Chapter 159: Challenge
In the center of the hall on the first floor of the Dusk Cloud Building, there was a crisp sound on the high platform, and another gambling game was over.
The narrator surrounds the gamblers and the winners count their money excitedly, while the losers weep bitterly and get angry.
Although the air in front of the stage is quite warm, the atmosphere in the upstairs box is far less jubilant.
From time to time, the sound of other musical instruments could be heard in the box, and as time went by, the sound of other kinds of gambling gradually appeared.
"It's really boring, and I can't memorize it without drawing a few poems," a young man complained to his companions, "This gamble ends too quickly, isn't it?" ”
The young man sitting next to him was peeling pine nuts and laughed when he heard this.
"You should think this is a small class in the academy, don't underestimate this Twilight Cloud Club, there are tens of thousands of poems in the jar of Sheng Shi Sign," he put the peeled pine nuts in his mouth, and said as he chewed, "The first session of this Twilight Cloud Club has been like this for many years, it is all some remote and difficult things, and in the end, it is all luck, whoever draws rare poems is unlucky." ”
The other companions of the young man also laughed, "San Lang said so much, the four songs of Chunjiang that the boy couldn't answer just now, can you recite them?" ”
The young man's ears were a little red, and he argued forcefully, "So I can't enter the five major academies, if I can recite it, I will become a champion early." ”
The men burst into laughter.
"However, this beginning is really not interesting," an older man in the crowd said, "At the beginning of this year's gambling game, the bets brought by Tianzi Pavilion were too big, so that those sons who have a level but are from poor families dare not end up. ”
The man paused, "I can only wait, if the princes of the next family don't come out, this first scene will not be interesting." ”
The others nodded one after another, and only those sons with superior family backgrounds and brilliant literature could make the gamble not end so quickly.
Although the reason is understood, the young people are the most impatient, waiting and waiting, and the atmosphere in the box becomes anxious again.
"Young Master Ben can't wait any longer," the young man who had just spoken drank the wine on the table, then put the wine glass on the table and stood up.
"I'll go have some fun in the back and call me when the second game starts."
The young man was walking out impatiently, when he suddenly heard the sound of a thump outside.
Unlike before, the sound of the slap was accompanied by cheers that were fiercer than any before.
"The son of a family has ended!" "It's the eldest son of the Song family!"
This cheer was simply refreshing, and the young man retracted his feet in joy.
"Is it Song Xuesong from Taiping Mountain House?" As he walked back, he happily asked, "Who's the opponent?" ”
The others, who had been lazy, also straightened up and rushed to the window, looking through the window to the high platform, but no one answered him.
"Who the hell is it, mysterious?" The young man walked briskly to the window and couldn't wait to look out.
Then his eyes widened.
"Huh?" A surprised voice came out of his mouth.
"How is it a woman?"
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Not only him, but the other sons standing by the window were also stunned, and some even rubbed their eyes with their hands.
The design of the Dusk Cloud Tower is ingenious, and the boxes below the fifth floor can clearly see the scene on the high platform.
So at this time, many people found a woman standing on the stage.
She is tall and tall, but she looks slender and weak, and she doesn't even wear a hat in public, and you can see the black braids on the girl's head when you look at it from above.
He looked to be no older than fourteen or fifteen years old.
In front of her stood the tall Song Xuesong, which set off her weakness.
There was a lot of chatter in the boxes, and everyone was surprised to respond.
It's mainly about how to be a woman.
Since the queen of heaven came to power, it is not uncommon for a woman to appear in the twilight cloud building, it is better to say that the little master of each family will take his sisters to the twilight cloud building to relax during the New Year's holidays.
But when a woman goes down to participate in the double gamble, this is really as rare as a Western scene.
The woman went to gamble...... In fact, it is not nothing, forced to a certain extent, women and men will not care about any honor and decency.
However, those who are eligible to participate in the double gambling are either rich or expensive.
Women from large families participate in double gambling ...... This is intriguing.
After all, what this gambling game says is good is Douwen, and what is not good is actually gambling people, and the bets are all pressed on people, and everyone is being sold at a price, although it is not a fatal thing to insult the ancestors and bring disaster to the descendants, but it is always a shame.
The onlookers were discussing, only to hear another tap, and the voice of the master of ceremonies came.
"The seventeenth game of the first game of Wendou!"
"Prince Song of the Taiping Mountain House, Miss Zhu Jiu of the British Mansion is entered!"
The loud proclamation resounded throughout the Twilight Tower.
It also lit up all the boxes.
The young ladies and young masters lying on the window talked a lot.
"I didn't expect Song Dagongzi to actually participate in the Wendou, and the opponent is still a little girl!"
"Who is this Miss Zhu Jiu, why haven't I heard of this person in the noble girl circle."
"Isn't the British government in ruin? actually dared to barogate the Song family. ”
"She is obviously not a student of the Five Great Academies, how can she still receive an invitation?"
The originally dull air was swept away, and everyone looked at the venue excitedly, the men showed curiosity on their faces, and many young ladies opened their mouths wide and looked shocked, and their eyes were about to fall off.
"Bet on!" The emcee's announcement came again.
After a moment of silence in the field, the sound of bets came one after another.
"Who to bet on? Charge Song Young Master, right? You can win this lying down, what kind of poems will a woman recite. "What if Young Master Song pities the fragrance and cherishes the jade and wants to send money to this girl? Otherwise, how could the dignified Young Master Song fight poetry with a little girl? "That makes sense, but what if Young Master Song lets her, she won't be able to win?"
There was a heated discussion in the various boxes.
"The thirteen nobles of the Dizi Pavilion bet on Song Gongzi for thirty taels." "The nine nobles of the C-shaped Pavilion bet on Miss Zhu for twenty taels." "The six nobles of Wuzi Pavilion bet on Song Gongzi forty-five taels."
There was an endless stream of betting, and there were obviously many more bettors than in the previous games, but the amount of bets was not so large, and it seems that everyone is still not so sure about this slightly strange bet.
Suddenly, a waiter's offer interrupted the flow of betting.
"The second nobleman of Tianzi Pavilion bets on Miss Zhu Jiu of the British Mansion for one hundred taels."
Another hundred taels!
actually made such a big bet on this little girl, and the other gamblers were shocked.
However, as if in confrontation, the waiter's voice broke the silence again.
"The six nobles of Tianzi Pavilion bet two hundred taels on Song Gongzi of Taiping Mountain House!"
Oh my God, all the major boxes have blown up when they hear it.
In the Tianzi Pavilion, Nian Huazang pinched the wine glass and looked at Mu Kezhi with a smug expression.
Mu Kezhi frowned, picked up his wine glass and said to the waiter, "Add ......"
Before he could finish speaking, the voice of a waiter suddenly came from outside.
"A noble person in the Dizi Pavilion bets on Miss Zhu Jiu of the British Mansion for one thousand taels!"
One thousand taels!?
The young men standing by the window gasped.
In the entire Twilight Cloud Tower, everyone was in an uproar.
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