Chapter 19 Change Turtle Seeing that Ruan Xing was determined not to change, Master Liu had no choice but to do as she wished and said nothing more. He had already prepared himself for the fact that the tael and a half of silver would never come back. He began to regret listening to Hu San and inviting this little girl to the Red Mansion. He took a sip of wine to cover half of his face. He planned to go home today to avoid the limelight and come out to play in a few days to avoid being laughed at. Others began to sigh and belittle the Black-Faced God of War, but Ruan Xing pretended not to hear them and waited for the man with the bamboo cage to lower the turtles into the water. Contrary to everyone's expectations, the Black-Faced God of War did not stick to the wooden partition this time when he entered the water. He began to swim slowly and leisurely towards the land, swinging his limbs. Although it is still very slow, it is at a lower-middle level among turtles. "It's strange, why is the Black-Faced God of War so kind to me this time?" "Could it be that he knew someone was pressing it and wanted to show off?" "According to what you said, the Black-Faced God of War has become a spirit, and can actually understand human language." The young masters' loud conversation and discussion did not affect the Black-Faced God of War at all. He still swam forward steadily, while some other turtles had problems halfway through. They either splash around in the water impatiently or swim in the opposite direction in a daze. At this time, there were only two turtles left in front of the Black-faced God of War. One of them was the Red Lotus Xuanshui that won two championships today. It looked a little listless, and its two front paws were not flapping as vigorously.
Prince Wang stood beside Ruan Xing, crossed his arms, and clicked his tongue twice: "It looks like Honglian Xuanshui has won three crowns in a row again. The top player in the turtle pool of Honglou will have to change turtles again!" "That's not necessarily true." Ruan Xing was confident. The black-faced god of war seemed leisurely, but he had already overtaken another turtle and was approaching the finish line. At this moment, an accident suddenly happened. Half of Honglian Xuanshui's body was submerged in water and was slowly sinking! "No way, is Honglian Xuanshui's endurance so poor? He actually drowned!" Young Master Wang was stunned. Yes, tortoises can drown. They cannot breathe underwater, so they are attracted to artificial land and keep falling into the water to survive, heading towards what they think is land. If they can't get to the shore, they will either drown or die of exhaustion from swimming. The men and servants in the casino looked at Honglian Xuanshui with some anxiety. They could not interfere until the gambling was over, and could only watch Honglian Xuanshui about to drown. Training a turtle that can enter the turtle pond costs both money and energy. They certainly don't want Honglian Xuanshui to drown in the turtle pond on the first day of its debut. Fortunately, after more than ten seconds, the Black-faced War God's two front paws touched land. The man, who had been prepared, immediately used a clamp to rescue Honglian Xuanshui, put it into a bamboo cage and took it off the field to rest. "Congratulations to this young lady on her success!" The servant brought the tray. Ruan Xing looked at the silver change in the tray happily. She bet one tael of silver and five hundred and twelve and a half coins. No one else bet on the Black-Faced God of War, so the odds were very high, one to six. In total, she could get nine taels of silver and seventy-five coins. She bumped Master Liu's hand with her shoulder and said, "Here, I'll give you one and a half ounces." "No need to pay it back!" Young Master Liu's eyes sparkled, "Just tell me how you knew that the Black-Faced God of War would win." How did she see it? Of course, she saw it with her eyes! In her memory, she could see clearly the amplitude of the Black-Faced God of War's every movement! But this cannot be told to Master Liu. Ruan Xing put his finger in front of his mouth and hushed, then smiled mysteriously: "This is a secret." Young Master Liu rolled his eyes and said it was boring. Soon, the third round was about to begin. Young Master Liu did not want the one and a half taels, so Ruan Xing was naturally happy to take it. She saved one tael of silver for herself to recharge the simulator, ready to use it when playing Pai Gow later. The remaining eight taels and seventy-five coins were all bet on the third round. The next person to replace Honglian Xuanshui was the green-haired general who had been taken away earlier. He probably had a good rest, and came on stage again in high spirits. This time, Ruan Xing did not bet on the Black-faced God of War, but on the Green-haired General. Unfortunately, many people bet on the Green-haired General and the odds were too low. By the end, Ruan Xing only got nine taels and six hundred and ninety coins. "Let's go play Pai Gow next door. I can't wait to see your skills." Young Master Liu said anxiously, "Brother Wang, you come too."
Prince Wang was also somewhat interested in Ruan Xing, so he gladly agreed. They also called Prince Cao, who they knew well, to join them, making a total of four card partners. When the others learned that they were going to play Pai Gow, they also wanted to come and watch the fun, so Prince Liu naturally agreed. Several people went to the next room facing the stairs where a square table was placed. Ruan Xing sat facing west, Young Master Liu was in the room above her, Young Master Wang was in the room below her, and Young Master Cao, who had never spoken, was in the room opposite her. The seats were exactly the same as she remembered, without any change. From now on, as long as the suits of the public cards and the cards in her hand matched, she wouldn't have to waste a simulation. After shuffling the cards, each person draws a public card and places it in the middle, then draws three more cards as their own hand. The remaining eight cards are hidden cards and are put aside. Master Liu glanced at the cards in his hand and put them down again, lazily placing three taels of silver on the table. This is what the starting bet in the first round means: three or two taels. The amount of bets in each subsequent round cannot be less than this number. No wonder Master Cao on the opposite side would fire her after three rounds. He had already lost a lot in the turtle pool just now. He was probably short of money and couldn't afford to keep up the bet, but was embarrassed to lose his cards. But it just so happened that Ruan Xing only had a little over nine taels in her hand, so she could only follow with three rounds. She secretly glanced at her own cards, felt relieved, and followed with three taels. After one round of following, Master Liu followed with three or two more bets and chose to turn over the public cards. He could turn over only one card or all of them. Master Liu chose to turn over all of them. Pairs of eyes are focused on the public cards. These cards are very important. A skilled player can roughly calculate the chances of winning by looking at these four cards. There are a total of twenty-four cards. Excluding the eight hidden cards, there are seven cards in total, including the public cards and your own hand cards. With the suits of these seven cards, even if a person who knows how to count cards cannot figure out what suit you have in your hand, he can also figure out what suit you cannot have. The answer to the mystery is revealed: the suits of the public cards are black maple leaf, red maple leaf, blue maple leaf, and blue maple leaf. "Wow, the public cards are well dealt." Prince Wang praised. When the community cards are four of a suit, a pair of cards in your hand that is of the same suit as the community cards will automatically be upgraded to a natural. Young Master Liu laughed and said, "Why, do you have it?" "I can't tell you that. Just guess whether I have it or not!" Young Master Wang was making witty remarks with a big smile on his face, but Ruan Xing knew that he couldn't possibly have a maple leaf pattern in his hand. Because the black maple leaf is in her hand, and the red maple leaf is in the hands of Mr. Cao, the rival. After another round, the amount of bets on the table has accumulated to twenty-four taels of silver. If he can win this game, Mr. Cao will make back all the money he just lost. His family background is not as good as Liu and Wang, he is just an ordinary wealthy family, and more than twenty taels a month is considered a high consumption. So, in the third round of raising, when it was Mr. Cao's turn, there were already thirty-three taels on the table. He hesitated for a moment and said, "I want to open my cards." Prince Wang was surprised: "That's not good, Brother Cao, you just come up and want to shoot the girl, aren't you bullying her?" Master Cao smiled awkwardly, "Didn't you say she was really capable? If she had calculated that her cards were smaller than ours, she would have thrown away her cards long ago." "Then if your hand is not as big as others after you open it, you will have to compensate us an additional thirty-three taels of silver each." Young Master Liu frowned and reminded him that now if he threw the cards, he would only lose six taels, but if he opened the cards, he would lose ninety-nine taels. Master Cao smiled bitterly, "Go ahead, at worst I'll go home and let my dad beat me up and I'll have to lie down for ten days or half a month." Anyway, he had already spent all his pocket money for this month. Even if he only lost six taels, he would have to stay at home for the second half of the month and wouldn't be able to go out and play. "Since you said so, let's start. You first, then her?" Young Master Liu turned his gaze to Ruan Xing. There is one more chapter before midnight (End of this chapter)