Book 32 - Chapter 8 – Encountering Fairy in Changan (1/2)
Entering the Six-Happiness Casino’sinize froed to the Xiang Falance, this casino did not look like the Xiang Fa; but although the form was not there, the spirit was there
First of all, the ga equip, were all equally gorgeous and carefully selected for quality
Secondly, in thetables was also arranged according to the Five Phases of Chinese Philosophy [ie five elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, water], ie exactly twenty-five tables, which was identical to the Pengcheng’s Xiang Family Casino
Thirdly, which was also thelotus palace , beautiful woh their clothes were relatively conservative, but they have been carefully designed to show theirthan baring their breasts and revealing their arms
The four fireplaces in the , so that the main hall felt like it was another world, a warm one, which was entirely different from the heaven and earth outside On top of that, the uests, it was bustling with noise and excitement, the cla with thestood still for ahim, he then strolled casually into the ames Four wins and one loss later, because the bet he put doas rather heavy, very quickly he won nearly a hundred taels of ga Lei Jiuzhi’s instruction, and seeing that the ame in the main hall was not dice but Pan Tan, he proceeded inside
This hall was comparatively smaller, only half the size of the main hall, but there was a side hall connected to it These two halls combined, the total area was comparable to the main hall On the other end there was an entrance to another room, with a plaque over the entrance, ‘Honored Guest Hall’ There was also a bigthe door Obviously it was not a place where anybody could enter casually
The game in the middle of the middle-inner hall was Pai Jiu; it also had twenty-five tables, with either four, six, or eight seats per table The tables were about half the size of the bigger tables in the a the outcoainst the bankers; therefore, each table was surrounded full of people
Xu Ziling chose a table that was so crowded that not one drop can trickle through to enjoy the excitement It was not until he squeezed himself in that he understood why this table was so popular The reason was that seated on one of the chairs was a thousand-tender, a hundred-char and pretty woman, but by comparison, she was eclipsed hand down, just like a sht moon
This woman was as delicate as flower, as refined as precious jade, her a; it could be said that she was one notch superior to Mada, she did not appear to be a woman from a respectable family Her manner loose, her eyes brazen, the way she fetched the tiles and spread the tiles was quite practiced, her bets were heavy and fierce, frohter, adding quite a warame
With the exception of the female banker, the other five seats were occupied by four youthful paed fat man The other people could only place their bets from the periphery
Fro in the circle and watching When her gaze swept over Xu Ziling, as half a head taller than other people, it lingered a moment, but then it was as if she did not care any chips in front of her to know that she was a big winner Besides, the fe with sweats, a clear sign that she was losing and was in panic
The cards were dealt
As if she was perfor tricks, the banker shuffled the Pai Jiu tiles into two groups, and then tossed the dice to decide ould pick the cards first
Pai Jiu has Straight, Big, and Sht Pai Jiu, there could be fro six tiles The dealer then groped seven tiles and took the lead to play After putting forth the tile, the next player drew a tile in succession; either to discard a tile or to capture the tile If the tiles at hand formed two sets of suit plus one barbarian [yi] tile, then it was a ‘hu’, in which he would push the tiles and triu Pai Jiu, four tiles became a set, which were divided further into two suits to determine victory or defeat Win or lose was decided whether the tiles for the dots The pairs were heaven, earth, man, and ‘civil’ and ‘military’ suits
The Small Pai Jiu was the ether Victory or defeat was decided only using two tiles for Pai Jiu, only it was short one set
The ga Pai Jiu, hence each player picked up four tiles
This tiood, she picked the cards and took a look, ihtly knitted her brows, but her expression was still beautiful and enchanting, bri flirtatious expression
She suddenly laughed aloud, like a tre stem of flower Those who looked at her, none did not have their mind thrown into disorder and their spirit bewitched With a flip of her jade hand, she revealed her tiles; unexpectedly it was a man-six suit combined with man-five
When the dealer flipped the tiles, none of the ga Turned out the cards did not form any pair at all; it was a total defeat of the ar secretly ht to take over the banker’s position But this kind of high-profile practice certainly did not fit his identity as a professional gambler; thereupon hethe S, there was an unending strea their seats Xu Ziling seized the opportunity to take a seat He lost a couple of rounds first, losing more than twenty taels But in the third round he placed a five hundred taels worth of ga chips Immediately everyone raised their eyebrows
The fe bet, even in such a big casino in big city of Chang’an like this – was not co at three consecutive hands, Xu Ziling applied the secreton his outstanding ht, which was a hundred times sharper than ordinary people, and his unusual skill, no matter how the tiles were shuffled, he was able to track the position of severalas he could affect where the points would land, he had seventy-, eighty-percent confidence of winning
Right thisat hied man He also noticed that the felance at hi knew that thisthe ga table to watch suddenly burst into an uproar; unexpectedly the beautiful ga table squeezed her way in to join the excite a lot of sparkling color and lively fragrance immediately made the mood differ
The beauty’s eyes landed on his bet first, and thendeliberately did not pay her any attention; he acted as if he had zero interest in her
The female banker waved her slender hand; three diced fell into a copper dish The dice spun very fast at first before gradually slowing down, beco sent out a streaquan acupoint, flowing through the ground, along the table leg, and toward the copper dish In all the world, it was not that no one had deeper true qi than he, but being able to control true qi re could compare with him
Even if there were any expert nearby, he could forget about being able to see through that he was playing trick in the dark
The dice finally stopped spinning
The dealer dealt the tiles according to the nu’s pair of eyes eht; he only stared fixedly on the tiles in front of hiaer to feel the bottoh what is true and what is false of the row of Pai Jiu tiles in front of hi cards; her spirit was aroused, she cried out tenderly, “Open the cards!”
One after another the gamblers laid their cards on the table; they were all sht, ht ate the, Xu Ziling calmly flipped the tiles for everybody to see None of the crowd standing around to watch did not exclaim in admiration Turned out it was a pair of supre to the rule, the banker lance toward the edto the rule!”
While Xu Ziling was collecting his winnings, the beauty suddenly said, “Let me be the banker this next round”
It was as if the banker has received the Eave up her seat to her If a guest becae of the winning as coh, it could be quite profitable