In fact, Wang Xu didn't hear anything. When Ji Lan waved his hand in front of him, he had already come back to his senses a little. When I saw the serious Lan Gongzi on weekdays, he would be as naughty as a little girl. Wang Xu was stunned, and didn't notice the girl's rumbling belly. Now I saw the other party's face flushed and covered his abdomen, as if he was in pain. Wang Xu unconsciously... I think too much.

Ji Lan shook her head, still hanging her head shyly. Wang Xu's eyes rolled and rolled, carefully organizing the language.

"Would you like to drink some hot water?"

The girl didn't say a word, but nodded. Wang Xu immediately got up and walked outside the door, and saw that the eldest brother of the guard was chatting with the maidservant Xiaorou in full swing. He scratched his head and said awkwardly:

"This girl! Your son-in-law woke up. The tired girl took a bowl of hot water. ”

Xiao Rou folded her hands in front of her abdomen and bowed.

"Slave and maid, go now."

"The girl stayed. Belch... If you can finish cooking gruel and add some red dates and wolfberries, it will be even better. ”

The woman frowned.

"Goji berries?"

Wang Xu hurriedly made a comparison. He'd seen goji berries in the market before, so he mentioned them. Xiao Rou seemed to understand.

"Oh! The beetroot that the adults said. ”

"Beets... Child? Belch... I'm talking about very small, about the size of rice. Beets! At least it's the size of a fist, right? Probably not. ”

When the maid heard this, the flowers and branches of laughter trembled.

"Hehe... I got it, adult. ”

Then, bow down. Maybe I think it's a bit of a gaffe to do this, but I am very respectful when I give a salute. When she got up, the maid stood there and stared at him for a few seconds. His eyes kept wandering between his eyebrows, revealing a look of wanting to speak and stopping.

"Slave and maid retire!"

Be all abroad. Wang Xu returned to the hall with a bewildered expression. He knew that the Silk Road had not yet been opened, and that many foreign foods had not yet been introduced to the Central Plains. In my impression, wolfberries should be domestic, right? Thinking so, he slowly walked towards the copper case.

As soon as he came back from his thoughts, Wang Xu saw Ji Lan sitting in front of the desk and swallowing food in small gulps. The food has been sitting for a long time.

"Hey! What are you doing? Don't know if you want to eat cold food? ”

As soon as these words came out, the girl was immediately choked and coughed repeatedly. Wang Xu pushed aside the food from the wooden plate.

"Don't eat any more. Wait a minute and drink some hot porridge. ”

Ji Lan didn't say a word, and the sleeves of her robe were lifted to hide her face, still coughing lightly.

"I'm sorry! I thought you knew. ”

How can such a private matter of a daughter's family be said unscrupulously in front of a man? The girl didn't know how to answer.

It took a long time before he calmed down. She slowly lowered her arm and saw Wang Xu concentrating on fiddling with the evidence. The boy's eyes were a little red and swollen with a faint purple tinge.

Ji Lan was very curious, the other party would know so much about her daughter's family. I thought about it and thought about it, and finally it dawned on me. He is already married, so he naturally knows about his wife.

Not far away, there was the sound of shredded footsteps. Xiao Rou was walking quickly with the things Wang Xu had ordered. Walking to the desk, he placed the hot porridge in front of Wang Xu, and brought a bowl of hot water to Ji Lan and gently put it down. Then he stepped aside and stepped back.

When Wang Xu saw this scene, the corners of his mouth twitched.

When she spoke just now, Xiao Rou was very embarrassed when she saw Wang Xu. In addition to today's two meals, he didn't eat a bite. The girl thought that the meal was not in line with Wang Xu's appetite. No wonder she was instructed to make porridge with red dates and wolfberries, obviously because she likes sweets. Xiaorou's misunderstanding is also natural. After all, in the restaurant that day, I had seen Wang Xu's cooking skills, and I was a little picky about eating, which was understandable.

At this moment, Ji Lan picked up the hot water and prepared to moisten her throat. When he was eating, he was choked up because of Wang Xu's words. The girl's left hand gently lifted up the sleeve of her shirt, and her arm could not move before it reached the center of her eyebrows. She slowly lowered her hand and saw that the corner of the sleeve robe was grabbed by Wang Xu in her hand. Suddenly his face was full of question marks. Then he was puzzled.

"What's wrong?"

"Lan Gongzi! Belch... This porridge is yours. ”

The girl is embarrassed. Could it be that I got it wrong? So she handed over the hot water.

"Water... It's yours too. I mean... Childe drinks porridge first. ”

Ji Lan was stunned for a moment before nodding. She put down the hot water in her hand and took the hot porridge handed by Wang Xu. I saw that the porridge was mixed with red dates and wolfberries, and my expression immediately became complicated.

"Your wife... Body... When you are uncomfortable, do you cook porridge for her like this? ”

The voice is weak and the flies are flew. The staccato speech is even more embarrassing.

"Hmm."

Wang Xu nodded slightly, and Ji Lan was inexplicably a little envious.

"After a busy day, you can also use some food, right?"

The boy still nodded in agreement. However, his hands never stopped, picking up a piece of evidence from time to time and studying it carefully.

"Rou'er!"

Ji Lan summoned the maidservant.

"Warm up your meal. Present it to Nozai. ”

The maid looked at Wang Xu and was immediately confused.

Didn't you just eat it? Sweet tooth?

And Wang Xu also looked at her, and the expressions of both of them were very strange.

"No!"

"No hassle! I'm not that expensive. ”

Wang Xu took the cold rice and chewed it. Ji Lan waved her hand, and Xiao Rou retreated with interest.

"Wei Xu! How do you eat with a chopstick? That's for cloth vegetables. ”

At this time, people used long chopsticks to divide the food, and then used a wooden spoon to eat. Ji Lan saw him eat with chopsticks that were more than two lengths, and thought it was very strange.

"Oh! Get used to it. ”

Wang Xu didn't care about the other party's idiot-like eyes.

Because he holds the chopsticks in a relatively forward position, the chopsticks appear top-heavy. It was very unstable when picking up vegetables, and the food frequently slipped.

"But... It will be very uncomfortable to use. ”

"Hehe, the chopsticks at home are relatively short. It's extremely easy to use. ”

Ji Lan looked awkward. So he took one end of the copper case out of the wooden plate with the long chopsticks he had just used. I only heard a crisp sound of "pop", and the long chopstick was broken by the waist.

"Ahh Use this. ”

The girl handed the chopsticks to Wang Xu.

"Thank you."

Wang Xu took the chopsticks, put the long chopsticks aside, and began to bury his head in eating.

The day is coming to an end in the blink of an eye. He was very anxious, if things still did not break through, then two days later, Aji's fate seemed to be doomed. At this moment, with the short chopsticks in hand, they are dexterous and quick to use. The speed of eating immediately soared, and Ji Lan, who was watching, was dumbfounded.

"Wei Xu! You're such a weirdo. ”

"What does Childe mean?"

"The long chopsticks are not used well, but the short chopsticks are used so well. Isn't it strange? ”

Wang Xu was stunned.

"What did you say?"

"Huh? I said you use the chopsticks well, and you're a weirdo. ”

"It's not! That's not what you said. You repeat. ”

The two looked at each other, both looking thoughtful. After a moment, Ji Lan slowly spoke.

"The long chopsticks are not good to use, but the short chopsticks can be used well. You... He's a weirdo. ”

Wang Xu grinned, his eyes widened, and he laughed maniacally.

"Hahaha..."

Inexplicable. It's nothing more than praising him for using chopsticks well, is it necessary to react so much?

The girl was frightened by him, and her heart was furious.

"You're a weirdo."

The laughter came to an abrupt end. Wang Xu nodded again and again, dancing excitedly.

"I am... I'm a weirdo... I always have. ”

He finally learned the secret hidden in this strange case. Wei Chang's baht scale was longer than the old steward's, and it didn't grow a star and a half. The baht has been repeatedly confirmed, and there is no problem, and the gold nugget is no longer provable. Now the only breakthrough is the baht scale.

Merchants will use a baht scale to weigh when trading. In fact, a baht scale is a simple scale. The yard baht is a weight to measure quality. Because the Qin state has not yet unified the states, nor has it unified weights and measures. Therefore, the scales used by merchants at this time were of different lengths.

Patriotic officials usually use one-foot baht scales. However, Wei Chang used one and a half feet, which was obviously the standard of Qi Guo's baht scale. In his previous dealings with merchants from various countries, Wang Xu did not care about these details. At this moment, inspired by the long chopstick, he suddenly realized.

Isn't it good to be long, but it's good to be short.

He picked up Wei Chang's baht scale and turned it upside down. It was found that at the fulcrum of the scale, about a centimeter distance to the left and right, there was a small piece of bronze hidden in each. Wang Xu gently picked out one of them with his fingernails, and something unexpected happened.

The fulcrum moved abruptly. There is a hole in the weighing rod, as if there is a hidden track. The hollowed-out fulcrum can be moved from side to side by a distance of about one centimeter. Subsequently, Wang Xu inserted the copper sheet he cut out into the other side and fixed the fulcrum.

"The principle of leverage... That's right. That's right. ”

Ji Lan's face was full of doubts. looked at Wang Xu suspiciously. The other party was separated from her case, muttering quietly from time to time. Things such as power, resistance, and strength arms, the girl was confused. After a while, the boy turned the piece of silk cloth full of small characters over and wrote quickly on the blank silk silk. Strange numbers and symbols are like ghost drawings. The girl looked confused, completely unable to understand what the strange man was trying to do.

The balance is one and a half feet, the total length is about 49.5 centimeters, and half of 24.75 centimeters is the arm length of a normal scale. Two taels is equal to 48 baht, and the missing gold is 45 baht. Substituting the formula of the lever principle, it can be concluded that the amount of deviation from the fulcrum and the unequal weight at both ends can be balanced.

At this moment, Wang Xu is very sad and misses the days when he had a computer. The various decimal points and the equations that come and go N make him a little broken. Finally, a rough calculation shows that if the fulcrum moves by about 0.8 cm, the balance can be balanced. And the bronze piece that was about one centimeter in sight happened to match.

No wonder the old steward can't see the cat. The nearly half-meter-long baht scale can produce a weight deviation of three baht with less than one centimeter of hands and feet. Even if it was him, it is estimated that it would be difficult to detect it at the time.

Having reached his conclusions, he hurriedly began to confirm.

"Young Master Lan, please take a look!"

Wang Xu put the gold nugget that was not heavy and placed it at the slightly longer end of the baht. Then put two taels of baht into the other end. The baht scale shook slightly, and after a moment, it balanced.

"Wei Xu! How did you do that? ”

How can this be explained? If you talk about the principle of leverage, the woman will definitely ask how to calculate it. What followed is not hard to imagine. After a long time teaching mathematics, it must be a run. Wang Xu rolled his eyes, turned over the baht scale, and motioned for Ji Lan to look.

"There's a mechanism in this scale. You see here. ”

He gestured to the bronze tablet. The girl suddenly woke up and was amazed.

"Clever!"

At this time, people have already discovered the secret of leverage, but they don't know how to calculate.

"What did you just draw?"

Wang Xu's brain was instantly big. I really want to come to something.

In the next second, my mind moved. Maybe the opportunity has come. In his heart, he quickly calculated how to lead Ji Lan into the trap of words.

"Divination."

"Really?"

Ji Lan was a little skeptical. Tentatively:

"Then you divination, what will happen in two years... Is it possible? ”

Fortunately, people at this time were in awe of ghosts and gods. It is often held that it is better to believe what it has than not to believe it. Wang Xu took advantage of a little, ready to capture the old man and hang the other party's appetite. He pointed to the silk silk dotted with number symbols and said:

"Lan Gongzi! There is no place to write anymore. ”

"It doesn't matter! Rouer! Take the brocade silk. ”

Wang Xu knew that success was only one step away, so he pretended to write.

"Why are there no of these symbols now?"

The girl took the silk silk used by Wang Xu just now for comparison. pointed to the places where N appeared in those equations, and stared intently at Wang Xu's eyes. Wang Xu's heart sank, he knew too well what this woman in the city wanted to do.

"Childe, don't worry! What have you done that is beyond the calculations of ordinary mathematics? ”

As a result, his sincere eyes leaked out, and his demeanor was very indifferent. This is a standardized business expression that Wang Xu has honed over time when he is in business. Immediately, write "BUFFOFF" on the silk. I didn't think it was appropriate enough, so I naughtily added a few exclamation points. There was a burst of joy in my heart.

In order to win Ji Lan's trust before, he had already done his homework. As a qualified businessman, he wants to sell himself to save his wife's life. Only when Wang Xu raises his own value to the other party's heart-warming price, will Ji Lan help without reservation. That day in the restaurant, when he knew that the girl wanted to rebel, he thought about the current situation.

Even if the strength of Qi Cheng and Yun Meng is combined, it is a fool's dream to storm Wang Cheng. After seizing the right to slaughter him, Ji Lan moved into a village with a frenzied population and forced marriage, all in preparation for war. Because when those newborns grow up, it will be at least fifteen years before they are drafted into the army. There is only one possibility for a girl to go to great lengths to do these things. That is to make Yunmeng a big city to defend the country in a short period of time, attracting the attention of Chaoge. This led to the Marquis of Wei and besieged him on the way. Otherwise, with a three-to-one difference in strength, it would be impossible to do this.

Wang Xu filled the white silk silk with numbers and letters on both sides. Pretending to be happy.

"Oh! Worked it out! ”

"Tell me!"

"If the cloud dreams are fixed, the north is worry-free."

A sharp gaze came. Although it was only a blink of an eye, the moment he looked at him, Wang Xu actually felt like he was separated from the world. He carefully controlled the expression on his face, neither daring to be overjoyed nor dodging in the slightest. After a breath, the woman smiled.

"Hehe, what's the explanation?"

Wang Xu still didn't dare to relax, and pretended to be puzzled and pouted. While looking at Ji Lan, that sharp gaze reappeared. Wang Xu's bones were cold and his hair stood on end, and he secretly praised this woman for being really cunning.

"Forgive me for being stupid, and I don't know what to understand."

Ji Lan sneered and waved her hand.

"Let's go down!"

With Wang Xu's ingenuity, she was not surprised to be able to guess some intentions. However, no worries in the north, does it refer to Chao Ge or Qi Cheng? Yun Mengding, refers to the location of the ambush, or the strategic position of Yun Meng, or the clever move of the combo Qi Shui?

It wasn't until Wang Xu left that Ji Lan showed a look of worry and thought. She didn't believe the other party could see such a long way. The girl stretched her eyebrows. Perhaps this numerical divination is true.

Along the way, Wang Xu was apprehensive.

"Her heart was moved... I guess so. ”

When he returned to prison, he immediately fell on the bed, he was too tired.

Ancient Emperor /book/61361/