Chaisang had been the seat of Eastern Wu before the Chibi War, which was originally a small county seat under the jurisdiction of Yuzhang County of the Yangzhou Thorn History Department. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info because Sun Ce wanted to attack Jiangxia in the west to kill Taishou Huang Zu to avenge his father, he saw that when the Yangtze River flowed through the waters here, there were many adjacent rivers gathered here, hundreds of rivers returned to the sea, the water potential was vast, and the river was magnificent; Today, Chaisang has become the capital of Jiangdong where boats and cars converge and businessmen gather.

Liu Yong saw that the streets in the city of Chaisang were dotted and extended in all directions, houses and shops were one after another, densely packed, and the streets were full of people, and there was an endless stream of people, although it was not as rich as the Yuanyuan, but it was also a rare prosperous place in Jiangdong, and he couldn't help nodding frequently. Liu Yong reported Lu Su's name, wrote a few upper rooms in the best inn in the city, and then led everyone to the best restaurant in the city to shoot.

The restaurant is also recommended by Lu Su, and the name is "Proud Building". The street is a two-storey building, downstairs is the lobby, upstairs is the elegant seat, the whole building is painted with carved beams, Danying carved trees, surrounded by vermilion fence curved thresholds, beautiful. At this time, there were already many diners upstairs and downstairs, and the voices of guessing the boxing order and talking about it came and went, so it was not noisy, and Liu Yong couldn't help frowning slightly. The little second was good at observing faces, so he said: "Guest officer, there is a private seat in the backyard, which is quiet and clean." ”

"Brother Liu, a few of us are here." Zhou Cang likes the liveliness here. Liu Yong nodded, and Zhou Cang and the others happily gathered around the table and hurriedly beckoned the store to order.

Liu Yong and Xiao Qiao followed Xiao Er to the backyard, which is really different, first a small garden, surrounded by all kinds of new green trees and delicate flowers, in the middle is a small pond, in which a few water lilies are planted, and from time to time there are swimming fish shuttle. There is a huge rockery in the pond, which is covered with moss and weeds, and the mountain is also planted with verdant pines and cypresses, carved paths, pavilions, pavilions, and there are fishermen who fish near the water, children who play the piano and flute, inkmen who chant poems and paint, and singers who dance...... It's hard to see. Stepping on the bluestone road, passing a moon gate, there is a hole in the inside, there is a small attic in the branches and leaves, vines and flowers and trees, the blue tiles and white walls, the windows are bright and clean, and the magnificence outside has formed a sharp contrast.

"What does Childe think of here?" Xiao Er asked carefully.

Liu Yong liked it very much in his heart, and said with a smile: "Little second brother, it's very good here, and I'm tired of leading the way." ”

The two went upstairs, there were only four tables, one of which sat two people, an old man about forty years old, thin in appearance and in good spirits; A young man was about twelve or thirteen years old, with clear eyebrows, crystal skin and luxurious clothes. Liu Yong saw two wine glasses in front of the two of them, and five wine bottles were empty next to them.

Being able to drink so much wine at such a young age, Liu Yong was envious in his heart, and couldn't help but look at the young man twice, the young man seemed to be aware, raised his head and glared at him viciously, and saw Xiao Qiao wearing a wide-brimmed hat, covered with light gauze, with an outstanding posture, and snorted again.

Liu Yong felt a little embarrassed, turned his head hurriedly, and sat down at the table next to him with Xiao Qiao. After a while, Xiao Er presented the dishes one by one, and the two of them ate slowly.

The old man and the young man seemed to have had their full time, chatting incessantly. Liu Yong listened to their chatting quite miscellaneous, one moment it was dancing knives and guns, and the other time it was the way of using soldiers, and for a while they were talking about hundreds of schools. In fact, the old man and the young man were not talking loudly, but the upstairs was quiet, and only Liu Yong and them were at the two tables, plus the conversation between the two did not deliberately lower their voices, so Liu Yong and Xiao Qiao could hear it clearly.

I heard the young man say to the old man: "Sir, you have taught me the art of sophistry, saying that it sounds like a river of words and endless talk, as if you can speak well and eloquently, but in fact you confuse right and wrong, and turn black and white upside down. Mr. also used Gongsun Long's 'white horse not horse' as evidence, but why do I think Gongsun Long's explanation is too far-fetched, and do you have any other examples? ”

"Of course there is." The old man stroked a long beard under his chin, and with a loving face, he said with a smile, "I'll give you another example." The old man turned his head and shouted downstairs, "Little Er, send a bowl of noodle soup." ”

After a while, with the sound of footsteps dingding dong, the shopkeeper came up with a bowl of steaming noodle soup. "Xiang'er, you can eat it." The old man pointed to the noodle soup.

"Sir, I can't eat any more." The young man clutched his stomach with a bitter look on his face.

"So be it. Xiao Er, change the bowl of sweet soup with the same price, so that the little boy can sober up. The old man turned his head and said to the young man, "You can drink the sweet soup, right?" ”

"Hmm." The boy smiled, his cheeks showing two shallow, lovely dimples.

"Mr. Cao, wait a minute." The shopkeeper agreed, and quickly changed to a bowl of sweet soup. The young man took it, and drank the bowl of sweet soup, then took out his handkerchief, wiped his mouth, and asked, "Sir, what are you going to do next?" ”

The old man kept smiling and watching, and after listening to the young man's question, he nodded, turned his head to the shopkeeper and said, "Little Er, settle the account." ”

"Yes, sir." The shopkeeper bowed slightly, and said with a professional smile on his face, "Before, it was a total of two taels and five dollars of silver, and the sweet soup later was given to Mr. ”

"Xiao Er, how much should this sweet soup cost?"

"It's not much, it's just five cents."

"Five cents doesn't seem like much. But......" The old man shook his head, and continued, "Little Er, you shouldn't have taken money for this sweet soup in the first place, how can you say that it was given to us?" ”

The young man and the shopkeeper were stunned. After a while, the shopkeeper muttered, "Mr. Cao, what do you mean by this?" Why shouldn't sweet soup charge money? ”

"Little Er, this is your mistake." The old man pointed out angrily, "Didn't I exchange the sweet soup for noodle soup?" ”

"But...... But you didn't pay for the noodle soup. ”

"Didn't we eat the noodle soup either, what kind of money do we give?"

"This ...... This ......" shopkeeper suddenly opened his mouth and was stunned.

The young man didn't seem to react, looked at the old man blankly, and said expectantly, "Sir...... This...... What the hell is going on? ”

Xiao Qiao listened with a smile at first, and then saw that the old man was arguing and teasing the shopkeeper, and when he saw the old man, he raised his eyebrows, "hummed", and stood up and said, "Isn't this simple......"

Liu Yong quickly stood up as well, pulled Xiao Qiao's sleeve, and glanced at her. The old man had heard it, and said, "This girl knows? ”

Liu Yong arched his hand and said to the old man: "Sir, the sister is anxious, she doesn't know how to speak, and she bumped into Mr., please don't blame Mr." ”

The old man shook his head and said with a smile: "If the girl knows, she might as well come and hear it." ”

"Just say it." Xiao Qiao said angrily, "You haven't eaten that bowl of noodle soup, but it's not your own thing, how can you take it for yourself and exchange it for sweet soup." ”

The little second suddenly realized, and said again and again: "This young lady is very right, isn't that what it is." ”

The old man laughed when he heard this, turned his head to the young man and said, "Xiang'er, do you understand now?" ”

The young man nodded, his face slightly reddened and a little ashamed. The old man smiled and said to the shopkeeper: "Little Er, the old man just gave an example to explain to the apprentice, and he was offended." ”

The little second hurriedly said: "Mr. Cao is too polite, how can the little one care." ”

The old man took out a piece of silver from his waist and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Xiao Er, the wine and food on these two tables are all over, and the rest will be rewarded to you." Seeing that the silver was as much as five taels, the little second thanked him for a thousand thanks, and then packed up the table and went downstairs.

Xiao Qiao listened to the conversation between the old man and Xiao Er, and saw that he was generous, so he knew that he was wrong, and he was a little embarrassed. Liu Yong hurriedly said: "Sir, if you don't have merit, how can you let Mr. break the bank......

"This girl is so smart." The old man smiled and waved his hand, arched his hand to Liu Yong and the others, and said, "The old man Cao Buxing doesn't dare to ask the two ......."

Liu Yong's heart moved, Cao Buxing, isn't this the most famous painter in Wuzhong's "Eight Uniques"? Liu Yong hurriedly returned the salute and said: "In Xia Qiao, a native of Wancheng." This is the housemate. ”

"Long up, long back!" Cao Buxing said politely.

While speaking, the little two went back upstairs and brought four fragrant teas. Liu Yong and Xiao Qiao didn't drink, and they ate about the same, so the four of them sat around and chatted.

The young man snorted: "My master is famous in Jiangdong, and he will account for you, why are you still covering a Laoshzi and not showing your face?" The latter sentence was said to Xiao Qiao.

Cao Buxing said angrily: "Xiang'er, how can you be so rude!" He said to Liu Yong and the others apologetically: "Two, the apprentice is young and ignorant, and I hope you don't look at it." ”

Liu Yong hurriedly said: "How can it." Xiao Qiao reached out and took off his hat and said to the young man, "What? You're afraid you're jealous of me, aren't you? ”

The young man couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that Xiao Qiao was charming and extremely beautiful. Cao Buxing has painted countless beauties, and when he saw Xiao Qiao's peerless appearance, he couldn't help but praise his head: "The girl is really as beautiful as a fairy, rare in the world." ”

Xiao Qiao felt a little proud in his heart, and then heard Cao Buxing ask, "Girl, who did you learn the art of sophistry from?" ”

Xiao Qiao pointed at Liu Yong and said, "It's me...... My eldest brother told me about it. ”

"I'm afraid it's a coincidence, right?" The young man's face was unhappy.

"Then let me tell you another one, can you tell the truth?" Little Joe sneered.

Liu Yong didn't know why these two people were pinching so hard, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Cao Buxing smiling and grinning, and he didn't care about it, and he didn't want to say anything deeply. Thinking of something in his heart, Liu Yong smiled and said: "I think it's better to add some color, if this little boy can answer, we will agree to do one thing; If you can't answer, you promise us to do something, what do you think? ”

"Bet on it, who is afraid of whom." The boy was not convinced. Cao Buxing also smiled and said: "Very good, very good......"

"Don't regret it, I'll tell you." Xiao Qiao grinned and said proudly, "It was said that there were three people who went to the hotel together, and each person asked for ten yuan a night, and the three of them pooled together thirty yuan for the shopkeeper to hand over to the shopkeeper." I don't know that the shopkeeper said, today is our store celebration, just accept them 25 wen, and you will return the rest to them. The shopkeeper thought to himself that the five cents were not enough for the three of them, so he deducted two cents and returned the three cents to the three people. ”

"Do you hear me? Here's my question. Little Joe laughed.

"Say it quickly, grinding." The boy exasperated.

The corners of Xiao Qiao's mouth twitched slightly, glanced at the young man, and said with a smile: "These three people only gave nine yuan each, thirty-nine got twenty-seven, plus the two yuan left by the shopkeeper, a total of twenty-nine yuan, but at the beginning, these three people gave out thirty yuan, where did the one penny go?" ”

The young man was stunned for a while, and after thinking about it, he didn't know the point, so he had to look at Cao Buxing as if asking for help and said, "Sir......"

Cao Buxing stroked his beard and pondered for a while, Fang Zhanyan smiled at the young man and said, "Xiang'er, you have to figure out the money you come out with the money you come in, you must not mix it up." ”

The young man agreed, calmed down and thought carefully, and smiled for a while: "Sir, I understand." The two cents of the shopkeeper are the money that came in, and the twenty-seven cents of the three of them are the money that came out, and the two can't be added together at all. ”

The young man said to Xiao Qiao with a happy face: "The twenty-five yuan that the shopkeeper got plus the two yuan that the shopkeeper took privately is exactly the twenty-seven yuan that the three people paid, this is right, isn't it?" ”

"That's right." Xiao Qiao was a little deflated, and in a blink of an eye, he was unconvinced, "You didn't come up with this by yourself, don't count it." ”

"It's true that I didn't make it clear before. Let's talk about another girl. Cao Buxing also smiled.

"But...... Big brother, you can say one. Xiao Qiao said to Liu Yong. It turned out that these two questions just now were taught to her by Liu Yong before, and she didn't know more.

"Oh well. Let me tell you a story about a tortoise and a hare race......" Liu Yong also smiled, "Do you believe me that the hare can't catch up with the tortoise?" ”

"How is that possible?" The boy shook his head, ten thousand disbelief in his heart. Cao Buxing also looked at Liu Yong suspiciously.

"That's all right." Liu Yong smiled, "The tortoise is a thousand steps in front of the rabbit first, and the rabbit's speed is ten times that of the tortoise. It's time to start the game, everyone. When the hare had run a thousand paces, the tortoise took a hundred steps forward; When the hare had finished the next hundred steps, the tortoise took another ten steps forward; When the rabbit ran these ten steps, the tortoise also took a step forward...... In short, no matter how far the rabbit goes, it can only get infinitely close to the tortoise, but it is never possible to catch up with it. ”

The young man was dumbfounded when he heard this, Cao Buxing and Xiao Qiao were also inexplicable, they both knew in their hearts that this was impossible, but they didn't know how to refute it.

Cao Buxing thought about it for a long time, but finally he was puzzled, so he had to admit defeat, and asked, "Young Master Qiao, how to solve this problem?" ”

Liu Yong's question was born out of the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno's famous Achilles paradox, which involves the knowledge of summation of infinite proportional decreasing sequences, which is said to have been difficult for countless people, and the ancients naturally did not understand it. Liu Yong had to find another reason to remind: "Sir, you might as well think about time?" For example, if the two are only one step apart, how long will it take for a turtle and how long will it take for a rabbit? ”

Cao Buxing thought for a moment and said with a smile: "I see, this topic deliberately avoids time. Xiao Qiao and the young man still didn't seem to understand, and they didn't want to ask deeply, so they had to keep quiet.

Cao Buxing said happily: "I don't know what the son wants the old man to do?" ”

"Thank you, sir." Liu Yong smiled, "I want to ask Mr. to make a painting for me." ”

"Drawing? Childe knows the old man? Cao Buxing asked with a smile.

"Mr. has excellent painting skills, unparalleled in the world, and the boy has heard Mr.'s name early, like thunder."

"Childe praised it." Cao Buxing said modestly, and asked, "I don't know what Gongzi wants to paint?" (To be continued.) )