Chapter 2 I Have an Idea (2)

  Grandma's, big fish didn't come, at least a shrimp arrived. No killing mistakes, no letting go, make it clear first. Liu Zhang muttered to himself in his heart.

  "Oh? The young master actually knows the name of Kong Rong? Hehe, I didn't dare to claim to be a child prodigy in my youth. I am indeed Kong Rong from Shandong. What was it that you wanted to ask just now, young master? Please go ahead and ask, and see if I can answer?"

  He was famous for the Kong Zhou affair that year, and although he was not yet thirty years old, he had already gained a great reputation. This time, he was recruited into the imperial court and took office in the Ministry of Justice, so he came to visit Liu Yan on his way, which was the mentality of a young man who had achieved success.

  If only he knew, the little brat standing below would secretly refer to him, a direct descendant of Confucius in his 20th generation and a great scholar of this era, as "shrimp" in his heart, it's unknown whether he would be so delighted that he'd directly faint.

  Wow, it's really this little shrimp.

  Liu Zhang was secretly delighted. For several days, not a single hair had been seen in the net. Now, even if it was just a small shrimp, it was better than nothing. As for this small shrimp, it was now at the height of its power and could not be pulled over by him, but he did not know that.

  "Ah, shrimp, uh, no, that gentleman's name, I've heard it for a long time. As for this question, hmm, please ask the gentleman, they say the sky is round and the earth is square, but why do people see things or people coming from afar first appear at the top and then gradually reveal their full appearance? If we follow the idea of a flat earth, as I think about it, shouldn't it be that either you can't see it, or once you can see it, it should all appear at once? There's something fishy about this, sir, could you enlighten me?"

  With a roll of his eyes, Liu Zhang had already asked an unanswerable question. In this era, people were limited by their understanding of nature, and it was really difficult to come up with an answer.

  His idea was just to suppress the opponent's arrogance first, and then use tactics, which is nothing more than a variation of the carrot and stick approach.

  "Ah!" Kong Rong heard him ask such a question, and indeed he was immediately tongue-tied. Frowning and thinking hard for half a moment, he finally showed a embarrassed expression, dryly laughed twice, turned his head to Liu Yan and said: "I didn't expect your son to be interested in the study of things. This time, Rong is really embarrassed."

  Liu Yan was also very embarrassed, having anticipated his young son's strange question. Seeing Kong Rong's embarrassment, he feared that he would offend the other party and hastily laughed: "Children have strange ideas, they are flighty, Wen Ju need not take it to heart. The imperial court has repeatedly recruited him, this time finally getting Wen Ju to serve in the Ministry of Justice, Wen Ju's talent is known to all, my child's reckless words are not worth a smile."

  Kong Rong's face was flushed with shame, although Liu Yan had smoothed things over, but the arrogant look he had at first was never seen again.

  Liu Zhang understood what was being said, but couldn't help feeling depressed. So this shrimp wants to go to Luoyang to be an official? Wouldn't that mean he's been busy for nothing again? No way, he had to think of another plan and couldn't just let it go so easily.

  With a determined look in his heart, he ignored Old Man Liu Yan's surreptitious glare at him and, relying on his youth, took a few steps forward, grabbed Kong Rong's sleeve, and winked: "Sir, don't you know the answer to my previous question either? Alas, is it really as strange as I thought? Never mind, never mind, I won't ask that question anymore. However, I've heard people say that you are a scholar with great knowledge and a descendant of Confucius. Just now, my father mentioned that you were going to enter the Imperial Tutor's mansion to serve, dare I ask, sir, why don't you directly enter the imperial court as an official instead of serving under the Imperial Tutor? Could it be that the Imperial Tutor's learning and status are above yours?"