Chapter 177: Six Arts Gambling Competition
Xiao Liechen woke up from a sweet dream with a faint smile on his face, as if he was still immersed in the ecstasy of last night. Peng's hopeless words still echo in my ears to this day: "Brother Xiao, you and I are not born with a stutter, but a loss of confidence in ourselves after being frustrated. The only way to get rid of stuttering is to regain our confidence, and only then can we overcome the knots and speak fluently again. I, Peng Wuwang, am usually most proud of cooking, so whenever I cook, I always force myself to talk like a river and talk non-stop. It's funny, I barely stuttered at all at that time. Later, I talked to myself in the kitchen day and night, and the whole dart board thought I was crazy. A year later, I'm what I look like now, so why don't you try it too."
Xiao Liechen tried it last night, and it really worked, for the first time in his life, he was able to say a long and long paragraph so smoothly and so consciously. Peng's hopeless image was brilliant and lofty in his eyes, and he was full of gratitude and admiration, and once couldn't help but ask him, "Why are you able to come up with such an ingenious way to solve your stutter?"
He remembered Peng Wuwang smiling and saying, "People can't be defeated by themselves, they can't be defeated for a lifetime, and if they lose once, they will be defeated forever." He repeated this sentence several times and kept it firmly in his heart.
Putting on the white power suit that has been passed down from generation to generation of the silver gun family, he pushed open the door and walked into the sunny courtyard, Xiao Liechen held his beloved silver spike point gun tightly, and stood at the door of the inn with his head up. When Lian Feng and Zheng Jiechen, who were dressed in white, walked out of the room, they were shocked by Xiao Liechen's outfit.
"Brother Xiao, you haven't worn this white uniform for ten years." Lian Feng said in surprise.
"Hmm." Xiao Liechen nodded vigorously.
"Good!" Zheng Juechen smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "It's been a long time since our three brothers have appeared together in white robes, and we are rampant in the rivers and lakes, today we will go side by side and enter the Six Arts Gambling House together, so that they can know the fate of offending our brothers."
"I'm ...... And deserves ...... you?" A bright smile appeared on Xiao Liechen's face.
Lian Feng walked up to him, put his arm around his shoulder, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, you're still handsome to us, let's go."
The three of them walked side by side into the east-facing street, and the three white robes seemed to melt into the dazzling sunlight of Chang'an City in the early morning.
Today's Chang'an Liuyi Gambling House is a hundred times more lively than usual, the wide main hall of one hundred and twenty-five gambling tables is crowded with people, crowded, in order to make way for the gambling masters who are going to challenge the God of Gamblers, a large group of gamblers were squeezed out of the door of the gambling house. The gambling fairy Mei Phoenix sat safely at the head of the five elements, waiting for the arrival of the white horse boy and the sword boy.
Mei Zi, the head of the Mei family in Guanzhong, sat with Mei Fenghuang in fear, and from time to time picked up the tea on the side and drank it again and again, and couldn't help asking, "Phoenix, can you handle this gamble?"
Mei Phoenix's brows furrowed: "Huh?"
Mei Zizai rolled her eyes, shrunk her head, coughed and asked, "I mean, God of Gamblers, can you handle it?"
Mei Fenghuang nodded and said coldly, "I can."
"That's good, that's good, I'm not going to meet them, I'll go in and watch in the dark room with your sister." Mei said busily.
"Sister?" Mei Fenghuang raised her eyebrows, and a gentle smile appeared on her face, "This chess idiot is here too?"
Mei Zizi laughed and said, "She didn't come to find someone to compete in chess, but she felt that there were four lovers who came to the Six Arts Gambling House together, and they specially came to open a chess game to solve their marriage."
Mei Fenghuang laughed rarely: "This stupid sister doesn't say that she will solve the marriage for my sister, but is so enthusiastic about the people next to her, it's really weird. Daddy, we should pay for her to open an iceman hall and let her do what she is good at."
Mei Zizai also smiled and said, "Your sister's three incomprehensions, incomprehension, ruthlessness, and incomprehension. The first item is okay, but the second and third items are really difficult, there are many ruthless and unrighteous people in the world, and there are no hearts and livers, if she opens the Iceman Pavilion, I am afraid she will have to lose everything."
There was a burst of jubilation in front of the Six Arts Casino, and the crowd moved out of the way of a wide road. Xiao Liechen, the silver tassel boy, Zheng Juechen, the white horse boy, and the sword boy Lian Feng were dressed in white like snow, and with generous and heroic steps, they strode close to the five elements of the main hall of the Six Arts Gambling House. The demeanor of the martial arts prince was really extraordinary, and the crowd resounded with enthusiastic cheers, and many young men and women rushed to the front row to watch the demeanor of the famous third son.
"Did you bring any money?" Mei Phoenix, who was sitting in the banker's seat, said coldly.
Zheng Juchen shook his hand and threw the flying money borrowed from Peng Wuwang to the table, and said, "It's just 20,000 taels, do you want to count it."
Mei Fenghuang stretched out her hand, smoothly spread the flying money on the table in a long row, glanced at it, and then pushed it cleanly to the slot, and said, "The number is right. Now that I've made a bet, let's make a bet. Horse hanging, pai gow, falcon treasure, you choose."
Zheng Jiechen and Lian Feng calmly sat in the idle seats, and Lian Feng smiled and said, "Miss Mei, I have discussed with Brother Zheng, we have more experience with Falcon Treasure, so it is better to be simpler. The six falcons enter the cup, and the one who is small wins."
"Old-fashioned!" Mei Fenghuang said coldly. She glanced at Xiao Liejian, who was still standing with his chest upright, and was a little surprised that he had behaved differently today.
"Then I'll do it first!" Zheng Juechen said loudly.
"Okay, if the number of points is the same and the player wins, I'll see how good you are." Mei Fenghuang said excitedly.
Zheng Juechen snorted, picked up the falcon cup, raised his hand and shook it quickly. I saw that his hands were suddenly high, and suddenly his hands were low, and the bronze falcon cup was like a butterfly in his hand, swaying from side to side, flying up and down.
Mei Fenghuang only looked drowsy, and said lazily, "Have you finished shaking it?"
Zheng Juechen sneered, put the falcon cup on the table with force, made a thud, and then opened the cup: "Six one, six o'clock, Miss Mei, you can see clearly." The gamblers gathered in the casino let out a cheer of envy and admiration.
Mei Fenghuang smiled disdainfully, picked up the falcon cup and shook it nine times in a row, put it on the table with the same bang, opened the falcon cup with her hand, and said softly, "I'm sorry, I only have one point." Everyone looked at each other, and saw that the six falcon treasures she had shaken out were stacked high one on top of the other, leaving only the top falcon treasure facing the sky. There was a loud uproar in the casino, and everyone applauded enthusiastically, sincerely admiring the gambling skills of the gambling fairy.
Zheng Juechen watched with a look of frustration as Mei Fenghuang took away the 10,000 taels he had taken, patted his knee, turned his head to Lian Feng and said, "Brother Lian, it's up to you."
Lian Feng took the falcon cup handed over by Mei Fenghuang, smiled slightly, raised the falcon cup with one hand with his right hand and shook it violently nine times, and then used a gentle technique to spin rhythmically quickly, and then gently put it on the table to uncover the falcon cup. The casino once again burst into prolonged applause. It turned out that Lian Feng actually stacked the Falcon Treasure one by one, and the top Falcon Treasure was a little to the sky: it was also a little.
Mei Fenghuang did not change the sneer on her face, and still picked up the falcon cup, shook it nine times in a row, and then opened the falcon cup, smiling silently. Zheng Juechen and Lian Feng couldn't help but look at each other, forming a line, a little towards the sky, no different from the pattern just now.
Zheng Juechen happily slapped the gambling table and said, "Great, Miss Mei, the points are the same, the player wins, this is what you said." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the falcons, which had been stacked high together, suddenly break off from the middle in unison, and then fall to the left and right in an upside-down herringbone. All the fallen falcons were turned face to the sky, and there was nothing at all.
"I don't have any." Mei Fenghuang waved her hand lazily and said, "Collect the money." The audience was silent, everyone was dumbfounded, and no one could think of how Mei Phoenix let these six falcons break from it together, and how they all fell into the falcon cup face to the sky so coincidentally. After a long time, Lian Feng took the lead in applauding and said, "I have heard that the Mei family's dragonfly wings have miraculous skills and are undefeated in the gambling world. It's an eye-opener today."
Mei Phoenix smiled and asked, "Did you see me make dragonfly wings?"
Lian Feng shook his head with a smile and said, "Although I have been paying close attention, the girl is so fast that I can't grasp it at all. The title of the world's No. 1 gambling god, the girl deserves it."
Mei Fenghuang nodded, glanced at Zheng Juechen, who was full of dissatisfaction, and said, "In this case, admit defeat in the bet, where you come from, go from where."
Lian Feng and Zheng Juechen glanced at Xiao Liechen at the same time, shrugged their shoulders helplessly, and stood up together. Xiao Liechen looked at Mei Fenghuang stupidly, and said hesitantly, "Wait a minute, please...... Please wait a minute."
Mei Fenghuang slammed the table impatiently, and shouted: "Xiao Liechen, how can a big man be such a mother-in-law, if he loses, he will lose, please be early tomorrow, what are you doing here?"
At this time, a clear and heroic voice came from the front door: "Wait a minute, I'll also come to the shop." Although the voice was not very high, it was clearly heard by the hundreds of spectators in the audience. Everyone looked back one after another, but found Peng Wuwang, who was dressed in gray, with a hat on his back, a sweat towel tied around his waist, and a neat and tidy body, strode into the Five Elements Seat. He was followed by two apprentices, one was Zhao Yixiang of Dongting Lake, and the other was Luo Mingxian of Renyi Hall. Both teenagers were dressed in black suits, smiling and energetic, each with a tray in their hands.
"Who's coming?" Mei Fenghuang frowned and asked, "My Mei family's Five Elements Seat is not something that anyone can come in to gamble."
Peng Wuwang came to her and arched his hand, and said, "In Xia Qingzhou, Peng Wuwang, I came to bet with Miss Mei on a shop."
As soon as these words came out, the audience fell into a burst of shock and ecstasy, and the noise and cheers were deafening. Qingzhou Peng is hopeless, breaks into Luoyang, breaks Shu Mountain, scatters the year gang, suppresses Qingfeng, séances, kills the heavenly demons, and spreads its prestige in the rivers and lakes. So far, there are still countless storytellers in Chang'an City who have compiled his recent deeds of killing the heavenly demons into a paragraph, a paragraph a day, only to talk about the prosperity of business, and the guests are like clouds, and now this legendary figure is present at the scene, how not to make people happy.
Mei Fenghuang's face showed a look of reverence, and she hurriedly bypassed the table of the Five Elements Table, came to Peng Wuwang, deeply felt a thousand blessings, and said solemnly: "Mei Phoenix of the Six Arts Hall see Peng Shaoxia. Peng Shaoxia worked Lotus Mountain to rescue his father and many uncles and brothers of the Mei family.
Peng Wuwang waved his hand again and again, and said with a smile, "Everyone on Lotus Mountain is desperately trying to survive. Could it be that without Ling Zun, I Peng would be hopeless and would just close my eyes there and wait for death. Miss Mei, don't take this matter too seriously."
Mei Fenghuang had more respect for him, and said, "But Peng Shaoxia once sacrificed his life to finally get out of trouble, and he was surrounded by a siege and almost died in battle. This kindness is enough to make people remember it forever."
Peng Wuwang only felt that his face was hot, looked left and right, and said, "At that time, someone had to break off, otherwise everyone would die together, and it would be no good. These things don't need to be mentioned anymore. Miss May, may you let me take a gamble with you?"
Mei Fenghuang's face turned pale, and she said loudly: "Peng Shaoxia wants to gamble, of course we welcome it. However, our Mei family has been running a casino for generations, and we have our own set of rules, and this rule must not be abolished."
Peng Wuwang nodded and said, "Miss Mei said it clearly, how could I, Peng Wuhope, not know, Yixiang, Mingxian, you come here." Zhao Yixiang and Luo Mingxian showed their faces in the casino for the first time, and they were extremely energetic, and they came to Peng Wuwang's side with high spirits and put the tray in front of him. Peng Wuwang picked up a few deeds from the tray, handed them to Mei Fenghuang, and said with a smile: "Here are the land deeds of my Pengmen Qingzhou General Bureau and the five major sub-bureaus. There is also the land deed of 100 acres of fertile land in my hometown in Qingzhou. It's probably worth more than 10,000 taels, so I'll bet on this 10,000 taels and make a good bet with you, how about it?" After he finished speaking, he glanced at Xiao Liechen apologetically, and said, "I'm sorry Brother Xiao, I should have come earlier, but I had to pay homage to the ancestors of the past generations when I took out these land deeds, so I delayed a little time."
Xiao Liechen's eyes were filled with tears of gratitude, and he said repeatedly, "More...... Thank you, thank you."
Mei Fenghuang was shocked and exclaimed, "Peng Shaoxia, you are bankrupt just to gamble on this shop for Xiao Liechen?"
Peng Wuwang hurriedly smiled and said, "I can't say that I can't go bankrupt, I won't lose this time. Just look at you to gamble or not?"
Mei Fenghuang glared at Xiao Liechen fiercely, turned back to the Five Elements Xi Zhuang position, and asked respectfully, "Peng Shaoxia, in that case, if you lose this time, you will get the land deed." If you win, I'll do with you."
Peng Wuwang hurriedly said, "It's too much for me to deal with, I just hope that if you lose, you can give Brother Xiao a chance to get close." If you still don't like him, can't I force you to marry him?"
Mei Fenghuang smiled slightly and said, "I don't know what Peng Shaoxia likes to gamble on?"
Peng Wuwang laughed and said, "I haven't played any gambling equipment. If this is the case, I will bet that Brother Xiao will be able to speak freely for a period of time today, and there will be no stuttering."
As soon as his words fell, Mei Fenghuang couldn't help laughing and said, "Peng Shaoxia, I didn't mean to offend, but you might as well burn your own land deed directly, which is more convenient. If Xiao Liechen can still say a complete sentence, even if I marry him, I will admit it."
"That's what you said," Peng Wuwang was overjoyed, winked at Xiao Liechen, and said, "Brother Xiao, it's up to you."
Xiao Liechen nodded vigorously at Peng Wuwang, strode to the center of the field, slammed the silver spear horizontally, and bowed respectfully to everyone in the Quartet. Mei Fenghuang couldn't help but smile and said, "Xiao Liechen, you don't have to say a few words to make such a big show, right?" On the contrary, Peng Wuwang was hopeless, and raised his voice: "Everyone, I'm sorry, please let go of it." Mei Fenghuang also felt that something was wrong, and instructed the people in the Mei Mansion behind him, "Hurry up and clear the scene, so as not to cause trouble."
A moment later, a large clearing was cleared around Xiao Liechen. He held the silver spike point steel gun tightly, standing quietly in the field, after a while, he suddenly shouted, like a thunderbolt in mid-air, the silver gun in his hand was like a snow-white dragon rising from the clouds, straight to the sky, tossing and turning twelve changes, opened the prelude to Xiao Lieji's famous one-word rotary gun, a fierce wind rose in all directions, and the front row of gamblers who were watching were hung up and down by this wind, and many people fell to the ground on their backs.
In the main hall, only Zheng Juechen, Lian Feng, Peng Wuwang and Mei Fenghuang could sit quietly and majestically. Luo Mingxian and Zhao Yixiang were unsteady on their feet, and they were about to retreat backwards, but they were secretly supported by Peng Wuwang with both hands, secretly sending an internal force, making them stick to the ground like nails.
Xiao Liechen pulled the big gun in his hand several spears, and groaned:
"Wading the river to pick hibiscus, Lan Ze is more fragrant grass.
Whoever you want to leave behind, you are thinking about it from afar.
I also look at my hometown, and the road is long.
Leave with one heart and die with sorrow."
He chanted this poem written by an anonymous man in the Han Dynasty in one breath, without the slightest stutter in the middle, and his voice was clear and elegant, comparable to any long-term troubadour in the world.
"Good!" Zheng Jiechen and Lian Feng stood up together in ecstasy and took the lead in applauding. Zheng Juechen couldn't help but say happily: "It's been ten years, I really can't imagine that I will be able to hear Brother Xiao chant poems again." Lian Feng nodded again and again, glanced at Peng Wuwang, and bowed respectfully to him. Peng Wuwang smiled from ear to ear and waved his hand to show that it was not worth mentioning.
Xiao Liechen was encouraged, and even more excited, the spear was closed vertically in front of him, his body was raised high, and the silver spear was raised high with both arms, and it slapped straight on the granite floor in the main hall of the Six Arts Gambling Room, making a thunderous sound. His body jumped high again, turning eight times in the air in a row, and the silver spear seemed to be rushing thunder and lightning, pointing in sixteen different directions in an instant, and actually stabbed sixteen shots in one go. Because the gun came out too fast, the eyes of the onlookers still had the phantom of Xiao Lieji's strength just now, and they only felt as if for a while, Xiao Liechen gave birth to sixteen pairs of arms, holding sixteen silver guns.
"Altair, Lady of the Bright River.
Slender hands, zaza lanes.
All day long, sobbing like rain.
The river is clear and shallow, and it is a little different.
In the midst of the water, the veins are silent."
After chanting this poem, Xiao Lieji's body is like a swimming fish, stabbing a shot in the east, stabbing a shot in the west, looking in front, suddenly behind, looking at the left, suddenly on the right, only to see the silver waves rolling in the house, like the tide under the moonlight, wave after wave, tide over tide, the temperature in the hall rises higher and higher, making people feel that they are in the fire of the red furnace.
"The grass by the green river, the willows in the lush garden.
Yingying upstairs girl, bright as the window.
E'e red pink makeup, slender hands. ......」
As soon as Xiao Liechen was halfway through reading this poem, Lian Feng and Zheng Juechen jumped up together in fright, and said in a loud voice, "Brother Xiao thinks twice, Brother Xiao thinks twice." It turns out that the last two lines of this poem are: In the past, she was a prostitute girl, but now she is a woman. The prodigal son can't return, and it's hard to keep the empty bed alone. If these two sentences are said, it will be a big disrespect to Mei Phoenix. Who knew that Xiao Lieji turned his gun and said loudly:
"Silver Spear Xiao Shi Lang, look at the railing at dusk.
The remnant sun turns into phoenix feathers, and goes to the west window every day.
No sycamore trees, lovesickness is almost crazy."
"Good! Well said!" Zheng Juechen, Lian Feng and Peng Wuwang were surprised and delighted when they heard it, and they clapped their hands together and praised.
Mei Fenghuang looked at Xiao Liejian's flying and dancing figure, and only felt as if she was immersed in the deepest dream, as if she was drunk and infatuated, unable to extricate herself, and couldn't say a word for a long time.
Xiao Liechen flew into four clean spinners to end this set of shocking Xiao Clan's one-word spinning guns, stood firmly in the middle of the field, thrust the silver spear to his side, and said aloud with joy: "Phoenix, I have all changed back. Marry me."
Mei Fenghuang covered her mouth, her eyes were full of tears, and she choked up and couldn't speak. There was silence in the arena, and everyone watched her with trepidation, carefully observing her every move.
Xiao Liechen, who was standing in the middle of the field, was even more nervous and speechless, trembling and waiting for Mei Phoenix's reaction, and only after a long time did he say, "Phoenix, what do you think?"
Mei Fenghuang finally cried out loud, and said in a trembling voice: "You have finally changed back, do you know, how long have I been waiting for this day?" She sobbed and rushed out of the Five Elements Seat, flew into Xiao Liechen's arms, and burst into tears. Xiao Liechen burst into tears, hugged her tightly, and was no longer willing to let go.
"Good!" Zheng Juechen, Luo Mingxian and Zhao Yixiang took the lead in shouting, and deafening laughter and applause also sounded among the hundreds of gamblers onlookers. Peng Wuwang and Lian Feng looked at each other and smiled, with an indescribable sense of relief in their eyes.
Mei Zizi, who had been watching in the dark room for a long time, couldn't hold back any longer, stumbled out of the secret door, waved his hand again and again, and commanded loudly: "Close the door, clear the venue, there is a happy event in the Mei family today, no visitors."
The men of the Mei family hurriedly sent the guests who remained in the gambling house out of the door in all directions, which caused a burst of heckling and uproar. Mei Zizai came to Peng Wuwang and the others, and said apologetically one by one: "I'm sorry everyone, the Mei family's Five Elements Seat has always been in charge of my daughter, and I don't want to show up, so I only came out now, forgive me." He came to Mei Fenghuang and Xiao Liechen, who were still hugging each other tightly, scratched his head and said, "Daughter, son-in-law, okay, let go quickly, such unruly!"
Mei Fenghuang and Xiao Liechen let go of their hands with red faces and stood on both sides of Mei Zizi. Peng was hopeless, Zheng Juechen and Lian Feng came to him and arched their hands together, "Senior Mei, congratulations on having a son-in-law who is like a god in marksmanship and has a sharp mind."
Mei Zizi smiled from ear to ear and said, "My daughter, don't look at her spicy, in fact, she has everything in her heart and refuses to say it. I don't understand until now why she refused to marry."
He looked at Xiao Liechen and said, "Son-in-law, you have made my daughter wait for so long, this dowry ......."
Xiao Liechen hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Lord Taishan, I'm ...... I'm sure ..... You'll be satisfied."
Mei Fenghuang frowned and asked, "Scar, you weren't all right."
At this time, Peng Wuwang hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile, "Miss Mei, you don't have to worry. Although Brother Xiao can only stutter when practicing guns now, if he practices this method for a long time, he will be able to speak freely in the near future. Actually, it only took me a year to cure my stuttering. Now that Brother Xiao is making rapid progress, and with the girl's advice, I believe that it can be completed within a month."
Mei Phoenix, Zheng Juechen, Mei Zi only knew here that it was the treatment that Peng Wuwang thought of for Xiao Liechen.
Mei Fenghuang respected Peng Wuwang even more in her heart, and as soon as she pulled Xiao Liejian's hand, the two knelt down in front of him at the same time, and she said loudly: "Peng Shaoxia is kind to the two of us, and if he is sent in the future, he will be a cow and a horse, and he will not hesitate." Xiao Liechen also said sincerely: "Yes, being a cow and a horse is not unremitting."
Peng Wuwang hurriedly mixed the two of them left and right, and said with a smile: "You will thank me for getting married as soon as possible." I just hope that a lover will eventually become married, and I will be happy enough." Speaking of this, he thought of his thoughts, his eyes darkened, and he sighed softly.
At this time, a crisp wind chime sounded slowly, and four petite women who looked like flowers carefully held a chessboard each, and Yingying walked into the main hall of the Six Arts Gambling House. Behind them, followed a beautiful woman in a black robe and a white cloak. She was tall and feminine, with long hair and a shawl, and a strand of hair sprinkled in front of her, which tightly blocked her left eye, and in her left hand she gently and skillfully held a delicate wind chime.
"Chess fairy plum lark!" Lian Feng and Zheng Juchen said in surprise at the same time.