At the same time, in the Dali Imperial Palace.
In the Imperial Garden, the Emperor of Dali, who was dressed splendidly, was holding a bucket of bait in his hand, quietly feeding the fish in the water.
Behind him, a man in black knelt on one knee, as if he was saying something.
The Emperor of Dali paused and said, "Are you saying that the Crown Prince and the others came out of the city to welcome us?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The man in black did not dare to hide anything. "The Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and the Third Prince are courteous and tried their best to invite that person …"
"Respect the wise? If I'm not mistaken, that person didn't agree, right? "The Emperor of Dali threw out a handful of bait.
"That's right!"
The man in black said respectfully, "That person rejected right away, but that person left with Grand Preceptor Ning's people."
"You don't understand?"
The emperor of Dali turned around and looked at him.
The man in black prostrated, "I am slow-witted …"
"The Grand Tutor is still too old-fashioned …"
The Emperor of Dali turned around and looked at the schools of fish fighting for food in the water. He said calmly, "It's been a thousand years. The etiquette and music are about to collapse. The Grand Preceptor is still stubbornly sticking to that …"
The man in black did not dare to speak.
After a while, the Emperor of Dali asked, "Tell me, in Dali, who is more powerful, me or the Grand Preceptor?"
"I … I don't … don't know!" The black-clothed man's body trembled violently, and he was extremely terrified.
"Say, if not for the Grand Preceptor back then, do you think I would have been able to conquer this land today?"
"Your Majesty, spare … spare my life!"
The black-clothed man almost fainted.
"Forget it …"
The Emperor of Dali seemed to be a little dispirited. After throwing the last bait, he turned around and left.
Not long after he left, the entire imperial garden collapsed with a loud bang, and all the living creatures turned into dust …
…
On the carriage, Ye Chen looked at the donkey that was pulling the carriage. He was getting more and more interested. "I can't believe it knows what it means to be divided …"
The so-called separated mind was the psychology of Buddhism. It referred to the unfairness of the heart and the inability to treat all living beings equally. There was a difference between good and evil, good and bad, close and distant …
The donkey shook its big ears and said rather proudly, "Tong Tong knows a lot. These were all taught by my master …"
"Your name is Tong Tong?" The cute little baby in Ye Chen's embrace finally could not help but ask.
It was not that the little fellow had never encountered an animal that could talk, such as Little Black, but it was her first time seeing an animal that could read.
"Yes, Tong Tong is the name my master gave me. What's your name?" the donkey replied.
The little girl struggled in Ye Chen's embrace. She said excitedly as if she had met someone her age, "My name is Ye Mengmeng. You can call me Mengmeng."
"Meng Meng, do you know how to read?" the donkey asked.
The little fellow shook her head repeatedly. "I don't like studying. I hate studying. Besides, I'm still in kindergarten …"
"What is a kindergarten?"
The donkey's swaying ears paused for a moment. It was incomparably astonished. "I've only heard of elementary school, imperial college …"
After saying that, it said in a meaningful tone, "You have to read more. My master said that reading can open one's mind. I studied with my master for decades, and I also studied at the Imperial College for a few years. Later, I became the top scholar, but my master still thinks that I have too little knowledge …"
"Top scholar?"
Ye Chen's expression froze slightly as he said in surprise, "You're a top scholar?"
"That's right. That was decades ago. At that time, it was the time for the imperial examinations …"
The donkey said with lingering fear, "My master chased me out and asked me to participate in the imperial examinations. He said that if I couldn't become the top scholar, he would kill me to go with wine …"
Ye Chen looked at the little girl in his embrace, his expression a little unnatural.
The ancient imperial examinations were much more difficult than the current college entrance examination. However, a beast had suppressed all humans and become the top scholar.
As for the daughter in his arms, Su Yuhan usually asked her to study as if she was killing her.
Seemingly sensing Ye Chen's ugly expression, Mengmeng stuck her tongue out and said in dissatisfaction, "Is the top scholar very powerful? Let me test you. Do you know what Pi is? "
"Pi?"
The donkey's hooves paused and it turned around to look at her. "What's Pi?"
Even the blind old man could not help but prick up his ears.
Ye Chen did not know whether to laugh or cry.
Although the little girl was in kindergarten, her memory had long surpassed that of ordinary people because she ate his medicinal pills like candy. Perhaps ordinary high school students did not know as much as she did.
"You don't even know Pi?"
As expected, the little girl's face was full of pride. "Pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to the diameter. It's equal to the product of infinite fractions, which is about 3.141592654 …"
The donkey's eyes were blank. "Circumference? Diameter? Fractions? Multiplication? Accumulation?
Let me test you again! “
The little girl smiled slyly. "Do you know what Goldbach's conjecture is?"
"Goldbach's conjecture?"
The donkey was at a loss again. "What is that?"
The little girl shook Ye Chen's arm happily. "Goldbach's conjecture was proposed by a great mathematician. Any integer greater than two can be written as the sum of three prime numbers."
"Integer? Prime numbers? "
The donkey was dumbfounded again. It thought it was knowledgeable, but it had never heard of such things.
The little girl stuck her tongue out and said, "What's one plus one?"
"I know this. I've learned arithmetic. It's equal to two …" The donkey secretly sighed in relief.
"How do you know it's equal to two? How can you prove it? "The little girl was persistent.
"Of course, it's equal to two according to the saint."
"Who is the saint? A mathematician or a physicist? Did he prove that one plus one is equal to two? What about the proof formula? "
"…"
The donkey looked up at the sky.
It was doubting life.
Ye Chen looked at it sympathetically. Before this, it was a genius, but it was completely tricked by the mischievous little girl.
Thinking to this point, he could not help but pinch the little girl's face, "Alright, don't make things difficult for me …"
'Is it appropriate for a modern person to bully an ancient person?'
The blind old man glanced at the meditating donkey and could not help but urge, "Let's go!"
Although that was what he said, his lips could not stop moving, "Fortunately, I didn't show off my knowledge earlier. Otherwise, I would have embarrassed myself …
When I get back, I must ask master what pi is, what is circumference, diameter, and why one plus one is equal to two … "
Thinking to this point, he regained his previous calmness, "Master is a saint who governs the world. He's learned from ancient and modern times. He must know, right …"
…
The donkey, which was confused by the little girl's series of questions, walked very slowly. It took about an hour to reach its destination.
It was a field that looked like an ancient mountain village. Smoke curled up from the chimneys, chickens crowed, and dogs barked …
The only difference was that the villagers were all dressed in Confucian robes. Some of them were farmers holding scriptures in their hands, while some were manure pickers.
"Master, we're here."
The donkey finally stopped in front of a wooden door.
(End of this chapter)
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