Chapter 47: You Can't Do the Count
Time passed little by little, and Hanyan's mood was also moving towards loss little by little, but I didn't expect so many people to come today, and no one even answered the first question. It seems that his chastity is destined to be unable to give to someone who can satisfy him.
Just when Hanyan was about to lose confidence, a note was passed out from the private room with the word "bamboo", and someone quickly delivered it to Hanyan's hand. Hanyan opened the note and read softly:
"Go down the bead curtain and burn incense to divination,
Ask the sky, whose house did Nong's people fall into?
Hate Wang Lang without a little sincerity,
I can't stop it,
I'll press it!
The paper word friendship is not bad,
It is difficult to say a clean word when dyed into soap.
A pair of good mandarin ducks were clearly cut, but they were cut off by a knife.
Throwing away the slave is exhausted and lacking.
If you think about it, your mouth and your heart are fake. ”
The poem written by Li Guanqi not only implies the number riddle from one to ten, but what is even more rare is that this poem is also written in the tone of a resentful woman. Miss Hanyan had just finished reading, and the applause below was already ringing. After all, many of today's guests are real literati, and it is indeed admirable to see that the questions that they can't answer can be answered so skillfully by others.
Hanyan's heart was also happy, although I don't know what the guests in the private room with the word "bamboo" look like, but this talent is also convincing. After stabilizing his mind, he said with a smile: "This son is very intelligent, and this first level can be regarded as passing." ”
"Miss Hanyan, your question is really ingenious, and the brother in the private room has a really wonderful answer, I can't wait to sigh to myself. Please also tell the girl the topic of the next level quickly, so that we can continue to appreciate the talent and charm of the two. One of the guests in the crowd said.
"That's right, Miss Smoke, hurry up and get out of the next level." Everyone chimed in. In fact, they thought that the next question of Smoke could stump the mysterious person in the private room, so that they would still have a chance to bid, rather than giving Smoke to someone else.
"Good. This son, please listen to the title of this second level. The incense that was lit at the first level just now is the title of the second level, this kind of incense can be burned for half an hour (1 hour), and now give Childe two incense, may I ask if Childe can determine a period of three quarters of an hour (45 minutes) time? ”
As soon as this question came out, everyone present was even more dumbfounded, because this kind of arithmetic knowledge, at this time, the literati do not learn, the first question, a little longer, everyone may still have a certain chance to be able to answer it, but this question is nothing to say. According to everyone's understanding, the guest in the private room is unlikely to answer.
He Ziming also looked at Li Guanqi nervously, because he also knew that the knowledge that the emperor had learned should not include this kind of content.
But Li Guanqi laughed as soon as he heard the question, this kind of elementary school Olympiad math problem, I didn't know how much I had done back then, how could he be stumped? He beckoned He Ziming to come over and said the answer.
Just when everyone was secretly rejoicing that the opportunity was back, a heroic young man with a sword came out of the private room with the word "bamboo".
"Childe already has the answer?" Hanyan wondered, she was very happy to see the young man heroic and majestic, but she didn't believe that someone could solve the problem she had been thinking about for a long time so quickly.
"Not bad. Indeed, there is an answer. ”
The crowd immediately became agitated again, this is also amazing, how can it be possible to come up with the answer to such a difficult question in the blink of an eye?
"I wonder what Childe's answer is?" Hanyan was also surprised and hurriedly asked.
He Ziming said slowly according to Li Guanqi's instructions: "Light two incense sticks at the same time, but one burns both ends, and the other only lights one end, and when the first one is burned, immediately ignite the other end of the second one, then the whole incense will be burned in three quarters of an hour." ”
Because most of the people were laymen to the arithmetic question, they didn't react to whether this answer was right or wrong for a while, so they all turned their eyes to Hanyan.
"How is that possible?" Hanyan was already exclaiming, and when he realized that he was out of shape, he hurriedly covered his slightly open mouth with his hand and said, "Childe has calculated this question before?" ”
"Nope." He Ziming shook his head and said, "It's the first time we've seen this kind of girl's fragrance today, so how can we count your topic?" ”
"However, but I calculated for a few days before I smoked this question, and I came up with an accurate answer by chance, I don't know what method Childe used, so quickly came up with the answer?" Although Hanyan wants to find a talented person to give for the first time, she is also a strong person, and the topic she has been thinking about for several days is solved in the blink of an eye, and she is a little unconvinced.
"That's going to ask my son-in-law. I don't know. He Ziming had no choice but to answer truthfully.
"Huh? Are you just a subordinate? The crowd exclaimed. A subordinate is already so glorious, so what about the master?
At this time, a pedantic-looking person sitting in the private room of the "Mei" brand said to the young man next to him: "Childe, do you think this young man is familiar?" ”
"No, I don't. Has Master Cao seen him? The young man who looked like a boy replied. These two people are Cao Yuanshan, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, and Zu Tianyi, the waiter of the Ministry of War. Zu Tianyi is lustful, and he is naturally indispensable on occasions like today, but he still knows how many pounds and taels he has, and he thinks that he can't answer the question of smoking, so he specially pulled Cao Yuanshan to be a helper, who wants to smoke The topic is too difficult, and even Cao Yuanshan, the think tank in Zu Donglai's group, couldn't answer it.
Cao Yuanshan and Zu Tianyi actually met He Ziming once, and it was the only court meeting after Li Guanqi crossed over, but neither of them cared too much about a guard. Cao Yuanshan only vaguely felt that he had seen this young man, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it, and Zu Tianyi had no impression of He Ziming at all.
"Can I invite your son-in-law to come out and see him?" The girl with the smoke asked the question that everyone wanted to ask.
He Ziming resolutely shook his head and said: "My son-in-law said that if you can answer all the girl's three test questions, you can naturally meet, but if you can't answer them, what's the benefit of meeting?" ”
"In that case, Childe, please listen to the third question of Han Yan." Hanyan raised his voice at the "bamboo" name and said. She was already attracted to the mysterious boy she had not yet met, and she was looking forward to communicating with him, even if it was better to hear his voice first.
"Girl, please." Li Guanqi fulfilled her wish. At the same time, Cao Yuanshan's brows in the private room with the "Mei" name furrowed even deeper.