Daily Intelligence System: Don't Kill Me, Honey!

The Commandery Princess, upon hearing this, said, ”Haha, Jiusi really knows how to be clever. Father also didn’t notice at the time.”

Qing Zhu, upon hearing this, said, ”Haha, anyway, the son-in-law has already come to the inner courtyard.”

Zhao Ya said, ”Then quickly go have a look.”

”Yes!”

At this moment, Qing Zhu immediately rushed outside, but just as she reached the door, suddenly Elder He came in and immediately tapped an acupoint on Qing Zhu.

Qing Zhu was instantly frozen in place.

Zhao Ya was taken aback and looked at Elder He, saying, ”Master He.”

Elder He said, ”Commandery Princess, for this third test, the Prince has instructed that you stay in this room and do not make any noise, or else the Prince really won’t let you get married.”

”Of course, if Chen Jiusi wins this round, then today you will leave with Chen Jiusi, and the Prince will absolutely not interfere anymore!”

”So, Commandery Princess, please remain calm and don’t think of challenging the Prince’s boundaries. Whether you can be married off depends on Chen Jiusi’s abilities.”

Elder He said.

Hearing this, Zhao Ya quietly looked at Elder He and said, ”Master He, is this really interesting? My marriage isn’t a tool for Father to play around with.”

Elder He sighed, ”Commandery Princess, just listen to the Prince.”

Zhao Ya was silent for a moment and then said, ”Fine, since this is the case, I’ll wait here for Jiusi to fetch me. I believe he will succeed in taking me away.”

Elder He nodded gently, then turned and left the room. When he reached the door, he tied it with a red string and motioned for others to put down prepared straw curtains, blocking the room’s door and the adjacent room’s door.

After confirming everything was correct, He Yishou stood in front of the straw curtain, while Gui Yannian stood beside him. The two, like black and white divine generals, stood guard at the door.

At this moment, the Ruyang King had already led Chen Jie and the bridal party into the inner courtyard. Everyone immediately saw He Yishou and Gui Yannian.

At this point, Wang Baobao stepped forward to greet the two and then turned to Chen Jie, saying, ”Chen Jiusi!”

”Look, this is your third test, also personally designed by my father, the Test of Conscience.”

Chen Jie, hearing this, looked at the scene before him without much understanding. Wang Baobao continued, ”Behind you are two rooms. One room contains today’s bride.”

”In front of you are the Turtle and Crane Elders. One of them always tells the truth, and the other always lies. You now have one opportunity to ask a question. After asking, you must choose a room. If you choose correctly, you can marry my sister. If not, well, too bad!”

”By the way, you only have thirty minutes, light the incense!”

After Wang Baobao spoke, the entire bridal and onlookers suddenly realized that this was quite a difficult question.

Thus, everyone frowned.

Chen Xiaohu, pondering with his chin in hand, said, ”Isn’t this easy?”

Hearing Chen Xiaohu speak so confidently, a group of people looked at him and asked, ”What great insight do you have?”

Chen Xiaohu then said, ”Why not just ask directly? Ask the one who tells the truth if the bride is in this room, and ask the one who lies if the bride is not in that room, wouldn’t this solve the problem?”

After hearing this, Bai Mosheng said, ”But do you know who tells the truth and who lies?”

”What if you mistake the truth-teller for the liar and vice versa?”

”Well...”

Chen Xiaohu frowned slightly, but then Zhou Chu chimed in, ”You might as well take a random guess, a fifty percent chance, maybe you’ll guess right!”

Upon hearing this, Hu Weiyong said, ”The Lord wants one hundred percent correctness; not the slightest error is allowed!”

Upon hearing these words, everyone around fell into contemplation. There’s only one chance to ask, so how should the question be asked?

From behind, Zhu Chongba, watching the excitement, frowned and said, ”This is too difficult to choose, you might as well guess, right?”

Li Shanchang said, ”There must be some logic in this. Let me think it through.”

Peng Yingyu looked at Liu Futong and asked, ”Old Liu, what do you think?”

Liu Futong replied, ”I’m good at martial arts, not at solving problems. Don’t forget I’m the Yushan Shangren, I’ll admit I’m foolish.”

”But you, Old Peng, do you have any murderous ideas?”

Peng Yingyu said, ”As the Laughing Buddha, I only look pleasant, what could I possibly do now?”

Liu Futong said, ”Why don’t we take action and control the Ruyang King, when necessary, just interrogate him!”

Peng Yingyu looked at Liu Futong and said, ”Enough, it’s the fourth brother’s happy day, don’t make a scene. I’d say don’t bother with kidnapping, let’s just attack and bring down the house, then everything inside will be clear at a glance!”

Liu Futong, hearing this, said, ”That could work as well.”

Just as the two were about to act, the Ruyang King walked up to them and said, ”Should you dare to force entry, I will definitely not marry my daughter to Chen Jiusi.”

”I have given him a fifty percent chance; if he can’t choose correctly, then it is fate’s will that he not marry our Jia Yaya. Would you two defy the heavens?”

Peng Yingyu, upon hearing this, looked at the Ruyang King and said, ”Cha Han, the two of them are in love, why are you being so unreasonable?”

”Exactly, Cha Han, breaking up the couple like this isn’t pleasant. It doesn’t suit the character of someone on the Heavenly List.”

The Ruyang King, hearing this, looked at the two and said, ”It’s not your daughter. If it were your daughter, you might have acted even more excessively than I.”

Peng Yingyu, hearing this, laughed and said, ”But this question is just too difficult. Isn’t that a bit harsh?”

The Ruyang King said, ”Hmph, I’ll set whatever question I wish, it’s none of your business. Don’t meddle in things that don’t concern you.”

After saying this, the Ruyang King looked at Chen Jie. This question was actually given to him by the Living Buddha. Back then, he was tricked into the Capital by Tuotuo, imprisoned in the Great Buddha Temple, and discussed Zen with the Living Buddha.

They talked about how Master Huineng, after his nirvana, reached the Buddha Country, and the guarding Bhikkhu Monks said to him, ”The Buddha’s test: before you are two doors, one leads to the Buddha Country, and the other to Hell.”

”And two Buddhist Vajras guard them, one always speaks the truth, and the other always lies. Master Huineng can only ask one question. What should he ask to enter the Buddha Country and achieve enlightenment?”

At the time, the Ruyang King pondered for a long time and couldn’t find an accurate answer. By the time he figured it out, dawn had broken, but even so, the Living Buddha said Ruyang King had great wisdom.

Isn’t Chen Jiusi reputed to be extraordinarily clever?

Today, he strictly limited the time to see if Chen Jiusi’s command could find the correct answer within thirty minutes. If he could, it would prove he was truly clever, and the Ruyang King would be reassured to entrust Zhao Ya to him.

But if he couldn’t answer, then it couldn’t be blamed on the Ruyang King’s lack of mercy for not being willing to marry Yaya to him.

The Ruyang King thought as he looked towards Chen Jie, wondering what answer he would give.

Meanwhile, inside, Zhao Ya, listening to the conversation outside, was extremely anxious, pacing back and forth in the room. Jiusi better not choose the wrong room. Many times, she wanted to just push open the door and run out to meet Chen Jie.

But every time her hand reached out, she pulled it back, knowing that her father sometimes liked to stick to his guns, and angering him might not lead to any good results.

So she could only hide by the door, listening to the voices outside, her hands tightly clenched, fearing that Chen Jiusi would choose the wrong room and create a tragic incident.

At this moment, all the pressure was on Chen Jie. He looked at the burning incense before turning his gaze to the Ruyang King, who seemed to tell him with his eyes, ”The opportunity is yours, let’s see if you can seize it.”

Then Chen Jie slowly advanced and quickly stood between He Yishou and Gui Yannian, respectfully saluting them.

The two nodded slightly back to him, wishing very much to go easy on him, wishing for their disciples’ happiness, but they couldn’t help. They could only watch everything unfold before them.

Then Chen Jie spoke. He approached He Yishou, pointing in Gui Yannian’s direction and said, ”Master He, if I asked Master Gui whether the Commandery Princess is in the room behind him, what would Master Gui say?”

Hmm?

Upon hearing this question, He Yishou was stunned, as were the surrounding people, but soon the quick-witted Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang understood, their eyes brightening instantly. This problem could be solved this way!

The Ruyang King’s eyes were filled with astonishment; the answer he pondered over for a whole night was easily uncovered like this?

Is Chen Jiusi truly so wise?

As he thought of this, He Yishou also fell into thought and after a moment said, ”He would say the Commandery Princess is in the room behind him.”

Hearing this, Chen Jie grinned and said, ”I know, the Commandery Princess is in the room behind Master He!”