The fairy city of the market man

Chapter 104 103. Dice Cup
During the day, he only brewed wine, and ordered the maids in the Tiger Guard Mansion to work hard to tidy up a new shop.

Chatting for a while after dinner, at the moment of the first day of the lunar calendar, the watchman should patrol the streets.

There will be light rain tonight.

Ji Hongmian wants to accompany his son, Shang San'er is fine now, and it's still early, so he will go along with the newly appointed watchmen.

The two capable ones let the drizzle fall on them without holding an umbrella or performing magic tricks; the incompetent wasteland fairy was not as free as his wife and mother, with a disabled dog, holding an umbrella and carrying a lantern at home.

Ah Chou has never lived in the city, but he has been taught by Jin Xianniang.

Lifting the gong out of the city lord's mansion, he tapped twice slowly "Boom! Boom!", pulling his neck and shouting: "The sky is dry and the things are dry, be careful of the candles!"

It's raining, also called "the sky is dry and the things are dry".

Ah Chou does not have the cultivation base of an Earth Immortal for the time being, but he has the immortal power given by his mother. This voice is different from ordinary watchmen, and it spreads extremely far.

The whole town should hear it.

Shang San'er hurriedly shouted: "Oh brother! It's really easy for you to shout like this!"

A Chou was a little puzzled: "My mother said, just shout like this!"

Ji Hongmian rubbed her belly and laughed, it was on purpose.

Walking along the street, Shang San'er sighed softly: "How did Senior Ji teach you?"

Ah Chou answered honestly: "My mother said that this city is full of immortals, so there is no need to shout to guard against theft, 'close your house and windows, be careful of water', 'dry sky, be careful of candles', etc.!"

"Anymore?"

A Chou replied: "At the first quarter of Xuchu, the first watch, knock two slow ones each time; Knock three times at a time, one slow and two fast; ugly and positive two quarters, four times, one slow and three fast; Yinzheng four quarters, five watch, one time five times, one slow and four fast!"

"Didn't you teach anything else?"

Ah Chou looked at his mother, wondering: "No!"

Ji Hongmian's family is transparent, Ah Chou has been living alone in the mountains and forests, and he has cultivated as a local immortal, but he is still simple. Jinxian deliberately teases his son, wants to see his jokes, and doesn't explain it clearly.

Shang San'er had no choice but to say: "Your voice can be heard clearly. If you really shout like this, you don't need to go to the street. You can hear it all in my house! The louder the shout, the better, it's only now." Oh my god, everyone is still awake and still not aware of it, and the third and fourth watch makes such a sound, you must wake up those who are asleep, don't you scold them?"

Swearing is only mild, and I was frightened like this several times a night, and I couldn't sleep. If I could beat him, I might rush out and beat him!
Being punctured, Ji Hongmian only patted his son's head: "Mother forgot!"

Ah Chou had no choice but to grin wryly.

After walking a few more steps, in front of the public school and craftsman's department, the gong rang again, and the sound became quieter: "Close the doors and windows before going to bed, and be careful not to leak water!"

Go to the cross and knock again.

Further south, the Qizhen Pavilion is being built on Nantong Street, and you have also passed the Green Willow Restaurant, Cyclamen, and Rouge Shop.

On this street, Tang Nuo, Brother Yuwen, Lady Lu, and Zong Hao had also added a lot of people. It was still early, and most of them hadn't slept yet. Walking on the street, they vaguely heard the voices of people in various courtyards.

Walk forty or fifty steps to beat the gong, all the way to the south, until the Temple of the City God.

At this point, Ji Hongmian said: "Chouer, live in this city from now on, pass the temple gate, and offer incense sticks!"

He turned his hand over and was holding three sticks of incense.

As soon as the words fell, the phantom of the City God appeared, and he bowed anxiously: "Shangxian, don't be so small!"

Ji Hongmian smiled: "I hope you will do your best to protect this city in the future. My child lives here, and as a mother, offering incense for him has nothing to do with your status!"

The fearful Chenghuang watched Jinxian distribute the incense to Shang San'er and Ah Chou, and the three of them entered the temple together.

He hurriedly dodged in front of the statue and bowed down first.

Ji Hongmian took the lead, lit the incense, and plugged it in first.

All three saluted.

The yin spirit was refreshing, and the sudden surge of wish power made Chenghuang in a trance.

Compared with before the disaster, the power of vows has more than doubled!

This Golden Immortal is about to perish, and his cultivation cannot be retained, but he gave up most of his own merits and turned them all into vows, splitting one into two, one half entered into the City God Sword, and the other half was sent to the Earth Temple outside the city!

Right now, outside the west city gate, the God of Land Po Yin also appeared, bowing down to worship!
If you add merit to your body, you will enter reincarnation, and there will be countless blessings in the next life!

As a mother, for her own children, she really can give up anything!

The owner of the Green Willow City and the watchman were still unaware.

Ji Hongmian smiled and led the way out of the temple.

Chenghuang sighed softly.

Before leaving the door, Shang San'er said: "Master Chenghuang, please spread the word, besides old man Dong, there are six other ninth-level people in the city, please come to Nantong Street, I will be there in a while, leave the old dog to wait for them!"

The fate of Poppi City Lord is good, and the fate is getting deeper and deeper. The City God is destined to be a messenger, so he can only answer: "Okay!"

After walking through the whole street, and the main street has not yet been patrolled, come out of the Temple of the City God, leave the old dog in front of a shop, then copy the alley and turn outside the east gate.

Ah Chou knows little about the ways of the world, but he is not stupid. Now that there are people living in the alley, if they are too close, he will stop beating the gong to annoy others.

On Dongzheng Street, there are also four shops of animal fur shop, flower shop, wood carving shop, and fish and bird shop, but they are usually quiet and there are not many noises.

After the Chenghuang heard the sound, Tu Zhuang had already gone out, walking in front of the sound of the gong.

Then finish calling out the busiest West Main Street at the moment, and the watchman's first patrol on the first night will be over.

In front of the west gate, Shang San'er asked: "Senior Ji, if I take Ah Chou to play, will I blame him for teaching him?"

Ji Hongmian smiled: "It is a blessing for him to be able to play with others, he must be happy, but both he and you must keep in mind the word 'restraint'!"

Shang San'er nodded hurriedly: "It's just for fun!"

He pulled Ah Chou again: "Brother will take you to play!"

Ah Chou asked, "Mother, are you going?"

"I don't want to go!"

If his mother didn't go, Ah Chou was a little unhappy, Ji Hongmian said again: "Let's play with my brother, mother will come to accompany you to patrol the streets in the second watch!"

After only playing for an hour, A Chou Fang nodded.

Ji Hongmian went back to the City Lord's Mansion, Ah Chou took his gong and followed Shang San'er to Nantong Street.

The old dog is lying in front of the shop, Tu Zhuang, Zhao Tong, Zhen Yaoshen, Granny Chen, and Ma Tongshi are all there.

The fat aunt spoke quickly and asked, "What's the matter with calling us?"

Shang San'er spread out his hands, there were three dice that he found somewhere, and he pointed behind him with a smile: "I heard that the ninth-level immortals are very capable, today I will sit in the banker and play dice, let you solve the numbers and win!" My meritorious deeds will go!"

This is Datong Casino, and the maids just cleaned up today.

The thing tied around his waist was originally a dice cup.

This thing shields all kinds of tricks from prying and calculating. After thinking about it, it is also the most suitable occasion for making dice cups. Da Luo Jinxian dares to gamble!
After old man Dong came to the city, he hadn't acquired any meritorious deeds yet. He was a poor man and a great Confucian, so he didn't call him because he was afraid he wouldn't look down on this low-level stuff.

Now these six, five of them personally experienced the Battle of Longshan, in front of the Ninth Rank Immortal, the Poppi City Lord is so determined to bet, he can guess that it is the tea bowl of the mountain god.

In the refined magic weapon, others can't touch it, so it's not easy for him as the master?

Granny Chen rolled her eyes: "Little Guisun is full, how does Granny like to gamble?"

She turned to leave, but Shang San'er hurriedly shouted: "Oh! Think about it, in the whole world, except for me, immortals still have places to gamble? They are all so busy!"

Tu Zhuang said: "That thing, you can borrow it from us and pay it back. If you want to end up, I'm afraid it won't be enough to return the annual salary and Xie Yi. I might as well go back and go to bed earlier!"

Don't expect to have to play at home, the magic weapon has been made into this appearance, and it is really enough to support it. The big city lord hurriedly called: "Shang Chun swears to the sky today, if I cheat in the dice betting in the future, all my merits and virtues will be wiped out, and I will not be good. Report, sores and pus all over my body, I can't touch women anymore!"

While Tu Zhuang and the others were doubtful, Shang San'er said again: "Senior Ji told me to memorize the word 'temperance', let's start playing today, first set the rules, whoever loses to Jiuye in one night must leave the field, no one is allowed Bet again! Playing until the second watch, Ah Chou goes to patrol the streets, and we will leave!"

Jiuye also has a yearly salary, which is not a small amount. Fortunately, he has just returned from Dilong Mountain, and the family has just made a fortune, and Ah Chou and Ma Tong's family have a fortune.

Hearing what he said, it was really just for leisure and fun, not for big bets, old man Zhao knocked on his cigarette pouch: "Then let's go!"

The fat aunt was pregnant, and she was tempted when she heard that she only gambled for an hour, so she followed the old man into the gambling house.

What Poppi said was right, practitioners all over the world have their own means, and it is impossible to guard against cheating. Before this, he had no place to gamble if he wanted to.

Just try to find something new, and it's worth playing for an hour, so I won't come back again.

Even Granny Chen turned around and came back, and all eight of them entered the casino.

In the original Luliu City, the bathhouse was the main business of the city lord's mansion, but the Datong gambling house had General He, the leader of the Tiger Guard, as a shareholder, and no one dared to make trouble inside.

In the past, there was a lot of business in the gambling shop, and there was no need for chips on the cabinet, but there was a large amount of copper coins, which could be exchanged for silver at any time. There were several tables for Pai Gow, dice, and pots. On the second floor, there were elegant tables for decent people to play Pai Gow.

When Shang Sancao Si mixed in, the place was extremely lively, gambling all night long, besides the gamblers, there were spectators, big rogues who put loan sharks, little rogues looking for opportunities, and prostitutes who came to solicit customers when Liuxuyuan's business was sluggish. , come and go every night.

Those who win money go to the catkin garden immediately, or go to the bathhouse after dawn to rub their backs, save money in the bank, make new clothes in the tailor shop, go to the restaurant, buy braised meat at the crossroads, and buy cloth, jewelry, and rouge for the house.If you lose money, you may go to the incense and candle shop to buy incense and worship the city god, hoping to win it back next time. If you are not willing to bet on red eyes, you can spend your money in antiques, pawns, silverware, dental shops, or borrow loan sharks to make money. , causing family ruin and death.

Nantong Street is less than half lively, which is related to this gambling house.

Since his father's death, the two shops on the street that Shang San'er is most familiar with are Datong Casino and Meng's Congee Shop.

It's all gone now, it's been deserted for too long.

Entering the inner room, Mrs. Ma Tong went to the cabinet first and patted the table: "Change... zero!"

She thought the next leaf bet was too heavy, so she wanted to break it up and play.

He just wanted to play, and Shang San'er followed her, but it happened that Cao Si's stolen silver was 20 taels, and there were nearly a thousand taels on the dog's back, so he took out some: "When the game ends, you have to change Come back and give it to me, and besides here, if you exchange money for merit leaves, I will not recognize it!"

One hundred taels of silver is exchanged for one leaf, the pricing is so, but there are few exchanges in the world, and Shang San'er does not want to be taken advantage of.

The ghost mother took one leaf in exchange for five ingots of silver, and Shang San'er asked, "Is there anything else to exchange?"

Guessing dice and betting on merit leaf, Zhang Guoguo didn't say that he saw it, it was the first time he heard it, and he wanted to play smaller, so he also exchanged five ingots.

The three men, Ninth Rank and A Chou, did not change, and Granny Chen, who was small-minded but strong, did not change.

Gambling with dice is hard to get into the elegant hall, only the poor haha ​​love to play, there is no elegant table on the second floor, but you just need to change the tablecloth with dice bets written on it.

After they were all at the table, Shang San'er asked, "Can you guess the dice, Ah Chou?"

The sixth rank of Yuandixian also shook his head honestly: "No!"

Shang San'er pointed to the writing on the cloth, and taught him: "Just guess the size, odd and double, and leopard, big and small, odd and even, buy one and pay one, bet one and pay six, it's the simplest. If you don't know it, read it first. Yes, or with the capital, we brothers will join hands in the dealership and win all of them!"

The magic weapon of the dice cup belongs to him, so naturally he can only be the banker.

After being treated by his old lady Jinxian, the smell on Ah Chou's body has faded a lot, and he can only sit together now.

Ah Chou nodded and asked, "How much does it cost to be a dealer?"

"I said I lost Jiuye and left, and Jiuye alone!"

A Chou took out the nine leaves, Shang San'er took the eight leaves, and added five ingots of silver, and put them together on the table, which was the dealer's capital.

Shang San'er began to yell: "Bold to the death, timid to the death of starvation, come on, come on, the third master is open!"

He is used to this set.

Put a plate under it, put the dice, cover his magic dice cup, shake it a few times, uncover it, shake your head, and cover it again.

According to the rules of the casino, before the betting starts that night, the three dice must roll out [-] in public before the official betting begins.

After shaking several times, Shang San'er called out the three numbers, "I'm optimistic, let's open the bank!"

The betting is officially started, and the dice cup is only shaken three times each time.

Even the sound can be messed up, no matter how good the spells are, or the hearing is extraordinary, with this dice cup, you can only rely on guessing honestly.

After shaking, the dice cup fell on the table, and the big dealer yelled: "Bet! Bet!"

The owner of the restaurant, the proprietress, the owner of the clothing store, the owner of the incense and candle shop, the doctor sitting in the hall, and the fruit of the slaughter of pigs all bet with their capital.

The fat aunt and the ghost mother-in-law each dropped a piece of silver, and the others all threw a piece of silver. They were both single and double, and guessed the size, but no one dared to buy a leopard.

"Buy and leave!"

After not playing for a long time, Shang San'er uncovered the dice cup, took a small loss and lost a lot, losing two leaves and 40 taels, but he was still enjoying himself.

Happy to lose.

He was still betting on the second bet, he couldn't help being impatient, secretly checked the result of the magic weapon, counted how many bets, and was about to lose again, his expression changed a little.

The ghost mother-in-law remained calm and added another leaf before "buy and leave".

The same goes for Zhang Guoguo, Zhen Heixin's nickname was correct, and two leaves were added.

After opening the cup, not only did she lose money, but she also lost more money to Yotsuba!

Ah Chou was beside him, twisting his body.

Earth immortals and mountain gods of the ninth rank have been lied to before, so are you still afraid of you little bastards?
Shang San'er paid out as usual, and when he made another bet, his face changed slightly again.

A few more bets were added, but this one was a big win for the banker, pulling back a lot.

After winning the round, Shang San'er no longer peeped at the result in advance, and only waited for the moment when the cup was opened with joy and regret.

The ghost mother-in-law didn't add any more bets, and honestly only guessed 20 taels of silver in one game, and exchanged after the silver increased or decreased.

But Zhang Guoguo became more and more courageous, betting that one ingot would turn into two ingots of silver. Gradually, the silver was no longer needed, and Cheng Deye made a bet instead.

Zhen Heixin is a greedy person, he usually only bets one leaf, but when he thinks that the game is certain, he has to re-bet, three leaves at a time.

Grandma Chen, Old Man Zhao, and Tu Zhuang, no matter whether they win or lose, they will take one leaf in each game, neither adding nor subtracting.

As the saying goes in the market, gambling is like character, and there is some truth to it.

(End of this chapter)