Moon Emperor

Chapter 439 A Big Gamble

Following this train of thought, Su Yan continued to recall that there were only a few protagonists with outstanding gambling skills, so who should he be?
The more he recalled, the clearer the memory of the past became, just like recalling the relevant information of Emperor Yue before; then he couldn't help but smile bitterly, this was really not the normal pattern of a scholar meeting a female ghost.

And as expected, the next plot development will require the protagonist’s gambling skills, but Su Yan doesn’t know how to do it!
Ai Pu said that the simplest thing is to throw dice, but without mana to cheat, how could he win nine out of ten bets?

In addition, Su Yan didn't know if what he encountered next would be the same as what he had seen in "Fire Window and Strange Grass". After all, these were two worlds, and it was normal for some special and messy magic changes to happen.

The only good news is that because of the similarity in the beginning of the story in this book, Su Yan has a rough idea of ​​what might happen next. If nothing else happens, there will be some "strange" things tonight. occur.

Walking to the shore with the boy, Su Yan originally thought that his "own" ship was not big, but he didn't expect it to be a medium-sized ship, not a small awning ship.

Think about it, in theory, now that he is traveling with tens of thousands of dollars, how can he take a small broken boat, which doesn't even have enough space to stack gold and silver?

The high-rise boat was moored at the simple pier, and the rain gradually stopped. After the servant led the owner onto the boat, two men who looked like guards immediately came forward to salute.

In addition to them, Wang Youle was accompanied by twelve Wang family confidants on this trip. Even this boat was hired by his owner at a high price. The boatman, helpers, and cooks on the boat all had to look at his expression.

This made Su Yan feel a little helpless. The actual situation was different from what he had speculated before. The protagonist could be considered a powerful person, ten times more powerful than the poor scholar.

The night was getting darker, but Su Yan was sitting alone in the cabin, not yet undressing to fall asleep.

After a period of exploration, he discovered another good thing, that is, the Jade Slave "smuggled" in, or that he was not isolated from the world in the book, and still looked like a hairpin tied to his head.

However, the Jade Slave could not show up to help his master, or even speak. He could only communicate with Su Yan mentally, and transmit a little bit of power through the air to strengthen the power of his master's thoughts.

What does that mean?Now there was a candlestick in front of Su Yan. As he concentrated, the candlelight actually began to sway without wind, as if it was disturbed by some mysterious force.

Su Yan used all her strength and stared for a long time, and finally extinguished the candle with the power of her thoughts.

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Su Yan felt a headache, "I have superpowers, but can I really win nine times out of ten with this? No, I have to win the key games!"

While secretly communicating with Yu Nu, he planned to relight the candle. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a clear sound of dice was suddenly heard in his ears.

The sound sounded far and near, as if it was coming from the ship next door, but there was only one ship at this pier.
coming!

Su Yan didn't call anyone, but just lit the candlestick calmly. As soon as the candle was lit, he saw two maids in green clothes walking into the room. The door was obviously closed.

The two girls looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, with childlike teeth and pretty faces. They first bowed together and bowed together, then said: "My master feels that the long night is very boring, so he ordered me to come and pay my respects." Invite all the guests to come and gather together to break the loneliness."

Su Yan was not panicked, but asked thoughtfully: "Who is the surname of the master of your family? Is he a good friend of Wang?"

The maids in green clothes said in unison: "I know myself when I meet you, and I dare not reveal my master's name easily."

Su Yan smiled and said, "Well, since I regard myself as a heroic hero, it is rare for a wonderful person to invite you during this long night, so I should go and talk to you."

The maid in blue bowed again and took the initiative to turn around and lead the way.

As soon as they got out of the cabin, it was dark and misty outside, and they couldn't see their fingers. The pair of maids didn't ask for candles, but just helped Su Yan forward, one on the left and the other on the right.

At first, Su Yan felt that he was walking on the wooden planks of a building, but as he walked, he felt that the things under his feet were neither wood nor stones, but like walking on grease, which was extremely slippery. If you hold on, you might have fallen down long ago.

At the same time, he heard the sound of rushing water coming from his ears, as if he was in the waves, and his nose could smell the fishy smell of the sea breeze. However, he couldn't see anything and could only rely on his imagination to imagine where he was. environment.

Soon, the two maids stopped moving forward and just stood there supporting Su Yan.

After a long time, Su Yan saw a bright light from a distance, gradually magnifying in the dark world, and the sound of waves gradually stopped in his ears.

"We're here. Guests, be careful. Let's get off the ship and go ashore."

The maid in green helped Su Yan to the shore. The three of them walked for a while and saw bright lights all around. The long streets were lined with high-rise courtyards and continuous houses.

When she got here, the maid stopped supporting her and just led Su Yan into a mansion with tall walls and majestic buildings. This mansion was more gorgeous than the others, like a prince's home.

The further inside Su Yan could hear the sound of dice rolling, which was the same as what he heard on the boat before.

When several people arrived at the door of a hall, a maid went in first to announce.

Soon, the maid came out and reported, "The master is here to greet the guests in person."

Almost as soon as she finished speaking, Su Yan saw four noble officials wearing black gauze hats, dragon robes, white jade belts around their waists, and black soap boots walking around the screen and walking out of the hall.

The appearance of these four noble officials is quite strange and ancient. They are very similar to the statues of gods painted in the mortal world. They all have thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a majestic look.

As soon as they came out, they rushed forward with a very warm attitude. The first of them, a noble official in purple robes, bowed his hands and said: "We meet by chance. We have nothing to do in a foreign country. I specially invite Mr. Wang to come and spend the night together. I hope you won’t be offended, sir.”

"How dare you?" Su Yan responded with a smile and cupped his hands, showing no sign of stage fright.

This made the four of them nod secretly. They were indeed a bit brave. No wonder they had such a bad reputation in the mortal world.

The group of people entered the gorgeous hall decorated with corals and pearls. The purple-robed nobleman asked Su Yan to take a seat at the VIP table. Su Yan repeatedly gave way, fully reflecting the ancient etiquette in interactions, but in the end he refused. Then he was willing to sit down.

After the maid brought the tea, Su Yan sipped the tea and asked politely: "I look at you all as extraordinary and extraordinary people. May I ask what your official rank is?"

The purple-robed bearded man laughed, "I'm afraid I'll scare you when I tell you. To be honest, I am the Water God of Poyang Lake, and the other three princes here are also the kings of the five lakes.

"I was originally here to meet the leader of the Dongting Lake Alliance, but unfortunately, the leader was out of town for something, so we stayed here and waited for more than two days."

"Tonight the moon is dim and the clouds are gloomy, which really makes me feel depressed and unhappy. We, Mr. Suwen, are usually quite cheerful, so we don't mind making mistakes and ordered my servants to ask you to live here."

"Assuming that you don't use the excuse of 'human beings and gods have different paths' as an excuse to refuse, then it would really be an honor for us."

When Su Yan heard this, he looked astonished. He stood up and clasped his fists at the four water gods again, "I am a reckless and foolish man, Corporal Chenzhuo. I am afraid that I will not deserve such courtesy from you all."

Several noble officials suddenly laughed, "No, no, sir, sit down quickly." "Sit down quickly."

The God of Poyang Lake called his servants to come in and said: "Good gatherings are rare, and good nights are short. I have heard for a long time that Mr. Wang is good at acanthus, so let's stop procrastinating and have a good time!"

Several other lake gods also agreed, and they all seemed to be old gamblers.Su Yan couldn't help but sigh that this man named Wang could receive such courtesy from the God of the Four Lakes. This "God of Gambling" might have spread far and wide, and he really couldn't disgrace his name.

After the attendants arranged the gambling table and gambling equipment in the hall, the five people gathered around.

According to the ancient method of making acanthus, the touzi should be five almond-shaped wood chips. Each touzi has two sides, one side is painted black and the other side is painted white. Two of the touzi need to be painted on the black side. A calf and a wild pheasant painted on the white surface.

In this way, there are four colors of "black, white, pheasant, and calf", which can produce twelve combinations. The highest lottery, which is the jackpot, requires five stones to be thrown, all black, three of which are pure black, and two of which are black. The calf is called [Lu].

When the ancients gambled, it was similar to that of later generations. They all hoped that they would get the best result and shouted: "Lu! Lu! Lu!" Therefore, later generations also called gambling "Hulu".

But what Su Yan saw in front of him at this moment was not that kind of old antique, but an improved version. The two tips of the touzi were cut off, and they were long and square, with two sides made into six sides, and engraved with numbers. In fact, it looked the same as The dice are almost done.

The only difference is that in addition to the numbers engraved on the six sides of the touzi in front of you, each side is also divided into two colors: black and red, one black and two red, three black and four red, five black and six red.

The God of Poyang Lake first told Su Yan about the gambling rules here: "Tonight's bet will be on the first color, with red as the color. Whoever throws the most reds will win; if the number of reds on both sides is the same, , then compare the numbers, whoever has the bigger number wins."

Su Yan naturally agreed, and was already praying secretly in his heart that Yu Nu must work harder.

If he loses the bet tonight, he is not afraid that the great masters in front of him will turn against him, but he is afraid that the plot will not go on, and he may not even be able to see Cui Xiuyun's face, let alone leaving the world in the book.

"Come on, come on! Start, start."

The four old gamblers did not bet with each other, so they took turns betting against Su Yan. It seemed that they were determined to learn his gambling skills.

When Su Yan was in front of the battle, he suddenly remembered something: Oops!These are not mortals, they are probably water gods born from dragons. Will they notice if I cheat? ?

If you cheat in front of a gambler, you know with your toes what the outcome will be. I'm afraid a beating is a mild punishment, and you may even be scorned by these four guys and kicked out.

"I go first." The God of Poyang Lake took five throwing stones and threw them into the jade basin. Four black and one red were thrown first.

He himself looked quite dissatisfied, and several old friends also laughed, "It seems that I have made up my mind to give up one game first."

Su Yan reluctantly laughed along with him. He didn't dare to cheat in the first game and could only rely on God's will to win the five-piece throw.

As a result, we were pretty lucky, with three blacks and two reds, just a small win.

"Let's give in." As soon as Su Yan clasped his fists, Poyang Lake God pushed a chip over and said, "Come again!"

Although I don’t know how much gold and silver this chip, which looks like a chess piece, is worth, it is definitely something that no mortal can earn in a lifetime of hard work.

In this way, Su Yan concentrated on gambling with the Poyang Lake God.

In the beginning, both sides lost and won, and it was all based on luck. It must be said that these water gods had a very high moral standard. They did not use their divine power to cheat or deceive ordinary people. This made Su Yan even more ashamed.

But seeing the God of Poyang Lake gradually win back the chips, a smile gradually spread on his face, Su Yan couldn't hold it in any longer!He gritted his teeth and said, "No, I have to cheat if I should. I'm sorry, everyone."

Su Yan knew that if he was discovered, he would end badly, but all this was to break the situation, to save his aunt and escape.

After Poyang Lake God threw a ball with four reds and one black, he immediately stroked his beard and laughed, "It seems that I won this one again. Mr. Wang, you came in a hurry this time and have no property, so you need me to borrow some chips temporarily." For you?"

"No need," Su Yan showed a determined look, "I think back then I lost everything in a gambling house and almost pawned my underwear. In the end, I didn't come back with a lot of money. Let's see what I do. Come on! "

He took five throws and it was just one shuttle!
The four people around him were infected by his emotions. They held their breath for a while and stared at the jade basin nervously. They saw the throwing gradually stopped, and Su Yan's energy was also concentrated to the extreme!
At this moment, he felt that the passage of time had slowed down, and every turn of the toss, the colors and numbers on each side were flowing through his heart.

Before he could intervene, the first throw stopped, red two; then the second, third, fourth, and fifth balls stopped one after another.

Su Yan seized the opportunity and turned the original black three into a red four. He just happened to use his force when the investment was almost exhausted. The effort expended in this way was the smallest and the result obtained was the most accurate.

He didn't need to take action on the remaining three coins. Although they were still four red and one black, Su Yan's four red coins were 2, 4, 6, and 6. The total added up to 2 points. The four red characters of Poyang Lake God were respectively. Yes, 2, 4, 6, [-], which adds up to fourteen points. Su Yan wins this round!
The Poyang Lake God's expression changed greatly when he saw this, and finally he couldn't help but sigh, "Sir, your gambling skills are indeed superb, come again!"

The other three lake gods also nodded, and they didn't seem to notice Su Yan cheating.

Su Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, perhaps because the nature of the demon's power itself was difficult to detect, and the little power he could borrow was even more insignificant, so he was not discovered by the gods on the opposite side.

Even so, he still had to use it sparingly. I hope he was lucky enough today, otherwise he would have exhausted his energy and fainted here.

After a night of gambling, it was almost five o'clock in the morning, and the four lake gods were either pale or livid, their eyes were dull, or they were in extreme pain.

Yes, Su Yan won all the chips in their hands!
And he already knew the value of these chips, which totaled one hundred thousand in gold and silver!It can be called an astronomical figure, ten times as much as Wang Youle's ship's wealth. It can be said that all the small treasuries of the Four Lakes Water Gods were planted here.

Seeing this, Su Yan coughed and said, "Chengzheng, chengzheng, four more brothers have invited me. I've had enough tonight, little brother. The sky is getting brighter, why don't we break up?"

The God of Poyang Lake looked at Su Yan with a look that wanted to eat people, but he still had a bottom line and just smiled bitterly and said: "Okay, I will order my servants to send Mr. Wang back. Today I can be considered to have learned Mr. Wang's miraculous skills. "

"Wait!" The Taihu Water God slapped the gaming table with a dark face, looking extremely unconvinced.

This made other colleagues look at him sideways to see what tricks he was going to pull off.

Su Yan was also happy and unafraid, not afraid that the other party would turn against him and take action.

The Taihu Water God shouted to the outside: "Bring the jade hook!"

Su Yan was overjoyed, she had been waiting for this drama.

I saw two attendants brought by the Taihu Water God, entering with a precious golden silk brocade box in their hands.

The water god himself put the long box on the table and opened it. Inside the box, he saw a jade hook nearly a foot long. The jade was snow-white and shaped like an upside-down lotus. As soon as it was taken out of the box, it was illuminated by the light. One room!It is obviously a rare treasure.

Because Su Yan was mentally prepared, he originally planned to pretend to be surprised and liked it, but the moment he saw the jade hook, he couldn't hide the shock in his eyes!

Because he vaguely sensed Cui Xiuyun's aura from the jade hook, the Jade slave who was observing secretly let out a sigh. She secretly said to Su Yan: "This seems to be your lost aunt."

(End of this chapter)