Chapter 337: Lanting Elegant Gathering 3
Gu Yuchuan stood at the end of the queue. His moon-white robe wrapped around his overly tall figure. From a distance, he looked like a poplar tree stuffed into a Confucian robe, appearing particularly out of place among the boys.
Master Wang looked him up and down, his goatee sticking up proudly, and he already had a plan in mind.
Gu Yuchuan glanced at him and took a step forward. "Gu Yuchuan, please teach me."
The Prime Minister has his own pride, and the three people in front of him are not worthy of him calling himself his students. Even though he only has the title of a student now.
"Gu Yuchuan? This name sounds familiar." Master Li frowned and muttered softly.
Master Wang didn't hear it, and even if he did, he wouldn't care. He was very satisfied with the person he had chosen to answer the question.
He is tall and strong, and he looks old. He doesn't even know the most basic etiquette. He looks like a big fool.
People like this are probably just here to make up the numbers, and they certainly can't even recite the simplest "Three Character Classic" in its entirety.
"How long have you been enrolled? What level have you reached so far?"
"I've been attending school for ten years. I've learned so much that I can't remember much."
Gu Yuchuan thought about just saying that he had just started school for one day, but he was afraid that Master Wang would ask questions that would insult his intelligence, so in the end he could only extend the timeline further back.
After all, although he didn't want to pay attention to these three people, he also didn't want to answer childish Three Character Classic and Hundred Family Surnames.
The smile on Master Wang's face grew even wider.
Ten years into school, he still hangs out with a bunch of kids. Well, he's definitely a fool!
"Well, after ten years of study, I'm sure your basic skills are very solid. In that case, I'll give you a somewhat difficult question."
"Listen carefully. At the market, there are chickens and rabbits in a cage. There are thirty-five chickens and rabbits on top and ninety-four legs on the bottom. How many chickens and rabbits are there?"
This is a difficult question in history. If you have not studied "Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art", you will not be able to figure it out even if you rack your brains.
The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art was not something that anyone could master. Even he, who had studied it so closely, had only grasped the basics.
How could a fool even know how to calculate? Once this question is asked, this mountain school is doomed to fail!
Gu Yuchuan frowned.
Disappointed, very disappointed.
Master Wang thought for a long time and came up with such a simple question?
He had no desire to write down the answer.
Even Gu Yuhe, the worst student standing behind him, was scratching his head. "Such simple questions are used for the test? Then why do I think I can do it?"
He felt like a fool in school, but once he left Taohua Village, he felt like a genius. Why?
Isn't it said that there is always a higher sky? The sky outside isn't that big.
"What? Can't answer it? Don't worry, just admit defeat!" Master Wang was in a good mood and tried to comfort him hypocritically. "But if you can't answer it, your class won't be able to enter the palace to participate in the literary gathering today."
Gu Yuchuan sighed. Well, for the sake of the children behind him, he'd just reluctantly answer these childish questions. "There are twenty-three chickens and twelve rabbits."
Mr. Wang, who was originally very happy, choked on a mouthful of tea in his throat and almost suffocated to death.
Gu Yuchuan also asked considerately: "Do you need me to write out the calculation process?"
Master Wang only felt that his eyes were getting darker and it seemed as if countless flies were circling in front of him.
He raised his hands to cover his violently heaving chest, his mouth wide open, like a dying fish trying in vain to breathe the dull afternoon air.
The servant behind him quickly supported his shaky body. "Master Wang, please ask me to call the doctor over."
Master Wang's face flushed red, like a shrimp stuffed into a steamer, and he pushed the servant's hand away.
His eyes were as red as blood, staring at the group of young men in green clothes below the stairs.
He couldn't believe that this group of children from the mountain school could solve the difficult problems one after another.
Something must be wrong!
Yes, it must be that the way they select people is wrong!
These guys must be playing the fool, deliberately hiding their edge, using their thin bodies and ignorant eyes as disguise, just waiting to see him make a fool of himself!
His eyes roamed the crowd like a hawk, finally landing on Zhang Chuyan.
The young man had a handsome face. His sleeves were neatly tied when he bowed. His eyes were as clear as a mountain stream. It was obvious that he was well-read.
But the more Master Wang looked, the more he felt something was wrong.
Is this also a disguise?
In this mountain school, maybe it works or not, and maybe it doesn’t!
He looked at everyone again, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had seen through Mr. Du's tricks.
This old man must have deliberately made the capable kid pretend to be a fool so that he would let his guard down!
"You, you answer the last question." His fingers trembled slightly due to the force as he pointed at Zhang Chuyan in the crowd.
The boy who was called was stunned at first, and subconsciously turned to look at Gu Yuhe beside him: "I'm calling you."
Gu Yuhe, staring blankly at the skylarks, didn't notice Master Wang's actions. He only heard his friend's urging and immediately stood up, full of energy. The sunlight shone on his robe sleeves, making his honest face shine brightly. "Come on, come on! Let's make the test more intense!"
When Master Wang saw this scene, his doubts grew even more.
Look at this kid, he has an ignorant look about him. Isn't this what a genius should look like?
Then look at Zhang Chuyan, who was called out. He refused to come forward for a long time. It was clear that he had nothing to say and was timid.
That’s right, this must be a trap set by Master Du!
Humph, you old bastard, you still want to deceive me!
"Go back!" Master Wang's voice suddenly rose, and he waved his robe sleeves and pointed at Zhang Chuyan, "I'm talking about the one next to you!"
Gu Yuhe was stunned. He looked at the teacher with wide eyes, then at his friend, and his cloth shoes made a small sound on the stone slabs: "Why is this happening? You were clearly referring to me just now!" Why did he change his mind at the last minute?
"Master, let me answer!" Gu Yuhe puffed out his chest, "I'm super awesome!"
Master Wang looked at him like this, a sneer appearing on his lips.
He has seen through it all.
Truly talented people are as flamboyant as this kid, but Zhang Chuyan, who was named, couldn't move for a long time and looked like a fool.
Master Du, Master Du, do you think you can hide this little trick from me?
He snorted in his heart and secretly made up his mind to make this old man lose miserably and let everyone see that the students he taught were nothing but this!
Zhang Chuyan sighed helplessly. He had wanted to let his friend show off his skills, but now it seemed he couldn't avoid it. He stepped forward and gently tugged at Gu Yuhe's sleeve: "Let me do it, the teacher has called on us."
Gu Yuhe's face was filled with disappointment as he muttered, "Okay... If you can't answer, just ask me secretly and I'll help you!"
Zhang Chuyan's face froze for a moment. If he couldn't answer this question, how could Gu Yuhe possibly solve it? But he didn't say anything. He just patted his friend's shoulder and said, "Okay, I'll definitely ask for your advice when the time comes."
Master Wang watched this scene with a smile on his face, but he already had a plan in mind.
Asking for help? How could he possibly give them this opportunity!
"Have you ever read the Four Books and Five Classics?"
"I've learned it." Zhang Chuyan's voice was not loud, but it carried a quiet power.
Recently, he has been studying with Gu Yuchuan, and he has unconsciously become a bit taciturn. He always likes to keep his eyes down when talking, as if he is thinking about something.
"Okay, then listen!" Master Wang paused, deliberately drawing out his words. "In the Analects, 'At fifteen, I set my heart on learning.' What exactly does this determination to learn refer to? And how does it relate to the 'investigation of things, the extension of knowledge' in the Great Learning?"
Before he could finish his words, Master Du beside him suddenly leaped up in anger, his wide sleeves sweeping across the stone table, causing the ink in the inkstone to splash out. "Wang Pifu! Do you still have any conscience? How dare you embarrass a child with such a difficult problem!"
His beard was shaking with anger, and his sharp eyes were darting around as if looking for a suitable tool.
This question has long exceeded the scope of the examination and rarely appears even in the county examination. How could Zhang Chuyan answer it?
Master Wang, however, was leisurely stroking his beard, and he felt indescribably happy when he saw Master Du's furious look.
So what if he was capable? Wasn't he still sent to this remote place to teach?
Some people are born to accept their fate.
He slowly picked up the teacup, "What? Can't answer? Then pack up and go back to your poor mountain village. You should be farming. Teaching is no longer suitable for you!"
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