Xiahou Hui understood as soon as he heard this. There was something about mountain roads that could not be used, and he could not take a carriage. Cao Miao wanted to test Sima Guo's physical strength.

In recent decades, the world has been in chaos and epidemics have been rampant. Many people die in misfortune, and premature death is common. For women, especially young women, there is another barrier of life and death, which is pregnancy and childbirth. If you don’t have a strong physique, many people will not be able to get through it.

She had just given birth and naturally knew the importance of physical strength. However, she was not worried. Although Sima Guo did not deliberately practice martial arts, her body has always been strong, and several miles of mountain roads could not defeat her.

Xiahou Hui and Zhang Chunhua discussed it and suggested accepting Cao Miao's request.

Zhang Chunhua knew in his heart that Cao Miao was deliberately making things difficult for him, hoping that they would give up. Although she was uncomfortable, she could only accept it. For Sima, no matter whether they wanted to marry in their hearts or not, at least they should be convinced and make people see their sincerity. If they give up because of a little difficulty, they would obviously not be able to achieve their goals.

Zhang Chunhua told Sima Yi, and Sima Yi nodded calmly and praised Cao Miao for his careful thoughts, which made Sima Guo so angry that tears rolled in her eyes.

Before Sima Guo's mood calmed down, Xiahou Xu said again that Cao Miao considered that the results of the exam might not be ideal, and the villa was being renovated and it was not convenient to enter the villa, so he would not invite Sima Yi and his wife to the village for the time being. He asked them to wait here to avoid running back and forth. If it goes well, Sima Guo could go down the mountain at most in the evening, and he would have time to return to the city.

Before Xiahou Xu could finish speaking, Sima Guo couldn't help it and covered her face and cried.

Sima Zhao also changed his face, his breath was heavy, and he clenched his fists. It was tolerant, but it was unbearable. This was simply an insult to their family.

Zhang Chunhua and Sima Shi said nothing, and the waves of anger could not be hidden under his calm face.

Sima Yi smiled with a smile on his beard. "The township official is considerate and very grateful. However, I am very curious about him. If the little girl is lucky enough to pass the exam, I want to meet him and settle the marriage as soon as possible."

Xiahou Xu bowed and said, "I will definitely convey to the Duke of the Township. Please wait for the good news."

Sima Yi returned the greeting and turned around and ordered someone to set up a tent. Sima Zhao rushed over and ordered people to remove the tent from the car, choose a place to stand up, and found a shade of trees, lay a mat to set up a table, and put on wine and food. When Sima Zhao was preparing, Sima Yi was already looking around with his hands behind his back, enjoying the scenery around him, chatting and laughing with Sima Master, and sighing from time to time.

Xiahou Xu saw it and secretly called him. Everyone said that Sima Yi was able to tolerate it, and today he was considered to be aware of it. He was so disgusted by Cao Miao that he was not angry at all, but he looked very happy. He did this and could not accept it.

Xiahou Xu immediately called a chariot and asked Princess Deyang to take a ride. The mountain road was not easy to walk, and Cao Miao was worried that Princess Deyang would not be able to maintain her strength, so he specially prepared a chariot to show respect. In addition, there was a chariot for use. If Xiahou Hui and others felt that they were too tired, they could also take a ride, but they could not participate in the assessment.

Xiahou Hui sneered and took Sima Guo away. "Guoguo, let's go, don't be underestimated."

Sima Guo bit her lip, took a step forward, and followed Xiahou Hui.

Xiahou Yan followed behind with a smile. Looking at Xiahou Hui and Sima Guo's silk shoes, she was a little lucky. Knowing that she was going up the mountain today, she specially wore a pair of light deer leather boots, which made it more convenient to walk the mountain.

The group, led by Qingtao and Hongxing, slowly walked towards the mountains.

Xiahou Xu stayed at the end, and when Princess Deyang and others disappeared into the mountains, he walked to Sima Yi and presented a volume of documents with both hands. Sima Yi took it but did not open it. "Boyuan, what is this?"

"The test questions prepared by the township minister for Ling Ai."

"Test questions?" Sima Yi was very curious. He opened it and looked at it, then his eyebrows trembled, and he turned around and handed it to Sima Shi. Sima Shi and Sima Zhao looked at the test questions together, and found that the test questions were all arithmetic questions, and it was not difficult. They were almost all common questions and slightly modified. Theoretically, as long as people who have studied "Nine Chapters", most of them can do it.

Sima Guo naturally learned "Nine Chapters". For a woman like her, she could not learn classics, but she had to learn some calculations. In the future, she would marry a wife and be in charge of the family's finances. She would have to know a little calculations so that she would not be deceived by her servants.

Sima Shi and Sima Zhao were also very surprised. They thought Cao Miao would deliberately make things difficult, just like he made things difficult for Deng Jian and Xiahou Xuan, asking some difficult questions or ambiguous questions, but they did not expect that it was such a question.

"What does the Township Duke mean?" Sima Zhao couldn't help asking.

Xiahou Xu had read these questions before, and also listened to Cao Miao's instructions. He knew that Sima Yi and his son would perform like this. "Taiwei, this is the sincerity of the township duke."

Sima Yi looked Xiahou Xu's eyes again and said, "Please tell the township official that I appreciate his kindness."

Xiahou Xu bowed again and turned around and left.

Sima Yi looked at Xiahou Xu's back and looked deep into the valley again, without saying a word for a long time. It was not until Xiahou Xu's figure disappeared that he let out a sigh of relief, walked to the paved mat and sat down, and picked up a glass of wine.

"Ziyuan, Zishou, what do you think?"

Sima Shi said in a deep voice: "From these test questions, Cao Miao has no intention of making things difficult. Could it be that he is actually in love with his marriage, and the reason why he acts like this is just a concealment?"

Sima Yi didn't speak, and turned to look at Sima Zhao. Sima Zhao said, "Perhaps the real assessment is not these questions, but physical strength? Although the mountain here is not steep, walking four or five miles is still not easy for a woman. Could it be that Cao Miao knew that this marriage was what His Majesty meant, and he was unable to stop it, so he had to try Aguo's physical strength so that he could have children in the future?"

Sima Yi pondered for a long time, with a puzzled look on his face. "But have you ever thought about it? Your Majesty is so concerned about this marriage, so why wouldn't he ask about the test questions? These test questions will definitely be sent to His Majesty in the future. Isn't he afraid that His Majesty thinks he is disagreeable and is suspected of deceiving the king?"

Sima Shi and Sima Zhao were both confused and looked at each other.

After a while, Sima Yi thought. "Unless he is confident that Aguo cannot pass the assessment. In this way, I can only bring shame on myself, and it has nothing to do with him. Ziyuan, have you agreed with Yuanrong?"

Sima Shi frowned slightly. "Aweng, Yuanrong and I agreed that she will do her best to make this happen. I wish Cao Miao could not do anything." He paused and said, "Aweng, Cao Miao's martial arts are really unfathomable?"

Sima Yi smiled. "So what if it is unfathomable? Even if the great sword master Wang Yue was able to master the swordsmanship, he would never live to the tiger's life?" He turned to look at the knights scattered around him. "No matter how good the martial arts skills are, they cannot stop the impact of the elite cavalry, which is not worth worrying. Ziyuan, if you have this leisure, why don't you think about what would happen if Your Majesty knew that Cao Miao had a good martial arts."

Sima Shi smiled. "I'm afraid that Your Majesty will be restless when he sleeps and eats."

Sima Zhao was confused. "Why?"

Sima Yi sighed and flicked Sima Zhao's forehead with a slight finger. "Crazy, Your Majesty relies on inheriting the will of Emperor Wu. He is willing to see another person accepting Emperor Wu's dreams and passing on martial arts, but is he nothing?"

Sima Zhao woke up from his dream and suddenly realized it. He patted his forehead embarrassedly and laughed out loud.
Chapter completed!