Chapter 35: Dice at the gambling table, sharp edge revealed

Jiang Ning stared at Hu Laoliu for a while, then turned and walked towards the gambling table.

The crowd automatically made way for Jiang Ning, and the four thugs returned to wait beside Hu Laoliu and stopped surrounding her.

"Two, five, six, thirteen, big." Jiang Ning said lightly.

The voice was neither loud nor soft, but in this quiet casino, everyone could hear it.

Lao Yu was so happy to see Liuye that he didn't react to what Jiang Ning was saying. It wasn't until someone next to him muttered "Open it" that he quickly opened the lid of the dice cup.

Three colorful dice lay in the dark basin, and the three sides facing up were exactly "two, five, six", without any error.

"Hiss! Really!" Everyone who saw it clearly looked at Jiang Ning in surprise, unable to understand how she heard it.

Hu Laoliu understood from the expressions of the crowd, and followed to the gambling table, and said to Jiang Ning with a meaningful smile: "I, Hu Laoliu, haven't been to the gambling table for many years, just because there is no one worth gambling with. You, a girl, are quite interesting."

"Thank you," Jiang Ning agreed casually, and then asked directly: "This is your territory, how do you want to gamble?"

After saying this, Jiang Ning didn't know why, but suddenly flashed through her mind the image of Liu Mingan writing a letter by the bridge. The scholar hadn't seen her for so long, I wonder if he would think of something.

Maybe he would worry about her?

"Better hurry up, don't be long-winded, I'm in a hurry." Jiang Ning added.

"Hahaha... Good! Good! Good!" Jiang Ning's temper just suited Hu Laoliu's appetite. He laughed and said, "You and I are both experts in playing dice, so let's play a game of dice and compare 'big', how about it?"

The so-called "playing dice" means that both parties shake three dice at the same time. If the rule is to compare big, the party with the larger sum of the three dice wins, and vice versa.

Unlike "betting on size", "playing dice" will have multiple odds, among which the simple winning and losing odds are five times, that is, the winner bets one piece, and the loser has to pay five pieces.

If you get a straight like "1-2-3", the odds are 10 times; if you get a small leopard like "1-1-1" or "5-5-5", the odds are 50 times; if you get a big leopard like "6-6-6", the odds are 100 times. You can

make money in a blink of an eye, and lose it in a blink of an eye. "Dice" is the cruelest and bloodiest thing in the casino, and it is also the thing that can most excite gamblers.

"Okay," Jiang Ning accepted the challenge, paused and said, "But I only have one or two taels of silver and the two hundred and four copper coins I just won. If I lose, I can't afford to pay." "

Hahaha..." Hu Laoliu laughed again, and then said, "Don't be afraid, girl. I can lend you money from my Jinyufang. If you lose and can't pay it back, you can use yourself to pay off the debt."

The old man is very good at calculating! You don't really think that these thugs can stop her, right?

"Okay, then I'll bet one or two taels of silver. If I win, I hope you don't owe me." Jiang Ning looked at Hu Laoliu coldly, with a look of contempt in his eyes.

This was a very impolite remark, and Lao Yu was the first to jump out and accuse: "Hey~ How can the little girl talk like that? Who is the Sixth Master? Would he be short of that little money? What's more, so many people are watching--"

Hu Laoliu made a gesture, and Lao Yu's voice stopped abruptly.

"The girl is courageous, so let's not talk too much and start."

Hu Laoliu had admiration in his eyes, and then waved his hand. Monkey understood and brought two dice cups, each with three dice, and placed them on both sides of the gaming table, one on the left and one on the right.

Jiang Ning walked to the right side of the gaming table and stood still. She picked up the dice and the dice cup and checked them from beginning to end to make sure that they had not been tampered with.

Hu Laoliu looked at Jiang Ning's movements and shook his head with amusement. It is true that some casinos cheat by filling dice with lead, but he disdains such despicable means.

After waiting patiently for Jiang Ning to finish the inspection, Hu Laoliu asked, "Can we start?"

Jiang Ning nodded and made a "please" gesture, indicating that Hu Laoliu should shake first.

Hu Laoliu laughed and did not refuse. He closed the lid of the dice cup with a "click", then picked up the dice cup with one hand and started shaking it.

Hu Laoliu's way of shaking the dice is completely different from Lao Yu's. Lao Yu holds the dice cup with both hands and shakes it straight up and down, while Hu Laoliu holds the dice cup with one hand and shakes it with his little finger holding the bottom of the cup. Not only that, Hu Laoliu first shook his right hand "dengdengdeng" violently, so fast that others couldn't see where his hand was, then he swung his arm and threw the dice cup high up, drew an arc in the air, and fell straight to the ground.

Everyone cried out "Ah" and their hearts were lifted, but they saw Hu Laoliu lower his body, stretched out his left hand from behind, and steadily caught the dice cup, and then changed his hand to start throwing, catching, throwing, catching... like a juggler, attracting the audience's attention and cheering loudly.

Jiang Ning was also watching carefully. When she saw Hu Laoliu change his hands, she always felt something strange. A closer look revealed that Hu Laoliu actually had six fingers on his left hand!

Polydactyly is a kind of deformity. Most patients have polydactyly on the thumb. Hu Laoliu's polydactyly grows on the little finger. It looks very flexible and not so strange.

"Pah!" Hu Laoliu was enjoying his performance. He slammed the dice cup on the table and urged Jiang Ning, "Girl, it's your turn."

Jiang Ning watched Hu Laoliu's nonsense for a long time and was impatient. She reached out to cover the dice cup. Just when everyone was excitedly expecting Jiang Ning to perform, she shook it two or three times, then put down the dice cup and stopped.

"You are fine now?" Hu Laoliu was a little unbelievable.

You know, for the "dice" gambling method, shaking the dice is also a big attraction. Whoever shakes the dice cup louder, faster, and with more tricks will have a stronger momentum. Jiang Ning, who shakes the dice casually, has already lost three points before seeing the result.

"Open it." Jiang Ning said.

It's not that Jiang Ning doesn't know these tricks, but she doesn't think it's necessary to make a fool of herself and waste time.

After being surprised, Hu Laoliu guessed what Jiang Ning was thinking. This girl has both ability and personality, so he could only laugh it off. He turned around and raised his chin to Lao Yu, motioning Lao Yu to open the lid of the dice cup.

Lao Yu nodded, stepped forward and shouted: "Everyone, look carefully! I'm going to start!"

It has been many years since we saw Hu Laoliu make a move, and everyone was full of expectations, stretching their necks to look inside.

The lid was opened, and Lao Yu, who saw the dice first, suddenly exclaimed "Ah", his voice trembling with excitement: "Three sixes! A big leopard! It's a big leopard!"

"You are worthy of being the Sixth Master!"

"It's amazing! The first move is a big leopard! I admire you..."

"The Sixth Master is the Sixth Master..."

The crowd was in an uproar, speaking compliments one after another, their faces all glowing, looking like they had just won a prize.

"Thank you for the award! I'm old, my skills are not as good as before, I'm sorry..." Hu Laoliu, who was in the center of the crowd, listened to the compliments from all sides, his eyes full of pride. The gambling table was his world, and no one could steal his limelight.

Jiang Ning looked at Hu Laoliu's complacent look, and it seemed that he had forgotten about the dice game with her. She could not help but tap the table with her fingers and said loudly: "Isn't it time to take a look at me?"

The voices in the casino fell silent, and then everyone laughed: "Oh! The little girl doesn't know her place! Once this 'big leopard' comes out, Master Liu has already won, do you know?"

Hu Laoliu also laughed: "Girl, you do have some skills, but it's a pity that you are still too young."

"Oh?" Jiang Ning raised her eyebrows, not understanding.

Seeing that she was not convinced, Hu Laoliu simply made things clear: "You are able to identify numbers by listening to sounds, which is one in a hundred. Unfortunately, you can't get away with just this ability in a casino. If I heard correctly, the number you shook out is 'four, five, five', and I'm a big leopard. You have already lost. The odds are a hundred times. I'll give you a small change. You owe me one hundred taels of silver."

Jiang Ning's exposed eyes flashed with obvious ridicule, and her tone was also very sarcastic: "Sixth Master, right? Sometimes you shouldn't be too confident. There are always people better than you. I think you'd better take a look at my points."

Jiang Ning's tone was so firm that Hu Laoliu doubted his own judgment. The smile on his face faded a lot, and he winked at Lao Yu.

Lao Yu understood what he meant and immediately shouted loudly: "Okay! Gentlemen, let's take a look at this girl's points."

Hu Laoliu leisurely turned the jade ring on his hand, not worried at all. He heard clearly that the girl's points were "four, five, five", which was not wrong.

Lao Yu had followed Hu Laoliu for many years and had never seen anyone who could beat his boss at the gambling table. Therefore, when Lao Yu opened the lid and saw the "six, six, six" in the dice cup, his mind was stunned.

"How, how is it possible?" Lao Yu couldn't believe his eyes.

The people around him looked over and shouted in surprise: "It's a big leopard, she is also a big leopard!"

Hu Laoliu instantly lost his composure and walked to the other end of the gambling table in two steps. Looking at the three dice in the dice cup, his brows were tightly wrinkled and he remained silent.

Both sides were big leopards, and the game ended in a tie.

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. It turned out that there were times when Master Liu couldn't win.

After a moment, Hu Laoliu looked at Jiang Ning and said slowly, "I underestimated you. The young are formidable."

"Thank you." Jiang Ning raised her eyebrows and replied casually.