In the sky above the capital, Xu Que was blown down by the cold wind within a quarter of an hour. He originally thought this move would be cool, but then he realized... it was really cold at high altitudes.
No wonder high-altitude flying is only for those great scholars... Xu Que complained inwardly, and then his eyes fell on Dayan Academy!
There are two major factions in the capital of Dayan. The first is that all scribes in the capital can study in Dayan Academy. The second one is the Imperial College, which has a high threshold.
Above these two factions, there are two strongest factions, and they are for those with official positions above Jinshi, one is Wenyuan Pavilion, and the other is Hanlin Academy!
Wenyuan Pavilion is under the jurisdiction of the temple and belongs to a special department set up by the temple in the court.
The person in charge of this department can basically judge scribes who are not holy scholars at will.
The Hanlin Academy is under the jurisdiction of the emperor. Anyone who is a holy scholar is basically given a position in the Hanlin Academy, and the lowest one is a walker.
Xu Que entered Dayan Academy, and for a moment, all the current scholars looked at Xu Que. They were waiting for Xu Que, so they all knew him.
"Xu Que, you are finally here." A handsome-looking scribe stood up and said.
"You invited me here, so I can only deal with it." Xu Que pretended to be lazy, took out the invitation and fanned it.
Seeing Xu Que's arrogance, the handsome scribe raised his hands and said, "I am Prime Minister Lu, whose courtesy name is Wuchen. He specializes in magic."
"Oh." Xu Que casually handed over his hand: "I, Xu Que, have no words for the time being, so I can learn everything!"
These people were surprised to hear that Xu Que had no words, but they learned everything they heard... These people instantly broke their defenses and laughed "haha".
Seeing this group of people laughing so happily, Xu Que also laughed...
"Why are you laughing?" Lu Xiang asked in confusion.
"It's great to be ignorant and fearless!" Xu Que said contemptuously.
Xu Que's words made all the scribes angry, and they looked at Xu Que fiercely. This was obviously to scold them.
"Xu Que, don't think that just because you have unparalleled poetic talent, you are very powerful. The literary world is vast and it is useless just to be able to write poems. Today we are not comparing poems!" Lu Xiang said with a cold face.
Xu Que shrugged, spread his hands and said, "Whatever, I'll take over!"
"Okay, then I have a question." Lu Xiang looked serious and stared at Xu Que: "Excuse me, pheasants and rabbits in the same cage, a total of one hundred..."
"Stop!" Xu Que immediately shouted: "Brother, can't you get something fresh?"
All the scribes were stunned...
Xu Que continued to ask: "Brother, your question has a total of 274 questions, right?"
Lu Xiang nodded blankly, not knowing how Xu Que knew the question.
"Okay, the answer is, there are sixty-three pheasants, not thirty-seven." Xu Que answered quickly, and then added: "Let's change to something fresh, this is too simple."
As soon as these words came out, the scribes present all stared blankly, and then looked at Prime Minister Lu. They also wanted to know if what Xu Que said was right...
Lu Xiang was dumbfounded. It took him a day and a night to calculate this. In the end, the other party not only failed to listen to the question, but also gave him additional explanations. The answer came out directly without even thinking about it!
How could he have the nerve to ask questions again?
"Brother, if you don't have any more questions, I'll give you one, and everyone here can also participate."
Xu Que knew that the other party had no questions to answer, so he simply asked Zhang Fei to eat bean sprouts.
"Brother Xu, please come up with a question." Prime Minister Lu saluted respectfully.
"Listen up!" Xu Que pretended to say loudly: "Our Prime Minister Qu set out from the mansion and walked towards the palace at a speed of two feet in a moment. After a while, a little flower dog ran out of the mansion and chased Prime Minister Qu. Half a quarter of an hour later, another little yellow dog started chasing the Prime Minister from the Prime Minister's Mansion. The speed of the two dogs was five feet per moment, and both returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion after catching up with the Prime Minister. What’s the time interval between government offices?”
All the scribes are confused. Is there still such a question?
"Quick, get the calculation chips!" a scribe shouted.
Those who react quickly have already gone to get the calculation chips. After all, this question is very difficult at first sight, and it is impossible to answer it without calculation chips.
When Xu Que saw these people desperately calculating with chips, he was not in a hurry and just sat quietly.
As time gradually passed, the faces of these scribes turned extremely red, and some of them even collapsed to the ground.
"Ah~!" Xu Que yawned, stretched and said, "Is that okay? If not, just take it home and figure it out. Anyway, you can tell me after you have the answer."
"There's something wrong with your question. It can't be calculated at all!" A scribe shouted loudly.
"Yes, there are obviously many problems with your question." Other scribes also agreed.
Xu Que was too lazy to pay attention to them and did not look at these people. Instead, he looked at Lu Xiang.
"It's getting late. If this is the only question, I think..."
"Wait!"
Just when Xu Que wanted to say goodbye to Prime Minister Lu, two scribes next to him came out. They did not participate in the calculation, but kept observing Xu Que.
Xu Que looked at the two of them and asked, "I wonder what you two are doing?"
"Since you have won the art of magic, do you know how to play chess?" The scribe opened the folding fan and asked.
"I know a little bit, but I don't know how to address you?" Xu Que asked this person.
"I'm at Dayan Academy, Chen Heping, Zi Shanqi, the way of chess..."
"Hey, that's enough." Xu Que quickly waved his hand and said, "You don't need to introduce me so much. I'm afraid that if you lose your title after a while, it will be embarrassing."
"This is unreasonable, I am the second best chess player in the academy!" Chen Heping said angrily, throwing up his sleeves.
Xu Que was speechless, but he was still tricked by the other party...
"Want to come down? If not, I'm leaving!" Xu Que was not used to children. He felt that a lot of time had been wasted. If he continued like this, he might not be able to leave the capital tomorrow.
Chen Heping waved his hand and took out the chessboard, directly choosing the black stone to play first...
Xu Que was very speechless. He knew the rules of ancient Go very well. There were no fixed rules and handicap rules. Basically, anyone with the black stone could win, unless the person holding the black stone was a bad chess player.
But Xu Que didn't care. He picked up the white chess piece and made a direct move, which shocked Chen Heping.
As the two of them walked down less than thirty steps, Chen Heping was stunned...
"How is it possible? This is impossible!"
With a crash, the chessboard was overturned and the chess pieces scattered on the floor.
Chen Heping was like a madman, always shouting "impossible words..."
Xu Que shook his head and sighed inwardly, how can he still play chess with this kind of character? Nothing!
Arriving next to Prime Minister Lu, Xu Que said softly: "Brother Lu, please take your time with this question. I'll leave first!"
When he heard that Xu Que was about to leave, Prime Minister Lu suddenly woke up, stood up and bowed: "Brother Xu's talent is ten thousand times better than mine. It's my fault. I shouldn't have listened to the Lu family's slander. I hope Brother Xu won't be surprised!"
After hearing what Lu Xiang said, Xu Que finally realized that all this was Lu Qingfeng's fault!
"Brother Lu, you are worrying too much. If you try to find the truth through numbers, there will be an answer after all. I hope you can understand."
Xu Que smiled and turned around. The breeze blew and he walked up until he disappeared into Dayan Academy.
"Sneeze!" After Xu Que lost sight of Dayan Academy, he finally fell to the ground.
Xu Que was very melancholy. In order to pretend to be a superior person... he almost let himself get cold...
"Ah sneeze!"
After wiping his nose and shaking his body, Xu Que quickly ran towards the inner city.
…
"Master Xu, run quickly!"
With a shout, a figure quickly cut in and stood directly between Xu Fan and the knight.
The swords clashed, sparks flying.
"Fourth, stop him!" The bald man leaped forward with his sword in hand and rolled to Xu Fan's side in an instant.
Just when the bald man's sword was about to hit Xu Fan, a horizontal sword blocked Xu Fan's face.
"Damn it!" the bald man shouted angrily, drew his knife and struck again.
The knight protecting Xu Fan raised his sword to block it, and the two swords collided again.
At this moment, Xu Fan was extremely weak, and Liu Rushi was basically holding him up when he walked.
And just when they were about to see the city gate, a sword light suddenly appeared and stabbed Xu Fan in the head!
"Puch...!"
The tip of the sword brought out a bright red color.
"So!" Xu Fan looked at Liu Rushi in shock.
"Let's go..." Liu Rushi pushed Xu Fan with all his strength.
