amaotonovel Chapter 730 The Persistent Mathematician
Chapter 730 The Persistent Mathematician
Wu Qi committed suicide in front of Tian Yu, which was tantamount to giving Tian Yu a warning, leaving Tian Yu feeling confused and challenged.
Moreover, Tian Yu did not believe that all three thousand spies who had falsely claimed to be Han Chinese were so willing to die for their country, so after ordering Wu Qi to be given a proper burial, he immediately launched a more thorough investigation.
However, Wu Qi's arrest alerted other spies in Runan, who quickly moved away and launched counterattacks.
In other words, with Tian Yu's arrival, the pseudo-Han spies who originally planned to remain hidden and develop slowly had to change their plans, abandon their cautious development strategy, and begin to fight for survival.
Li Gousheng, far away in Xudu, was also busy, leading his caravan to run around frantically, providing logistical support and timely assistance to his comrades.
Life is a grand stage, and everyone is the protagonist, performing their own story on the stage. This is true for Tian Yu, Li Gousheng, Cao Pi, Liu Bei, and Guan Xing.
Today is the 100-day celebration for Guan Xing's younger brother, Guan Suo, and his son, Guan Tong.
To save trouble, Guan Yu decided to hold the banquet for the two children together at the General's Mansion.
Xiao Qiao was in charge of the banquet arrangements, while Guan Xing remained a hands-off manager, lying in his room humming a tune, and Sun Luyu rocked the cradle to play with the two little ones who were only a hundred days old.
After shaking him for a while, Sun Luyu turned around and shouted to Guan Xing, "Husband, look! Your son has fallen asleep again. Why does he love to sleep so much?"
Guan Xing said irritably, "How could you fall asleep right after waking up? You were clearly shaken unconscious."
“Uh…” Sun Luyu was so frightened that he quickly steadied the cradle to stop it from shaking. Seeing that Guan Xing was still unmoved as if nothing had happened, he became furious and threw the tiger-head shoe at him, cursing, “I do everything, can’t you pay a little attention to our son?”
Guan Xing dodged to the side, quickly stood up, and said with a fawning smile, "I was just afraid of causing you trouble," before disappearing on the spot.
He didn't want to suffer Sun Luyu's inexplicable anger, so it was best to run away as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, he was blocked in his way as soon as he left the bedroom and entered the front yard.
It was already past 9 a.m., and the guests had begun to arrive. Guan Xing would have gone up to greet any other guest, but seeing the person in front of him, he only wanted to run away.
The man before him was a middle-aged man in his early forties. Seeing Guan Xing run away, he took off after him and quickly blocked Guan Xing's path, bowing and saying, "Marquis Shence, I've finally found you. Would you like to have a chat?"
Guan Xing struggled with an extremely helpless and desperate expression, saying, "Dr. Zhao, please let me go. I really have nothing left to teach you. In terms of knowledge, you are my teacher."
The middle-aged man's name is Zhao Shuang. He currently serves as the Assistant Director of the National Academy of Letters and the Dean of the School of Mathematics at Xinghan University.
In addition, Zhao Shuang is one of the most famous mathematicians and astronomers of our time. In his early years, he studied Zhang Heng's astronomical work "Ling Xian" and Liu Hong's "Qian Xiang Li". Currently, he is systematically studying "Zhou Bi Suan Jing" and "Jiu Zhang Suan Shu" and is compiling "Zhou Bi Suan Jing Zhu", the most important content of which is the Pythagorean theorem.
Indeed, the famous Pythagorean theorem was derived, verified, and established by this person through the Zhoubi abacus. He is undoubtedly a mathematician and astronomer.
Guan Xing recommended him to the National Academy and Xinghan University because he saw this in him, and discussed mathematical equations from later generations with him. Then Zhao Shuang treated him as a math whiz and pestered him.
Good heavens, Zhao Shuang studies advanced mathematics. How could a police academy student who hasn't even figured out basic mathematics possibly understand advanced mathematics? Isn't this just deliberately making things difficult for him?
Zhao Shuang, however, smiled obsequiously and said, "Lord Shence, please don't underestimate yourself. Many of your views are very forward-looking and get straight to the point. I have really benefited a lot from your guidance. Please tell me more about them."
Guan Xing was so frustrated he wanted to bang his head against the wall. "If you were talking about other things, I could talk to you, but when it comes to math and astronomy, I really don't understand them. How am I supposed to explain them to you before you believe me?"
Looking at Zhao Shuang's sincere pleading eyes, Guan Xing felt like slapping himself twice.
Why did you have to act so pretentious in front of someone like Academician Zhao Shuang? Now look what you've done, you've made a fool of yourself.
Guan Xing couldn't bear to dampen Zhao Shuang's enthusiasm and was thinking of a way to politely refuse when he suddenly saw Liu Shan walking towards him with a pigeon-toed gait. He was immediately relieved and waved, saying, "Your Highness, here you are. I, Zhao Jiancheng, will go greet Your Highness first. We can talk later."
After saying that, she ran to Liu Shan as if fleeing and hugged him tightly, saying in a tearful voice, "Your Highness, you've finally come! If you hadn't come, I would have banged my head against the wall."
Liu Shan patted his back, about to comfort him, when he saw Zhao Shuang walking towards him. His expression changed drastically, and he decisively shouted, "What is he doing here? Run!"
Zhao Shuang is now one of Liu Shan's many teachers. The math he teaches gives Liu Shan a huge headache. He can memorize other subjects and gradually understand them even if he doesn't know them, but he just can't learn math. If he doesn't know it, he just doesn't know it. No matter how hard he tries, it won't help.
Therefore, Liu Shan was also very worried when he saw Zhao Shuang. When he saw Zhao Shuang coming over, he pulled Guan Xing away.
This left Zhao Shuang, who was on her way, feeling very frustrated. What was going on? Was I really that disliked?
As time went by, guests arrived one after another, and the General's Mansion suddenly became lively.
Liu Shan, Guan Xing, and the others originally wanted to go see the child, but when they arrived at the bedroom, they found it full of female relatives, including Sun Shangxiang, Wu Xian, Bu Lianshi, Xiahou Shi, and all the elders. They immediately turned around and fled.
With Guan Yu still alive, Guan Xing had no say in the affairs of the manor. Guan Yu was in charge of entertaining guests, leaving Guan Xing with nothing to do. He strolled around with Liu Shan, but had nothing to do. Just as he was wondering whether to play mahjong, Zhu Chao, the commander of the personal guards, suddenly rushed over and handed him a letter, saying, "Marquis Shence, Li Gousheng has sent a secret report, saying it is extremely urgent."
Guan Xing's expression changed drastically, and without thinking of anything else, he rushed to the study.
Li Gousheng was far away in Xudu, making it very inconvenient for him to send messages. The fact that a message still came through under these circumstances proves that it was truly urgent.
Guan Xing rushed into the study and opened the letter. He found that it was full of numbers. He decisively searched for a handwritten copy of the Analects and deciphered it one by one. Soon, a new secret letter was freshly produced. Guan Xing, Liu Shan, Zhang Bao and others gathered together to read it carefully. After reading it, they were all stunned.
After a long silence, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao said to Liu Shan in unison, "Your Highness, your sister has arrived in Xuchang."
The letter was about Liu Bei's two daughters being transferred to Luoyang and passing through Xuchang. Li Gousheng asked if they should intervene to rescue them.
Upon hearing this, Liu Shan was bewildered. He was still an infant during the Battle of Changban, so he had no memory of his two older sisters and naturally had no feelings for them.
Therefore, Liu Shan said, "My two elder sisters have suffered too much in Cao Wei. In theory, we should rescue them, but Gou Sheng and the others are already in a difficult situation in Jiangbei. It would be too wrong for them to expose themselves by rescuing them."
"Moreover, Cao Pi certainly didn't summon them to Luoyang to kill them. If he wanted to kill them, he wouldn't have bothered to summon them to Luoyang. So let's let the two older sisters suffer for a while longer. I will make it up to them after the Northern Expedition is successful."
"However, we still need to let Father Emperor know about this and hear his opinion."
Liu Bei probably thought the same way. Given Liu Bei's personality, he would never sacrifice his beloved general for his daughter.
After discussing it for a while, the three of them immediately went out to report to Liu Bei.