Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Roulette of Tsarist Russia
The shopkeeper scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly, "This... This is the first time she's seen in front of outsiders, so let's take a look at how different you are. ”
Lin Jingjing was a little helpless, but he didn't expect them to be visited as a novel species.
"But shopkeeper, you didn't see that female ghost last night?"
The shopkeeper shook his head, "Hehe, little old man, I sleep so deeply that I can't see her." ”
"Oh?" Lin Jingjing felt strange, "Shopkeeper, have you never seen this female ghost?" ”
The shopkeeper nodded, "What's so nice about this, I'm not curious, little old man, so naturally I haven't seen it." ”
After thinking about it, the shopkeeper added, "But speaking of this female ghost, I think of a thing, once a little old man lived with a guest here, and he was as curious as you at that time, and went out for a walk at night, wanting to see her." ”
Talking about the shopkeeper's bar, "He also had the right idea, and he actually saw it on the first night, and he came back to tell me that the woman he looked familiar with, as if he had seen it before." ”
At this time, Jian Zhanmo also walked over, "Dare to ask the shopkeeper, did that person say where he saw it?" ”
But what was disappointing was that the shopkeeper shook his head, "He has been traveling south and north for so many years, and he has seen many people, and he himself can't remember where he saw them, and the female ghost must have been a person before his death, since he is a person, there will definitely be people who look similar, and it is not easy to say who it is." ”
Lin Jingjing thought deeply when she heard the shopkeeper's words, but it would be better if she could know her identity.
"So it's hard to be in charge, let's go out." Jian Zhanmo pulled Lin Jingjing and walked out, and after a while, Xuanhe and Yurong also left the inn together.
I didn't sleep well last night, Yurong's eyes were covered with black and blue today, and Xuanhe felt distressed for a while, and wanted her to rest in the hotel today.
But after being frightened yesterday, it stimulated Yurong's fighting spirit, and she swore that she must find out the truth of this matter, and Xuanhe couldn't stop her, so she could only go out together.
"Where are we going today?" Lin Jingjing and the three of them had already asked their neighbors yesterday, and they didn't know who they should ask today to get useful information.
Jian Zhanmo shook the folding fan in his hand, "Just follow me." ”
Lin Jingjing walked a cup of tea, and finally saw Jian Zhanmo stop. She looked up and saw that they were in a casino.
"Casinos? What are you doing here? Lin Jingjing muttered in a low voice, could it be that his hands are itchy?
Jian Zhanmo didn't say anything, just handed over the chips exchanged for a hundred silver dollars to Lin Jingjing, "Let's go." ”
To be honest, he didn't know if Jian Zhanmo's hands were itchy or not, but her hands were already itchy, and she weighed the chips in her hand, and the familiar weight made her love it.
"What are we going to play?"
This casino is very large, there are three floors, the first floor is an ordinary pai gow and bet size, Lin Jingjing originally wanted to go up to the second floor to see, but there were two big men guarding there on the second floor, and they didn't give them a chance to go up at all.
"I don't know what it is on the second floor, so I won't let us go up." Lin Jingjing pursed his lips and left unhappily, leaving Jian Zhanmo alone with thoughtful eyes on the second floor.
"Hey, you see there's a circle of people over there, let's go over and have a look
Yes. ”
Lin Jingjing pointed to the place in the northeast corner of the hall, surrounded by a circle of people, not knowing what they were looking at.
She pulled Jian Zhanmo and walked inside, squeezing for a long time before finding a suitable place to watch the show.
"Big brother, what are you playing with?"
The eldest brother next to him smiled, "Tsarist Russian roulette, have you heard of it?" ”
Lin Jingjing shook his head when he heard this, "Tsarist Russian roulette? What is this? ”
"Tsarist roulette? It's the kind on the left. Put a bullet in the wheel/pistol and see who survives the gamble? ”
The eldest brother showed an appreciative look in his eyes, "The young man knows a lot, yes, it's this game." ”
"Wait, you're talking left. Is a wheel pistol a real gun? Lin Jingjing looked left and right and raised his own questions.
Jian Zhanmo nodded, "Yes, it's the one you think. Wheel pistol. Left. The pistol had six chambers, and only one of those chambers had a bullet, and they were betting on where the bullet was. ”
"But won't the loser die?" Lin Jingjing felt that all this was beyond her imagination, she had seen a lot of people who lost their family wealth for gambling, and there were also people who lost their lives by gambling, but it was the first time she had heard of gambling with her life.
"Girl, you don't understand this, gambling is not unknown, and those who are willing to play this game are those who lose red eyes, this Russian roulette side will always be the dealer of this casino, as long as they win the dealer, they can get a lot of money, and lose, anyway, they have nothing, only one life left, rather than being killed by debt collectors, it is better to die here, at least there is a glimmer of life."
The people around listened to the eldest brother's words and interjected, "That's it, I have a neighbor who even sold his wife and children when he lost, and finally won the dealer's house, and now he marries a beautiful daughter-in-law and goes home to live a good life." ”
"Wait." Lin Jingjing interrupted them again, "But according to what you say, isn't it that every day the dealer has to die a person?" ”
Jian Zhanmo shook his head, "Silly girl, the dealer only needs to bet on whether there are bullets in it, and then open the gun to see directly, if there are bullets, they will give a lot of silver dollars." ”
Lin Jingjing finally figured out the rules of the game this time, "But why do dealers play this kind of game, is it useless to win their lives?" ”
In Lin Jingjing's opinion, these gamblers who sold their wives and children should be let be beaten to death by debt collectors, why should they be given a chance to start over, and it is too cheap for them to be killed with one shot.
This time, the eldest brother just now disagreed, "Miss, you just came to us, since Mr. Zhuang made this game, there are a lot fewer people who gamble to bankrupt their families, and the dealer has done a great good thing for our new city." ”
"Huh?" Lin Jingjing looked dazed, why did things go differently than she thought.
"It's on, it's on!"
A man in a suit and tie stepped forward. "Hello everyone, welcome to Tsarist Russian roulette, today is still me Song Yi as the bookmaker, this week a total of two friends signed up for the Russian roulette gamble. First of all, I would like to invite my first friend, Mr. Zhang. ”
Mr. Zhang looked ordinary, but he was a little taller than Lin Jingjing, and the expression on his face looked very nervous.
"Here's a thousand silver dollars, just Zhang
If the gentleman can win, these silver dollars will be his. ”
The onlookers let out a burst of shouts, and the lively scene made people think that they had entered the theater.
Song Yi as the dealer first picked up the left. Wheel pistol, Jian Zhan has a good eye, and he can see the left in his hand at a glance. The wheel pistol is a foreign product, and the entire pistol is wiped very brightly, which minimizes the possibility of misfire.
After a turning sound, the pistol stopped at an angle, and Song Yi took the gun and shot at the sheep that had been prepared a long time ago, "Peng." ”
"It's an empty gun. Mr. Zhang, it's your turn. Song Yi stretched out his hand and pointed at him.
Mr. Zhang picked up the pistol with trembling hands, beads of sweat the size of beans fell on his forehead, and he fiddled with it a few times before putting the bullet in.
Lin Jingjing, who saw this kind of gambling for the first time, had already jumped to his throat, and his eyes were fixed on the pistol in Mr. Zhang's hand, hoping that it would be an empty gun.
The muzzle of the gun was slowly aimed at his temple, Mr. Zhang's hand was trembling nervously, and the fingers on the trigger were not deducted.
"Mr. Zhang, if you don't want to play this game again, you can regret it, and we will not make any monetary demands on you." Song Yi saw the hesitation in his heart and reminded him in a good voice.
Unexpectedly, these words gave Mr. Zhang courage, and it was a familiar "Peng", Lin Jingjing breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, it was an empty gun.
But Mr. Zhang, who was in the center, was already so frightened that he sat on the ground, muttering incessantly, "I don't play anymore, I don't play anymore." ”
Song Yi didn't seem surprised by this situation, and just arranged for someone to put Mr. Zhang down, because he was so scared that he couldn't walk at all.
"Hey, why is the ground wet, he's peeing."
"Hahahaha."
Everyone burst into laughter, Lin Jingjing also stood on tiptoe to take a look, and was pulled into Jian Zhanmo's arms, "You little girl's family, what are you doing with that kind of thing." ”
Lin Jingjing wanted to refute, but the material of the clothes Jian Zhanmo was wearing today was so soft, she leaned on it and didn't want to leave again.
"It's the clothes that are comfortable, it's the clothes that are comfortable." Lin Jingjing meditated in his heart over and over again, wanting to find a reason for his behavior.
After a while, Jian Zhanmo let go of her, Lin Jingjing looked up, and the ground had been all cleaned up, and he saw that the service of this casino was still very good.
However, this time, Lin Jingjing also knew why this gambling made the number of gamblers who were ruined become fewer, and in the face of life, anyone would feel nervous and afraid.
Even at the moment when the gun is above their heads, their voices may appear in their minds, such an ordinary and precious life as a once beautiful family, a wife and children.
"Next, let's invite the second Li Gongzi today."
On the field was a young man with unattractive hair, and his eyes were not the confused and sluggish appearance of ordinary gamblers, but bright.
"So this game is just guns, and why do you only use money? Wouldn't that be fair? ”
Li Gongzi's words caused an uproar in an instant, and someone dared to question Song Yi here, could it be that he was impatient?
However, Song Yi still smiled, "Then I don't know what the son has to say?" ”
"Why don't we change the rules."