Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

He kept writing with the brush in his hand and wrote down the answer while thinking, which was the word "入"!

When the waiter saw this, he had no choice but to say the correct answer, which shocked everyone present.

Enjoying Zhan Doudou's slightly admiring eyes, Li An smiled slightly, and silently thanked the nine-year compulsory education and the physics teacher in his heart. It's not their fault that they reacted slowly, but in fact they didn't know the relationship between virtual images and projections, and they didn't have the opposite concept in their minds, so naturally they didn't have time to react.

Everyone in the hall on the third floor looked at each other, and it took a while for them to realize that the "person" in the mirror was actually the character "入" (enter)!

This is more of a brain teaser than a puzzle!

Zhu Wenlong was in a state of despair just now, and now he looked as pale as death. His face turned pale in an instant, and at this moment he only wanted to escape from the scene and never show up in front of people again. It was really embarrassing!

Who cares about winning or losing?

Everyone came to their senses. This kid had won another game. Now he had no more excuses. If he lost, he lost.

But when Zhu Wenlong wanted to leave, Li An was not in a hurry to let him go!

Determined to destroy this man's prestige, Li Anyan said: "Don't say I didn't give you a chance. The waiter has another question in his hand. We can continue to answer it. If you answer this last question correctly first, you will win today!"

Zhu Wenlong raised his head in disbelief. Could it be that this man was too ambitious and had been blinded by his two victories?

Anyway, he had lost face after two consecutive defeats, so what would it matter if he said this? If he won, it would be a good opportunity to avenge his previous defeat! Just as he was about to agree, Li An spoke again.

"Of course, what's the point of just competing like this? You know, we have some agreements before, and the loser should be self-aware in the future. I hate betting on people the most, so let's use gold and silver as the prize for this third question!"

As soon as Li Ang said this, everyone looked down on him a little.

The poor scholar was indeed a poor scholar. He thought he had Mr. Zhu in his grasp and wanted to make some money. But he didn't know how important his connections would be if he wanted to enter the officialdom after the Spring Examination. If he offended everyone today, he would have no money to spend and his future would be completely ruined!

Unexpectedly, Li An's next words almost made them spit out the wine they had just drunk: "Five hundred thousand taels of silver. If you agree, we can proceed to the third question."

"Are you crazy?"

"Of course not."

Zhu Wenlong looked stupid, but he said he was not crazy. He even mentioned 500,000 taels of silver. It seemed that he was crazy about the silver. "Let's not talk about whether I will accept such a large amount of money. Let's talk about the 500,000 taels. How much can you take out?"

"No way! Is there anyone who can't even come up with 500,000 taels?" Li An's laughter sounded so harsh in everyone's ears, "If I can't come up with it, I can pay with my life!"

Zhu Wenlong was in a dilemma, his face was blue and white. That's right, he didn't have so much, let alone him, even his family had so much in all these years. But he was unwilling to admit defeat, and was in a dilemma.

"Brother Zhu, are you sure? We are classmates. I can lend you 50,000 taels of silver!"

"That's right! I can also help!"

"And I!"

"If the other party loses and can't pay, I want him to pay with his life!"

Seeing everyone in the room united in hatred of the enemy and full of anger, Li An just found it interesting. Maybe they wouldn't be so aggressive when facing the Qing people. Anyway, there was no rush, so he let them discuss it and he could just watch the show.

He told the waiter to serve a table of good wine and delicious food, and then he started eating and drinking with Zhan Doudou.

I'll fill my stomach first, since someone else is paying for it. I haven't had a proper meal for so long, and I just had a small bowl of Yuanxiao long ago. I'm really hungry now.

The warrior's appetite was extraordinary, and everyone was stunned.

Could this kid be the reincarnation of a starving ghost? How could he be so greedy? Seeing Li An's arrogant look, as if he had already eaten everyone, everyone present gnashed their teeth.

However, some young ladies from less well-off families had bright eyes and looked at Li Ang's face, lost in thought.

Although I have the support of my classmates, it is still quite far from the amount of 500,000 taels.

Just as Zhu Wenlong was hesitating and thinking of finding an excuse to refuse, a clear female voice rang out throughout the hall, causing a stir in this quiet scene!

"How much more is left? This princess will give it!"

It turned out that it was the daughter of King Jing, Zhan Xuqing, known as Princess Qing, who had arrived!

Accompanying him was a familiar figure—the young master of Hongxiu Tower, Hong Xiangyu!

These two are the ones behind today’s gathering!

Li An watched the two enter the venue, his eyes full of thought. Previously, I thought that Hong Xiangyu had some kind of backer behind her, and she was able to open such a place in Shangjing City, and later even a gambling house of such a scale. It turned out that she had gotten close to King Jing!

Now, all the questions have answers, including why the Western Hu National Master Yelu Xuan would help him. It is now very clear.

Without paying any attention to the visitor, Li An seized the opportunity to ask Zhu Wenlong, "Mr. Zhu, do you want to ask more questions?"

When Zhu Wenlong heard the voice, he seemed to be a different person at this moment, and shouted loudly: "Naturally!"

Li An nodded and signaled to the waiter.

At this time, Zhan Xuqing and Hong Xiangyu saw the man's face clearly. Zhan Xuqing was very curious, but Hong Xiangyu had already turned pale and stood there in a daze.

Just as he was about to speak, he seemed to be greeted by Li Ang's meaningless smile, and he immediately closed his mouth in fear.

I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart. The princess said that she would pay the difference, but in the end, she still wanted me to pay for it? It seems that I will be the one who is taken advantage of again today!

Zhan Doudou put down the wooden chopsticks in her hand, chuckled, raised her head and looked at the owner of the clear female voice, blinking her beautiful eyes gently.

Zhan Xuqing was curious about Li An, and didn't notice the person beside Li An for a moment. But Zhan Doudou looked over at this moment. If someone is stared at for a long time, they will notice it at least. At the moment, he also glanced at Zhan Doudou, and instantly he was stunned for a moment like Hong Xiangyu.

Why does this person look so similar to Your Majesty?

The more I looked, the more something seemed wrong. The more I looked, the more panicked I became, as if I had discovered a shocking secret!

Her face was pale, as if she was about to lose her balance, and she seemed to be unable to hear the waiter's questioning voice. Seeing Zhan Doudou's restraining look, she also opened her lips slightly, but in the end she did not say anything.

He sullenly growled, "Ask a question!"

Zhu Wenlong and Ji Hang were full of excitement. Great, great! The princess was obviously furious. No matter what the outcome was, this Li guy would not have a good ending. She had already been invincible!

He then said in a loud voice: "Please give a question!" His charm remained the same, and that confident young man was back!

The waiter became more cautious, noticing the unnatural atmosphere, and read out the question neither hurriedly nor slowly.

Chapter 174 The Lantern Festival ends.

"This third question is also a riddle. Please listen carefully!"

He unfolded the paper, but did not read out the question. Instead, he turned the paper over and showed the front side to everyone.

Everyone gathered their eyes and looked at it, only to see that the piece of paper was empty, and they were all shocked.

What does this mean? There is nothing on the white paper, not a single word. Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. What is this for? Did they take the wrong piece of paper, or did the princess not prepare a third puzzle?

The waiter first looked at the princess, and when he saw her nod slightly, he turned his attention to Li An and Zhu Wenlong and said no more.

Li An's smile was a little stiff. Could it be that he was finally going to fail today? Isn't this a blank piece of paper, and it's the question? He was surprised, and he was afraid that he had fallen into a trap! He stood up and paced back and forth pretending to think, not hurriedly or slowly, as if giving people a great sense of confidence. But what was strange was why he picked up a black piece of paper with his right hand trembling and tapped it frantically?

Although everyone in the room was surprised, they were very quiet. They were afraid that their words would disturb the two people's thoughts, so they waited quietly.

Others didn't know, so how could Zhu Wenlong not understand? This was not put in the wrong place, it must be a puzzle without words, but it might as well be put in the wrong place!

How should I answer? I will answer with my head!

Dad, I am an unfilial son. I will probably offend the princess today and bring disaster to our family!

Zhu Wenlong was shocked and his face was full of despair.

Although Zhan Xuqing knew Zhan Doudou's purpose and knew that today would not end peacefully, he still forced himself to remain calm. Maybe if the person in front of him could not answer, then the crisis would naturally be resolved. He only needed to avoid it carefully and pretend to be stupid, and maybe he could fool His Majesty!

He had regained some composure now and was staring at Li Ang with interest.

As for Zhu Wenlong, Zhan Xuqing didn't take him seriously at all. If he could answer the correct answer, she would have deserved this disaster today!

Li An's pace reached the end, because the wordless puzzle searched on his phone had given several answers, and he found the one that felt most correct. After a little thought, he felt that it should be almost right. From time to time, thoughts flashed through his mind. He excitedly stopped in front of the table with paper and pen, took the brush and started writing.

Perhaps because of excitement, this word was written with such vigor and vitality, as if it were the realm of a great master of calligraphy!

This is forgotten to hide!

The word "迷" caught everyone's eyes. Regardless of whether it was right or wrong, the fact that Li An had already answered it, while Zhu Wenlong was still confused, showed who was better!

Ji Hang and the others felt a pain in their hearts at first, as they were afraid that their money would be wasted! As for the loan mentioned earlier, whoever believed it was a fool!

As for Young Master Hong, who paid the most money, he already knew the outcome when he saw Mr. Sijue present, so he was not too surprised at this moment.

The people present couldn't even figure out the riddle, let alone solve it. They looked at Princess Qing with admiration. How did you come up with this? Seeing the answer given by Li An, they all became curious and waited for him to explain.

"The answer is the word '迷'. I wonder if Your Highness is right?"

Zhan Xuqing said expressionlessly: "Not bad."

Regardless of whether it was right or wrong, as long as the explanation given by the person in front of her was reasonable, she would say it was right, which was also considered to be giving face to His Majesty and saving his dignity. However, what she didn't expect was that the person in front of her could actually answer correctly, and the answer she prepared was indeed this word "迷"!

"Sir, please stop keeping us in suspense and tell us how you guessed the answer!"

A neutral student in the room couldn't help but be curious and asked Li Andao.

Li An laughed: "This riddle is quite interesting, but if you can see through the intention of the person who made the riddle, it will be worthless!"

Zhan Xuqing's heart suddenly jumped and she clenched her teeth, but she didn't lose her temper on the spot.

Seeing that there was no one to support him, Li An had to continue: "There is nothing on the paper, but it is a 'riddle' question posed by Her Royal Highness the Princess, which is exactly the word for a riddle. And there is not a single word in the riddle, so if you remove the word '言' from the word '谜', naturally there is only '迷' left! And this word 迷 is the answer to the riddle!"

Everyone suddenly realized what was going on. While praising Li An's talent, they also praised Princess Qing loudly and flattered her.

Is this the answer to this riddle? This is similar to the one I answered downstairs earlier. It's a pity that I couldn't figure it out. Zhu Wenlong was full of disappointment. The successive blows today had already devastated him and he no longer had any extra thoughts.

He called his followers and placed all the silver and money he had brought on an empty table, totaling more than 8,000 taels of silver notes. He only said that there were still several tens of thousands of taels that would be delivered to Prince Jing's Mansion tomorrow. Then he said goodbye to Princess Qing and left without looking back.

After Ang Lee revealed the answer, everyone lamented that the riddle was very simple, but they just couldn't guess the answer. This is also the charm of riddles.

The students who had spoken just now took out the silver from their pockets with miserable looks and placed them on the table. After a short while, the money on the table became more and more, which made the waiters and servants breathe faster, and then they quickly lowered their heads and stopped looking at it.

Among them, the one who gave the most was Ji Hang. His family got rich as merchants and later supported a Beijing official. Although the position was not too high, it was a lucrative position given after arranging things among the upper and lower levels, so his family was not short of money.

He also paid the huge amount of 50,000 taels of silver as promised!

Even so, he did not dare to leave regardless of the occasion like the son of the Minister. He could only stand there in a daze, feeling unhappy and saying nothing.

After counting carefully, the total amount of treasures on the table was just over 200,000 taels, which was still a long way from the number of 500,000 taels. All the shortfall was counted on Princess Qing.

Zhan Xuqing looked at Hong Xiangyu, and the latter nodded to him expressionlessly.

Hong Xiangyu waved her hand, and the servants carried the table and the silver down. These were too trivial, and he represented Zhan Xuqing's face, so he naturally couldn't just give away 500,000 taels. He would pack the 500,000 taels into a box and send it neatly to the house of the great master, which could also save some face.

Everyone in the hall was talking about it, and they were excited because they had witnessed such a large number of high-profile gambling competitions.

Li An stretched his body, turned his head to look at Zhan Doudou, and asked softly:

"Beautiful lady, have you eaten enough?"

"I am full."

"Did you have fun today?"

Zhan Doudou glanced at Zhan Xuqing with a strange expression and chuckled, "It was pretty enjoyable!"

"Okay then!" Li An looked at the sky outside the window and nodded, "You've been out for a long time today, I'd better take you back!"

This first date was over, because we had been delayed for too long. But Li An was not discouraged. As the saying goes, once there is a first date, there will be a second one. I think the next date will not be too far away. Zhan Doudou was also very interested in walking out of the palace and playing freely, and she did not feel repulsive, so let's make an appointment next time.

Li An took Zhan Doudou's hand, pushed through the crowd with her shy face, and walked out.

This question and answer scene and the final hand-holding really scared Zhan Xuqing!

Did this person really not know or was he pretending to be confused? Zhan Xuqing couldn't tell for sure.

Just thinking of the five hundred thousand taels of silver, she still shouted loudly: "Where should I send the silver to you?"

"My name is Li An, and I live in Wanshizhai in the city!"

Li An's voice came from far away, leaving fragments all over the ground.

Chapter 175 Ambition!

Today is the first day of the new year's court session. Many officials who have been sent to the capital city will return to their respective jurisdictions after listening to the emperor's words today.

This is equivalent to a large company where executives from other provinces return to the head office early before the New Year to report on their work and the year's performance statements, and then return to their posts to start the new year's work at the end of the annual meeting.

As the helmsmen of the company, the Zhan family mother and daughter will give some inspiring words and some instructions and directions for the coming year at this annual meeting.

Li An will also attack today, so he got up early and started preparing for everything.

The eldest disciple Hong Kaijia has been wandering around the outside world for a while now, and he has found a suitable place for himself to open a new academy. This time, Li An plans to spend more time and effort to train a group of specialized talents for use.

As for the Shangjing Academy mentioned earlier, Li An felt that it had no value at all, and there was no need to save it.

He had already seen clearly the quality of the students in Shangjing Academy. The so-called talents there might be beneficial to the stability of Northern Qi, but they were not what Li An needed.

It is worth mentioning that Shen Zhong went to Qing State. As for when he left Beijing, the Jinyiwei could not tell. He went with his family and was well prepared. Along with him, there was also news that Sean was still alive.