Chapter Seventeen: What Good Luck

  Indeed, anyone would have to admit that Li You Ran's design for Jun Mo Xie was thorough and meticulous, almost perfect. However, fate is unpredictable, and this perfect plan now has a major flaw - the object of their scheme is none other than Jun Mo Xie himself!

  But now Jun Moxie is already Jun Ye, will the plan still go smoothly?!

  ……..

  Qianjintang Zhong

  "Shall we follow San Shao's habit and start with a thousand two? Or... perhaps something slightly larger?" The crowd sat down around the table, Li Feng spoke up with a smile.

  "1,000 taels?!?" Dugu Xiao Yi exclaimed, her pale face flushing red: "You guys are betting so big?!" Although she was the only daughter of the Dugu family, her daily expenses were always well taken care of. As a girl, apart from buying some gold and silver jewelry on impulse, she didn't have any other major expenses. The 180 taels of silver in her purse was already a lot, but she never thought that here, it would be 1,000 taels at once! The total amount of silver in her pouch only added up to one-tenth of that...

  Actually, this is normal. A few dozen taels of silver would weigh at least several tens of kilograms. Even if Xing Xin was a spendthrift, he wouldn't actually carry around several tens of kilograms of silver everywhere... after all, in this world there's still such a thing as silver notes...

  "A thousand taels? ... How long would that take to play? This young master doesn't have so much time, let's make it quick, each bet starts at 10,000 taels, no upper limit, that's settled." Jun Xie laughed, "This young master has plenty of silver, a trivial amount, not worth mentioning!"

  Tang Yuan was startled: "One thousand two is not a small amount, Third Young Master." He knew clearly that Jun Xie had only brought out 50,000 taels in total. If they really didn't set a limit and his luck wasn't good, he could lose everything in no time. But thinking again, losing early was also good. Today, he had already lost quite a bit, and the IOU had been retrieved. He couldn't let his brother be dragged down too. If he only lost 50,000 taels, it wouldn't be too bad. After some deliberation, he didn't stop him.

  "Still, you three are quite straightforward! I love this dice game the most, everyone relies on luck, a flip of the wrist and a glance, fair and just." Meng Haizhou laughed and said.

  "Cut the crap, let's get on with it. Are we playing big or small, or guessing numbers?" Jun Xie looked somewhat impatient, and if one were to observe closely, his eyes seemed to have turned red, indicating that the effects of the medicine had begun to take hold.

  The opportunity is approaching!

  Meng Haizhou looked at Jun Xie's eyes calmly and said, "Let's make it simple, guess big or small, how about that?"

  He nodded slightly: "Alright!"

  To be fair, everyone who participates in the game puts out enough silver tickets, and then takes turns rolling the dice. Whoever gets the highest number sits as the banker. According to the number of people, if there are seven people, it's one banker with seven sets of dice; if there are six people, it's six sets. Then after this round is over, there will be a final set to determine who wins and who becomes the banker.

  Everyone yielded to each other, and there were five people participating in the gambling game: Ji Youjun, Meng Haizhou, Meng Fei, Li Feng, and Li Zhen. Tang Yuan was now clean and had only the qualification to watch from the side. Du Gu Xiao Yi came with a fierce momentum, but the silver on his body was not enough. Even if he were the emperor, it would be useless, and he could only become a spectator. A pretty face was red with anger, obviously feeling embarrassed.

  "With a change of heart, such a great opportunity should not be wasted. 'Miss Dugu is a lady, naturally she can't join us in our revelry. In my opinion, Miss Dugu would do better to float away like a red leaf.'"

  "What is Hong Piao?" Duo Gu Xiao Yi's eyes lit up.

  "What is called 'floating red' is actually outside betting. That is to say, you don't participate in the gamble, but you can still place a bet! For example, if you bet five taels of silver that I will win, and if I lose, it's because I dragged down the young lady, then you won't be able to get your five taels back. It's considered a public accompanying bet, split among other gamblers. But if I win, it means the young lady has brought me good luck, and you can get back ten taels in total, including principal and interest."

  "Good!" Dugu Xiao Yi's eyes lit up with excitement, "Then for the first round, I'll bet five... five taels on crushing you!"

  "Beautiful woman places a bet, great luck is rising! I will surely win without a doubt!"

  Li Feng and others sneered at him, each thinking: Go ahead and laugh, you'll be crying soon!

  Everyone has rolled the dice, only Jun Xie is left. Now Meng Haizhou's score is the highest, with a total of 16 points, consisting of one six-point and two five-point dice. This is already a very high score for three dice! If it weren't for the legendary eighteen-point Leopard Ancestor, only a seventeen-point score could beat him.

  Li Feng and others all showed a complacent expression on their faces. As long as Meng Haizhou was the banker, they had confidence to continue playing in one breath, making Jun Xie this foolish kid lose so badly that he would even strip off his pants here! First, let him lose until he's seeing red, then they could smoothly carry out the plan they had set beforehand.

  He picked up the three jade dice in his hand and weighed them, with a seemingly smiling but actually scolding face. He cursed inwardly that not only was the tea water fake, but even the dice had been tampered with! Clearly, something else had been filled inside, making it difficult to control the weight.

  This is definitely not lead, because if it were lead, there would be uneven weight, but now the inside is clearly very even; only filling with liquid substances like mercury can make the mechanism unpredictable, and only those who are familiar with its subtleties can throw out ideal points. If it's an ordinary person, even if they discover the trick, they can't do anything about it, as for myself...

  Jun Xie blew a breath, his wrist rotated and lifted, three dice fell into the cup, colliding with each other to produce a pleasant sound. At the same time, Jun Xie's right hand was stuck to the table, a thin stream of air as fine as a needle flowed out from between his fingers, imperceptibly entering the cup...

  Everyone involuntarily held their breath and widened their eyes to look over.

  The three dice rolled and stopped.

  "How...how is this possible?" Li Zhen exclaimed with wide eyes, his face filled with dismay.

  On Meng Haizhou's side, everyone let out a disappointed sigh, but Tang Yuan was the only one who cheered loudly, dancing with joy and laughing heartily.

  Two six-pointers and one five-pointer, seventeen points! Just one point more than Meng Haizhou's highest score.

  Meng Haizhou was disappointed, and everyone was stunned: Jun Mo Xie, this guy is really lucky today!

  "Haha, Miss Dugu is indeed lucky, bringing me good fortune! It's truly 'heaven follows one's wishes', today I'm destined to make a big kill! " He said, closing the dice cup and shaking it in his hand, urging: "Place your bets, place your bets, hurry up and bet!" With an impatient look on his face.

  "Bang!" Jun Xie slammed the dice cup onto the stone table, immediately releasing his hand, but one of his hands lightly rested on the edge of the stone table, his face tense. However, his internal energy had already secretly gathered at the bottom of the dice cup, waiting to be unleashed!