Twenty-six, cutting power

When Feng Ajian was worried about Zhou Xuan here, Zhou Xuan had already brought Sizi and two Fenghua personal soldiers into the main cabin of Shunji treasure ship to see Prince Xuezhu.

Eight armored soldiers holding short axes were guarding the gate like sculptures. When they saw Zhou Xuan and the other four, they suddenly raised their axes in their hands and wanted to chop them, looking fierce and evil.

Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "Damn, I still want to show off my strength!"

The Siqi on the side looked at Zhou Xuan's face. When he showed his instructions, he saw Zhou Xuan smiling without any anger and praised: "The casino guardian is so majestic, it's great!"

The eight soldiers were stunned and thought to themselves, why did we become the guardian of the casino? We were the guards of the East Palace.

The Minister of the Honglu Temple in the Southern Han Dynasty was also a eunuch. Seeing Zhou Xuan stopping, he said, "Duke Zhou County, please."

Zhou Xuan said: "Don't call me the Duke of my county. I came to gamble at the invitation of Prince Liu. This is the casino. I am the gambler. Please call me Zhou Dake."

"Uh--" The Minister of the Honglu Temple also choked and thought to himself: "Master Guest? Why does it sound so awkward!"

Zhou Xuan then said: "Your Prince of the East Palace is now the shopkeeper of the casino. I am the guest official. Let your boss pick me up in person. Go quickly and tell your prince the original words."

Zhou Xuan said this not to intentionally anger Liu Shousu, but to his preferences. Liu Shousu's father, the Southern Han Emperor Liu Jixing, had a pair of skilled hands, and was good at making various exquisite objects with pearls. He also loved carving, jade carving, wood carving, and coconut shell carving. He was proficient in everything. Even famous carving craftsmen saw the things carved by Liu Jixing, they were all rare. Liu Jixing placed his carvings outside the palace gate for sale. He would sell them to whomever the minister bids a high price. At first, many ministers competed for Liu Jixing to please Liu Jixing and bought them at a high price.

But Liu Jixing was too diligent and had exquisite carvings every day. Sometimes, the ministers couldn't buy them a day, so they were not so enthusiastic. When Liu Jixing saw that he didn't sell them, he was furious and wanted to kill people. His punishment was quite cruel, including burning, peeling, boiling, picking, sword mountain, sword tree, etc. There were also animals and tigers and leopards in the back garden, which were arbitrarily dealing with subjects, which was extremely cruel. Therefore, Liu Jixing's carvings were extremely popular, with supply exceeding demand, and even if the price was low, Liu Jixing wanted to kill people.

The one who set up a stall to collect cash for Liu Jixing was his son Liu Shousu and Liu Dashang.

The Minister of the Honglu Temple was still hesitating, and Zhou Xuan shouted: "Go and report it in the original words, otherwise you will not escape to torture if you miss Prince Liu."

The Minister of the Honglu Temple quickly went in. After a while, accompanied by the slightly sharp laughter of Prince Xuezhu, a fat man wrapped in green satin came out. The eight soldiers quickly put away their axes and took a step back together.

The Snow Pig Prince loves green. His robe is green, his shoes are green, and his hat is naturally even green. This green outfit makes his white and fat round face look a little green, and he smiles happily and bows, "Haha, Zhou Dake Official, Zhou Dake Official comes to visit my casino, and is honored."

OK, it looks like a fat shopkeeper, very well! Zhou Xuan also bowed and smiled: "Ah, Shopkeeper Liu, I have heard that there are many ways to bet in the sea casino in Liu Da, so I will learn about it." His eyes were staring at Prince Snow Pig's head, and when he saw the cuckold, he remembered Princess Qingle.

Zhou's marriage envoy was indeed a wonderful person. Prince Xuezhu smiled and his sleeves were spread out: "Call Zhou Da Guest." He collapsed half of his shoulders, like a slave, and asked Zhou Xuan to come in diligently.

I saw a rectangular cabin twice as big as the golden hall of the Lingfei Treasure Ship. It was decorated with gold and jade, and was luxuriously arranged, just like a palace. There were eight wooden carved screens on both sides, and there was a circular small pond in the middle, which seemed inconsistent. At this time, it was already the time to hold the lights, and dozens of exquisite palace lanterns were reflected brightly.

What surprised Zhou Xuan was that the palace-like cabin was surrounded by silk and bamboo, and the music was scattered, and a team of dancers with red sleeves were dancing gracefully.

"Didn't Prince Snow Pig obey Lu Qiongxian's nonsense? Can't there be women on his boat? Why are there so many dancers who are not afraid of capsizing?"

Zhou Xuan said: "Shopkeeper Liu, as far as I know, it is not good to have too many women in the casino, which is not good for the dealer."

Liu Shousu widened his eyes and said, "Is that so? I don't know about this shopkeeper, but these are not women, haha."

Zhou Xuanqi said: "What does it mean?"

Liu Shousu slapped his puffy palm, and the singing and dancing stopped, and waved to a dancer to come.

The dancer came over and said with a sharp voice: "What are your instructions?"

With a "bang", the dancer was slapped heavily in the face by Liu Shousu. Liu Shousu said angrily: "Who asked you to call me Your Highness? You should call me the shopkeeper Liu Da. Dada, as soon as you open your mouth, you will lose your interest in the shopkeeper." Facing the eunuch beside you, "The order is passed, the big gambler Zhou Dake is here, and the people on the boat all call me the shopkeeper. If you dare to call me wrong, throw it into the sea to feed the fish."

The dancer who was slapped knelt on the ground and begged the shopkeeper for his life.

Zhou Xuan said: "Music brings wealth, and Manager Liu should not be too harsh to his servants."

Prince Xuezhu nodded and said, "What Zhou Dake said is reasonable-" shouted to the dancer: "Get up quickly, take off your skirt and let Official Zhou Dake see."

The dancer quickly got up and was in a panic to untidy his neckline.

Zhou Xuan frowned and said, "What is this in Manager Liu? Do you want to defeat my gambling luck?"

Prince Xuezhu waved his hand and said, "I am a casino, so how could I deliberately lose people and bet on the gambling market? Just look at it."

Zhou Xuan was just far away and couldn't see clearly. Under the red light of the lantern, the palace buns were towering and the red sleeves were floating. The dancer in the Southern Han palace should have a good appearance. But when he looked closer, the dancer had a tall cheekbones and a big mouth. Although he was covered with polish, he looked so strange. His chest was really tall. At this time, he was busy untiring his skirt, but he was not skilled. The lilac knot was originally torn into a dead knot, and the skirt could not be taken off at once.

"Idiot, idiot!" Liu Shousu had a bad temper and cursed: "I have three times in the shopkeeper. If you can't take it off again, throw it into the sea immediately-"

Before Liu Shousu could count, the dancer was in a hurry and grabbed the collar with both hands and pulled it down desperately. With a crack, half of the palace skirt was pulled off, and two more "clicks" sounded, rolling down two bowl-shaped coconut shells. Look at the dancer's naked upper body, skinny and flat chest muscles—

Prince Snow Pig shouted: "Take off again, take off all of them."

Zhou Xuan quickly said, "No, no, I understand." It turned out that this dancer was dressed by a little eunuch, with a coconut shell and breasts. Liu Shousu really likes men, no, he likes people who are neither male nor female.

Prince Snowpig waved his hand and asked the little eunuch in the torn dress to go away, and the other eunuchs in the dancing red dress also retreated. Prince Snowpig said: "Officer Zhou Dake, just make a long night bet in this sea casino."

Zhou Xuan said: "Where is that guest official named Lin?"

Prince Xuezhu was stunned for a moment and understood, and smiled and said, "Lin Keguan lost his bet and was unable to repay his gambling debt. The shopkeeper has seized him."

Zhou Xuan asked: "What kind of gambling debt does Lin Keguan owe to Gui's casino?"

Prince Snow Pig slapped his mouth, and an old eunuch beside him bowed and said, "That official Lin owes this casino two ears, ten fingers, ten toes, and one other whip."

"Ah!" Zhou Xuan said in shock: "Even the human whip is exported! You--cut him?"

Prince Xuezhu laughed and said, "I asked him to repay the gambling debt immediately, but he cheated and said that a guest named Zhou Xuan would help him repay the gambling debt. The manager would postpone his repayment of the debt and wait for Zhou Dake to come."

Zhou Xuan cursed: "I only have one whip, so how can I pay off his debts for him - Manager Liu, please bring the guest official named Lin, I want to see if it is unscathed?"

Prince Xuezhu asked: "Has Zhou Daguanke agreed to repay the gambling debt for Lin Keguan?"

Zhou Xuan thought for a while and said, "Let's bet first, I won, Lin Keguan's gambling debt was written off, and I lost, so you can just cut him and whip him."

Prince Xuezhu was about to nod, but suddenly shook his head and said, "No, then Zhou Dake Guan Bao won and won, and you won't lose if you lose."

Zhou Xuan thought to himself, "You are quite smart," and said, "How come there is no loss? First, Lin Keguan is my friend. If I lose, he will be cut into a stick; second, Lin Keguan is cut into a stick will have a huge blow to me, which seriously affects my future gambling game. This is called sharpness. Moreover, this is my first time to come to a casino. At least this first game is a bit discount, right?"

Prince Xuezhu said: "You are right, then do it like this. Come on, take the official Lin Ke, who owes gambling debts."

Prince Xuezhu personally led the way and led Zhou Xuan and the four fools to the wooden carving screen. They saw a row of eunuchs standing solemnly, eight long tables lined up in sequence, and an old eunuch sat on each long table, and the long table was empty and there was no gambling equipment.

Zhou Xuan remained silent and waited for the Lin Ji, the general of the Zuo Jinwu Guard. After a while, two armored warriors came up with the Lin Ji, which was tied up in various shapes.

When Lin Ji saw Zhou Xuan, he was ashamed and afraid, and claimed the crime: "Mr. Duke, humble position--" he was speechless, not knowing what to say.

Zhou Xuan said: "Lose away."

The two soldiers looked at Prince Snow Pig, and Prince Snow Pig nodded before they loosened the Lin Ji.

Lin Ji twisted his neck, rubbed his wrists, slowly walked to Zhou Xuan, and knelt down on both knees: "Thank you for the help of the county minister, let the county minister be punished."

Zhou Xuan said: "Get up, I don't know whether you can save your life. It depends on the game I bet with Manager Liu - Lin Ji. You really disappointed me. I was tied up without any injuries!"

Prince Xuezhu smiled and said, "Lin Keguan lost the bet and was in a loss, so he would naturally be tied up."

"Beizhi felt that his waist was numb and he had no strength to resist-"

Lin Ji, who had a big shoulder and a round waist, was so ashamed that he couldn't raise his head.

Lin Ji was a general in front of the palace, and his martial arts skills were naturally not low. It seemed that there were masters on this ship. The Thirteenth Master of the Falcon Sect knew that there were two on this ship, while Zhou Xuan had only four cynical soldiers and two personal soldiers. He was really weak in his power when necessary. However, although the Snow Pig Prince was violent, he seemed to understand the rules of gambling.

Zhou Xuan slapped his hands: "Shopkeeper Liu, then start gambling, where are the gambling tools?"

Prince Snowpig said: "It's better to roll dice in this first game."

An eunuch took out a teak dice bo, poured it onto the long table, and rolled out six square inches of fish bone dice. The dice is really big, and the bigger the dice, the easier it is to control.

Zhou Xuan had already discussed with Sichi on the wooden boat to the "Shunji Bao Ship". At this time, he was confident and asked: "Shopkeeper Liu, what are the rules of your casino? Are you bigger or smaller? Who will bet on the expensive casino with me?"

Prince Xuezhu said: "Of course it's bigger. The party with the larger points wins. This shopkeeper is very good at throwing dices, so the shopkeeper will bet with you. The rules of the casino are: Zhou Dake official throws first, and the shopkeeper throws later. If the points are the same, the shopkeeper wins. Zhou Dake official. Is this rule fair?"

Zhou Xuan nodded and said, "Fair, but I want to get familiar with the dice first."

Prince Snow Pig sat on a high-backed chair and made a gesture of listening to the emperor.

Zhou Xuan also sat down, straightened his back, and took the teak dice from the eunuch. The so-called dice bo is a pot of shaking the dice inside, which can prevent cheating. However, for experts, they can still throw the required points at will according to the sound and feel of the dice rolling in the dice bo.

Zhou Xuan handed the Sic Bo to the four scammers behind him: "The fourth brother, check the gambling tools and don't suffer any losses."

Siqi took it, shook it a few times, poured out the six dice one by one, looked carefully, weighed it, nodded and said, "Master, it's pure fish bone dice, and there's no problem with teak dice."

The Snow Pig Prince on the other side of the long table smiled and said, "Officer Zhou is worthy of being the largest gambler in the Tang Dynasty, be cautious."

Zhou Xuan said: "I want to throw three handfuls. I haven't played for a long time. Practice my hands." As he said that, he held the teak dice bo in his hands and shook it out. When he saw that the six dice added up to twenty-four points.

Throw another handful, eighteen o'clock.

Zhou Xuan murmured, "Look at this one again." But he threw twelve points and frowned and said, "What's going on? The more you throw, the smaller you get, the more you throw, the more you get, the more you get, the hand is born."

Lin Ji on one side had a look of earth. Once Zhou Xuan lost, he would be cut off immediately. It would be a tragic situation!

Prince Xuezhu asked with a smile: "Officer Zhou Dake, how long will it take to practice?"

Zhou Xuan said: "If you don't practice anymore, throw it. Whether Lin Keguan can save his things depends on fate, luck, and his own fortune." After that, he picked up the Sic Bo and sifted hard.

Zhou Xuan was indeed not sure about rolling dice. He was good at intellectual games and was not very interested in this gambling technique based on luck and subtle techniques. But when it comes to luck, he seemed to have no shortage. Besides, the bet on Lin Ji's "whip" is not his "whip" of Zhou Jungong. What he cares about, let's play it first. Isn't there any other way behind the support? In case of a mistake, Zhou Xuan also has another way and will not let Lin Ji be the eunuch.

The palace-like ornate cabin was extremely quiet, and the sound of wind and rain outside seemed clear, and the loud sound of the waves of the sea was faintly heard, and the crisp and dense sound of the dice colliding with each other in the teak dice bo.

Zhou Xuan paused his hand and six fish bone dices rushed to roll from the dice boon to the long table. The four in the front were frozen at five, four, five, and three. The fifth one turned out six. The sixth one was about to be red and looked upwards, but suddenly turned over and turned into six. In this way, the six dice totaled twenty-nine points, and the winning chance was quite large.

Zhou Xuan knew in his heart that only four of these six dices were thrown by him. Siqi was focusing on these six dices and judging the worst two. Siqi only had the ability to change the points of these two. He could not control it too much and was easily discovered by Prince Snow Pig.

Prince Xuezhu looked surprised, but didn't care much, and smiled and said, "Officer Zhou is really capable, and he threw two six points and two five points, which is amazing, amazing!"

Zhou Xuan smiled and pushed the teak dice to Prince Snow Pig, spreading his hands: "Please buyer Liu--"

Prince Snow Pig sifted hard to sifte the Sic Bo, and the fat on his face swayed, as if he had been poured with water. He leaned the Sic Bo down, and six sieves rolled down, rotating on the long table plate—

This kind of dice is made of bones of sea fish. The bones of sea fish are lighter, making it easier to rotate the dice, but because the dice is relatively large, it will be fixed if it cannot be rolled twice. The time left for the four cynical cheating is only in the blink of an eye, and the requirements for eyesight and hidden strength are extremely high.

The four dices settled one by one, and it was all six o'clock!

The fifth dice was about to be set at six o'clock, but it leaned to the left and became two o'clock.

The key is to the last dice. As long as you roll more than three points, Zhou Xuan will lose.

But strangely, this dice has been spinning for too long, sometimes facing up at six o'clock and sometimes facing up at two o'clock, rolling endlessly.

At this time, due to the surging waves, the hull of Shunji's ship leaned slightly to the right. Siniang cleverly seized the opportunity and freeze the dice at a point. The dice was still unwilling to give up, shaking left and right, and trying to turn it over.

Zhou Xuan knew there was something strange and sneered: "What's going on? Is there a dice you can turn in this way?"
Chapter completed!