Hearing this, Mu Weizhou felt a little uncomfortable. He had previously calculated that if Liu Qingping took all the points, the ratio of their points would be ten to sixteen. In other words, unless he got the full points, he would lose. When he first started playing this game, he thought that there would be three people on each side. When the time came, he would just take advantage of the situation and act as the "inferior horse". He reckoned that the three men would not lose to the three women. However, he didn't expect that it would be like this. "Ritual, music, archery, driving, calligraphy, and mathematics". These were concepts that were far from his own. At this moment, they were actually defeated in front of his eyes. Even now, he was not sure if he had completely understood the meaning of these words. He wanted to follow his initial plan, but he would definitely lose. However, if he were to complete the six arts in one go, that would be a fool's dream.
As Mu Weizheng thought about it, he heard Liu Qingping say to Wang Chong,""Master Wang, what should we do if someone is deliberately playing a passive game?”
At this moment, everyone except Mu Weizhou had finished playing the game. Wang Chong knew that Liu Qingping was joking with Mu Weizhou, so he said,""If it's a passive game, Old Wang feels that the punishment should be doubled, not tripled!”
Mu Weizhou looked at the two of them echoing each other and thought,"Don't think that we don't care about many things, but if you want to see us raise our hands and surrender, don't even think about it. Forget it, but what could the Six Arts do?”
Seeing Mu Weizhou's hesitation, Liu He encouraged him,""Big brother, you have to think of a way to get full points!”In his opinion, whether or not Mu Weizhou could get the full points was related to whether or not they could win against the three girls. This was a matter of face.
Mu Weizhou looked at Liu He, then at the words that Liu He had written on the wall. He gradually had an idea. He walked to the wall and picked up an ordinary sword. He pulled it out and flicked the tip of the sword with his finger. He felt that it was not to his liking and was about to change it when he heard Liu Qingping say,"What's wrong, Brother Mu? Do you want to learn from Feng Xuan and sing? Delaying was also considered passive.”In fact, Liu Qingping sounded like she was laughing at Mu Weizhou's passive game. She hoped that Mu Weizhou could get a full score. If outsiders heard today's game, they would most likely associate Mu Weizhou with the " Six Arts ". The reason why she had said 'singing with a sword' was because she knew that Mu Weizhou could not sing, so she had secretly reminded him.
Mu Weizhou knew that the song was a story about Feng Xuan, Lord Mengchang's hanger-on. He had read " Records of the Historian " before. Because he liked Lord Xinling, he had read the Biography of the Four Gentlemen of the Warring States Period many times. Just now, he had already made up his mind. If it really didn't work, he wouldn't care if it was hard to hear or not. He would just learn a few lines of the lyrics that others had just sung and then act shamelessly. He flicked the tip of the sword to find two sharp ones that would be useful later. Hearing Liu Qingping's words, he couldn't help but have an idea. After figuring out this part, Mu Weizhou had figured out all the content he wanted to present. He immediately picked up a sword that he liked and the bow on the table. He stood in the middle of the ground with a bright expression. He lowered the head of the sword as if he was bowing to everyone. Then, he closed his eyes and stood still with his breath held.
In fact, everyone present had high hopes for Mu Weizhou. They all wanted to see if he could get a full score.
Suddenly, Mu Weizhou opened his eyes. He used the sword in his hand as an arrow and placed the hilt on the bowstring. He shot at the target on the outer wall of the hall. As soon as the sword flew out, Mu Weizhou threw away his bow and rushed out of the Sunset Smoke Hall. In the middle of the courtyard, he stretched out his arm and grabbed the flying sword. Then, he used the " Lonely Goose in the Rain " to rise from the ground. His entire body was suspended in the air, and he used the tip of the sword to write on the ground. Before he could finish writing a word or two, Mu Weizhou landed on both feet and flicked his index finger on the sword, making a pleasant "ding ding" sound. This " ding ding " sound formed a rhythm. Along with the rhythm, Mu Weizhou sang,"There's fish to eat, a house to live in, and a group of good friends." Each of them had their own unique skills, and the burly man became brighter and brighter. Hey!" With a " hehe ", Mu Weizhou, who had been like a giant bird floating in the sky, landed on the ground and kept his sword. It was considered complete.
Everyone knew that Mu Weizhou had been diligently practicing his martial arts recently, but they did not expect him to be so fast. However, this was not the strangest thing. The strangest thing was that Liu Qingping, Dou Tao, Wei Luan, and even Wang Chong could not understand what tune he was singing. If you said that he wasn't a tune, it sounded like it. If you said that he was a tune, not only would everyone not be able to tell where it came from, but they would also feel that it was " especially impactful."
"Sister Qingping, can you tell what song Weizhou is playing?”Wei Luan could not help but ask.
"Sister Wei, I think you should ask if he used a song." Liu Qingping thought for a moment and smiled.”
" Why didn't you use a song?" Mu Weizhou asked indignantly." Just because you haven't heard it before doesn't mean it doesn't exist."”Of course, Mu Weizhou knew that he had used a song. In order not to make it too unpleasant to listen to, he had specially chosen a simple song-" The East is Red." However, to be honest, even those who had heard " The East is Red " couldn't tell if it was mixed with the tune of " Defending the Yellow River ". Unfortunately, no one present had heard these two songs before.
"Then tell me, what song did you use?”Liu Qingping said.
When Mu Weizhou heard this, he thought to himself, Even if I used 'The East is Red', I can't tell you. The key is that I can't explain it clearly.”"I'm using a tune I heard in my hometown when I was young. I don't know what it's called." What's wrong?"
Liu Qingping pursed her lips and turned to Wang Chong.""Master Wang, you are very knowledgeable. Can you tell what tune Brother Mu is using?”
Of course, Wang Chong didn't know. Even if he knew, he might not be able to tell. Because what Mu Weizhou had just sung was definitely an 'original song', from the lyrics to the tune. However, Wang Chong knew that Mu Weizhou often did things beyond his expectations, and when he heard that it was a folk song from his hometown, he couldn't help but hesitate."Uh, although Old Wang has dabbled in the theories of various schools of thought, he really doesn't know much about music. From what Lao Wang had heard before, there did not seem to be any similar tunes used by Wei Zhou. Wei Zhou, can you explain to everyone the origin of this song?”
Mu Weizhou thought to himself, how could this be explained?"To be honest, I heard this tune when I was young. Because it sounded simple, I never forgot it. You know I can't sing, so I used a simple song. I think…maybe it was sung by the shepherd when he herded the sheep.”
Liu Qingping couldn't help but laugh when she heard that. She said,""Hehe, you only know how to talk nonsense. If someone used such a sonorous tune to herd the sheep, wouldn't the sheep run around?!”When the others heard this, they all laughed out loud.
Mu Weizhou's face turned red when he heard that.""Then don't worry about it. Since you also admit that this song is sonorous, then I've got my 'happy' point. Moreover, Feng Xuan might not have used any well-known tune when he sang the song while playing the sword. Therefore, you could say that I didn't sing well, but you couldn't say that I didn't know music.”
After hearing Mu Weizhou's words, Liu Qingping was speechless and could not refute him. "Uh, everyone, in my opinion, Wei Zhou's words do make sense." Wang Chong said. Weizhou came from the north. Since ancient times, Yanzhao and Beiyi had bordered each other. If it was as Weizhou said, the locals sang this tune to herd sheep, then Lao Wang could only say that this tune might have been passed down from ancient times or the barbarians.”
Everyone burst into laughter again. At first, Mu Weizhou thought that Wang Chong was explaining for him, but after listening to him, he felt that there was a hidden meaning behind his words.
Liu Qingping stopped laughing and said," Alright, even if he expressed 'joy', then Master Wang, how many points do you think he will get?”
Hearing this, Wang Chong came back to his senses and said,""This Old Wang still needs to discuss this with King Xiapi. I was too focused on the exquisite Weizhou Flying Swords and forgot to count the points.”
Mu Weizhou saw Wang Chong and Liu Yan checking the courtyard and could not help but say proudly,""There's no need to look. It's definitely full!" He knew that as long as he could get the "happy" points, he would definitely be able to get the full points.
Wang Chong didn't care about it and looked at the words Mu Weizhou had written on the ground. He thought for a moment and said,""Not bad, full point!"
At this time, Liu Qingping and the others had already walked out of the hall. When they heard Wang Chong's words, Wei Luan looked at the triangular words on the ground and couldn't help but ask,""Why?"
"Miss Wei, I'll explain it to you." Wang Chong stroked his beard. The words written on Weizhou's ground were quite mysterious. Look at this vertical line first."
"Chasing Water Melody, isn't this one of the 'controlling' skills that the Crown Prince wrote before?”Wei Luan said.
"That's right. Miss Wei, read the slanted and horizontal lines again.”Wang Chong said.
"The Great Dao is for the world?" Wei Luan read it again.
"It should be-the journey of the Great Dao, the world is for all!”Wang Chong repeated," When Emperor Xuan of the previous dynasty, Dai De and Dai Sheng selected and compiled the Book of Rites. His uncle Dai De selected and compiled 85 articles, which are called "Da Dai Ji," and his nephew Dai Sheng selected and compiled 49 articles, which are called "Xiao Dai Ji." These words were from the first two sentences of the famous chapter "Li Yun Pian" in "Xiao Dai Ji."”
"Haha, that means Weizhou's 'Rites' and 'Rites' are also good?”Ban Chao laughed.
"Not bad." Wang Chong said with certainty," However, how many people can do this?”
Wang Chong's words immediately caused everyone present to ponder. After a while, Liu Qingping sighed and said,""Alright, Big Brother Mu has maxed out. You win."
"Sister Qingping, why is it full? Even if you count Brother Mu's bow and sword, it's only five points." 16 to 15, we clearly won.”
Wang Chong chuckled and squatted down. He drew a line beside each line of words on the ground and said,"Miss Dou, what do you think this is?”
"This is a triangle. What's wrong?”Dou Tao said.
"Haha, how many words are there on each side of the triangle?”Wang Chong asked.
Dou Tao counted,"Three vertically, five diagonally, and four horizontally."”
"Miss Dou, try to multiply the numbers and then add the two decimals together to see what the result is.”Wang Chong said.
Speaking of this, Liu Meng was also full of smiles, revealing the posture of a victor.
Dou Tao followed Wang Chong's instructions and suddenly said,""Eh, why is the addition of two numbers equal to the third number?”When the others heard this, they also calculated it themselves. It was indeed the same.
"Hehe. I'm not sure. Wei Zhou was smart, he actually used such a method to express the Pythagorean phrase, wonderful! Wonderful!" Wang Chong said with a smile.
Mu Weizhou was looking at the three words that Liu Meng had written on the wall, and he had an idea to use this method to calculate. He thought that he had calculated it by coincidence, but he did not expect that something he had known since elementary school would be praised as wonderful at this moment. Looking at the other people who were still calculating, he was also stunned.
Wang Chong continued,"The Pythagorean stock was first recorded in the Zhoubi Suanjing. Legend has it that it was discovered by Shang Gao during the Zhou Dynasty a thousand years ago. Once, the Duke of Zhou asked Shang Gao: In ancient times, when making astronomical measurements and surveying the calendar, there were no such high steps to measure the sky, and if you wanted to measure the earth, you couldn't measure it foot by foot. So how did the final number come about? Shang Gao replied,"Number is based on the principle of circle and square. Circle comes from square and square comes from moment." The 'moment' he mentioned was a drawing tool with a right angle in ancient times. Shang Gao also specifically gave an example of a right triangle with three strands, four chords, and five chords. Therefore,"Zhoubi Suanjing" said: Pythagorean each multiply, and then open the square to divide. He did not expect Wei Zhou to have dabbled in the Zhoubi Suanjing. Old Wang was impressed.”
Mu Weizhou had never thought that the mnemonic chant he had learned in primary school would be interpreted by Wang Chong in such a way. He didn't know whether to be humble or to explain, so he could only mumble weakly,""No, no. I accidentally saw it when I was reading a book two days ago.”
Ban Chao said happily,""In that case, Brother Wei Zhou has maxed out? Doesn't that mean we've won? Come, come, come. Old Ban will fill a big bowl for the three girls. You can drink slowly. There will be more after you finish.”
The three girls had nothing to say. Under Liu Yan's supervision, they each drank a big bowl of wine. Mu Weizhou saw that they had spent so much effort just to drink a bowl of wine, so he shouted that it was not worth it. He clamored for them to drink another bowl, but Liu Yan refused sternly. He even punished Mu Weizhou with a bowl of wine in the name of being shameless. When the second round began, Mu Weizhou was actually selected as the supervisor. He didn't expect that after one round, he, who pretended to be proficient in the six arts, would get a little drunk.
When it was dinner time, everyone set up the dishes again. Under Dou Tao's suggestion, they walked around twice and said "farewell" but did not say "sad" words. In the end, Liu Qingping cried again. Since Liu Qingping was leaving the next day, everyone left after dinner. Seeing Liu Qingping cry, Mu Weizhou felt bad. After sending her out, he said," Be careful on the road. I won't send you off tomorrow." Then, he turned around and returned to the hall. He didn't even hear what Liu Qingping said.
That night, Mu Weizhou did not take off his clothes as he lay on the bed. However, he did not fall asleep until midnight. The reason why he said those words to Liu Qingping was because he didn't like to part or leave, especially those who were close to him. He didn't know what to say on that occasion, and he was afraid that his inappropriate expression would cause others to feel sad. Mu Weizhou always wanted others to think that he was a free and easy person who did not care about anything and had no intention of staying or leaving. He tried not to express his feelings. Because he felt that the people who left would come back one day, and the people who parted would meet one day. It was very unreasonable to be sad because of a temporary separation. He felt that he was more influenced by his father. He remembered that during the previous two winter and summer vacations, Mu Weizhou would carry his luggage and bid farewell to his mother at the door. His father would always hide in the house, as if he did not care about his son's departure at all. However, every time the long-distance bus passed by the road in front of his house, he seemed to see his father standing on the balcony and looking at the road, wondering if the bus had left. He didn't know if this counted as 'I won't send you off if you leave.'”
Mu Weizhou had mixed feelings when he thought of his parents. He had never been without news from them for such a long time. Although he had never taken the initiative to call home when he was in school, he would always get a call from home after a week or two. He used to think that those phone calls were meaningless.
"I wonder how they've been recently?”Mu Weizhou sighed to himself. Suddenly, he reminded himself that he should not be so weak. Two days, just two days. He would be able to return soon. He tried his best to avoid thinking about this matter, and also to avoid wondering if he should send Liu Qingping off tomorrow. Thus, he began to practice according to the Space Element Technique.
Ever since his master had told him that the Hongjun Sword Art and the Art of Nature were more powerful when used together, Mu Weizhou had been tempted. Although he didn't know the Heavenly Sound Technique, why couldn't he use the Void Element Technique instead? However, if he wanted to achieve this effect, he would have to first master the Space Element Technique. What Mu Weizhou felt regretful about was that he had not made any progress in the Kongyuan Technique. Two days ago, he remembered asking his master about it. Unexpectedly, although his master had praised the Kongyuan Technique, he could not give any guidance. He even advised Mu Weizhou not to practice blindly and to let nature take its course. However, Mu Weizhou always felt that his thoughts were correct and did not take his master's warning seriously.
As Mu Weizhou thought about it, he practiced. After a while, the alcohol rushed up and he fell asleep in a daze.
When she woke up, she saw the morning light. He washed up and ate something before sitting there in a daze. Looking at the Cheng Ying sword hanging on the wall, he thought that since Brother Liu had traveled a long way, it was only right for him to take a sword. However, he felt that it was inappropriate. Since Liu Qingping was going back under the imperial edict, she probably did not lack this sword. After a long time, he suddenly remembered that when he was treating the guests yesterday, there were a few servants on duty. He felt that he needed to go to the Eastern Palace and talk to these brothers to avoid being rude. In fact, he knew that the shift would have been changed by now. However, he felt that Liu Meng might have returned late yesterday and had not changed yet.
When Mu Weizhou arrived at the Eastern Palace, Liu Wei was no longer there, and the few people on duty were replaced by Geng Kui and the others. He asked Geng Kui about it and heard that Liu Wei had gone to Yanshi with Deng Zhi and three or four others. He could not help but blame Geng Kui for being careless. Geng Kui didn't say anything else and quickly found two horses to gallop towards Yanshi.
As soon as they arrived at the east gate of Yanshi, they saw Liu He leading Dou Tao, Wei Luan, and the others back. On the straight official road, a carriage had already gone far away, becoming a small dot.
When everyone saw Mu Weizhou, they did not speak to him. Mu Weizhou led the horse and walked beside Liu He. He raised the Cheng Ying sword and said,""It's a long journey. I'm here to deliver a sword.”
Liu Meng looked at him and sighed,""Sister Qingping left with four guards.”
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