There are many legends about the origin and evolution of Mahjong, but most of them are difficult to verify or are suspected of being fabricated.
Fortunately, with this book, we don’t have to worry about these difficult-to-argument issues. We can just say “This is Dashu”, and the rest of the matter is up to me, the storyteller.
Therefore, we can tentatively think that the current mahjong matchup between Sun Yixie and Murong Ji is a game whose rules are close to those of Japanese mahjong, but there are no such rules as active tiles and standing uprights.
And the number of games they want to play is a "half village", that is, four games each in the East Court and South Court, for a total of eight games.
The rules of winning and losing are also very simple: each of the four people starts with 2,000 chips (point sticks). At the end of eight rounds, whichever side has more points in total wins.
If the total scores of both sides are the same in the end, then look at the comparison of the personal scores of the two "chief generals" Sun Yixie and Murong Ji; if their personal scores are also the same, then look at the two of them directly beating each other in these eight games.
How many points have they obtained? And if these are the same...then it all depends on what the biggest tricks they have done in these eight games.
Of course, there is a special situation where the winner can be determined immediately, that is - before the eight rounds are over, one of Sun Yixie or Murong Ji has already lost all the chips (but as Tang Weizhi and Liu Ming,
Auxiliary, light loss can also be counted as a negative number to continue).
It is not difficult to see from these rules that what Murong Ji wants is a "short to medium-term contest with a certain error tolerance rate."
This is also very reasonable, because no matter from the perspective of "the gambling environment is arranged by the opponent" or from the perspective of "our apparent hard power is higher", Murong Ji is not suitable for a long war.
Over time, changes will occur.
Although Murong Ji believes that no matter how high Sun Yixie's level is, he cannot be on the same level as him, the eldest son of a family that specializes in gambling, just like there is an insurmountable gap between amateurs and professionals...
However, this was a victory or defeat involving reputation, interests, and dignity, and Murong Ji never wanted to lose.
Moreover, in the short eight-game process, there was no extra time to slowly test the opponent's strength. Therefore, from the first game, Murong Ji followed the principle of "a lion fights a rabbit, but also uses all his strength" to prepare for it at all costs.
Strike without mercy.
When you see this, some people may say, after all, mahjong is about looking at the cards. So what if you are "relentless"? Is it just to play more aggressively, steal more, and be more greedy?
This statement is okay as long as it does not violate the "card theory" and "game rules".
But... this is not a game, but a gamble. On the "gambling table", if you are still limited to "card theory" and "rules", how can you be called a real gambler?
Even today, if you just walk into a mahjong parlor or chess and card room, there is a chance that you will encounter thousands of people (although the techniques are mostly clumsy, but in most cases it is more than enough to deal with ordinary people), then when it comes to real
On the gambling table with huge profits... If we say that no one is playing tricks, who would believe it?
Since Murong Ji dared to call himself the "King of Gambling", he must have some accomplishments in making money.
Therefore, he will definitely make a fortune.
The most common way to make money on the mahjong table, with the most cost-effective risk and return, can be roughly divided into two categories:
1. Play tricks on the gambling equipment 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 and can be done in one step. You don’t have to do anything suspicious yourself, or even have high card skills. You just need to find an accomplice to hold it from a distance.
You can do it with the remote control, but the disadvantage is that the tiles and tile mountain controlled by the automatic mahjong machine cannot be adjusted after the start. If the rhythm is disrupted by bumping the bars, it may still overturn.
The more complicated method is to make some marks on the mahjong that can only be seen by the master, and then use techniques to control and fine-tune the game when manually shuffling the cards; the advantage of this method is that during the game,
You can also know what cards the opponent has in his hand at any time, and you can know what the cards are on the card mountain. The disadvantage is that it requires high on-the-spot reactions and skills.
Second, give a secret signal.
That is, two or even three people at the poker table collude together to exchange information through some small movements or sounds that have been agreed in advance and are not easily noticed by others, so as to squeeze out the money of the remaining two or one person.
This is a seemingly simple but very profound technology.
Even children can know the most basic "sign code"; in places like mahjong parlors, chess and card rooms or typhoon shelters, there are often groups of two or three old men who use this trick to kill passers-by. The project is not limited to mahjong, Landlords
also.
In Jianghu slang, the person who handles this kind of work is called "Lao Yue", which belongs to the same category as "thieves (generally referring to those who engage in lottery-type gambling fraud on the street)"; this group of people is not considered
What is a real crook? Because a real crook must have a "job" in his hands, while Lao Yue and Huang Tiao'er actually have little technical content, and usually require the cooperation of several people to make fake bets.
The "codes" used by people at this level are nothing more than lighting a cigarette, scratching the ears, and touching the nose. Touching the chin, rubbing the eyes, and scratching the forehead all mean the same thing... If you are more careful, just use the position of your hands to do it.
The number of fingers stretched out seemingly casually in small movements can convey more specific information.
Some people may want to ask, such a simple password, isn't it misleading?
As I said before, at least it is more than enough to deal with ordinary people.
For example, there is a person sitting opposite you who plays mahjong with his right hand. His left hand is usually placed naturally on the left side of the row of mahjong tiles in front of him. Sometimes when he is looking at the tiles and thinking, he will gently place his fingers on the left side.
Touch the cards on top of several cards... This is a habitual action that many people have. What do you think is abnormal about this?
But if I tell you, the position of his hand, a little forward, a little back, or parallel to the cards, represents three suits respectively, and his fingers, thumb, index finger and
The middle finger, and the first to third cards on the left corresponding to these three fingers respectively, correspond to the nine numbers from one to nine... Will you suddenly find that every movement he makes is a code? And
Just this one hand can convey the information of tubes, ten thousand, strips, one to nine, a total of 3*9*4\u003d108 cards?
What I mentioned are just common and simple techniques. Really clever secret codes will be much more concealed and the information they can convey will be more complex.
A well-trained gambler can instantly convert these "seven or eight turns" signals into the original information, and react immediately to play the next card without showing any signs of observation or thinking.
And "signing" has the biggest advantage over other techniques - even if you are discovered, as long as you don't admit it, others will most likely be unable to do anything to 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 encryption of those poor passwords is, as long as you insist that you like to touch your nose or chin, you will be fine even if you are caught.
How?
What's more, if there are really experts present, after seeing that you are using secret codes, the experts will not expose you on the spot, but will pretend not to know, wait until they have cracked your secret codes, and then use the information you gave at the critical moment.
Give you a fatal blow.
So now...which method are Murong Ji and Liu Ming using?
The answer is: both are used.
Today, Murong Ji not only marked the mahjong he brought with him, but also made a secret code with Liu Ming in advance.
We won’t explain the secret code, let’s just talk about the mark...
The symbols of this mahjong set are hidden in the patterns on the backs of the cards. Although they cannot be so detailed that each card can be clearly distinguished, the suit and color of each card can be confirmed.
All 136 cards are clearly marked, because if this is done, everyone can see that each card is different. Moreover, for people with a certain level of mahjong skills, they can see the suit of the opponent's hand.
This advantage is almost the same as that of a famous brand).
And this "marked mahjong set" is obviously not a temporary work. It is a "special gambling set" specially made in the Murong family's private workshop.
Just like a magician's magic props, the Murong family's carefully crafted cheating gambling tools are also like this - even if they are not necessarily used, they will take a few with them when they go out, just in case of emergencies.
It can be seen that Murong Ji is not so unwise. The projects and rules he chose this time... seemed to be decided quickly, but they were all carefully considered.
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East Bureau.
At the beginning of the first game, Tang Weizhi's expression showed that he had an excellent hand.
From the perspective of Murong Ji and Liu Ming, the marks behind the cards also prove... This guy named Tang really can't hide anything on his face when gambling...
On the other hand, Sun Yixie was holding a bowl of soy milk, drinking and beating leisurely.
His small eyes were always smiling but not smiling, darting here and there, giving people an unpredictable feeling.
Of course, this feeling is not so scary under the premise of "I know what suits you have and how many cards you have".
In this way, after several rounds, the game ended with Tang Weizhi's self-touch.
Murong Ji and Liu Ming did not show any annoyance about this. In fact, they had tried their best to cooperate in defense in this round. The two of them used various tricks to change the order of drawing cards to prevent Tang Weizhi from making bigger moves. However, this
The guy's starting hand was really good. With multi-faceted listening, they couldn't stop Tang Wei from playing wild cards. They could only say that this hand made him less wild, which would be considered a success.
East Second Bureau.
Tang Weizhi's strong luck is still continuing. Although it is not 100% sure just from the color of the background, but judging from the expression on his face... 90% of his hands are the foundation of Da San Yuan.
Luck is like this, sometimes it will follow a certain person inexplicably, and you never know how long it will take before it leaves.
However, experienced gamblers all know that there is a saying called "bad luck" at the gambling table.
A choice made by a lucky person, a hesitation, a defeat... or even a small inadvertent action may cause the goddess of luck to leave him.
And after a good "luck" dissipates, it is often followed by astonishing bad luck.
Some people say that this matter is metaphysics, and some people say that this phenomenon can be explained in psychology and probability. We will not go into it in detail. In short... Here, Murong Ji and Liu Ming chose a very simple one.
Use the "luck-breaking" method to deal with Tang Weizhi - robbing Hu.
Although the big three yuan is good, it is relatively heavy. It is not that easy to win this kind of card...especially when your opponent knows what card you want.
It is true that Tang Weizhi's hand has a strong base of three yuan, but before he can draw the cards, he still needs at least three or four consecutive rounds to get valid cards.
As long as Murong Ji and Liu Ming play tricks before he listens to the cards, Tang Weizhi's big triple hand will be like the moon in the mirror, and the bamboo basket will be in vain.
The two of them already know the suit of each hidden card. On this basis, their "secret code" can also be more concealed and streamlined (take the code above where the hands are placed as an example. If the two parties communicating
Already knowing the suit of the card, one step can be saved), so, after a simple exchange, Murong Ji knew that Liu Ming's hand could quickly attack and draw cards, and then they began to operate...
After four rounds, although Tang Weizhi, who was lucky, had already drawn two valid cards, Liu Ming had already heard the cards.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Pihu, listen to both sides, and one of the cards you listen to is aimed at an invalid card in Tang Wei's hand.
As a result, when Tang Weizhi got the third valid card, he played that card and fired Liu Ming...
Although the points lost in this hand were not many, Tang Weizhi watched the big three yuan in his hand that was about to be heard disappear into nothing. This feeling of depression is just like when you took a full-score test paper and ended up getting a zero because you forgot to write your name.
The score is the same, which is a bigger blow than if you failed to pass from the beginning.
East Third Bureau.
The "bad luck" operation performed by Murong Ji and Liu Ming was undoubtedly successful.
The cards had just been shuffled, and before they even started looking at their opponent's cards, they saw Tang Weizhi's bitter face.
When a person picks up a deck of cards that he can tell at a glance that he can basically fold, he will probably want to put on this face.
of course there are exceptions……
Sun Yixie is an exception.
You have to listen to the words that come out of his mouth like this——
I suffered a loss = I took advantage.
I was injured = I lost some blood.
I was cheated = I tried to cheat on someone, but it was a pity that I didn’t succeed.
And when he said this, the expressions on his face and body movements were all matching, making it more real than real.
For example, right now, he had just finished his second bowl of soy milk, and while he was asking the waiter to get a bowl of sour plum soup, and finishing his hand of cards, he saw him bending one leg and stepping on the corner of the stool, sitting crookedly, looking at
With a clean face in front of him, he curled up his big mouth and yelled: "What the hell! What is this! Is this still hairy? Ah——"
Obviously, when fortune begins to flow, the next person to be favored is Sun Yixie.
Looking at this guy's cards and his face, Murong Ji and Liu Ming could hardly hold their nerve... They had seen a lot of gamblers, both those who liked to pretend and those who liked to bluff, and they were quite common.
Yes, but it’s really rare to see someone as natural and incomparable as Sun Yixie.
It's as if... in this guy's perception, he really lost money; except for Tianhu cards, everything else is "difficult to win" and "a hair loss."
In the end, the third round ended with Sun Yixie's Hu card.
Just like the first game in the East, Murong Ji and Liu Ming tried their best to minimize the losses when they were unable to defend their opponents; when Sun Yixie was about to touch himself in two rounds, Liu Ming deliberately fired the gun, not only did Sun Yixie
Hu's number of episodes was reduced, which also prevented Murong Ji's points from declining.
Then, we came to the East Fourth Bureau.
And this game... was also the game where Murong Ji and Liu Ming began to crush each other.