Chapter 12: Sophistry

Akano was a little speechless, and then said: "This is the place of the Empire, of course it is according to the rules of the Empire! These things of yours can only be applied to your wild and exotic lands, but they are useless here!"

He thought that his words were very appropriate, which could arouse the approval of the people present and win the emperor's appreciation. But he was obviously wrong, almost all the ministers frowned, and their eyes were quite strange when they looked at him, and Emperor Shenwu who was sitting on it obviously had a rather unsightly complexion, but he kept the emperor's self-esteem and did not make a sound.

Cheng Lian, a close servant, knew Emperor Shenwu's thoughts quite well, and when he saw this, he screamed: "Wu Na boy, yes, it's you, named Chiye." You have to figure it out, that Yan Ke is a messenger and a guest from afar, and he should be courteous when he comes to us, this is the mind and bearing that the Silver Moon Empire should have. Don't mention the word Savage and Exotic again!"

Only then did Akano realize that he wanted to pat the horse's feet just now, and he couldn't help but panic a little in his heart. In order to make amends, he quickly changed his words and said: "Honorable envoy, I'm very sorry, I just talked nonsense, please don't be surprised!"

Na Yanke glanced at him and said in a blunt imperial Chinese: "Good, good!" However, Sao Nian, I still have to tell you very regretfully that your answer to the first question just now is not clear, so you did not answer it!"

There was a stir in the hall for a while. Prince Gong looked at Akano, the muscles on his face trembled a few times, and a kind of anger welled up in his heart.

It's a shame that Lao Tzu will protect your son, and the result is good, the first question makes people shake their heads and deny it!

Akano was also a little panicked, looking at Prince Gong with a look of panic in his eyes. Prince Gong glared at him, and then secretly stretched out his fist and gestured, meaning to hurry up and answer and kill this Fanbang envoy!

Akano panicked and misunderstood, taking Prince Gong's gesture as a beating him. His heart was even more up-and-down, and he became uneasy.

His mother's, I'm also helpless! This Hu envoy is cheating, I have to admit it!

Na Yan Ke looked at him and asked, "There are two more questions next, Sao Nian, do you plan to continue to answer them, or do you want to admit defeat?"

Akano turned his heart and said, "Of course it continues! I don't believe it, I can't solve it!"

Na Yan Ke said hello and continued to ask the question: "The second question is, how many stars are there?"

Akano also discussed this question with Xin Kuizi and the others, and replied very dryly: "Three hundred eighty-nine thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine!"

Na Yan Ke sighed: "Are you sure?"

Akano said: "Of course it's very sure! If you don't believe it, you can count it!"

They also took this situation into account when they talked last night, knowing that Yan Ke would inevitably ask rhetorically. The answer given by Xin Kuizi is, if you don't believe it, count it yourself!

Of course, they didn't know how many stars there were, but Xin Kuizi thought that how could the Hu envoy really have the patience to count how many there were?

Na Yan Ke shrugged: "I don't have to count. The noble khan of our steppe has already sent someone to count, and the stars on it can be counted clearly, but it is not your number. Sao Nian, you've lost again!"

Everyone in the court let out a burst of emotion. Then someone asked, "Do you know how much? Don't you dare to come out?"

Na Yan Ke said: "It's true that you can't come out directly, lest someone secretly hear it and use it against me." All I can tell you is no!"

Seeing that he was about to lose two of the three questions, Akano was anxious: "Hey, you won't be deliberately amusing me, will you?"

Na Yan Ke still shook his head: "Wrong! unless you can convince me!"

Akano: "......"

If he wants to go to the Qinglou to tease those stumbling women, then he is undoubtedly absolutely competent, anyway, he is quite handsome, rich, and a noble officer, and the stumbling women are still quite willing to listen to him and cooperate with him. But the problem is that now that this Hu envoy has made up his mind, he wants to think that he is wrong and refuse to admit it, so what can he do?

The courtiers whispered again, and the eyes that looked at Chino were even more unhappy. This blond-haired son, who came up so confidently to save the face and dignity of the empire, did not hesitate to throw aside the people who were promoted by Marshal Wu Peng.

Now, now that I have lost two of the three questions, even if I can win the last question, what is the use?

Na Yan Ke turned a deaf ear to these discussions, and only looked at Chi Ye and said, "Have you thought about it? Do you still have to answer the last question?"

Akano looked at Prince Gong, who was already so angry that his nose was crooked, and he waved his fists fiercely to demonstrate to him. But at this time, Akano had no way to retreat, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Then please ask the question!"

Na Yan Ke said hello, and took out a wooden stick about three feet long from his sleeve, there was no bark or anything like that on the surface of the wooden stick, it was a bare stick, and the two ends still looked exactly the same size, with no difference.

Na Yan Ke raised the wooden stick and said to Akano, "This wooden stick did not fall from the top, but was cut from a tree, and there is a difference between head and tail. Now, please tell which end is the head and which is the tail without breaking the stick. ”

Of course, Chino also discussed this issue with Xin Kuizi, and immediately took the wooden stick, pretended to look at it for a while, pointed to one end and said, "This side is the head!"

Na Yan Ke sighed and narrowed his eyes: "Sao Nian, it's not enough just to be like this, you have to come up with enough reasons to convince me and make me believe that you are right." ”

Akano said: "If you want my fault, please also come up with enough reasons to convince me, so that I believe that you are right!"

Na Yan Ke laughed and said: "In that case, won't the people of your empire hear it? And then when he hears my people come up and answer the questions, he has already heard me, can it be wrong?

Akano was speechless for a while, and pretended to say: "But if you can't tell it yourself, just let me do whatever I want, you and I are wrong, then how can I convince you? You originally planned that no matter what I did, I would be wrong!"

Na Yan Ke shook his head with a smile: "Of course I know the method, but I can't just come out casually." Of course, it's okay for me to come out, but it has to be if Your Majesty the Emperor personally admits that the Silver Moon Empire is losing!"