Chapter 017 Really Good Luck
Li Youran’s strategy against Jun Moxie was indeed perfect, having completely considered Jun Moxie’s character and having arranging every aspect in detail. This plan was certainly perfect, but Heaven toys with the will of men. Within this perfect plan, a unique defect had unexpectedly appeared. If the target of this strategy was still Jun Moxie, then the rate of success would be a hundred percent!
However, the Jun Moxie of today was actually Jun Xie, can their plan still proceed smoothly?
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Thousand Gold Hall.
“Shall we proceed with Third Young Master’s usual amount of bet? Starting with one thousand liang? Or… should we increase it a little?” Li Feng asked after everyone were seated.
“From one thousand liangs?” Dugu Xiaoyi cried in surprise, her soft white face was blushed red. “You guys are going to bet so much?” She was the only daughter of the Dugu Family. Normal necessities like food, clothes and others were often prepared beforehand for her. With the exception of buying some gold and silver jewellery, her expenditure was often not much. She originally thought that the one hundred silver liangs she brought with her was a huge sum; how could she have imagined that the minimum bet was actually at one thousand liangs! The total amount in her purse can only amount to one tenth…
This was in fact a very normal thing. A thousand silver liangs weighed at least several dozens in jin (0.60479 kg). Not even a terribly rich family will actually bring out dozens of jin worth of silver liangs as they wander about. After all, this world has something called bills…
“A thousand liang? That amount would take too long. This Young Master do not have that much time to waste. Let us make this merrier, every game starts at ten thousand liangs, no upper limit, lets proceed with this,” Jun Xie laughed out loud. “This Young Master have plenty of money. This small sum is not worth mentioning!”
Tang Yuan was shocked. “A thousand liang as the starting line is already no small sum, Third Young Master.” He knows all too well that Jun Xie only has fifty thousand liangs with him; if the game truly was played with ten thousand liangs as the baseline, he could end up losing everything in minutes should his luck be bad. But after thinking about it again, losing everything instantly may not be bad. He had already lost so much today. In addition, the note had already been reclaimed. He should not push his own brother towards such a dangerous spot. Losing that fifty thousand liang should not be too big a deal. After pondering about it, he decided not to interfere.
“The Third Young Master Jun is truly a straightforward man! The game of dice happens to be my favourite, a game of luck! Both sides can see the results of the roll, making it fair and reasonable!” Meng Haizou laughed.
“Enough nonsense, how are we going to play this game? The smaller value wins or the bigger value wins? Or are we guessing the values?” Jun Xie looked as though he could no longer wait. If a detailed person were to observe him, he would note that Jun Xie’s eyes had become red, signifying that the drugs had begun taking effect.
The time was approaching!
Meng Haizou quietly looked at Jun Xie’s eyes and replied. “Let’s make it simple and bet on either big or small. What do you think?”
Jun Xie nodded. “Call!”
To be fair, those who participated in this game would first bring out enough silver bills, then proceed to roll the dice. The one with the biggest dice roll would become the banker. Depending on the number of people participating, the number of dice used will differ. If seven people were participating, then seven dice will be used. If six people, then six dice will be used. After that round comes the last round where the winner becomes the banker.
[TL: This was confusing… ]
At the current, Jun Xie, Meng Haizou, Meng Fei, Li Feng and Li Zhen were participating in the gamble. Tang Yuan was already wiped clean and was only qualified to watch by the side. As for Dugu Xiaoyi who came with an overbearing attitude, she did not have enough money on her. Without enough money, even the emperor will not be given any face, and can only sit by the side as a spectator. Her face was flushed red and covered with shame.
The gears within Jun Xie’s mind moved, how can he not take advantage of such a powerful backer? “Miss Dugu is a female, it is only natural that you do not join in with us. Why don’t Miss Dugu play across the board?”
“What is playing across the board?” Dugu Xiaoyi’s eyes lit up.
“The so-called playing across the board is basically making an outside bet. This means that even though you are not participating in this gamble, you can still make a bet! For example, you can make a bet of five silver liangs on me to win. If I lose, then I would have dragged you down and you would have lost that five silver liangs. That way both sides lose. But if I were to win, then your returns, including interest would b