In the late autumn of ancient times, the weather was early and severe, the pines and cypresses on both sides of the monument of the tomb of King Yu, the people of Huiji and Shanyin counties who came to climb the incense burner peak came one after another, and saw a group of scholars who did not go to climb the mountain but stood in front of the monument, and they all gathered around to see the excitement.

Yang Shangyuan saw that Zhang Yuan didn't answer for a while, so he thought it was timid, and said more and more arrogantly: "Zhang Jiezi, dare to bet with me?" ”

Where did Zhang Cao see Yang Shangyuan's triumphant look, and shouted: "Jiezi, bet with him, don't be afraid if you lose, I and my eldest brother will pay for you." ”

Zhang Dai shook the reins of his horse and said: "My three brothers, these two horses and one mule, are worth one hundred and fifty taels, one hundred taels is too little, just bet one hundred and fifty taels, I don't know if Brother Shang Yuan can get one hundred and fifty taels of silver?" ”

Yang Shangyuan raised his hand and said: "Wait, I have a word first, I am betting with Zhang Jiezi, Brother Zongzi is a prodigy in this county, but I can't secretly help your brother." ”

Zhang Yuan asked: "Is it a bet of one hundred and fifty taels?" ”

Yang Shangyuan looked at the two horses and one mule, estimated that it was more than one hundred and fifty taels, and said, "Okay, just bet one hundred and fifty taels." ”

Zhang Yuan asked: "My bet is here, what about Brother Yang's silver?" ”

Yang Shangyuan sneered: "If you win against me, one hundred and fifty taels of silver will not be less." ”

Zhang Yuan arched his hand to the people present and the onlookers: "I can't find a pen and paper here, I can't make a deed to keep a photo, you are witnesses, don't let people play tricks." ”

The onlookers laughed and said: "Who dares to cheat, don't let him out of this Dayu Mausoleum." ”

The arbitrator is the seven students present, Zhang Dai is also one of them, it is not difficult to rule on the two sentences of the eight-strand text, there are several scholars among the onlookers, Zhang Yuan is not afraid of Yang Shangyuan's tricks, he recently said that the problem-solving method learned from Wang Siren is going to be tried, and the new knife is extremely sharp.

The two parties agreed that Yang Shangyuan would come up with the question first, and Zhang Yuan would have to read out the two sentences within seven steps of Yang Shangyuan's pacing, and the same would be true when Zhang Yuan came up with the question.

Of course, Yang Shangyuan is not sure to solve the problem quickly and accurately within seven steps, but he thinks that he is stronger than Zhang Yuan in any case, he has made hundreds of questions in four books and eight shares, if he is lucky to run into the old problem, then it is not a sound answer, even if he can't solve the problem within seven steps, Zhang Yuan can not do it either, because his questions are extremely obscure, although in the four books, but the scientific examination will not produce such a question, said that this gamble his winning chance is obviously huge, the most unfortunate is not to distinguish between victory and defeat-

Zhang Dai and the six scholars stood on the side of the stele pavilion, Yang Shangyuan and Zhang Yuan stood under the stele, Yang Shangyuan took a long time to say: "Is Brother Jie Zi ready?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "I hope Brother Yang doesn't run too fast, remember, it's pacing, not running." ”

The crowd of onlookers burst into laughter.

Yang Shangyuan sneered: "Don't spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, listen up, I came up with the title of the four books - 'Liang Hui Wang Chapter Sentence'." ”

After saying the word "on", Yang Shangyuan took the first step, and this step is not slow, although it can't be said to be running, but obviously not pacing, the crowd of onlookers called "villain" ridiculed Yang Shangyuan, Yang Shangyuan was not moved by those ridicules with a white face, as long as he took seven steps quickly, he was invincible-

"Liang Hui Wang Chapter Sentence" is not a sentence in "Mencius", but a title, the first article of "Mencius" is this "Liang Hui Wang Chapter Sentence Shang", a total of seven chapters, since the scientific examination is from the chapter and sentence, never take the title to the question, but this "Liang Hui Wang Chapter Sentence" is indeed in the four books, so it cannot be said that Yang Shangyuan violated the question -

Zhang Yuan was thinking nervously, that Yang Shangyuan's steps were small and fast, two steps, three steps, four steps, five steps-

As if there was a piano in his mind, who stroked it on the strings again, and with a sound of "Zheng", Zhang Yuan had a flash of inspiration and blurted out: "There is - with the lord of a country of thieves, crown seven books of benevolence and righteousness." ”

Yang Shangyuan walked quite fast, after Zhang Yuan read out the two sentences to break the question, he had already completed seven steps, but when Zhang Yuan started to read, he had just taken the sixth step, no matter how shameless he was, it was not easy to play tricks from this, and now he only had to see how the seven students judged Zhang Yuan's two sentences.

King Liang Hui was originally a prince but claimed to be the king, saying that it was "the lord of theft" is very appropriate, and "Liang Hui Wang chapter on the sentence" is the first of the seven articles of "Mencius", "Mencius" begins to talk about benevolence and righteousness, so it is called the book of benevolence and righteousness, Zhang Yuan's two sentences are to the point, and the title is broken cleanly.

The scholars in the crowd of onlookers had already shouted "wonderful", Zhang Dai smiled and said nothing, Jie Zi was really agile, now he wanted to see how the six students who came with Yang Shangyuan judged this problem, if anyone said that Zhang Yuan was not good, he had to make a better solution than these two sentences.

The six students exchanged their heads and ears, and unanimously said that Zhang Yuan was impeccable in solving the problem, and one of the students who had a close personal relationship with Yang Shangyuan made a helpless gesture to Yang Shangyuan, saying that he couldn't help, this question was too difficult, and he couldn't break it better than Zhang Yuan.

Yang Shangyuan's face turned white again, well, the white was blue, and he forced himself to calm down: "Zhang Jiezi, even if you are a bit talented, you can also make questions, and remember, don't run." ”

Before Zhang Cao could make a sarcastic remark, the crowd of onlookers was already scolding.

Zhang Yuan arched his hand to everyone and said: "Please be quiet, I'm going to make a question, Brother Yang, I only have two words in this question, you listen to it-'Zi Yue'."

"What?" Yang Shangyuan asked.

Zhang Yuan looked at Yang Shangyuan coldly, did not answer, and did not take a step.

Someone in the crowd already shouted: "The first sentence of the Analects is 'Zi said', Yang Xiucai, don't pretend to be deaf and dumb, Zhang Gongzi, let's go." ”

Zhang Yuan asked: "Brother Yang, now I can hear clearly, I can pace." "Let's just put it up, perform and pace, step by step, it's really standard.

Yang Shangyuan soaked cold sweat on his back, since he could use the title of "Mencius" to make the question, how could Zhang Yuan not use the word "Zi Yue" as the title, but this kind of two-word question made him unable to start, how to break this, seeing that Zhang Yuan was pacing slowly, but after all, there were only seven steps, and it was only a moment's work, Zhang Yuan's seven steps had been paced, and he was still at a loss in his heart-

Among the onlookers, there were those who praised Zhang Yuan, and some who ridiculed Yang Shangyuan, who were noisy and noisy, and some people shouted: "Give silver, give silver, Xiucai bet, don't cheat." ”

Yang Shangyuan was a little confused, he didn't think that he would lose at all, he also thought that he was riding a white mule, leading a horse on the left and right to return to Shanyin with a spirit, how could he export one hundred and fifty taels of silver all at once, although he Yang Shangyuan has a lot of land and wealth, but to lose one hundred and fifty taels of silver out, it is really painful, one hundred and fifty taels of silver can be used for a family of five for ten years of food and clothing-

Yang Shangyuan sneered: "I will naturally give the silver, but whoever will bring so much silver to ascend, I will give the silver when I go back." Pretending to arch his hand to Zhang Yuan easily, he then said to the other students: "Let's go to the incense burner peak." The mind he made up his mind was: "Time has passed, there is no evidence, you want me to take the silver, hum, don't think about it!" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Wait, give the silver first and then leave, there is no silver to let the servant go home to get it - are you right?" ”

"Yes, yes, this Yang Xiucai seems to want to play tricks and don't allow him to go." The crowd shouted.

At this time, the servants of the Zhang family and a group of people from the edible class arrived, and Zhang Cao shouted: "Nengzhu, Feng Hu, look at this white-faced annihilator, if he dares to leave, he will beat me." ”

The two healthy servants, Nengzhu and Feng Hu, agreed loudly, stared at Yang Shangyuan, and rubbed their hands.

Yang Shangyuan was very afraid, although he had a reputation as a student, but the Zhang family was powerful, and he was really afraid that it would be a vain fight, so he said inwardly: "Who dares to do it!" I didn't say that I wouldn't give the silver, did I, Yang Shangyuan, lack that bit of silver? ”

Someone in the crowd shouted: "Don't talk big, you owe money to pay off your debts, and you don't have the money to go home to find your mother's bedside." ”

There was a burst of laughter.

Zhang Cao said: "You can't let him go back, this person is despicable, and as soon as he lets him go, he will definitely hide and see no one." He said to Yang Shangyuan: "Didn't you bring a servant, let your servant go back quickly to get the silver." ”

Yang Shangyuan's face was pale, and he estimated the situation, and now he said that he would not be able to get out if he didn't give the silver, so he called the servant to his side, whispered a few words, and the servant nodded and hurried away.

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