There are many legends about the origin and evolution of Mahjong, but most of them are difficult to verify or are suspected of being fabricated.
Fortunately, with this book, we don’t have to worry about these difficult-to-argument issues. We can just say “This is Da Zhao” and everything else will be decided by me, the storyteller.
Therefore, we can tentatively think that the current mahjong match between Sun Yixie and Murong Ji is a game with rules close to Japanese mahjong, but there are no such rules as active tiles and standing uprights.
And the number of games they have to play is a "half village", that is, four games each in the East Court and South Court, for a total of eight games.
The winning and losing rules are also very simple: each of the four people starts with 2,000 chips (point sticks). At the end of eight rounds, whichever side has more points in total wins.
If the total scores of both sides are the same in the end, then look at the comparison of the personal scores of the two "chief generals" Sun Yixie and Murong Ji; if their personal scores are also the same, then look at the two of them directly winning against each other in these eight rounds. How many points they have obtained; and if these are the same, then it will ultimately depend on what the biggest tricks they have done in these eight games.
Of course, there is a special situation where the winner can be determined immediately, that is - before the eight rounds are over, one of Sun Yixie or Murong Ji has already lost all the chips (but as Tang Weizhi and Liu Ming) Auxiliary, light loss can also be counted as a negative number to continue).
It is not difficult to see from these rules that what Murong Ji wants is a "short to medium-term contest with a certain error tolerance rate."
This is also very reasonable, because no matter from the point of view of "the gambling environment is arranged by the opponent" or from the point of view of "our apparent hard power is higher", Murong Ji is not suitable for a long war.
Over time, changes will occur.
Although Murong Ji believes that no matter how high Sun Yixie's level is, he cannot be on the same level as the eldest son of a family that specializes in gambling. It is like there is an insurmountable gap between amateurs and professionals.
However, this was a victory or defeat involving reputation, interests, and dignity, and Murong Ji never wanted to lose.
Moreover, in the short eight-round process, there was no extra time to slowly test the opponent's strength. Therefore, from the first round, Murong Ji followed the principle of "a lion fights a hare, but also uses all his strength" and prepared no matter what. Strike without mercy.
After seeing this, some people may want to say, after all, Mahjong does not depend on looking at the cards? So what if you "show no mercy"? Is it just to play more aggressively, steal more, and be more greedy?
This statement is okay as long as it does not violate the "card theory" and "game rules". .
But this is not a game, but a gamble. On the "gambling table", if you are still limited to "card theory" and "rules", how can you be called a real gambler?
Even today, if you just walk into a mahjong parlor or chess and card room, there is a chance that you will meet thousands of people (although the techniques are mostly clumsy, but in most cases it is more than enough to deal with ordinary people), then when it comes to real If you say that no one is playing tricks at a gambling table with huge profits, who would believe it?
Since Murong Ji dares to call himself the "King of Gambling", he must be somewhat accomplished in making money.
Therefore, he will definitely make a fortune.
The most common ways to win money on the mahjong table, with the most cost-effective risk and return ratio, can be roughly divided into two categories:
1. Play tricks on the gambling equipment to control the matching of cards or master the opponent's card type.
To do this, the easiest way is to use an automatic mahjong table; the advantage of this method is that it is fully automatic and can be done in one step. You don’t have to do anything suspicious yourself, or even have high card skills. You just need to find an accomplice to hold it from a distance. The remote control can handle it, but the disadvantage is that the tiles and tile mountain controlled by the automatic mahjong machine cannot be adjusted after the start. If the rhythm is disrupted by the bumping of bars, it may still overturn.
The more complicated method is to make some marks on the mahjong that can only be seen by the master, and then use techniques to control and fine-tune the game when manually shuffling the cards; the advantage of this method is that during the game, You can also know what cards the opponent has in his hand at any time, and you can know what the cards are on the card mountain. The disadvantage is that it requires high on-the-spot reaction and technology.
Two, make a secret signal.
That is, two or even three people at the poker table collude together to exchange information through some small movements or sounds that have been agreed in advance and are not easily noticed by others, so as to squeeze out the money of the remaining two or one person.
This is a seemingly simple but very profound technology.
Even children can know the simplest "sign code"; in places like mahjong parlors, chess and card rooms or typhoon shelters, there are often groups of two or three young scammers who use this trick to kill passers-by. The project is not limited to mahjong, Landlords also.
In Jianghu slang, the person who handles this kind of work is called "Lao Yue", which belongs to the same category as "thieves (generally referring to those who engage in lottery-type gambling fraud on the street)"; this group of people is not considered What is the real crook, because the real crook must have a "job" in his hands, while Lao Yue and Huang Tiao'er actually have no technical content, and usually several people need to work together to make fake bets.
The "secret codes" used by people at this level are nothing more than lighting a cigarette, scratching the ears, and touching the nose. Touching the chin, rubbing the eyes, and scratching the forehead all have similar meanings. The more detailed ones are the position of the hands combined with small movements. A seemingly random number of outstretched fingers can be used to convey more specific information.
Some people may ask, isn't such a simple password misleading?
As I said before, at least it is more than enough to deal with ordinary people.
For example, there is a person sitting opposite you who plays mahjong with his right hand. His left hand is usually placed on the left side of the row of mahjong tiles in front of him. Sometimes when he is looking at the tiles and thinking, he will put his fingers lightly on the left side. Touching the cards on top of a few cards is a habitual action that many people have. What do you think is abnormal about this?
But if I tell you, the position of his hand, a little forward, a little behind, or parallel to the cards, represents three suits respectively, and his fingers on the cards, thumb, index finger and The middle finger and the first to third cards on the left corresponding to these three fingers respectively correspond to the nine numbers from one to nine. Will you suddenly find that every move he makes is a secret signal? And just this hand can convey the information of tubes, ten thousand, strips, one to nine, a total of 3*9*4=108 cards?
What I mentioned are just common and superficial techniques. Really clever secret codes will be much more concealed and the information they can convey will be more complex.
A well-trained gambler can instantly convert these "seven or eight turns" signals into the original information, and react immediately to play the next card without showing any signs of observation or thinking.
And "signing" has the biggest advantage over other techniques - even if you are discovered, as long as you don't admit it, others will most likely be unable to do anything to you.
Because this method usually does not require the use of any props, and the information transmitted is also "encrypted". No matter how rough the encryption of those poor passwords is, as long as you insist that you like to touch your nose or chin, you will be fine even if you are caught. How?
What's more, if there are really experts present, after seeing that you are using secret codes, the experts will not expose you on the spot, but will pretend not to know, wait until they have cracked your secret codes, and then use the information you gave at the critical moment. Give you a fatal blow.
So what method are Murong Ji and Liu Ming using now?
The answer is: both are used.
Today, Murong Ji not only marked the mahjong he brought, but also made a secret code with Liu Ming in advance.
We won’t explain the secret code, let’s just talk about the mark.
The marks of this mahjong set are hidden in the patterns on the backs of the cards. Although they cannot be so detailed that each card can be clearly distinguished, the suit and color of each card can be confirmed (using the extraordinary method of marking, usually you will not distinguish them. All 136 cards are clearly marked, because if this is done, everyone can see that each card is different. Moreover, for people with a certain level of mahjong skills, they can see the suit of the opponent's hand. This advantage is almost the same as that of a famous brand).
And this "marked mahjong" was obviously not a temporary work. It was a "special gambling set" specially made in the Murong family's private workshop.
Just like a magician's magic props, the Murong family's carefully crafted cheating gambling tools are also like this - even if they are not necessarily used, they will always take a few with them when they go out, just in case of emergencies.
Gu recognized
It can be seen that Murong Ji is not so unwise. The projects and rules he chose this time seemed to be decided quickly, but they were all carefully considered.
East first round.
At the beginning of the first game, Tang Weizhi's expression showed that he had an excellent hand.
From the perspective of Murong Ji and Liu Ming, the marks behind the cards also prove that this guy named Tang really can't hide anything on his face when gambling.
On the other hand, Sun Yixie was holding a bowl of soy milk, drinking and beating leisurely.
His small eyes were always smiling but not smiling, darting here and there, giving people an unpredictable feeling.
Of course, this feeling is not so scary under the premise of "I know what suits you have and how many cards you have".
In this way, after several rounds, the game ended with Tang Weizhi's self-touch.
Murong Ji and Liu Ming did not show any annoyance about this. In fact, they had tried their best to cooperate in defense in this round. The two used various tricks to change the order of drawing cards to prevent Tang Weizhi from making bigger moves. However, this The guy's starting hand was really good. With multi-faceted listening, they couldn't stop Tang Wei's wild cards. They could only say that this hand made him less wild, which would be considered a success.
East Second Bureau.
Tang Weizhi's strong luck is still continuing. Although it is not 100% sure just from the pattern behind his back, but combined with the expression on his face, it can be seen that 90% of his hands are the foundation of the big three yuan.
Luck is like this. Sometimes it will follow a certain person inexplicably, and you never know how long it will take before it leaves.
However, experienced gamblers know that there is something called "bad luck" at the gambling table.
A choice, a hesitation, a defeat or even an inadvertent action of the lucky person may cause the goddess of luck to leave him.
And after a good "luck" dissipates, it is often followed by astonishing bad luck.
Some people say that this matter is metaphysics, while others say that this phenomenon can be explained in psychology and probability. We will not go into it in detail. In short, here, Murong Ji and Liu Ming chose a very simple " Use the method of "breaking luck" to deal with Tang Weizhi - robbing Hu.
Although the triple triple is good, it is relatively heavy. It is not easy to win this kind of card, especially when your opponent knows what card you want.
It's true that Tang Weizhi's hand is a big three-yuan card, but before he can draw a card, he still needs at least three or four consecutive rounds to get valid cards.
As long as Murong Ji and Liu Ming play tricks before he hears the cards, Tang Weizhi's big three yuan hand will be like the moon in the mirror, and the bamboo basket will be empty.
The two of them already know the suit of each hidden card. On this basis, their "secret code" can also be more concealed and streamlined (take the code above where the hand is placed as an example. If the two parties communicating Already knowing the suit of the card, you can save one step), so after a simple exchange, Murong Ji knew that Liu Ming's hand was a form that could quickly attack and draw cards, and then they started the operation
After four rounds, although Tang Weizhi, who was lucky, had already drawn two valid cards, Liu Ming had already heard the cards.
Pihu, listen in both directions, and one of the cards you listen to is an invalid card in Tang Weizhi's hand.
As a result, when Tang Weizhi got the third valid card, he played that card and fired Liu Ming's gun.
Although the points lost in this hand were not many, Tang Weizhi watched the big three yuan in his hand that was about to be drawn disappear into nothing. This feeling of depression is just like when you wrote a full-score test paper but in the end you got a zero because you forgot to write your name. The score is the same, which is a bigger blow than if you failed to pass from the beginning.
East third bureau.
The "bad luck" operation performed by Murong Ji and Liu Ming was undoubtedly successful.
The cards had just been shuffled, and before they even started looking at their opponent's cards, they saw Tang Weizhi's bitter face.
When a person picks up a deck of cards that he knows can basically be discarded just by looking at it, he will most likely want to put on this face.
of course there are exceptions
Sun Yixie is an exception.
You have to listen to the words that come out of his mouth like this——
I suffered a loss = I took advantage.
I was injured = I lost some blood.
I was cheated = I tried to cheat on someone, but it was a pity that I didn’t succeed.
And when he said this, the expressions on his face and body movements were matched, making it more real than real.
For example, right now, he had just finished his second bowl of soy milk, and while he was asking the waiter to get a bowl of sour plum soup, he was finishing his hand of cards, but he saw him bending one leg and stepping on the corner of the stool, sitting crookedly, looking at Looking at the pure foundation in front of him, he raised his big mouth and yelled: "Fuck you! What the hell is this! Is this still hairy? Ah——"
Obviously, when fortune begins to flow, the next person to be favored is Sun Yixie.
Looking at this guy's cards and his face, Murong Ji and Liu Ming could hardly hold their nerve anymore. They had seen a lot of gamblers, both those who liked to pretend and those who liked to bluff, and it was quite common. But it's really rare to see someone as natural and incomparable as Sun Yixie.
It's as if in this guy's perception, he has really lost money; except for Tianhu cards, all other cards are "difficult to win" and "a loss."
In the end, the third round ended with Sun Yixie's Hu card.
Just like the first game in the East, Murong Ji and Liu Ming tried their best to minimize the losses when they were unable to defend their opponents; when Sun Yixie was about to touch himself in two rounds, Liu Ming deliberately fired the gun, which not only caused Sun Yixie Hu's number of episodes was reduced, which also prevented Murong Ji's points from falling.
Then, they came to the East Fourth Bureau.
And this game was also the one where Murong Ji and Liu Ming started to crush.
