Originally, he wanted to take Xie Jin to the academy, but he unexpectedly poached Zhu Biao. In addition, seeing Zhu Biao's exhaustion and fatigue, Han Du couldn't say anything to ask him to give Jie Jin to him no matter how unwilling he was.
As a last resort, Han Du could only leave the palace with a disappointed face.
Over at the academy, Han Du had to look at Xue Xiang, which was considered a handover.
"Han Du is in the academy?" Xiaosong Lingzi asked.
Hosokawa Mochiyuki was very efficient, but he found out Han Du's whereabouts in a short time.
"Yes, he has been going to the academy every day since the day before yesterday."
"Where is the academy?" Hearing that Han Du finally came out of the house, Xiaosong Lingzi's eyes brightened and a smile appeared on his face.
Hosokawa Noriyuki quickly gave an address.
Komatsu Reiko nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."
The next day.
Komatsu Lingzi put on the Ming Dynasty clothes. She was already extremely beautiful, and because she was a Japanese, her every move was very different from that of the Ming Dynasty women. The Ming Dynasty clothes had an exotic and dazzling luster on her body.
Following the guidance of Hosokawa Noriyuki, Komatsu Reiko came to the entrance of the academy.
When the gatekeeper of the academy saw such a beautiful woman approaching, his eyes couldn't help but stare. But when they saw this woman trying to enter the academy, their expressions suddenly changed and they blocked her in front of her.
"This girl is not allowed to enter the important place of the academy. Please stay here."
Komatsu Reiko stood still, her big watery eyes flashed for a moment, she tilted her head and asked with a puzzled look on her face: "What? Don't people in your academy not let people in?"
Facing such a beauty, the servant's patience expanded infinitely, "That's true, so that the girl knows that no one else is allowed to enter the academy unless they are students of the academy or are invited by the academy."
After a pause, he added: "This is a well-known thing. Judging from the girl's appearance, she must not be from the capital, right?"
He couldn't enter the Duke's mansion, nor could he enter the academy. Xiaosong Lingzi became very angry.
"What if I have to go in?"
Unexpectedly, the handyman didn't show any anger, but instead directed her to look to the other side.
"The academy is based on knowledge. If a girl can solve this problem, she will be qualified to enter."
Following the direction of the handyman's finger, Komatsu Reiko noticed that there was a wooden board standing next to the academy gate.
"What's this?"
The handyman Haosheng explained: "This is the question, and this is the solution proposed by the great sage of the academy. The most arranged now is twenty lines. As long as the girl can solve a new solution that can arrange twenty lines, she can enter Academy.”
The things taught in the academy are all very important knowledge. Xue Xiang knows this very well, and of course he doesn't want people to enter casually. But the academy is now very famous, and there are countless people who come here every day. Just relying on the helpers to stop it won't stop it completely.
It happened that Han Du had raised the question of arranging twenty trees, and the result of the battle between Han Jingyun, Mr. Jin and others was still there. So Xue Xiang made this request a few years ago, so that idlers in the important area of the academy are not allowed to enter. Want to force your way in? Of course, as long as you can come up with the same twenty-line solution as Han Jingyun, the academy will have no problem for you.
Since the academy established this requirement, everything has suddenly become clean. Those who want to enter the academy are blocked by this problem, and since they cannot enter the academy, they dare not blame the academy. They can only blame them for not being knowledgeable enough.
Komatsu Reiko has a very good memory, and she memorized the questions just by glancing at them.
"There are twenty trees, four in each row. How many rows can be arranged at most?"
The question is very simple and does not have many words in total.
But after Komatsu Reiko made some calculations in her mind, she frowned. Then he frowned again, and soon fell into deep thought.
When the handyman saw the beautiful woman frowning, he felt relieved for no reason. He doesn't know how many talented people he has seen here are stumped by this seemingly simple question. He doesn't know how many arrogant people want to enter the academy. After reading this question, they can only say one thing. Just turn around and leave without feeling dejected.
"Look, someone is here to challenge the academy's question again."
Komatsu Reiko's actions quickly attracted the attention of people across the street. Her stunning appearance even attracted everyone's attention when they were on the road just now. But no one thought that such a beautiful girl would challenge the academy's problems.
Come and try it quickly. 】
"Why would such a beautiful girl challenge the academy's problem? Haven't you seen how many young talents have failed in front of this problem in so many years?"
"It's just a pity for a beautiful face..."
"I bet that this girl can't solve the academy's problems. Anyone who dares to bet with me, no matter how old I am, I will take it..."
Not only did this person not get the admiration of the people around him for being so heroic, but they all looked at him with contempt.
"What you're saying is all nonsense. Everyone knows that no one can solve the academy's problems. Aren't you trying to cheat money..."
"I'm willing to admit defeat, how can I call it money fraud?" When someone exposed it, this person didn't blush.
"Bullshit! How about if it's the other way around, let's block this woman and she can't be undone by you, but she can be undone by you? No matter how much you block, we'll take it!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the man who had been so confident just now suddenly became frightened and shrank his neck, not daring to speak any more.
People's unscrupulous conversations did not avoid Komatsu Reiko at all, so she could hear them clearly, which made Komatsu Reiko feel irritable instantly.
She was already very irritated because she couldn't think of a solution, and now it was like adding fuel to the fire.
He suddenly raised his head, looked at the handyman and said, "Twenty trees, four in a row, how can they be arranged in twenty rows? This is simply impossible."
The handyman didn't explain, just smiled, pulled out an arrangement chart from behind the wooden board, and placed it in front of Komatsu Reiko.
Seeing four groups of pentagonal points arranged with the same center deeply shocked Reiko Komatsu's heart.
"One, two, three, four...twenty lines, really twenty lines, it's really beautiful!"
Although Reiko Komatsu didn't have any deep feelings about five-pointed stars, when she saw several five-pointed stars rotating and nested together, she still felt an unparalleled sense of beauty.
"This, is this the arrangement solved by the great sage?"
The servant raised his head and chest, cupped his hands and cupped his hands towards the palace: "It seems that the girl is really not from the capital. This was naturally solved by the empress. The empress came up with these twenty lines when she was teaching knowledge in the academy, and it still remains today No one can surpass it.”
Komatsu Reiko's eyes suddenly shrank, and her heart was deeply shocked. She never thought that it was the current Queen who solved it. Moreover, the current empress has taught in the academy?
This academy looks really extraordinary! Komatsu Reiko's idea of entering the academy became more intense.
However, if I can't solve this problem, how can I enter the academy?
Suddenly, she saw three huge stone tablets erected next to the gate of the academy, with writings densely engraved on them.
Asked: "What is that?"
When the servant saw that the beauty was willing to talk to him, of course he knew everything and answered: "That's the Academy's famous Three Hundred Questions."
"What do those golden ones mean?" Komatsu Lingzi saw that some of the writing on the stone tablet was dyed gold.
The handyman explained: "That is a question that has been solved, but if it is solved, the writing will be dyed gold to show solemnity."
"Oh? So interesting?" Komatsu Reiko couldn't help but take a few steps forward. "As long as you untie it, can the writing turn into gold? What if I untie it, it will also be dyed gold?"
Komatsu Reiko turned around and asked curiously.
The handyman couldn't help but sneer after hearing this, and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, that's right, whoever unlocks it will dye the handwriting gold to show solemnity."
"Why are you laughing?" Komatsu Lingzi felt that this person was laughing at her, and she suddenly became unhappy.
This means that in the Ming Dynasty, if it were the Japanese country, anyone who dared to laugh at her would have been chopped up and fed to dogs by her subordinates. How could they be allowed to continue to stand in front of her?
"If I untie it, can I enter the academy?"
Xiaosong Lingzi knew that she couldn't do anything to this person, and what she wanted most was to enter the academy and find Han Du, so she asked.
The handyman felt that he was being impolite in front of the beauty. He quickly suppressed his smile and nodded: "If the girl can really solve the problem, then it is not a matter of entering the academy. The door of the academy will be opened wide for you, and the academy will warmly invite the girl to be the gentleman of the academy. "
"Oh? Women can also be academy teachers?" Komatsu Reiko was still aware that men were superior to women in the Ming Dynasty. She was surprised when she heard that women could be academy teachers.
The servant smiled and replied: "Of course. Didn't the Queen once serve as a gentleman in the Academy? Moreover, the Queen was once the master of several courtyards."
Only then did Komatsu Reiko recall that this person had indeed told her that the Queen once taught knowledge in the academy.
Deeply aware of the specialness of the academy, he couldn't help but ask: "Shuyuan? What is this?"
"The academy has several academies, a academy of science, and a academy of chemistry. The leader of one of the academies is the person with the highest achievement in this subject."
Komatsu Reiko was shocked when she heard it. She understood what the highest level of knowledge meant as soon as she heard it. He asked with a look of disbelief on his face: "You, you mean to say that the Queen's knowledge in the Academy of Mathematics exceeds that of everyone else?"
"Of course, this is not some unknown news. If you don't believe it, you can just go to the street and ask someone. The Queen's knowledge in mathematics is even up to now and is the best in the entire Ming Dynasty. The tallest one," said the handyman.
After hearing this, Komatsu Reiko felt very complicated. A woman can defeat the entire Ming Dynasty with her knowledge. What a sight!
At the same time, although the woman, Komatsu Reiko, had never met Empress Ming, she had to admire her in her heart.
