Whispering Poems

Chapter 157
Because of the strange attitudes of the three gentlemen, not only the old Duke Lucas himself, but also the other guests invited this time, couldn't wait to know what they saw just now.

"Alright then, let's start the game."

Mr. Mark fiddled with his white shirt and black suit collar tie and announced loudly.

Two middle-aged men from the Prophet Association acted as dealers beside Mr. Mark.In this era of superstition, women were believed to bring bad luck to Rhodes cards, so there are no sexy ladies dealing live cards here.

Shad got his first card and felt a little nervous.In fact, he doesn't know how to play Rhodes cards at all. He has learned some Rhodes cards skills during the interval between reading books and teasing cats these days, but he definitely can't compare with those veteran players.

Therefore, the phrase "the luck brought by the founding series of cards" mentioned by Miss Anat is probably Xia De's hope of winning the card.

Although I said before, I don't care about winning or losing this game.But sitting here, being watched by so many people, especially Miss Bayas, who was dressed as a maid for some unknown reason, was also watching him, which made him feel the pressure inexplicably.

"Play casually and ask for as few cards as possible. After all, this is a game where luck is the main factor."

He comforted himself in his heart, this time the opponent's deck is not stained with blood, this is a very fair game.

"It's okay if you lose. Go and apologize to Miss Galina, it's impossible to lose every time you help her."

The mood returned to a normal state, so he looked down at the first hole card, which cost 13.

"Um"

He signaled to continue to give him another card, and the second card was dealt directly face up, Sun 8.

"Um"

He rubbed his hands, pondered for a moment, and asked in his heart:

"Is there another inexplicable person who is interfering with my luck?"

[I didn't find out. 】

"Then why...exactly 21 o'clock?"

[Why can't it be considered as your luck? 】

Asked in a whispering voice, Xia De nodded, indicating that there is no need to ask for another card.

"Are young people so cautious?"

The old duke on the opposite side smiled, but also didn't want a third card.Then the two played cards, Shade was 13+8=21, and the Duke was 8+8=16.The latter was not disappointed, but continued to smile and said:
"It turns out that young people are cautious for a reason."

The guests watching the game were discussing in whispers, and Xia De saw Miss Bayas sneaking out of the door quietly while taking advantage of everyone's attention on the game, and she didn't know where she went.

"I didn't have a chance to tell her that there is a high ring warlock on this floor, but Miss Galina knew about Miss Bayas last time, so it shouldn't matter."

Xia De won the first round of the first game, but in the second round he did not continue his luck just now. The sum of the first two numbers was 17.The cautious detective didn't choose to continue, but the Duke got two 2s in a row and didn't stop until the fourth card:

"It's bad."

卢卡斯公爵遗憾的掀开底牌，6+2+2+12=22。夏德的运气其实不需要特别好，只要比对手好就可以。

In the third round of the first game, after Xia De got the hole card, he found that Miss Bayas had returned.She was still dressed as a maid, seeing Xia De's eyes "peeking" at her from behind the Rhodes card, and made a greeting gesture.

But when Xia De reacted, he had already got three cards, and hurriedly called a stop. The total of the three cards is now 18.

At this moment, people erupted in a small exclamation. It turned out that the game had progressed until now, and someone finally drew the first special rule card.Even though the old Duke Lucas was still behind, he still showed a proud expression as if he had already won.

"Detective, it seems that I have better luck."

[Gunarms·Luger Revolver], the suit sun is 10, after drawing this card, if the cards in the current hand including this card are odd numbers, and all the cards in the hand are of different suits, you can change the number on the card from 10, 11 adjustments.

Duke Lucas did not continue to bid, and another bright card in his hand was a 1 of flowers.Very solemnly, he lifted the hole card with his fingers, and then slammed it onto the table, Moon 3, used in accordance with special rules.

"Oh! My god~ what luck!"

Exclamations erupted from the crowd again, and heated discussions and congratulations were heard endlessly.This is not deliberately pandering to the old duke, the people present really think this is quite a remarkable thing.

"It seems that no matter what, the Duke's points are lower than mine. I won the first game and the third round, and won the first game, right?"

Xia De whispered to the dealer on his side, no matter how the number of the Rhodes card was adjusted, his 18 points should have won.But now people's reactions made him wonder if there were any special rules that caused him to lose.

"The end of the first game, Mr. Shade Hamilton won!"

Amid the excited discussions, Mr. Mark announced loudly.Xia De didn't show any complacent expression, while the old Duke Lucas who was wearing a red army uniform on the opposite side was flushed, as if he had just won a battle:

"Look, Detective, what a fun match, you won the first game, and I got the rules card, what a fun game!"

"I really don't fit in with this group of people."

Xia De thought in his heart, while the old Duke continued to praise: .

"Galina seems to have found a great Rhodes player, detective, it won't be so easy in the future."

Although the total of the first game only lasted 15 minutes, everyone took a 5-minute break before continuing the second game.

During this period, Xia De wanted some grape juice under the pretext of not drinking, and chatted with Miss Bayas, who was dressed as a maid.But the latter blinked and didn't say anything unnecessary, as if he didn't want to involve Xia De in his affairs.

This made Xia De relieved, which was exactly what he wanted.

Lucas Duke's luck finally came back at the beginning of the second game. He actually drew the queen directly for the third card in the first round of the second game.And Xia De, who was holding 15 points in his hand, tried to continue to ask for cards, and the points directly exceeded 21 points, and then the old Duke laughed and said that luck is indeed conserved.

In the second round, Xia De drew the queen of his deck instead.Of course the Duke continued to ask for cards like Shad did just now, hoping to draw blackjack or draw the king.But unfortunately, he drew a card with a special pattern, Star 21, which was very unfortunate and directly busted.

This kind of game where one person wins a round is much more exciting than the first round just now.The Duke's interest came up, and he arranged for his servants to find a poet who could play the lute, and while the two played cards, they sang poems to add to the fun.

And in the third round of the second round, Xia De, who was a little relaxed after winning a round, gambled on his luck. Although he still didn't draw a special card, he made up 20 points when the card was stopped.The old Duke once again drew a special rule Rhodes card, this time it was [Ancient Hero Knight Tim], and it was also a card that needed to be rolled to take effect.

But this time the Duke had no such luck, neither using the special rules nor winning the detective's 20 points.

"It seems that my luck is not bad today."

Xia De, who had won the first and second rounds, let out a mouthful while thinking in his heart that he would win once again.

[Maybe you can make money playing cards, it sounds good. 】

"Unless I'm really desperate, I won't gamble, it's a matter of principle."

Xia De emphasized again, and then heard the woman's sweet chuckle.After accepting that the other party exists at the same time as himself, without thinking about whether the other party is really him, Xia De has become more and more used to the woman's voice that often whispers in his ears and in his heart.It's as if he didn't like cats very much at first, but he gradually got used to Little Miya becoming a member of the family.

One of the costs of getting in touch with mystery and becoming a ring warlock is that you will be followed by whispers in your ears in this life.Sleeping, eating, socializing, and even in privacy is the price, and no power is free.But every time he heard the soft laughter next to his ears, Xia De would think that this was not a price, but a gift for himself.

At this time, the fourth round of the second game officially started. Xia De's first hole card was the 8 of flowers, and the Duke looked down at the card, and directly revealed the hole card:
"king."

The old man who was as strong as a lion couldn't help laughing, his thick voice could almost shake the glass:
"It's been a long time since I've been so happy. Galina really found a good player this time, and I'm not bad. I was able to draw the king and queen in one round. The last time I had this luck, I My son is about your age. Detective, my hole card is the king, and unless you draw blackjack, I will win two rounds of the second round."

The people on the sidelines excitedly talked about the situation of the game. Almost every round, some rare things happened, which greatly increased the visibility of the game.

People were already speculating about the young detective's luck, and Shad was curious about it.

"Continue to deal the cards."

He motioned, but wasn't nervous.Even if he lost this round, the second game was only two to two, so he was not in a hurry.

Wei Wei turned her head to look at the black-haired maid who had been standing behind her since the start of the game.The maid looked at him, her beautiful eyes directly expressed the meaning of "what's the matter?" Xia De shook his head, but found that he could see some physical features that made him blush from the angle of looking up. Of all the women the world has ever known, the one with the best body.

Looking at the card table again, I saw that my second card was actually 12 Suns, and the total of 8 with the 20 points just now.

"Oh~"

Even he couldn't help sighing, and Duke Lucas on the opposite side had already smiled:

"Detective, lose this round, or try another card?"

"Continue to deal the cards."

Shade said.

The Duke tapped the table lightly with his fingers:

"Young people are like this. It's right to have a spirit of gambling."

But Xia De felt that this was not a compliment to himself, it was simply that the old duke wanted to win more thoroughly.

The third card was sent out, and people on Shade's side couldn't help stretching their heads slightly to look at the card, expecting to see the young detective get any one of the four suits with a point of 1. A reversal to win the game.

Xia De glanced at the card and raised his eyebrows:
"Perhaps, the saying that the founding series of cards increase luck is not just superstition."

He didn't have the luck to draw a 1 in any of the four suits, but got a 3.

The third card is Sun 3, the card face [Founding · Silver Moon], the number can be adjusted from 1 to 5.

plop~
Looking back, the grey-haired Viscount Ford finally collapsed while clutching his heart with a smile on his face.

　PS: Check it out, do you like this description of the Rhodes card game, or think it is meaningless, you can skip it and write directly about winning and losing?

　
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