Chapter 364 Misleading Intuition
Socheng.
The city lord’s palace, side hall.
You Su has not worn sunglasses since he appeared outside Shuocheng, because such strange items would attract too much unnecessary attention to him. Anyway, relying on my near-sighted vision and more arbitrary consciousness, his actions are no different from those of a person who can truly see.
He observed the guest room where he was, and for the first time he felt that he could describe the architecture of Bei Aozhou as magnificent.
The hall is spacious and bright, with beams carved with dragons and phoenixes hanging high. The tables and chairs are all made of carved pears. There is even a screen that separates the bedroom from the living room. This is almost impossible to exist in Bei Aozhou.
Such a delicate and exquisite layout style reminded You Su of the mansions in Zhongyuan Continent. This shows that the lord of Shuo City must be very fond of the culture of Zhongyuan Continent. And he was able to live in such an expensive guest room, probably because of the glory of the flower Taoist priest.
Thinking of the twists and turns of entering the city, You Su became even more curious about the flower Taoist priest.
Since that inexplicable game, his behavior has completely puzzled You Su. And obviously, like those evil gods hiding in unknown places, unknown things always make people uneasy.
You Su couldn’t figure out his purpose, let alone why he was involved.
But what he was sure of was that the flower Taoist priest must have seen that he had some cultivation.
Because You Su really thought that Hua Taoist was just an ordinary fake Taoist at first, but Hua Taoist's ability to come and go without a trace showed that his strength was unfathomable. You Su mistakenly thought that the other party was an ordinary person, and that was entirely because the difference in strength was too large, so it was impossible for him to hide it from Taoist Hua even with his little disguise.
Therefore, the most fatal problem will be exposed -
He is a young man with good cultivation, and he is clearly qualified to be welcomed into the city by the officers and soldiers from the gate. , but he did not hesitate to be sold by a mortal ruffian to be a duck in Chuixue Tower and enter the city. He must have a shady identity and an ulterior purpose.
Then why does he still want to help me?
You Su thought about it and was extremely frightened. He drank the hot tea on the table in one gulp, then stuffed Bai Ze who was running around in the room back into his collar, pressed Bai Ze's head and whispered seriously:
< br>"We can't stay here anymore, be honest, we have to leave immediately!"
The Hua Taoist priest is currently in the main hall discussing matters with the city lord. If he doesn't leave at this time, he won't be able to leave.
Bai Ze still felt a little baffled, but after being together for so many days, he had already trusted You Su very much.
When You Su came in, he had already scanned it with his spiritual consciousness. There was no attendant guarding the guest room where only distinguished guests could stay. As long as he explains to the maids that he is a disciple of the Hua Taoist priest, and if he needs to go out to do something now, he will be able to sneak out!
You Su used his consciousness again and confirmed that no one was in the courtyard, so he opened the door with a frown.
But what comes into view when the door is opened is not the gray snow in the yard, but a male peacock in full bloom.
“Hey, how did you know that my master is back!”
Hua Taoist priest always has a gentle smile on his face, giving people the impression that there is no trace of the hypocrisy of a smiling tiger, but rather Really harmless to humans and animals.
You Su’s heart was shocked, and he pursed his lips and moved away:
"I am not your disciple."
"Many people want to be my disciple."
Hua Taoist clasped his hands behind his back and walked into the house. The moment he entered, the door closed on its own, blocking out the biting cold wind outside.
"I'm not a gregarious person."
You Su sat back on the tea table. Since he knew he couldn't run away, he simply refilled his empty tea cup. After running around for three days, I started to covet a mouthful of hot tea.
"So you are an interesting person."
Hua Taoist slowly sat on the other side of the tea table, "I have brought you into the city after all. Isn't it too much to pour Xiaodao a cup of tea?"
You Su raised his thick eyebrows, but he still gave him one.
"Why help me?" You Su asked straightforwardly.
"Because you guessed it right." Hua Taoist sniffed the fragrance of tea and said in a matter-of-fact tone, "Xiaodao said that he can fulfill your wish within his ability. Isn't your wish Going into town?”
You Su pursed his lips. His guess just now was accurate. The Hua Taoist priest had indeed figured out that he had some ulterior secret.
But the flower Taoist priest did not choose to expose or ask, but chose to ignore it?
"If that's the case, then why did you leave without saying goodbye?"
Of course You Su was referring to making him a scapegoat for the murder.
"The fat man doesn't know me, so why don't you find someone who knows me?" The flower Taoist waved his hands and enjoyed the tea intoxicatedly.
It suddenly dawned on You Su, no wonder that the commander appeared so timely and was actually attracted by the flower Taoist priest without knowing it.
Just when You Su was guessing the identity of the person in front of him, Hua Taoist suddenly put down his tea cup:
“Why did you change?”
“Change. What? A secret grid?" You Su didn't expect that the other party was still struggling with that crappy game.
"Yes! You would rather pretend to be deceived by human traffickers, and would rather bear the crime of murder. This is all because of your determination to enter the city. It can be seen that you must be an unswerving and tenacious person. People who don’t pull away! Such people have been the pillars of immortality from ancient times to the present." Taoist Hua’s eyes were bright. His tone was full of doubts, "But how can such a person choose to change the other path so decisively when faced with two roads? Obviously, whether you change or not, the probability of you guessing right is half. In this case , what reason does a person like you have for not choosing to believe in your original intention?”
"I said, you can't fool me." You Sufeng replied calmly.
The doubts on Hua Taoist's face just now gradually dissipated, and turned into a stronger smile, as if the doubts were all fake:
"When did I lie to you?"
"You are right. If the chance is really 50-50, people like me will definitely choose to stick to the original choice without hesitation. But I still know that there is a higher chance of reaching the end of the other path. Choose a firm beginning "Xin, such people are not talented people, they are fools."
"You mean, there is no 50-50 chance of guessing the remaining two boxes?" Hua Taoist leaned forward and seemed to be correct. He was even more urgent about the answer that You Su was about to say, "Even if you haven't studied "Ten Books of Suanjing", even the old woman selling vegetables on the roadside can understand this truth - choose one of the two, the probability of being wrong or right. Just half and half.”
You Su did not directly answer Hua Taoist's question: "The purpose of letting these refugees play this game is not to show kindness, but to let them learn arithmetic?" "You answer my question first." Hua Taoist His smile didn't change, but his eyes became more intense.
You Su frowned secretly and quietly leaned back. He just wanted to be sold to Chuixuelou, but he didn't really want to be sold in. He was someone who couldn't even break up with a man like Brother Kongyue who was more beautiful than a woman.
"The reason why I will change is very simple, because the probability of guessing correctly after changing is twice that of not changing, so I have no reason not to choose."
You Su said lightly For extremely counter-intuitive reasons.
"Oh? Why?" Hua Taoist pressed forward further.
“There are three hidden cells, and the silver may be placed in any one. If it is in the first one I choose, then no matter which one you open, as long as I change it, it will be wrong. But on the contrary The situation is not as simple as the silver not being in the first one, but that it is in the second one, or In the third one. It can be seen that there are three possible situations. After you open a space, the chance of my guessing is two-thirds, and the chance of not changing is only one-third."
"The old lady selling vegetables on the street can't understand your explanation." Hua Taoist was not ready to give up yet.
These words inspired You Su’s perseverance. After all, the old ladies selling vegetables on the street may be smarter than his junior sister. The painful memories of those three years in Yuanyang Sword’s religious sister’s arithmetic will remain fresh forever.
“If it were replaced with a hundred hidden squares, then even the most determined fool would choose to change.”
"Continue."
"From one to one hundred, you can choose a number at will."
The flower Taoist thought for a moment, "Eighty-eight."
"I'm here There are a hundred secret cells, or there is only one secret cell with silver in it. You choose. I chose the eighty-eighth hidden grid, and then I opened ninety-eight empty hidden grids for you, except for the first hidden grid that was left unopened. Now, in order to get this silver, do you choose to trade or not. Don’t want to change?”
“Of course I have to change!” Hua Taoist blurted out.
"Why?" It was You Su's turn to ask, "There are only two hidden cells left, one with one without the other. Whether you switch or not is a half chance. Why don't you believe in your original choice?"
" Because... this is just an appearance."
The Hua Taoist finally leaned back on the back of the carved chair. , the admiration in his eyes almost overflowed, "The reason why the eighty-eighth dark grid I chose can be left is not because the silver happens to be in it, but because I chose it in the first place. But first If there is a hidden grid left, it is because you know where the silver is. So essentially, as long as I start from the beginning. The choice of eighty-eight is wrong, so no matter which of the remaining choices is chosen, I will definitely guess it correctly, unless I guess eighty-eight correctly at the beginning, but that is only one in a hundred - one in a hundred. "
"So it seems that there are only two options left, but in fact the other option is eliminated for you. The remaining choices after ninety-eight wrong choices, and the one you chose at first is just one of the one hundred you chose, and so on, the same is true for the three hidden cells."
As soon as You Su concluded his words, he was surprised to find that Hua Taoist actually picked up the teapot and filled a cup of tea for him himself.
You Su was extremely shocked. This Hua Taoist must be a venerable master of the Cave Realm, but he would actually condescend to pour tea for a boy of unknown origin?
It would be fine if the Hua Taoist priest didn't know the principles behind it and wanted to thank him, but he was clearly testing himself...
"Who did you study under before?" Hua Taoist priest Tone concerned.
You Su pursed his lips and chose to remain silent.
The Taoist priest saw that You Su was unwilling to say anything, so he immediately raised his eyebrows and said:
"To put it boldly, they are nothing more than a few old scholars from Nanyang Continent or Zhongyuan Continent. I don't know any of them? However, in terms of arithmetic, Nanyang Continent, sitting on the Apocalypse Mountain, always likes to calculate the sky and the earth. It is still better than the others. Sizhou is strong on the front line. I see you are young. You are so proficient in arithmetic, Zhongyuanzhou cannot teach you, are you a close disciple of the old Ziwei?”
You Su also raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He also knows the old Ziwei that Taoist Hua said. Venerable Ziwei, the great elder of Qiming Sect in Nanyangzhou. His skills include Ziwei Dou Shu, Bagua Six Yao, Qi Men Dun Jia, etc. He is the pinnacle of contemporary Shu Shu.
As a master figure who is like a living fossil, there are two reasons why his reputation is not as good as that of the Great Elder Tianshu. One is that the popularity of the way of magic is far beyond the reach of the way of magic. The other is that the popularity of the way of magic is far beyond the reach of the way of magic. Venerable Ziwei has no widely circulated works. His works are all obscure and difficult to understand and have a very high reading threshold. Most of the works written by the First Master of Tianshu can be understood by even a monk in the Tongmai Realm.
But Venerable Ziwei's reputation is only slightly higher than that of the Great Elder. In terms of his immortal status, he is definitely on the same level as the Great Elder.
But for such a person with such a noble status, Hua Taoist actually called him an old Taoist, showing no awe at all.
"No?" Hua Taoist was very confused after seeing You Su's performance, and pushed the tea poured for You Su over, "Could it be the ancient Taoist priest?"
You Su looked at the tea cup and took a sip. Pursing his lips, "I don't know them, and I haven't learned any magic. "
Unexpectedly, Taoist Hua sat up when he heard this and looked at You Su with disbelief. His burning eyes even surpassed the man's coveting of women, but saw him. The answer to what I have been looking for all my life is average.
"Sure enough...Sure enough! From the first moment I saw you, I noticed that you are different!"
Flower Taoist priest walked around minding his own business, "It's not because Your cultivation level is because when I introduced the rules, although their ears were listening, they Everyone is looking at that coin! Only you don’t look at the coin! So it doesn’t matter what the reward is, what’s important is that those old scholars just don’t understand! Intuition is the biggest obstacle in the way of magic! ”
At the end of his words, Hua Taoist seemed to be talking to himself, and he looked as excited as if he had solved an unsolvable proposition.
You Su quietly shook his shoulders and thought to himself, it's not that he doesn't want to look at Yinzi and listen, but that he can't see clearly. Listening attentively is not because of seriousness, but a habit developed blindly...
"So you let those refugees play this game, the purpose is...to prove what?"
" That's right! Those old academics have been superior for too long! Even though there are so many fallacies in their books, I still want to admit it! It proves that even civilians who have never learned arithmetic can overcome the misleading intuition and get the correct answer! They can stand at the heights of academics, not because they are really smarter, but just because they are better than these fools in their eyes! Just learn more!”
Taoist Hua waved his colorful sleeves vigorously, looking like a peacock spreading its wings.
"But you know I'm just pretending. I can't prove your theory." You Su drank tea and poured a basin of cold water on Hua Taoist.
“No, you can.”
Flower Taoist priest bowed slightly, his eyes bright:
“Are you right, Da Bang?”
< br>(End of this chapter)