Yuan Anning frowned in confusion when she heard this. She frowned not because she didn't believe what Nanfeng said, but because the game of mahjong was not favored by the upper class and was only popular among street vendors. It was very tacky. As an alien who stayed away from the hustle and bustle of the world, she shouldn't Love this kind of chess.
Because it was still far away from the island, what I could see was not very clear. When I got closer, I looked carefully and saw that the four people on the island were really playing mahjong. They sat on a square stone table, facing each other, touching and playing cards. Three drinks and four drinks.
While Yuan Anning was looking far away, Nanfeng was also looking at the four people at the stone table. Two of the four were middle-aged men, wearing Chinese-style clothes. They should be around forty years old. The other two were older. These two old men are both alien transformations. One of them is tall, seventy years old, with a dove-shaped face. He wears a pair of colorful loose silk trousers on his lower body and only a waistcoat on his upper body. This person's natal soul is a A red bird. He had never seen this kind of bird before, but he felt it was somewhat similar to a red bird.
The other old man must be about sixty years old. He is very thin, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. He is wearing a black gown. The gown is so dark and shiny that it seems not to be made of fabric. This person's natal soul is a rat, a mountain rat to be precise.
"Is it him?" Yuan Anning turned to look at Nanfeng.
Nanfeng nodded, "Yes, the one in the waistcoat is the fire bird, who lives in the mountains and cultivates his skills. If you look carefully at his eyebrows, they are indeed red."
"Where did the remaining three come from?" Yuan Anning asked again.
"The old man sitting in the east seat and raising his hands to block the sun is a rat. The two people in the south and west seats are people." Nanfeng raised his hand and pointed south, "Look, there are ships docked on the shore. Those two The middle-aged man should have come by boat."
Yuan Anning also noticed the ship docked on the shore. After taking a closer look, he said, "That ship is not a merchant ship, and its draft is not deep. It must have come from China specifically to gamble with them for profit."
"It's possible, I'll take you there." After Nanfeng said this, he supported Yuan Anning and teleported over, appearing next to the stone table.
The red-browed old man seemed to feel something. He grabbed a card in his hand and looked around as if he was looking for something.
"Third Master, please come out." The rat spirit sitting above him urged.
"Why are you urging me?" The red-browed old man blew his beard and glared.
The rat spirit seemed to be very afraid of him. He didn't say anything back. He lowered his head and said nothing.
The red-browed old man found nothing, so he turned to look at the cards in his hand. This mahjong set was carved from ivory, delicate and moist, white with a hint of red. Needless to say, it had been used for many years.
The red-browed old man originally wanted to play the card in his hand, but he suddenly felt strange, so he hesitated to take back the card, and then hesitantly chose from the cards in front of him.
After hesitating for a long time, he took out a card and typed it out, "Thirty thousand."
Seeing no response from the three people, he reached out to touch the cards. The red-browed old man was relieved and raised his left foot to step on the edge of the stone pier. It was very hot here. The red-browed old man was barefoot. After lifting his foot, he used his left hand to pick at the foot.
Nan Feng was currently circling around to look at the four-person cards. When Nan Feng came back, Yuan Anning pointed to Nan Feng at the left foot of the red-browed old man.
"He is a transfiguration of a different species. It is not surprising that he only has four toes," Nanfeng said, and then added, "It's okay, they can't hear what we are saying."
"What's in the pockets in front of them?" Yuan Anning asked. There was a small pocket in front of the four of them. The small pocket contained various amounts of granular things.
"Bava beans." Nanfeng said casually.
"Are they betting on beans?" Yuan Anning wondered.
"No, no," Nanfeng shook his head, "The beans are just chips. Whoever loses all his beans loses. If he doesn't lose all his beans, he still has a chance to make a comeback."
After Nanfeng finished speaking, Yuan Anning pointed to the two people sitting in the west seat and the south seat, "These two people are luxuriously dressed and calm. They must be masters who are well versed in this."
"You know how to play this?" Nanfeng tilted his head and looked at her.
"No, I just look at their expressions and demeanor," Yuan Anning said with a smile, then pointed to the small pocket in front of the rat spirit and the red-browed old man, "The two of them have not lost many chips. "
As soon as Yuan Anning finished speaking, the middle-aged man sitting in the south seat pushed down his cards and showed them to the three people. He just said nonsense, and then he said his own number and counted it twice. The red-browed old man and the other three people He opened his pocket, took out the broad beans, and gave two of them to the man with bad cards.
Yuan Anning didn't understand the rules and was confused. Nanfeng gave him a brief explanation, and then Yuan Anning saw some tricks.
"Let's go and have a look inside." Nan Feng rushed to the house not far away. It was a wooden house, not very big, with only four rooms.
After taking a few steps, he didn't see Yuan Anning following him. He turned around and found that Yuan Anning was still staring at the red-browed old man's cards.
"You look here, I'll go in and take a look." Nanfeng said.
Yuan Anning nodded.
Walking in through the door, the smell in the house is very strong, pungent smell of stinky feet, household utensils are in a mess, but although it is messy, there are many good things, gold and silver are everywhere, jewelry and silks are piled up in random places, many of which have an exotic feel. The rhinoceros horn cup, eight-treasure pot and some unnamed utensils are scattered around the house. There is no pot or stove in the house. There are a lot of clothes piled in the place where the pot and stove should be built. These clothes have obviously been worn. There are various styles, including clothes from China, and clothes from foreign countries and Southeast Asia. Most of them are for men, but there are also clothes for women.
After careful inspection, I found that in addition to outer clothes, there were also middle clothes and undergarments, and there were also bellybands on the trousers. All the clothes inside and outside were here. So where were the owners of these clothes
After concentrating on sensing, I didn't find any ghosts on the island. I left the wooden house and looked around, but I didn't see any bones or remains. After thinking about it, I suddenly realized that the owner of these clothes was not killed, but lost all his underpants. Walked away naked.
Back at the card table, the gambling game was still going on. The two middle-aged men were very calm. During the game, they rarely said anything except reporting the cards. The red-browed old man was yelling and swearing, but he was yelling. He just cursed luck, or else he cursed the rat spirit, but never the two middle-aged men.
Seeing Nanfeng return, Yuan Anning frowned and looked at him.
Nanfeng knew why Yuan Anning was looking at him, waved his hand and said, "This guy is a rough guy, but a rough guy is not necessarily a bad person. Let's see how he plays cards. His character is like his character, and you can see the whole story at a glance."
Hearing what Nan Feng said, Yuan An Ning stopped talking. Nan Feng transformed into a wooden chair so that Yuan An Ning could sit and watch the battle while he stood beside him and explained.
Three identical cards or three cards adjacent to each other constitute one frame, and two identical cards constitute a pair of drops. When all four banners are completed, a pair of drops can be used as a random card. One player wins by firing a gun, and three players win by drawing.
Depending on the cards, the numbers are also different. Those with more numbers will win more beans, and vice versa.
After watching a few more games, Yuan Anning had something to worry about. Her calculation was not about gaining insights into playing cards, but about understanding the old man with red eyebrows. As Nanfeng said, brand quality is like character. Although the old man with red eyebrows is in Mouse, Although he is the subordinate of Jingjing, he never instructs it to do tricks and cheats, and he will not rely on his spiritual energy to cheat and change the cards when shuffling the cards. Although he cursed people, he did not curse the guests. He was very polite to the two middle-aged men from the beginning to the end. However, the two middle-aged men were just ordinary people and had no spiritual skills.
After a few games, the red-browed old man lost all his broad beans and had to borrow them from Mouse Jing, but Mouse Jing didn't have many left, only a dozen or so.
When the game started again, the red-browed old man suddenly stopped cursing, kept silent, and just played cards.
"This card is so fragmentary, why does he seem so excited?" Yuan Anning looked at Nanfeng in confusion.
Nanfeng explained, "What I told you before are the common types of cards. As the saying goes, things will turn to their extremes, otherwise the best will come true. Sometimes, even good cards can be scattered to the extreme. His deck of cards is either big or small, and it is complete. It's the same as the various wind cards but none of them are adjacent to each other. It's called Guoshi Wushuang, also known as Thirteen Yao. If this one makes him fool himself, these two cheaters will go back naked."
"Out of a thousand?" Yuan Anning was very careful, but she never discovered that the two middle-aged men were cheating secretly.
"Didn't you say that these two people are well versed in this?" Nanfeng pointed at the middle-aged man in the west, "A master cheats without revealing his secret. Those who scratch his head are all dirty tricks. Look at the movements of his fingers when he grabs the cards. , just telling his teammates secretly what cards he needs."
"He treats each other with courtesy. These two people are really doing this. Do you want to remind them?" Yuan Anning asked.
Nan Feng shook his head, "Seeing how calm they are, I know they have done similar things many times before. If this red-browed old bird knew that they were cheating, he would probably beat them to death in a rage."
"You don't seem to be a stupid person?" Yuan Anning smiled.
"We're not here for them," Nanfeng also smiled, "Send them both away earlier so we can get down to business."
As the two of them were talking, the red-browed old man became more and more excited, and even began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Is he trying to cheat?" Yuan Anning asked.
Nanfeng nodded, "Yes, listen to ten thousand."
"Help him." Yuan Anning said.
Nanfeng looked at the cards on the table and said, "No need to help, his next card is ten thousand."
"If it's a wild card, how many chips can he win?" Yuan Anning asked.
"The maximum number is one hundred and eight. These two crooks will lose it all." Nanfeng said.
While the two were talking, it was the turn of the red-browed old man to draw the cards. This old bird often plays cards. He can tell what card he is playing by just touching it without looking at it. After touching it, his face lights up with joy. When he touches it again to confirm, he smiles brightly. He took one last look and laughed heartily.
"Hahahaha," the red-browed old man showed up with a card, "You are miserable."
After laughing proudly for a few times, he found that the three of them did not respond. He looked around in confusion, but found that the expressions of the three of them were strange. The rat spirit grinned bitterly and said, "Third Master, you are a liar."
"Ah?" The red-browed old man looked down at the cards and was shocked, "It's clearly one, how did it change to two?"
The rat spirit shook his head in frustration, "Why are you cheating? You're cheating on Thirteen..."