a hundred...... Good! I'll just bet 100 percent, how about it? Mr. Sasaki, are you still playing? ”

In fact, Takigawa father and son don't have any ill feelings towards Hosokawa Fujitaka, and they don't hate Wise Kogoro either, but they ...... Probably because Sasaki Kojiro is too handsome, it has aroused the jealousy of Yutoshi Takikawa, who is also a man (this kind of petty reason can also be taken seriously?). I'm blind! ）。

"Play, why don't you play, win or lose, have fun!"

"Alright, okay, can we start?!"

Listening to these two people grinding and chirping for a long time, Juting was impatient to wait in the sunny season.

"There are no big ladies here, no big ladies, no samurai and no swordsmen, just the four of us gamblers! It doesn't make sense to just talk about it, the winner at the gambling table is the big hero! ”

The two gods nodded heavily at the same time.

The game begins!

Kojiro Sasaki quickly grabbed three hands of cards, and the women standing behind him looked at them and thought it was incredible.

It turned out to be 12,200,300,000, one two, three, and then one penny, two pennies, three pennies...... This card is really TMD!

So, what's Sasaki-kun's fourth hand?

Hair! Rich! Rich!

One of the princesses of the princess family finally couldn't help but shout:

"Sasaki-kun got it and got rich!"

After speaking, he realized that he was talking too much, and quickly covered his mouth, and more than a dozen eyes around him glared at her, so frightened that he quickly hid behind several of his good sisters and didn't dare to speak anymore.

In fact, this princess doesn't know mahjong at all, she just accompanies a few good sisters who love to play mahjong to watch the fun, but Sasaki Kojiro's cards look really interesting (although she doesn't know if she can win), she can't help but shout out.

When Miss Ayin heard this, she looked at Kojiro Sasaki with great interest.

"Mr. Sasaki, it looks like you've got a good deck of cards!"

"Hehe, Miss Qian laughed, the cards that can really help me win are good cards!"

The remaining card, Sasaki Kojiro didn't even look at it, and it was directly covered in the center of the table, which made the viewer feel thrilled.

How? Mr. Sasaki dared to be so arrogant, as soon as he came up, he wanted to "ride and beg" (single-door listening)!

"Hehe, do you want to ride? In that case, the card has to be a blank slate! ”

Takigawa Yuri was holding a whiteboard in his hand and was about to play it out, when he heard Ah Yin's words, he hesitated for a moment and did not dare to play the cards immediately.

He stole a glance at Kojiro Sasaki, only to find that the other party was also looking at him, and he smiled mysteriously.

This abominable little white face! What the hell is he up to?! The smile is so disgusting, is it because I will definitely get off this whiteboard?

Out of disgust for Sasaki Kojiro, Yuri Takikawa instinctively wanted to take the card back.

Hey? That's not right! Even if I type out the whiteboard, it doesn't seem to be a problem, right? Could it be that this little white face can draw my cards when he draws them...... No, no, no, it can't be! How can it be such a coincidence? …… All right! I'll think of this whiteboard as a gun!

At this time, I don't know who it was, and shouted in the back.

"Is Takigawa-sama a joke? Knowing that Mr. Sasaki might draw cards, he still has to play the whiteboard. ”

Am I a comic? Damn it......

Takigawa Yuri was about to have a seizure, and suddenly it occurred to him that this was Kyoto, not his own Ise country, so he couldn't help himself!

Hum! I'll come back to the pariah who spoke ill of me later!

But Sasaki Kojiro still has that unfathomable smile.

"Takigawa-sama is sure to play this card, don't regret it?"

"Less nonsense! I've already played all the cards, can I still take it back?! ”