Chapter Seventy-One: Happiness Gives Birth to Sorrow
Three days later, outside the Ziyang Palace on the outskirts of the city, Miss Bao explained to Fang Hongjian in a low voice: "Hong Gradual, I don't care if you believe in the bird god or not, but when you get inside, you have to listen to me for everything, the rules are very big, if you offend the bird god, then even if the old Taoist priest doesn't talk about you, other gamblers who come to ask the bird god can tear you apart!" ”
"Don't worry, I'll listen to you." Fang Hong gradually patted his chest and reassured.
Facts have proved that Miss Bao is not talking nonsense, the rules here are indeed very big, everyone must hold their breath after they get inside, and they must not collide with the bird god, and if they want to enter, they have to spend a hundred oceans, and promise to take out half of the income to worship the bird god, and the most important thing is that they must not disclose the results learned here to others in private, otherwise they will not be qualified to enter the next time.
After paying a hundred oceans and signing a guarantee, Fang Honggradually was finally able to enter the inner room, at this moment there were dozens of people standing in the room, and the most eye-catching thing on the middle table was the "bird god", at this time Fang Hong gradually found out that the so-called "bird god" was a big parrot, and the way the bird god predicted was that after the old Taoist priest behind the curtain prayed, he flew to the six small balls printed with numbers on the other side of the table, and the bird god finally picked up which ball meant that the number of dog races on Monday could win.
After watching this process, Fang Hong gradually became more sure that this is the transformation of the charlatan trick of "parrot fortune telling", as for why this bird god can guess every time, there is no doubt that it must have something to do with the owner of the dog run or the dog racing trainer, this is undoubtedly a game, and now everyone can still make money from this because the main messenger feels that it is not yet time to close the net or he has another purpose.
But anyway, Fang Honggradually felt that this would not affect him to invest a little money to play, so on Monday, Fang Hong gradually came to Yiyuan Dog Farm with Miss Bao, and this was the first time he came to Yiyuan.
Originally, there were three dog ranches in Shanghai, namely the "Ming Garden" in the public concession, the "Shen Garden" in the western district and the "Yi Yuan" in the French Concession, but later because countless people went bankrupt because of gambling on dogs, the people of Shanghai and celebrities from all walks of life unanimously asked the government to close the dog run, and the Ming Garden and Shen Yuan were forced to close down, and the Yi Garden was retained because the French Consul General in Shanghai retained it on the grounds that "whether the dog run should be banned or not should be decided jointly by the French Minister in China and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the ability has no right to intervene".
Because of the closure of Ming Garden and Shen Garden, Yi Yuan is very popular, and it is said that in 1938 alone, the annual income exceeded 3 million silver dollars.
Fang Hongjian and Miss Bao naturally bought the No. 6 dog named "General Changsheng" according to the tips of the bird god, but Fang Hongjian was very cautious and only bought 1,000 yuan, while Miss Bao smashed 20,000 yuan in one go. When he saw the numbers on the match ticket in Fang Hongji's hand, he sneered: "My dear, you are too cautious. ”
Fang Hongjian replied disapprerovingly: "I'm just playing casually, and I don't expect to make a lot of money with this." ”
Although he had known the result for a long time, after the game began, Fang Honggradually was still infected by the atmosphere in the arena, and couldn't help but cheer along with the shouting, of course, the result was naturally the No. 6 dog winning.
In the next month, Fang Hongjian still only bought 1,000 yuan every time, even so, he earned almost 5,000 oceans, but at this time he felt that something was wrong, so he said to Miss Bao in private: "There are too many people who come to ask for a sign today, I see that there are hundreds of people, if so many people are won, I estimate that the dealer will be able to resist it, so you better be careful and don't buy too much." ”
Miss Bao hesitated for a moment, and then said: "It's only a few hundred people, you also see that there are tens of thousands of people gambling on dogs in the dog run every day, and hundreds of people should not affect anything, and I just looked at a bungalow on Xia Fei Road, and now is the time for lack of money, otherwise, I promise you to bet this time, and after this time, I will learn that you only throw in a thousand yuan to play casually." ”
Seeing Miss Bao's gambler's appearance, Fang Hong gradually knew that no matter how much he persuaded him, it was useless, and maybe it would backfire if he persuaded him ruthlessly, and the most important thing was that he was not sure whether the dealer wanted to close the net this time or end the net, so he said helplessly: "Then it's up to you, anyway, don't cry with me when you lose in the end." ”
The result was beyond Fang Hong's expectations, this time everyone actually relied on the bird god to win money again, so Miss Bao proudly said to Fang Hongji: "Look at you, I'll just say it's okay, you are too cautious, you are not born to make a lot of money!" ”
When it came to the next game, Fang Hong gradually refused to persuade him, but this time the ominous premonition was even stronger, because there were too many people who came to ask for a sign this time, and almost all of them filled the Ziyang Palace.
In the end, it turned out that Fang Hongji's premonition this time was accurate, originally the bird god predicted that the No. 3 dog would win, but it was the No. 5 dog who ran to the first, and the moment the result appeared, Miss Bao, who was beside Fang Hongji, suddenly fainted, and at the same time, she was not the only one who fainted.
Under Fang Hongji's first aid, Miss Bao finally woke up, but the first thing she said after waking up was: "Hongji, what number did you win just now?" ”
"Five!" Fang Hong replied in a deep voice.
"No, it can't be, how can it be Five? Obviously, the bird god predicted the number three! Miss Bao shouted in disbelief.
"You can take the ticket to the lottery and look at it, and then you will die."
When she saw the record of the lottery, Miss Bao still didn't give up and said: "This, this is impossible, how can the bird god be wrong?" By the way, Hong Yan, let's hurry up and drive to Ziyang Palace now, I want to ask the bird god. ”
Fang Hong gradually shook his head and said, "No need to ask, I can guarantee that the so-called bird god and the old Taoist priest must have run away now." ”
When Fang Hong gradually took Miss Bao, who was holding the last glimmer of hope, to the empty Ziyang Palace, Miss Bao suddenly seemed to have lost all her strength, and sat on the ground dejectedly and cried bitterly: "It's over, it's over, all my money is gone!" ”
PS: In fact, gamblers are like this in their hearts, even if they know that this is a trap, but they always think that they are smart and restrained, and they can run away before the dealer closes the net, but they all die of greed. The most obvious example is illegal fundraising, always trying to earn a few more high interest before the dealer runs away, and even the principal is lost.
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