Chapter 75 The Master Behind the Scenes
The next morning, when Li Nuo got up from bed, he sneezed three times in a row.
He wrapped himself in the quilt and felt a little warmer.
The weather in Chang'an is really changeable. It was quite hot the past two days, but today the temperature suddenly dropped without any warning. It was like a seamless transition from summer to winter, and the autumn in between was eaten by dogs...
Complaining in his heart, Li Nuo rubbed his neck. The back of his neck was aching slightly. It seemed that he had a stiff neck last night.
After getting dressed and washing up, I walked into the yard and found that the yard was covered with fallen leaves and the ground was wet.
It must have rained last night. He remembered that there seemed to be thunder in the middle of the night...
The maid of the Song family was sweeping the fallen leaves in the yard. Song Muer came in wearing rain boots and skipped in. Seeing that Li Nuo had already gotten up, she smiled and invited him, "Brother Li Nuo, come and step on the puddle..."
As she finished speaking, she had already jumped into a shallow puddle, splashing water everywhere. The maid who was cleaning the yard was frightened and hurriedly reminded her, "Miss, be careful not to fall..."
Before she could finish her words, Song Muer slipped, lost her balance, and fell backwards on her back.
Just as the little maid screamed, the little girl had already completed a beautiful somersault in the air and landed steadily.
Li Nuo was filled with envy when seeing this scene. If it was him who slipped just now, he would definitely have fallen badly now.
This saves the trouble of secret codes. The one who can perform such difficult moves must be Mu'er, because Song Ning'er is afraid of hardship. Even though she has an incredible talent in martial arts, she has never practiced martial arts seriously.
Why didn't Li Nuo think of it before? In fact, to confirm the identities of the two sisters, there was no need to bother with secret codes.
Ask them to do a somersault on the spot, but the only one who can't do it is Song Ning'er.
Of course Li Nuo would not be so childish as to step into a puddle with Song Muer. He is an adult already. If others saw him, they would think he was still stupid.
More importantly, it had just rained and the ground was very slippery. He was not as agile as Mu'er. If he fell, his old waist would be broken.
Facing Mu'er's invitation, Li Nuo waved his hand and said, "You can play by yourself first. I haven't had breakfast yet."
He was about to go to the kitchen to find something to eat. Just as he reached the gate of the courtyard, he accidentally stepped on a puddle of water. His foot slipped, and he lost his balance. He was about to hit the stone steps at the gate.
A fragrant breeze blew towards him, and Li Nuo felt someone gently holding his waist. He did a beautiful spin in the air and then leaned against a soft body.
Song Jiaren removed one hand from Li Nuo's waist and held a wooden tray with the other hand, on which there was a bowl of porridge and two side dishes.
Li Nuo doesn't like greasy food in the morning. A bowl of porridge and two refreshing side dishes are just right. His wife really understands his taste.
After dinner, Li Nuo asked Song Muer in surprise, "Why haven't I seen you doing math problems recently? Didn't Mr. Chen give you any?"
Song Muer said happily: "Mr. Chen hasn't taught us these few days. He said that we don't have to take the imperial examination, so what we have learned is enough. We don't need to take math classes in the future..."
Mu'er was very happy and Li Nuo was speechless.
He saw Mr. Chen at the Song Mansion almost every day and thought he was here to attend classes, but unexpectedly he was here to listen to lectures.
After coming into contact with trigonometric functions, he seemed to have opened the door to a new world. He had endless questions every day. Fortunately, Li Nuo had a solid foundation and was not stumped by his questions.
Li Nuo did not see Mr. Chen yesterday. He read books at home for a long time today, but did not see him come over. He wondered if something happened. He used to be there every day at noon, even more punctual than Li Nuo going to work at the county government office.
At this time, Qingfeng Academy.
In the small courtyard by the lake, three sharp eyes were staring at Mr. Chen.
An old man pointed to two lines of math on the paper and said, "How did you get from here to here? Can you explain it more clearly? We don't understand..."
Mr. Chen looked calm on the surface, but he was actually sweating profusely.
In fact, he didn't understand this step of the process. He had planned to ask Li Nuo yesterday, but since yesterday, he has been entangled by these three guys and can't get away at all.
The three of them stared at Mr. Chen.
At first, they believed in Chen without a doubt, but as time went on, they gradually discovered something wrong.
What Chen Xuanli taught them every day was indeed something they had not understood before, and it belonged to a new field of mathematics. However, whenever they raised questions, he would not answer them in person, but would wait a day. If they raised new questions on the same day, he would wait another day...
This cannot but arouse suspicion.
Having dealt with Chen for a lifetime, the three of them knew his character very well.
If he had researched these things a long time ago, he would definitely show them off and would not have waited until now.
Considering his previous abnormal behaviors, they couldn't help but wonder if there was an expert guiding this old guy. The truly powerful one was the expert behind him.
This Chen guy is just bluffing...
Seeing that Mr. Chen was still silent, the old man surnamed Lu asked suspiciously, "Why, don't you know how to do it?"
Mr. Chen wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Of course not, it's just that you three are really stupid. I explained it so clearly, but you still don't understand. I'm thinking about how to explain it in a simpler and more popular way..."
He stood up and said, "But I don't have time today. I still have to go to the Song Mansion to teach those two little girls. I will give you the answer tomorrow..."
He walked out of Qingfeng Academy, stood at the gate, looked around, and after a moment, picked up the book in his hand and ran quickly in a certain direction.
At this time, a carriage slowly drove out of Qingfeng Academy. Three old men sat in the carriage, pointing at a figure that was about to disappear in the distance, and urged: "Hurry, follow it!"
On the carriage, a middle-aged man looked helpless.
In fact, he had some important things to do, but before his carriage left the academy, it was hijacked by these three gentlemen.
Even though he is the dean of the academy, he has to maintain sufficient respect towards these three elderly people who have dedicated their entire lives to the academy.
He could only look at the driver and said helplessly: "Listen to the gentlemen..."
Song Mansion.
After Li Nuo had dinner, it was almost dark when Mr. Chen finally arrived.
He seemed to have gone through a strenuous exercise, panting and sweating. As soon as he entered the door, he took out a booklet and asked Li Nuo: "Mr. Li, how did you get from here to here? I don't understand. Can you explain it to me again..."
Li Nuo took a look and realized that he really couldn't blame Mr. Chen.
He missed a step in the derivation of this formula. Although it did not affect the conclusion, it was indeed a bit too jumpy for Mr. Chen, who had just come into contact with this knowledge...
He picked up the pen and added the missed step. After Mr. Chen saw it, a look of sudden realization appeared on his old face, and he murmured, "So that's it..."
He shook his head and said with emotion: "Exquisite, really exquisite. This seemingly simple step, I have been thinking about it for two days and still can't think of it..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly noticed that Li Nuo opposite him raised his head and looked behind him.
Mr. Chen turned around and saw three extremely angry old faces.
“Shameless!”
"Shameless!"
"I have lived for sixty years and have never seen such a shameless person!"
…
After a moment, Mr. Chen laughed awkwardly and said, "I have never said that these things were thought up by me..."
The three were speechless for a moment after hearing this.
Thinking back carefully, this shameless old guy never seemed to say that.
Although he never admitted it, he didn't deny it either!
Putting aside his mathematical attainments, when it comes to shamelessness, no one among the three can match him.
The three of them temporarily shifted their gazes away from this shameless guy and looked at the young man opposite them.
Could this person be the master who has been guiding Chen Xuanli behind the scenes these days?
How is that possible?
He looks so young, probably not even twenty years old, yet he can come up with such a sophisticated mathematical theory.
If the master behind Chen Xuanli is really him, then wouldn't the three of them have been living like dogs all these years?
The old man surnamed Lu pointed at Li Nuo, his eyes full of shock, and looked at Mr. Chen, saying in disbelief: "Did he solve all those math problems before? Did he also teach you what you taught us these days?"
Seeing his expression, Mr. Chen snorted coldly and said, "Mr. Lu, don't look down on others. Although Mr. Li is not very old, his mathematical attainments are far better than even those of us old guys combined..."
The three mathematics masters originally did not believe what Chen Xuanli said.
If the master behind him was a hermit who had devoted his entire life to studying mathematics, the three of them would be able to accept it.
But he is just a teenager.
A boy who just turned eighteen.
At the age of less than 20, he had achieved achievements in mathematics that were better than those of the four of them combined. This was simply too unbelievable and they found it difficult to accept it for a while.
It was not until the old man named Lu, who did not believe in superstition, asked them some questions that had been accumulating in his mind for days in person and received detailed answers that they had to believe it.
So, when Song Jiaren walked into the courtyard, she saw this scene.
Four gray-haired old men, like students, sat on the stone benches in an orderly manner, with serious and earnest expressions.
Her husband, on the other hand, looked calm and composed, holding a long wooden ruler in his hand, and talking to them...
There will be another chapter tomorrow at noon.
(End of this chapter)
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