They actually used Meziriac's weight problem to test a group of competitors? Who said that the third prince was an honest child!
This kid seems to need to be pushed. If not, he's too soft. Now that he's pushed, you see, he's really too cruel! Forget about solving this question in a short time during the interview. Most people would find it difficult to come up with an idea even if they think about it for a few years!
Zhang Shou, who was sitting at the main seat, saw the other five people frowning and thinking hard. Then he saw the Third Prince holding his chest and taking a deep breath, clearly feeling relieved. He smiled and said, "Everyone outside can also think about it, especially the candidates who applied for the Jiuzhang Hall. If you can come up with the right ideas in a while, then I can promise that you can be admitted without taking the exam."
The crowd outside was originally whispering, but when this was said, they were immediately shocked. Someone just said that such an easy question was not easy to solve, and then he was scolded: "What do you know? If it was really so easy to solve, why would Dr. Zhang give such a lenient condition that as long as you can answer it, you can be admitted without taking the test?"
Before the person who was complaining about how easy it was to solve could retort, Zhang Shou's voice could be heard from the Jiuzhang Hall again: "Third Prince, can you answer the question you asked?"
The third prince immediately smiled widely: "Of course!"
The fourth prince, who was originally sweating for his brother, could not help but show his joy at this moment. Of course, he remembered this question. It was Zhang Shou who jokingly asked the students when they were still in Banshan Hall. He was very interested at first, but after thinking about it for a few days and still not getting the point, he decisively gave up. Unexpectedly, the third prince persisted in thinking about it for a long time.
As for how long this long time was… Haha, he remembered that the Third Prince had been trying to solve this problem with a stupid method for a month or two, and he was almost obsessed with it. As a result, after Zhang Shou left the capital for Cangzhou, the Third Prince finally couldn't help it, and first asked Lu Sanlang. The two of them pondered for several days, and finally asked Ge Yong for advice. The teacher and his two disciples finally got the answer.
Therefore, his third brother will never forget these four numbers. God knows how much paper the third prince wasted in those days. Even when there was a change of teacher in the palace, he was distracted by this. He was always listless and absent-minded in class, and even caused others to run to the emperor to complain that he was tired of studying!
Seeing that everyone inside and outside the Jiuzhang Hall was thinking hard, Lu Sanlang finally smiled. It seemed that he had really worried for nothing. Things would work out when the time came. At the critical moment, the Third Prince was still very smart. He actually knew how to use this question to make things difficult for others!
Sure enough, even though Zhang Shou had already relaxed the standard of solving the problem from the answer to the correct idea, this seemingly simple question was still like a chasm, stumping many people inside and outside. Seeing that a long time had passed, Zhang Shou suddenly asked, "How is it, do you have any ideas?"
Just now, they thought that the Third Prince was just a son of a dragon and a grandson of a phoenix, but now he was stumped. The other five people in the first group had different expressions. Finally, someone suddenly said unconvincedly: "This question is just complicated. As long as you exhaust the examples..."