After a while—
Meng Twelve clenched his hands tightly, his face turned red, and he shouted unbearably: "Guicai?! Why Guicai again?!"
Meng Shisan had blue veins on his forehead, and his originally beautiful face was full of ferocity. He put the tea bowl aside and said through gritted teeth: "Are you done yet?! I drank one cup of tea after another, and I almost drank it. You drank yourself into a bucket, why are you still holding this Wumu?!"
Meng Guihuan comforted Meng Shisan with an expressionless expression: "Thirteenth sister, please be patient. We touched the five trees because of the order! You see, Shuangxiao simply took Ying Jiang and the maid out to build a snowman. , I sent people back several times to check it out, and I was sure that they were going to get a fifth child to pass the exam. It seemed that they were smart. They knew that there was no chance of getting started today, so they just went to the snow. Let’s spend some time in the fields!”
Sheng Weiqiao, who was stared at fiercely by the three of them, secretly vomited blood and shouted, "I didn't know it would be like this! I have always lost and lost when I played at home, and nothing like this has ever happened before!"
No wonder the Meng sisters are going crazy. [Note 1] This game is like this: the chessboard is divided into three clusters. There is a "pass" before each cluster, a "pit" in front of the pass, and a "cut" behind the pass. People first place the chess pieces called "horses", six for each person, all at the starting point, and move the chess pieces according to the points obtained by the five wood to the end point. Then, as long as the chess pieces pass through the pit, they will fall in and become unable to move. You can only come out by throwing your prize - if all six horses pass and reach the finish line, you win.
Of course, in addition to pits and pits along the way, you also have to fight with the enemy's "horses". The loser will return to the starting point and have to start over.
Let’s talk specifically about the issue of “guicai”. The most important part of Aipus is the five-wood tree. The so-called five-wood tree actually plays the role of a dice, but it doesn’t have six sides like a dice. It has two sides - one black and one white. , three of them have no characters, and two have characters, with "calf" engraved on the black side and "pheasant" engraved on the white side.
These five trees can be used to throw twelve kinds of colors, among which the four with the lowest probability are "Lu, Pheasant, Calf, and Bai", which are the most expensive colors, and the remaining eight are "Sai, Tu, Xiao, Pou, Tower, Kai, Advance Nine, and Retreat Six". The species is called miscellaneous color.
Among the Guicai, the all-black "Lu Cai" and the three-black and two-pheasant "Pheasant Cai" [Note 2] are the best, so when I'm having fun, I often can't help but talk about whether a Lu will appear or a pheasant will appear. , there is an idiom called "Hulu drinks pheasant", that's how it came about - the point is!
You can make consecutive bets by betting on Guicai!
And there is no limit to the number of times. Theoretically, if one person keeps betting, everyone else can be eliminated in one wave!
But generally speaking, this does not happen.
Well, this is not an ordinary situation today - yes, Sheng Weiqiao, who claims to have never played much, and indeed has never played much, has been winning every time since it was her turn!
She has been connected all the way until now, and depending on the situation, she will continue to connect!
If it weren't for the relatively large chessboard in front of her, with nearly 300 squares, even if she cast "Lu Cai" again and again, she still wouldn't be able to get all six chess pieces to the finish line in a short time. She would have probably won long ago. !
So it's understandable that Meng Twelve and the others are so irritable now - because they play often and are not experts, it's not like they have never lost.
The question is, I have never lost so miserably, okay
It's a good thing that Sheng Weiqiao wasn't the first in line, otherwise they wouldn't have even touched Wumu's side and would have been completely defeated!
The frustration of being absolutely crushed, as well as the envy and hatred of seeing Sheng Weiqiao casually throwing his weight behind Lu Touzhi, especially the clear indifference on this girl's face, made Meng Twelve and Meng Shisan quickly make up their minds. Having made up his mind, he slapped the table in unison and said, "Forget it! I won't play with you anymore!"
He turned around and ordered the palace servant, "Go and call back Shuang Xiao and the girl named Ying Jiang. The five of us will play. Miss Sheng San, you... you can go and play whatever you want! Anyway, you don't want to play with us. That’s good!”
Sheng Weiqiao: "..."
Do you want to be so shameless? !
I didn’t want to win against you at all, okay? !
However, when she grabbed Wumu and only voted for Guicai, not to mention Meng Twelve and Meng Thirteen, who had never greeted her before, even Meng Guihuan, who was interested in making amends with her, nodded in agreement: "What the twelfth sister and the thirteenth sister said is that we should have done this a long time ago! Miss Sheng San, it's not that we want to drive you away, it's just that with your skills, it's really humiliating for you to play with us!"
Sheng Weiqiao threw down Wumu angrily: "As I said, I haven't played much at home, but I'm very lucky today! How can you be so unable to afford to lose?! Besides, I've only finished four horses, and I haven't won yet. Oh! Maybe I won’t be able to win the lottery next time?”
Before she finished speaking, seeing that the five trees she had thrown away actually formed a "Lu", the Meng sisters were completely crazy: "Someone, someone! Call those two people back quickly. Hurry up and get this Miss Sheng San." Please leave—no matter what we play in the future, we will never take her with us!"
After a while, Meng Shuangxiao and Gongsun Yingjiang, whose cheeks were red from building a snowman, walked in holding hands.
It can be seen that the relationship between the two of them has improved by leaps and bounds after playing in the snow. At this moment, Meng Shuangxiao crossed the threshold of the palace with brisk steps, letting the palace servants take off her fur coat, and immediately took the initiative to take off her fur coat again. Gongsun Yingjiang raised his arm and asked with a smile: "How is it? Is Miss Sheng San no longer betting on the lottery? How many horses have she finished? Don't think there is only one left and she is almost at the finish line? Then I With Ying Jiang, I'm afraid I'll lose before I even get to the first pit!"
Meng Twelve snorted: "We won't take her to play anymore!"
Meng Shuangxiao and Gongsun Yingjiang were stunned when they heard this. They looked at the aggrieved Sheng Weiqiao and laughed. Meng Shuangxiao said angrily: "Twelve aunts, you are so stingy! It's a game, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose. We don't have any money. , Miss Sheng San can win if she wins, why don’t we even play with her? It seems like we are so stingy."
"She didn't say anything about her betting all the way. Just now we said we wouldn't let her play anymore. She was so angry that she threw Wumu, and it turned out to be another 'Lu'!" Sheng Weiqiao was moved after hearing this, while Meng Shisan sneered repeatedly. , said, "You have been building snowmen outside and having fun, so I don't know how Ku feels when she is sitting here, watching her win over her again and again - why don't you continue to let her vote, and you will come and watch too?" Are we going to play together today, or are we just watching her win prizes?"
Meng Shuangxiao silently glanced at the Lu Cai scattered on the table, raised her head, and said seriously: "What about that, Miss Sheng San, the snowman we just built is actually very interesting... Do you want to go and see it alone?"
Gongsun Yingjiang also nodded seriously: "If my aunt doesn't like the snowman we built, why not build one you like? After all, you must be very tired after betting for so long!"
Sheng Weiqiao: "..."
Although the girl was extremely unwilling to do so, public anger was inevitable. Even Gongsun Yingjiang supported Meng Twelve's proposal, so she could only be driven out of the ranks of playing with acanthus.
The people in the left and right palaces couldn't help laughing as they watched the whole process from beginning to end.
After a while, they saw that Meng Twelve and the others had started playing again. Sheng Weiqiao was sitting alone and watching, as if she was very pitiful. An older palace servant came up and whispered: "Miss Sheng San, how about that?" I'll bring you another set of acanthus, so you can play with your maid?"
A maid never has the guts to cheat on her master.
But Sheng Weiqiao wasn't originally very interested in Ai Pu. The reason why he felt aggrieved was mainly because halfway through the game, he was forced out of the game despite a good situation. He felt he was being bullied, but he didn't appreciate the good intentions of the palace people. He shook his head slightly and said, "Thank you, aunt, but I don't usually play this much."
Hearing this, the palace man chuckled and said, "Whatever Miss Sheng San needs, just tell me. The Queen Mother often invites girls of your age to come to the palace to relieve boredom. There are all kinds of things here."
Sheng Weiqiao thanked her profusely, but didn't ask for anything - originally, she usually played here and there with Sheng Weiwu at home, and rarely sat down. Except for the maid, no one else wanted to play with her. , then I would be even less interested.
However, the palace people only thought that she was out of anger and wanted to comfort her. They changed her refreshments several times in a short time.
Seeing them going back and forth trying to relieve themselves, Sheng Weiqiao was grateful but also felt uncomfortable.
Thinking of Meng Shuangxiao's words just now, she got up, went to the door to put on her fur coat, and whispered to the palace attendant next to her: "I'm going to see the snowman they just built."
The palace man said hurriedly: "My servant will accompany you out!"
Sheng Weiqiao knew the rules in the palace, and he was not allowed to wander around without someone accompanying him, so he allowed it.
But after a while, the three of them arrived not far from the five-child acceptance snowman built by Meng Shuangxiao and Gongsun Yingjiang. When the palace man came down the steps, he reminded Sheng Weiqiao: "Miss, please be careful of the snow and slippery roads. It is always easy to fall in this place." …”
Before she finished speaking, she missed the mark. Sheng Weiqiao was carefully walking down the steps as she had told her. She didn't pay attention and watched the palace man fall to the ground in front of her!
"Auntie, are you okay?" Sheng Weiqiao was surprised and quickly helped Lu Jin up.
The palace lady stumbled to her feet with the help of the two of them, her face flushed with embarrassment and sudden fright. After standing up, she quickly let go of Sheng Weiqiao and Lu Jin's hands, knelt down and apologized: "This slave has violated your etiquette. Please let me know, Miss Third!"
Sheng Weiqiao asked with concern: "Auntie, how are you? Where are you injured?"
As he spoke, he looked down and saw that there were a few bright red spots on a water-colored fairy skirt embroidered with rose flowers underneath the palace lady. It was located on his knees. It was obvious that the skin had at least been broken.
In this situation, Sheng Weiqiao naturally didn't care about seeing the snowman, and was busy sending her to apply medicine and change clothes.
The palace man declined several times, but finally agreed because the injury was really painful. So the three of them returned the same way and went to the side hall to talk to the person at the door. The person said, "You are on duty." , even though I have to go back to clean up after being injured, according to the rules, I should explain it to Chi Zuosi."
Chi Zuosi always followed Empress Dowager Meng, but now he thought he was staying at the Nuan Pavilion nearby.
Although there was only a few steps to go, the palace man had an injury on his knee and it was difficult to walk. Sheng Weiqiao saw that although the other palace men looked at him with worries and concerns on their faces, they had no intention of helping. He knew that most of them were Xin Shou. The rules in the palace are strict, and these waiters who are on duty cannot leave without authorization, so they volunteered: "I and my maid will accompany this aunt to the nearby Nuan Pavilion to find Chi Zuosi!"
Firstly, she has been squeezed out and has a lot of free time; secondly, Sheng Weiwu is also in the Nuan Pavilion at the moment. Maybe she can take her cousin back to the side hall
Hearing this, the injured palace servant and her companions both thanked her profusely - Sheng Weiqiao and Lu Jin then helped the person walk towards Nuan Pavilion and turned around the winding corridor. Nuan Pavilion was looking at them in front of them. Sheng Weiqiao was still thinking about what to say when they arrived at the door. At this time, the door of Nuange suddenly opened.
Chi Zuosi, who was dressed in a crimson and purple female official uniform, just happened to see someone out. (Well, if you want to know the details, it will be in the next chapter, which is tomorrow^_^ The strength is broken, it is so caught off guard!)
[Note 1] Aipu: It is equivalent to ancient flying chess, except that there are more grids and only one starting point and one end point. Guicai feels that it can be understood as throwing a "six" in flying chess.
[Note 2] Pheasant Cai: I am a little confused about this. It is said in several places that Pheasant Cai is four black and one white. The best Lu Cai is five black. This makes sense. But when looking at the table of the twelve colors, the pheasant colors are all "black black black pheasant". These are three black and two white, but they are just two special whites. Judging from the name of the color, the pheasant color is named after "pheasant", so it makes sense for the two pheasants. I don’t know which one it is. The article uses the expression in the table.