Chapter 242: The Exquisite Dice (I)
The large porcelain bowl contains the treasure of the small teahouse - the spring tea of Yuling Qiandang Mountain, called "Thousand Rounds of New Green". Shu'er, who was dressed as a man, was sitting in a corner of the teahouse reading a large bowl in her right hand and a book in her left hand. The tea is sweet and moistens her throat, as for the precious Chu State's "Thousand Rounds of New Green" or the rare Song State's "Lotus Heart Clear Tea", she never cared.
When Mo Yutan was leaving, he naturally ordered the most expensive tea in the small teahouse for the young lady of the Zhuge family. He sent the gift to King Sheng's mansion, returned to the teahouse, and happened to see Shu'er drinking a bowl of "Thousand Returns to New Green" like a cow, and still reading intently and with relish, and couldn't help but slander in his heart: "No wonder it's the young lady of our Zhuge family, but it really ruins the heavens!" ”
Mo Yutan stepped forward and saluted Shu'er: "Madam, the gift was sent to the palace, and the prince of Dongfang came out to greet him." ”
Shu'er was still reading the "Kyushu Game Collection", and she didn't raise her head, and said, "Xiao Mo, thank you!" ”
Mo Yutan added some tea to Shu'er's bowl and asked, "Why does Madam drink tea in such a big bowl?" Aren't there better cups in the teahouse? ”
Shu'er was absent-minded and said, "It's cool." ”
Mo Yutan shook his head with a smile, and said, "Dongfang Gongzi wants to come to see Madame, but I have rejected him according to Madame's words." ”
Shu'er finally learned a trick again, so she put it down, put down the book, and said to Mo Yu: "What we do must be fast and secretive, you and I are enough, and there is no need to ask others to help." What's more, we are using all the means of rivers and lakes, and there is no need to pull people who want a bright future in the future into troubled water. ”
Mo Yu said: "I said to Dongfang Gongzi, the gift is a gift, that is, to send it out on his own, if he comes to help, it can no longer be called 'ceremony'." He said that this gift was for King Sheng anyway, not for him, and he insisted on coming to help and told me not to stop him. Still, I did as Madame told me to throw him away. If Madame insists on not taking Dongfang Gongzi with her, it would be better for us to leave Shengwang County as soon as possible. ”
Shu'er got up, and the two walked out of the teahouse side by side. Shu'er asked as she walked: "Xiao Dongfang's martial arts are so good, how did you get rid of him?" ”
Mo said in vain: "Let's act secretly, how much trouble do we have to make in the competition?" So I only said that he should ask the elders in the family first, so he ran away happily, and I took the opportunity to sneak out of the Shengwang Mansion. ”
Shu'er smiled: "You offended the arrogant and domineering Little East, you will be guilty in the future!" He has always wanted to be a good man who is outstanding, accomplished, and powerful. It's a pity that he missed such a quick event to capture the six kings, but you participated. When you return to King Sheng's Mansion in the future, if he pesters you every day to compete, don't blame me. ”
Mo said in vain: "There is nothing wrong with being able to fight with Dongfang Gongzi." Besides, Xiao Mo's family is on Xuanji Island, if I hide on the island, Dongfang Gongzi can't beat me. ”
Shu'er said: "You two, one is smarter than the other, and you may be able to play together in the future." ”
The county of Chu is rich, and the city of Jingzhou is very lively. Lin Rui, the king of history, was a good gambler, and a gambling street was opened in the city of Jingzhou, which was called "Game Lane".
In the game alley, there are eight chess and card clubs, five casinos, and three taverns. Early this morning, seven chess and card clubs, four casinos and three taverns were empty, and all the shopkeepers, buddies, gamblers, and players gathered in the largest casino in the gaming alley.
This "Cailai Casino" is not only the largest casino in the gambling alley of Jingzhou City, but also the largest casino in Liwang County and even the entire seven counties of Chujing, because the owner of this casino is the princess of Liwang, Qian.
In the Cailai Casino, all the tables have been moved to the second floor, and there is only one table left on the first floor. In front of the gambling table stood two young men with angry eyebrows, one was about twenty years old, a white little white face, wearing the clothes of the noble son of the Song Kingdom. The other, fourteen or fifteen years old, was not good-looking, and was wearing the costume of the noble son of Chen Guo.
Chen Guonian said imitating the accent of Xinxue Chen Guo, slapped the table, and said: "The surname Liu, in the past three days, you and I have won more than 100 taels of silver in four chess and card clubs and two casinos in the game lane. But the four chess clubs and two casinos you went to are not quite the same as the four chess clubs and two casinos I went to! Young Master Ben invited you here today, just to personally compete with you! ”
Chen Guo is thousands of miles away from Chu State, and there are Song Kingdom and Shu State in between, and the Chu people present naturally didn't hear that Chen Guo's accent of the young man Chen Guo was actually very lame and stiff. They only heard that the young man of the Song Kingdom was surnamed Liu, and his line from head to toe was very expensive, probably the royal relatives of the Song Kingdom, and the young man of the Chen Kingdom was surnamed Li, who spent money like water in the game alley in the past three days, and his tone was arrogant, and it was estimated that he was also the prince and nobleman of the Chen State.
Over the years, Chu has fallen apart, wars have continued, and few people from other countries have visited Chu, and in the past few days, two rich young men from Chen and Song have suddenly come, and the people of Chu in the game alley naturally want to take a look. And they are not only rich, but also two little gamblers, not only small gamblers, but also to compete with each other, and it is an interesting thing that has not been seen in the game alley for many years. They know that the state of Chen and the state of Song have a great enmity, and the great war between Chen and Song in the past has caused countless casualties, the state of Chen changed hands, and King Huai of Song died on the battlefield. Many years have passed, there was no war between Chen and Song, and the Chu State had brought the little gamblers of the Chen State and the Song State to fight at this gambling table.
The young man of Song Guo couldn't help laughing, grabbed two big silver ingots from the tray held by the little guy on the side, put them on the gambling table, and said in a pure Song Guo accent: "The surname is Li, you can win my twenty taels of silver ingots first!" Otherwise, Hugh is neither big nor small in front of this young master! ”
The young man Chen Guo laughed, and suddenly snatched the tray of the little guy next to him, and put the five big silver ingots on the tray, a total of one hundred taels, all on the gambling table, and said: "The surname Liu, you claim to be the cousin of King Song, why are you so stingy?" If you want to bet, I'll bet a hundred taels! If you win me, I will call you 'brother', and King Song will have to call me 'brother', what do you think? ”
After everyone laughed, they only heard the young man of Song Guo say: "The surname is Li, you claim to be King Chen's uncle, if I win you, you call me 'brother', doesn't King Chen also have to call me 'uncle'?" ”
Chen Guonian said: "I'll talk about it if you win first!" The surname Liu, is it a big bet or a small bet? ”
Without waiting for the young man of Song Guo to answer, he only heard a Chu State gambler interject: "Slow down!" I'm betting too! So he put a few grains of broken silver next to the one hundred taels of silver ingots of "Uncle Chen Wang", hoping to win the money of "Song Wang's cousin" and share the profits with "Uncle Chen Wang".
Since this gambler, there have been successive gamblers who have come forward to bet, some bet on "Uncle Chen Wang" to win, some bet on "Song Wang's cousin" to win, almost half of the split.
After everyone pressed the bet, Song Wang's cousin said: "I bet big, I'll roll the dice!" ”
Uncle Chen Wang stopped: "No! Who knows if you're going to play tricks! Let's ask someone else to throw it! So he casually pointed to a spectator and said, "Uncle, come and roll the dice for us!" ”
The people of the Chu Kingdom happily received four ox bone dice from the hands of the cousin of the King of Song, each with six sides, each marked by one to six vermilion dots.
The so-called "big bet" is to bet that after the four sieves are thrown, the sum of the number of red dots on the four sides facing the sky is greater than or equal to sixteen.
Uncle Chu threw the dice, and everyone shouted in unison: "Nine! "If you want to talk about "The Ups and Downs of the Nations" with more like-minded people, follow "Hot Network or rd444" on WeChat to chat about your favorite books with more book friends