After introducing Lu Bu and Lu Bu also greeted everyone, Cui An also got on the war horse that had been prepared for him.

In a fair competition, naturally they can't use their own war horses, and both sides are riding the most ordinary war horses randomly selected in the Xuzhou army.

After Cui An got on the horse, he hugged Lu Bu with a fist, "Help the wind Cui An Cui Fuda, come to learn!" ”

"Wuyuan Lu Bu Lu Fengxian!"

As soon as the words fell, the two began to fight. To say that both of them are masters of using halberds, and their moves are basically attack-based, so the two of them fought quite fiercely. After more than 30 rounds of fighting, regardless of victory or defeat, you come and go, so lively. Both of them used real skills, and they both regarded each other as a good opponent.

As the saying goes, the layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway. Like the potter Cao Bao, he can only be said to be watching the excitement, while Ma Chao knows very well in his heart, don't look at the two of them now, they don't seem to be winning or losing, but Cui An will not be able to withstand it for a while.

Sure enough, as if to confirm what Ma Chao thought, there was a change on the field.

Lu Bu said to Cui An: "Cui Fuda, are you all capable of?" ”

When Cui An heard this, he was angry, and said in his heart that you look down on my ability, "Don't talk nonsense, Lu Fengxian, eat my halberd!" ”

Saying that, Cui An stepped up his attack again, and a painting halberd flew up and down, but Lu Bu's defense against his attack was not leaky, and his moves did not have much impact on Lu Bu.

Lu Bu saw that the opponent had accelerated his attack, and he also began to speed up his attack. In this way, Cui An has slowly become unbearable, Lu Bu's ability is not blown, it is a person with real ability, after all, the strength of the people is there, and it is definitely not Cui An can win.

Ten rounds, twenty rounds, and thirty rounds, the two fought for 60 rounds and still didn't score. However, Cui An had already shown defeat, and sure enough, in the sixty-fourth round, Lu Bu was stabbed to death with a halberd, of course, not Cui An, but the war horse that Cui An sat on.

Cui An seemed to be able to guarantee that he would not let Lu Bu get hurt, but he couldn't save his horse. Seeing this, Ma Chao hurriedly shouted to Lu Bu: "Lu Fengxian, don't fight anymore, we lost this battle, I admit defeat!" ”

When Lu Bu heard this, he naturally didn't make the next move. And after Cui An landed on the horse due to the death of the war horse, he also heard Ma Chao's words, knowing that the lord of the Dao was protecting himself.

He said to Lu Bu: "Lu Fengxian, you won!" But I still don't accept you, and I'll look for you again in the future! ”

"Always with you!"

It is indeed difficult to find an opponent, and now Lu Bu has not had such a pleasant feeling for many years. He also hoped that he could fight dozens or hundreds of rounds every day, but unfortunately he had no opponent.

Others may not be able to see anything, but Ma Chao knows in his heart that Lu Bu could have hurt Cui An. But he showed mercy to his subordinates, just killed the war horse, Ma Chaozhi said, this is Lu Bu's love for helping him in the Xianbei Royal Court of Yihan Mountain. He nodded to Lu Bu in gratitude.

However, Lu Bu just glanced at Ma Chao and didn't say anything, but Ma Chao understood that no matter what Lu Bu would be like in the future, at least for now, he was still the same Lu Fengxian who had clear grievances and knew how to repay his kindness. As for his little change, it is somewhat related to his various experiences, some places in Lu Bu, Ma Chao still appreciates them, but everyone has not yet become friends.

Cui An returned to Ma Chao's side, "Lord, I lost." ”

"Fuda, it's not your fault, everyone has to lose!"

Ma Chao sees these very lightly, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and he naturally will not do anything because of winning or losing a game. There is also the last game, and in his opinion, it is the most important thing to go all out to win the last game.

The victory of this game was also expected by Tao Qian, and he was very grateful to Lu Buna. …,,.

"Tao Thorn History, Bu still has something to do to return to Jinyang, so he can only take the first step!"

Lu Bu was in a hurry to return to the state, and he didn't like to see any fair competition. Seeing Ma Chao today, Lu Bu wanted to rush back immediately to tell his friend Zhang Yang the news. He knew that Zhang Yang cared about Ma Chao very much, so now that he had news about him, Lu Bu felt that he would naturally notify Zhang Yang as soon as possible.

In fact, Zhang Yang was still quite worried about Ma Chaoran after he ran away. And Ma Chao felt that he had no fixed place to live all day, wandering back and forth in various states, and he felt that he had nothing to contact Zhang Yang. And when I return to Liangzhou in the future, I naturally must contact him.

Tao Qian saw that Lu Bu insisted on leaving, so he didn't stay. After all, Lu Bu is not from Xuzhou, but a guest who invited him to help, and since he insisted on going back, it was inconvenient for him to keep it.

He personally sent Lu Bu out of the school, Lu Bu not only did him a big favor, but more importantly, Lu Bu's identity. As the righteous son of his friend Ding Yuan and Ding Jianyang, out of respect for his friend, Tao Qian must also send Lu Bu.

Before parting, Tao Qian also said something like saying hello to your father-in-law Jianyang on my behalf, and after Lu Bu agreed, he embarked on the road back to Merge State. Originally, Tao Qian wanted to give Lu Bu some money to show his gratitude, but when he thought about his friend Ding Jianyang's temper, he forgot about it after that.

After he sent Lu Bu away, it was time to start the third game. Naturally, this game couldn't still be tried in the school field, so everyone returned to the Thorn Shi Mansion, and after arriving at the living room, the guests and hosts sat down.

After a while, Chen Jue said: "This second game, everyone can see, this game of martial arts, Taojia Tao Shang wins!" ”

The potter's kid Coke was broken, and he finally got back a game, although he didn't have anything to do, but that was also the person his father who was the assassin was looking for. This Lu Bu is really handsome, not only is he handsome, but the key is his martial arts, which is estimated to be the first in the world.

This time, the potter really thought right, he was so big, he didn't judge a few things right, but this was one of them.

Tao Qian said after Chen Qi finished speaking: "Everyone, now there is only this crucial game left. Presumably, you should also know that this last game is made by our most respected elder in Xuzhou, the nameless old man! ”

I only heard the nameless old man say: "The old man did not hesitate to come from afar, just because of the invitation of the history of Tao Thorn." In the first two games, I actually watched it, not bad, very good, and it was not in vain that the old man came from afar. Now that this third question is coming out of the old decay, the old decay will be the one to do. Listen, everyone! ”

Before he could get to the point, the nameless old man first glanced at the crowd, and the other seven people were all looking at him, but what he thought in his heart was too bad.

Tao Qian thought that everything was in his expectations, and it was estimated that there would be no variables in this third game. As long as the third game is tied, then their last move will be carried out.

And the potter and Ma Chao were both engrossed in listening to the nameless old man, both thinking that they must win the third game. But what they want is different, the potter wants to get a beautiful woman, while Ma Chao thinks about money and food. I have already said that I will help the Mi family this time, and after the Mi family is successful, I will use all the money as the capital of the grain.

Cui An thought that he lost to Lu Bu today, which confirmed what the teacher said at the beginning, and it is indeed that there are people in the world, and there are heavens outside the sky. In the future, I will have to practice martial arts well, and I will have the opportunity to fight Lu Bu again in the future.

As for Cao Bao, what he thought was that this Lu Bu Lu Fengxian was too powerful, and when he heard what the assassin said, he thought it was bragging, but the result was really not bragging, Lu Bu was really unparalleled in the world.

Chen Qi next to him thought so, this time this fair competition, two of the three games have passed, and both sides have won one game each, and the last game must not be won by the kid of the Tao family. Just how can he be worthy of the girl of the Mi family, you have to see for yourself, he and the kid of the Ma family can't be compared. …,,.

And if you want to say that you are in the worst mood, it should be Mi Taigong. He never expected that Tao Qian would invite such a ruthless person, and even Cui An, who was optimistic about Lu, was not an opponent. He only hopes that Ma Chao can win this last game in one fell swoop, so that he will not offend Tao Qian in vain.

The nameless old man continued: "A few days ago, the old man came up with a question, I don't know who can answer it? ”

As he spoke, he took out an object out of nowhere and put it on the table. Ma Chao was stunned when he saw it, it was too similar, like something, like the balance of his previous life. He didn't know if there was such a thing as a scale, but the nameless old man was indeed holding a scale, but it was just made of bamboo.

This is indeed Ma Chao's loneliness, and the balance has been there for a long time in ancient times. At this time, the balance was made of bamboo beams, silk threads were used as threads, and a copper plate was suspended at each end.

Then the nameless old man said, "There are a total of twelve jade pendants with the same appearance, but one of them is different from the other eleven in weight, while the other eleven are exactly the same in weight, and only that one does not know its weight. How can I weigh the balance up to three times to find out which one is different? ”

When everyone heard the question, their heads were big. I don't know how heavy it is, but I can find out the difference by weighing it three times with a balance at most? This is too difficult, everyone else is pondering there, how can they find the jade pendant that does not know the weight of the jade pendant at most three times.

After listening to the question, the potter was completely unruly, as for Ma Chao, he had some impressions of this question, but after so many years, if he wanted to remember how to weigh it, he could only think slowly.

To say that the most relaxed expression among all the people is Tao Qian, because everything is under his control, and it is all developed according to his expectations. Now that the nameless old man has come up with such a difficult question, how many people in the world can solve it.

He was very satisfied, and said in his heart, Mi Taigong, Mi Taigong, you are now lifting a stone to shoot yourself in the foot. Originally, you thought that you could make the Ma family kid win with the idea of a fair competition you thought, but I invited the first military general in Bingzhou, and the nameless old man had such a problem, see if you can laugh to the bottom now.

At this time, Ma Chao stood up and said to everyone: "Everyone, I just came up with a solution, please let me show it to you!" ”

The nameless old man also became interested after listening to Ma Chao's words, "Little friend, please!" "His impression of Ma Chao is still very good.

"Please prepare a pen for the kid, the kid will use it!" Tao Qian asked his subordinates to take the pen and give it to him.

Ma Chao came to the case in front of the nameless old man, "First group the jade pendant number, the first group one, two, three, four." The second group is five, six, seven, eight. The third group is nine, ten, eleven, and twelve. As he spoke, he marked the jade pendant with a pen.

"And the first case is that the first step is to put two random groups on either side of the scale, either balanced or uneven." Ma Chao said and did at the same time, and everyone nodded in unison after hearing it, it really can only be like this, everyone has no doubt about this, they all understand, and they all see it.

"It's balance, then the jade pendants of these two groups are exactly the same jade pendants, and the different ones are in the last group." The balance is still balanced, Ma Chao continued to say after seeing the state of the scale, and everyone continued to nod, this is understood.

"Then the second step is to take out three jade pendants from the last group, and then take out three jade pendants from the other two groups and place them on both sides of the scale. You can see that it is still balanced, so this can only mean that the different jade pendant is the one left in the group at the bottom. After speaking, Ma Chao picked up the remaining jade pendant in the group and said to everyone.

Everyone except Cui An understood, and they all thought of this situation. At this time, Tao Qian spoke, "This is just one situation, what about other situations?" ”…,,.

Ma Chao smiled, "Tao Thorn Shi Mo is in a hurry, please listen to the kid for you one by one!" ”

"What the assassin said just now is good, this is nothing more than the simplest situation, and there are several more situations, please listen to the next one." After speaking, Ma Chao put back the jade pendant that was different.

"Let's start with the first situation after the balance, you all know that after the balance, then the one that is different is in the group at the bottom. Then the second step is to take out three jade pendants from the last group, and then take out three jade pendants from the previous two groups and place them on both sides of the scale. As you can see, this time it is not balanced, so this means that the jade pendant that is different is in the three jade pendants that were taken out of the last group just now, and at this time we also know the weight of the jade pendant. ”

Everyone looked at it, isn't it, the copper plate containing the three jade pendants taken out by the most rearmost group is lower than the other, which means that the unusual jade pendant is lighter than the others.

Ma Chao smiled, "Then in the third step, let's take out two of the three jade pendants in the last group, and then put them on both sides of the scale." It's balance again, then this is the jade pendant that is different! As he spoke, he picked up the last of the three.

After a pause, Ma Chao said again: "Of course, there is such a situation, or take out two of the three jade pendants in the last group and put them on both sides of the scale. But it's unbalanced, so we knew before that the jade pendant is lighter than the others, so this is the jade pendant! Ma Chao picked up the jade pendant in the slightly lower copper plate.

"Yes, that's the case. What about the rest? It was Chen Qi who asked the question, he thought of both of these situations, and he wanted to know how other situations were used to find the jade pendant three times.

"Okay, let's move on to the rest. The first step in the second case is to take out two sets at random and put them on both sides of the scale, but this time you can also see that it is unbalanced. Then this means that the jade pendant must be in this two groups, marked with one to four here, and five to eight marked there. And we don't know the weight of the jade pendant, so we must remember the state of the balance at this time! ”

Ma Chao told everyone the numbers of the two random groups of jade pendants, and let everyone remember the state of the scales. At this time, everyone remembered that the one, two, three, and four sides were lower than the five, six, seven, and eight sides.

"The second step is to form a group of one, five, six, and seven jade pendants, and eight, nine, ten, and eleven jade pendants to form another group, and place them on both sides of the scale. This time it is still two situations, you see that it is a balanced situation, that means that the jade pendant must be in the second, third, and fourth jade pendants. Then the third step, let's follow the third step of the previous first situation to find the jade pendant! Ma Chao said and did it, and finally succeeded in finding the jade pendant.

The nameless old man smiled and nodded, "Not bad, very good!" ”

Ma Chao didn't demonstrate again this time, but continued: "Then if you see the uneven situation in the second step, and the state of the balance has not changed from before, then that jade pendant is either one or eight!" The third step after the last step is to take out a jade pendant and one or eight to weigh, if it is balanced, it is naturally the remaining one. If it's not fair, then it's naturally the one other than the normal jade pendant! ”

"Let's move on to the second case, if what you see in the second step is still uneven, but the state of the scales has changed, then that jade pendant must be one of five, six, seven. And at this time, the weight of the jade pendant is also known, as long as we follow the third step of the first situation, we can find the jade pendant! ”

As soon as the words fell, applause rang out, and the source of this applause was none other than the nameless old man who wrote the question.

"That's right, it's absolutely true!" Next, the nameless old man briefly talked about how to weigh the unusual jade pendant with a maximum of three times.

After listening to the words of the two, everyone understood that according to Ma Chao's thinking, it was indeed the case. So that's the case, and everyone was convinced.

The nameless old man was full of praise for Ma Chao, saying that he had also thought about it for more than an hour before he came up with it, but he didn't expect Ma Chao to come up with a way so quickly, it was really terrifying, and he was embarrassed to say that Ma Chao.

If you want to say that the worst mood is definitely Tao Qian, he never thought that even Ma Chao could answer such a question. He could only think that this was the will of God, the will of God was hard to disobey, and no one could do anything about it.

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