Chapter 22 A small gambling pleasure 1
Bi Yuntao ran out of the room, looked back at Meng Ruoxi's room, and gritted his teeth in anger. Banana, you bastard, does the Left Prime Minister have any grudge against me? You interrupt me every time. And that boy Meng Ruolang, I was about to get on base, but he also came in to spoil my good deeds.
Thinking in his mind, he kept walking towards Meng Ruolang's room.
"Brother, hehe, you're here. I'm so bored waiting." When Meng Ruolang saw Bi Yuntao come in, he quickly asked Bi Yuntao to sit down and poured a cup of tea.
"Is this the kind of tea you serve me? Tell me, you came here in such a hurry to ruin my good deeds. What happened?" When Bi Yuntao thought about his good deeds being ruined by Meng Ruolang, he felt unhappy, "Also, You just entered your sister's boudoir? You didn't know how to knock on the door?" Although Meng Ruolang was Meng Ruoxi's brother, she felt even more unhappy when she thought that a woman's boudoir, which she considered to be a woman's boudoir, could be entered and exited at will by a man.
"Hehehehe, brother, remember to close the door tightly next time and leave a crack. I thought you were reciting poems and writing lyrics. Did you continue after that?" Meng Ruolang winked, her face full of ambiguity.
"Get out of here! I've been disturbed by you. How can I still be interested? When I go to your sister's boudoir from now on, remember to knock on the door. Also, what do you want from me?"
Meng Ruolang was a little hesitant, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Haha, well, I wonder if brother has a lot of money recently?"
Bi Yuntao frowned and asked in confusion: "What do you want to borrow money for? You, the eldest son of Zuoxiangfu, are short of money?! Why don't you have a crush on a girl from a brothel and plan to give it to that brothel? Woman redeems herself!"
"Haha, that's not true. Although we have a crush, it has nothing to do with today's matter." Looking at Meng Ruolang's flattering face, he continued to ask: "Then what are you going to do?"
Meng Ruolang rubbed his hands, feeling a little embarrassed, "Haha, didn't I go to gambling houses a few times recently? I won a lot at the beginning. Who knew I was not lucky these days and I lost all my money. So, brother, can you borrow some money? Me a little."
Bi Yuntao raised his eyebrows and looked at Meng Ruolang up and down while hesitating. Seeing him like this, he probably hasn't gotten too addicted to gambling yet. It should be the casino watchers who saw his generous spending. People were jealous and did some tricks. After thinking about the reason, he said, "I'm not very rich either. I only have fifty taels of silver. I don't know if these fifty taels of silver are enough."
"Hey! This... is indeed a little short." Meng Ruolang was a little disappointed. He didn't expect that his eldest brother was poorer than himself. He still had one hundred and fifty taels in his wallet.
Hearing what Meng Ruolang said, he couldn't help but be a little stunned, and asked: "How much do you want to play?! Fifty taels is already a lot of money."
Hearing Bi Yuntao's words, Meng Ruolang couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Brother, your fifty taels looks like a lot. That's just for the common people. We dudes always have at least one thousand taels whenever we go out." I started with banknotes, it’s not like my family has no money. Besides, your fifty taels going to the brothel aren’t enough to reward Sister Yao?!”
Hearing this, Bi Yuntao almost spit out the tea. He quickly covered his mouth with his hand and swallowed hard. "Cough, cough, cough!" He quickly wiped his mouth, which was full of tea stains, with his sleeve. Meng Ruolang saw the eldest brother's gaffe and said doubtfully: "Brother, what's wrong with you? Last time you spent 20,000 taels of silver in a brothel, just to win a smile from a beauty. You can see how arrogant and unrestrained it is. I admire my little brother so much that I have developed a friendship with him. Who would have thought that in just a few days, you would not only become my eldest brother, but also my future brother-in-law."
Bi Yuntao was silent after hearing this, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "We poor people like us can't understand the thoughts of rich people, and they spend 200,000 taels of silver just to win a smile from a beautiful woman.
I really didn’t expect that I would be so poor? My mother-in-law told me yesterday that my daily monthly income from now on would be fifty taels of silver, which I thought was quite a lot. Who would have thought that these people would all pay in units of one thousand taels of silver. "
Meng Ruolang didn't pay attention to Bi Yuntao's silence, thinking that Bi Yuntao had too little money and was a little embarrassed. He sighed and said: "Hey! My feeling is very accurate today. I thought I could get my money back. Forget it, just stay at home today."
Bi Yuntao also had some concerns in his mind. He only had fifty taels per day, which was not enough to do anything. It seems that I need to get some money and prepare it in advance. I am not afraid of ten thousand, but just in case. If something happens in advance, it will be convenient to run away with Meng Ruoxi after I have the money.
Bi Yuntao rolled his eyes and thought: "Then why don't you go to the gambling house with this guy? Anyway, the two of them add up to only two hundred taels. If you lose, you lose. Besides, I'm not very good at Pai Gow, but dice I have a clear background."
After making up his mind, he said to the unhappy Meng Ruolang sitting next to him: "Ruolang, how much money is the smallest one there? It's boring to stay here anyway, so why not go over and play something small to get addicted to handicrafts and pass the time?" .”
As soon as Meng Ruolang heard that Bi Yuntao was going, he immediately cheered up, "It's just a few slings of copper coins, but the price is too low. I don't even bother to play with these rough guys. Those who are worth a little have to start at ten taels."
"Okay, let's play for ten taels of silver. If we can play a few more games, if we are lucky and win a few more games, we will use the money we won to play today." Bi Yuntao's eyes lit up at this time. This can be played. First, Test the waters with this.
Bi Yuntao stood up and was about to leave. When he saw Meng Ruolang motionless, he quickly said: "Do you want to sit here all day?!"
Seeing Meng Ruolang shake his head quickly, Bi Yuntao said angrily: "Then why don't you leave quickly? I have never been to a gambling house."
The two came to the gambling house, and Meng Ruolang went directly to play with the dice. Bi Yuntao looked east and west, and what he saw was either Pai Gow or dice, or the leaf tiles in the private room on the second floor (also called empress tiles, cards used in court games during the Tang and Song dynasties, the gameplay is similar to mahjong) . He curled his lips disdainfully and saw that Meng Ruolang had already played tricks on the dice, so he walked over directly.
At the gambling table, a group of people were sweating profusely, shouting and shouting.
At this time, it was time to buy and leave. Bi Yuntao listened to the dealer's dice cup and knew clearly, one, two, three, six o'clock.
Bi Yuntao kept winking at Meng Ruolang, but Meng Ruolang didn't even look at him and just suppressed him, leaving Bi Yuntao speechless for a while.
After the dealer said the purchase, he left his hand and opened the cup. As expected, the three dice in the dice cup happened to be one, two, three, six o'clock, and Bi Yuntao was sure that there was nothing wrong with the dice.
"Come on, come on! Bet on the big bet on the small! The deal is gone!" The croupier had already begun the second round of shouting, and Bi Yuntao decisively took out all fifty taels and pressed them on the big one.
"It's open!" Five-five-six, sixteen o'clock, Bi Yuntao laughed while collecting the money: "Haha, I won. I didn't expect that I won by just pressing. I'm really lucky today!"
Meng Ruolang sighed with disappointment on his face. When he heard someone say this, he looked up and saw his elder brother putting money into his purse. Roughly speaking, excluding the fifty taels of the bet, the win was almost double. People around him looked at Bi Yuntao with envy, which made his eyes light up. He might have something to do with his elder brother.
"Come, come, come! If you haven't bet, bet quickly, and you're done!" Bi Yuntao once again put fifty taels on the big bet. A few losers heard Bi Yuntao's words, and they also made a desperate move. After suppressing Da Da, Meng Ruolang became cruel when he saw this and suppressed Da Da directly. "Open...the cup!" The dice cup opened, three, four, six, thirteen o'clock. "Hey! I'm just lucky today and won again. I'll buy some rouge and gouache for my wife when I go back. I happen to be running out of it."
With that said, he took the winning money from the dealer's hand again. Seeing that the empty wallet can no longer hold anything. It made the people around him even more jealous. Meng Ruolang's face was swollen and red because he was too excited.
Bi Yuntao felt that there were several people staring at him behind him, and he knew that he had been targeted by people in the gambling house after winning money twice in a row. Bi Yuntao knew what these people were thinking. After all, he had been undercover in the casino for more than a year and knew almost half of the shady story.
People in these gambling houses have a secret rule. Once is a deception, twice is accidental, three times is inevitable, and if you win money three times in a row, someone will send a signal to the dealer and ask the dealer to do something, and someone will come over. Look next to the gamblers to see if there is a cheater.
Seeing that the third call for bets had begun, everyone around looked at Bi Yuntao, but he still did not place a bet. The people in the gambling shop who were staring at him quietly stood behind him.
Bi Yuntao was deep in thought, and someone winked at the dealer. The dealer understood and shouted loudly again: "Hurry up and place your bets. If you don't place your bets, there is no chance!" Bi Yuntao pressed on again, Meng Ruolang and the people around him Seeing this, they also followed suit. "Buy it and leave! It's on!" Three fives, leopard, the banker wins.
Bi Yuntao felt annoyed when he saw this, and said angrily: "Damn it, your luck is gone, it's a leopard, bad luck!" Several people in the casino behind him retreated, but there was still one watching behind him. This was for in case.
Meng Ruolang and the people around him also felt regretful. It turned out that he was also deceived, but he happened to be deceived correctly before.
