The five were not at the same table.

The man with a short body but a very sturdy body was called Wu Nan, and he sat down at the table closest to him, and when the dealer shook it, he casually threw out a few bearded knife coins and pressed them on the "small" side.

"Hu Dao" is not a weapon, it is a kind of coin circulating in the Western Ming Kingdom. There are many countries above Zhongzhou, and all large countries or countries with profound business and prosperity have their own currencies, and some small countries or vassal countries simply use the currencies of neighboring large countries.

In the Jinjin Gambling House, any currency can be bet directly, and even swords, gold and silver and other utensils can be bet on the spot, but how much it is worth is up to both parties to negotiate.

Walking in the world, silver and gold can go anywhere.

But don't meet those "madmen" who take a break from practicing immortal magic, pursuing immortality or martial arts, this kind of person only recognizes goods, except for the six relatives.

There was once a flower thief named Wanlifeng who lost in a hurry, and he directly took out a belly pocket that a woman had crossed. said that it was a certain concubine of Chu Jingguo, and there was also her body fragrance on it. Regardless of whether his words are true or not, the bachelors present coaxed together, and the final price of this belly pocket was three hundred taels.

But his luck is really back, and it didn't take long for three hundred taels to have no big son left.

This time he pulled out his underwear, which he had just taken off, and the smell was very strong.

Later he was carried out.

The dealer saw that everyone had already bought and left, and the dice cup was opened twenty-three or thirty-one small.

The other four saw that Wu Nan had a good start, smiled and said hello and walked away.

Su Qinghe was dressed as a scholar in a long robe, and walked to a table where he guessed odds and doubles and sat down.

Although he dressed as a scholar, his ruthlessness was not something that a few clothes could hide, especially the scar on his forehead, which was vicious and terrifying.

Qin Laosan, who had a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, his eyes were purring like a thief, and he finally found a table to play dice.

Ding Shuchun's clothes are white, but the muscles and muscles on his neck are stranded, and his muscles are coiled and he doesn't feel like Yushu is in the wind at all.

Judging from the choices of these people, they all prefer dice.

Lao Yu and the masters invited by the other two gambling houses mingled in the crowd, and their eyes were mainly focused on the people in Dagushan.

The hairy man didn't seem to like this kind of gambling in the crowd. Ding Shuchun took a white paper folding fan and accompanied him to stand in the open as much as possible.

Nie Xiao glanced at it quietly, and really couldn't understand why this person was holding a fan. You say fanning, it shouldn't be possible on such a cold day, and pretending to be elegant is really not suitable for his style.

Xiaoxi is a reader, a reader who doesn't like to join in the fun.

He pulled Nie Xiao's clothes: "Why don't we go back!"

Nie Xiao looked at him with an incredulous expression: "'The top gambling master of Ximing Kingdom defeated the gambler of Dagushan Mountain, blood was splashed in seven steps, and the wind and clouds changed color', don't you see such a gimmick of excitement? I can tell you, it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." ”

For things that cannot be obtained, or a certain aspect of the ability that they lack, people always want to get closer to it.

Xiao Xi didn't understand, didn't he get tired of carrying the sack for a day? It was not close to the Beacon Tower when he entered the Golden Gambling House, and if he measured it, it would have to be four or five miles away.

"If you don't leave, I won't wait for you, will I?"

Nie Xiao looked back, Xiaoxi was indeed thinner, if he hadn't been together for so long, he would have really believed that this was a scholar who traveled to study.

Nie Xiao patted him on the shoulder: "A child like you, naturally your body can't afford this kind of nightlife, go back!"

Xiao Xi turned to leave, muttering in his mouth that he couldn't hear what he was reading, until he came out of the gambling house and barely heard the words "If you win money, you don't have to pay any points, why bother".

Nie Xiao walked up to the hairy man and looked up, "Friend, I seem to have seen you somewhere!"

The man looked away, as if his eyes were stained by any more glances.

Although Ding Shuchun is muscular, he is still relatively easy-going and listens to his speech.

"yes, that's really fate!"

Nie Xiao himself also felt that this way of accosting himself was too old-fashioned, and he couldn't help but blush.

It's just that he has a thick enough skin, so no matter how popular he is, others can't see it.

"Yes, maybe I didn't have time to introduce my honorific name to the two of you last time, and I smiled at Xianie. ”

Ding Shuchun and the man looked at him with strange expressions, but Nie Xiao still didn't react to the inappropriate use of "honoring the surname and the big name".

Because Nie Xiao's attention was always on the man, the dense hair and egg-sized Adam's apple greatly aroused Nie Xiao's curiosity about him.

Nie Xiao suddenly realized that he was wrong, clasped his fists and saluted, and said embarrassedly: "I haven't asked the two high surnames yet." ”

Ding Shuchun put away the folding fan, waved his hand and said with a smile: "My name is Ding Shuchun, and this is my son-in-law Cao Su." ”

"Yo, it turned out to be the famous Cao Gongzi of Dagu Mountain, who has been admired for a long time. Nie Xiaoxiao said.

The son surnamed Cao ignored him, turned around and walked to the corner.

Ding Shuchun smiled apologetically at Nie Xiao and followed.

To say that Nie Xiao's cheek is really thick-skinned, it can be seen from eating white food at Lao Zhangtou's place at the beginning.

At this time, even Ding Shuchun was a little impatient, but Nie Xiao still followed up.

Cao Gongzi sat on the big belly of Maitreya lying in the corner, slapped Maitreya with his left and right slap, and deliberately said in a voice that Nie Xiao could hear clearly, "You are really thick-skinned, I'm afraid you want to be blind with your eyes, or I'll help you dig it out now!"

When Nie Xiao heard this, he had to leave with an embarrassed smile.

Lao Yu and the three of them met, and their eyes met to confirm that they had not found any traces of Lao Qian in each other's eyes.

The time of a pillar of incense has passed, and the stakes in front of Wu Nan, Qin Laosan, and Su Qinghe are already as high as a mountain.

Cao Gongzi saw that he had almost won, so he beckoned to a few people and planned to leave.

In an instant, many lights were added to the lobby, and it suddenly became as bright as day.

Jin Ye stood in the middle of the lobby: "A few friends of Dagushan, why are you in such a hurry to leave, is it that my Wang is not well entertained?"

Cao Gongzi faced Wang Dajin and arched his hand: "Where is Master Jin, a few brothers can have a ......good time."

Jin Ye interrupted Cao Su's words with a wave of his hand, and said to the man in white beside him: "Changyi, find a few people to play with Cao Gongzi." ”

The man in white's full name is Guo Dongyi, when his parents died when he was five years old, he was accepted as a righteous son by Wang Dajin's marching army, and was given the word "Changyi", and has been following him ever since.

Under the gilded bronze nine-headed phoenix chandelier, the table in the center of the casino was cleaned up in an instant, and everyone surrounded it tightly in a circle.

All activities in the casino were suspended at this moment, and after knowing that they were from Dagushan, everyone looked at them like a rare beast.

It's a really unpleasant feeling to be watched as a rare beast.

The gambling house doesn't care about how much money these people can win, what they value is the field, and they can't get by on face.

Face is not important at first, but when you have fame and status, it becomes a coat for you, which is both glamorous and restrictive.

Just like failure and admitting defeat, you are not afraid of failure or loss when you have nothing. But when you succeed, you are afraid of failure, and if you win more, you are afraid of losing.

In the same way, so winning or losing in face is now very important to Jin Ye.

Lao Yu sat down with a smile: "Young Master Cao, what do you want to play?"

The masters of the casino must be more than the five of them, in order not to suffer, Cao Su proposed two wins in three games between the two sides, and Lao Yu readily agreed.

"Why don't we play Yiqi in the first game?" The reason why I chose Yiqi is because Lao Yu has just observed them for a long time, they have never played anything other than dice, and he himself is excellent at chess, so Yiqi is the best choice.

Cao Su looked at Su Qinghe, who was dressed as a scholar, and Su Qinghe nodded, which was considered to be a promise.

Nie Xiao really wanted to call Xiao Xi back to watch the game at this time, because he knew that Xiao Xi could also play chess, and he could play every kind of chess. In the past, after helping the students of the college to do their homework was discovered, they were beaten by parents and teachers. Later, when he couldn't get a job, he played chess on the side of the street every day, and the whole street was played, and no one was his opponent.

The next person brought up a nineteen-way chessboard, and was about to put it down when Su Qinghe said: "Brother Yu, this Go is closer to Taoism, Ximingguo relies on troops to settle in Zhongzhou, I am a big lonely mountain, everyone knows what kind of place it is, if you and I fight......"

Lao Yu called the miscellaneous man: "Go and get a pair of chess." ”

If you know anything about chess, you will understand that the center of the chessboard is Tai Chi, which is divided into eight zones to represent Bagua, and black and white chess pieces represent yin and yang. The round pieces and square chessboard of Go symbolize "the sky is round and the place is round".

Go is about encroaching on the chassis, while chess is more inclined to play against two armies, with the two countries fighting each other to destroy each other's forces as a means of killing the opposing commander.

Go is important, chess is heavy.

In general, Go is to encircle and kill less, and Chess is to fight and kill.

Lao Yu is an old man in his fifties, he is really dark, and I don't know if he was roasted by the scorching sun outside the gate, or if he was born like this, and those who occasionally get close will call him "Yu Heizi".

"Little brother, are we going to win in one game or do we win two in three games?"

"It's fair to have two out of three games. ”

In the first game, Lao Yu let Su Qinghe take the red first, and he made the green chess behind.

Su Qinghe did not hesitate to arch forward with three soldiers, and Lao Yu arched three pawns.

Syllable...... Syllable...... Syllable......

Every move made by the two men in the opening game was peaceful and orderly, and the time between each move was about the same.

Among the people watching the game next to him, there were people who knew chess, and they couldn't help but be amazed when they saw that the two of them were full of confidence and fell at a uniform speed.

The chess game finally came to the middle game, and after the layout of sixteen hands, the formation of the two sides has basically stabilized and formed, and the red side has a cannon crossing the river rook against the green side screen horse.

At this time, there were many conversations in the crowd, most of them asking the brother next to him, who was also watching chess, what kind of formula is this, why have they never seen it? But the person who was asked was also unable to answer a specific question, anyway, everyone was confused.

After a while, the two people playing chess had already taken several more steps, and suddenly someone in the crowd laughed and said that they remembered it, and they heard an elder in the family say what it was, but he couldn't say exactly what the name was.

This is a very old confrontation chess form, more than 200 years ago was the peak of the popularity of this style of chess, but later many chess players have studied it very deeply, and the changes have been studied thoroughly, so it has been rarely used in the last fifty or sixty years.

Now the advantage of Su Qinghe's chess shape is that there is an elevated cannon in the middle, and waiting for the opportunity to leap over the river, there is a sense of gathering heavy troops to storm the country, plus a car crossing the river can adapt to changes, or echo the middle road, or contain the troops, or block the enemy's reinforcements, in short, there are many changes.

Lao Yu held green chess, although the middle lane was controlled by others, but he jumped early with two horses to protect the stroke. And the double cannon is flexible, and there is a car stationed along the river, which can effectively stop the red square pan hippopotamus.

The road ahead is confused, the form is chaotic, and both sides have the opportunity to realize their strategic intentions, which is to see who comes first and who comes last.

Su Qinghe rushed at the three soldiers again without thinking, and now his three soldiers and Lao Yu's seven pawns are face to face, either you eat me or I eat you.

Lao Yu's eyes were fixed on the chessboard, carefully weighing the pros and cons.

Eat the enemy's three pawns, Hong Youyue stepped forward, and opened his right wing at the cost of giving up a pawn in three consecutive moves, so that the middle lane was pressed and the right wing could not be used, and he lost his position with a son, which was unfavorable in the future.

If you don't eat it, then the opponent will either enter the army and eat his seven pawns, or the flat army will move closer to the middle. As a result, the changes are more complex, and the situation is becoming more and more confusing.

Watching chess pays attention to "watching chess without saying a word", so there are many sighs in the crowd, many people feel that they have come up with a clever trick, want to remind but can't, so they sigh next to them, anxious to walk around like monkeys.

Some people feel that the red side has a lot of meaning, and it is true that it should be thoughtful and thoughtful, and not dare to make a rash move. But I can't think of a perfect solution. Of course, some people think that this chess is a fat meat sent to the mouth, and they don't eat it for nothing.

Su Qinghe waited impatiently, frowned, and the scar on his forehead became hideous.

"Bang ......" Lao Yu chose to drive out of the left car.

Su Xinghe immediately leaned towards the middle road, and Lao Yuping's six-way car continued to strengthen the defense of the middle road.

The two sides went back and forth for nearly twenty hands, Su Qinghe made strange moves, and Lao Yu should have been in a hurry several times, and a layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead several times, but he still prevented it after all.

These nearly twenty hands of offensive and defensive conversions, seeing the stitches, you come and go, and the people next to you are thrilling.

Fang Cai felt that his judgment just now was correct, but his next move immediately denied his own thoughts. When he was secretly lucky enough to guess the idea of one of them, the next step made people feel that the situation had changed abruptly.

Some people are still thinking about the pros and cons of the previous move, and the chessboard has already traveled thousands of miles. This game of chess is sometimes understood, sometimes confused, sometimes clear, sometimes vague.

After a fight, both sides were left with only a car and an elephant, and finally shook hands and made peace.

I think that the chess strength of the two is similar, but they are many steps higher than everyone else, so people can't understand it, but they can feel the profound chess power of the two.

So much so that the chess game has ended, and everyone has not been able to slow down in the aftertaste and contemplation.

I don't know who fell down and applauded, breaking the silence. So many people also applauded, and some who could understand chess did applaud the wonderful game between the two, and applauded convincingly. If I don't understand it, I will follow the coaxing, and if I don't do it myself, wouldn't it seem that I am ignorant and can't understand chess!

This game of chess has been played for a long time, and Lao Yu is a little older after all, and his physical strength is exhausted. So Su Qinghe offered to rest for a while, and Lao Yu cast a grateful look. More than 20 years ago, when he first became the chess king of Ximing Six Counties, his competitive state must be better than that of Su Qinghe now.

Taking advantage of the rest, Cao Su asked Su Qinghe: "How is this old man?"

Su Qinghe's brows furrowed slightly, and a smile appeared on Cao Su's face.