A smile froze on Deng Yang's face.

From the soothing look on Cao Miao's face, he knew that his answer was good, but he failed to meet Cao Miao's requirements. It is likely that the direction is right, but the depth is not enough, so Cao Miao asked him to answer again.

But what else does this gesture mean?

Deng Yang opened his mouth and stammered, and beads of sweat poured out again, washing away the newly applied powder on his face, and converging one groove after another.

Cao Miao sighed, the shallow smile on her face dissipated, only disappointment remained, waved her hand again, signaled that Deng Yang could go, turned over and lay down, and turned her smooth back to Deng Yang.

Deng Yang stood stiff for a long time, thinking hard to no avail, like a defeated chicken, bowing his head and hurrying away.

Cao Zhi couldn't cry or laugh, so he followed.

The green peach and red apricot, who were standing on the side, looked at each other and couldn't help asking, "Prince, what does this mean?" Hong Xing raised her hand as she spoke, intending to learn from Cao Miao and compare her middle finger. Cao Miao raised her hand, "snapped", and said with a tiger face: "Not suitable for children." ”

Hongxing was in pain, retracted her hand, and muttered aggrievedly. "Prince, a handmaid is a woman, not a child."

Qingtao blinked her eyes and motioned for Hongxing to shut up, she sat sideways on the edge of Hu's bed, shaking the fan and fanning Cao Miao, while saying, "Prince, what does this question mean, how to answer it, can you let the servants also learn a long time?" ”

Cao Miao didn't bother to pay attention to them. His heart was heavy and stressful.

Deng Yang's answer surprised him, these four congs have some real skills, and they are not all in vain. As far as he knew, although Xiahou Xuan was later killed, his knowledge and character have always been praised. Although He Yan, who founded the metaphysics of the Wei and Jin dynasties with Xiahou Xuan, was not very good, his "Collected Explanations of the Analects" was a mountain that could not be bypassed by later generations to study the Analects.

But for Dawei Jiangshan, this is not a good thing. Just as it is not a blessing for the country for the smartest people to engage in finance, it is not a blessing for people like Xiahou Xuan to study metaphysics. Cao Wei was usurped by Sima Yi's father and son, and they had an unshirkable responsibility.

If Da Wei is finished, will I still be able to survive? It doesn't matter if you die, it affects me, it's not okay.

Gotta figure it out.

——

Deng Yang and Cao Zhi returned to the main hall. Everyone was surprised to see that the two of them had been gone for so long before coming back, and they didn't see Cao Miao. Looking at Deng Yang again, although his face was as usual, he could see traces of modification, especially the collar was all wet, and he obviously sweated a lot just now.

A tacit answer surfaced in everyone's hearts: Deng Yang was stumped by Cao Miao's question and couldn't answer it.

Cao Miao, who is suffering from a mad disease, actually has such a knowledge, stumped Deng Yang, one of the four congregations? Many people felt incredible, and looked at Deng Yang with burning eyes, wanting to hear what was going on.

Cao Zhi was also a little curious, stopped his wine glass, and looked at Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi quietly walked to Cao Zhi's side and told him what had just happened.

Cao Zhi nodded and smiled.

Deng Yang knew that everyone was looking at him, and he also knew that this matter had to be explained, otherwise it would get darker and darker. Fortunately, he is not without answers, and he is not particularly ashamed. And he is very confident, except for Cao Zhi, no one here can be smarter than him. He couldn't answer, and no one else could answer.

He coughed and arched his hand to Cao Zhi. "Congratulations, King."

Cao Zhi smiled faintly: "Deng Zhonglang, how can you be happy?" ”

"The king is rich in five cars, and he is called the genius of Dawei. Now that the eldest prince is proficient in metaphysics, isn't it a joy that the eldest prince has a successor? ”

Cao Zhi bowed slightly. "Zhonglang is polite. The dog suffers from a madness and often has a deranged behavior, but in fact, it has no deep meaning, and Zhonglang does not have to take it to heart. ”

Deng Yang turned around and looked at everyone in the hall. "The king is modest, but he can't hide the beauty of people. Shicai met with the eldest prince and benefited a lot. However, I am very ashamed, Yang is shallow in learning, and I can't be the prince of the middle, so I take this opportunity to ask you for advice. ”

Everyone was also curious and agreed.

Deng Yang raised his left hand, bent his fingers into a fist, only the middle finger was raised, looked around, and waited for everyone's eyes to focus on him, then smiled: "This is the question of the eldest prince, who can teach me and solve my doubts?" ”

Everyone looked at each other and felt fresh. What is the problem, not a word, just a gesture? Without Deng Yang saying more, they racked their brains and meditated. Most of the people here are children of the family, no matter how poor they are, they are also scholars, they are no strangers to Qing Tan, and there are many good players, although they are not as famous as Deng Yang, but they are very interested. Now that I encounter such a well-known and unheard of strange problem, I naturally rush to it and become competitive.

However, they are all people in the officialdom, they know how to advance and retreat, this kind of occasion is not a place for them to show off their knowledge, even if they want to behave, they have to wait for Deng Yang to say his answer first.

Deng Yang waited for a moment, and seeing that no one answered, he turned to look at Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi shook his hand again and again, indicating that he didn't understand. Deng Yang was not reluctant, he was just polite, not really asking Cao Zhi to answer. Cao Zhi and Cao Miao are father and son, the son asks the question and the father answers, doesn't it become a performance for their father and son.

"Yang is not talented, searching the intestines and scraping the belly, a little experience, please criticize." Deng Yang said his answer again, and then looked at everyone with a smile, his face was colorful, but his mouth was very modest. "A little bad opinion, talk about throwing bricks and stones, and ask you for advice."

Before the words fell, someone praised: "Deng Zhonglang's response is very good, I think it is very appropriate, and there is nothing wrong with it." ”

"Exactly, Deng Zhonglang deserves to be one of the four congs, admire, admire."

“……”

In the midst of sycophancy, Deng Yang looked at Sun Yong. "Sun Fujun, what do you think?"

Although Sun Yong is obsessed with immortal Taoism, he is a little roundabout, but after all, he has been mixed in the officialdom for so many years, how can he steal Deng Yang's limelight at this time, and he politely echoed a few words, expressing his shame.

Deng Yang was even more proud. "It's a pity that my response didn't satisfy the eldest prince, and after all, I didn't have a place like Sun Fujun. I want to ......" He was suddenly stunned, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and then he stroked his palm and sighed. "I see, I see." He was a little crazy, regardless of the occasion, let alone how others thought of him.

Everyone was surprised, but they didn't dare to interrupt, so they could only stare at Deng Yang and wait for him to explain.

After a while, Deng Yang stopped his joy and sighed: "The road is simple, everything is one, I thought too much, but I forgot the title of the eldest prince." The eldest prince did what he did without words, but I responded with words, I am really ashamed, ashamed. ”

Everyone suddenly realized, and the hall was amazed.

Cao Shuang stood up and saluted Cao Zhi: "King, my qualifications are stupid and I don't understand metaphysics, so naturally I can't sit with Yunliang like Deng Xuanmao. However, I haven't seen Yunliang for many years, and I have an edict with me, so I can't see each other. Since he won't come, I'll just go. ”

Cao Zhi got up from the table and held Cao Shuang's arm. "I'm ashamed, I'm ashamed, I have no way to teach my son, and I have wronged Uncle Zhao. Lone should have accompanied Uncle Zhao, but the father and son were not harmonious, and Yunliang was prone to illness when he saw me, so he could only let the child Cao Zhi accompany you. I also hope that Zhao Bo Mo is strange. ”