The assessment of Beizong has attracted the attention of many people, and the restaurant near the Qinhuai River has been doing hot business recently, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are gossips and gossip.

The gossip is very complicated and exciting, such as a certain cultivation genius from a certain state capital arrived in Beijing the day before yesterday, for example, two candidates fought on the Qinhuai River on a certain night, and then a certain candidate was caught by the government in search of flowers and willows, and there are even more bizarre, such as a certain candidate is said to be homesick and lonely at night, and accidentally fell into the river after getting drunk......

Xilinbi is naturally also a hot topic.

Since the question of the powerful girl of the Xie family was solved, Yuan Lai's question has become the focus, and what makes people helpless is that this question is so strange that it has been hung for two days without anyone answering, and in the end, it is the unknown candidate of the Xie family who has made a move to reveal the mystery.

Although this mystery is a bit ironic.

Tu Su took a few pieces of paper and read the words on them with relish, those were the many questions and answers that appeared on the Xilin wall, and it was also a matter for him, as the dean of the Northern Sect Outer Court, to familiarize himself with the candidates of this class in advance.

After all, the entrance assessment is originally the responsibility of the outer court.

"September 28 is Confucius's Christmas Day, and October 28 is Confucius's full moon...... That's an interesting question, haha. ”

He was sitting in a pavilion inside the mountain gate at the moment, on a very high ground, overlooking the wide Qinhuai River.

And sitting in front of him was Lu Zhangcha, hearing Tu Su laughing, he said: "I still think that circle question is more interesting, especially the answer, before the sage made a statement, it was empty, I like it very much." ”

Tu Su said with a smile: "That question is really tricky, and only the Wang Xie family will dig out this kind of strange question from the history book classics, after the question reached the ears of the saint, His Majesty also said that he would use that question as the exam question for next year's palace exam, but it is a pity that someone answered so quickly that it was so wonderful, Your Majesty's plan is about to fail." ”

Lu Zhangcha was a little surprised, but he didn't answer.

Tu Su suddenly sighed and said, "Speaking of Your Majesty, your matter has made Your Majesty very guilty, and in order to show punishment, you also deliberately let Shi Shangshu stand outside the door of the imperial study for two hours......

"It's not Your Majesty's negligence, it's just that the Shi family ...... after all"

Tu Su waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to explain, but just sighed: "Qing Zhuo has always been in the sect, you really don't want to see it?"

Lu Zhangcha shook his head and said resolutely: "Forget it, the teacher often says that fate is not enough, and you can't force it." ”

"Well, if that's the case, forget it. Tu Su didn't insist, but said: "There are still a few days before the Northern Sect assessment will start, you really don't stay and take a look, that's a very interesting thing." ”

Lu Zhangcha hesitated a little, but still said: "No, since the matter is over, then I still want to return to Zhenze as soon as possible." ”

"Well, if you go back, remember to go to the Houshan Camellia Tree to pick a few catties of tea, your master has always been thinking about this tea tree in my Northern Sect, and he wrote to me twice in three days to ask for it, and then he was afraid that one day he would come and pick it himself!haha." ”

Lu Zhangcha said with a smile: "Then I will thank Dean Tu for the teacher." ”

After saying that, he stood up respectfully, bowed and left.

Waiting for Lu Zhangcha to leave, Tu Su got up and walked along the path to the flower bed outside the small chanting hall of the Northern Sect, someone was watering the flowers, and when he saw Tu Su coming over, he put down the kettle and made a teacher salute: "Master." ”

Tu Su nodded and said leisurely: "Lu Zhangcha is about to go down the mountain." ”

The female disciple who was watering the flowers smiled and said, "Yes." ”

"You're really not going to meet him?"

The female disciple smiled lightly, "I guess the master must have said the same thing to him. ”

Tu Su smiled a little awkwardly.

"So he doesn't want to see me, does he?"

"Qing Zhuo, you are actually in favor of his marriage as a teacher, Zhenze's eldest disciple, maybe he will take over the position of the entire sect in the future, and his character is also very good, I can see this, you really don't plan to fight for it?" Tu Su said.

"Master, you know what I think. Shi Qingzhuo's eyes are very bright and contain a kind of firmness in her bones, her slender girl's body is like a flower in a flower bed, immature and beautiful, delicate and not afraid of wind and rain.

"If I want to choose a husband, I don't look at his family, I don't look at his appearance and character, and I don't care if he is obsessed with me, I just want him to be a hero in the world!"

In the breeze and the fragrance of flowers, the girl of the Shi family said with some solemnity.

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Yuan Li found that the young master seemed to be in a good mood since he came back from playing the Qinhuai River today, and he hummed an unknown tune when he was studying, which was very strange, and he even ate two more bowls of rice.

"Young Master, are there any happy events today?" Yuan Li asked curiously.

"No, what's the happy event?, is it going to be a holiday?" Yuan Lai was puzzled.

Yuan Li scratched her head and said, "I just see that you are in a good mood, it's a little strange." ”

"You say this, but I'm in a good mood today, but it's not a happy event, don't think about it. Yuan Lai suddenly realized and explained.

After saying that, he went to the room to read a book.

He's in a good mood, but it's just because he went to Xilinbi this morning and saw two things.

The first thing is that his brain teaser was unraveled by the sister of the Xie family!

This made him a little unhappy, after all, the other party didn't seem to be embarrassed by his own way, although he was a little late, he still answered correctly and neatly.

And she even left a question for herself.

And when Yuan, who was a little unhappy, saw the content of the new question clearly, he immediately laughed.

The new question left by the female student of the Xie family is a poem:

Xijiang month

The swing in the courtyard has not risen, the board rope is one foot from the ground, the two steps are just the pole, the five-foot board is high off the ground, the ladies and beauties are vying, and the end of the dynasty is laughing and playing.

This is a word, but also a problem, also called a number of poems, that is, although this seems to be just a word of a lady's soup swing, but in fact it is a mathematical problem!

The Qinhuaihe candidates who saw this question were very depressed, Daqi's mathematics is a small subject, even if it is the imperial examination, it is only slightly involved, they just want to practice, and where can they understand this kind of number puzzle?

Yuan Lai, who saw this question, was very happy, very disdainful, and even a little puzzled.

"Math Problems...... What does this have to do with spiritual practice...... Alas. ”

"But...... If you try to compare poems, books, articles, dictionaries, stories, and pieces, we really can't compare to you, but we can't compare math problems...... Ha ha. ”

Yuan Lai smiled heartily.

With a stroke of the pen, it was easily solved, and in addition to his joy, he was also more interested in the girl of the Xie family who didn't know her name.

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The candidates under the Xilin wall are talking a lot.

"Yuan? is this Yuan again, and this Yuan has also lifted this word title?"

"But why is this person so annoying, he only wrote an answer, let me wait how to verify it?"

The sharp-eyed candidate pointed to another paragraph written by Yuan Lai and raised questions.

That sentence...... What does that mean?"

"Which word?"

"What does the strange symbol and the words below the answer to this question mean? Could it be that it is a strange question?"

Shi Qinglin and Lao Ding, who were standing in the crowd, looked up and saw a line of small characters clearly written on the wall:

"@谢约否?"

Shi Qinglin was stunned: "About, what's the point?"

Lao Ding blinked his eyes and said uncertainly: "Could it be that it is an invitation? Aren't the candidates gathered here just to find a pleasing friend?"

Shi Qinglin nodded matter-of-fact and said, "It makes sense, then...... Shall we make an appointment or not?"

(Carvin, that's all for today.) The Xijiangyue is from the Yuan Dynasty mathematician Zhu Shijie's book "Four Yuan Yujian", which is very interesting, the distance between the "two steps" in the word is ten feet, and the answer is 14.5 feet. ）