Chapter 22: Straw Bales
Zhang Meng's army was trapped in Heiya Mountain, Wei Zheng and Xing Lao's 800 miles of urgent military information was urgently reported to the imperial court, Zhang Meng, as the envoy of the Southern Regions, was under siege, and it was a matter of stability in the Southern Regions, and it was impossible to lose, Emperor Wude was worried, and the prince Liu Wencheng entered the Zhiyun Temple in Ningzhou to pray for blessings to the sky It has long been a foregone thing, so the emperor sent the prince to Ningzhou in the starry night.
Six days later, Liu Wencheng hurried to Hezhou, but learned the news of the victory of the Southern Regions Army, for a time Liu Wencheng was furious, and he felt that he was being played, the army is the important weapon of the country, how could it be a child's play, if it was not for Wei Zheng and Xing Yong, who reported the military situation, he could cut off the head of the person who lied about the military situation as a warning.
For a time, the military situation was lifted, so Liu Wencheng boarded the ship from Hezhou, crossed Hanzhou and went upriver to the mouth of the Shunjiang River and stopped.
Feng Bao, the personal eunuch of the Son of Heaven, had a grudge against Ningzhou, and Huang Hanyun was beheaded by Zhang Meng on the street, which did not take him Feng Bao seriously at all.
Therefore, Feng Bao was dissatisfied with the Southern Regions, and the boat arrived at the mouth of the Shunjiang River, Feng Bao offered advice to the prince: "Your Highness, we are being played by these old children, the old slave knows that you are good poetry, Ningzhou has a precedent for the question, and the four questions on the gate of Qiao's house have made the whole capital restless, so it is better for us to follow suit once, and it is better to be ashamed of this officialdom in Ningzhou." ”
Liu Wencheng is a good writer, listening to Feng Bao say this, he is naturally very interesting: "You say, poetry and essay problem solving, Ningzhou is known to be a master, but not everyone can come up with a level of questions, if our topic is too pediatric, not only will it be difficult to stop people, but it will also fall into a big joke." ”
Feng Bao's face turned pale, glanced at the mountains on both sides of the Shunjiang estuary, and said confidently: "Your Highness, rest assured, the national teacher once said that having a mountain in your heart is a small dirt bag will also make people stop." There are no mountains in our hearts, even if we are rivers and seas, we can move forward, this is the Buddha's principle.
You just said that our ship is too big, there are mountains in front of it, and we have to move these two mountains away to enter Ningzhou, this is a question of Buddhism, see what they can do..."
Listened to Feng Bao's words. Liu Wencheng laughed. This kind of topic is really helpless for these Confucian scholars to solve it with normal thinking, but when I think of what he was playing, I feel relieved. Who said that you are only allowed to play this prince, this time this prince will also play you once...
Therefore, this is why Qiao Yue was blocked by the prince's big ship at the mouth of the Shunjiang River.
"Qiao's family?"
Liu Wencheng's question shocked the three hearts of Geng Huyuan on the ship, and he didn't know how this gentleman could ask about his own home.
Qiao Yue was puzzled: "The little woman is from Ningzhou. Naturally, I know, I don't know if Childe has something to ask. The little woman must know everything, and she must say everything? ”
Liu Wencheng said: "It is said that the eldest lady of his family was unbearable, and in order to refuse the people who came to visit, she made four very interesting questions on the door. I wonder if someone has solved it now? ”
His face was calm, but he couldn't hide his curiosity when he talked about the topic.
This person is so obsessed with poetry and essays, it seems that he wrote these topics. He must have specialized in it.
Qiao Yue smiled secretly in her heart, thinking of his previous domineering. I also had a joking thought in my heart: "Oh... Topic? The little girl has also heard that the Qiao family lady has said that those topics that are originally children's are so simple that they can't be added to the single question, and everyone gives the Qiao family a few thin noodles, so no one has solved it. ”
Qiao Yue stood on the boat, and when she talked about the topic, even she, a woman who fished, had a look of disdain, as if it was really something that could not be put on the table at all, as she said.
Liu Wencheng's heart was shocked again, and there was a buzz in his head, he knew very well what the difficulty of these questions on the gate of Qiao's house was.
Not to mention that his teacher Xing Taifu personally asked him for help, and even few of the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty could solve it, but this woman was so unbearable, if this was the case, wouldn't he Liu Wencheng not even be as good as a fishing woman, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were all wine bags and rice bags?
Seeing that Qiao Yue's boat had rowed in front of him, Liu Wencheng hurriedly ran from the railing at the bow to the stern, and said unwillingly: "I don't know how many chickens and rabbits are in the same cage, thirty-six cages are exposed, and there are fifty pairs of feet, how many chickens and rabbits are there?" ”
Qiao Yue chuckled, and replied a little tirelessly: "Fourteen rabbits, twenty-two chickens, this is not difficult, doesn't Gongzi even know such a simple topic?" You don't need to wrench your fingers to know, the kid next door to my house is only three years old, and this kind of topic is not uncommon. ”
Liu Wencheng was devastated by the blow, thinking of the situation of killing chickens and rabbits in the middle of the night, he felt embarrassed for a while, he didn't expect that he was not even as good as a woman who fished, and then asked: "Nine hundred and ninety-nine yuan, buy a thousand seasonal pear fruits." 11 pears 9, 7 fruits 4 pennies, how much is the price of pears? ”
Qiao Yue didn't have to think about it, and immediately replied: "Eight hundred and three wen to buy six hundred and fifty-seven pears, one hundred and ninety-six wen, three hundred and forty-three fruits, adding up to exactly nine hundred and ninety-nine yuan, to buy a thousand pears and fruits, does the son have any other questions?"
Do you want the little girl to tell you the answers to the remaining two questions on the gate of Qiao's house, maybe you will be the first person in Ningzhou to lift Qiao Niangzi's question, and it is said that there is a chance to get Qiao Niangzi's personal reception, the little woman has seen it, Qiao Niangzi is a big beauty, and now she is still waiting for the word boudoir..."
"Haha..."
Hearing Qiao Yue's words, Geng Huyuan and the two subordinates who were rowing couldn't help laughing, Miss family, this is what is going to hit this rich boy so that he will no longer be writing poetry in the future, let alone answering questions.
The more they laughed like this, the more Liu Wencheng felt that what Qiao Yue said was true, as if these questions were simply simple in Ningzhou, any woman who fished would do, and even the boating sailors felt that they were not worth mentioning at all.
For a time, I have been in a high position for many years, and I have been sought after and praised no matter what I do, and I have always felt that I am very smart, and this sense of superiority and self-confidence has been provoked.
glared at the eunuch beside him fiercely, and a sentence flew out of his mind for no reason, "Liu Wencheng, you are a straw bag, you can't answer such a simple question, you see, even a fishing woman is smarter than you, look at it, those sailors are laughing at you for being a fool..."
This kind of thought together, suddenly a cold sweat broke out, if this is the case, then he will be completely regarded as a fool and watched as a joke for more than 20 years.
He sneered in his heart, everyone he faced pretended to have a flattering face, in fact, he has always been a fool in their eyes, what they say is smart, their praise is just because I am the prince. (To be continued) R580