【1361】The old man and the second brother-in-law (3)
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Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan said in the study room that an elder who claimed to be sent by the Hua family suddenly appeared...
Ma Xiaoquan raised his eyebrows and thought that this old man was indeed sent by the Hua family. Well, from the fact that he called Brother Tianqin by his first name, he must have a high status in the Hua family.
"Well, Brother Tianqin has taken a rest."
"Oh, you're sleeping. This worthless thing just knows how to sleep." The old man cursed nonchalantly, and then said, "Well, you should be the youngest son of the Ma family. Okay, I don't talk nonsense. I guess that boy Tianqin has accepted your kindness. As for me, I don’t have any other intention. I just came to take a look. Well, it happens to be a long night. Boy Ma, either you come to play with me, or I will You, the chief steward, are causing trouble in the mansion."
Ma Xiaoquan snorted and said in surprise: "Senior, you and I have no grievances, why are you making trouble for me here?"
The old man chuckled: "Because I have nothing to do, just tell me, which one do you choose?"
"This..." Ma Xiaoquan sighed and said, "Forget it, let me choose the first one. What do you want to play?"
The old man raised his eyebrows, turned his hand, and pulled out two sifting cups, saying: "Of course it's a gamble, why don't you dare?"
"What? Gambling?" Ma Xiaoquan grinned, "Senior, are you sure you want to gamble?"
The old man raised his eyebrows: "What's wrong, what do you mean?"
"No, no, no," Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand and said, "Senior, please tell me, what are you playing with?"
The old man snorted, rolled his eyes, and said: "You kid, you look like you know everything. Okay, come here and see what I know. You know everything." The old man said, flicking his sleeves, and heard a clatter. With a sound, dozens of gambling equipment popped out from his sleeves.
Ma Xiaoquan took a closer look and said with a smile: "Senior, don't tell me, I know all these things like you."
"What?" The old man was stunned, reached out and picked up a bowl of gambling equipment, and asked Ma Xiaoquan, "Have you ever played with this thing?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Yes, isn't this just stacking bowls? It's more complicated to play. People with no brains will not only not be able to learn it, but also don't understand what it means."
"Okay," the old man laughed, stretched out his hand and patted Ma Xiaoquan, "Okay, then let's do this bowl stacking game first..."
Ma Xiaoquan sucked and said: "Senior, you can let me play with you, but you have to tell me the reason. Besides, there must be a stake in this game, otherwise it's just a joke."
The old man nodded: "Good boy, you are the first person to ask me for conditions, okay, then tell me, what is the bet between us?"
Ma Xiaoquan thought for a while and said: "Actually, I don't know what it is, but since the senior is from the Hua family, he must know a lot about the Hua family."
"Um, yeah, what's wrong?"
Ma Xiaoquan asked again: "I have a heartfelt request. If I win, please go back and tell the person in charge of the Hua family, so that I can have a chance to read the preserved classics of the Hua family..."
"Books?" the old man asked in surprise, "What do you do with those useless things?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "Hua Yuexin, the grandmother of the Hua family in the late Han Dynasty, was the mistress of my Ma family. The ancient books preserved by my Ma family record some of the past, but it is not complete, so... "
"Oh, I understand, you kid..." the old man pointed at Ma Xiaoquan, dragging his chin and said, "If you want to see everyone, you really need the permission of the person in charge. Well, but if you have a Hua family
With a special token, it should be fine..."
"Special token?" Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head, "Senior, are you talking about the Tianqin Order?"
"Tianqin Order? How do you know about Tianqin Order?"
Ma Xiaoquan spread his hands and said nonchalantly: "Brother Tianqin gave me the Tianqin Order he held."
"What? This kid Hua Tianqin actually..." The old man was speechless for a while, then shook his head and said, "Well, the Tianqin Order is the supreme token of my Hua family, and Tianqin gave it away so arbitrarily.
Gave it to you..."
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Senior, don't worry too much. I didn't take the token, but gave it to your fifth lady..."
"Fifth Miss?" The old man didn't react for a moment.
Ma Xiaoquan didn't pay too much attention to the old man's abnormal reaction. He nodded and said, "Yes, isn't the fifth lady Hua Yue from your Hua family?"
"Oh, you're talking about Yue'er, hi." The old man waved his hand naturally, "I've been calling Yue'er since I was little, and I never paid attention to Miss Fifth, haha..."
Ma Xiaoquan raised his eyebrows and thought: This old man doesn't know Hua Yue's identity? Well, it's a bit suspicious, but the fact that he can name Hua Tianqin proves that he still has a relationship with the Hua family, but...
.What is the relationship?
Seeing that Ma Xiaoquan didn't speak, the old man said impatiently: "Okay, okay, let's stop talking nonsense. Let's play. Well, I've thought about the bet. Ma San, if you lose, give back the Tianqin Ling."
How about our Hua family?"
Ma Xiaoquan said humbly: "Of course. It's probably too hot for me to keep such a big power token. But for such a valuable thing, senior, if you can't make any decent bet... I should refuse."
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"Hey?" The old man scratched his scalp, looking like an old naughty boy, "You are such a brat, you are still so stubborn. Okay, in addition to the condition you just made, I will add one more."
"What?" Ma Xiaoquan asked with wide eyes.
The old man wiped off the jade ring on his right thumb, put it on the desk, and said, "If you lose, I'll give you this too."
"A jade ring?" Ma Xiaoquan curled his lips, "No matter how valuable it is, it's useless if I don't want it."
"It's useless? Boy, let me tell you, although this jade ring is not as good as the diligent order that day, as long as you go to the place where my Hua family is stationed, you can stay in any inn there and eat whatever you want. Hum, even in the brothel
You can sleep with any woman you want..."
"Yeah? Isn't it?" Ma Xiaoquan snorted, "If nothing else, senior, it's true that women in brothels sleep with them casually. How did you know?"
The old man smacked his lips and said: "Nonsense, old man, I used to go there often when I was young."
"Oh, is that so?" Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and said no more.
The old man reacted, reached out and slapped Ma Xiaoquan on the back of the head, and cursed: "You brat, you actually tried to trick me into telling me what you said to me? Are you crazy enough?"
Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head and said with a smile: "That's what you said on your own initiative. I just asked casually, hehe."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Okay, let's start first, senior."
The old man raised his eyebrows: "Boy, whoever stacks the bowls first will have the advantage, are you sure?"
Ma Xiaoquan shrugged: "I see that senior has brought out more than a dozen kinds of gambling equipment. I think the two of us will have to play all night no matter what, so I don't think it matters much who comes first. The big deal is that senior wins in stacking bowls.
I’ll just win it back later.”
"Hey, kid, I'm not too arrogant. Okay, I'm just going to criticize you. I'll give you a good education today. That's it. Let's play with each of my dozens of gambling tools...
.. Let me count... Well, there are fifteen kinds in total, just right, whoever wins any eight of them first will win, how about it? "
Ma Xiaoquan stretched out his hand and made an invitation, saying, "Senior, please start."
The old man didn't hesitate, he hummed, picked up the stack of bowls, and started playing with them gently.
The gambling method of stacking bowls is quite special. To put it simply, bowls of different sizes are stacked in arrays. The height and shape of the stack can also be used. During the stacking process, the banker can stop at any time to invite players to place bets. If
After the player places a bet, the player will take a small bowl and stack it into the shape or height that the banker has already stacked. If the shape collapses during the process of stacking the bowls, the banker will win. Otherwise, if the player
If one is successfully stacked, the banker must follow up and make up another one. If the banker fails to make up the stack, the player will win.
The gambling method of stacking bowls sounds simple, but in fact it goes beyond the concept of gambling. He not only considers the bowl stacking skills of the banker and the banker, but also tests the mentality of the two families. After all, in the process of stacking bowls, there are always things happening.
It may collapse. Of course, during the process of stacking bowls, both parties are absolutely not allowed to interfere with each other, otherwise they will be directly sentenced to lose.
...
Ma Xiaoquan politely asked the old man from the Hua family to stack first, which undoubtedly gave him a great chance of winning. In this kind of gambling game, the first mover will definitely have an advantage over the second mover.
Sure enough, after stacking nine bowls, the old man stopped and said "please" to Ma Xiaoquan, meaning I will stop stacking the bowls here and leave the rest to you.
Ma Xiaoquan came closer without saying a word, and did not dare to express his anger. Facing the old man's modeling, he had no confidence at all, because no matter from any angle, the old man's modeling had become perfect.
That is to say, if you add one more or one less, it will become completely different and there is a high possibility of collapse.
After watching half a stick of incense, Ma Xiaoquan finally shook his head and raised his hand to admit defeat.
The old man didn't look down on Ma Xiaoquan because he took the initiative to admit defeat. He had practiced this look many times, and he had won many people with this look.
"Boy, you are really smart. Well, okay, I won the first game of stacking bowls. Then you choose a gambling device and let's start the second game."
Ma Xiaoquan looked at the remaining fourteen types of gambling equipment and chose the relatively simple Pai Gow.
"Pai Gow? Haha, that's interesting. Boy, you're really smart. Okay, let's do Pai Gow then."
...
The sky gradually turned white, and the bet between Ma Xiaoquan and the old man from the Hua family also heated up.