system of princes and generals

Chapter 209 Three Questions
Huo Guang's mission in Chang'an has been completed. If there is no Jin Judong who troubles him from time to time, this trip to Chang'an would be considered perfect. To the point of madness, Jin Judong not only finds Huo Guang every day and talks strangely, but also keeps playing Emperor Wu, wanting to fight Huo Guang.

Huo Guang has heard of martial arts competitions before, but this buddy unexpectedly came up with such a ridiculous competition of wits. Huo Guang had to wonder if Jin Judong's IQ was on the same line as his own. It's not that I'm afraid of losing, but that I really don't want to be the object of other people's leisure time.

But it wasn't until he wanted to go back to Beiguan to look for Emperor Wu to say goodbye, that he realized that it was a foolish dream to go back if he didn't want to do anything. Originally, he thought that such naive behavior as fighting wits was just Jin Judong's wishful thinking. No minister would take it to heart, let alone His Majesty the Supreme Emperor.

What he never expected was that the person he thought was the least likely to support Jin Judong's extremely ridiculous proposal of fighting wits agreed to Jin Judong's intercession, and was very interested in it.

Emperor Wu summoned Huo Guang into the palace. He thought it might be that the emperor wanted to say some polite words before his departure, and then he could pack his things and go back to Beiguan.

However, when he stepped into the palace gate, he realized that this was not a pre-departure courtesy, it was simply an examination room.

Huo Guang had already rejected Jin Judong's proposal to fight wits before. Emperor Wu didn't say anything at the time. Afterwards, Liu Sheng told him quietly that His Majesty actually hoped that the county horse could win Qin Han's Jin Judong in the hall, so that Jin Judong would not think that he was really amazing. However, Emperor Wu respected the choice of the county horse very much. As long as the county horse was unwilling, he could completely ignore it and treat Jin Judong as a clown.

When Huo Guang stepped into the hall, he still lamented that he was too young. Maybe he was the last person who knew what was going to happen next. All the civil and military personnel in the dynasty had already arrived in the hall, including Jin Judong. When this guy saw Huo Guang enter the hall, his face A sly smile appeared on his face.

Seeing this smile means that his plot has succeeded. The summoning of Huo Guang this time is not a farewell between the emperor and his ministers, but an exam. There are only two candidates, Huo Guang and Jin Judong, and everyone else is full of enthusiasm audience.

Huo Guang still knelt down and bowed to Emperor Wu according to the procedure. At this time, Huo Guang already knew what was waiting for him, so there was no accident. Based on the contact with Jin Judong in the past two days, this guy is not a person of great wisdom.

That's why when Jin Judong said that he wanted to fight his wits, Huo Guang found it unbelievable, and he didn't want to compete with him. He just thought it was an unreasonable request made by a child, and he didn't bother to pay attention.

With great difficulty, Jin Judong persuaded Emperor Wu to agree to this battle of wits, and there were hundreds of civil and military officials to witness, so he couldn't wait for a moment and wanted to start quickly.

The most important thing is that he is confident that he can defeat Huo Guang because he brought three questions from Qin Korea. These three questions have been collected by him for a long time and have been tested by many wise men in Qin Korea. However, these wise men have no One person could answer them all, so he was sure that Huo Guang would not answer all of this question correctly. No matter how smart he was, he would not be smarter than those wise men put together.

Jin Judong stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Since the county horse has come, may I ask your Majesty, can Judong start a competition with the county horse?"

Emperor Wu is completely in a state of mind watching the excitement. What a smart person he is. Huo Guang and Jin Judong can find out that Jin Judong is an out-and-out idiot after a few days of being together. You can't see that when Jin Judong proposed to compete with Huo Guang, Emperor Wu had the mentality of watching the excitement, and was very much looking forward to the competition between Huo Guang and Jin Judong.

In his heart, Emperor Wu wished to watch this scene sooner, but on the surface he was still calm and just nodded slightly.

Liu Sheng glanced at His Majesty's actions, and softly called out to His Majesty, "Let's start."

Hearing the word "start", Jin Judong was very excited, and turned to Huo Guang and said, "I have three questions here, and even the wise men in Qin and South Korea couldn't get all the answers. I wonder if the county horse has the confidence to solve Jin's questions? "This seems to have no purpose, and it still has a learning attitude. In fact, there is a hidden mystery. If Huo Guang is wrong, it will not only show his incompetence, but also embarrass the entire country.

Huo Guang was very calm, with the corners of his mouth curled up, "I would like to hear more about it."

The corners of Jin Judong's eyes were raised slightly, with confidence shining in his eyes, and he deliberately started his first question with a high voice, "You are trapped in a room, and you want to go out. Now there are two doors, one door of life and one door of death. There are two people guarding the two doors. One only tells the truth and the other only tells lies. You don’t know which door each person is guarding. Now you can only ask one person a question. Excuse me, what kind of question do you ask? to get out."

As soon as this question came out, there was an uproar in the hall. The officials looked at me and I looked at you, but no one knew the answer.

"What door of life? Door of death?"

"There's also the truth, what's the problem with the lie?"

"I have never seen such a question since I was full of poetry and books since I was a child. I don't know the answer to this."

Huo Guang was silent, and his silence undoubtedly confirmed the guess of the ministers. The county horse could not answer this question, and he had to admit defeat at the first question.Many ministers have begun to shake their heads and sigh. Although not everyone likes Huo Guang, they will definitely keep talking to the outside world when there are external conflicts. Everyone hopes that Huo Guang can win against Jin Judong.

Seeing that Huo Guang didn't answer immediately, Jin Judong straightened his back more confidently, and looked around as if showing off.

Emperor Wu was also taken aback when he heard this question. He thought that Jin Judong would just come up with some questions about poetry, but he didn't expect that such an unimaginable question came up. This is still the first question. The two questions were definitely more difficult to answer. For a moment, Emperor Wu regretted agreeing to this competition.

Liu Sheng looked at Emperor Wu's anxious expression, then looked at Huo Guang, pursed his lips lightly, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, don't worry, you can tell by the expression on the county horse, he will definitely be able to answer this question, you Just wait and see."

(End of this chapter)