"Li Xiaolang, you don't know, I was very interested in arithmetic when I was a child, I have read books such as "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" and "Ten Books of Arithmetic" many times, but some of them are not thorough, so I can hardly sleep at night. Doing business is only second to me, and as for abacus, it is only the result of combining business and arithmetic! Last time, after competing with Fan Xiaolang, I could feel that this mental arithmetic must be an esoteric arithmetic method, so I can conclude that Li Xiaolang, you must be a master of arithmetic! So, please Li Xiaolang must accept me as an apprentice! Nie Wushuang said sincerely. Li Tao didn't expect Nie Wushuang to be a math enthusiast, although he was not a math lover in later life, he was confident that his math was absolutely top at this time, and it was more than enough for Nie Wushuang to be his master. Despite this, Li Tao had no idea of accepting apprentices. A teenager accepted a person in his thirties as an apprentice, not to mention that this person is still the famous "Nie Shensuan" in Shucheng, wouldn't it be a sensation when it is spread? This is incompatible with his idea of being a low-key person.

But how to make Nie Wushuang retreat knowing the difficulty? Li Tao pondered for a moment and said to Nie Wushuang: "'Nie Shensuan', I'll tell you a story first!" ”

"Li Xiaolang, I'm listening!"

"Once upon a time, there was a flood in a rich man's hometown, and the poor people were rescued because they had nothing to bring with them. But the rich man filled his house with gold and silver treasures, struggled in the water, and cried for help from a small boat in the distance. The people in the boat shouted at him and told him to throw away his belongings so that he could not sink for a while, so as to buy time for others to row to save him. But the rich man could not afford to throw away his gold and silver treasures. As a result, he finally drowned. ”

When they heard this, they all began to ponder.

Li Tao continued: "There is a sentence in "Zuo Biography", 'If you start with this, you will end with this'. If you can understand my intentions, you can come to me again. If you don't understand, I won't say anything else, you know! ”

Looking at Nie Wushuang's departing figure, Li Tao let out a long sigh.

"Tao, what did you mean by the story just now, why can't I understand it?" Fan Changfeng asked in a low voice on the side.

"What I mean is very simple, let him retreat in the face of difficulties, and die the heart of worshipping me as a teacher!"

"Huh? Why didn't I hear that? ”

"Actually, this story tells us a truth about 'giving'. That is, if you choose someone, you will have to bear the consequences of your choice. To choose a person's wisdom is to accommodate his cunning, and to choose a person's courage is to tolerate his violence. Just like the story just now, if he can give up the heavy baggage on his body, what he gets is life. If you are willing to give up, you will get if you are willing to give up. ”

"But, what does this have to do with 'Nie Shensuan'?" Fan Changfeng was still puzzled.

"Jiulang, are you really confused or fake, even I understand, how can you not understand? What Tao means is that if you want to apprentice, you must give up your wife and children and your family wealth! Hua Jingjing rolled her eyes and said.

"How could he do that?" Fan Changfeng said incredulously.

"That's why Li Tao used such a method to make him retreat!" Hua Jingjing's words were full of admiration for Li Tao.

Li Tao smiled bitterly: "Jingjing is not wrong at all, how many people in this red world can be willing to give up?" Willing, willing, what is it? How? ”

Seeing that Fan Changfeng was still at a loss, Li Tao Zhengse said: "I'll give you an example, and you'll understand!" For example, if I, Li Tao, suddenly have to leave Shucheng one day, you are all faced with a choice. If you go with me, you will gain friendship, but you will have to give up your relatives. If you continue to stay, you will gain affection, but you will lose my friend from now on! Living in the world is nothing more than the repetition of giving and getting, it depends on how you choose. ”

After listening to Li Tao's words, everyone was speechless.

"Bah, Li Tao, you crow's mouth, how can you give such an example?" Hua Jingjing was the first to break the silence.

Somehow, Yuan suddenly had a hint of foreboding in his heart for no reason. She subconsciously looked at Pei Yue, but heard Pei Yue still bowing his head, muttering in his mouth: "Why do I think that the little master is more knowledgeable than going to a private school, you listen to this reason, and say it one by one!" ”。

……

"Master, someone is asking to see the little master!" Pei Yue came into the house and said to the Yuan family.

"Who is it?"

"Xi Xiaoqian of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion!"

"Ah...... This...... Uncle Yue, what do you think should be done? The Yuan family naturally knew who Xi Xiaoqian was, she didn't know Xi Xiaoqian's intentions, and she suddenly had no idea.

"Let the little master handle it himself, I think the little master can handle it himself!" Pei Yue has great confidence in Li Tao.

"Oh well! Alas, this kid is really not worrying......" Yuan shook his head and smiled bitterly.

……

"Everyone, you're a rare guest!" Li Tao smiled and greeted Xi Xiaoqian.

"Li Xiaolangjun, today I say that the slave family has something to ask the Lord!" Xi Xiaoqian gave Li Tao a salute.

"Everyone is polite, you just say that as long as I can do it, I will never refuse."

"That's ......"

……

This morning, as soon as Zhao Denggao, the commander of Shucheng County, got up, he heard someone beating a drum to report the crime. He immediately put on his official uniform and came to the front hall, where he found the old owl of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion waiting in front of the hall. When I asked, I found out that last night, the popular song of Baihua Pavilion was like the moon and was killed in the house.

Zhao Denggao immediately led people to Baihua Pavilion and entered Ruyue's door, and the scene in front of him startled him. I saw Ruyue lying naked on her back on the bed, with obvious strangulation marks on her neck. Looking at it again, the back window of the house is wide open, and it is estimated that the murderer escaped from here. Zhao Denggao carefully examined Ruyue's body and found that on the inner thigh, there was a "Yao" character branded. Zhao Denggao asked the body to be covered with a cloth, and sent someone to guard it, and then took people back to the mansion.

Zhao Denggao brought Lao Yu to the lobby and asked her to name the guest surnamed Yao who was frequented by Baihua Pavilion.

The old eagle thought for a while and said: "There is a scholar named Yao Wenchun who often comes to listen to Ruyue singing, but this person is honest and does not look like a murderer. ”

Zhao Denggao said: "The murderer can't be seen. Come on, bring Yao Wenchun to the lobby. ”

Half an hour later, Yao Wenchun was escorted to the lobby.

Zhao Denggao patted the stunned wood and asked, "Is it Yao Wenchun?" ”

Yao Wenchun said: "Back to my lord, I am below." ”

"Let me ask you, where did you go last night?"

"Last night?" Yao Wenchun thought for a while and said, "Because my stomach hurt so badly, I couldn't sleep, so I wandered outside all night. No, it doesn't hurt now, and I just wanted to go back to sleep when I was called by the master. ”

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