These envoys naturally had no objections, and they also guessed that Li Shimin and Li Hao might operate in the dark, but it didn't matter, it was good to let Li Hao marry Princess Wencheng, at least they could make Lu Dongzan embarrassed, and their purpose was to target Lu Dongzan, not Li Hao.

After sending away the five envoys, Li Shimin said: "Poetry madness, how do you say this competition should be conducted?" ”

Li Hao said: "The competition is naturally divided into two types: martial arts and literary tests, but the martial arts test is too barbaric, it is difficult to get into the elegance, and the martial arts of the Tubo national teacher are superb, Weichen knows that he is not an opponent, so it is better to conduct a literary test." ”

"Well, that's what I thought, too." Li Shimin nodded and said, "You go back and prepare, I think about how to solve the problem, and I will send someone to reveal it to you when the time comes." ”

"Your Majesty!" Li Hao said, "Your Majesty must not publish any poems and articles, so I am afraid that Lu Dongzan will not be convinced, saying that Your Majesty is partial to Weichen." ”

Li Shimin frowned when he heard this: "That makes me embarrassed, how to solve the problem?" ”

Li Hao said: "Your Majesty can come up with some questions about wisdom." ”

Li Shimin worried: "Lu Dongzan is known as the first wise man in Tibet, and he is wise and wise...... Are you sure you can win him? ”

"Wechen is 100% sure." Li Hao nodded with a faint smile, what are you kidding, he is more than 1,300 years ahead of Lu Dongzan, if this is not comparable, he will be killed directly by hitting his head.

"Okay." Li Shimin nodded happily and said, "Anyway, I will also reveal the test questions to you, but I will be sure that nothing will go wrong." ”

The next day, the holy decree was issued to the Quartet Pavilion, so that the envoys of the six countries met at the first day of October, and participated in the competition in front of the palace with Li Hao, competing for Princess Wencheng, and the envoys of the six countries received their orders one after another.

Under the pavilion in the courtyard of the Tibetan envoy group, Basutuo and Lu Dongzan were drinking tea, they couldn't put down the tea invented by Li Hao, and after drinking for a while, Basutuo asked Lu Dongzan: "Phase, this competition in front of the palace, I'm afraid it's boring." ”

Lu Dongzan drank tea calmly and said: "This matter is naturally known, Li Hao's son is full of tricks, if he doesn't cheat, then it won't be him." ”

Basutuo asked worriedly: "If the Tang Emperor favors Li Hao and cheats for personal gain, what should I do?" ”

"You don't have to worry about that." Lu Dongzan put down the teacup and smiled confidently, "Do you think that the title of the first wise man in Tibet is wasted, the prime minister has his own magic method to deal with it, then Li Hao can also play tricks and tricks, if it is wisdom, how can he be the opponent of the original appearance." ”

Seeing this, Basutuo smiled calmly and said: "Then a certain family will congratulate the prime minister in advance, after this competition in front of the palace, the great minister will no longer be the first wise man in Tibet, but the first wise man in the world." ”

Lu Dongzan continued to drink tea, smiling silently, obviously acquiescing to Basutuo's words.

On the first day of October, the great court meeting was held as scheduled, this time the great court meeting, many people who had not been in the court for a long time came, even Li Tai, the king of Wei, and Li Ke, the king of Wu, came to participate, and they also wanted to see the competition in front of the palace.

Li Hao had already received the test questions sent by Li Shimin, and after Li Hao read Li Shimin's test questions, he smiled indifferently, except for the nine songs and beads, the other test questions were pediatrics.

At the beginning of the court, the ministers entered the palace and bowed, and then Li Shimin said: "The envoys of the six countries of Xuantubo, Tianzhu, Gesa, Dashi, Hall, and Zhenla will meet you." ”

Huangmen repeated loudly: "The envoys of the six countries of Xuantubo, Tianzhu, Gesa, Dashi, Hall, and Zhenla are here!" ”

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

After entering the palace to salute, Li Shimin said: "The top priority of today's court meeting is to conduct a competition in front of the palace, with the participation of your envoys from the six countries and the seven parties of the Tang Lantian County, Hou Li Hao, and the final winner can marry Princess Wencheng." ”

"Yes!"

"Where is Hou Li Hao of Lantian County!" Li Shimin shouted Li Hao.

Li Hao came out and saluted: "Weichen is here." ”

Li Shimin said: "Since the seven parties have arrived, then I will talk about the method of today's competition, today's competition, not martial arts, not poetry, but wisdom, I have five problems, and the one who can solve the most problems will be considered a winner, do you have any objections?" ”

"No objection to the ministers!" Li Hao and the envoys of the five countries replied in unison.

Lu Dongzan suddenly said: "Ge Dongzan has objections. ”

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

Lu Dongzan said: "Your Majesty, since it is a wisdom test, Ge Dongzan 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 counted as the winner." ”

As soon as this remark came out, the hall was in an uproar, Li Hao squinted at Lu Dongzan, and secretly admired Lu Dongzan for being really smart, in order to prevent Li Shimin from operating in the dark, he actually proposed a wonderful method for each contestant to come up with a question, so in this way, there is 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, the contestant will ask the contestant.

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

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

Lu Dongzan suddenly said: "Your Majesty, in order to prevent anyone from colluding, Geerdongzan suggested that the seven contestants be separated. ”

The envoys of the other five countries changed color when they heard this, and looked at each other, their little caution was all seen through by Lu Dongzan, if it was really fair and wise, they didn't have the confidence to compare with Lu Dongzan at all.

Li Shimin cast an inquiring glance at Li Hao again, Li Hao still nodded, and Li Shimin said loudly: "Come on, raise the screen!" ”

At the sound of the order, the eunuchs began to get busy, and after a while, the hall was separated by a screen of seven single rooms, like small rooms, each small single room was separated by two feet, and in the middle stood Jin Wuwei, in case someone spread the word of cheating.

Li Hao looked at the layout of the competition venue, shook his head and sighed secretly: "Lu Dongzan is really a talent to be a great appearance in Tubo, he should be an invigilator." ”

Lu Dongzan was finally satisfied, but Li Shimin was not very happy, and asked with a frown: "Lu Dongzan, are you satisfied now?" ”

Lu Dongzan arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Ge Dongzan has no objections, you can start." ”

"Good!" Li Shimin said in a loud voice, "Seven, let's enter." ”

Seven people entered one after another, Ge Erdongzan was next to Li Hao, there was a book case in the single room, and there were four treasures of the study room on the case for them to write answers.

Seeing them enter and sit down, Li Shimin gave Xu Lian a look, and Xu Lian said loudly: "The competition begins!" Please hourglass! ”

I saw a eunuch holding a small hourglass and handed it to Xu Lian, Xu Lian took it and put it on Li Shimin's desk, this hourglass is produced by Li Hao's glass workshop, the carving is fine, ten chic, and the price is also expensive, now Li Hao's glass workshop is not just as simple as making mirrors and glasses, in order to make money, it is still necessary to continue to innovate.

Li Shimin flipped the hourglass, and the fine sand suddenly began to leak down, very fast, Li Hao measured, it takes five minutes for all the fine sand to leak, that is, the work of a tea in ancient times, and the maximum error will not exceed ten seconds.

Seeing that Li Shimin flipped the hourglass, Xu Lian said loudly again, "In order, the Tianzhu envoy will be the first to ask the question, and the content of the question cannot be divided into territories. ”

The so-called content of the question can not be divided into territories, that is, you can't take out some remote knowledge of your own country to ask, for example, the Tianzhu envoy can ask, how long is the elephant's trunk, after all, the ancient transportation is not developed, and the envoys of several other countries estimate that they have never seen an elephant in their lives.

The swarthy Tianzhu envoy racked his brains to think about it, and after thinking for a long time, he said with a sad face: "I didn't prepare, I didn't ask the question." ”

Li Hao was a little surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, he was immediately relieved, this method of competition was proposed by Lu Dongzan temporarily, of course they didn't prepare any problems, and when they were nervous, they would forget the problems they had encountered before.

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

Next came the envoy of the Zhenla country, and the envoy of the Zhenla country thought about it and said: "A bamboo pole, one zhang long, one person holds it in his hand and asks how to pass through the door three feet wide and seven feet high without cutting off the bamboo pole?" ”

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

Li Shimin flipped the hourglass, and Xu Lian announced loudly: "Start answering questions, time limit for one cup of tea!" ”

Li Hao was helpless, although the topic was simple, and he felt that his IQ was insulted, he still had to answer, and wrote on the paper: "The door faces north and south, holding a bamboo pole horizontally, the head is south and the tail is north, and the bamboo pole is thousands of feet, and you can also pass the door." ”

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

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

As for the envoys of several other countries, they are still meditating, and some people even draw pictures on paper with a pen, in fact, this question is really simple, why can these messengers be stumped, because this question has a trap, 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 answerer into the two-dimensional world, and compete with these data.

The envoy of the Hall Kingdom thought for a long time, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and finally came up with the answer, and then picked up the pen and prepared to write, but his pen was frozen in the air and couldn't fall, because he didn't know how to write, not that he couldn't write the words of the Tang Dynasty, but he didn't know how to describe it at all. No, although the fact is that it is taken horizontally, but how it should be horizontal, he was originally nervous, and now that the time for answering the question is running out, he is even more nervous, and the more nervous he is, the more he doesn't know how to describe it.

At this moment, Xu Lian suddenly said: "When the time comes, please put your pen down, otherwise it will be regarded as a wrong answer." ”

Hall's envoy was almost broken, knowing the answer, but he couldn't write it, and the depression in his heart could be imagined.

Then Xu Lian personally went to take everyone's answer sheet in his hand and showed it to everyone, and after reading it, Xu Lian asked the envoy of Zhenla: "Who answered this question correctly?" ”

The envoy of Zhenla said: "The envoy of Lantian County and the envoy of Tubo have answered correctly. ”

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

Next, it was Lu Dongzan's turn to ask the question, and Li Shimin suddenly became nervous.