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The summer cicadas chirp one after another, the sun shines through the treetops, leaving dappled shadows on the ground, the breeze blows, and the leaves rustle.

On the shore of Xizi Lake, under a pine tree, there is a long case, and at both ends of the long case, two young men are standing, half-bent over, buried in the long case.

There were about 30 people in a circle around the long case, looking at the two people quietly, and from time to time they talked softly with the people around them.

Chen Zilai clasped his hands and stood aside, looking at the situation in front of him with a wry smile, and some didn't understand why things had evolved the way they were.

He remembered that just now, when he and Brother Urawa followed the guidance of their subordinates to find Gu Yunpei, who was missing in the middle of the way, he happened to hear that he wanted to compare arithmetic with others.

Their competition rules were originally set to be very absurd, Gu Xiaoge decided to compare what, Zhang Zhongyi came up with the question, if it was a poem and essays such as the competition, it would be reasonable, but Gu Xiaoge actually chose arithmetic.

Brother Urawa originally intended to reconcile with this little brother Gu, let that competition be abandoned, and change to a new comparison, that Zhang Zhongyi had already agreed to hinder Brother Urawa's face, but as a result, Brother Gu actually looked calm, so that Brother Urawa could only be a judge with peace of mind.

In that competition, Zhang Zhongyi's question was, 999 yuan, 1,000 seasonal pears, 9 11 pears, 7 fruits and 4 yuan, how much does the pear fruit cost?

This is an extremely difficult question, at least Chen Zilai thinks that he can't figure out the answer, who knows that Gu Yunpei just squatted on the ground, writing and painting for half a cup of tea, and then blurted out the answer. "657 pears cost 803 Wen, 343 fruits cost 197 Wen."

Hearing this answer, Zhang Zhongyi was stunned for a long time before he said with a face full of indignation: "You can't count in this competition, you must have known the answer in advance." ”

Not only Zhang Zhongyi was the onlookers, but even Chen Zilai himself felt that this little brother Gu probably knew the answer in advance, after all, this question was extremely difficult, and the answer could not be solved in just half a cup of tea, at least in his impression, he had never heard of it and had never seen someone with such ability.

When the little brother Gu listened to Zhang Zhongyi's words, he was not annoyed, only a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and said lightly.

"Brother Zhang can't help but underestimate my Gu, it seems that such a problem, how difficult is it to solve, let alone such a problem, it is more difficult, as long as Brother Zhang can mention it, I will give you the answer in a stick of incense."

That Zhang Zhongyi looked at Gu Xiaoge's attitude, and was suspicious, and sure enough, he said two more questions, and Gu Xiaoge really gave the answer quickly, so that everyone who had suspected that Gu Xiaoge knew the answer in advance had to believe that he, Gu Yunpei, really had such ability.

It was Chen Zilai himself, who secretly expressed shame in his heart, and at the same time admired this little brother Gu in his heart.

Although Dachang listed arithmetic as a subject in the imperial examination at this time, because arithmetic was extremely boring, and at this time it was more important to pay more attention to Confucian teachings, and the requirements for arithmetic were not strict, so for most students, it was a great problem to count a chicken and rabbit in the same cage.

Like the three arithmetic problems proposed by Zhang Zhongyi today, they understood the questions, but they didn't even have the idea of trying to solve them, they only knew that they couldn't solve them, but they didn't know how difficult it was to solve such problems in the context of arithmetic at this time.

Even Sun Maocai, who provided Zhang Zhongyi with the title, only knew that in order to understand these three topics, Xiao Tengyun and Huang Wenlong had been deducing for more than a month before deducing these answers.

"That Huang Wenlong, Xiao Tengyun is also a waste of money, thanks to him Xiao Tengyun also got the name of Yu Hang Xiao, this kind of arithmetic problem also consumes a lot of time, provoked himself to think that this is some kind of eternal problem, Baba took it to offer treasure, I didn't expect that the pair of masters and apprentices would be so wasteful, and I still let my father Hugh value the good of this pair of masters and apprentices so much."

As for Qing Huan, who solved the arithmetic problem, he actually didn't know what level of arithmetic he had reached at this time.

She saw that Zhang Zhongyi easily read out such a question, and only thought that although this arithmetic problem was also a difficult problem, it was not so rare, so after she calculated the answer, she delayed a little before reporting the answer, thinking that as long as she won, she didn't need to show herself too much.

Among all the people present, at this time, only this little brother Gu has solved three extremely complex problems in a short period of time, but no one really realizes what a great thing this is, and Xiao Tengyun, the only one who can detect this, is still on the shore of the lake not far away at this time, enjoying the scenery with people, and it is not clear what happened here.

This competition was obviously Gu Yunpei, and Brother Gu won.

Everyone thought that the competition had already had a result, but who knew that Zhang Zhongyi did not admit defeat, he lost to a Xiucai in front of Zhang Puhe and Chen Zilai today, and he was naturally unconvinced, anyway, he had already lost a game, and he was about to let go, so he spoke again to stop Gu Xiaoge, who wanted to leave.

"Brother Gu, you have won the arithmetic just now, Danqing and his little brother think that he still has some experience, Brother Gu is willing to compete with me again."

Little Brother Gu raised his eyebrows, and replied with some unclear expression on his face.

"Brother Zhang really wants to compete with me in Danqing?"

That Zhang Zhongyi had already shown his face at this time, and he didn't hesitate at all.

"Brother Gu is willing?"

Little Brother Gu sighed slightly.

"Let's compare that."

A quarter of an hour later, on the shore of West Lake, in the pine forest, a long case was laid out.

Under the gust of wind, in the rustling sound of pine, Zhang Zhongyi and Gu Yunpei occupied one side and depicted intently.

It was a long case again, and it was a picture scroll, and this movement naturally alarmed the people who came to participate in the poetry meeting today, and everyone gathered around the two of them and watched them paint intently.

Different from arithmetic, poetry and painting have been favored by literati since ancient times, and most of the people who come to this poetry club today are young scholars, although these people may not all be able to write brilliantly, but if they only talk about tasting and most of them can see some doorways, they are curious to come around.

In this competition, there is no topic, the two choose their own themes, and the final win or loss is judged by Chen Zilai, a small and prestigious Danqing team.

Chen Zilai has a father who loves paintings, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, he has also achieved a small success in Danqing, and it is expected that he will be judged, and even Zhang Zhongyi is relieved.

This competition did not last too long, Gu Yunpei and Gu Xiaoge only took two quarters of an hour to complete the painting, Zhang Zhongyi took about half an hour, and when he left the last stroke on the painting scroll, the competition was also over.

The two of them were drawing a picture scroll one by one under everyone's noses, so the moment they stopped writing, the results were already out.

With a look of shock and approval on his face, Chen Zilai first glanced at Gu Xiaoge, and then looked at Zhang Zhongyi, whose face was already a little pale.

"Brother Zhang, your fishing boat singing late is delicate, the guest and the host echo, multiplying the virtual and the real, coloring with the class, and the song is full of feelings, which can be called a rare masterpiece, but Brother Gu's ink shrimp is condensed and expressive, lifelike, compared to it, it is slightly better than Brother Zhang."