It is everyone's normal understanding that if you poke a hole in a water bag, the water will naturally flow out. According to this Tibetan man, it is unbelievable that even if you poke a hole, the water will not flow out.
There was a lot of discussion in the hall for a while.
Zhang Yang simply sat down at Li Xiaogong's table. First of all, he didn't want to have any quarrel with Ma Zhou. Secondly, Tang Jian's punishment did have something to do with him.
Although this doesn't have much to do with it.
But it's always uncomfortable to sit next to someone else's son.
Just share a table with Li Xiaogong.
Zhang Yang whispered: "Prince Hejian, the origin of this Tubo man is not simple."
Li Xiaogong nodded in agreement, "It is indeed not simple. Some people from the Western Regions always have some ingenious skills that others cannot understand."
"The art of wonder?"
"Well, I saw a man cut off a finger, and then the finger grew back."
Listening to his story, Zhang Yang frowned and said, "That's a blind trick."
Li Xiaogong thought about it, "I don't believe in any art of flesh and bone marrow regeneration at all. I didn't even try to break it at that time. Later..."
"What happens next?"
"Yes, and later." Li Xiaogong nodded and whispered: "Someone cut off that man's arm in the street to see if his arm would grow back."
"Did it grow back?"
"It didn't grow back, and it died the next day."
Zhang Yang felt his scalp go numb. Everyone wants to know, so it is risky to use blindfolding in front of the ancients. "It's too cruel."
"If I come to behead him, I should chop off his head in the street. If it can grow back, that's it. I'll die a happy death."
Zhang Yang was speechless repeatedly. It was obviously a deception. You had to make others believe that you could regenerate flesh and blood. It was also because of the strong folk customs of the Tang Dynasty.
The mystery of this water bag is still being discussed in the palace.
The Tibetan envoy stood up straight in the hall. He pointed at the water bag and said, "The water is about to drain away."
In a corner of the hall, Li Lizhi whispered to Li Zhi: "Is this the same truth as what my brother-in-law said?"
Li Zhi thought of the water well experiment, sat cross-legged and closed his eyes, doing some backward thinking, and then whispered: "I don't know if it's right or not."
Gao Yang stuck his head out and asked in a low voice: "What have you thought of? Zhinu, you are the smartest. Have you figured it out?"
"I seem to understand."
Seeing that Li Tai was still scratching his head awkwardly, and seeing his father's face getting more and more ugly, Li Lizhi pushed Li Zhi out.
After coming back to his senses, Li Zhi realized that he was standing in front of someone.
Everyone's eyes were on him. It was the first time for the eleven-year-old Li Tai to face such great pressure. He was panicked and didn't know how to speak. It seemed inappropriate to walk back.
He glanced back.
Li Lizhi shook her fist towards him, which seemed to be both a warning and an encouragement.
"what you do?"
Hearing his father's voice, Li Zhi looked left and right, and even his legs were trembling.
"Cough cough cough..."
At this moment, there was a coughing sound in the hall. Li Zhi looked for the sound and looked again, and saw this man who kept coughing in the rows of seats. Isn't this his brother-in-law?
He just stretched out his hand to say hello, but still felt it was inappropriate, and saw his brother-in-law stopped coughing and nodded again.
The movement was inconspicuous, but Li Zhi could see it clearly, and he felt confident.
"What on earth are you going to do!"
Hearing his father's scolding again, Li Zhi forced himself to calm down and said, "Father, I can understand this."
After saying this, Li Zhi felt a hundred regrets in his heart and closed his eyes waiting for a response.
It concerns the face of everyone in Taiji Hall, and we cannot allow this Tubo man to continue to be arrogant or even smarter.
Tibet lost on the battlefield.
Now Tubo wants to regain the upper hand in terms of wisdom.
At the Lantern Festival banquet, if the riddle cannot be solved, Tian Khan will lose face.
Seeing that neither His Majesty nor Li Zhi came to the stage, Li Yue nodded and said: "Actually, the truth is very simple. Why don't you let the young slave try it? A ten-year-old child is just curious."
Hearing this, Li Shimin let out a long breath and said, "Then you give it a try."
"Here."
Li Zhiru was granted amnesty and walked up to the Tibetan man and asked, "Do you have any other water bags?"
The Tibetan envoy took out another water bag and handed it over, "Please."
Li Zhi first filled the water bag with water, and then looked at Zhang Yang sitting behind him again.
Seeing that my brother-in-law still nodded, he continued.
"Bring me the needle."
The childish words of a ten-year-old child echoed in the silent hall, as if everyone was breathing much lighter at this time.
Li Chengqian frowned and looked at this scene, thinking that Yue'er should give his father and Zhinu some room for relaxation, thinking that Zhinu had learned skills from Zhang Yang, and it was not known how many skills he could teach Zhinu with his intelligence.
The Tibetan envoy handed the needle to the eunuch at the side.
The eunuch then handed the needle to Li Zhi.
A water bag filled with water was in the hand of His Highness Prince Jin. He took a needle and pricked the water bag, and the water in the bag flowed out.
Under the eyes of everyone, Li Zhi plugged the cork of the water bag.
Cheng Yaojin stared at this scene with big bloodshot eyes, and saw that the water flowing out became smaller.
The water bag was still bulging, indicating that it was still full of water. Everyone watched with bated breath until the last drop of water fell, and the water really stopped flowing out.
Cheng Yaojin slapped his gum and shouted, "Okay!"
Fang Xuanling stepped forward to check, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the water is indeed no longer flowing out."
Li Shimin's breathing was heavy and his eyes were still fixed on Li Zhi.
"I dare to ask the Tibetan envoy, is this cracked?"
Knowing that His Highness Prince Jin was young and could not easily cope with this situation, Fang Xuanling asked for help.
The Tubo man nodded slowly.
Li Zhi pulled out the cork again and poked three more holes in the water bag. When the cork was plugged in again, the water flow stopped again.
After repeating it several times, everyone also discovered the pattern. Every time the cork was plugged, the water flow would stop.
Everyone in the hall was applauding for His Highness Prince Jin's solution to the puzzle.
Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "You can still crack it at the age of ten. Is it because the Tubo envoy looked down on the Tang Dynasty?"
This rhetorical question embarrassed the Tibetan envoy. He took a step back and said, "Being able to solve one problem does not prove wisdom. I have the courage to ask another question."
Li Zhi raised his head and said, "Just say it."
Zhang Yang's smile froze on his face. I thought that King Jin could draw inferences from one instance and be quite clever. The prime minister had already regained his composure and was able to get things right.
If Li Zhi insists on saying something, just come.
Deep down, Zhang Yang didn't like asking for trouble like this.
The Tubo envoy bowed and saluted, took out an iron ball and said loudly: "These are the sacred objects of the Western Regions. These were originally two iron boxes. When they were put together, no one in the world could separate them. I wonder if His Highness the King of Jin can separate them."
It separates."
Li Zhi looked at this Western Region artifact strangely. It was a palm-sized iron box, about the same size as a persimmon.
The marks on the iron box tell that they are two in one.
"What's so difficult about this? I'm finally willing to give it a try." Niu Jinda stood up.
After getting His Majesty's permission, Niu Jinda took the iron box and held the iron rings at both ends with both hands, trying hard to break it open.
Niu Jinda's face turned red, but the iron box still showed no sign of being separated.
"Come here to help Zhijie!" Niu Jinda shouted.
Cheng Yaojin also stood up after hearing this, holding one person to one side, and roared with all his strength.
When both of them lost their strength, the iron ring was stretched out of shape.
The iron box remained untouched.
Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda were already very strong, and both of them were famously strong generals. They couldn't even pull them apart, let alone His Royal Highness the ten-year-old child.
Tian Khan wanted to save face. He wanted to win against Tubo on the battlefield, and of course he also wanted to win wisely.
Now Li Shimin frowned and looked at this scene with a solemn expression.
Cheng Yaojin rubbed his almost dislocated wrist, "Your Majesty, it is indeed impossible to separate."
The Tubo envoy bowed and saluted, "May I ask, Khan, if there is anyone who can solve it?"
Seeing that this Tubo dared to ask Tian Khan, Cheng Yaojin immediately rushed to beat him, but was stopped by Niu Jinda.
"It's obviously impossible to open it!" Cheng Yaojin shouted, his voice deafening, echoing in the hall.
When the hall became quiet again, Li Zhi bowed and said, "Can I ask someone present."
The Tibetan envoy nodded confidently, "As long as everyone present can open this box, I will leave Chang'an City overnight to invite Zanpu to enter the customs."
Li Zhi hesitated on the spot for a long time.
Zhang Yang sat motionless next to Li Xiaogong, as if turned to stone. When he opened his eyes, His Highness Prince Jin was already standing in front of him.
"Brother-in-law, how to crack it?"
Zhang Yang sighed: "Human power cannot be separated."
Li Zhi said again: "That means it can't be cracked?"
"It's not that there's nothing we can do, it's just a little troublesome."
The conversation between His Highness Prince Jin and Zhang Yang was very soft. Everyone was curious about how to crack it, and their eyes fell on the two of them.
Li Yue looked at this scene with pride in her heart.
Li Lizhi whispered from the side: "Sister Huang, does she know how to crack it?"
"My husband told me the truth before. This kind of thing happened in a place related to horses."
"Something related to horses?" Li Lizhi became more and more curious.
"My husband told this story many years ago, but now it's a bit confusing when I think about it." Li Yue comforted her, "This matter is not difficult for your brother-in-law, so please relax."
Zhang Yang said a few words, and Li Zhi came back confidently, "Father, I need an iron box."
Your Majesty nodded slightly, and the eunuchs went to prepare.
Half a moment later, an iron box was brought to the temple. Li Zhi explained: "Actually, the principle is the same as the previous water bag."
In front of everyone in the hall, Li Zhi put the box of the so-called Western Region fetish into a large iron box.
Tie strings on both ends of the box. Remove the iron ring on one side of the box to reveal a small hole. Pull out the strings.
The lid of the iron box was closed, and Li Zhi applied sealing wax on the gap between the opening and closing.
After doing this, he held two strings in one hand and said loudly: "Please pour water into the small hole in this iron box."
It was a Lantern Festival night and I couldn't get through the water. I kept pouring water into the small holes one by one. The hole was not big and the water flowed out without pouring in. The floor of the main hall was wet.
Until the entire iron box is filled with water.
Li Zhi pushed the box down, and water continued to flow from the hole as thick as a finger.
The two ropes were still in the hands of His Highness Prince Jin. The ropes were connected to the iron box inside the iron box. As the water continued to flow out, it was impossible to sit on the ground. The water flowed all over the ground.
Before the water drained away, Li Zhi pulled the rope again and again.
After pulling it several times, Li Zhi found that the rope suddenly loosened a lot, and the water stopped flowing in the box after a while.
With excitement in his eyes, Li Zhi struggled to open the iron box. There was still water left in the box, but the box that could not be opened had been divided into two halves.
Taking it out, Li Zhi faced everyone and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Open it."
The hall was still silent.
There was a rare smile on the corner of Li Shimin's mouth, but it quickly disappeared, reappeared and returned to seriousness again.
Li Zhilang said: "How is this Tubo envoy doing now?"
He did not respond to Li Zhi's words, but walked straight to the person who had just spoken to King Jin.
How can a ten-year-old child crack it? Only an expert can tell you how to crack it.
Zhang Yang looked at the envoy and smiled and said: "Go quickly and invite your Zanpu. Come to the Taiji Hall to bow to the Heavenly Khan and congratulate him. Remember to bring more Tibetan specialties."
"Have you met with me?"
"Have you seen it?" Zhang Yang smiled.
"It was you who solved my problem in Qujiang Pond. You and I are both wise men. Perhaps this is what the Central Plains people call sympathy for each other."
Zhang Yang smiled dryly and said: "The envoy has misunderstood. There is no sympathy between us. Please read more in the future. This is not how the word is used."
"I didn't ask for advice at first, but now I dare to ask how to call it?"
"My name is Zhang Yang, and I am a county prince."
"I admire you! You can solve the mysteries that have been unsolved in my life. I will have no regrets in this life. From now on, as long as Zhang Yang is in the Tang Dynasty, my Tubo Zhuoga family will no longer set foot in Guanzhong, and we will establish clan rules."
! From now on, the five thousand men and women in the clan will no longer participate in the Tang-Tubo conflict, and will never offend again!"
After speaking, under the watchful eyes of everyone, he saluted the Khan of Heaven and also saluted Zhang Yang with the Tubo ritual.
Zhang Yang looked at the iron box on the ground, "Do you still want that thing?"
Zhuo Ga, the Tibetan envoy, smiled with relief, "Now that it has been untied, it is no longer of use."
After finishing speaking, he stepped out of the hall and said loudly: "Please prepare your horses, I will go back to Tubo to invite Zanpu to enter!"
After the Tibetan envoy left, there was still a lot of discussion in the hall, and many people couldn't figure out how to open the iron box.
Li Shimin stood up and left Tai Chi Hall, and the queen also left.
Everyone dispersed, and Zhang Yang picked up the iron box on the ground. The famous hemisphere experiment proved that atmospheric pressure is so strong that it cannot be opened with brute force. If there is an absolute vacuum inside, it can only be opened in a relatively vacuum environment.
Using water to remove the air is the best way.
Zhang Yang carefully inspected the iron box, not to mention how to create a vacuum environment in this era.
Looking at the inside of the iron box, there is indeed an inconspicuous machine enlargement inside. When you open the entire machine enlargement, you can find a small hole.
When the box is filled with water, the water is poured out from the small hole. As the water pressure changes, the mechanism will press down and seal the small hole. Under the action of air pressure, the small hole is sealed and it cannot be opened.
Open the iron box, it's a very exquisite design.
A figure blocked the candlelight in the hall. Zhang Yang raised his eyes and saw that it was Li Xiaogong. Most of the people watching the hall had dispersed.
Li Yue also waited aside with Xiao Wu and her daughter.
"Isn't Prince Hejian going back so late?"
"The eunuch just sent a message, asking me to take you and the princess to see your majesty."
Zhang Yang nodded in understanding.
Li Xiaogong added: "I heard that Sun Fujia is still investigating the people who looted Lu Chengqing's courtyard."
Zhang Yang followed him out of the Tai Chi Hall, "This all happened last year."
"He feels there are a lot of doubts about this matter."
You didn’t even take melons with you for such a long time, but Dali Temple is still checking...
Speaking of attending this banquet, His Majesty must have made other preparations. The banquet is not important, nor is the Tibetan envoy. What is important is mostly what the father-in-law of Tian Khan and his family want to say next.
