Chao Yongqi said: "How much to borrow?" ”

Li Kui's eyes rolled and said with a smile: "Let's borrow three or five hundred taels first." ”

In the past, Li Kui often asked Chao Yong to borrow money, but he only borrowed three or five yuan to buy wine and food.

When Chao Yong heard that it cost three or five hundred taels, he couldn't help but be curious: "What do you want to do with so much silver?" ”

"Gambling with Xiao Qi."

Liangshan Ping said that gambling is also prohibited, but on the winter solstice, Liangshan also followed the practice of the imperial court, and the whole mountain was released for three days.

Ruan Xiaoqi and others quietly gathered to gamble, but they were caught by Gongsun Sheng a few times, and they all reined in.

Chao Yong was also interested, and said with a smile: "Let's go, go back with me to get some silver, and I'll also go and join in the fun." ”

Li Kui was also overjoyed when he heard that Chao Yong was going, and said with a smile: "It's best when Brother Yong goes, otherwise the brothers' money will be won by Xiao Yi." ”

In Li Kui's view, Chao Yong is a star descending to earth, and he is naturally omnipotent.

Chao Yong knew that Yan Qing was a nine-rate sect and knew everything, and it seemed that he was also very good at gambling, so he smiled and said, "Is Xiao Yi very powerful?" ”

Li Kui nodded and said: "In the past, Dong Ping was very good at gambling, but now after pulling Xiao Yi here, Dong Ping also lost a lot." The two brothers, Xiao Wu and Xiao Qi, lost a lot, but they had a lot of money. I beat the thirty taels of silver that I got from being injured in Zengtou City, and I lost a few handfuls. ”

Chao Yong took Li Kui back to the room to get the silver, and asked, "Where is the gambling game?" ”

Li Kui scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "It's there for me." ”

Chao Yong couldn't help laughing when he saw Li Kui, the person who was in a game, but he was the first to go out.

After the founding of the Song Dynasty, gambling prevailed, and the scribes and magnates gambled on complex games such as juju, horse fighting, and double play, while the common people played simple cockfights and quail fights. In the early days of the Northern Song Dynasty, it can be said that the whole people gambled, but gambling was to harm others and benefit themselves, win other people's property, and lose too much, so that some people would inevitably take risks.

After the gambling style infiltrated the army, the soldiers who were in a hurry were more likely to endanger society.

There were more and more murders due to gambling, so the Northern Song Dynasty began to ban gambling. Those who participated in gambling were punished with a hundred rods, and those who dared to open gambling houses were beheaded to show the public. There were even Jinshi and the queen who were found to have been punished with rods for gambling, and the emperor spared him of his fame.

Due to the strict implementation of the prohibition of gambling, the atmosphere of the Song people who love gambling has also slowly changed.

However, after Cai Jing came to power, in order to increase taxes, the laws of the previous dynasty were greatly revised by him, and the degree of the monk's identity certificate could be sold, not to mention gambling, as long as the tax was paid to the imperial court, a gambling house could be opened. Although the taxes of the imperial court were very heavy, the profits of the gambling houses were also very large, so as soon as the law was opened, gambling houses in various state capitals sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

There are more people who make a living from gambling, both those who gamble like Gu's sister-in-law, and those who gamble like Shi Yong. As soon as gambling starts, there will naturally be few disputes.

Shi Yong was killed because of gambling, so he ended up in the rivers and lakes.

Yan Qing, Dong Ping, Ruan Xiaowu, Ruan Xiaoqi, Zhang Heng, Zhang Shun, Bai Sheng, Du Qian, Song Wan and other more than a dozen leaders were gambling in the house, and when they saw Chao Yong coming in, they couldn't help but stop and said with a smile: "Brother Yong also wants to play a few games?" ”

Chao Yong smiled: "I'll take a look first." ”

Li Kui squeezed to the table with Chao Yong's silver and shouted, "Xiao Yi, I'll bet with you again." ”

Yan Qing saw that Li Kui had silver again, and said with a smile: "Okay, bet on dice or copper coins?" ”

Li Kui said impatiently: "Naturally, it's a dice." ”

"Bet on odd or even or big?"

"Big or small, I don't believe that I can't win you, it's still five taels of silver in a game."

Everyone gambled with Yan Qing for a while, and no one dared to bet with Yan Qing for a long time, seeing that Li Kui was not afraid of death, they were all happy to watch the excitement.

Chao Yong also squeezed in front of him to watch, but the two of them gambled simply, just a dice.

Li Kui grabbed the dice first, blew on it, and threw it into the bowl.

The dice made a crisp sound when it touched the wall of the bowl, and then it spun around.

"Six, Six, Six......"

Li Kui shouted loudly, and his head almost fell into the bowl.

After a while, the dice stopped, but it was a five.

Li Kui raised his head at this time, looked at Chao Yong and said with a smile: "Five o'clock, it seems that after going out, my luck has improved a lot." ”

After Li Kui left, everyone was killed by Yan Qing for a while, so they naturally knew Yan Qing's methods.

Seeing that Li Kui was still in the dark, Zhang Shun smiled and said: "Otherwise, I will bet with you again, if Xiao Yi throws six, I will win, otherwise I will lose you five taels." How? ”

Li Kui said without hesitation: "Okay, who else wants to send silver." ”

Seeing that Li Kui was so confident, everyone was no longer polite, but they all pressed Yan Qing to win.

Li Kui glared at everyone: "Why do I think it's a little wrong, why doesn't anyone pressure me to win, I'm five o'clock." ”

Ruan Xiaoqi said with a smile: "Otherwise, you can ask Brother Yong'er if he is pressing you?" ”

When Li Kui heard this, he immediately turned his head to Chao Yong and said, "Yes, Brother Yong, you will suppress me, and if you win them, I will share half of you." ”

Chao Yong saw that everyone was teasing Li Kui, so he also took out five taels of silver and said with a smile: "I also press Xiaoyi." ”

Li Kui glared at Chao Yong angrily and said, "When I lose for a while, I won't pay you back." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "You don't need to pay it back." ”

Yan Qing saw that everyone was pressed, so she also grabbed the dice and threw it in.

No one looked at the dice in the bowl, only Li Kui leaned down and stared at the dice with strange eyes.

The dice turned slower and slower, Li Kui looked at the three points above, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Three points, you all lost." ”

So saying, he went and grabbed the money that the people had pressed.

Yan Qing said with a smile: "The dice hasn't stopped yet, Brother Tie Niu don't do it." ”

Li Kui smiled strangely: "It's three o'clock, and it can become six o'clock." ”

As soon as the words fell, the dice flipped again, and stopped at six o'clock.

Li Kui's bull's eyes widened, he slapped his mouth fiercely, and said, "It's all to blame for this mouth." ”

Ruan Xiaoqi smiled and said: "Tie Niu, you lose, five taels of silver per person, hurry up." ”

Li Kui usually gambles straight, but the silver that Chao Yong just gave was not warm in his arms, so he took it out again, and after everyone lost it, he went to a small half.

Li Kui was still not convinced, and shouted: "Come again, I won't believe that I can't win you." ”

The two threw another game, Li Kui threw three points, but Yan Qing was four points, still a little more than him.

However, everyone didn't pressure them to win or lose, but went to the side to gamble.

Dong Ping, Zhang Heng, and Zhang Shun also threw dice, while Bai Sheng threw money, and the shouts of throwing dice were five and six, and those who threw money were "calling the word and calling the back", that is, after the copper coin landed, there was a word facing up, or the back side facing up.

The gameplay is very simple, and it is quick to win or lose.

Li Kui won more than a dozen handfuls in a row by Yan Qing, and lost most of the silver, and he also felt the taste, and shouted: "Evil spirit, I won't gamble with you." ”

Yan Qing saw that Li Kui stopped gambling, so he also went to other gambling games to join in the fun, but everyone else was afraid of Yan Qing's tricks and did not allow him to throw, only let him press.

Yan Qing was originally just trying to have fun, and she didn't care about it, so she took the money she won and joined in with everyone.

Chao Yong's young man's surname, after looking at it for a while, he couldn't help but join in, but against a group of old gamblers, he also lost more and won less.

(To be continued)