This is so beautiful, I'm covered

Pointing hanging heads is not pointing hanging heads, but the money in their hands.

There were a total of [-] live hooks present, and everyone got the same amount of capital when they boarded the boat.

On the day of sailing, an inventory will be carried out at midnight every day to count the remaining money in the hands of the live dealers and total them in batches.

Which batch of live hanging heads has the most remaining money, the corresponding master will temporarily lead.

At this time, it is the junction point from the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to the sixteenth day of the first month, and it is almost the end of the new year.

Following the maid's words, everyone stopped moving, and the venue fell silent.

"Please stay put and put all your assets in front of you."

The live hangers all sat cross-legged on the ground, facing the high platform on the second floor one after another, took out all the bank notes or broken silver on their bodies, and piled them up in front of them.

At this time, dozens of people who looked like servants lined up at the stern of the boat, counting the money one by one in an orderly manner.

Most of the attention during the dinner was on the hanging head area.

Kou Yi didn't take it seriously, picked up the teapot and poured water for himself.

He really wanted to let himself go and not think about anything, but unfortunately Zhou Yuansi was sitting at the top of the back, so he had to drift his thoughts away.

Zhou Yuansi is not a person who does not do business properly, he must have a purpose for getting on this cruise ship.

As the only arms family in the southeast region, the Zhou family often dealt with the government.

Wen to the governor's mansion, Wu to the army camp.

The majestic and upright leader of the southeast, most dislikes the way of the false and the snake, and disdains the intercourse with merchants.

On the contrary, Governor Li had been friendly with the Zhou family before he was promoted to the second-rank governor, and had frequent contacts with the Zhou family after he was promoted.

Between officials and businessmen, it’s all about those activities. As long as the bottom line is not touched, no one will take it to heart.

Commercial routes and political routes have always been connected together, without political routes, commercial routes would be impassable.

The Li family was burned down a while ago, and the Zhou family completely lost the support of the court, so it is understandable to find a new backer.

Therefore, there must be a high-ranking official's son on this ship, who is worthy of Zhou Yuansi's attachment.

"Hey," Pei Yuli suddenly held Kou Yi's hand and said, "It's full."

Kou Yi's mind was pulled back, only then did he see that the tea had reached the rim of the cup, almost overflowing.

He put down the teapot, picked up the cup and took a sip as if nothing had happened.

Pei Yuli glanced at the honored guest on the second floor and at Kou Yi's expression during the time he spent just now, thinking about it.

He also took a sip of the tea in the cup with Kou Yi's hand, immediately "hissed" and said, "It's hot! Are you afraid of being hot, Master Kou?"

The tea was left for a while, and it was still warm, but it would be ridiculous to say it was boiling hot.

Kou Yi didn't know what kind of coquettish Pei Yuli was playing, so he put the cup on the table and looked at him silently.

Pei Yuli just smiled like a fool, and said in a breathy voice: "I'm just joking."

"After counting the hanging heads every time, the rest of the distinguished guests in the venue can freely choose whether to join the game." The voice of the maid in front continued, "There are two ways to participate."

These words fell into Pei Yuli's ears, and he turned his head to listen.

"First, if there is a situation where there is not enough chips to be forced to leave the game, VIPs can voluntarily fill their seats."

The people who do the work are already penniless or heavily in debt. In short, they are desperate poor ghosts. They can only rely on this method to fight for their own way out, and the risk is extremely high.

The winning rate of picking one out of 400 people, as long as they become one of the other 390, it will be completely over.

Gambling rarely stops when the principal is spent, because gamblers take chances.

When they do not have enough money in their hands as bargaining chips or to repay debts, they are very likely to choose to mortgage their body parts.

Hands, feet, ears, nose, internal organs, etc., may all be separated from one's own body.

It wasn't until the end that he lost his life on the gambling table that he was completely out of the game.

Therefore, the hanging head is not a person at all, but just a plaything for the rich.

Anyone on this ship who can live a good life and have a normal mind will not voluntarily become a member of it.

The maid also knew this very well, so she said something hastily, and then continued: "Secondly, distinguished guests can choose to place bets, one choice per day, and win or lose with the selected bet on that day."

It means that people are selected to place bets at the time of day, and no substitutions can be made until the next day.

In each twelve hours, if the selected stake wins, the bettors will win money; if the selected stake loses, the bettors will lose money.

If the selected bet loses nothing, the bettor can also choose whether to sponsor or not.

In this way, the rich and the rich in the casino will no longer be separated from each other, and the entire casino will become one.

This is the charm of the four-month closed game.

"It's so cruel." Pei Yuli shook his head and sighed, and when he turned around, his eyes paused for a moment on the left-hand corridor on the second floor.

There, the three young masters sitting at the head and side of the carved wooden table were all attentively listening to the rules spoken by the maid.

Only the person sitting in the lower seat kept rubbing the teacup with one hand wearing a jasper finger ring, and lightly tapped his own robe with the other hand. Although his eyes were on the maid, his mind was obviously not there.

His body tends to lean forward towards the person sitting in the main seat opposite him. This is a posture that expresses intimacy and flattery at the same time.

Pei Yuli squinted his eyes and asked, "Master Kou, how many times have you escorted a boat like this?"

"I can't remember." Kou Yi replied.

"Do you know any of those above?"

"No." Kou Yi's expression remained unchanged, "I only care about escorting the darts, and I don't care about dealing with others. What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Pei Yuli looked at Kou Yi's expression, and continued, "I just feel that it doesn't suit my eyes, and I don't like it."

"...Which one doesn't suit your eyes?"

"Just the one with his back to us, I don't like him."

Kou Yi's thumb turned into the ring of Chui Tianyun's handle, and after a while, he asked, "Why?"

Pei Yuli paused, and said, "Master Kou, you don't know them, why don't you look back and see which one I'm talking about?"

Kou Yi followed suit with his movements.

This guy surnamed Pei is really smart, but also hateful.Always expose the lies of others in person, without giving any face.

"I didn't mean to trick you," Pei Yuli continued seeing that he was silent, "I'll tell you what I saw first."

Kou Yi raised his eyes and glanced at him, acquiescing to him to continue talking.

"There were four people at that table. The one sitting at the head seat was a foolish man with a lot of money and a lot of money. He was probably the son of an official. The two at the side table seemed to be just here for fun, so they can be ignored. Only the one in the lower seat, with wicked eyebrows and mouse eyes, could be seen at first glance. Think about the rest."

"How do you know that the person in the main seat is the son of an official?" Kou Yi raised his eyebrows lightly.

"The person in the lower position has to lean forward, and it looks like he is flattering. Sitting on the second floor, if he is not a rich family among the rich, he can only be a high-ranking person. The people are against the officials, and the bottom is against the top. If you are so attentive, the other party is likely to be a rich man." Pei Yuli analyzed it lightly, then took a sip of tea leisurely, and said, "Actually, I don't want to say that that person has a wicked eyebrow."

The words meant something, Kou Yi leaned back and asked "why" with his eyes.

"because..."

The maid's clear voice sounded suddenly.

"The counting is over, and I will announce the balance of the four masters one by one."

Pei Yuli held the tail of her words, and continued the second part softly: "That person's facial features are somewhat similar to yours."

Kou Yi's breathing sank.

He didn't expect Pei Yuli to say this.

Zhou Yuansi kept his back to the first floor, even if he looked back occasionally, he only showed a side face.

I don't know when Pei Yuli started to observe. Not only did he eloquently describe the general situation, but he also guessed that Zhou Yuansi had a relationship with him.

"Don't be angry," Pei Yuli tugged at his forearm, confused the point, "You have sharp eyebrows and handsome eyes, it's rare to see someone similar to your face. The similarity I'm talking about is just similarity in spirit , in terms of appearance, you are much more handsome than him."

Kou Yi knew that this was not what he wanted to say.

Sure enough, Pei Yuli continued: "I'm not going to ask about your affairs, just ask, do you not like him too?"

The use of "also" in this sentence is wonderful.

Not only does it smell like a common enemy, but it also hints at one point: he doesn't like Zhou Yuansi because Kou Yi doesn't like it.

This is standing in line and showing favor.

Kou Yi thought about it and nodded.

"If he really came prepared, he will definitely sell a favor to that heartless person this trip." Pei Yuli said close to Kou Yi, "If I were on this ship, the best way to sell favors would be ..."

Kou Yi took up the conversation: "Find a gambler with good gambling skills to be a gambler, and first control the situation in your hands. At the critical moment, give away the stable winning game, and the other party will owe you the favor."

"That's right," Pei Yuli twitched the corner of his mouth, with a faint light in his eyes, and asked, "If you don't like him, I'll break his game and vent my anger for you, okay?"

"Young Master Qin has a balance of 250 taels."

The maid's voice temporarily interrupted their conversation.

"Mr. Fang's balance is 630 taels."

"Prince Wang has a balance of 310 taels."

"Mr. Zhou's balance is 810 taels."

The order of reading is also very particular, Pei Yuli smiled lightly, and said, "My surname is Zhou."

"In the first round, Mr. Qin is temporarily leading, and no one is out. Is there anyone in the game who is willing to stand for it? When someone is out, he will automatically fill in."

In the first game, the gap between each team was very small, and naturally no one was kicked off so quickly.

"Answer me quickly," Pei Yuli patted Kou Yi again, "OK?"

Kou Yi's heart was numb after being patted by him.

Take it out on him.

In order to help him vent his anger, dare to do such a crazy thing?

How crazy!

Kou Yi was thinking like this, but he couldn't help being attracted by Pei Yuli, and there was a trace of uncontrollable restlessness in his heart.

His reason wanted to stop him, he thought about it for a while, but he only asked, "Are you sure?"

Pei Yuli thought he had received the answer, looked back with a smile for a moment, raised his hand, and amplified his voice, "I'm a candidate."

The sound of chaotic breathing seemed to stop for a moment.

The maid on the high platform paused for a moment before confirming, "Which host do you want to be the head of the master's house?"

Pei Yuli looked up at the side corridor on the second floor, made eye contact with the four young masters, and said slowly, "The Zhou family."