Since Li Tai couldn't wait to seek abuse, Li Zexuan wanted to fulfill the little fat man's wish.
Li Zexuan took two steps with his hands behind his back and said slowly:
"Then please listen to the first question, Your Highness. What are you afraid of cloth and paper?"
Hearing this, Li Tai laughed and said, "For such a simple question, Li Zexuan, you are definitely going to lose. Haha, of course both cloth and paper are afraid of fire! It seems that you are destined to become a retainer of the palace."
Li Zexuan shook his head and said calmly: "Your Highness answered wrongly."
Li Tai didn't believe it: "Is there any other answer? I think you just want to cheat. If you can't give a convincing answer today, I will not let you go."
Li Zexuan ignored his threat and said with a smile: "Haha, I wonder if Your Highness has ever heard of a saying, don't be afraid of ten thousand (cloth), just be afraid of (paper) just in case. The answer to this question lies in this sentence , so I say His Highness answered wrongly."
When Cheng Chumo heard the answer, he was stunned for a while before realizing it, and then he almost laughed out loud. He didn't expect that Li Zexuan would be such a prank and ask such a tricky question. People in the Tang Dynasty had never heard of brain teasers.
Li Tai was stunned for a while before he realized what he was doing and said angrily: "You are just playing word games, but Xiao Dao'er, I already understand the trick of your question. Please come up with the next question."
Haha, you think you understand, but you don’t know that you have just fallen into a big trap. Li Zexuan disagreed and continued: "Then please listen to the second question, Your Highness, which number from 1 to 9 is the most diligent and which number is the laziest? "
It was such an inexplicable question again. Li Tai stood up and scratched his head. He couldn't think of anything after thinking for a long time. Li Zexuan reminded him:
"Your Highness, hurry up. It's getting late."
Li Tai waved his hand and said impatiently: "I can't figure it out. You win this question. Tell me the answer quickly."
"Back to Your Highness, the answer to this question is 1 is the laziest and 2 is the most diligent. As for the reason, I wonder if Your Highness has ever heard of a saying, which is called one (1) not doing two (2) without stopping, haha."
What’s more, it’s a word game. Li Tai patted his head in annoyance. He didn’t expect that he would make the same mistake twice. These two questions are very simple when you think about it carefully. Just start from the text itself and find some questions related to the question. As long as the saying is related to the topic.
Li Tai warned himself in his heart that he would never give Li Zexuan another chance.
After summing up the lessons from the two failures and making up his mind, Li Tai regained a little confidence and said: "Continue to the next question. I don't believe that I will make the same mistake three times."
Li Zexuan chuckled. He also knew that these two brain teasers would make it easy for people to find the rules for solving problems. Li Tai was very talented and must have discovered some ways to deal with such problems.
But he didn't plan to continue playing this kind of question with Li Tai. He wanted to change the type. I didn't believe Li Tai could guess it.
"Haha, since His Highness is so confident, let me ask Your Highness the third question. Why can frogs jump higher than trees?"
After listening to the question, Li Tai quickly searched for idioms or sayings related to frogs and trees in his mind, but after thinking for a long time, he didn't think of it. He couldn't help but feel anxious. Seeing that Li Zexuan was urging him again, he said angrily:
"I don't know, please tell me the answer quickly."
Seeing the little fat man in front of him who was so anxious, Li Zexuan also found it quite interesting. He said with a smile: "Haha, why can frogs jump higher than trees? That's because frogs can jump and trees can't jump. Of course he can. Jump higher than a tree."
"Hahaha... ... ."
Cheng Chumo's face turned red. He couldn't hold it back and finally laughed out loud.
Li Tai was furious: "You are using strong words to make excuses. You are clearly asking why frogs can jump higher than trees?"
Li Zexuan spread his hands and smiled: "Yes, that's what I asked. Is there anything wrong with this answer?"
Li Tai carefully chewed the question asked by Li Zexuan twice, and then realized that there were two ways to understand the question. He had entered into a misunderstanding at the beginning. This was another word game, but Li Zexuan changed the way he played it. , he was tricked again.
But he couldn't say that there was something wrong with Li Zexuan's answer. He was willing to admit defeat. He, Li Tai, still had some gambling goods. Li Tai looked a bit like a gambler at the moment. He said unconvinced:
"You win this question, move on to the next question."
Li Zexuan originally thought that this little fat man was going to be a swindler, but he unexpectedly gave up simply. He couldn't help but glance at him and continued: "Well, Your Highness, please listen to the fourth question. Is there anything on your body that is hard to lick? It’s hard to lick, so if you want to sleep comfortably, rub it first.”
When Cheng Chumo heard this, he staggered and almost fell to the ground. The first thing he thought of was the man's little brother. He really didn't expect Li Zexuan to be so dirty, but Lan'er was still here. It was really good for Li Zexuan to ask such a question.
Cheng Chumo glanced at Lan'er worriedly.
Li Tai's first thought was also about the man. Even though he was less than ten years old, he was a member of the royal family. He was so old, so he didn't know anything.
He wanted to blurt out the answer at that time, but when he caught a glimpse of Lan'er next to Li Zexuan, he was at a loss to speak.
He couldn't help but scold Li Zexuan in his heart for being shameless, asking such a dirty question in order to win. If there were only a few of them here, Li Tai would definitely not have any scruples, but there was Lan'er, a pretty girl in the room, and he I really couldn't bear to say it.
Li Tai's face turned red, and in the end he could only say angrily: "You are so shameless, I can't answer the question. I don't believe you dare to tell me the answer."
Looking at the reactions of Li Tai and Cheng Chumo, Li Zexuan knew that these two guys were wrong. These ancient people had impure thoughts, Li Zexuan thought in his heart.
"Haha, what did His Highness say? I don't dare to say anything. The answer to this question is teeth. Looking at His Highness and Chou Niu, are you thinking wrong?"
Lan'er asked curiously: "Brother Chou Niu, what answer are you thinking of?"
Cheng Chumo blushed and said awkwardly: "I didn't think wrongly. The answer I thought was teeth, yes, teeth."
Lan'er looked at Li Tai curiously, and Li Tai quickly waved his hand and said, "I didn't expect the answer. I lost this question. Li Zexuan, please come up with the next question."
This was a bit of a cover-up, and Lan'er's eyes became even more suspicious, but he still didn't dare to ask because the impression Li Tai gave her before was too fierce.
Li Zexuan smiled and said: "Your Highness has already lost four questions, do you really want to continue?"
He was afraid that if he continued, Li Tai would be so humiliated and angry by him, that would be bad. The best result would be for Li Tai to take the initiative to end the bet and everyone would reconcile.
But he underestimated the persistence of a gambler. Li Tai said with red eyes: "Go on, why, are you afraid that I will default on my debt?"
He, Li Taike, has never suffered such a big loss. He must make a comeback, otherwise it would be too shameful.
"Okay, in that case, let's continue." Li Zexuan said helplessly.
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(End of chapter)