Cui Xin recognized Yu Shu, and a strange look flashed through her eyes. She thought about the reason why she had personally stayed in the gambling house for the past two days. In the final analysis, it was this female fortune-teller's "credit".
There was a treasure house on Qianyuan Street that recently sold a kind of Fengshui pendant called crystal. It was said that this kind of rare gemstone, after being nurtured by the fortune-teller, had a unique and miraculous effect. Among them, there was a kind of yellow crystal, which could be worn close to the body. It could bring fortune to people, so any small piece could be sold at a high price of hundreds of taels of silver.
Originally, the large gambling house and the crystal trade did not interfere with each other's business. However, the bad thing was that some quick-witted buyers would come to the large gambling house to gamble after buying the topaz.
In one day, nine out of ten games were won, and for three days in a row, they gambled away tens of thousands of taels of silver. This big gambling house lost a month's business.
If this happened a few more times, they would have to close down.
The manager of the gambling house reported this matter with fear and trepidation. Second Master Cui realized the seriousness of the situation and persuaded the Old Master Cui. So the next day, Cui Xin was sent to hold the fort.
As for why Cui Xin was sent here, it had to mention the secret of the Cui family — Spirit Speech.
Since they couldn't drive out the customers wearing topaz, they could only suppress it. Others might not be able to do it, but Cui Xin, who could read people's minds, could.
For example, in this round of urn guessing, Cui Xin first chose three of the twelve zodiac animals from the dark urns. When a customer placed a bet and came forward to choose a replacement, she only needed to listen to their words to know which portrait they wanted or did not want.
If the customer was wearing a topaz, she only needed to make sure that one of the three hidden jars on the counter contained the portrait that the customer did not want when the customer left his hand after the purchase was made.
As the banker, she couldn't move the hidden urns, so how could she guarantee?
What a joke. Which gambling house didn't have a swindler?
These twelve jars were all marked. Among the guests on the third floor, one of them was an imposter from the casino. When the game started, they just needed to look at her eyes and move the jars.
Cui Xin had been here since yesterday. Using this strategy, she smoothly sent away the two gamblers who had come to fish in troubled waters wearing topaz, causing them to lose all their money.
Today, those two people were sensible enough not to come again. She thought that she could have a peaceful day. Who would have thought that Yu Shu, the main culprit, would deliver herself to the door?
Cui Xin's eyes flickered as she quickly sized up Yu Shu with an idea in her mind. He turned his attention to the woman who was placing her bet. She seemed to be Yu Lianfang's companion. Although she was dressed in men's clothing and had a tall stature, it was obvious that she came from a rich and noble family. She looked very unfamiliar. Such a generous person, when was there such a person in Anling City?
Jiang Miya placed her bet. She wasn't in a hurry to replace the three jars on the table. Instead, she propped up her chin with one hand and looked at the remaining nine jars on the long table, seemingly in the midst of choosing.
At this moment. A few more gamblers left the table and stood behind Jiang Miya, waiting to place their bets. Some of them were talkative and even gave suggestions. They pointed at this and that and said yes.
Jiang Miya frowned and ignored all of them.
Seeing this, Cui Xin smiled and said, "Customer, have you chosen? Which ones do you want to move? "
Jiang Miya didn't know that Cui Xin was luring her to talk. She pointed at the long table and said, "This one, this one. And this one. "
Cui Xin's hands didn't move, but the boy behind her stepped forward. He replaced the three jars that Jiang Miya had chosen with the three jars on the table.
Following that, another gambler stepped forward and moved one of the jars. Because it was the fourth time that it was moved, the bet also became four taels of silver.
Jiang Miya took two steps to the side but didn't leave. Instead, she focused her attention on the three jars that she had chosen at the beginning.
.....
The bets on the plate became bigger and bigger. In the time it took to drink a cup of tea, a tray was piled up. Of the twenty or so guests present, other than Yu Shu, almost everyone had placed their bets. The minimum bet was three to five taels of silver, and the maximum bet was dozens of taels of silver.
As time went on, the bets needed to move the "jars" became bigger and bigger. In the end, when it was fifty taels of silver per move, most of the gamblers around the long table had returned to their seats. Only Jiang Miya was left.
Only then did she slap a banknote on the table and straightforwardly said, "Exchange all three of them for me."
She pointed her finger. If someone paid attention, they would realize that these were the three jars that she had chosen at the beginning.
Cui Xin's expression didn't change, but she was extremely shocked. This was because she had used her spirit language to discern that there were two of the three jars that the other party had chosen on the table right now!
Cui Xin immediately determined that the companion that Yu Shu had brought along most likely had a yellow crystal pendant on him.
Good timing!
Cui Xin secretly sneered.
"Is there anyone else who wants to place a bet?" Jiang Miya looked around with her hands behind her back. She had the aura that no matter who moved the jars on the table, she would move them back in the same place.
Everyone looked at each other in dismay. They thought that even if a rich guest came, they wouldn't have the intention to go up and gamble. Thus, they quietened down.
When Cui Xin saw how extravagant Jiang Miya was, her eyes lit up again. 'I'm not afraid of you gambling well, but I'm afraid that you're not good at it!'
Yu Shu had been sitting in the corner and watching coldly. She was puzzled. 'Does this Royal Princess Jiang really have some skills, or does she not care about money at all?'
The swindler, who had been placed among the guests, looked at Cui Xin with a questioning look in his eyes. However, Cui Xin didn't give him any extra looks. She picked up the bell on the table and shook it twice.
"Since no one is placing a bet, then it's time to place your bets."
As soon as the bell rang, the gamblers who had just placed their bets began to move on the spot. Those who counted the sticks, those who dialed the dice, each of them used their supernatural powers to divine which three portraits were hidden in the three dark jars on the table.
Taking advantage of this time, Cui Xin also asked a servant to take out a small scale and counted the bets on the tray in front of everyone.
Yu Shu saw Jiang Miya take out a pen, write three notes, and stuff them into the jars on the table. Then, she sat down and drank her tea. She couldn't help but ask, "How confident are you?"
Jiang Miya seemed to be in a good mood. She tilted her head and said, "When I gamble, I only win and never lose. If I lose, there's only one possibility."
"What?"
"There's a swindler in the casino."
Yu Shu couldn't help but laugh. What kind of logic was this? She won legitimately, but if she lost, it had to be someone else who cheated?
"You don't believe me?"
Yu Shu didn't deny it. She only said, "It seems that your luck is very good."
She touched the two extra topaz beads she wore under her sleeves. She thought that since Jiang Miya was so confident, there was no need for her to do anything unnecessary.
Soon, the banker calculated the bets for this round. There were 1,378 taels, not counting any excess.
"After placing your bets, please place the jars on the table properly. If you move them, it will be regarded as cheating. I hope you won't break the rules. Don't make things difficult for me. "
Cui Xin rang the bell for the second time as a warning. Seeing that all the gamblers had stopped, Seeing that all the gamblers stopped, she took a copper hammer from the boy and said, "This round is full of bets. If you win one jar, you win 13 taels. If you win two jars, you win 137 taels. If you win all three jars, you win 137 taels. If you win all three jars, you win the banker. In addition to the entire bet, there's also a set of twelve pure gold portraits as compensation. The first jar, open! "
As soon as she finished speaking. She knocked open the first jar on the table with the hammer. From the broken pieces of pottery, a two-inch tall golden elephant was revealed. The boy stepped forward and showed it to all the gamblers.
It was a tiger statue.
Voices rose and fell. There were a few who guessed correctly.
"The second jar, open!"
It was a rat statue.
There was a chorus of hisses.
"The third jar, open!"
It was a monkey statue.
Some of the gamblers' faces turned ugly. Obviously, they had placed a big bet. Another one didn't win.
"A tiger, a rat, and a monkey. The gamblers, please stand up. I'll go forward and check the jar. "
Yu Shu looked around. Only three people stood up. It seemed that only one of them had won. When she turned her head again, she saw the person next to her standing up.
Yu Shu was more or less surprised. She had guessed correctly.
So she asked, "Which one did you guess correctly?"
Jiang Miya tilted her neck and twirled her hair with one hand. "Guess."
Yu Shu shook her head. She hoped that Jiang Miya would win all three so that Cui Xin, the banker, would lose money.
After a while, Cui Xin checked the three gamblers. All of them had won the same jar. The boy carried a silver plate and returned the money on the spot. Even the money they had bet was returned. There was no mistake.
When Cui Xin came in front of Yu Shu and Jiang Miya, the former first cupped her hands and said, "Mr. Yu, do you have time today?"
She understood that she did not reveal Yu Shu's identity. Otherwise, she would not be able to continue today's game.
Because Jiang Miya heard that the banker was a young miss from one of the twelve prefectures, she saw that she was so polite to Yu Shu. She looked at Yu Shu strangely — —
Could it be that the younger sister that Xue Da Lang recognized was not just a Xiaoyi Shi?
Yu Shu sat upright and did not move. After receiving Cui Xin's greeting, she did not frown at her coldly like an enemy. She only said lightly, "I'm here to accompany my friend to play. You do what you need to do, don't worry about me."
Cui Xin tactfully turned to Jiang Miya and said with a smile, "This gentleman has good luck. How many did you win?"
Jiang Miya waved her hand, "Can't you see for yourself?"
Cui Xin did not care about her bad attitude. She picked up the jar on the table and opened it.
"Congratulations, you won two jars," Cui Xin checked the three notes and took the banknotes and taels from the boy and placed them on Jiang Miya's table, "This is your winnings of one hundred and thirty-seven taels, plus your bet of one hundred and fifty-nine taels."
It was rare to win two jars.
Hearing this, the gamblers at the scene looked at Jiang Miya with envy. The old man next door gave a thumbs up and said, "Little brother has some skill."
Cui Xin left the gambling money and retreated to the back to count the chips.
Jiang Miya won money, but she did not look happy.
When Yu Shu asked her, she replied, "I thought I would win all of them. That set of small golden zodiac statues was not bad. It would be nice to win it and give it to Xue Da Lang as a birthday present."
When Yu Shu heard this, she could not help but remember some unhappy things. When she looked at Jiang Miya again, she suddenly felt displeased.
"Since you've won money, are we leaving?" Asking her to watch others win money was really boring.
"Leave?" The corner of Jiang Miya's mouth curled up. She looked at the nearby gambling table that was being cleaned up and narrowed her eyes, "Didn't Xue Da Lang tell you? Once I enter the gambling house, if I don't win until the owner cries, I definitely won't leave."
At the back of the gambling house, Cui Xin sat and drank a mouthful of tea. She ordered the steward standing in front of her and said unhurriedly, "The people outside are here to cause trouble. Go and get a few more sets of metal tools. Today, I want to make a set so that they will lose so much that they won't even be able to leave this door."
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