Xiahou Hui understood as soon as he heard it. What mountain roads are impassable, and you can't walk on the carriages and horses. Cao Miao: This is to test Sima Guo's physical strength.

In the past few decades, the world has been in turmoil, epidemics have been rampant, many people have died, and early death is not uncommon. For women, especially young women, there is also a matter of life and death, which is pregnancy and childbirth. If you don't have a strong physique, many people can't get through.

She had just given birth, so she naturally knew the importance of physical strength. However, she was not worried, although Sima Guo did not deliberately practice martial arts, her body had always been strong, and the miles of mountain roads could not overwhelm her.

Xiahou Hui discussed it with Zhang Chunhua and suggested accepting Cao Miao's request.

Zhang Chunhua knew in his heart that Cao Miao was deliberately making things difficult, hoping that they would retreat in the face of difficulties. Although she was uncomfortable, she could only accept it. For the Sima family, whether they want to marry or not, at least they must behave convincingly and let people see their sincerity. If you give up because of a little difficulty, you will obviously not be able to achieve your goals.

Zhang Chunhua told Sima Yi, Sima Yi nodded very calmly, and praised Cao Miao for being thoughtful, so angry that Sima Guo's tears rolled in his eyes.

Without waiting for Sima Guo's mood to calm down, Xiahou Xu said that Cao Miao considered that the effect of the exam might not be too ideal, and the villa was being renovated, which was inconvenient to entertain guests, so he would not invite Sima Yi and his wife to the village for the time being. Ask them to wait here for a while, so they don't have to run back and forth. If it goes well, at most, Sima Guo will be able to go down the mountain in the evening, and he will have time to return to the city by then.

Before Xiahou Xu finished speaking, Sima Guo couldn't help it, hiding his face and crying.

Sima Zhao's face also changed, his breath was heavy, and he clenched his fists. It's tolerable, it's unbearable, it's simply an insult to their family.

Zhang Chunhua and Sima Shi didn't say a word, and it was difficult to hide the waves of anger under their calm faces.

Sima Yi stroked his beard and smiled. "The townsfolk are considerate and very grateful. However, I was curious about him. If the little girl is lucky, I want to meet him and settle the family affairs as soon as possible. ”

Xiahou Xu bowed and said: "I must convey it to the townsman, please wait for the good news." ”

Sima Yi returned the salute with his head, turned around and ordered someone to set up an account. Sima Zhao rushed over, ordered someone to unload the camp tent from the car, set it up in a place, found a shade tree, laid a mat to set up a case, and put wine and food on it. When Sima Zhao was preparing, Sima Yi had already looked around, admired the surrounding scenery, talked and laughed with Sima Shi, and sighed twice from time to time.

Xiahou Xu saw it in his eyes and secretly sighed to himself. It is said that this Sima Yi can endure it, and today is considered to be an insight. was so disgusted by Cao Miao, he was not angry at all, but he looked very happy. Do this, don't accept it.

Xiahou Xu immediately called a chariot and asked Princess Deyang to ride. The mountain road is not easy to walk, Cao Miao is worried that Princess Deyang will not be physically exhausted, so she specially prepared a step to show respect. In addition, there is also a chariot to spare, if Xiahou Hui and others feel too tired, they can also ride, but they can't participate in the assessment.

Xiahou Hui sneered and picked up Sima Guo and left. "Guoguo, let's go, don't be underestimated."

Sima Guo bit his lip, took a step, and walked forward with Xiahou Hui.

Xiahou Yan followed behind with a grin. Looking at the silk shoes on Xiahou Hui and Sima Guo's feet, she was a little happy. Knowing that she was going up the mountain today, she specially wore a pair of light deerskin boots, which made it more convenient to walk the mountain road.

The group, under the leadership of green peach and red apricot, slowly walked towards the mountain.

Xiahou Xu stayed at the end, and waited for the figures of Princess Deyang and others to disappear into the mountains before he walked up to Sima Yi and presented a volume of documents with both hands. Sima Yi took it, but didn't open it. "Bo Yuan, what is this?"

"The exam questions prepared by the townsman for Ling Ai."

"Exam questions?" Sima Yi was very curious, opened it and glanced at it, then his eyebrows trembled, and he turned around and handed it to Sima Shi. Sima Shi and Sima Zhao looked at the exam questions together and found that the exam questions were all arithmetic questions, and they were not difficult, almost all of them were common question types, with slight modifications. Theoretically, as long as you have studied "Nine Chapters", most of them can make it.

Sima Guo naturally studied "Nine Chapters". For a woman of a large clan like her, she can not learn scriptures, but she must learn some arithmetic. In the future, if you marry a wife and be in charge of the family's finances, you must know a little arithmetic so that you will not be deceived by your subordinates.

Sima Shi and Sima Zhao were also surprised. They all thought that Cao Miao would deliberately make things difficult, just like he made things difficult for Deng Yang and Xiahou Xuan, and came up with some difficult and strange questions, or ambiguous questions, but they didn't expect it to be this kind of question.

"What do you mean?" Sima Zhao couldn't help but ask.

Xiahou Xu had read these questions before he came, and he had also listened to Cao Miao's instructions, so he was not surprised to know that Sima Yi and his son would behave like this. "Taiwei, this is a piece of sincerity from the townsman."

Sima Yi looked at Xiahou Xu again, and bowed slightly. "Please tell the townsman Boyuan, I understand his kindness."

Xiahou Xu bowed again, turned around and left.

Sima Yi looked at Xiahou Xu's back, and his deep gaze looked into the depths of the valley, and he was silent for a long time. It wasn't until Xiahou Xu's figure disappeared that he breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the laid mat and sat down, and picked up a glass of wine.

"Ziyuan, Zishang, what do you think?"

Sima Shi said in a deep voice: "Judging from these exam questions, Cao Miao has no intention of making things difficult. Could it be that he actually has a heart to marry, and the reason why he is doing this is just to hide people's eyes? ”

Sima Yi didn't speak, and turned his head to look at Sima Zhao. Sima Zhao said: "Perhaps, the real assessment is not these questions, but physical strength? Although the mountain here is not steep, it is still not easy for a woman to walk four or five miles. Could it be that Cao Miao knew that this marriage was His Majesty's intention, and he was powerless to stop it, so he wanted to test Ah Guo's physical strength in order to have children in the future? ”

Sima Yi pondered for a long time, his eyes puzzled. "But have you ever thought about it, Your Majesty cares so much about this marriage, why doesn't he ask the exam questions? These exam questions will definitely be sent to His Majesty in the future. Isn't he afraid that His Majesty will think that he has a different heart and mouth, and is suspected of bullying the king? ”

Sima Shi and Sima Zhao were confused and looked at each other.

After another moment, Sima Yi was thoughtful. "Unless, he is sure that Ah Guo will not pass the assessment. In this way, I can only bring humiliation on myself, and it has nothing to do with him. Ziyuan, have you talked to Yuanrong? ”

Sima Shi frowned slightly. "Ah Weng, I told Yuanrong that she would try her best to facilitate this matter, forgive Cao Miao for not being able to play any tricks." He paused, and then said, "Ah Weng, Cao Miao's martial arts are really unfathomable?" ”

Sima Yi smiled. "What about the unfathomable? Even if the great swordsman Wang Yue was a master of swordsmanship, he would not be the same as a tiger ben? He turned to look at the knights scattered around. No matter how good the martial arts are, they can't stop the impact of the fine horse, so there is nothing to worry about. Ziyuan, you have this leisure, it is better to think about what Your Majesty would do if he knew that Cao Miao had a high level of martial arts. ”

Sima Shi smiled. "I'm afraid that Your Majesty will be restless."

Sima Zhao was confused. "Why?"

Sima Yi sighed and flicked his fingers on Sima Zhao's forehead. "Idiot, Your Majesty relies on inheriting Emperor Wu's will, is he willing to see another person accept Emperor Wu's dream and teach martial arts, but he has nothing?"

Sima Zhao woke up from a dream, suddenly realized, patted his forehead embarrassedly, and laughed.