Give Me the Name of God
Chapter 75
Joel counted out twenty silver coins and put them on the table. Just as he was about to pick up the dice cup, he heard Manda say, "I don''t have dice."
Joel smiled, "didn''t I give you some?"
"I lost it."
"I''ll give you three more," Joel handed Manda three dice. "It''s an expensive gift, worth twenty silver coins. Tell your father, don''t be distressed."
Manda took three dice, held them in her hand, blew into her palm, knocked on the table, and then buckled them into the dice cup.
"Are you praying for good luck?" said the beautiful girl Helena with a smile. "Come and sit next to your sister, who will give you good luck."
This is the usual method of "fengjiang". On the one hand, it can distract the guests'' attention and interfere with some guests who know "skills". On the other hand, it can coax the guests to keep filling. Under her coaxing, many guests even couldn''t count the points and took out all their money bags.
Manda was also interested in the girl and simply sat on her lap. This move surprised Helena and annoyed Joel. He put the dice a little slower and let Manda see the points he had made in advance.
One king, two dukes, the biggest points and the bet of twenty silver coins made Joel not careless.
Manda shook up the dice cup and heard the sound of the dice rolling in the dice cup. Joel put his heart down. He thought Manda was just a fool who wanted to gamble his luck.
But what he didn''t expect was that when Manda blew on the dice, he had changed the dice. The dice he used were filled with mercury. The dice just revolved in place in the dice cup, and the points had already been set.
After shaking the dice, Joel took the lead in opening the cup, one king and two dukes.
"Poor child, you lost." Helena sighed.
Joel just wanted to collect the money, but Manda pulled his hand away: "don''t be so anxious, I haven''t opened the cup yet."
Joel frowned, "you know the rules? There''s no higher point than me."
Manda was silent. He opened the dice cup. He was also a king and two dukes. Both sides were tied.
Joel frowned and turned to smile, "good luck, little guy. Take your silver back."
"Why take it back? Can''t I raise it?" in the past three days, Manda learned the rules of gambling. He took out forty silver coins and put them on the table.
Joel licked his lips and said to Manda, "don''t be unkind. Good luck won''t always care for you."
Manda raised her neck and said, "if you admit defeat and the money on the table belongs to me, you go away immediately."
Joel''s smile disappeared, and Manda''s expression disgusted him. He counted out more than thirty silver coins, plus a lot of copper coins, and piled them on the table.
"It''s really shabby." Manda smacked her lips.
"You can count, there are a lot of copper coins." Joel won all copper coins on the gambling table. He had been to a market before and changed the copper coins into gold coins, but there were not many silver coins in his hand.
"Only the poor can compare these coppers." Manda picked up the dice cup. They shook the dice again. When they opened the cup, they were still one king and two dukes. The second game was still a tie.
Joel was sweating. He suspected that Manda was relying not on luck, but on some skill.
He was not the only one sweating. Helena was also sweating, and the sweat fell on Manda''s head.
Manda wiped the sweat on her forehead, looked up at Helena and said, "are you hot or afraid?"
Helena was stunned and then said with a smile, "what am I afraid of? I didn''t bet. I think it''s too close to the fire pond."
While talking, Helena took off her outer shirt. Such a move was very destructive to the young man, but she didn''t expect that Manda''s face was not red and her heart didn''t jump. She also pinched Helena''s face: "you are really a lovely person."
Joel was angry, but what made him more angry was still behind. Manda took out a gold coin and put it on the table: "I have to raise it. Dare you bet?"
The middle-aged man shook his head at Joel. Helena blinked at Joel. Joel took out a gold coin from his purse and patted it on the table: "let''s come again."
Again, it was a tie. Manda continued to raise. He took out five gold coins.
Joel also took out five gold coins, and they picked up the dice cup at the same time.
Rolling dice is a very complex technology. The principle seems simple. It''s just to let the dice slide against the dice cup, but as long as the strength is slightly uneven, the dice will roll. Even if they roll only once, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Joel was waiting for Manda to make a mistake, but Manda''s chance of making a mistake was much lower than Joel. When the bet was added to 20 gold coins, Joel shook his hand. He felt that his purse was much lighter.
The whole tavern was silent. Looking at the mountains of gold coins on the table, all the guests seemed to join the gambling game, sweating and trembling with Joel.
Joel picked up the dice cup. Most of his savings were on the table. He knew he couldn''t afford to lose the game.
He regretted that he didn''t listen to the advice of the middle-aged man and Helena. Of course, it was just a little.
Now is not the time to think about this. He has no way back and must win the game. He glanced at Helena and then picked up the dice cup.
Manda also shook the dice cup for a moment. Joel''s dice cup fell off the table first. Helena took the opportunity to poke Manda''s elbow.
This move was very sudden, but I didn''t expect that Manda was on guard. Before Helena touched his elbow, he took the lead in feeling Helena''s body moving, quickly handed the dice cup to his left hand and slapped it on the table.
Joel''s face turned white, the table trembled, and the dice in the dice cup seemed to move.
Manda took the lead in opening the dice cup. The change of hands just now disturbed his wrist. This time, he opened a king, a duke and a viscount.
Joel saw hope. He carefully opened the dice cup.
A king, a duke, the third dice, or a king.
"Rebellion!" Manda picked up the dice and blew her mouth. "Good luck has always favored me. You''re going to lose twice as much."
Joel was holding the dice cup for half a sound. He was almost paralyzed on the ground.
No, it''s impossible. Manda''s dice are rolling all the time. There can''t be such superb skills in the world.
"You cheat, there''s something in your dice!" Joel was knowledgeable. He knew how to cheat on the dice.
"You gave me the dice. Don''t believe it." Manda threw the dice in front of Joel. When he was blowing, he changed the dice back.
It is indeed his own dice, or it may be the dice given to him before. He may have made hands and feet with those dice, and then secretly changed the dice.
Joel took out a dagger. The guests exclaimed and hid in the distance.
Manda frowned and said, "what do you want to do?"
Joel was silent and smashed the dice with a knife. As a result, there was nothing in it.
He smashed another dice and there was still nothing in it.
When he tried to break the third dice, Manda was unhappy: "don''t break my table."
He picked up the dice with his fingers and neatly cut it in half with his golden fingers. The dice that fell on the table were empty
Manda whispered, "what else can I say?"
Realizing that he had offended someone, Joel replied tremblingly, "I lost."
"Give me money if you lose. Double in the last game and give me twenty gold coins."
"I, no, I don''t have that much money."
"Is that true?" Manda took a copper coin and cut it in half with her fingers.
"I really didn''t..." Joel looked at Helena. Helena touched her waist and hid a dagger there. Manda suddenly jumped down from Helena''s leg, grabbed Helena''s dagger and looked at Joel ferociously.
The guests dared not speak out. They had never seen this scene in their life. The middle-aged businessman knelt on the ground and cried, "we are wrong. Don''t hurt my sister, I beg you."
Joel suddenly raised his head, pointed to Helena and said, "I''ll leave her to you and pay the debt with her!"
The middle-aged businessman jumped at Joel and tore it hard and said, "you beast, what are you talking about!"
Joel knocked the middle-aged man over with a punch, pointed to Helena and continued, "can you leave her?"
Manda smiled, broke the dagger with her finger, and asked again, "is that true?"