Ma Chao was slightly proud, but his heart was full of the unique sense of superiority of the traverser, and he arched his hand and said: "Mr. Cai has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it, if the younger generation can do it, he will never shirk!" ”

Cai Yong said: "The four songs made by the little general are very mysterious, and the old man is heartbroken when he hears it, I don't know if the little general can be in the shelter for a few days, so that the old man will compile the four songs into a score and pass it on to future generations, and at the same time I also want to carefully discuss the rhythm with the little general!" ”

Ma Chao pondered for a while, and quickly agreed. Now that the white wave thief is no longer a climate, the matter of Jizhou only needs to wait for Wang Fen's conspiracy to be revealed, and it is easy to change the trend of history if he intervenes too early.

The father and daughter of the Cai family were overjoyed, and immediately ordered their subordinates to set up a family banquet to entertain Ma Chao and Wang Yi. During the banquet, Ma Chao also met Cai Yong's wife Li, but she was a reasonable woman in her forties, and she was also familiar with words and rhythms. And Cai Yan's sister is called Cai Rui, who is six years old, extremely cute, and has just been enlightened at the moment and is learning to read and write.

After the dismissal, Wang Yi took the lead in saying goodbye, and Ma Chao stayed in Cai's house to continue to show off his talents. During this period, under Ma Chao's strong request, Cai Yan moved his jade finger lightly and played the five songs of Cai's five alleys "You Chun", "Lushui", "Meditation", "Sitting Sorrow" and "Autumn Thoughts" one by one in one fell swoop. It's a pity that Ma Chao's previous learning is too miscellaneous, and he belongs to the kind of people who are familiar with everything and loose in everything, and his knowledge of ancient songs is extremely limited, otherwise he would have plagiarized Ji Kang's "Ji's Four Alleys" to show off.

The sound of the piano is melodious, the sound of the flute is melodious, which makes people intoxicated, Cai Yanqin's skills are superb, and the song "Mountains and Flowing Water" is even more moving. At this time, someone suddenly came to report to Wei Ning, the son of the Wei family, and asked to see him!

Cai Yong hurriedly called someone in, Wei Ning was not only his disciple, but his expenses in Hedong in the past few years were all funded by the Wei family, so the relationship between Cai Yong and the Wei family in Hedong was quite delicate.

Moments later, a thin, handsome-looking young man stepped in. When he entered the door, he bowed to Cai Yong and arched his hand: "Disciple Wei Ning has seen the teacher!" I heard that the champion Hou came to Anyi to visit the teacher, and the disciple has also heard the name of the champion Hou for a long time. ”

Cai Yong waved his hand and said with a smile: "Zhongdao doesn't have to be polite, if you don't come as a teacher, you will be invited, the champion Hou is talented, the article is wonderful, the rhythm is moving, and it will be beneficial to communicate with him!" After that, he said to Ma Chao: "The little apprentice Wei Ning, the word Zhongdao, the second son of the Hedong Wei family, has a solid surname, outstanding literary talent, and is especially good at arithmetic, even my family Yan'er is not as good as it!" ”

Ma Chao nodded, the Hedong Wei family is also a big family, it is said that its ancestor is the famous general Wei Qing of the Western Han Dynasty, although the family also raises domestic slaves, but it itself relies on business to maintain the family's expenses, and it is also considered a rich party. Said lightly: "Ben Jiang also heard about the Wei family in Hedong, and I wanted to visit later, but I didn't expect to meet the second son of Wei first, and I was fortunate to be lucky!" ”

"Don't dare to be!" Wei Ning said: "If the champion Hou can come, it will be the honor of my Wei family, and I will go back to report to my father and brother to welcome me." ”

Ma Chao said: "You don't have to be so polite, I heard that Brother Wei is also talented, so I just happened to have an exchange here!" It's just that what Ben will learn is very complicated, I'm afraid it will be difficult to enter the eyes of Brother Wei! ”

Wei Zhongdao moved to kneel opposite Ma Chao, hugged his fists and said: "I heard that the champion Hou poems and songs, all the music and calligraphy are all perfect, and all of them are fine!" I don't know how to learn how to count! ”

Ma Chao laughed in his heart, comparing it with me as a traverser, isn't this a class to get an axe? Said quietly: "A little bit of understanding, I was about to ask for advice!" ”

Wei Ning said: "Don't dare to ask for advice, I have a question that I often think about, and I hope that the champion Hou can solve my doubts!" ”

"Brother Wei, please!" Wei Ning said: "There are 100 bags of rice, a total of 100 horses to carry them, three bags for large horses, two bags for medium horses, and one bag for three small horses. ”

Ma Chao's mind was racing, and he soon found that this topic was a trap. Because there are many answers to this question, it is natural to come up with the answer slowly based on speculation in your head, but then you will be embarrassed and thrown home. Wei Zhongdao deliberately made such a question obviously to embarrass him, even if he can come up with an answer quickly, he can say another answer to overturn him, unless he can quickly say all the answers!

After thinking about it, Ma Chao quickly had an idea, and said with a smile: "This question is easy, assuming that the number of large, medium and small horses is A, B and C respectively, from this it can be obtained that the total number of A, B and C is equal to 100 is equal to A times 3 plus B times 2 plus C divided by 3, and it is not difficult to conclude that A times 5 is equal to 100 minus B times 3." It can be seen that 100 minus B multiplied by three must be a multiple of five and less than 33, the number of horse B is 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, knowing the number of horse B, the big horse and the small horse C are clear at a glance, a total of six combinations meet the answer, can be right! ”

Wei Zhongdao was stunned in surprise, he desperately speculated, and it took half a month to come up with four answers, I wanted to use this arithmetic problem to hit Ma Chao's sharpness, but I didn't know that people solved the problem in just a few words, and directly said six answers, the logic is clear, the reasoning is rigorous, and it is wonderful!

Cai Yong and Cai Yan are also proficient in arithmetic, and they can come up with six answers by asking themselves, but there is absolutely no such a simple way to solve the problem, and it is impossible to come up with six answers so quickly, and they admire Ma Chao more and more. Cai Yan is even more star-populating, and her beautiful eyes are like autumn water.

Although Wei Zhongdao was unhappy, he had to accept it, and said with a little embarrassment: "Champion Hou Cai's quick thinking, I admire it!" ”

Ma Chao smiled slightly and said, "Come and don't be rude!" This will also have a question to ask Wei Gongzi for advice! ”

Wei Ning was born in a business family, and he was extremely conceited about arithmetic, even Cai Yan couldn't compare to him, and said confidently at the moment: "General, please speak, looking at the world, there are really not many math problems that I can't solve!" ”

"Oh! That will really meet a master! Ma Chao secretly sneered in his heart, decided to pit him, and said: "There is a sheep herder, and he has three sons." A certain said, the old man died, leaving behind 11 sheep and a will. The will reads: The eldest son has meritorious service in running the family, and can share half of the sheep left behind; The second son tended the sheep on his father's behalf, and received one-quarter of the sheep he kept. The three characters are young and reactive, and can only divide 1/6 of the sheep left. The will also stated that the sheep must not be killed, otherwise the old man will not rest in peace under the nine springs. If you divide the 11 sheep without killing the sheep, how can you divide the 11 sheep according to the old man's request? ”

Wei Ning frowned when he heard this, half of the 11 sheep are 5 and a half, 1/4 is less than 3, and the same one-sixth is less than 2, how can you divide it if you don't kill the sheep? It's hard to be strong! Cai Yong and Cai Yan also frowned, and after a long time, they still thought hard to no avail. Wei Zhongdao even took out a handful of calculation chips from his arms and fiddled with them.

After a long time of incense, Wei Zhongdao's face turned pale, his forehead was covered with fine sweat, and his eyes were slightly bloodshot, obviously exerting a lot of mental energy. But the more anxious I calculated, the more I couldn't think of the answer, this question has stumped many smart people since ancient times, but it often can't stump the children playing in the yard.

Ma Chao is not broken, it is said that this kid is a tuberculosis ghost, tuberculosis in this era is equivalent to a terminal disease, and it is also a terminal disease that can be contagious, in case you are accidentally infected, you will be unlucky. Historically, Cai Yan and Wei Zhongdao have lived for a year and have not been infected, it is likely that there is no husband and wife between the two, or they have never kissed, or she has antibodies in her body, otherwise it is impossible to have nothing at all. You must know that most of the people who died of illness in ancient times died by coughing up blood, and most of them were tuberculosis!

After thinking about it, Ma Chao deliberately said: "This question is indeed a little difficult, only talented people like Mr. Cai and Miss Cai can come up with the answer, Brother Wei doesn't have to worry, go home and think slowly, I will stay in Anyi City for a few days, when you think about it, you can find me at any time." ”

Wei Zhongdao lost face, suddenly felt that his face was dull, and he got up and hugged his fists with a red face: "This question is strange!" I'll come back and think about it for a while! Leave! Ignoring Cai Yong and Cai Yan, he turned his head and left, seemingly not wanting to stay here for a moment.

Cai Yong shook his head and sighed: "This son is extremely smart, but his mind is not good, and he has to be depressed every time he encounters a problem and has no solution, is there really a solution to this problem?" ”

Ma Chao said: "There is a natural solution! How can Chao casually make false remarks and solve this problem! Just "

"Slow!" Cai Yong hurriedly interrupted Ma Chao, and said, "The old man didn't have the right idea, and he didn't rush to tell him!" I'm tired, go and take a nap first, Yan'er, you can stay and entertain the little general! The little general is well-versed in the present, talented, and has made great achievements in all aspects, and he is your mentor! ”

Cai Yan responded: "Yan'er just has a problem and wants to ask the general for advice, and my father will go by himself!" ”

Cai Yong nodded to Ma Chao again, turned around and went to take care of himself. Cai Yan's little face was slightly red, fortunately, there was a maid next to him, but he was not particularly embarrassed, he glanced at Ma Chao deeply, and said coquettishly: "The little woman has been practicing the regular script created by the general recently, and now I am fortunate to see me, I don't know if the general can leave a calligraphy for the little woman!" ”

Ma Chao smiled: "It's a beautiful thing to be able to talk to the girl!" Dare not to serve the girl! ”

Cai Yan said: "The general marries a ghost as his wife, he has both loyalty and righteousness, and although the concubine is in the deep boudoir, he has heard the general's name for a long time!" People say that Xiliang Ma Mengqi, the world's heroic crown, today I can see the general's demeanor, and the concubine has no regrets! After that, he took the silk silk and rolled up the cuffs to polish the ink himself.

Ma Chao didn't even dare to say it, and chuckled: "It's not enough to worry about the name, Chao and the Cai family's sister hit it off at first sight, and it was also the name of the sister who heard it early, and now I am happy to see the same victory, I am willing to make a clumsy article to express my heart, and I hope that my sister will not laugh!" ”

"The general is gracious!" Cai Yan smiled slightly, her pretty face was full of flowers, and she was incomprehensibly beautiful.

Ma Chao was stunned, suddenly felt unstable, subconsciously took the wolf pen, and after a little contemplation, he had an idea. Yanzi smiled skillfully and charmingly. Bosom friends know music, good for music. The mourning strings are subtle, and the breath is fragrant. Liu Zheng Jichu, Du Gong Zhongshang. Heart-warming, beautiful and unforgettable. Away from the birds, in the middle of the world. Stretch your neck and drum your wings, crying and begging each other. It makes my heart grieved. How can you forget your worries? "Note 1. (To be continued.) )