Chapter 109
Long Xiyang accompanied Zhang Zhao and a group of Lingxiao disciples back to his residence, and told Lu Junjie about what happened in Guiyun Tower: "Fourth brother, it's all up to Brother Zhang Zhao today, otherwise my face will be embarrassed, who knows that I can meet a few of them if I go to dinner." ”
The two were about to say goodbye and go back, when the shopkeeper Shen brought a few masters who measured clothes and hurried over, and when he saw Zhang Zhao, he smiled even more: "Thanks to the blessing of the son, the shopkeeper of several cloth villages in the city has borrowed dozens of craftsmen to give me the Divine Needle Pavilion, and this time the matter must be done properly for you." ”
The disciples of Lingxiao were all looking forward to the completion of the new clothes as soon as possible, and they were all happy to let several masters measure the size, and even Chang Qingzi and several elders were a little moved when they heard that this clothing required five high-grade immortal crystals, and the shopkeeper Shen also specially brought a woman to Mo Suyan Gu Xianrong Several female disciples also carefully measured.
Among all of them, only Gu Qianzhong was not interested in this matter, Gu Yan went to invite Gu Qianzhong a few times, but he still refused to come out in the house, and the shopkeeper Shen took the opportunity to go in and take a few looks, and said with a smile: "It's okay, Elder Gu's clothes are old and the size of the old man has already counted in his heart, and when the new clothes are ready, please ask Elder Gu to decide whether to wear them or not." ”
The shopkeeper Shen instructed the master to write down the favorite colors of Lingxiao in detail, and he asked Changqingzi about the appearance of Lingxiao's mountain peak pattern. After confirming that there were no omissions, he called someone to come over and measure Lu Junjie and Long Xiyang.
"The two young masters are friends of Zhang Zhaogongzi, and the business of the Divine Needle Pavilion is also taken care of by the two families on weekdays. ”
This shopkeeper Shen is extremely cautious and decent in everything he does, although the clothes of the Divine Needle Pavilion are prestigious, but the brocade robes on Lu Long and the others are all from the Tianyi Hall that is only made for wealthy families on the Wuxuan Dynasty. He gave these two sets of clothes, which not only added color to Zhang Zhao's face, but also saved the opportunity to let these families pay attention to the thoughts of the Divine Needle Pavilion.
What happened on this day can be said to be a great joy, Chang Qingzi and Mo Wen also praised Zhang Zhao after listening to the reason for changing clothes: "Zhang Zhao, it's hard for you to think so thoughtfully, it's the first time for us to participate in such a grand event, and we are really thinking too much about clothing." ”
Chang Qingzi originally wanted to prevent Zhang Zhao from digging out the immortal crystal by himself, but later saw that he insisted on doing so, so he smiled and nodded: "Okay, then we will take advantage of you." He looked at Zhang Zhao and sighed: "Even if I want to spend some immortal crystals, I have to discuss with Senior Brother Meng, we finally have someone who spends money and is not controlled by him." ”
Early the next morning, Long Xiyang and Lu Junjie came on time again, and the two had just stepped into the door of Lingxiao's residence, but found that Long Xicheng and the other two young masters of the Long family were following behind them at some point.
"Brother Fourteen, yesterday's incident was not a brother, don't be surprised. Long Xicheng didn't wait for Long Xiyang to ask a question and gave his hand to apologize: "The seventh brother and the thirteenth brother scolded me after they went back, so I rushed to make amends for you early in the morning." ”
Long Xiyang didn't say anything when he saw him's attitude: "The sixteenth brother is polite, what else is there between our brothers to make amends and not to make amends." I just hope that you won't find fault with Brother Fourteen in the future. ”
Zhang Zhao came out and saw this scene and was stunned, without waiting for Long Xiyang to speak, Long Xicheng and the three of them greeted him with a smile on their faces, and Long Qigongzi hugged his fists: "In Xia Long Xirui, Brother Zhang Zhao, the matter of Guiyunlou yesterday really made you laugh, today our three brothers and fourteen brothers came together, let's go out together." ”
The round-faced boy stepped forward affectionately and hugged Zhang Zhao's shoulder: "Brother Zhang Zhao, my name is Long Xizhi, I was born only three days earlier than the fourteenth, today our brother will be a host, and accompany Lingxiao's friends to have a good walk in our Xuanmu City." ”
The three dragon sons said a word to me, but they squeezed Long Xiyang and Lu Junjie behind. Zhang Zhao and a group of Lingxiao disciples thought that their brothers had discussed and came together, and they exchanged a few polite words, exchanged names, and greeted each other with smiles.
After meeting Changqingzi in the courtesy of the juniors, Long Xirui greeted everyone warmly: "The fourteenth brother is not often at home, and Junjie has not been here a few times, and we have to ask a few good things in Xuanmu City." Just follow us out and make sure you eat and have fun. ”
Long Xiyang faintly felt in his heart that they must have other plans, but there was really nothing to find fault with the words and demeanor of these three people, so he had to go out with Lu Junjie with Lu Junjie.
These three sons really know Xuanmu City well, they took Zhang Zhao and others through the streets and alleys, and the goods in the shops they visited were indeed much more exquisite than the few that Long Xiyang took everyone to yesterday. This time, several female disciples also came out together, no matter what they liked, the three dragon princes did not hesitate to pay the bill and buy it.
After shopping for less than an hour, Long Xiyang calculated that his three brothers had spent at least a few medium-grade immortal crystals. No matter how much they tried to make sarcasm yesterday, it seems that this apology is still very sincere.
Walking out of a shop, there is a dark red pavilion that is a few points taller than Guiyun Tower, this place is majestic and magnificent, it is not an ordinary place at a glance, and there are a few big characters on it "Shuncaifang". When the Lingxiao disciples were all in amazement, they saw Long Xirui take the lead and walked in: "Everyone, this is the most interesting place in our Xuanmu City, if everyone is lucky, they can earn some immortal crystals to go back." ”
Everyone listened with curiosity and followed, but Long Xiyang's face changed color when he saw this pavilion: "Brother Zhang Zhao, let's change places, we must not enter here." Long Xirui stood up and looked back and smiled: "Fourteenth brother, what you said is too exaggerated, what is so scary about a mere game." ”
Long Xiyang grabbed Zhang Zhao: "Don't go, if you go in this place, even if there are hundreds or thousands of immortal crystals, it won't be enough." Zhang Zhao heard this and hurriedly asked, "Fourteenth brother, what is Bo Opera?"
"It's just a dice bet. Long Xirui came up and grabbed Zhang Zhao's other arm: "Since Brother Zhang Zhao hasn't seen it, I want to see it, this thing depends on both luck and guts, I think Brother Zhang Zhao has both, I must go in and try it." ”
Seeing that Long Xiyang was still holding Zhang Zhao, Long Xizhi took out a silk bag from his arms: "Fourteenth brother, since you have arrived in our Xuanmu City, you have to let all your friends have fun, you can take these immortal crystals and distribute them to everyone, and each person take a few to play, you should rest assured this time, right?"
Long Xiyang took the silk bag and looked at it, it was really full of hundreds of low-grade immortal crystals, and then let go of Zhang Zhao: "Okay, this is about the same." He casually took out the fairy crystal from the silk bag and distributed it to the Lingxiao people: "Since someone gives money, then let's go in and have a look." ”
As soon as they entered the hall, they heard a noisy voice, and the heads of people around a dozen wide platforms shook, and from time to time there were bursts of shouting: "Big, big, big...... , small, small ......" Lingxiao people have never entered this kind of gambling place, and they feel fresh when they see it.
As soon as he saw Long Xirui, several guys in the Shuncai Fang came up to greet him: "Long Qiye, why do you have time today, bring your friends to play a few hands?" Long Xirui promised and turned around and shouted: "Everyone take a look, this thing is actually very easy, as long as you see the right bet, just wait to get the money." ”
Everyone listened to the explanation of several young masters of Long while watching, each table is engraved with grids, on which are written "big", "small", "full", "around" and other words, each time the three dice as long as the points are below ten points are small, and more than ten points are big. Any three dice of the same number are rolled, and the three dice with the same number of points are guessed to be around.
Long Xicheng and Long Xizhi took out the immortal crystal and bet it a few times, and everyone in Lingxiao also understood a rough idea. Holding a few immortal crystals given by the Long family brothers in their hands, Gu Yan and the others also stepped forward to try their luck with great interest.
After playing for a while, everyone in Lingxiao had their own wins and losses, but they were all aroused, and those who won didn't want to stop, and after losing all the fairy crystals they sent, some people began to take out the fairy crystals from their arms and bet again.
Long Xirui and the three of them followed everyone with a smile on their faces, and they were secretly happy in their hearts, the hundred or so fairy crystals they gave away were just a bait, this was a common trick to tempt the game, and Long Xiyang and Lu Junjie, who were not involved in this matter on weekdays, were also easily deceived by them.
In less than half an hour, the immortal crystals they gave had already been lost by the Lingxiao people, and even Lu Junjie accompanied Mo Suyan and several female disciples to take out dozens of low-grade immortal crystals. Only Zhang Zhao and Long Xiyang are still lucky, and the few immortal crystals they took out have always won and lost.
Long Xirui and the three of them have long colluded with the owner of this Shuncai Fang, and their own immortal crystals can be returned no matter how much they lose, and they can still share a few percent of the immortal crystals that the people they bring lose. They saw that there must be a lot of immortal crystals in Zhang Zhao's arms, so they deliberately designed all this today.
When the three brothers of the Long family thought they had a plan, Zhang Zhao and Long Xiyang suddenly changed their luck, and they were all staked more than a dozen times in a row, Gu Yan and the others also saw the way out and took out the only remaining immortal crystals in their arms, and they all made a lot of money after a few handfuls.
"I'm betting big. As soon as Zhang Zhao put down the immortal crystal in his hand, countless hands holding the immortal crystal rushed to follow: "We also bet big." The nearly 100 people scattered in the hall had already noticed that this country boy was very lucky, and they left the original platform and followed Zhang Zhao, no matter how big or small.
The pale-faced young treasure official opened the dice cup, and a deafening shout was immediately heard in the hall: "Four, five, six, fifteen o'clock." At this moment, a long-bearded treasure officer stepped forward to replace him, raised the dice cup and shook it steadily, and then gently lowered it.
There was silence in the hall, everyone stared at Zhang Zhao without looking at the dice cup, only to see him pick up a fairy crystal in his hand and put it on the stage without hesitation: "I'll bet big." In the uproar, more than 100 immortal crystals followed in unison.
If it weren't for the fact that each bet in this hall could only bet on one lower-grade immortal crystal at most, no one would hesitate to let them bet all the immortal crystals at this moment, even Tian Yuqin and a group of female disciples were flushed and shouted. Sure enough, after the dice cup was opened, the cheers restarted: "Two, three, six, eleven o'clock." ”
While everyone was staring ahead, a guy secretly approached Long Xirui and whispered a few words. It took a lot of effort for Long Xirui to squeeze to the front, and he came behind Zhang Zhao and Long Xiyang and said with a strong smile: "Brother Zhang Zhao, it's almost here, let's play in another place, right?"
Without waiting for Zhang Zhao to answer, Long Xiyang, who was excited, called out: "Seventh brother, this thing is really good, we are having a good time, you can come together, let's just not leave here today." ”
Long Xirui squeezed out a smile: "Fourteenth brother, I'm not leaving, let's go upstairs and have more fun." At this time, Zhang Zhao pointed to the words "Quan" and "Wai" on the stage and asked him: "Brother Long Qi, is it better to press these two?" Long Xirui shook his head and smiled bitterly: "These two are making a lot of money, but there is almost no chance of winning the bet, let's go upstairs ......"
Without waiting for him to say more, Zhang Zhao picked up the fairy crystal in his hand and put it in a square with the word "Wei" written on the table, and under the word "Wei" were engraved three dice with four points on the front: "Then I'll bet on this." ”
When Zhang Zhao and Long Xirui were talking, the people around him who had been betting with him could hear it clearly, and seeing that he didn't even understand what he was betting on this time, most of them stopped betting with him, only Gu Yan and other Lingxiao disciples shouted and followed suit.
A smile appeared on the face of the long-bearded treasure official, and the "whole" on the same side of the three dice was extremely rare, not to mention that Zhang Zhao still had the maximum multiple of the word "wai" written on it. As long as one of the three dice is not a four, it is a sure loss.
Long Xirui also breathed a sigh of relief, originally he wanted to wait for Zhang Zhao to lose in the hall before pulling him upstairs, but who knew that it was this kind of uncontrollable momentum. The thing about the game is a fortune, if Zhang Zhao loses this, maybe his good luck will end here.
Seeing that no one bet anymore, the long-bearded treasure official shouted: "Bet and leave." With that, he lifted the dice. There was a neat inhalation sound of hundreds of people in the hall, and the three dice in the dice cup were all four o'clock upward, and Zhang Zhao actually hit it again.
Only Zhang Zhao's voice rang out loudly: "Brother Long Qi, how many immortal crystals can I get?" Long Xirui stretched out five fingers with difficulty, Zhang Zhao was disappointed when he saw it: "I thought there were as many as I could, only five ......"
"It's fifty. More than a dozen gamblers who insisted on following Zhang Zhao to bet on the word "wai" shouted: "I actually bet fifty times the number of wei, little brother, your luck is really god." Only then did the Lingxiao disciples know that each of them had earned five medium-grade immortal crystals, and they immediately laughed and cheered.
"Seventh Master Long, since the Fourteenth Master and this friend are so lucky, why don't you just go upstairs and play a few big games with us. A middle-aged man with a golden robe had been standing upstairs and watching by the railing, and finally couldn't help but speak out when he saw that Shuncaifang had lost tens of thousands of lower-grade immortal crystals in a row.
Long Xirui took the opportunity to pull Zhang Zhao and Long Xiyang to get up: "Let's go, let's go upstairs." It's a lot worse than the one above. Although he was relaxed on the surface, there was always an ominous omen in his heart, and he always felt that the transaction did not seem to be going so smoothly today.
As soon as they heard that they were going upstairs, most of the gamblers in the hall stopped, and Shuncaifang was divided into four layers according to the quality of Xianjing, and all the treasurers above were cultivators, and I hadn't heard of anyone who could win Xianjing from upstairs for so many years.
The least of the Lingxiao disciples also took more than a dozen medium-grade immortal crystals in their hands, and when they heard that there were benefits upstairs, of course, they rushed up. The middle-aged man in the golden robe greeted him with a smile and greeted them one by one: "Under Liu Hongyi, I bet on a medium-grade immortal crystal every time I am here, and please don't be polite." ”
There is really no one to be polite to him, but more than 20 Liu Hongyi's foreheads are slightly sweating, no matter how high he throws the dice cup high and low, as long as the dice cup falls, Zhang Zhao will still win every bet. Long Xiyang, who was beside him, even led the Lingxiao disciples and several bold gamblers behind him, laughing from ear to ear.
"Since you're so good, please come to the third floor. An old man on the stairs who was also dressed in a golden robe smiled on his face: "I am all high-grade immortal crystals here, I wonder if the fourteenth master and this little brother are interested?"
Everyone's trust in Zhang Zhao has reached an unparalleled level, and they did not hesitate to go to the next level. As soon as the golden-robed old man shook the cup, he saw Zhang Zhao frowning slightly: "Why are you different from theirs?"
The golden-robed old man nodded when he heard this: "The two layers below are ordinary dice, but this one of mine is lined with silk cotton, so the dice are silent." He smiled: "Otherwise, if there are a few more people with extraordinary ears like the little brothers, wouldn't our people from Shuncaifang have to go out to ask for food a long time ago?"
The number of points on each side of the dice is different, and the weight of the dice will naturally be different. This golden-robed old man has cultivated to five qi, and he usually listens to the sound of the dice in the dice cup to guess the points, and the cotton-lined dice cup in his hand is specially made to deal with such a situation.
More than a dozen handfuls were shaken down, and the old man in the golden robe lost a smile on his face. He changed four or five dice cups made of different materials one after another, but Zhang Zhao still didn't bet on a single miss. The surrounding Lingxiao disciples and several gamblers looked at the gradually increasing number of high-grade immortal crystals in their hands, and they couldn't believe it.
At this level alone, Shuncaifang had already lost hundreds of top-grade immortal crystals. The old man in the golden robe shook the dice cup again but couldn't put it down, he was not worried about Zhang Zhao guessing the size at the moment, but he was afraid that he would accidentally shake out a dice circle, and then Shun Caifang might really let him ask for food.
"This little brother is really unusual, no one has come up to the old man's layer for a long time. At this time, an old voice came from upstairs: "I don't know if you are interested in going up to my floor to have a look, one at a time a superb immortal crystal." ”
The golden-robed old man was relieved when he heard this, and he didn't dare to put it on the table with the dice cup in his hand: "Fourteenth master, you should go upstairs with this little brother." Looking at his embarrassed appearance, Zhang Zhao pulled Long Xiyang and got up with a smile: "Okay, then let's go up and have a look." ”
Even Long Xirui and the three of them had never been on the fourth floor of Shuncaifang, the entire hall was empty, only a large platform and a few chairs, and a white-haired old man with a ruddy face stood up and nodded as a salute: "Little brother, please sit down, the old man Fang Wenxuan is itchy for a while, and wants to play with you a few hands." ”
Seeing this situation, Long Xiyang pulled Zhang Zhao and muttered in a low voice: "Brother Zhang Zhao, we have all made a lot of money, why take this risk again? It's better to go back with the fairy crystal." Zhang Zhao patted him on the hand: "Brother Fourteen, we were invited by others, and if we want to leave, we have to be let go to be polite." ”
Fang Wenxuan laughed: "Little brother is really courageous, Shuncaifang has been in Xuanmu City for hundreds of years, and it has always been a guest who does not refuse to come, and there are really no guests who can let us take the initiative to send each other." He looked at Long Xiyang: "I don't know if the friend of the Fourteenth Master can set this precedent." ”
Zhang Zhao didn't know the rule of the place of the game, and took the initiative to invite the guests to leave, not only to pay a lot of money, but also to send people to give generous gifts every year to show friendship. If it weren't for the point where the loss was ruined, which owner would do such a humiliating thing?
Although Lingxiao people can't take out the best immortal crystal call, it is rare to see such an earth-shattering gamble once in their lives, and they don't even have an atmosphere, for fear of disturbing Zhang Zhao's mood.
Zhang Zhao approached and found that the table between the two seemed to be made of fine iron: "Little brother, this table case is made of tens of thousands of catties of fine iron mixed with black gold, and there will be no shaking after falling the dice." Fang Wenxuan took a big dice cup: "The dice cup is also made of the same material, weighing hundreds of catties, and there will be no sound when shaking the dice." ”
Easily lifting the heavy dice cover, Fang Wenxuan took out three dice and handed them to Zhang Zhao to take a closer look: "This jade dice has natural flaws on each of its six sides, and it is as light and heavy as it is unpolished, and these three dice alone are worth more than ten superb fairy crystals." ”
"Little brother, since you have the heart to let us serve the guests in Shuncaifang, let's just ignore this matter that we can only bet on one top-grade immortal crystal, no matter how many immortal crystals you have to bet, we will accept it in Shuncaifang. ”
Fang Wenxuan's cultivation has reached the Yin and Yang body, and this calmness and calmness made everyone in Lingxiao sweat for Zhang Zhao, listening to his words, Zhang Zhao didn't expect that this was already related to the reputation of Shuncaifang, he took out a silk bag from his arms and opened it to see: "Okay, then the junior is better to be respectful than to obey." ”
Fang Wenxuan, who looked comfortable, closed the dice cup and lifted it, and the hundreds of catties of dice cup shook a few times in his hand, and then gently placed it on the stage, he made a polite gesture: "Little brother, please bet." ”
Zhang Zhao stared at the dice cup on the table, picked up the silk bag and put it in the square engraved with the word "big": "I'll bet big." Fang Wenxuan nodded and smiled: "What a guts, the fastest bet on me in the past few decades is none other than you, little brother." ”
Seeing him gently lift the dice cup, everyone held their breath and their hearts beat wildly: "Three, four, six, thirteen o'clock." Fang Wenxuan's voice was very calm: "Little brother is really lucky. This puts you in a win. ”
He looked at the golden-robed old man who followed everyone upstairs and ordered: "Come and check the number of immortal crystals of the little brother, and then send someone to get them." The golden-robed old man answered and took Zhang Zhao's silk bag and opened it, his eyes almost bulging out of his sockets: "Mr. Fang, look at this ......"
Fang Wenxuan looked sideways and his heart trembled, Zhang Zhao's silk bag was full of warm crystals, and there were at least a dozen top-grade immortal crystals in it, but he immediately smiled lightly: "Then you can count it and go get it yourself." ”
After a while, the golden-robed old man carefully took a silk bag and put it in front of Zhang Zhao, Zhang Zhao just opened it and glanced at it casually: "Okay, Uncle Fang, let's continue?"
Zhang Zhao looked at the indifferent demeanor of the immortal crystal in this silk bag, which made Fang Wenxuan involuntarily nod in admiration: "Sure enough, it is a hero who is a young man." He raised the fine iron dice cup and shook it again, and just put it on the stage, he saw Zhang Zhao lift the two silk bags and put them in the box engraved with the word "big": "I bet big." ”
Unveiling the dice cup, Fang Wenxuan's voice came clearly: "Two, four, five, eleven o'clock." Wait for the golden-robed old man to take a silk bag back again. The confident smile on Fang Wenxuan's face remained the same: "Little brother, let's come again." ”
Although he didn't know how many immortal crystals were in Zhang Zhaosi's bag, the demeanor of the golden-robed old man made everyone guess that there must be a lot of them inside. But Fang Wenxuan's hand holding the dice cup was still extremely stable, he shook it a few times and put it down again: "Little brother, please." ”
Zhang Zhao, who has been betting very happily today, hesitated for the first time, he carried the three silk bags for a long time and did not move, and the hearts of all the people in Lingxiao were hanging high. At this time, Zhang Zhao finally made up his mind and put the three silk bags on the stage and slowly pushed them forward.
The smile on Fang Wenxuan's face suddenly froze, because he didn't stop after seeing Zhang Zhao push the silk bag into the square engraved with the word "small", but continued to move forward and stopped in the "Wei" grid engraved with three dice all two points.
(End of chapter)