Unparalleled Double Harmony

The bet between Sun Yixie and Murong Ji spread throughout the city of Hangzhou in just a few days.

In order to show fairness, the two agreed: Murong Ji will decide the items to bet on, and Sun Yixie will arrange the time and place of the bet.

This is also quite reasonable, because Murong Ji is the "king of gambling", so it is easier to convince the public to entrust the content about gambling to him; and Sun Yixie is a local snake, so it is also easy for him to manage the venue and organize the audience. Get twice the result with half the effort.

Youdao is the mouth for storytelling and the legs for singing operas. We can say what we say.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the duel between the two.

This afternoon, the wind and the sun are beautiful.

Murong Ji and Liu Ming boarded a cruise ship on West Lake on time.

Today, Mr. Murong did not bring so many thugs, but only Liu Ming. After all, the space of the pleasure boats and paintings back then was limited, even though Sun Yixie picked a big boat with two floors. , but the area of ​​that floor can accommodate dozens of people.

The number of these dozens of people, apart from the two sides of the bet, naturally has to be reserved for the "audience" who came to witness, not for the dozens of thugs brought by a certain party.

Anyway, the people who can board this ship to watch the battle today are without exception the dignitaries in Hangzhou. No matter what, it is impossible for Sun Yixie to ambush Murong Ji in front of these people and sink him into the lake on the spot.

Therefore, Murong Ji did not need to bring so many people.

After getting on the boat, Mr. Murong and Liu Ming were immediately taken to the second floor. When he walked into the room (that is, the cabin of the painting boat), he found that there was already a circle of people sitting around the room, and the seats were almost full.

In the empty space in the middle of the room, a square table and four stools were already set up.

Murong Ji was not surprised by these decorations, because the match against Sun Yixie today - mahjong, was chosen by himself.

"Mr. Liu." Murong Ji came to the table, not in a hurry to sit down, but softly called Liu Ming.

Liu Ming understood immediately, and stepped forward to check the tables and chairs.

No one judges their behavior, because what they are doing at the moment is the right thing to do.

Anyone who has been to the gambling table knows that when you go to an important game, you have to be wary of anything offered by your opponent, because anything on... may be tampered with.

The drink you drink may be drugged, the chair you sit in may have traps, the table in front of you, even the floor, ceiling... Only you can't think of it, there is nothing impossible to do.

Most of the tricks you've seen in magic, whether with props or pure hand, have more foolproof versions.

Some of these techniques can be seen through on the spot with eyesight or experience, but there are many more... If you don't check in advance and take precautions, then even if you do it in front of your face, you won't be able to see through it.

"Master, there's no problem." Liu Mingzai reported to Murong Ji after carefully inspecting the tables, chairs and surrounding floor beams.

Murong Ji just nodded, ready to take his seat.

But just as he casually walked towards one of the chairs and was about to sit down, he hesitated again.

Because there are four seats here, which one should he sit on?

Thinking of this, Murong Ji looked around again.

Due to the limited space in the boat, the audience sitting at the front is only two meters away from the back of the gambler. Just stretch your neck to see the cards. If you choose the wrong seat, there will be a grandson sitting behind you. It is also a business partner with a good relationship, what should I do if I give the opposite party a secret code?
Liu Ming also quickly saw Murong Ji's concerns, so he continued: "Master, why don't we wait a bit, wait for that Sun Yixie to come, and see where he wants to sit first, and then we can make a fuss..."

Before he finished speaking, suddenly!

There was a sudden burst of pipa and suona singing outside the cabin.

With pipa as the accompaniment and suona as the main melody, a classic BGM from the movie "God of Gamblers" sounded impressively.

Immediately afterwards, the cabin door opened...

In the next second, Sun Yixie, dressed in fancy attire, wearing sunglasses and holding a dried salted fish in his mouth, appeared on stage accompanied by music.

It may be because this appearance has been rehearsed many times, so Brother Sun wanted to lengthen the process a little bit, so after he entered the door, he began to walk slowly in slow motion, anyway, he was walking forward very slowly...

Everyone present was shocked on the spot.

Especially Murong Ji and Liu Ming were stunned.

Murong Ji was thinking in his heart at the time: "Is this Sun guy crazy? Is he suspicious? Or does he look down on me?"

Just when he was puzzled, the music outside the house stopped abruptly, because Sun Yixie only taught the musicians a short section, and they would not be able to continue playing for a long time.

Sun Yixie immediately greeted him with a smile: "Hehehe...ahah..."

But just when he was about to speak with a smile, he stumbled and fell down on the spot.

Of course, this is not surprising. Think about it, there were sunglasses in those days, and there were glasses, so Sun Ge's sunglasses are obviously a pair of glasses that he dyed black with ink...

"Damn chicken!" Sun Yixie who fell down instinctively scolded the street, stood up again as fast as he could, and said while dusting off his body, "Uh huh... sorry, I wear sunglasses in the room I can't see the way."

That's what he said, but he still put on the sunglasses that he dropped off just now... and put them on backwards.

Seeing the other party's funny performance, Murong Ji's inner thoughts now are: "I was calculated to death by such a thing a few days ago? Could it be that I am also a fool?"

"Then what...Brother Murong, Mr. Liu." Sun Yixie seemed to want to change the topic to cover up his embarrassment, so he immediately continued, "What are you two doing standing? Please sit down."

"Oh...hehe." Liu Ming came back to his senses a little faster, he immediately cupped his fists and said with a dry smile, "Today's 'game' is played by Sun Gongzi... The master is not sitting, how can our guests have the nerve to sit?"

This is actually nonsense that makes no sense. I have only heard that there is a rule of waiting for the host to be seated first in the dinner game, but I have never heard of such a rule in the gambling game.

However, his specious theory didn't seem to make Sun Yixie aware of any special intentions.

"That's fine." Sun Yixie just responded casually, and then sat down on a nearby chair.

"Wait a minute!" At this moment, Murong Ji stopped him, "Brother Sun, you are the master, you should sit facing south, that is... the seat over there."

Murong Ji reacted quickly this time. He thought that Sun Yixie's "sit casually" appearance must be pretending, so he asked Sun Yixie to sit opposite to whichever seat Sun Yixie chose. Then go grab the one chosen by Sun Yixie.

"Huh?" Sun Yixie was taken aback when he heard the words, "How can you tell the difference between south, east and north on the boat?"

It's all about complaining, but he still moved according to what Murong Ji said.

"Okay... You said that this is north is north, anyway, I couldn't find north anyway." Sun Yixie is telling the truth, otherwise how could he "reverse high-speed rail"?

"Hmm..." Upon seeing this, Murong Ji didn't answer any more. He just came to the seat he had won and sat down, and motioned for Liu Ming to sit on his left, that is... he could "feed the card" to him. that side.

Sun Yixie saw all of these, but he didn't care.

"You two, would you like something to drink?" Sun Yixie asked when he saw that the two were sitting down.

Murong Ji and Liu Ming were a little confused by his question, because the gamblers back then generally didn't have the habit of eating and drinking while gambling, let alone hugging a beautiful woman by their side as a vase.

Maybe some princes and nobles will do this in private gambling games, but ordinary folk gambling, especially when playing mahjong, a game that requires continuous drawing and playing of cards, will not do this...

"No need." Murong Ji hesitated for a few seconds, then said that there was no need to drink.

"I don't need it either." Liu Mingzi said the same.

As mentioned earlier, they should try to avoid accepting what the other party offers to prevent fraud.

"Oh, that's fine..." Sun Yixie turned to an attendant who was standing by and said, "Man, give me a bowl of soy milk."

"Yes." The servant answered and left.

Murong Ji and Liu Ming really couldn't understand Sun Yixie... At that time, the most common so-called "beverages" were tea and wine, and the positioning of soy milk was similar to "soup". It was for breakfast, but Sun Yixie would actually ask for a bowl on this occasion?The key is that there is really one on this ship?

Yes, there are...

Today, the second floor of the boat is the gambling venue, and the first floor is the "preparation area". There is not only soy milk, but most of the tea and wine, and a lot of dried fruit and snacks.

Of course, in addition to being used for stocking, another function of the first floor is to give the attendants brought by the distinguished guests on the second floor a place to stay. After all, the space on the ship is really limited. , it would be too crowded.

"Brother Tang, come and sit down too." After Sun Yixie ordered the soy milk, he turned his head and called out to Tang Weizhi who was already waiting in a corner of the room.

When the latter heard the sound, he quickly passed through the auditorium and came to the card table.

Today's Tang Weizhi, dressed in strong attire, looks radiant and full of energy; obviously, his previous injury has almost healed.

"I've met Mr. Murong and Mr. Liu." Tang Weizhi first greeted the two with his fists in his arms, and then said "Master" to Sun Yixie's gaze, and then sat down.

Murong Ji and Liu Ming looked at him, and exchanged glances again. At this moment, they both wondered in their hearts: "It's him?"

It's normal for them to be surprised, because they infer from common sense that if Sun Yixie wants to find a mahjong partner, he will probably find his brain trust Xue Tui, or simply invite a local gambling master to help out... But they didn't expect , Tang Weizhi, the "player" who watched the West Lake private seat, can sit up.

So what is the level of Tang Weizhi's gambling skills?

In a word - old gambler.

You may have forgotten that Tang Weizhi, the "No. 19 disciple of the former Kongtong Sect", was expelled because he was fond of gambling, owed a lot of debts, and accidentally beat to death the rascal who came to collect debts. Shimen ruined a great future.

Later, when he was wandering in the rivers and lakes, when he gave up on himself, he did not gamble less, but he still had a bottom line, he didn't do evil by relying on martial arts like the red plum bird...

Even though Tang Weizhi was poor enough to beg for food, he never harmed the common people.

Later, he was so hungry that he went to the West Lake Lounge to eat Bawang's meal. He wanted to be sent to jail, but was taken in by Sun Yixie... After that, Tang Weizhi quit gambling.

In fact, no one has ever persuaded him to quit gambling, but he himself felt that he finally met a nobleman and had a chance to be a man again, so he must not fall again.

Because of this, since a year ago, Tang Weizhi has never touched anything related to gambling. Even if someone told him not to gamble and just asked him to make up the numbers at the poker table, he firmly refused.

But today, the young master ordered him to act, so he naturally had to make an exception.

Seeing this, some people may want to say, even if he is an old gambler, he is still an old gambler who has lost to the point of debt. Isn't this a rookie?Useful?
Then you might as well think of it this way, is there anyone in this world who never loses money after gambling for a long time?
To put it bluntly, as long as gambling is carried on in the long run, there are only two kinds of people who can guarantee winnings: one is the one who runs the casino, and the other is the one who cheats.

Even if there are a very small number of people who can achieve a winning rate of more than [-]% in a certain high-tech event with skill and luck without cheating, such people are only rare... equivalent to modern professional mahjong players .

Murong Ji, who was born in a gambling family and known as the "Gambling Overlord", is at this level.

If it is higher than this, then it is really a superpower, a trickster, or a gambler.

Therefore, relying on Tang Weizhi's "old gambler" skills, it was enough to come to help Sun Ge.

Instead of worrying about his gambling skills, it is better to worry about his problem of "can't hide things on his face". After all, the main reason why he lost money in the first place was actually the problem of "expression management".

As for why Sun Yixie didn't temporarily hire a "master foreign aid" from the casino, it's also very simple-it's a matter of trust.

How do you know that the person you are looking for will not be bought by the other party in advance?How do you know if he will ask someone to buy peripherals to bet on himself to lose, and then deliberately play you?
Anyone who has watched Hong Kong gambling movies knows that in such an important game like this, for those who partner with you, skill is second, and loyalty is the first.

"Master, your soy milk." Not long after, the attendant brought up a bowl of hot soy milk from downstairs.

Sun Yixie took the bowl, blew it immediately, and took a sip. After feeling that the temperature was okay, he raised his voice and said to everyone in the room: "Everyone, I'm sorry to keep you waiting for a long time. It is a great honor for Sun to be a witness of the bet between Brother Murong and I, and here I will serve you a bowl of wine instead of pulp!"

After he said this, the guests in the room also raised their teacups or wine glasses one after another, talking politely for a while.

Then, Sun Yixie raised his neck and drank a bowl of soy milk, and all the guests also drank a cup.

After putting down the bowl, Sun Yixie said: "Then it's not too late, Brother Murong, let's start."

"En." Murong Ji heard the words, and immediately turned to look at Liu Ming, "Mr. Liu."

Liu Ming got the order, and put a wooden box that he carried with him on the table.

This was agreed by the two parties in advance. In addition to the gambling items being chosen by Murong Ji, the gambling equipment for the day will also be prepared by Murong Ji.

Therefore, the box that Liu Ming took out now contains the mahjong and chips that will be used today.