The Whispering Verses Chapter 474: The maid who rolls the dice

"Does anyone want to be the dealer?"

The two sides sat down, and the onlookers gradually lowered their voices, so Mrs. Sangmei shouted.

Then, an elderly gentleman raised his hand behind the crowd:

"Why don't I come!"

He squeezed his way to the front of the crowd and introduced his identity. He was also a regular customer of the Three Cats Hotel and the owner of a nearby antique shop.

"So what rules do you want to play? The basic rules are best of three games? Exhaust the deck and compare the victory points? Or do you have other ways to play?"

Xia De asked, holding up the deck with his left hand, and pulling up with his right hand, making the 54 cards oscillate back and forth in his left and right hands, and then shuffled the cards smoothly, which aroused people's enthusiastic discussion. Voice.

Because of the thaumaturgic power of [Treasure Object], he can now easily perform the card shuffling technique that can only be shown in film and television works in his hometown. This made him look more professional, and also made the maid behind him raise her eyebrows, probably wondering whether Shade was a gambler.

"Since we are playing cards with new opponents, why don't we play some fresh ways."

Mrs. Sangmei is also shuffling the cards, and her technique is equally skillful. Then, she took out a dice from her pocket and threw it to the table. It was a six-sided metal dice, and she looked at her opponent across the table with piercing eyes:

"Detective, since you also brought a companion, why not do this? You and I each select our own representatives, throw the dice once before each game, and the sum of the two people's numbers divided by two is ours. The number of cards drawn in the round is rounded down if the odd number is used. Best of three is too boring. The number of rounds is determined by the two players who throw the dice, so that round is over. Game. After the game is over, the side with the most wins wins. ”

Although it sounds a bit complicated, it is just an additional step of throwing dice to determine the number of cards drawn. And the amount is determined by the dice points of both parties, so it is considered fair.

This is the first time Shade has been exposed to this kind of gameplay, and he is happy to try it:

"Then let my assistant, Miss Tifa Servitt, help me throw the dice."

While traditional superstition holds that having a woman deal cards will bring bad luck, there isn't much to say about throwing dice.

"Okay, little James, come and help me throw the dice."

The female shopkeeper called over the young helper who came from the kitchen to watch the excitement. He was a tall and thin young man who looked to be sixteen or seventeen years old. Although he was dressed like a hotel servant, no matter which aesthetic standard he used, he was considered a very handsome young man.

"Mr. Hamilton, what points do you need me to throw out?"

Before the game started, Miss Servit bent slightly behind Shade and whispered in his ear.

Xia De turned his head in surprise, and happened to look into the pair of smart eyes close at hand:

"You mean you don't have to, you don't have to, anything is fine."

He is very confident in his luck in playing cards, and when it comes to special cards, he is not willing to use cheating methods to hurt others.

Then the game officially began. The dice were not thrown directly. The female shopkeeper, Mrs. Sangmei, found a brown wooden dice cup. The first is the young man known as "Little James". He picked up the dice cup and shook it a few times before putting it down. When he opened it, it showed the number three.

Then came Miss Servit, who held the dice cup in her white hands, then glanced at Shade and winked at him. Gently shake the instrument in your hand to make the dice make a sound when it hits the inner wall of the container, then put it down and open it with a look of anticipation.

Number 1.

She looked at Shade again and winked at him. Shade understood that this was a number she had deliberately shaken out.

So the number of cards drawn in the first round was two. The game had just begun, and neither side had drawn any special cards. Mrs. Sangmei's 1+9=10 points, Xia De's sun 5, flower 10, won the first game.

"Detective, it seems that you are very lucky today. But people always think that the party that wins first in a gambling game will hardly win the final victory."

People were talking softly, and Mrs. Sangmei said some superstitious saying she had heard from somewhere. She threw the two cards in her hand aside and motioned for little James to continue shaking the dice cup.

The first dice number that appeared in the second game was 5, and Tifa, who was smiling with her lips pursed, winked at Shade again and rolled out a 2.

People lamented the luck of this beautiful girl. She still maintained her pursed and smiling expression. Shade also looked at her. Unexpectedly, the maid girl followed him and could still use her ability to shake the dice in the gambling game. effect.

So in the second round, both sides drew three cards each.

Mrs. Sangmei carefully took the cards dealt by the antique shop owner, opened them one by one, and smiled.

7 stars, 5 moon, 4 sun. Although it was 16 points, since Shade only drew 3 cards, this already had a high chance of winning.

I don’t know if it was Tifa’s dice “luck” that exhausted Shad’s card luck. Even after taking out the Founding Series from the deck, there were still 6 special cards in the deck, but Shad still Not a single one was drawn.

This round is a draw, and all three of Shard's cards are flowers. Flower 13, Flower 2 and Flower 1 are also 16 points.

The onlookers sighed together, which made the situation a little more complicated, but also made the game more enjoyable to watch.

"I'm still one game ahead."

Xia De said to Mrs. Sangmei with a smile. He held the cards between his index and middle fingers on his right hand and flicked the three cards aside.

"It doesn't matter, it's just a game."

She is still very confident, and the people watching are discussing the card game last week in which the Sangmei woman won even though she was chasing two.

At the beginning of the third game, little James, who was helping Mrs. Sang Mei shake the dice cup, actually got a six.

Not only the onlookers, but also Sha De were surprised.

The young man helping in the kitchen looked at his boss with an ugly expression, but Mrs. Sangmei’s expression did not change:

"It doesn't matter. If I win this round, then it's a draw. We can add a tiebreaker to decide the outcome."

"But it could be me winning or another draw."

Shad said, motioning for Tifa to shake the dice cup.

The smile on the black-haired girl's face became more obvious. She shook it gently and glanced at Shade when she put down the dice cup.

Xia De suddenly guessed what number she would give.

“Oh, it’s actually six o’clock too!”

People started making noise again, which meant that both sides had to draw 6 cards. Under the rules of blackjack, the probability of drawing six cards without busting is probably lower than the probability of both players rolling a six.

Once both sides bust their cards, that is a draw, then Shade wins directly.

Now Mrs. Sangmei’s face finally looked a little ugly.