Since someone asked for a guess, the emperor was of course very happy, he really wanted to see if this person was a real god or a straw bag and a liar.

So let Dongfang Shuo guess well, if you guess right, you will be rewarded, if you don't guess, you will be punished!

At this moment, Dongfang Shuo began to show his amazing talent and magical ability to reach the sky.

He arranged the yarrow into various hexagrams, then closed his eyes, and when he opened them, he said, "I say it's a dragon but it has no horns, I say it's a snake with legs, it walks on limbs, it looks at its veins, it is good at climbing walls, and this thing is either a gecko or a lizard." ”

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty laughed after hearing this, and felt that this Dongfang Shuo was really a genius, with a pair of "heavenly eyes" that could see the hidden things, so Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gave Dongfang Shuo ten silks.

Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty invited Dongfang Shuo to the palace to play a similar game, and asked Dongfang Shuo to guess this and that, and Dongfang Shuo guessed every time, the emperor was really happy, and even thought that Dongfang Shuo had an "eye in the sky"! Every time Dongfang Shuo guessed, the emperor rewarded him.

Dongfang Shuo continued to be rewarded by the emperor, which made the servants in the palace unhappy, they thought that they were specially selected professionals in the palace, and Dongfang Shuo was just a small bus, and it was simply unreasonable to seize their favor in front of the emperor.

One of the servants was particularly concerned about this matter - he was the Guo Sheren, who was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

This Guo Sheren began to disapprove of Dongfang Shuo, and as the number of times the emperor summoned Dongfang Shuo increased, he gradually snubbed himself, so he became jealous.

Guo Sheren bribed the people in the harem and found an opportunity for him to play with the emperor. One day, he performed "shooting" for the emperor, and after a few rounds, Guo Sheren also guessed a lot. Of course, this Guo Sheren is the best at riddles, and there are a few riddles, but the emperor didn't guess it, so Guo Sheren announced the results, which provoked the emperor to shout again and again, and he was very happy.

When Guo Sheren saw that the emperor was so happy, he took the opportunity to say to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: "Your Majesty, Dongfang Shuo, since the emperor summoned him many times, he should have bathed in the emperor's grace and was modest, who would have thought that he would be arrogant and boast everywhere." said that he was the best in the world, and you didn't even pay attention to the emperor! The minister thought that Dongfang Shuo didn't have any real skills, and he guessed things, just luck. His carving insect skills, the minister disagreed, and the minister was willing to openly compete with Dongfang Shuo. ”

The emperor felt that Dongfang Shuo was known as "the first in the world," which was really too arrogant, and it was also appropriate to let Guo Sheren teach him a lesson, especially because he felt that the duel between the two must be very interesting!

So the emperor ordered the palace to set up a ring and let the two face off.

This time there was a sensation in the palace, and everyone thought it was very interesting, and the queens and concubines asked to come and visit the ring battle.

The venue in the palace was selected, the lanterns were hung up, and Guo Sheren wanted to fight Dongfang Shuo.

The people in the palace are usually very bored and bored, and they go to fight all day long, and when they encounter such a rare event, they can't help but come and see, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sees that everyone is so happy, and feels that things are harmless, so he secretly agrees, so the number of spectators in the ring battle is unprecedented.

In the first duel, Guo Sheren used leaves to cover the parasitic mushrooms on the tree in advance for Dongfang Shuo to guess.

This question is extremely difficult, because this mushroom has just grown after the rain, there was nothing on this tree before, no one knows what is in this branch, eunuchs, palace maids, including some servants, concubines have guessed wrong, and the onlookers are sweating for Dongfang Shuo.

Unexpectedly, Dongfang Shuo knew astronomy, geography, Confucianism, Taoism, studied celestial phenomena and herbs, understood the Book of Changes, and knew a little about Shinto and immortal Taoism.

He looked carefully under the tree and found that there was a little bit of powder (that is, spore powder in modern biology), so he was very confident that it was a mushroom, and Dongfang Shuo guessed correctly.

The emperor, the imperial concubines of the harem, and the ministers were all particularly surprised, and Guo Sheren was even more surprised!

Guo Sheren is not convinced!

Guo Sheren failed in the first round, and Guo Sheren was still unwilling after the defeat, and started the second round of the duel. Guo Sheren decided to throw his best riddle to Dongfang Shuo.

However, Dongfang Shuo replied, Guo Sheren threw out a riddle, Dongfang Shuo solved one, without pause, hundreds of serial riddles were all answered correctly, none of the riddles could stump him, everyone present was also very surprised, Guo Sheren had no choice, Qian Donkey skills were poor, so he had to admit defeat.

At this time, the audience erupted in warm applause, this Dongfang Shuo is amazing, defeating Guo Sheren in one fell swoop, attracting everyone's amazement!

In the third round, Dongfang Shuo came up with a question, and Guo Sheren guessed. If he loses again this time, Guo Sheren will lose big. In this account, the people of Guo She can only win and not lose.

I saw Dongfang Shuo stretch out a hand and ask Guo Sheren if it was a living thing or a dead thing in his hand.

He thought that if he guessed a living thing, then Dongfang Shuo pinched it, and the living thing would die; if he guessed that it was a dead thing, then Dongfang Shuo would release the living thing, and no matter how he guessed, it would be dead.

So he didn't want to guess anymore, no matter how he guessed, he would lose, he knelt down and told the emperor that this was Dongfang Shuo's conspiracy.

The emperor didn't believe it, so he said that you should guess well.

The Guo Sheren was very angry and said, "It's a dead thing!"

Dongfang Shuo stretched out his hand, and sure enough, it was a dead thing-a jade carved bird.

The Guo Sheren was overjoyed and said, "I guessed right! I guessed right!"

When the emperor saw it, he said, "Guo Sheren guessed it." ”

At this moment, Dongfang Shuo gently rubbed the little bird, and actually made the call of a real bird, and the sound was loud, like a yellow finch.

Everyone was shocked, not knowing why this bird suddenly screamed like a live bird, Dongfang Shuo flicked his sleeves, and the bird fluttered and flew away!

(Actually, Dongfang Shuo played a magic trick.) ）

Everyone let out a cry of surprise, thinking that Dongfang Shuo was really a "living immortal", and Guo Sheren was stunned, so he had to kneel down in front of Dongfang Shuo and completely admit defeat!

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed, and decided that Dongfang Shu was indeed a capable genius, so he appointed Dongfang Shuo as a regular servant, and Dongfang Shuo was finally loved and favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and later served as a doctor in Taizhong.

Dongfang Shuo became famous in the capital because of a series of events such as "Thousands of Pieces on the Book", "Skillfully Teased Dwarfs", and "Wisdom Fighting Guo Sheren".

The "Oriental Academy" was opened at home, accepting only four gatekeepers, and according to their age, Dongfang Shuo gave the scientific name "Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter". It is said that the four apprentices were also able to enter the top four in the hundred and thousand examinations.

In fact, many officials also wanted to send their children to teach Dongfang Shuo to learn, but Dongfang Shuo found all kinds of excuses and did not agree, mainly because he was afraid that others would talk about him forming a party and not recruiting any students for personal gain. Jasmine came to his house because his fellow villagers had said all the good things about Jasmine, and not long ago the "Dream Incident", did Dongfang Shuo make an exception to recruit female disciples this time?