mysterious forerunner

Chapter 214: Have you cheated?

The croupier moved his slender and beautiful hands and dealt out three public cards.

They are all variegated number cards, and the cards are not straight, not suitable, and there is no public pair.

The toad high roller raised the bet without hesitation. Zhang Qingxiang hesitated for a moment and decided to follow the bet.

The dealer knocked on the table and then dealt the fourth turn card.

Another irrelevant card.

The toad high roller still placed the bet very briskly. Zhang Qingxiang's brows furrowed slightly, but he still chose to follow the bet.

The last river card is dealt, and on the surface it still appears to be an unrelated card.

The five community cards are very dry and have no correlation with each other.

The toad hawker took a puff of his cigar and said with still half-sent eyes: "How many chips do you have left? I'll push you back."

She already regretted that the task of escorting the reward this time was originally Zuo Yehang's. She and Zuo Yehang had an ordinary relationship, but they were both from the second-generation circle in the capital.

I really regret it now. I didn’t expect this trip to be so dangerous!

The next moment, Lan Qingqing stood behind Zhang Qingxiang, her face pale with lingering fear.

Zuo Yehang looked at Zhang Qingxiang with an unconvinced look - why was he qualified to play in the "VIP room" upstairs, while he could only play downstairs?

In this hand of cards, Zhang Qingxiang had actually planned it from a long time ago, "playing" the image of a toad high roller who made a mistake in judgment and thought he was cheating.

Then he saw the number of chips in front of Zhang Qingxiang and showed a proud smile.

At a certain party, Zuo Yehang talked about this mission, and she was scolded by her father, who blamed her for only knowing how to eat, drink and have fun without seeking advancement.

It casually attached a few golden chips and threw them towards Lan Qingqing. The chips rolled in front of the girl, fell into the void and disappeared.

"Hmph!" The toad tycoon was dissatisfied. Can I still rely on you?

Zhang Qingxiang had "only" more than thirty golden chips in front of him, which was far inferior to him.

Zhang Qingxiang gave a piece of advice: "If you can get out alive, don't hang out with frivolous guys like Zuo Yehang in the future."

There are many delicacies and snacks in Yuan City, which are very popular on short video platforms. She drools just thinking about them.

"I want to see what kind of card you are!"

The dealer downstairs and the dealer upstairs overlap and become one person.

"Yeah." Lan Qingqing nodded slightly.

She pushed all the chips in front of Zhang Qingxiang.

In fact, Zhang Qingxiang set up a trap, because he held the best starting hand of Texas Flush, and his winning rate in heads-up was extremely high!
Zhang Qingxiang arranged the chips and said, "And that girl."

The table downstairs is small and blends into the large table upstairs.

Only the gambler and the chips in front of him remained unchanged. The gambler looked confused, but it was Zuo Yehang!
Zhang Qingxiang glanced at it and his eyelids twitched: The chips in front of Zuo Yehang were piled high. At a glance, there were hundreds of gold chips, and hundreds more silver and green chips.

The dealer smiled and explained the situation to Zuo Yehang.

It said this in a negotiating tone, but did not give Zhang Qingxiang a chance to refuse. In the casino downstairs, a table rose into the sky and merged with the gambling table where they were.

But in fact, she still felt that this trip was just a trip to Beijing at public expense...

Toad Hawker's eyes suddenly widened.

It’s also a super pair, just bigger than a pair of kings!

It took the lead and slammed its pair of kings on the card table: "I have a pair of kings. In this lineup, I am a super pair."

"You, you saved me?" Her voice trembled, and she couldn't believe that Zhang Qingxiang would save her.

Yes!

Immediately afterwards, two jets of green smoke spurted out from its nostrils and shot out for more than ten meters.

The movement of Toad Hawker's hand paused for a moment, a pair of huge eyes stared at Zhang Qingxiang for a moment, and suddenly sneered: "Fool me?"

It's not a big deal for it.

Zhang Qingxiang pushed out all the remaining chips without counting: "all in."

Toad Hawker took a few deep breaths, calmed down, and said calmly but coldly: "Well done."

Zhang Qingxiang stared at the pair of kings and seemed a little distracted, but he gently turned over his two hole cards with his left hand.

The insect feet that grabbed Lan Qingqing and were about to drag her away retracted with a whoosh and disappeared.

"Haha, I'm following, let's open the cards!"

Is this guy so lucky? !
The chips in the casino, in addition to the life money of the trapped people, also belong to the casino itself.

But the Toad Hawker suddenly noticed something again, and his exaggerated mouth made a slight arc: "There is another friend of yours below who seems to be very good at playing. Why don't we all play together."

She followed Zuo Yehang out in anger: Didn't you say that I don't do my job properly? Well, then I'll find a "business" to do.

"Okay," Zuo Yehang agreed to join the card game: "I just feel like playing downstairs is not enough."

The dealer still smiled cleverly and said: "A pair of Aces wins!"

Even if he loses this round, the bet before the toad high roller is still far higher than that of Zhang Qingxiang.

The chips in front of the toad gambler were piled up like a mountain, and Zuo Yehang looked at them with eager eyes.

If you win all of these...

The golden chips in front of him are enough to redeem everyone trapped in this card game. In other words, as long as he persists until the game is over, he can single-handedly solve this mysterious scene!

But it's not perfect yet, and he's not sure he can bring back those relatives who were betrayed.

This time when he came to Yuan City, he lost face first and was severely teased by Mr. Guo and Zhang Qingxiang.

Maybe Mr. Guo even filed a black complaint with the capital! This will cause your impression in the minds of the older generation to plummet.

Therefore, being able to solve this mysterious scene beautifully, and this mysterious scene is exactly the kind that the original city's secret case team was helpless to do, will be a perfect counterattack for Zuo Yehang!

And the more he wins, the greed in his heart begins to grow infinitely, wanting to win more and achieve a perfect result.

And he also had strong confidence at this time and felt that he could win more.

Because no one knows that Zuo Yehang is carrying a secret item that can increase "luck"!

The toad high roller held a cigar in his mouth, grabbed a handful of golden chips and dropped them from a high place: "Want to win my money? Let's see if you have the ability."

Zuo Yehang's eyes sparkled, he rubbed his hands together and said impatiently: "Let's start!"

Zhang Qingxiang winked at him from the side, but he turned a blind eye.

He has no intention of cooperating with Zhang Qingxiang, even if the two sides are clearly on the same front at this moment.

Why should I give you part of the credit?

dream!

Zhang Qingxiang shook his head secretly. No matter how Zuo Yehang won so much, he was already deeply involved in this gambling game.

In the next few cards, Zhang Qingxiang played very conservatively and discarded them if his hand was not good.

Zuo Yehang and Toad High Roller fully demonstrated what "mutual distrust" means. Neither of them believed that the other's cards were better than their own, and they constantly raised and reraised to test each other.

After more than a dozen hands, the two of them were evenly matched!

The number of chips between the two of them basically remained unchanged. On the contrary, Zhang Qingxiang's chips decreased a little because he had to place a blind bet.

Zuo Yehang became more and more excited, leaning his upper body on the table and often staring at the cards.

He became more and more confident, feeling that he could achieve "perfection" by relying on that secret thing of luck!
But Zhang Qingxiang frowned secretly.

Zhang Yameni's onlookers clearly saw that the two seemed to be equally matched, but Zuo Yehang was obviously slightly inferior in skill.

Several times, I relied on luck and was saved by the public card after falling behind.

Zhang Qingxiang calculated in his mind that without those lucky hands, Zuo Yehang would have lost more than fifty golden chips.

Toad Hawker had already smoked out his first cigar, so he took out the second one, put it to his nostrils, blew out the smoke and lit it, then held it in his mouth and took a deep breath.

This time, the smoke it spits out is colorful and ever-changing!

The situation has taken a turn for the worse.

Zuo Yehang's luck is good, and the toad high roller's luck is even better!
Often Zuo Yehang makes a winning hand when the fourth public card is dealt, and immediately places a large bet, and the toad high roller follows the bet without even looking. Then, on the fifth public card, the toad high roller takes the lead.

Zuo Yehang lost more than a dozen games in a row, but he lost more and more. He firmly believed that his secret could help him turn defeat into victory. Finally, in the last game, he put up all the remaining chips and lost completely!

The moment the toad gambler revealed his trump card, Zuo Yehang was stunned, sitting there motionless like a piece of wood, his eyes staring straight for a long time without saying a word.

"Quack..." A burst of strange laughter from the insect man came from the void. Then several ferocious insect legs stretched out and grabbed Zuo Yehang, who had lost all his power.

Zuo Yehang trembled suddenly and quickly reached out to touch his arms. There was a silver smiley face pendant hanging around his neck.

However, the moment he took it out, the secret object collapsed and turned into a piece of fine silver sand, flowing away from his fingers.

"Ah!" Zuo Yehang shouted, and suddenly raised his head to look at Toad Hawker, who was smiling and taking another puff of his cigar.

Zhang Qing shook his head repeatedly. Zuo Yehang was frivolous and reckless, and had very little experience in facing mysteries.

He was able to advance to his current rank only because his family sent experts to protect him through the mysterious scenes.

That smiling face pendant is, at best, a third-level secret item.

Do you want to rely on third-level secrets to obtain the final "victory" in a mysterious scene of this level?
How naive.

The insect's legs stretched out from the void and hooked Zuo Yehang's body, pulling him backwards.

Zuo Yehang suddenly pounced on Zhang Qingxiang and shouted hysterically: "Zhang Qingxiang, help me!"

"You have enough chips!"

"I know I was wrong, and I will never embarrass you again."

"Please, Team Leader Zhang, I don't want to die, I can't die—"

Zhang Qingxiang played with his chips and just looked at the table indifferently. A new round of poker was about to begin. His eyes did not even glance towards Zuo Yehang.

"Quack, quack!" The insect man's strange laughter became louder and louder, pulling Zuo Yehang back, half of Zuo Yehang's body had merged into the darkness.

"Zhang Qingxiang!" Zuo Yehang went completely crazy: "You can't just die without saving him!"

"My death in Yuan City will be of no benefit to you!"

"My family is very powerful. If I die, they will definitely take revenge on you, and you will not end well. We are now grasshoppers on a rope!"

Zhang Qingxiang remained unmoved and unthreatening. He tapped the table with two fingers and said to the dealer: "Deal the cards."

Lan Qingqing, who was behind him, had a look of reluctance on her face and wanted to beg Zuo Yehang for a favor. Zhang Qingxiang said coldly: "No one knows how many chips I will have left after the Shengui poker game is over. It may be that I spent a few extra chips to save him, so in the end I didn't have enough chips to take you with me. go out."

Lan Qingqing shut up immediately.

Zuo Yehang was finally dragged into the darkness by Insect Feet, and he yelled: "Zhang Qingxiang, you will not die well——"

Zhang Qingxiang calmly picked up a few chips and started the next round of poker, saying: "I don't know if I will die a good death, but you will die soon anyway."

"As long as you can remember, probably no one will refuse your requests, no matter whether they are reasonable or unreasonable."

“Those around you also put you first, flatter you and flatter you.

You have long been accustomed to all this and never care about anyone's feelings. . "

"But in fact, everything you have is not because of you as a person, but because of your origin."

"And the truth is: you're useless."

"I can also tell you clearly that if you didn't offend me, I would save you. But if you once wanted to trample on my dignity at will, then of course I will watch you die now!"

Zuo Yehang's screams quickly faded away, and then stopped abruptly as the void closed.

Vaguely, everyone present heard the sound of chewing and bone breaking coming from deep in the void!
Lan Qingqing's pretty face was pale. Even if she got out alive, she couldn't tell the Zuo family what happened in this mysterious scene.

He and Zhang Qingxiang are just grasshoppers on the same rope.

She recalled some rumors in the second-generation circle in the capital. Zuo Yehang could be promoted to this level, and more than a dozen professionals in the Zuo family died.

People like him... are actually better off dead, otherwise we don't know how many people will be affected.

Lan Qingqing felt a little at ease.

On the card table in front of him, Zhang Qingxiang lost again.

The Toad High Roller smoked his cigar and cared little about the game. As long as this cigar is not finished, everything can be left to luck!

Lan Qingqing found that cold sweat was breaking out on Zhang Qingxiang's forehead.

The high roller can win seven out of ten hands. The chips in front of Zhang Qingxiang quickly reduced to ten golden chips.

This is the result of Zhang Qingxiang's extra caution, otherwise he would have been emptied.

The toad high roller looked at the time and said with a smile: "Your chips won't last until the game is over."

Zhang Qingxiang gritted his teeth, and the cold sweat on his forehead became even thicker.

But he had no intention of giving up, and in this mysterious scene, there was no way out.

"Continue!" Zhang Qingxiang gritted his teeth and said in a low voice.

Perhaps it was bottoming out, but Zhang Qingxiang's luck suddenly improved. He changed his playing style and discarded cards that were not guaranteed.

After a dozen games, his golden chips reached fifteen.

A wall clock appeared behind the dealer, and the time on it showed that there was still half an hour before the end of the game.

Lan Qingqing looked downstairs: it was empty, there was no one left.

All the dealers have stylized smiles on their faces, folded hands, and sit elegantly at the table. In the whole game of gods and ghosts, now only my good friend Zhang Qingxiang is left!
Lan Qingqing couldn't help but tremble: It's so tragic!
Could it be that in this mysterious scene, all those who entered the game were wiped out, and no one could get out alive?
Lan Qingqing placed all her hopes on Zhang Qingxiang, but in this new round, the toad high roller squinted his eyes and was not in a hurry to place a bet.

"You can see through my cards!"

"You're cheating!"

There was a roar in Lan Qingqing's mind, and she looked at Zhang Qingxiang in front of her in disbelief. She clearly remembered that the moment everyone was drawn into this card game, the mysterious scene automatically announced the highest rule: no cheating!

If you lose everything, you can sell your nearest and dearest.

If you have lost all your money and the lives of those closest to you, you can still hold on to the vague hope that the authorities will be able to decipher the situation, or that someone will be able to redeem you with chips.

But if you cheat, you will never recover. Together with your soul and body, you will repeatedly endure various punishments for cheaters in various casinos in the world!
Lan Qingqing's heart was trembling: Is Team Leader Zhang really cheating?

How did you win without him?
The mysterious scene enveloped more than 400 people at one time, and they all lost their money.

Zuo Yehang brought a secret item that increased his luck, but eventually lost it all!
Zhang Qingxiang is her last hope, but it seems that this certain hope is about to be extinguished.

Zhang Qingxiang was playing with a few chips in his hand and looked very impatient: "Can you play cards?"

"Do you understand the rules?"

"In any casino, you have to have evidence when you accuse someone of cheating."

Then he pointed at the dealer and said: "Hey, it said I was a cheat, go and investigate with him!"

The dealer's beautiful eyes looked at the toad high roller, who was holding a cigar in his mouth and mumbling, saying a few words vaguely, but did not continue to dwell on the topic: "Let's deal the cards."

"What cards are being dealt!" Zhang Qingxiang stood up and slapped the table: "Show me the evidence! You are indeed a powerful being, but just because you are powerful and rich, can you talk nonsense? In a casino, this is the most serious thing Accusation!"

The toad hawker glared his two huge eyes: "I guess, can't you?

What can you do to me? "

Zhang Qingxiang was extremely angry and looked at the croupier: "Doesn't your casino care?"

The dealer was silent for a moment, then quickly shuffled and dealt the cards with his hands, and a new round began.

Zhang Qingxiang sat down and punched the table to express his dissatisfaction.

Lan Qingqing realized something: something was wrong. Is this giant toad not the master of this card game?
It...is also a gambler?
Where is the owner of the poker game? Is it these croupiers... or the insect man who weighs the money?

Time passed little by little, and the poker game gradually became more intense.

The toad high roller found that the effect of his "victory cigar" continued to diminish.

Now, relying solely on luck, it can only achieve a 50-50 tie with Zhang Qing.

And it found that Zhang Qingxiang was sweating more and more, and his clothes were soaked through.

"Boy!" Toad Hawker shouted angrily, holding a cigar between his fingers and pointing at Zhang Qingxiang: "What other methods did you use?"

Zhang Qingxiang stared at its cigar: "If you don't smoke this thing, I will stop my secret method!"

The Secret Case of the Toad High Roller frowned at Zhang Qingxiang for the first time.

"Victory Cigar" is a secret that increases luck. In the game of Gods and Ghosts, this type of secret object is just like the smiley face pendant and is not recognized as a gift.

What is prohibited in the Shengui Gambling Game is cheating in a narrow sense.

Therefore, if Zhang Qingxiang casts secret magic restrictions on his victory cigar, it will not be regarded as cheating.

Zhang Qingxiang dared to do this because when he was outside, he used the [Spirit of Discernment] to check and found that the weakness of this game of gods and ghosts is that there is no master!
The master of the card game did not come with the game of gods and ghosts.

This is not a normal mysterious scene, but a special scene that was interfered by external forces and came unexpectedly.

This made Zhang Qingxiang suddenly realize, because "The Game of Gods and Ghosts" really shouldn't have appeared so early.

Before Zhang Qingxiang came in, he quietly borrowed [Ling Jiao] from the little girl.

Anyone who sees the Toad High Roller in such a card game for the first time will think that it is the owner here, but Zhang Qingxiang knows that it is not.

Since it is just a gambler, there is a lot of room for maneuver. The dealer interrupted their argument and opened his hand: "Both players, please place your bets."

The Toad Hawker took a few puffs of his cigar, looked at the time, and seemed a little impatient: "This should be the last round of cards. I'm ALL IN. Do you dare to take it?"

It still has far more chips than Zhang Qingxiang. Losing is just a little painful for it, but for Zhang Qingxiang and Lan Qingqing, it is death!

Lan Qingqing couldn't help but grabbed Zhang Qingxiang's clothes from behind and whispered: "Don't get up..."

After deducting the chips that have been staked in this round, Zhang Qingxiang still has nine gold chips, a dozen silver chips, and some green chips.

Zhang Qingxiang folded his cards now, and the game of gods and ghosts was almost over. It was at least guaranteed that the two of them would leave alive.

But if Zhang Qingxiang impulsively calls and goes all-in, it will be over for both of them once they lose.

Toad Hawker laughed hoho ho ho ho, his mouth split open with blood: "The little girl behind you is very calm. Boy, you should listen to her advice."

Zhang Qingxiang calculated that before the start of this round, all his chips added up to about fifty golden chips.

During that period when the toad high roller was "50-50" with him based on luck, he actually won back some of his chips.

During this period, the toad high roller wins a small amount and loses a big amount.

If you follow this bet and win, you will get about one hundred and ten golden chips.

Almost enough to redeem everyone and most of their relatives.

But if you lose...

Lan Qingqing anxiously persuaded behind him: "Team Leader Zhang, don't be impulsive!"

But Zhang Qingxiang pushed the chips in front of him: "I'll follow!"

"Ho ho ho!" The toad hawker laughed wildly: "You've been fooled!"

Lan Qingqing's whole body felt cold: It's over...

The dealer spread his hands and said, "Please show your cards."

The five community cards on the table are: 8, K, 3, A, 6.

A club, a diamond, a spade, and two hearts.

If it doesn’t turn into a flower, it won’t turn out smoothly.

The toad high roller slammed his hole card of a pair of kings on the table: "I have three kings. I don't believe that your hand is a pair of aces!"

But Zhang Qingxiang turned over his hole cards, and two aces were clearly displayed on the table.

Dealer: "Three Aces wins..."

The toad hawker roared and slapped himself on the forehead, again to the king or the ace? !
So evil?

And you are the one who loses!

"Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang!"

Before the Toad Hawker roared and cursed, the wall clock behind the dealer rang four times. Everything around him began to become illusory, and the Toad Hawker's figure gradually disappeared.

But the croupier's voice rang in Zhang Qingxiang's ears again: "Guest, do you want to exchange your chips?"

Zhang Qingxiang immediately said: "Exchange."

"I want to redeem all the gamblers who have not betrayed their relatives except Zuo Yehang."

"And all the relatives who were betrayed by the gamblers."

"Settling for you..." the dealer's pleasant voice sounded: "After the settlement is completed, you still have seventeen gold chips, six silver chips and eight green chips left. Do you want to exchange for anything else?"

Zhang Qingxiang was overjoyed that there was still something left?

The chips in the Shengui Poker Game are a good thing and will be of great use later on, so they can’t be wasted now!

"no need."

Everything around him completely disappeared, and Zhang Qingxiang found himself standing in the lobby of the hotel. Lan Qingqing beside him was weak and already kneeling on the ground.

"You actually...won?" She couldn't believe it. She escaped death.

Zhang Qingxiang smiled slightly: "That toad actually guessed it right, I can see its trump card."

"Ah?" Lan Qingqing was shocked. Didn't you make a fortune? How could the game of gods and ghosts make you cheat?
Zhang Qingxiang did not explain anymore. He was exhausted and his clothes were soaked with sweat. He simply lay down and didn't want to move.

The two secret items [Ling Jiao] and [Spirit of Recognition] have been superimposed for a long time, and coupled with the continuous use of [Measurement] to weaken the lucky effect of Victory Cigar, even the sixth level is somewhat unsustainable.

Zhang Qingxiang said that he could see the trump card of the toad high roller, but in fact the truth was not entirely true.

[Spirit of Discernment] can peek into the target's weaknesses. Zhang Qingxiang uses this secret item to spy on the weaknesses of the toad high roller's cards in every hand!

The starting hands in Texas are divided into strong and weak. Although this "strength" does not completely determine the real winning or losing after the flop, it is true that KK is weaker than AA, AQ is weaker than AK, etc.

Zhang Qingxiang uses the [Spirit of Recognition] to identify the general range of the toad high roller's hand based on his own hand, and then decides whether to follow or not.

He used this routine several times when he won big pots with Toad High Rollers.

At other times, Zhang Qingxiang just used [Spirit of Recognition] as a reference and won by relying on his own card skills.

Zhang Qingxiang is very good at various card games.

In the previous life, the agents of the General Administration almost spent their free time playing cards.

One is to relax and kill time, and the other is to prepare for the "Ghost Game".

And whether this kind of operation counts as "out of thousands"... is also difficult to define.

If it weren't for knowing that the "master" was not there, if it wasn't for [Ling Jiao]'s interference with this abnormal scene, if it wasn't for the [Spirit of Recognition] reaching level seven and it would be a numbered secret object in the future, Zhang Qingxiang would never have dared to do this.

(End of this chapter)