Chapter 016: Gambling

"What bet?" I looked at the man with some confusion.

"There are five bets tomorrow, we have a detailed analysis of each one, and if you are willing to bet, I will give you information, and the winning rate is very high." The man whispered.

"What's the gamble?"

"You'll know this tomorrow, brother, and from what we have, the odds of winning tomorrow are very high, and this is a great opportunity for you to get out of here."

The man's words scratched my head, what does leaving here have to do with the gambling game? What kind of place is this strange prison?

The man told me that if I wanted to gamble, I could use the assets in my family to participate in the game, and I just had to list what I used to bet, and then say where it was, sign it, and they would have someone to verify it.

Land, real estate, women, and everything else of value can be used as a bet, however, they will charge fifty percent of the bet as a service fee.

Hearing this, I kind of understood that men should be agents arranged by certain organizations in prisons, and prisoners are equivalent to selling their things outside the prison directly to them, and once they sign and draw the detainment, they will naturally verify it and then take it for themselves.

But why did these prisoners participate in the game? I don't understand that.

Seeing that I didn't speak, the man shrugged his shoulders and said that if I want to bet, give him the bet by tonight, and he will find someone to verify it and tell me how to place it.

After speaking, the man walked towards the few people who were standing and chatting, ready to find the next partner.

I was still sitting on the big rock, thinking back to the conversation I had just had, and I couldn't figure out what kind of gambling was in the prison, and judging by the man's words, he could get out of here if he won the game.

"Brother......" A crisp voice interrupted my thoughts.

I hurriedly turned around and saw my mother and daughter standing behind me, the little girl smiling innocently at me, and the mother standing aside with a sad face.

I teased the little girl and asked her mother if there was anything wrong.

The woman first pushed the little girl apart, and then lowered her voice and said to me, "Please save my daughter......"

I was a little confused, and after reacting for a few seconds, I hurriedly asked her how I could save it?

The woman quietly handed me a note, and then whispered, "Participate in tomorrow's gambling game, and leave here with my daughter when you win." ”

I was shocked, and hurriedly took the note handed by the woman, and took a cursory look at it, which listed a lot of things in detail, and at the end there was the woman's signature.

I said, why are you looking for me? Wouldn't it be better if you just went and gambled with the man?

"People who are strong enough can keep their winning money and get out of here alive, so there is only one chance to gamble, and I have to make sure that nothing goes wrong."

What the woman said stunned me, reminiscent of the scene of prisoners in the prison snatching their nests, and what she said seemed to be the truth.

"Can you help me?" The woman had expectation on her face.

I asked her if there was any connection between winning the gamble and leaving the prison.

The woman said that as long as she had enough money, she could leave here, but all her belongings now could not reach the required amount, so she had no choice but to participate in gambling.

I wanted to know more from her, but the woman stopped talking, but asked me if I would like to help her.

I nodded helplessly and agreed.

Seeing this, the woman said to me that she would bet all her possessions on the third game tomorrow and bet on the fifth to win, and after saying this, she took the girl and staggered away.

The activity lasted only about half an hour, and when the time was up, the jailer sounded the gong and drum again, and the prisoners returned to the cage in an orderly manner as if they had rehearsed beforehand.

In the evening, I found the man in the cage with a meaty face, handed him the note, and said that I would win by pressing the number five with all my possessions.

The man listened to my words, and hurriedly pulled me aside and said that judging from the information provided internally, the probability of winning on the fifth is not large, and if I want to buy, I will buy the sixth to win, and after speaking, he also gave me a detailed introduction to the situation of the fifth and sixth.

I insisted that I buy the number five to win, and the man smiled and didn't speak, took the note in my hand, and motioned for me to wait for his news.

Then I saw him give the note to the jailer who had come to make the rounds.

Early the next morning, the jailer took several wounded people from the cage, and the woman was also taken away.

Before leaving, the woman reluctantly put the sleeping girl in my arms and said something like thanks.

After a while, the meaty-faced man came to me and said that everything was ready, and asked me to go with him to watch the game later.

I said that prisoners can also get out?

He replied that only the criminals who placed the bet had this privilege, and that the rest of the people were the only ones who waited for death here, and that the vast majority of them did not know what the gambling game was.

After a while, the man and I were taken out blindfolded by the jailers, along with seven or eight others.

After walking for about half an hour, the blindfold was taken off, and there was a huge circular stone platform, and a lot of stone benches and stone tables were placed around the stone platform, and some paper, abacus and other things were placed on the stone table, which should be a place to bet.

There were already a few people sitting on the stone bench, talking about today's gamble, but until now, I still don't know what they are betting on.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, the stone platform was already full of people, and the scene was extremely hot, and several of our jailers were arranged in a cage at the back of the crowd, although it was a little far away, but we could clearly see the situation on the stone platform.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

A dull drum beat sounded, and several gorgeously dressed women danced on the stone platform to the beat of the drums, pushing the atmosphere of the scene to a climax.

At the end of the song, a middle-aged man with a big belly announced in a loud voice that the first game of gambling had begun.

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of people carried the two iron frames onto the stone platform, and then tied the two prisoners to the iron frames.

Two young and beautiful women walked up to the prisoner with a bowl of rice mixed with some white particles.

The prisoner was already dying of hunger, and now there was rice to eat, and there was no one to feed him, so his original expression of fear eased a little, and he devoured a whole bowl of rice regardless of the taste.

After eating, the two burped contentedly, and the two beauties each picked up a bowl of water and fed it to the prisoner.

As soon as the water was down, both of them let out a terrible wail almost at the same time, and I saw that streams of hot air gushed out of their mouths.

The audience in the audience was stimulated by the scene in front of them to the most primitive beast, and shouted excitedly.

Next to the iron frame, there were two bad old men who looked like Lang Zhong, checking the physical condition of the two people from time to time.

I was stunned by the scene, and now I finally know what they are betting on.

They're gambling their lives! The small particles mixed with the rice that the two of them ate just now should be lime.

All the prisoners in the cage are victims of the gambling game, and the reason why only seventy percent of the food is distributed every day is to let a part of the body gradually collapse, and once you are on the verge of death, you will be pulled here to participate in the gambling game.

On the stone platform, as time passed, the lime that had been eaten was fully fermented, and streams of hot air first erupted from the prisoners' mouths, and then hot air gushed out of their chests and abdomen one after another, and the roars of the two men became more and more intense.

The gamblers in the audience no longer cheered at this moment, but looked at the two of them with nervous faces, and shouted from time to time such as cheering and holding on.

And at the stone table where the bets were placed, someone shouted loudly, attracting gamblers to bet again at the last minute.

Cruelty, indifference, and an eerie atmosphere pervades the entire sky.

What's even more infuriating is that several people who are also locked up in the cage are also shouting words like cheering and holding on.

Human nature is like this, when disaster comes, as long as it doesn't fall on you, it doesn't matter what other people do, this is that part of the numb Chinese people.

A few minutes later, the entire upper body of the two prisoners was steaming, and their bodies should have been burned out, but they still had a breath, and the wails resounded throughout the space.

Finally, No. 1 took the lead without breathing, and when Lang Zhong on the side announced the news, the audience boiled again, some people rejoiced, some people scolded angrily, but no one regretted that two fresh lives were cruelly harvested.

In the second game, two people were cut open and put into buckets, this one was a little quiet, and after nearly half an hour, No. 4 was the first to die.

I don't know if it's a hallucination, but every time someone dies, I see a vague shadow flying out of the deceased's body and flying in the same direction.

After the soul shadow reaches a certain height, a blue-faced and fanged monster will suddenly appear in mid-air, open its bloody mouth, and greedily swallow the soul shadow.

After a few minutes, the third game began, and it was also the one that the woman told me to put all my belongings on.

However, when the two people involved in the gambling game were pressed into the game, my whole body was like an electric shock.

No. 6 is a thin man, who doesn't look very good, and his face is full of sadness, which is also the player I bet on, and No. 5 is the woman who asked me to bet, she asked me to bet on No. 6 to win yesterday, does that mean that she is participating in this gamble today with a mortal attitude?

"This one should be exciting, both of them took the initiative to apply for the competition!" The man with a meaty face said something leisurely behind his back.

"Anyone else took the initiative to participate in the competition?" Someone asked.

"If you can win the game and you are not dead, not only will you be released unconditionally, but you will also get a sum of money." The man explained.

Looking at the two people on the stone platform, I couldn't help but be in awe in my heart, one was willing to die for his daughter, and the other was willing to take great risks in order to win the hope of life, even if it was death, he was not willing to live.

These two people look so tall compared to this group of servile guys.

Several prisoners around listened to the man's words, and all of them stared at the gambling game above with anticipatory faces.

Finally, the game began, and two huge wooden frames were lifted onto the stage, on which were hung two ropes, and at the end of the ropes there was a live buckle.

Because it was voluntary, the two were not tied hand and foot, so when the body was suspended, the whole body began to tremble, and the two instinctively used their hands to pull the rope around their necks, but to no avail.

The audience's emotions began to be slowly raised, and they watched this scene on stage excitedly.

Everyone's attention was on the stage, I quietly retreated to the back of the cage, there was an iron lock here that locked the exit of the cage, I blocked the iron rope with my body, held a small wooden stick in my hand, and tried to poke the keyhole, I wanted to save the woman on the stage.

However, all of a sudden, a stream of blood suddenly erupted from the mouth of the woman who was hanging on the rope, and along with the blood spurted out, as well as her tongue......