Chapter 53: The Contest
When I raised my eyes, I saw a piece of blue, only the peach was beautiful, surrounded by green trees, reflecting the beauty of this peach blossom. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Compared with the previous full garden of peach blossoms, this peach blossom seems to be independent in the world, and this is the only one, which is more pleasing to the eye, and people can't help but feel a trace of pity.
Xiao Mo pulled a flower branch and sniffed lightly, the fragrance was shallow, refreshing, but there was a doubt in his heart:
King Jing just asked her to enjoy the flowers?
Xiao Mo only felt that he couldn't see through that person more and more, obviously there was something related to King Peace's death, but he could still investigate the case by her casually.
Knowing that she was Ling Tianxu's person, it was just a matter of being embarrassed if she was not hostile, so how could she still help.
Last time, he didn't set up the bureau of the Imperial Pharmacy, so why did he appear?
Xiao Mo didn't know, but it was certain that he didn't come to kill her, and it would be easy to get rid of her, so how could King Jing come forward in person.
Even so, he may still be the mastermind of framing his father, and he has indeed set aside the imperial power of Yan Kingdom, and he is the person she wants to help Ling Tianxu deal with, even if the hatred is reduced, she will not be allowed to have a good feeling.
"In my opinion, let's just weigh them one by one."
"Didn't you hear what Master Li said, you can only weigh it once."
"You can do it, you come first!"
Hearing someone arguing, Xiao Mo walked along the path towards the bustling place.
In front of it is an arch with the words "Flying Crane Garden" written on it, and it seems to be particularly lively inside.
"Brother Zhang is the son of Xiangye, why don't you invite Brother Zhang first?"
"I'll go first, I'll go first."
Xiao Mo was puzzled, what are these people trying? Even the son of the Prime Minister's Mansion came.
As soon as he walked to the arch, suddenly an inner supervisor stepped forward, bowed down and said, "I've seen Lord Xiao, this is for Lord Xiao." As he spoke, he handed over a mask.
It's not the mask she had before, it's just an ordinary white mask with her nose and eyes, but it's much more durable than the hideous mask before.
Xiao Mo took the mask and asked confusedly, "What is this?" ”
"The minions are gone." The inner supervisor did not say much and left in a hurry.
Xiao Mo was even more misty.
Put on a mask, walk into the garden, and walk through the flower garden is a small courtyard, with a lot of people surrounded by three layers in front and three layers outside, and they are all young masters from the Shi clan.
Although these people are not from a low background, Luoying Garden is a royal garden after all, and it is not a place where they can enter and exit at will, and there must be a reason why they can come to Luoying Garden.
"Someone comes, call ...... Call this box. ”
The speaker's voice trembled, as if he had no confidence.
Xiao Mo approached and looked at what those people were guessing around ten large boxes.
There are also quite a few guards around.
"What do you mean by putting these boxes here?" Xiao Mo asked the people around him.
"You're late, aren't you, so you can be late for such a great opportunity? Don't count on it, let's go before it's too late. The man said coldly.
"And first-come, first-served?" Xiao Mo muttered to himself.
The two guards stepped forward and weighed the box pointed by the Prime Minister's son.
"Why is it so much heavier?" The prince of the prime minister scratched his head, and ordered the guards to say, "You call this box again." ”
"Childe, you can only weigh it once."
"Ugh." The Prime Minister's son hung his head and returned to the crowd.
The guards put the chest back in place.
Xiao Mo looked at the people around him, all of them looked eager to try, but no one dared to stand up decisively, most of them were wandering in front of the ten boxes, hesitating.
"Ten boxes, you can only weigh them once, how can you find out which one is missing?"
Hearing another person next to him complaining, Xiao Mo asked again, "Is there any mystery hidden in these boxes?" ”
"These ten boxes are filled with a hundred ingots of gold, one ingot weighs one tael, but the gold in one of the boxes is only nine coins, let us weigh it once and find out which box."
Xiao Mo frowned slightly when he heard this, this didn't seem like a mystery, but it seemed like someone had deliberately set up a difficult problem, and these people were scrambling here to solve this problem.
Ten boxes, that's a thousand taels of gold!
Using a thousand taels of gold to come up with a question, Xiao Mo had to admire the generosity of the person who made the question.
The prince of the prime minister's mansion just now weighed it together with the wooden box, can it be reproduced so much? Later, someone took out the gold and weighed it again, but they still didn't guess correctly.
After that, no one dared to come forward to try, and these people were also smart, knowing that if they guessed wrong, it would be equivalent to cheapening the people behind them in vain, and the people behind only need to remember which ones are not in front, and the rest of them will be.
Obviously, no one wants to pave the way for others.
There were whispers all around, and no one came forward anymore.
After watching it for a long time, Xiao Mo walked out of the crowd and said, "Let me try." ”
"Can you do it?" Some people are suspicious.
There were constant suspicious and even disdainful glances around, most of the people who came today were the sons of important ministers of the imperial court, and Xiao Mo's dress was not a big deal at first glance, no wonder he was despised.
Xiao Mo ignored the young masters behind him, and ordered the guards to take out one ingot of gold from the first box, two ingots from the second box, and three ingots from the third, and take out the corresponding amount of gold from the ten boxes in turn, and weigh them together.
The total amount of gold taken out was fifty-five ingots, weighing fifty-four taels and five coins.
Xiao Mo quietly walked to the fifth box of gold, pointed to the box of gold and said, "This is the box." ”
The group of people behind him were amazed when they understood it, and those who didn't understand it were still confused.
Fifty-five ingots of gold, when the weight is fifty-five taels, five coins are missing, if each ingot is missing one penny, then there are a total of five ingots of gold missing, obviously the fifth box.
There was a burst of applause from the room in front of him, and Xiao Mo looked at the old man who came out, a little familiar.
"Lord Xiao is really wise." The man praised.
Xiao Mo looked at him for a while, and recognized him as the "housekeeper" of King Jing's Mansion who was the official residence of the fourth grade, so it was King Jing who set up this problem.
King Jing asked her to come here, and the idea was to let her compete with this group of young masters?
"Lord Xiao won't remember the minion, right?"
"It turned out to be Steward Li." Xiao Mo hooked the corners of his lips, the last time he gave Ling Tianxu a horse, he didn't see him so polite, the fourth rank official actually called himself a slave in front of her.
"What's the origin of this kid? Even Master Li is so polite. ”
"Lord Xiao, I heard my father say that the imperial guard next to His Majesty is a young boy surnamed Xiao, could it be him?"
"Then this kid is going to soar, and he has entered King Jing's Mansion, which is much stronger than the imperial guard."
Xiao Mo glanced coldly at the whisperer and turned to leave.
"Lord Xiao stays." Li De shouted.
Xiao Mo stopped, turned around and said lightly: "I have solved the problem, what else is the matter?" ”
"Lord Xiao has solved this problem, and these gold are the reward."
Xiao Mo suddenly felt incredulous, and said, "What do I want to do with all this gold?" ”
These noble sons can put a thousand taels of gold in their eyes, what is the use of gold for her? Wealth and fame are things outside the body, the last life is heavy, this life is heavy, she is content to live.
Xiao Mo said nothing, and wanted to squeeze out of the crowd to leave, but was stopped by one person.
"Don't go, why don't you know what to do, such a good opportunity, we can't ask for it, so you just left?"
Xiao Mo raised his lips: "Ask?" Asking for a thousand taels of gold? If you really want it, take it and divide it. ”
"A thousand taels of gold can't be exchanged for this great opportunity, to be a guest of King Jing's Mansion, that is a blessing that has been cultivated for several lifetimes, you kid will leave when he says he goes, and he will sell it well when he gets cheap, and he deliberately makes us greedy?"
Xiao Mo was puzzled: "What do you mean by the doorman of King Jing's Mansion?" ”
The prince of the prime minister's mansion said: "My father finally asked the prince to choose a young and promising person among the scholars as a guest, the prince is here today, I will come to solve the problem, who can solve it, who can be the door of the palace of Jing, follow the prince, this is a great honor, if you don't want to, then what kind of situation." ”
Asking King Jing to accept guests, Xiao Mo knew in his heart that to put it bluntly, the ministers wanted to take the opportunity to send their sons to King Jing, and according to the current situation of Yan Kingdom, following King Jing could be described as having a bright future.
Blame her for stirring up the situation, should she feel guilty? Xiao Mo sneered in his heart.
Having said that, where is she messing up, it is clear that King Jing deliberately brought her here!
She is Ling Tianxu's follower, how can she be the doorman of King Jing's Mansion, and the imperial guard has become King Jing's person, it is really ridiculous.
"I see, I'm not bothered for unknown reasons, I'm not a member of the scholar clan, and I can't be a guest of the prince, so it's better for you to have another competition, and I'll leave in the next." Xiao Mo said expressionlessly, squeezing out the crowd and leaving.
"Lord Xiao...... Lord Xiao ......"
Li De still kept shouting behind him, and Xiao Mo walked away without looking back.
Want Xiao Mo to compete with the children of the Shi clan? She let King Jing see it, but those rewards, whether it was a great opportunity to rise to prominence, or a thousand taels of gold...... It's all the same for her, no interest.