Qi Zongxun was known as the leader of the four great young masters of Dongcheng. He was indeed elegant and refined. Although he was obviously angered, he managed to suppress his anger when he saw Lu Ming and his party coming. He smiled and shook hands with Lu Ming and others.
Jin Shanlong has a typical Jinzhou appearance, with small eyes, single eyelids, and a somewhat sinister face.
The people of Haixi are mortal enemies. The main conflict actually comes from the people of Jinzhou and the Qi family of Zhongzhou in Northern Xinjiang who once enslaved them. In order to gain freedom, the people of Jinzhou resisted for more than three hundred years and eventually migrated collectively to Haixi.
When people in Jinzhou see someone with the surname Qi, regardless of whether they are from northern Xinjiang or not, they are extremely hostile.
Not to mention that Qi Zongxun is the real culprit. The conflict between the two today came from Jin Shanlong's naked provocation.
Lu Ming saw that Tojo Saburo wanted to calm things down, so he suggested that everyone play together. He proposed several games that all had low chances of winning or losing and could allow them to become partners and cooperate with each other.
"Zha Jinhua! Just play Zha Jinhua! We two were already playing Zha Jinhua!" Jin Shanlong rolled his eyes, his face full of defiantness.
He was lucky and won several games against Qi Zongxun.
Zhajinhua is one of the most exciting and gambling games, and it can easily turn into a duel between two people.
Saburo Tojo frowned slightly but said nothing.
Qi Zongxun said calmly: "Yes, Master Jin and I haven't decided the winner yet."
Ren Jichang smiled and said, "Otherwise, let's play the game of winning the championship, which is similar to playing poker."
Lu Ming knew that winning the championship was a popular card gambling game in the Northern Territory, similar to filling in the pits in his previous life.
The general rule is to remove the small cards. For example, if there are four people, keep 10 to A, which means 20 cards, and each person is dealt 5 cards.
The first two cards are hidden cards that only the player can see, and the last three cards are invented in sequence.
From the moment the first face-up card is dealt, players begin placing bets, raising bets, kicking bets, and so on.
Winning or losing depends on the total number of points of the five cards added together. 10 is 10 points, J is 11 points, and so on, but A is 15 points.
Of course, in this world, J to A are called differently, but the principles are similar, and Lu Ming automatically converts the names into his own understanding.
In addition, when calculating the total points of the cards, if there are three identical cards, 30 more points will be added.
If there are four identical cards, you win directly.
However, if two players have four identical cards, the total points of the two players will be compared.
If the highest total points are not reached by one player but by two or more players, it is called a bad game with no winner and the table bets automatically move on to the next round.
This way of playing is not as tricky as poker. At least everyone has a rough idea of the other party's cards, after all, they can see 3 open cards.
Winning or losing is not as exciting as playing poker.
In addition, the possibility of cheating is also extremely small. For example, if there are four players, there are only 20 cards, and each player has five cards. If you want to cheat and change the cards, it will inevitably result in the cards you cheated with actually being in the hands of other players, and your cheating will be exposed when the cards are finally revealed.
Although the chance of all four players following with 5 cards is not very high, the flexibility of changing cards is reduced to the minimum after all.
Over there, listening to Ren Jichang's suggestion, Tojo Saburo said with a smile: "Okay, let's play the game of winning first place."
Qi Zongxun said, "It depends on what Master Jin wants!"
Jin Shanlong was originally full of indignation, but somehow, his expression suddenly changed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"
Ren Jichang laughed: "Okay, okay, come on, let's go to the table!"
If five people play, just take 9 to A, plus an 8, for a total of 25 cards.
Not long after Lu Ming sat down, Granny Tuolong came over with a food box, bringing some snacks for the master. Then, she stood among the servants standing against the wall.
Originally, Lu Ming did not bring Tuolong or Xiaoguo and Xiaoguo with him. When he heard that they were going to the card table, he took the opportunity of going to the bathroom and called Tuolong over using the secret method of returning to Black Mountain.
Unexpectedly, the game was full of tension as soon as it started, making it more exciting than playing poker.
From the first round, Qi Zongxun and Jin Shanlong took turns to raise the bet, kick and counter.
The basic bet is originally 100, but often after the third round of cards are dealt, the table stakes are tens of thousands.
Lu Ming followed casually. Sometimes, the hole cards came to him as a pair. If the opponent did not have a card in his pair in the first round of cards, he would often fold and not follow.
But with Qi Zongxun and Jin Shanlong playing around like this, the winnings and losses soon amounted to hundreds of thousands. Qi Zongxun was still calm, while Jin Shanlong was impatient, so he was the loser.
Lu Ming was playing randomly, and this time he had two nines in his hand.
The order in which the third card was dealt was Jin Shanlong, Tojo Saburo, Qi Zongxun, Ren Jichang, and Lu Ming.
Jin Shanlong's third card was a K. He snorted coldly and threw down a ten thousand yuan chip, "Ten thousand".
Tojo Saburo followed.
Qi Zongxun had the Q, and he also didn't hesitate and followed with 10,000.
Ren Jichang fell into deep thought.
At this time, a waiter came to Lu Ming with a small box and whispered, "Sir, someone has changed the chips for you."
The waiter opened the small box, and inside were ten thousand-dollar chips, about two hundred in number, with a card on it.
Lu Ming picked it up and read it. It turned out to be an ancient Japanese poem quoted by Tojo Saburo. The general meaning was that a true friend is hard to find. There was a sentence at the end saying that seeing that Commissioner Zhang was not playing with passion, he was giving him chips as a gift, and that he was a comrade in arms.
On the other side, Ren Jichang thought deeply and followed with 10,000 yuan.
The dealer then dealt Lu Ming a third card, which was another 9.
Lu Ming was startled and turned to look at Tojo Saburo, only to see Tojo Saburo smiling and nodding at him.
There is no doubt that Saburo Tojo manipulated this game of cards, giving himself chips and the order of the cards, allowing him to win again.
Lu Ming waved his hand and said to the waiter, "I don't need this chip. Go return it to Mr. Tojo!" He picked up a 10,000 yuan chip on the table and threw it in.
The waiter took the small box and went to Tojo Saburo, who calmly ordered the waiter to put the chips on his table.
The dealer was about to issue the fourth round, Jin Shanlong gritted his teeth and raised his hand: "I'll kick back 100,000!"
After each round of dealing, each player has one chance to kick back.
Tojo Saburo smiled and said, "I followed you!"
Qi Zongxun frowned, thought for a moment, counted out ten chips worth ten thousand yuan and threw them onto the table.
Ren Jichang smiled and pushed the cards away: "I won't follow!"
Lu Ming threw down the chips, "One hundred thousand."
The fourth round of dealing began, and Jin Shanlong got another K, that is to say, both open cards were K. He chuckled, "Great, I'm so lucky! I'm better than that kid from Northern Frontier! I raise it to 500,000!" He made a throat-cutting gesture to Qi Zongxun provocatively.
Tojo Saburo smiled and said, "No!"
Qi Zongxun's fourth card was a queen again, which meant there were two queens on the face card. He glanced at Jin Shanlong and nodded, "Follow!"
The dealer used the card tray to bring Lu Ming's fourth card over, and then flipped it over gently, revealing another 9.
In other words, Lu Ming now has four 9s.
Lu Ming looked at the two open cards, then picked up the two hidden cards and looked at them, then smiled and said, "Before I decide whether to follow or not, Marshal Zongxun, let me ask you a question. Between the Miao Baifeng regime in Anshan and the An Mingyuan regime, which one do you think is the legitimate one in Anshan?"
Hearing Lu Ming's question, Ren Jichang smiled slightly and looked at Qi Zongxun with interest.
Saburo Tojo was still smiling, but there was a subtle change in the look in his eyes when he looked at Lu Ming.
Over there, Qi Zongxun hesitated.
In fact, before coming, Qi Huaide must have told his son to remain neutral on the matter and not to express his opinion.
But Qi Zongxun glanced at Jin Shanlong, then smiled and said, "From my personal point of view, of course, Chairman Miao Baifeng, who is still in Anshan City to maintain the dignity of Anshan, is the orthodox of Anshan. How can An Mingyuan, who has fled to the northwest tribe, still represent the people of Anshan?"
Lu Ming smiled happily, "Okay, Marshal Zongxun, just because of what you said, whatever you lose in today's card game will be mine!"
Qi Zongxun frowned slightly, feeling that he was being looked down upon. When he was about to say something, Lu Ming smiled and said, "I'll follow you!" He then said, "Kick back for one million!"
Jin Shanlong snorted coldly, as if looking at Tojo Saburo, then picked up the hole card, looked at it, and sneered: "I follow!"
Lu Ming nodded in his heart. This was a trap. Either it was a trap to give him money, or it was a trap to take his life.
It seems that now, the situation has become one that may cost me my life.
Qi Zongxun probably realized something and was a little hesitant.
Jin Shanlong sneered, "What? You don't dare? The people in Northern Xinjiang are all cowards, and so are those girls. They dare not resist even if they cry to death!"
Qi Zongxun's eyes flashed with a cold light, but he threw the cards away and said, "I won't play this round!"
The dealer started the fifth round of dealing, and Jin Shanlong's fifth card was an A.
He picked up the two cards again, looked at them, and coughed: "Two million."
The dealer dealt cards to Lu Ming. Lu Ming's fifth card was 8.
Lu Ming looked at the chips on the table and said with a smile, "Is this where you can take checks?"
In this room, there was a casino manager serving, who smiled and said, "Of course we approve Commissioner Zhang's check."
Lu Ming wrote a check for five million and handed it to the table, "Follow me, if you get five hundred, we won't meet!"
Jin Shanlong's eyelids twitched. Obviously, although he was a famous nobleman in Haixi Province, this level of gambling was totally beyond his control. When he shouted out two million in the last round, he had already become very honest. The arrogant expression on his face was gone, and there were beads of sweat on his forehead.
At this time, he picked up the hole card again and looked at it.
A hint of displeasure flashed across Saburo Tojo's eyes, who was sitting next to him, and Mrs. Tojo gently put down the teacup.
"Follow!" After Jin Shanlong roughly determined the trump card, he finally figured it out.
If he has four Ks and the fifth card is an A, then he will definitely win no matter what cards the opponent has.
Because the only way to beat him is to have four of a kind and compete with him in points.
Four A's are impossible, the biggest is four Q's plus an A, which is smaller than his points.
Lu Mingming's cards were two 9s and one 8. Even if he had four 9s, the points would still be much smaller than his.
After Jin Shanlong called out, he looked at the chips on his table and saw that there were only a few left.
At this time, Tojo Shiro, who was sitting next to him, smiled slightly and took out his checkbook. "It seems that Commissioner Zhang didn't have enough fun, but Young Master Jin seems to have no capital. How about this, I will lend you money. Young Master Jin is a hero in Haixi. I also have some properties in Haixi, so I am not afraid that Young Master Jin will default on his debts."
He smiled again and said, "I think Commissioner Zhang is going to show his cards to Young Master Jin." Then he wrote a check for five million and handed it to Jin Shanlong. He smiled at Lu Ming and said, "Commissioner Zhang, the game is over. We can still talk."
Jin Shanlong handed the check to the table. The manager took it and checked it again, looking embarrassed. "Sanhe Bank... doesn't have any business in Longbei..."
Tojo Shiro frowned, and saw a hint of satisfaction on Lu Ming's face. It was obvious that the other party did it on purpose.
No wonder he kept following. He knew clearly that he could make him win or lose in this game. He was a smart man and he must know what his secret communication with him from the beginning of the game till now meant. He did not take the chips and used the conversation with Qi Zongxun to show his attitude.
Now, they are trying to use tricks to make it so that Jin Shanlong has no capital to follow suit.
But these are just trifles. Tojo Saburo shook his head and took out another checkbook, "A check from the Imperial Bank should be fine, right?" He wrote an amount of 10 million and handed it over.
Jin Shanlong's heart was pounding, but he had been told in advance that when it came to the final stage of following the cards, he would follow the chips of the same denomination as he got.
He slapped the check over and said, "I'll meet you if you make 10 million!" As he spoke, he felt his heart jumping out of his throat.
Tojo Saburo looked at Lu Ming coldly, finally without any kindness. It was obvious that since you don't know how to appreciate it, then I won't be polite. He said indifferently: "Commissioner Zhang, the game is over, we can still talk."
Lu Ming looked at Jin Shanlong and shook his head helplessly, "I should have won tens of millions more, but if I tell others about how much money I won from you, it will feel like I'm bullying a fool. It's really embarrassing! Forget it, I'll meet you!"
He wrote a check for ten million and threw it out, then revealed the bottom card, "Four nines and one eight!"
"Bullshit, you're the fool! I win!" Jin Shanlong took out his trump card and slammed it on the table.
"Three Ks, one A, and one J. Mr. Zhang wins!" The dealer announced the result in a crisp voice.
Jin Shanlong looked down and his face changed drastically. His initial hole cards were a K and a J, but after Mr. Tojo gave him a signal halfway, he looked at the hole cards again and saw two Ks.
At this moment, Mrs. Tojo suddenly groaned, her face pale and she fell on the table. It was obvious that she had fainted from some unknown illness.
Saburo Tojo stared blankly at Jin Shanlong's trump card and forgot to care about his wife for a moment.
Lu Ming had already said to the manager: "Change all the chips into checks issued by your hotel!" He picked up three chips worth 10,000 yuan, threw one to the manager, one to the dealer, and the other to the waiters: "Give it a share!"
The manager, dealers and waiters were all stunned. This card game was so big that they had never seen anything like it before in their work in the casino.
The tips given by the winners are more than what an average person could save in a lifetime.
Everyone expressed their gratitude and bowed to Lu Ming.
Lu Ming had already taken up the silly Bai Shuixian's arm and shouted to the manager, "Oh, Master Qi lost, just return the full amount to me."
He smiled at Ren Jichang again and said, "Fourth brother, let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea. I'll wait for the check."
Ren Jichang smiled and said, "Okay, okay!" and walked in front to lead the way.
Looking at his back, Lu Ming was thinking. In fact, judging from Tojo Saburo's deployment, he obviously knew in advance that he was going to play a winning game and had prepared for all possibilities.
Even if Kim Sun-ryong and Ji Jong-hoon met in the casino today, and Kim Sun-ryong's provocation and so on, were all arranged in advance.
According to Jin Shanlong, Tojo Saburo can order him around at will, but Qi Zongxun happened to come to the casino today, so someone must have arranged it deliberately.
While playing cards, he heard Qi Zongxun mention unintentionally that the guide who came to the casino today and was responsible for serving in the mansion where he lived said that the casino was fun, and that's when he became interested.
And just now, it was Ren Jichang who proposed the game of winning the championship.
Ren Laosi, is he colluding with the Japanese
Otherwise, it would have been difficult for Saburo Tojo to plan it so perfectly.
However, even if the plan is perfect, if the most basic things fail, it will backfire.
Tojo Saburo's side naturally knew that they had thousands of masters on their side, after all, the Japanese were defeated by them last time.
Tojo Saburo's wife might be a disguised wife, or she might be the real wife, but she is an expert in her own right, and she might have come here to compete with the people around her.
What's more, Mrs. Tojo's seat was right next to Kim Sun-yong, and the K given to Kim Sun-yong should have been Saburo Tojo's trump card.
The distance is so close, and according to the Thousand Doors Technique, the opponent will not have any chance to intervene.
But there was no way. With me here, the gambler, Grandma Tuolong, seemed to be assisted by God, as if she had a halo and a domain.
Granny Tuolong never cheats when she gambles, as that would take away the fun of gambling, but she is well versed in cheating techniques.
I don't understand how the two of them fought, and I won't ask.
It's good to win, but it's more than 10 million, which is a little less than expected. It's really because of Jin Shanlong sitting in the opponent's seat that I have no interest in continuing to gamble.
Thinking about it, Lu Ming couldn't help laughing. If he continued at this pace, the Haixi people and the Japanese people would be fine, but the dignitaries who he often dealt with would be the first to go bankrupt, right