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Chapter 299 Chapter 309: Battle of wits in front of the temple

These envoys naturally had no objection. They also guessed that Li Shimin and Li Hao might operate in secret, but it doesn't matter. It would be good for Li Hao to marry Princess Wencheng. At least it can embarrass Lu Dongzan. Their purpose is to target Lu Dongzan. Not Li Hao.

After sending away the five envoys, Li Shimin said: "Shi Kuang, how do you say this competition will be conducted?"

Li Haodao: "The competition is naturally divided into martial arts test and literary test. However, the martial test is too barbaric and difficult to be elegant. Moreover, the Tubo master's martial arts skills are superb. I know that I am not an opponent. Let's take the literary test."

"Well, I think so too." Li Shimin nodded and said, "You go back and prepare. I will think about how to come up with a question. I will send someone to tell you when the time comes."

"Your Majesty!" Li Hao said, "Your Majesty, please don't make any poems and essays. If you do that, Lu Dong may not agree with you and say that Your Majesty favors humble ministers."

Li Shimin frowned when he heard the words: "Then it's difficult for me, how should I come up with a question?"

Li Hao said: "Your Majesty can ask some questions about wisdom."

Li Shimin said worriedly: "Lu Dongzan is known as the number one wise man in Tubo, he is a test of wisdom... Are you sure you can win him?"

"I'm 300% sure." Li Hao smiled lightly and nodded, what a joke, he is more than [-] years ahead of Lu Dongzan, if it's even worse, just hit him head-on and kill him.

"Okay." Li Shimin nodded happily, "Anyway, I will reveal the test questions to you, so nothing will go wrong."

The next day, an imperial decree was sent to the Sifang Pavilion to let the envoys of the six countries meet at the first court meeting in early October, and participate in the competition with Li Hao in front of the palace to compete for Princess Wencheng.

Under the gazebo in the courtyard of the Tubo envoys, Basuto and Lu Dongzan were drinking tea. They couldn't put it down for the tea invented by Li Hao. I'm afraid there will be tricks in the competition."

Lu Dongzan drank his tea calmly, and said, "Of course we know the truth about this matter. This son Li Hao is full of treacherous tricks. If he doesn't cheat, he won't be him."

Basuto asked worriedly: "If the Tang Emperor favors Li Hao and commits malpractices for personal gain, what should we do?"

"You don't have to worry about this." Lu Dongzan put down his teacup and smiled confidently, "Do you think that the title of the number one wise man in Tubo is just for nothing? The truth has its own way to deal with it, so Li Hao can also play tricks It's just a trick, but in terms of wisdom, how can he be the opponent of the truth."

Seeing this, Basuto smiled calmly, and said: "Then a certain family will congratulate the Prime Minister in advance. After this competition in front of the palace, the Prime Minister will no longer be the number one wise man in Tubo, but the number one wise man in the world."

Lu Dongzan continued to drink tea, smiled and said nothing, apparently acquiescing to Basuto's words.

On the first day of October, the Great Court Meeting was held as scheduled. This time, many people who hadn’t been to the court for a long time came. Even Wei King Li Tai and Wu King Li Ke came to participate. They also wanted to see the competition in front of the palace.

Li Hao had already received the test questions sent by Li Shimin. After reading Li Shimin's test questions, Li Hao smiled lightly. Except for Jiuqu Chuanzhu, the other test questions were all pediatrics.

The court meeting began, and the ministers entered the hall, saluted, and then Li Shimin said: "The envoys from the six countries of Tubo, Tianzhu, Gesa, Dashi, Huoer, and Chenla have an audience."

Huangmen repeated loudly: "Xuan Tubo, Tianzhu, Gesa, Dashi, Huoer, and Chenla envoys have an audience!"

The envoys from the six countries stepped into the hall, and Lu Dongzan walked in the front. There was no way, who made Tubo the strongest among the six countries.

After entering the palace to salute, Li Shimin said: "The most important thing in today's court meeting is to conduct a competition in front of the palace. The envoys from the six countries and Li Hao, the Marquis of Lantian County in the Tang Dynasty will participate in the seven parties. The winner in the end will be able to marry Princess Wencheng."

"As ordered!"

"Where is Li Hao, Marquis of Lantian County!" Li Shimin called Li Hao.

Li Hao went out to salute: "My minister is here."

Li Shimin said: "Since the seven parties have arrived, let me talk about the method of today's competition. Today's competition is not about martial arts, nor poetry, but wisdom. I will come up with five problems, and the one who can solve the most problems will be the one who can solve the most problems." Even if you win, do you have any objections?"

"I have no objection!" Li Hao and the envoys from the five countries responded in unison.

But Lu Dongzan suddenly said: "Ge Erdongzan has objections."

Li Shimin frowned when he heard this, and asked in displeasure, "What objections does the Prime Minister of Tubo have?"

Lu Dongzan said: "Your Majesty, since it is a test of wisdom, Ge Erdongzan thinks that each participant should come up with a question, a total of seven questions, and the one who can solve the most questions will be considered the winner."

As soon as this remark came out, the entire hall was in an uproar. Li Hao squinted at Lu Dongzan, secretly admiring that Lu Dongzan was really smart. In order to prevent Li Shimin from operating in the dark, he actually proposed a wonderful method where each contestant would come up with a question. , there is absolutely no possibility of cheating. It seems that he is also very confident in his IQ, but it doesn't matter, Li Hao is also very confident, and the contestants will make the questions.

Li Hao was confident, but Li Shimin was worried, he looked at Li Hao worriedly, Li Hao closed his eyes slightly, and nodded to him, the meaning was obvious: "No problem".

Li Shimin said quickly: "Okay, then according to what Lu Dongzan said, each contestant will come up with a question!"

Lu Dongzan suddenly said again: "Your Majesty, in order to prevent collusion, Ge Erdongzan suggested that the seven contestants be separated."

The envoys from the other five countries changed their expressions and looked at each other in blank dismay. Lu Dongzan saw through their petty thinking. If they really compared their wits fairly, they didn't have the confidence to compare with Lu Dongzan.

Li Shimin cast a questioning look at Li Hao again, Li Hao still nodded, and Li Shimin said loudly: "Come on, lift the screen!"

With an order, the eunuchs began to get busy. After a while, seven private rooms were separated by screens in the hall, like small rooms. Sound cheating.

Li Hao looked at the layout of the test venue, shook his head and sighed secretly: "Lu Dongzan is really a talent for being a chancellor in Tubo, he should be an invigilator."

Lu Dongzan was finally satisfied, but Li Shimin was not too happy. He frowned and asked, "Lu Dongzan, are you satisfied now?"

Lu Dongzan cupped his hands and said, "Return to Your Majesty, Ge Erdongzan has no objection, we can start now."

"Okay!" Li Shimin said loudly, "Seven, let's enter."

Seven people entered the venue one after another, and Geer Dongzan was in the room next to Li Hao. There was a book case in the single room, and on the case was the Four Treasures of the Study, for them to write their answers.

Seeing them enter the arena and sit down, Li Shimin gave Xu Lian a look, and Xu Lian said loudly: "The competition begins! Hourglass please!"

A eunuch came over with a small hourglass and handed it to Xu Lian. Xu Lian took it and put it on Li Shimin's desk. The hourglass was made in Li Hao's glass workshop. Hao's glass workshop is not just as simple as making mirrors and glasses. In order to make money, he still needs to keep innovating.

Li Shimin turned the hourglass over, and the fine sand immediately began to leak down very quickly. Li Hao has measured that it takes 5 minutes for all the fine sand to leak out, which is the time for a cup of tea in ancient times, and the maximum error will not exceed ten. Second.

Seeing Li Shimin flipping the hourglass, Xu Lian said loudly again, "In order, the envoy from Tianzhu will write the question first, and the content of the question must not be divided into borders. If there is no question within a cup of tea, it will be regarded as a waiver of the right to make the question. .”

The so-called content of the question should not be divided into borders, that is to say, you can’t ask some remote knowledge of your own country. For example, the envoy from Tianzhu can ask how long the elephant’s trunk is. After all, the transportation in ancient times was not developed. The envoy from China probably has never seen an elephant in his life. Who the hell knows how long an elephant's trunk is? The questions are written to test wisdom, not common sense.

The swarthy Tianzhu envoy racked his brains, and after thinking for a long time, he said with a sad face, "I'm not prepared, so there's no question."

Li Hao was a little surprised that he voluntarily gave up the right to propose a question, but he thought about it carefully and immediately felt relieved. The method of this competition was proposed by Lu Dongzan on the spur of the moment. Forget about the problems you have encountered.

Then the envoy of the Gesa Kingdom came up with a question, but the envoy of the Gesa Kingdom did not come up with any good questions, and finally gave up.

Next came the envoy of the Chenla Kingdom. The envoy of the Chenla Kingdom thought for a while and said: "A bamboo pole is one foot long. One person holds it in his hand and asks how to pass the three-foot-wide pole without cutting the bamboo pole. A seven-foot door?"

Li Hao was stunned when he heard this question, Nima, what kind of problem is this?Elementary school students can easily answer it.

Li Shimin turned the hourglass, and Xu Lian announced loudly: "Start answering the questions, the time is limited to a cup of tea!"

Li Hao was helpless. Although the question was simple, he felt that his IQ was insulted, but he still had to answer it. He wrote on the paper: "The door faces north and south, holds a bamboo pole horizontally, with the head south and the tail north, and the bamboo pole is a thousand feet long, and you can also pass through the door."

At the same time, Lu Dongzan also picked up a brush and began to write the answer. His answer was: "The pole is like a spear, the door is like a shield, and the spear penetrates the shield, leaving only one hole."

Although Li Hao and Lu Dongzan have very different expressions, they both clearly described the method, which is the correct answer.

As for the envoys from other countries, they are still thinking hard, and some people even use pens to draw pictures on paper. In fact, this question is really simple. Why can these envoys be difficult? Because this question has a trap, and the trap lies in the length of the bamboo pole. And the width and height of the door, these data are very confusing, and will inadvertently introduce the respondent into the two-dimensional world, and compete with these data.

The envoy of Huoer Country thought for a long time, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, he finally came up with the answer, and then he picked up his pen to write, but his pen was stuck in the air and couldn’t fall down, because he didn’t know how to write, it’s not that he Can't write the characters of Tang Dynasty, but he doesn't know how to describe it at all, and writes holding a bamboo pole horizontally?No, although the fact is that it is held horizontally, he was already nervous about how to hold it horizontally. Now that there is not much time to answer the question, he is even more nervous. The more nervous he is, the less he knows how to describe it.

At this moment, Xu Lian suddenly said: "The time is up, please put down your pens, otherwise it will be regarded as a wrong answer."

Messenger Hall almost collapsed. He knew the answer but couldn't write it out. One can imagine the depression in his heart.

Then Xu Lian personally took everyone's answer sheets in his hands and showed them to everyone. After reading them, Xu Lian asked the envoy of Chenla Kingdom: "Who has answered this question correctly?"

The envoy from Chenla said: "The Marquis of Lantian County and the envoy from Tubo have answered correctly."

Li Shimin was happy when he heard the words, and silently wrote down the names of Li Hao and Lu Dongzan.

Next, it was Lu Dongzan's turn to pose a question, and Li Shimin immediately became nervous.

　What questions will Lu Dongzan ask, what questions will be asked, oh, I'm so looking forward to it!Ha ha!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)