Chapter 34: Li Jiancheng's performance
Now that the first question has been solved, let's move on to the second one. After the Turkic envoy finished speaking, the Turkic who made the question came out.
The upper couplet of my couplet is: Three rays of sun, moon and stars. This is a vice-absolute. Because, the quantifier in the conjunction must be corrected with the quantifier. The word "three" is used in the upper link, and the lower link should not be repeated. And there are only three words under the "three lights", so no matter which number you use to match, the number of words following below is either more than three or less than three.
You have a lot of talented people in the Tang Dynasty, who will be the next couplet? The Turk asked.
At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji came out and said: I have a couplet, let's see how it is, the upper link: the three rays of the sun, the moon and the stars, and I am the next couplet: a thunderstorm.
Yes, although it is not absolute, but it is also neat, and it is right. The Turks said
The others nodded their heads as well.
Li Jiancheng also came out and said: I also have the next link, everyone listen to it: the upper link: the three rays of the sun, the moon and the stars, and I have two of the lower link, one is: "Four poems and elegant songs, and the other is: nine chapters of Pythagorean strings. After speaking, Li Jiancheng looked at Li Shimin and smiled, and then walked back.
Good, that's right. Both are absolutely. Worthy of being my son, the crown prince. Li Yuan said with joy on his face.
The prince is really talented, he really admires it, and he bows to the wind in the lower hand. The Turk bowed his head and retreated.
Messenger, how's that. How can your little problems be difficult for us? Li Yuan said proudly
The other ministers also began to look up at the Turks, and they did not feel aggrieved anymore.
Then let's move on to the third question, the Turkic envoy came out and said.
There are two hundred ponies, born of non-mares, how can I return them to my own mares?
Who has a way for this? Li Yuan looked at all the ministers present, the audience was silent, and no one spoke.
Seeing this, the Turks were watching with dearity.
Yu Shinan, you are a university scholar, what can you do? Li Yuan called out Yu Shinan
Yu Shinan stood up with a bitter face and said: The old minister was ignorant and couldn't come up with any way.
What about the others? Li Yuan looked at Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng again.
I have a plan, I'll say it, let's see. We can take the mare out, go around the pony, and move away, and then see which one follows, and then the mare will follow. At this time, Fang Xuanling walked out and said. This doesn't work, we have tried this method, other horses will follow, and even some mares come out and can take a whole batch of ponies. The Turks said
Hearing them say that it didn't work after trying, Fang Xuanling walked back to Li Shimin a little embarrassed.
Everyone else looks at me, and I look at yours. He looked like he was meditating again.
Prince, Wei Xima. Is there anything you can do about it? Li Yuan asked
Li Jiancheng walked out and said to Li Yuan: Erchen has a way to try.
Please speak. The Turkic envoy spoke
We can pull the ponies to another shed, let the ponies go hungry for one day, and then release them the next day, and when they are hungry, they will naturally go to the mare to feed. Li Jiancheng said confidently.
After Li Jiancheng finished speaking, everyone quietly waited for the envoy to say, after all, they hadn't tried, and few of these officials could understand the character of the horse.
Envoy, how is this method going? Li Yuan looked at the Turkic envoy and asked
The Prince's method is very good, it is okay. This method has been tried, and it does work. The prince is smart and admired. The Turkic envoy said. At this time, his face was extremely ugly, he thought that these questions could stump them, but he didn't expect that now all three questions have been broken by them.
Haha, it's built, and being a prince has grown a lot. Not bad. Li Yuan said happily
Other ministers also complimented Li Jiancheng. Only Li Shimin was thoughtful, with his understanding of Li Jiancheng, how could he change so much, and then he glanced at Lin Yifeng, it should be this person, you must check this person carefully, if these people are helping the prince today, it will definitely be a big trouble in the future.
Let's move on to question four. The Turks said
Please get started. Li Yuan said
So the Turks made a gesture, and then one hundred and fifty women with the same makeup, costumes, and figures walked into the Golden Temple from outside the door, and the entire Golden Temple was full.
One of these one hundred and fifty is our princess, can anyone find out? The Turkic envoy said
At this time, several ministers came out and walked towards these women, looking at them one by one, measuring them, all of them were as beautiful as flowers, and had a noble temperament, how to look at this like a princess, and look at that like a princess. After reading it all, it was as if everyone was a princess, and they all shook their heads immediately. Li Yuan also frowned and looked at these women, no matter how he looked at them, they all looked like princesses.
In Xia Du Ruhui, I saw the princess. Du Ruhui suddenly walked out and saluted to one hundred and fifty women. Then everyone on Li Shimin's side looked at the one hundred and fifty women, some were looking at the women's expressions, and some were observing the behavior of those women, only to see that the one hundred and fifty women did not move at all, and their expressions did not change at all.
The Turks laughed, because they had known this method for a long time, and they had demonstrated it I don't know how many times.
Li Shimin and the others all showed disappointed expressions, thinking that even if they couldn't find the princess in this way, at least some people could be excluded, and then take their time after excluding some people, but unfortunately this result was completely unexpected by them.
Li Yuan saw what they wanted to do, sighed, and shook his head.
At this time, everyone's eyes were on Li Jiancheng's side.
Li Jiancheng looked helpless, he had already solved two problems, everyone looked at his expression, could it be that he thought that he could do it all, he was not a god, and he had completed the two tasks arranged by his father, could it be that now Li Shimin also wanted him to help?
In fact, the main thing is that he can't think of this question, and now everyone is looking at him, at this time he doesn't know what to do, he looks at Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment, and turned his head to look at Lin Yifeng.
Following their gaze, everyone also looked at Lin Yifeng. Li Yuan had also discovered Lin Yifeng a long time ago, because he was wearing a mask, and he felt that this person was too impolite to pay attention to him.
At this time, Li Jiancheng noticed everyone's expressions when they looked at Lin Yifeng, and knew that wearing a mask was disrespectful to the emperor, so he hurriedly stepped forward to help explain: This is the staff I found in the East Palace, Lin Yifeng Lin Gongzi, hesitated to hurt his face for fear that everyone would see the injury, so he wore a mask to cover it and asked his father to forgive him.
That's it, it doesn't matter. You look at him, is he having a way? Li Yuan said
I can try it, Lin Yifeng came out and said. Can you please come outside the door, because the princess's identity is relatively special, and it is easy to recognize it in a relatively empty place, which is too crowded.
Okay, no problem, I'm going to see what you can do to pretend to be a ghost. In fact, the Turkic envoy's idea was that if Lin Yifeng said this, then I would ask the princess for instructions before replying to them. Thinking that we Turks are so stupid, the princess has long authorized all actions without any instructions.
One by one, the one hundred and fifty women and the ministers went outside, and the women all stood in rows.
However, Lin Yifeng just looked up at the sky, and others also looked at him looking at the sky, and they also looked at him, except for the hot sun, there was nothing else. All of them looked up, and there were words in their minds, what the hell is this kid.
Didn't you say that you could find the princess? Why, what is this going on. The Turkic envoy asked
I've figured it out, you see, there's an auspicious cloud on the princess's head. Lin Yifeng pointed at the group of women from afar.
Everyone looked at the real princess's head, but the woman herself looked up.
In an instant, everyone understood. The princess has already figured it out, and as for Xiangyun, it's just a disguise.
Hahaha, wonderful, really wonderful. At this time, Li Yuan laughed happily
The others nodded in approval.
The Turkic envoys looked ugly, this was the most difficult, and they had figured out how to deal with it, but now they didn't even have a chance to quibble.