Qi Ning and Prince Yu glanced at each other, and they both looked at Ling Huxu, who had already smiled and said, "That's the case." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe emperor's bedroom has not been repaired for many years, and as a courtier, I have proposed to the emperor that the palace should be rebuilt. The emperor has every opportunity, and the dragon body naturally has to take care, so in order for the emperor to rest carefully, the wood of the sleeping palace must naturally be carefully selected. ”

Prince Yu smiled: "This is how it should be. Xiangye, there is a kind of ancient wood in Liaodong, which is the most suitable for use in the dormitory, which can help sleep and nourish the spirits. ”

"Thank you." Ling Huxu arched his hand and smiled: "The ancient wood of the Han Kingdom is naturally extraordinary, but the emperor has taken a fancy to the scale fragrant wood. ”

"Scaly wood?"

Ling Huxu explained: "In fact, this is wood from an island in the East China Sea, although the island is not big, but there are 70,000 or 80,000 people who have established themselves as a country, which is for the Boyang country. ”

Prince Yu bowed his head and said: "I have also heard that this Boyang country is a small country in the East China Sea islands. ”

"Not bad." Ling Huxu said: "The specialty of Boyang Country is the scale fragrant wood, the fragrance emitted by the wood can last for decades, and it makes people calm and calm, and it is the most suitable for sleep." For many years, the emperor has to have a bracelet of scaly fragrant wood, which is regarded as a treasure, so this time to build the dormitory, the emperor means to use the scaly fragrant wood of Boyang Kingdom. ”

Yu Wang Ye said: "Could it be that something is wrong?" ”

Ling Huxu sighed: "Boyang Country is not sophisticated, and they have negotiated many times, and they have shirked ....... many times!" ”

Beitangfeng couldn't help but say: "Xiangye, the little Boyang Kingdom, dare to be so rampant, your Eastern Qi Sailor is invincible, send an army to fight over, I see what they are still talking about." ”

Prince Yu frowned slightly, but Ling Huxu had already sighed: "Although what the second prince said is not a way, but the emperor governs the country with benevolence, now it is only our Eastern Qi that has a request from Boyang State, not Boyang State to invade our Eastern Qi, so the force used is unreasonable, and my Eastern Qi is definitely not a country that relies on the strong and bullies the weak." ”

He seemed to be a pun intended.

Qi Ning finally said: "Xiangye mentioned this matter tonight, could it be that Boyang Kingdom has caused some problems to your country, so you want to discuss it together?" ”

Ling Huxu smiled: "Jinyi Hou is really smart. Yes, we sent several envoys to negotiate with him, and the sincerity was very good, and the tone of the King of Boyang was relaxed, but perhaps he felt that such an easy agreement would damage his prestige in the country, so he asked a question, and if we could answer the question, they immediately agreed to provide the scales. ”

"Oh?" Qi Ning asked, "What's the problem?" ”

Ling Huxu said: "Someone! ”

As soon as his voice fell, a servant had already come in with a wood of the same thickness that had been planed, the thickness of his arm, that is, the length of his arm, the wood was straight, and the two ends were almost the same size, everyone looked at each other, Ling Huxu made a gesture, and the servant held the wood horizontally with both hands and went to Prince Yu first, so that Prince Yu could see clearly, and then turned around and held the wood in front of Qi Ning.

Qi Ning smelled a burst of woody fragrance and said, knowing that this should be scaly fragrant wood, and for a while he didn't understand what medicine was sold in Linghu Xu's gourd.

Ling Huxu sighed: "The problem of King Boyang is on this log. Lord Wang, Jinyihou, King Boyang asked us to identify which end of this piece of wood is the treetop and which end is the root, I am very dull, and I have not been able to come up with it. ”

Beitang Feng immediately said: "Xiangye, this Boyang Kingdom is obviously deliberately embarrassing people. There is no difference between the ends of this wood, and it is impossible to tell. If I could identify the age of this scaly wood, I would have given it a try. ”

"What the second prince said is extremely true." Ling Huxu said: "Since there is a problem with the king of Boyang, it is naturally not simple, but then again, if I can't give an answer, not to mention that the emperor's bedroom can't be repaired smoothly, our face is not good-looking." ”

Qi Ning thought to himself that this was not necessarily because the king of Boyang wanted to embarrass Eastern Qi, but that Eastern Qi wanted to test Chu and Han.

If Ling Huxu seriously considered the face of Eastern Qi, he would naturally not leave this question to the envoys of Chu and Han to answer, then if he admitted that there was no one to solve in Eastern Qi, his face would not be good-looking.

Prince Yu obviously knows this, but everyone naturally knows it.

"Does the prince have a way to identify?" Ling Huxu looked at Prince Yu with a smile, and the officials present also looked at Lord Yu.

Prince Yu was thoughtful, but he just groaned, although he was only eight years old, let him write poems and essays, but the question raised by Ling Huxu made people a little embarrassed.

Seeing this, Ling Huxu turned his eyes to Qi Ning and asked, "Does Jinyi have a high opinion?" ”

Qi Ning was calm and calm, and said with a smile: "The elders come first, let's ask Prince Yu to answer first." ”

All the officials present thought in their hearts, Yu Wang Ye is well-informed and brilliant, and he can't answer it at once, this brocade is young, so it is naturally impossible to answer, his words seem to be a respect for Yu Wang Ye, but it is likely that he doesn't know how to answer at all, so he will use excuses to push.

Some of the officials present didn't know that the sleeping palace of the monarch of the Eastern Qi Kingdom was to be repaired, and they didn't know that they were looking for the Boyang Kingdom to trade the scaly fragrant wood.

Beitang Feng heard Qi Ning's words, and already mocked: "Jinyihou, you don't have to be so polite, if you don't know what to do, just say that you don't know what to do, what elders come first, what do you think in your heart, do you think that this prince doesn't know?" ”

The Northern Han Dynasty and the Southern Chu are enemy countries, and the two sides look at each other unpleasantly, and everyone understands it in their hearts, but Beitangfeng mocks Qi Ning so much in front of everyone's eyes, but it seems very ungraceful, and the officials see that Beitangfeng is a few years older than Qi Ning, but his cultivation is obviously not as good as Qi Ning, Qi Ning is calm and calm from beginning to end, and he thinks that the recognition of the Qi family in brocade clothes is still different after all.

Qi Ning smiled faintly and said, "The second prince may be able to identify the two ends of the scaly fragrant wood?" ”

Beitang Feng said: "I asked myself if there was no way, but you also didn't have a way." ”

"Oh?" Qi Ning smiled: "The second prince is so sure? Otherwise, how about you and I make a bet? ”

"Bet on what?"

Qi Ning said: "The second prince is of noble birth, and his life on weekdays is naturally wonderful. I don't have any other requirements, if I can identify the ends of the wood, can the second prince amuse everyone here, sing a song, or dance a dance, I don't know what to do? ”

Beitang Feng was very angry in his heart, thinking that if you let Lao Tzu sing and dance in front of everyone, do you want to treat my dignified Northern Han prince as a lowly singer and dancer, barely control his emotions, and sneered: "If you lose, what should you do?" ”

Qi Ning raised his hand and said, "But please let the second prince fall." ”

Beitang Feng's eyes rolled, and he said with a smile: "This prince is not embarrassed for you, if you lose, I will have your hair cut in public, do you dare to agree?" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present changed color slightly, and Prince Yu had already said in a deep voice: "Don't be embarrassed." ”

Although Qi Ning proposed to let Beitang Feng sing and dance, which meant to ridicule Beitang Feng, Beitang Feng proposed to let Qi Ning cut his hair, which was not just a ridicule, but a great insult.

In this era, people firmly believe that the body hair and skin of the parents, the hair bun is the same as the head, cutting the hair bun, even the same as cutting off the head, from a certain point of view, unless the monk sees through the red dust, otherwise the hair cut is much more serious than the head cut, more humiliating.

Everyone thought that it was not strange for young people to be unconvinced by each other, and it was not strange for them to bet against each other, but the conditions proposed by Beitangfeng were really harsh, and Qi Ning would definitely not agree.

Qi Ning smiled faintly, and the cloud was light: "Okay!" ”

Beitangfeng perked up and said hurriedly: "Everyone heard it, I didn't force him, he agreed to it himself." Qi Ning, everyone hears it clearly, a manly man, he can't go back on his word. ”

Qi Ning arched his hands and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, what the second prince said is very true, a manly man, every word is true, and if he goes back on his word, he is a shameless villain." He got up and said to Ling Huxu: "Xiangye, please help me prepare a large vat, which is half a jar of water." ”

Everyone was stunned, I don't know what Qi Ning wants to do, Ling Huxu is slightly bowed, and ordered, not long after, two people carried a large vat in, placed in the middle, the vat filled half a vat of water, Qi Ning glanced at Beitangfeng, and then said to the servant holding the wood: "Put the wood into the water tank." ”

The man looked at Ling Huxu, and saw Ling Huxu nodding, so he put the wood into the water tank, Qi Ning walked to the water tank and took a look, and then he bowed his hand to Ling Huxu and said: "Xiangye, the answer has come out, please come and watch." ”

Ling Huxu immediately got up and walked to the water tank, Yu Wang Ye and all the officials also got up and surrounded him, Beitang Feng followed Yu Wang Ye, looked at the water tank, saw the wood fluttering in the water tank, and sneered: "Qi Ning, where is the answer you said?" ”

"Just because you don't know doesn't mean others don't know." Qi Ning said lightly: "Actually, this problem is not difficult, and it is even extremely simple, everything in the world is full of clear qi rising, turbidity falling, light and turbidity, and the same is true for trees, the roots of trees are slightly heavier, and the treetops are light." He raised his hand and pointed to the wood in the water tank: "Everyone can understand at a glance that this wood is in the water, the two ends are uneven, one end is slightly sunk into the water, and the other end is floating upward, which section is the root of the tree, which end is the treetop, I think there is no need to explain it anymore." ”

As soon as he finished explaining, everyone watched carefully, and saw that the wood had been set up, and it was indeed a little deeper in water, and many people suddenly realized, and some people had already praised: "Clever, clever, really clever, it is so simple." ”

In fact, this is an extremely simple physical principle, which is extremely simple for Qi Ning, who is a man in two lifetimes, but it is difficult for people in this era to think of this.

Beitang Feng changed color, his eyes rolled, and he sneered: "What kind of clear qi rises and turbidity qi falls, Qi Ning, you are playing tricks, who knows if it's true or not, can't you say that's it." ”

In fact, there are a few people who think the same as Beitang Feng in their hearts, and feel that this may not be the case, this is a very simple truth in later generations, at this time, but not everyone can understand, Qi Ning glanced at it, and saw that half of the people nodded in admiration, but some people were silent, and some people showed suspicious looks, sighed in their hearts, and could only sigh: "Since the second prince doesn't believe it, it's actually very simple to verify." ”