In the evening of the next day, in the main hall of the imperial palace, hundreds of civil and military officials were gathering together, preparing to witness the Wenbi of the meeting and the Western Xia mission.

Zhang Heng was sitting at the table at the moment, eating to his heart's content.

At this time, many literati also gathered around him and chatted with him.

"Lord Zhang, when Biwen is later, can you let me try it! I'm very good at making poetry. ”

"My lord, couplets are my specialty, and I am familiar with ancient and modern couplets."

"Adults come to drink tea, this is the dragon well I brought to you before the rain, if you like it, can you let me play when the game is going to be?"

After Zhang Heng gnawed a bone, he wiped his hands, looked at their excitement, and said, "Later, if you want to go, you can go!" I hope you can bring glory to Your Majesty. ”

"Master Xie"

The crowd was also very happy and hurriedly saluted.

On the other side, Li Yuanyu was discussing with Arnu about the upcoming competition: "Teacher, the meeting is our last chance, but there are many literati in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is not easy to win against them." ”

Arnu looked calm and said, "Your Highness, leave this matter to me!" I traveled a lot of countries when I was young and knew a lot of things that they didn't know. ”

"Then there is Master Lao"

Li Yuanyu saluted, and now all hope is placed on him.

"We will live up to Your Highness's expectations"

Arnu also looked determined, and he said that he had been preparing for this day for several years.

"Your Majesty has arrived"

At this time, Zhao Gou walked in with the support of a group of eunuchs and sat on a chair.

Then he looked at everyone and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this Biwen Contest can start, watch while eating." ”

Immediately afterwards, Arnu stood up, saluted Zhao Gou, and then said, "Since Your Majesty has spoken, then I will be ugly." ”

After that, he took out a round ball full of small holes from his sleeve, and continued: "This ball is called Linglong Ball, and there are thousands of holes on it, but among these holes, only one is a real exit, which can connect two holes, you need to use a thread to pass through this hole, even if it is the most skillful woman, it will take ten years to succeed, but there are many people in the Great Song Dynasty, and it should be able to do it!" ”

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but start talking.

"So many holes, when will this one be found! It is simply impossible to do it in a short period of time. ”

"Yes! I don't know where he found this method, it's too tricky. ”

"It's troublesome now, and it's not reliable at all if you try it one by one."

Li Yuanyu saw their frowning faces, and his face was also smiling like a flower.

Zhao Gou also knew that this question was a little difficult, so he said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you have in mind?" ”

Everyone also lowered their heads one after another, not daring to speak at all.

When Zhao Gou saw this scene, his face couldn't help but darken, and he saw that Zhang Heng was eating and drinking like a nobody, so he said to him: "Zhang Aiqing, do you have any ideas?" ”

Zhang Heng stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this question is actually very simple. ”

"Then you can explain it to everyone."

Zhao Gou saw that he was so confident, and his hanging heart couldn't help but let go.

When Arnu heard Zhang Heng's words, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, thinking that he wouldn't really have a way!

At this time, Li Yuanyu also came over and said to him: "Teacher, does he really have a way to untie it?" ”

"No way, he won't unravel it."

Arnu didn't believe that Zhang Heng could solve it, and he himself thought about it for a long time and didn't think of a solution.

"That's good"

Li Yuanyu's heart was also hanging in his throat.

Zhang Heng walked over, took the Linglong ball and looked at it, and then said: "If you want to solve this problem, the key is what can easily pass through the Linglong ball and find the right exit, instead of using a dead brain, thinking about using a thread to pass through, change the angle, and the problem can be solved." ”

"What the hell is that?"

Everyone was also intrigued, and asked while thinking about what it was.

"Actually, the answer is very simple, it is water."

Zhang Heng announced the answer.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but suddenly realize.

Arnu was also muttering the word water at this time, and his expression was a little lost.

At this time, Zhang Heng also asked someone to bring a basin of water, and then poured it on the Linglong ball, only to see that water flowed out from the hole at the bottom.

After confirming the exit, he also found a needle with thread on, put it in a hole, and poured water into it.

The next moment the needle fell out of the hole with the water.

"Thank you, thank you."

After the demonstration, Zhang Heng also saluted everyone, and then retreated.

"Haha, the solution to such a difficult problem is so simple."

Zhao Gou was also very happy and laughed.

And Li Yuanyu had a gloomy face, walked over and said dissatisfied with Arnu: "Teacher, didn't you say that there was no problem, why was it so easy to unravel?" ”

Arnu opened his mouth and said: "Your Highness, I muttered to him, although the problem is very difficult, but there is always a solution, and he can think of this kind of solution, which can be regarded as very smart." ”

Li Yuanyu didn't care about this, and continued: "Now is not the time to praise others, and the last two questions must not have problems. ”

Arnu nodded, but his heart was not as confident as before.

Zhang Heng sat back in the chair and ate leisurely.

At this time, Zhao Gou looked at Li Yuanyu again and said, "Your Highness, you can come up with this second question." ”

Arnu stood up, saluted, and then said to everyone: "I have one here, I want you to answer, the oil cylinder has ten catties of oil, but you have to divide half of it, but there are only three catties of gourd and seven catties of crockpots around, please ask if there is any way to accurately divide half of the oil." ”

When they heard this, the people began to talk about it.

"Huang Lao, you are the best at arithmetic, come and see how this problem should be calculated?"

"Let me see, this question doesn't seem to be simple! I have to think about it. ”

"Hurry up and figure it out, show your hand in front of Your Majesty,"

"Whoever can figure it out may be appreciated by His Majesty."

Zhang Heng saw that Arnu actually knew arithmetic questions, but this question had little to do with arithmetic, mainly to see whether the brain was smart or not, and it seemed that Arnu was deliberately misleading them.

After a while, Zhao Gou opened his mouth and asked everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, do you have an answer?" ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers and others are incompetent, and they have not calculated the answer."

And the people also pleaded guilty.

"It seems that this question is indeed a bit difficult!"

Zhao Gou looked at Zhang Heng with a relaxed expression, and his heart was relaxed.