Chapter 3 No taboos

Author: Carp and Carp Immortal

Chapter 3 No taboos

The elevator slowly descended, with people standing in front, back, left and right, sandwiching Shangluo in the middle.

"Since they call themselves the 'British Empire', do they speak English?" Shangluo was a little curious.

About a minute later, the elevator stopped and opened the inner door, but the outer door was still closed, just a small window was opened. A face reached the window and shouted inward:

“nice to meet you.”

“nice to meet you too.”

Shang Luo listened to him in the back and felt something was wrong. They were indeed speaking English, but the two of them spoke very slowly and their words were very stiff. They didn't look like native English speakers at all, and they were even worse than him.

The stuttering conversation lasted for 2 minutes before it ended. Judging from Shangluo's English level, these two people who claimed to be reviving the "British Empire" had not yet left the scope of entry-level English conversation textbooks.

As for the "Yangzhou Daying" used when exchanging information, advanced words such as "Jinyiwei" can only be used in transliteration, and Shangluo can understand them even if he doesn't know how to speak English.

"Mr. Shang, I'm a little abrupt before, I'm so sorry. Let me introduce myself. My name is Franklin. Please go here. Mr. Senator is waiting for you." After finishing the conversation with the people at the window, Franklin switched to the standard Jinling Yayin again. Shangluo felt that this accent was much more than his standard.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm not in a hurry." He looked down at his watch. He was not interested in helping these people restore the "British Empire", and he didn't believe that there was a miracle below to witness. He just wanted to figure out whether these people wanted money or death.

The iron door opened, and the two of them turned a few bends in the corridor behind the iron door. The walls here were wet and maintained the walls of the cave. The water flowed down the walls and flowed along the sink at the foot of the wall. The air was filled with a wet and musty smell, and the varnish smell of newly renovated wood.

The two stopped in front of a wooden door. The varnish smell came from the wooden door, and it was obviously not dry yet.

Before they could knock on the door, the door opened from the inside to the outside.

The gentleman in a tuxedo appeared behind the door. As soon as he met, he enthusiastically held Shangluo's hand:

"Hello, hello. Are you Mr. Shang?" His expression could not hide his excitement. The mustache on his lips shook with his mouth. Similarly, he also spoke a standard Jinling Yayin, which was also much more standard than Shangluo.

He pulled Shangluo into the door, and there was a large desk facing the door. But as if to look more enthusiastic, he pulled Shangluo into the sofa in the corner of the wall, pressed his shoulder to let Shangluo sit down. He sat opposite him.

"I will introduce myself first. I am Senator Jefferson of California. What drinks do you drink? I heard that drinking coffee is popular now in Yujing?"

"Just tea. Thank you."

"Then while waiting for tea, I will explain today's business to you." Jefferson smiled, "Everything is subject to you. You are the person chosen by the angel and our most honorable guest. After everything is over, you can choose your own stay or leave."

Shangluo thought for a while and asked, "So what's the matter? How did your angel practice the Dharma? And why did you find me?"

"This is a long story. The person we were looking for was your father because he was a famous Zhong Gangmao. But after investigation, we found that you are the real treasure. There is a proverb in Persia: In terms of craftsmanship, only the Ming people were bright in their eyes, the Romans were blind, and the others were blind. Do you know why?"

"Why?"

"Because some of you have mastered the flow of 'qi'. Obviously, Mr. Shangluo, you are one of them. You are the inheritors of ancient skills. You are born with extraordinary vision and can see secret things that we ordinary people cannot see. I don't know how I did it, but I think you can definitely help us."

"But why should I help you?"

"I knew it would be like this." Jefferson looked into his eyes, "So, allow you to show you a little miracle."

He pointed to the table. There was actually an inconspicuous copper-skinned box, which looked like a brand box.

Jefferson opened the box - it was indeed a card inside. Just like a magician, he showed the card in front of Shangluo.

It was a set of exquisite poker printed on coated paper. There were numbers and colors in the upper left corner, including spades, reds, squares and plum blossoms. But the patterns on the cards were not just the arrangement of symbols, but specific pictures. A sword was drawn on Spade A, and two swords were two swords, which increased to 10 in sequence until Spade 10 was increased to 10. JQK also corresponds to the Knights, Queens and Kings holding the swords respectively.

Red peaches, square pieces and plum blossoms also correspond to the Holy Grail, Star Coins and Scepter respectively.

"The Holy Grail, Sword, Star Coins and Scepter. This is the predecessor of modern game cards, the little Akarna Tarot. Of course, the deck in front of you is indeed a card, because there are no attendant cards in it. It just uses elements of the Tarot."

"You brought me here to do magic for me?"

"It's not magic, it's divine power. When you see the divine power of angels, you will also join us. Please take out a coin first."

There happened to be a coin in Shangluo's pocket.

The denomination of the silver dollar is one liang, which is minted in the first year of Shaoping, which is the new currency minted two years ago. The front is one liang, and the reverse is engraved with the four words "Shaoping Tongbao".

Silver dollar is the coin with the largest denomination, which is equivalent to one or two silver.

The denomination of one or two is actually quite large, because it is equivalent to 1,000 yuan. It only costs 2 cents to take the bus, 5 cents to the subway, 3 cents to a bottle of Coke; 2 cents to a steamed bun, 5 cents to a 5 cents to a 5 cents.

Because the denomination is too large, one or two taels of silver are only used on important occasions. For example, paying wages, red envelopes, and New Year's money.

"Very beautiful silver dollars. Then use him. Please throw it once."

Shangluo didn't say anything. He threw it into the air and caught it with his palms. One side was up and the other side was down. After the throwing, he stared into Jefferson's eyes, wanting to see what tricks he had next.

"Check which side is facing up, don't tell me, I'll guess." After that, he began to fiddle with the playing cards in his hand.

I draw a few pictures from here, and then I draw a few pictures from there. I spread it into a row, and then I wash it back.

"Front." Jefferson suddenly stopped. He raised his head and looked at Shangluo: "Your coin is front."

He let go of his hand, and it was indeed facing upwards, with a denomination of one or two on it.

"But what after that? I will be one-half of this."

"Then please do it again." Jefferson made a "please" gesture.

Shangluo did as he did. He threw it and took it once, and this time it felt the same as before, and it was also frontal.

"Front." Jefferson put down the poker in his hand, and he gave the answer much faster than before.

"." Shang Luo was silent for a while.

He was indeed a little confused. It was not because of the probability that guessing correctly twice in a row was not a small probability event. What he was confused about was that Mr. Jefferson seemed to be sure that he could guess correctly every time. He did not hesitate at all.

He asked Jefferson, "Did you see it? Is there any mark behind this card?"

"It's not me, but the angel saw it."

"How do you prove it?"

Jefferson smiled: "It's easy to prove it - do you want to learn?"

"Ha?" Shang Luo was stunned for a moment.

If he was confused before, what surprised him the most was that he could "learn".

He looked at the playing cards in front of him carefully: he thought it might be that it was also an effect of some kind of "qi". But he saw nothing, and the playing cards didn't look strange. No qi was flowing, and it was not a complex machine that could produce some kind of "emotion".

It is obviously impossible to learn the sense of Qi. And can this be learned? Is this really magic? It is hard to say whether it is magic, but it is definitely not as simple as magic. The answer to the magic riddle may surprise people, but the answer cannot make people feel mysterious. Unless this riddle leads to another unsolved mystery.

"It seems you've begun to be surprised. You might think at first it's just some kind of magician trick? But of course it's not, it's a miracle. Miracles are like the sun, unconditionally shining all the people in the sun. I can do it, and you can do it."

This time, playing cards were in Shangluo's hands. Jefferson didn't teach him anything, but just asked him to try to "read" these cards.

"Then, start guessing." Jefferson held his coin. He was eager to try, and waited for Shangluo to guess.

Shangluo had no idea what to do. The cards were in front of him, and he thought about whether to wash and shuffle them first?

He took the card.

[Third-rate magician, why do he like to toss coins so much? Newcomer, do you think so?] The girl's lazy voice came from the void, as if she had seen these tricks. She seemed to have no idea how to expect the "newcomer" to hear her words, but just said it casually.

(End of this chapter)
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