"So you are Han Du." Timur glanced at Han Du and said calmly.
"I didn't expect that Prince Tamerlane would have heard of me. It's really an honor for me."
Han Du's words made Lao Zhu quite unhappy. He couldn't help but frown and thought: You, Han Du, are my officials in the Ming Dynasty. Isn't it a bit too groveling to smile so apologetically in front of this so-called prince? Where do I put my face?
But before Lao Zhu could get angry, Han Du's next words made him smile.
"I am the head of the Jiaofang Department. Prince Timur has just arrived here. Since he has heard of me, he must have heard about it in the Jiaofang Department."
When Timur heard this, his expression suddenly changed, his eyes widened, and he looked at Han Du with an unkind expression. Although it was his first time in Beijing, he knew what kind of place Jiaofangsi was. Coupled with his special status, he is more secretive about places like Jiaofangsi than ordinary officials.
For ordinary officials, even if they are serving as envoys, there is nothing wrong with going to Jiaofangsi.
It's just because Jiaofangsi is a place of fireworks after all, and there are some things that can't be said but can't be said. It's okay if everyone goes there tacitly, but it's naturally extremely embarrassing if someone says it in public.
Timur was not embarrassed, but angry. He had obviously never been there, but he was slandered by Han Du.
"Master Han is joking, why would I go to a place like Jiaofangsi?"
Han Du smiled and asked, "Then how did you hear about me?"
"Of course this prince is..." Timur wanted to explain, but suddenly stopped when he reached his lips. He couldn't say that he was secretly observing Han Du, right? If he said this, wouldn't it mean that he had ulterior motives for Han Du and was not bringing it upon himself?
No matter how stupid Timur was, he would never do such a thing.
Therefore, Timur avoided talking about Han Du's problem and said instead: "Now we are talking about how many years it will take to move all the disks to another pillar. Master Han should not care about it." He's good in every sense of the word."
Timur backhanded Han Du, saying that he deliberately changed the subject after he couldn't tell the answer.
Han Du was too lazy to refute Timur. In this case, it was not good to continue the question, otherwise it would really appear that Han Du was incompetent.
Looking at the Tower of Hanoi in front of him, Han Du pointed at Timur and asked: "But before answering the question, I have a question about this thing. I wonder if Prince Timur can answer me first?"
"What do you want to ask, Mr. Han?" Timur let out a sigh of relief when he saw that Han Du did not insist.
Han Du walked around the Tower of Hanoi several times, touched his smooth chin without even a beard, and said with a smile: "I would like to ask, Prince Timur, do you know the answer? According to what you just said, You probably don’t know the answer either. But if there is no answer, then even if I can calculate an answer. Even if it is right, you can also say it is wrong. In this case, wouldn’t it mean that both the winner and loser are determined by the answer? Are you sure?"
As soon as the words fell, buzzing discussions suddenly came from the entire Fengtian Hall.
All the officials felt that Han Du was right. If no one knows what the correct answer is, doesn't it mean that Timur can decide what is right or wrong at will? Not to mention that he answered wrongly, even if Daming answered correctly, for his own benefit, wouldn't he also deliberately say that Daming answered wrongly?
No wonder Timur was so confident. It turned out that he had bad intentions towards the Ming Dynasty from the beginning. He could decide whether he was right or wrong. Wasn't he born to be invincible?
All the officials glared at the cunning and cunning Timur, and for the first time they saw Han Du's quick wit and ability to think of the traps in this matter.
Some officials had a slightly better impression of Han Du, and felt that he was not as useless and arrogant as the rumors said. I just think Han Du is a bit arrogant, but to be honest, who is a talented person who is not arrogant? Some of these officials also came from the imperial examination. Didn't they feel arrogant when they were named on the gold list?
Some officials were very upset. They regretted not thinking of the problems that Han Du had thought of. They felt that whatever Han Du could think of, they should think of it first. Because they felt that the bet proposed by Timur in front of them would probably not go forward.
After all, this is a bet. If winning or losing depends entirely on Timur's words, then Ming will continue to bet with him unless there is something wrong with his mind.
Seeing that Han Du was about to make a contribution, they were naturally greedy.
Lao Zhu also glanced at Han Du appreciatively. Although Han Du could not give an answer, it was good to be able to resolve the matter and save Daming's face.
Timur's face was ashen. He had painstakingly prepared the plan for a long time, but he didn't expect that Han Du would solve it in this way. Indeed, he did not know the ultimate answer to this question. It was because he knew that no one in the world knew the final answer to this question that he wanted to use this difficult problem to embarrass Daming.
But now Han Du has indeed hit his weak point with a blow. Since even he doesn't know the correct answer to this question, it is impossible to make this bet. After all, if Da Ming randomly named a number, there was no way for him to say that the answer Da Ming gave was wrong.
Just when Han Du thought the matter was settled, the old man who had just opened the wooden box with his own hands bowed to Timur and whispered a few words in a gibberish voice.
Han Du didn't understand the old man's words at all and didn't care. Anyway, now that the Ming Dynasty is at its peak, no one will force him to learn the language of other countries.
Timur replied angrily to the old man in the same language.
After listening to this, the old man pondered for a moment and said a few words to Timur.
After listening to the old man's words, Timur wiped away the gloom just now, with a look of joy on his face.
Han Du's heart skipped a beat, secretly thinking that something bad was going to happen, wouldn't something bad happen?
Timur's confidence returned, and he bowed to the emperor with a smile and said: "His Majesty the Great Ming Emperor, this is the divine master of the Chagatai Khanate. Their sect has guarded the national treasure for generations. They have It has been calculated for hundreds of years. Since no one knows the final answer to this question, how about changing the conditions for victory and defeat. As long as the answer given by Ming Dynasty is greater than what the masters have calculated for generations, then what about Ming Dynasty winning? "
After hearing Timur's words, those officials who had been filled with regrets and eager to take action suddenly took back the steps they were about to take.
