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Chapter 14: Fighting Cards (Part II)


There are many legends about the origin and evolution of mahjong, but most of them are difficult to verify or have the suspicion of fabrication.Fortunately, we don't have to worry about these difficult questions in this book, just say "This is Da Shu", and the rest of the story is that I, the storyteller, have the final say.Therefore, we can think that the current mahjong between Sun Yihe and Murong is a game with rules close to Japanese mahjong, but there are no rules such as active cards and Lizhi.And the number of rounds they have to play, that is, a "half village", that is, four games each in the east and south games, a total of eight rounds of competition.The rules are also very simple: each of the four players starts with 2,000 points in chips, and at the end of the eight rounds, whichever side has more points will win.If the total score of the two sides is the same in the end, then look at the comparison of the individual scores of Sun Yihui and Murong Ji, the two "main generals"; If their individual scores are also the same, then it depends on how many points the two of them have scored directly from each other in these eight rounds; And if even this is the same, then in the end, it depends on what Hu's biggest seed is in each of the eight games.Of course, there is a special circumstance that can immediately determine the winner and loser, that is, before the eight rounds are played, one of Sun Yihui or Murong has already lost all the chips (but Tang Weizhi and Liu Ming are auxiliaries, and the loss can also be counted as a negative number to continue).From these rules, it is not difficult to see that what Murong Ji wants is a "short- and medium-term competition with a certain error tolerance".This is also very reasonable, because no matter from the point of view of "the gambling environment is arranged by the other party" or "the hard power on our side is higher", Murong Ji is not suitable for a long time.After a long time, it will change.Although Murong Ji believes that no matter how high Sun Yihuan's level is, it is impossible to be at the same level as the eldest and younger members of a family like him who specialize in gambling, just like there is an insurmountable gap between amateur and professional, but this is a victory or defeat related to reputation, interests, and dignity, and Murong Ji never wants to lose.And in the process of just eight rounds, there was no extra time to slowly test the opponent's strength, so from the first game, Murong Ji was ready to shoot mercilessly in line with the principle of "lion fights rabbit, and also use all his strength".Seeing this, someone may want to say, mahjong is a thing, after all, you don't have to look at the cards?

What can you do if you are "merciless"?

Is it nothing more than to fight more aggressively, steal more, and be more greedy?

This statement, without violating the "card theory" and "rules of the game", is no problem.But this is not GA, but Gable, to the "gambling table", if it is still limited to "card theory" and "rules", how can it be called a real gambler?

Even today, if you walk into a mahjong parlor or chess and card room, there is a probability that you will meet thousands of people (although most of the techniques are very clumsy, but in most cases it is more than enough to deal with ordinary people), then if no one plays tricks at the gambling table that really involves huge interests, who will believe it?

Since Murong Ji dares to call himself the "gambling king", he is a little accomplished in terms of going out of thousands.Therefore, he will definitely make a thousand.The most common way to get out of the mahjong table, the most cost-effective way to get out of the risk and return, can be roughly divided into two categories: first, do tricks and feet on the gambling equipment, in order to control the matching of cards or master the opponent's card type.To do this, the easiest way is to use an automatic mahjong table; The advantage of this method is that it is fully automatic in one step, you don't have to do anything suspicious, and you don't even need to have how high the card skills are, as long as you find an accomplice to hold the remote control in the distance, you can do it, but the disadvantage is that the matching cards and cards controlled by the automatic mahjong machine can no longer be adjusted after the start, if the rhythm is disrupted by eating bumper bars, it is still possible to overturn.The method of the complex point, that is, to make some marks on the mahjong that can only be seen by the thousands, and then use the technique to control and fine-tune the game when manually shuffling the cards and touching the cards; The advantage of this method is that you can also grasp what cards are in the opponent's hand at any time during the game, and you can know what the cards are on the card mountain, and the disadvantage is that the requirements for on-the-spot reaction and technology are higher.Second, play the code.That is, two or even three people at the poker table collude together to exchange information through some small gestures or sounds that have been negotiated in advance and are not easy for others to notice, so as to squeeze out the money of the remaining two or one people.It's a deceptively simple but very in-depth technique.The most superficial "code" can even be used by children; In mahjong parlors, chess and card rooms or typhoon shelters, there are often groups of two or three small thousands of people who use this trick to kill passers-by, and the project is not limited to mahjong, but also to fight landlords.The person who manages this kind of work in the black dialect of the rivers and lakes is called "Lao Yue", which belongs to the same category as "Huangtiaoer" (generally refers to gambling fraud on the street); These people are not really Qianqian, because the real Qianqian has to have "work" in their hands, and Lao Yue and Huang Tiao'er actually have no technical content, and they usually have to work together to make fake gambling.The "code" used by people at this level is nothing more than lighting a cigarette, scratching the ears, and touching the nose, and touching the chin, rubbing the eyes, and scratching the forehead are also almost the same.Some people may ask, such a simple code, don't you wear a goof?

Then as I said earlier, at least it is more than enough to deal with ordinary people.For example, you sit opposite a person who plays mahjong with his right hand, his left hand is usually just naturally placed on the left side of the row of mahjong tiles in front of him, and sometimes when looking at the cards and thinking, he gently puts his fingers on the top of a few cards on the left side and touches the cards, like this habitual action that many people have, what do you think is abnormal?

But if I tell you that the position of his hand, a little forward, a little back, or parallel to the card, represents three suits, and his fingers on the card, the thumb, index and middle fingers, and the first to third cards on the left corresponding to these three fingers, correspond to the nine numbers from one to nine, will you suddenly find that every action of his is playing a code?

And just this hand, you can pass the tube, 10,000, strip, one to nine, a total of 3 * 9 * 4 = 108 cards of information?

What I'm talking about is just a more common and superficial technique, and the really clever code will be much more subtle, and the information it can convey will be more complex.A well-trained gambler can instantly convert these coded signals that have "turned seven or eight corners" into the original information, and immediately react and play the next card, showing no signs of observation and thinking.And "playing the code" has one of the biggest advantages over other thousand techniques - even if it is discovered, as long as you don't admit it, there is a high probability that others will not be able to do anything about you.Because this technique usually does not require the use of any props, and the information transmitted is also "encrypted", no matter how rough the clumsy cipher encryption is, but as long as you insist that you like to touch your nose or chin, then what if you are caught?

What's more, if there is really a master present, after the master sees that you have made a code, he will not debunk you on the spot at all, but will pretend not to know, and after cracking your code, he will use the information you give to give you a fatal blow at the critical moment.So what method are Murong Ji and Liu Ming using at the moment?

The answer is: both.Today, Murong Ji not only made a mark on the mahjong he brought, but also made a code with Liu Ming in advance.We won't explain the code, let's just say that the mark of this set of mahjong marks, hidden in the pattern on the back of the card, although not detailed to each card is clearly distinguished, but can be confirmed to the suit of each card (using the method of making a mark out of the thousand, usually will not be all 136 cards clearly marked, because if that extent, then anyone can see that each card is different, besides, for people who have reached a certain level of mahjong skills, can glimpse the suit of the opponent's hand, this advantage is already similar to the open card).And this "mahjong with markings" is obviously not a temporary rush, this is a special "special gambling device" made in their Murong family's private workshop.Just like the magic props of magicians, these well-crafted cheating gambling equipment of the Murong family are also - even if they may not be used, they will carry a few with them when they go out in case they need them.It can be seen from this that Murong Ji is not so unwise, the projects and rules he chose this time seem to be decided quickly, but they are all well thought out.East 1st Bureau.At the beginning of this first hand, Tang Weizhi's expression showed that his playing cards were excellent.From the perspective of Murong Ji and Liu Ming, the mark on the back of the card also proves that this guy surnamed Tang really can't hide things at all on his face when gambling, but Sun Yihuan is holding a bowl of soy milk, drinking and playing leisurely.His small eyes are always smiling, sweeping from place to place, making people feel unpredictable.Of course, this feeling is not so scary under the premise of "I know what suits and how many cards you have in your hand".In this way, after several rounds, this game ended with Tang Weizhi's self-drawing.Murong Ji and Liu Ming did not show any annoyance about this, in fact, they have tried their best to cooperate with the defense in this game, and the two of them changed the order of the cards through various eating touches to prevent Tang Weizhi from making a bigger fan, but this guy's starting hand is really good, in the case of multi-faceted listening, they can't stop Tang Weizhi's winning cards, and it can only be said that this is a success for him to make less Hu.East 2nd Bureau.Tang Weizhi's strong luck is still continuing, although it is not 100% certain from the color behind it, but combined with the expression on his face, it can be seen that ninety percent of his hands are the foundation of the big three yuan.Fortune is like that, sometimes it just follows someone inexplicably, and you never know how long it will take to leave.However, seasoned gamblers understand that there is a so-called "bad luck" at the table.A choice, a hesitation, a defeat or even a casual small action can make Lady Luck leave him.And after a good "fortune" dissipates, it is often followed by amazing bad luck.Some people say that this matter is metaphysics, and some people say that this phenomenon can be explained in psychology and probability, which we will not delve into, in short, here, Murong Ji and Liu Ming chose a very simple "bad luck" method to deal with Tang Weizhi - robbing Hu.The big three is good, but on the other hand, this type of hand is too heavy, and it is not so easy to win this kind of card, especially if your opponent knows what card you want.Tang Weizhi's hand is the foundation of the big three, yes, but from the draw, at least three or four consecutive rounds to get a valid card.As long as Murong Ji and Liu Ming preempt him to draw cards, then Tang Weizhi's big three yuan is the moon in the mirror, and the bamboo basket is empty.They already know the suit of each secret card, on this basis, their "code" can also be more concealed and streamlined (the above paragraph with the position of the hand to play the code for example, if the two sides of the exchange already know the suit of the card, you can save a step), so, after a simple exchange, Murong Ji knew that Liu Ming is a form that can quickly attack the draw, and then they began to operate after the four rounds, although the lucky Tang Weizhi has touched two valid cards, but Liu Ming has already listened to the card.One of the cards that he listened to and listened to was aimed at an invalid card in Tang Wei's hand.As a result, when Tang Weizhi touched the third valid card, he really played that card, and gave Liu Ming a gun Although the number of points lost was not much, Tang Weizhi watched the big three yuan in his hand that was about to draw cards come to naught, this depressed feeling was the same as when you made a full score exam paper and was rated zero for forgetting to write your name, which was a bigger blow than if you couldn't pass from the beginning.East 3rd Bureau.The "bad luck" operated by Murong Ji and Liu Ming was undoubtedly successful.This handful had just finished shuffling, and before they could start looking at their opponents' card types, they saw Tang Weizhi's bitter gourd face.When a person picks up a deck of cards that they know they can basically discard at a glance, most of them will want to put on this face.Of course, there are exceptions, Sun Yiharmonic is an exception.You have to listen to the words that come out of his mouth - I have suffered = I have taken advantage of it.I'm injured = I've lost a bit of blood.I'm yin = I go to yin people, but unfortunately I don't get yin.And when he said this, the facial expressions on his face and body movements were all matching, which was more real than the real thing.For example, at this time, he had just finished drinking the second bowl of soy milk, and while telling his guy to change to a bowl of sour plum soup, he stacked his hand, but when he saw him bending one leg and stepping on the corner of the stool, he sat crookedly, looked at the bottom of the same color in front of him, and shouted with a big mouth: "Mom, a chicken!"

What a thing!

Is this still hairy?

Ah-"Obviously, when fortune begins to flow, the next person to be favored is Sun Yihuan.Looking at this guy's card type and that face, Murong Ji and Liu Ming couldn't hold it back, they have seen a lot of gamblers, those who love to pretend to be garlic and those who like to bluff, and they are quite common, but it is really difficult to see such a natural and incomparably underfought existence as Sun Yihuan.It's as if in the cognition of this goods, he is really losing; Except for the Tianhu card, the others are "difficult to play" and "play a hair".In the end, the three games ended with Sun Yihuan's winning hand.As in the first game of the East, Murong Ji and Liu Ming tried to minimize their losses when they were unable to defend their opponents; When Sun Yihuan was about to touch himself after two rounds, Liu Ming deliberately let go, which not only made Sun Yihuan's number of fans less, but also prevented Murong from dropping his points.Subsequently, it came to the East Fourth Bureau.And this game is also a game that Murong Ji and Liu Ming began to crush.