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The butler called the referee over to ask, and the referee took the red wine and said, "This bottle of wine is called Romanti."

"Fack." No. 41 picked up the wine and took a serious look at the label. His face turned pale, and it turned out to be Romanti, not Romanni.The damn counterfeit goods were made almost exactly the same in appearance, which made me take a fancy to the wine at a glance, and changed luggage with No. 42.

The housekeeper said: "You should learn English well first, please send this gentleman away."

Sad and joyful, after one person was eliminated, one person got two gold coins, and one person was deducted one gold coin, the butler came to Liang Xi.The butler changed his previous attitude and nodded politely to Liang Xi. He looked at the number of the luggage and read it on the computer: "Three limited-edition women's bags... the total value is about [-] pounds. Congratulations, Mr. Liang, for getting two bags." gold."

Although there are no Rolls-Royce and Ferrari in Liang Xi's suitcase, which are well-known luxury car brands, there are unpopular customized luxury cars from Silbert and Spyker.

House took off on the spot because of the ring, but House did not expect that except for the ring, other goods were all high-end goods.The market price of two boxes of Cuban cigars exceeded [-] pounds, and the brandy was even more exquisite.Laptop configuration is very high, almost brand new.The most expensive are sunglasses that House overlooked.This pair of sunglasses is said to be a prop worn by Tom Cruise during the filming of Top Gun.Given that the value of the box exceeded [-] pounds, Blood Moon did not go to verify the true condition of the sunglasses.The butler told House that the owner of the luggage was the son of the former Secretary of State, a well-known rich man in the Internet industry in New York.

House took out his fist and bumped Liang Xi beside him, saying that your business is my business.Keeping promises is the code that House lives and lives by, and he lives by it.In addition, since House already knows Liang Xi's strength, it is best not to turn against Liang Xi in London.The reason Isha once said: Liang Xi is an irreplaceable professional talent.

Bobby only got two gold coins, and Bobby refused to accept it. He thought that a complete set of magazines would have to sell for fifty thousand pounds.The housekeeper informed that this is the price estimated by experts.Bobby asked back, can the so-called experts who can't even pee understand the pictures in the magazine?Because of provocative words and not being a VIP, Bobby was warned by a yellow card, and finally Bobby had no choice but to accept two gold coins.

Chapter 215 Preliminaries ([-])

Chris and Kou Kou are the most watched couple in the luggage war, and no one can be sure who wins and who loses after they exchange luggage.

But to everyone's surprise, the butler first announced that the keyboard and mouse owned by Chris were worthless. It was the e-sports player's name that the fans asked the merchant to spray, which is equivalent to stamping the merchant when selling things.In the end, the total value of Chris' luggage barely broke one hundred pounds, with two gold coins deducted.This shocked Chris's jaw, facing everyone's ridicule towards him as a VIP, Chris felt ashamed.

Fortunately, after Chris was deducted two gold coins, he still kept one gold coin.Even better news, Chris is not the first VIP who has lost face. The princess VIP was deprived of all gold coins and expelled from the invitation because the value of the item was less than [-] pounds.Another VIP, Anthony, also overturned, and his luggage was worth less than [-] pounds, and a gold coin was deducted.

Is the statue that Koko bought worth?The statue is made of brass and is not worth much.But this statue has a history of 80 years, and the body of the statue is a deity of Canadian Aboriginal beliefs.The statue has no practical value. Blood Moon deliberately contacted the Canadian aborigines and asked how much they were willing to pay for this brass statue 80 years ago. The other party gave a high price of five thousand pounds, so Kou Kou successfully obtained two gold.

Chris was extremely sad, but on the surface he shook hands with Kou Kou politely and gracefully, and congratulated her on winning two gold coins.Chris had a playful attitude when he participated in the blood moon invitation for the first time, but after being humiliated in the luggage battle, he decided that only he could eliminate the blood moon, and he must not be eliminated by the blood moon.

A total of ten guests were eliminated in the baggage battle, leaving 35 guests.Liang Xi believes that the current number of guests has exceeded Blood Moon's expectations, and there should be at least one project to eliminate guests.

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Everyone went back to the Blood Moon Castle. After lunch and lunch break, Liang Xi and the others enjoyed the afternoon tea time. Ordinary guests could only go up to the city wall to see the scenery.

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, a maid opened the door and brought a large envelope to Liang Xi from outside.Liang Xi opened the envelope, and there was a letter and a book inside.

The second guest elimination project that Liang Xi predicted was to assess learning ability.

This book is a book written in English by an unpopular Internet writer in India.This writer publishes on the Internet, with no more than 10 hits per day, he is a typical street writer.But he finished writing this 60-word science fiction book with perseverance and perseverance. Of course, no one will pay attention to him because of this.

The reason for choosing this set of books is because no one pays attention to him. Blood Moon believes that no guest has read this book.Each book has 5 characters, and there are six books in total.At 90 o'clock tomorrow morning, there will be an exam in the Blood Moon Auditorium next to the Blood Moon Castle. With a full score, you can get 90 gold coins, and 80 points and above will get 70 gold coins. There are three gold coins for 60 points, two gold coins for 50 points, one gold coin for 40 points, and no gold coins for 30 points. One gold coin will be deducted from 20 points, two gold coins will be deducted from 10 points, three gold coins will be deducted from [-] points, four gold coins will be deducted from [-] points, and zero points will be cleared and left directly.

The letter states that the exam is all multiple-choice.

This project is not difficult to say, easy to say.It is not difficult to get 50 points if you invest enough time and energy in reading.You must know that multiple-choice questions are usually one of four choices. According to the probability, as long as you fill in the answers, you can get 25 points if you are lucky or not.It is not difficult to make up 25 points.But it is almost impossible to get a high score.

Liang Xi turned over, and after only reading a chapter, he was shocked to the point where he was scorched inside and tender outside.Not to mention that there are spelling mistakes, sentences that are not fluent, etc., the plot of this story is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people like Liang Xi.

The main character of the novel is a prince in India. Because of the battle for the throne, he was given to death by his stepmother when he was still in his infancy. It was a kind maid who saved him.He went to a temple to change his name and surname. The abbot of this temple is called You Qi, yes, he is Yoda's junior in Star Wars.You especially told the prince an earth-shattering secret. The evil Titan sent a superman team to sneak into the earth. They lived like ordinary people and collected human information. After 30 years, the Titan's main fleet will reach the earth and destroy the earth.

What the protagonist has to do is to find seven Titan supermen and destroy them all within 30 years.The protagonist is not alone, his companions are White Widow, Marvel, Captain India and Nezha.The first thing the protagonist has to do is go somewhere to find a wise man whose name is Lao Tzu.Lao Tzu has a sworn enemy named Confucius...

Liang Xi's heart is broken. This kind of book is very interesting to read, and it is very interesting to read jokes, especially when he solemnly described Lao Tzu as a woman with a superb figure, Liang Xi almost choked himself to death with a sip of water.Lao Tzu was shocked when he learned that the other party was an Indian prince from the west, and they slept together on the first night.

Liang Xi threw the book away, he had to be quiet, this kind of book is not something ordinary people can read.Don't think that the author only knows Laozi and Confucius. After the author conquered Laozi and Confucius with great love, he went north to the extremely cold place under the guidance of Laozi, looking for clues that the strong Ivan the Terrible obtained the artifact, and unlocked new talents.Next, he met a star from Titan's deadly rival: Washington.

That's right, except for the old man and the hero, the people in this book are basically women, all beautiful, and all sleeping.

Liang Xi read the second book for dinner. The protagonist already has the ability to teleport and is ready to fight the No. 1 Superman.This Superman is the same as everyone knows Superman, the protagonist can't beat him, so the protagonist sacrifices himself to seduce Superman, and publishes the video on the Internet, causing Superman to commit suicide in embarrassment.So the protagonist obtained superhuman ability: 24K titanium laser cyclops, the protagonist can use Cyclops to shoot through a planet in extreme anger.

At this time, the author remembered that the protagonist had a younger brother, so the Indian superheroes began to besiege the second superman.

Liang Xi adjusted his mood after reading a paragraph and then read another paragraph. This set of books is not something ordinary people can handle.The red giant fights against Huashan (the name of the orangutan), and because they are both girls with delicate figures and about the same size, they cherish each other and love each other, so they lose their colors...

Liang Xi threw the book away, ate ice cream with his head in one hand, and then took the book back to continue reading.

The phone was not confiscated, and Bobby called. He told Liang Xi that he was dying of breath, laughing until he died.He felt that this book was not for normal people to read.

Liang Xi told Bobby: "You think you are reading a book, but it is actually reasoning."

Poppy: "The protagonist sleeping with Zeus is also reasoning?"

Liang Xi was surprised: "What did you see?" Zeus was not spared either?

Bobby: "The fourth book. Take it and read it."

Liang Xidao: "The reasoning I'm talking about is not bragging. The framework is basically the same. Find the artifact, find Superman, kill Superman. Then find the artifact, find Superman, and kill Superman. As long as you sort out the framework, I believe you can basically get 50 Points. Let me ask you, who did the protagonist sleep with, A: Daphne, B: Marton. C: Princess Snow White, D: The above answers are all correct."

Bobby asked cautiously, "D?"

Liang Xi said: "That's right, it's D. At least 60 of the [-] words are for sleep. The person who chose this book by Blood Moon wanted to make sure that no one had read it. It’s the same. But he ignores that every author has his own style and personality. This author’s writing style is relatively tender, and the multiple-choice questions are not very difficult. As long as you substitute the author’s thoughts, you can guess the correct answer.”

Liang Xi said: "You have to sort out the character of the author and the protagonist. He is very loyal to every lover, and every time he accepts a new lover for the sake of human beings. He has no ability to describe the intrigue of the lovers, so the lovers It must be harmonious. Grasping a few benchmarks can deal with most problems."

Liang Xi said, "Anyway, I can't stand it anymore."

Poppy: "Can I cheat?"

Liang Xidao: "This Blood Moon invites only one main venue and one event. According to my judgment, I think Blood Moon is expected to have 20 people. There are still 34 people, and they still have to eliminate people. This project is over. After that, if the number of people is still large, another project will be started, and the main project will not be started until the number of people reaches their expectations."

Bobby said: "I mean, can I cheat?" The answer was not what the question asked.

Ruzi cannot be taught.Liang Xi said: "The purpose now is to weed out people. If my guess is correct, the monitoring environment will be very easy tomorrow, and this book will not be recycled before the exam. The purpose is to catch cheaters. The two days of the 17th and 19th The person is suspected to be an employee of Blood Moon. At the airport today, others pay attention to passengers and luggage, and they pay attention to guests. They pay special attention to whether guests check passengers’ suitcases by bumping or other means.”

Liang Xi said: "Don't cheat, as long as you read the book, the problem shouldn't be too big."

Bobby was dissatisfied and said: "Can't you just say this sentence? Okay, don't learn, learn from Chris. It is said that Chris is so embarrassing today, and everyone has been called a laughingstock. We chatted on the city wall, and the most we talked about was Chris. Reece." Poppy didn't tell the regular guests that he knew Chris.

Liang Xi said: "Chris also has princesses who were eliminated. They should have been eliminated in the last blood moon invitation, but the last blood moon invitation changed the exam questions, allowing them to escape. Chris is very happy. Smart, but his reasoning and thinking are weird. How should I put it? For example, if we have three roads in front of us, he will worry that the No. 1 road is too bright, the No. 2 road is too dark, and the No. 3 road is too ordinary. He would rather open up a No. 4 road I don’t want to choose one of the three roads.”

Liang Xidao: "His thinking is very similar to the thinking of a planner. The thinking of a planner is to avoid other people's thinking. But reasoning is a way of thinking based on facts. Simply put, Chris is good at imagining out of thin air. Good at thinking in kind.”

Bobby said: "I don't see how imaginative he is."

Liang Xidao: "Maybe he didn't have this talent in the first place, but his thinking is similar to this kind of person. It should be reasonable for Chris to be eliminated, but today Chris feels humiliated, so he will definitely work hard to read books. Tomorrow's exam is right. Not too difficult for Chris."

Bobby: "Okay, hang up first, I'm going to read."

Liang Xi: "Come on." He didn't want to watch it anyway, he really couldn't stand it.

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Sun Wukong or Athena who is pregnant? A: Sun Wukong. B: Athena. C: Both of them. D: None of them are pregnant.

When did Monkey King appear?

There are 34 sets of tables and chairs in the auditorium of the castle, and each table is equipped with a tablet computer to answer questions and score points on the spot.There are 20 questions in total, each worth 5 points.Liang Xi will not answer the first question.According to Liang Xi's understanding of the author and style of writing, Monkey King has a relatively high chance of becoming pregnant.To be reasonable, this is not all nonsense, Tang Seng can get pregnant, let alone Monkey King.Intuition The author will not let Athena go.Liang Xi believes that the protagonist has slept with Monkey King and Athena.But judging from the first two books, the chances of pregnancy have begun to decrease, and Batman only became pregnant under deliberately bad circumstances.

Liang Xi chose D, neither of them was pregnant.There are too many children, and it is easy to disturb the protagonist to save the world.

In the second question, Liang Xi knew that Lao Tzu was taken down by the protagonist first.

20 multiple-choice questions, one hour was given, and everyone was very focused and quiet in the first 10 minutes.After 10 minutes, I have basically answered everything that can be answered, and now I need to earn one point for one point.House looked at Liang Xi who was three meters away. Liang Xi glanced at him, shook his head slightly, and made a throat-cutting motion. House understood that he would not misunderstand that Liang Xi didn't help him cheat because he was stingy.

There was only one invigilator in the huge auditorium, and the invigilator was smiling silly and playing with his mobile phone by the window.The guests all know that there is another thing called a camera.Not to mention spying, when it is said that civilian cameras can be bought on the Internet, the degree of concealment is enough to make people dumbfounded.If you stare at it, you can't even tell it's a camera.

There are many hotel room videos on the Internet.Reasonably, the hotel doesn't want this kind of thing to happen in its own home, and even if it wants to, it won't tell many people.The waiter was tidying up the guest room and cleaning, but he didn't find the camera.Not to mention the twisted mentality of the suspect, but technically speaking, there are many types of cameras.As far as current civilian products are concerned, thermal scanning is a more effective tool for detecting cameras, and other tools are basically useless.But an effective thermal scanner starts at least £[-] and is heavy and inconvenient to carry.

Is it possible to test everyone's ability to cheat?

It's possible, but very unlikely.Because Liang Xi already knew that the purpose of the luggage battle and the learning ability assessment was to eliminate defective products.In this case, there is a higher chance of cheating with defective products.

House is a typical cheater, he relied on cheating to become a nail in the blood moon invitation.But House's cheating has its own set of rules, that is, cheating without violating the invitation rules.

No discussion of virtue, No.2 fell down on the field, No.1 helped him across the finish line.is this fairIs it fair to No.3? No.3 originally had a chance to win the runner-up, because No.1 only won the third place because of his behavior.But No.1 did not violate the rules of the competition, so no matter whether it is fair or not, he complies with the rules and will not be revoked.On the contrary, Korean team No.2 stretched out his foot and tripped No.1, which led to No.3 Korean player winning the championship.The jury must determine whether No.2 deliberately tripped No.1 before making a verdict.However, regardless of the process, truth and result of such a judgment, it is impossible to satisfy both parties.It is assumed here that No. 2 tripped No. 1 on purpose. Although No. 3 did not participate, it will also be judged to be disqualified from the championship.Here are the rules.

After talking about the rules, what are the rules? The 02 World Cup was held in Japan and South Korea. Looking back, we can find that there are only rules in South Korea's home games, but there are no rules.A rule is an unfair rule, a deformed rule made by those who have power and resources to benefit themselves.

Chapter 216 Preliminaries ([-])

House is an old fritter with a strong ability to grasp the rules. He gave up cheating under Liang Xi's hint.But other people don't seem to think so. At first, some people just turned their heads to look at the answer sheets of the people nearby, and later developed to leaning over to negotiate with the other party.The sole invigilator turned a blind eye.Such an abnormal situation also made some people who wanted to cheat give up cheating.

After the exam, six people were expelled for cheating, and all gold coins were cleared.

Everyone's scores appeared on the tablet at the end of the exam time. Liang Xi scored 60 points. Liang Xi was most pleased that neither Monkey King nor Athena was pregnant.The wrong few questions are quite unfair, such as what is the relationship between Zeus and Satan?Friends, rivals, lovers and couples.This question crushed all Liang Xi's reasoning cells, and Liang Xi couldn't figure it out at all.In the end, Liang Xi chose his lover, but they turned out to be rivals in love.

After the scores came out, several people were expelled from the invitation due to insufficient gold coins.

At present, the total number of guests invited by Blood Moon is 23 people. The Blood Moon Butler is not satisfied. He and two referees whispered in a corner of the auditorium, and then called someone to discuss.

After the blood moon steward hung up the phone, he walked to the auditorium stage and said to the 23 guests: "First of all, thank you for your hard work. Many people should have guessed that the luggage battle and study are to streamline the guests for the main competition. The 23 guests The scale still exceeded our expectations. Therefore, we have to conduct another round of preliminaries, and I hope everyone can understand. This is also the last preliminaries, and even if all 23 people pass the test, we will enter the official invitation program.”

The blood moon steward said: "In this preliminaries, the losers will be eliminated directly. We will buy back the gold coins of ordinary guests at a price of 100 million. VIP guests will deduct one gold coin if they fail. If they have more than one gold coin, this VIPs will not be eliminated. Everyone please follow me."

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Butler Xueyue led everyone to a bedroom suite similar to Liang Xi's room, with a living room, a kitchen, two secondary bedrooms, and a master bedroom.

Blood Moon Butler said: "Everyone has 5 minutes to enter the room and observe the house. Please don't move any furnishings or touch anything."

After 5 minutes, everyone returned to the door of the suite. At this time, the maid with the numbers 1, 2, and 3 on her chest stood in front of everyone.

Blood Moon Steward said: "Number 1, I want an apple."

Maid No. 1 nodded and entered the suite. The referee closed the door and came out within a minute. Maid No. 1 came out and handed an unpeeled apple to the housekeeper.

Blood Moon Butler said: "On the 2nd, please clean the coffee table in the living room, I will receive guests later."

Maid No. 2 nodded, entered the suite, and came out about 2 minutes later.

Blood Moon Steward said: "On the 3rd, I just went out and found my pocket watch left in the suite, please bring it to me."

Maid No. 3 nodded, entered the suite, and came out in about 10 minutes: "I'm sorry butler, I didn't find your pocket watch."

Butler Xueyue said: "No, I'm pretty sure that the pocket watch is on the bedside table in the master bedroom in the suite. You must have stolen the pocket watch. My question is, who stole my pocket watch. Everyone, please don't disturb this room. Decoration, open the cabinet, please close the cabinet, open the clothes, please fold the clothes. It takes 20 minutes, do you have any questions?"

A buddy raised his hand: "Can I be searched?"

Blood Moon Steward said: "Only the police can conduct a mandatory body search on suspects."

Maid No. 1 said: "If you give me a gold coin, I will allow a body search."

No. 2 maid said: "I only want 5 silver coins."

No. 3 maid said: "Give me two gold coins, and you can search me."

Blood Moon Butler said: "Attention, this preliminaries is the last preliminaries, there is no gold coin reward. Each person can only search one suspect, and must give an answer after the search."

Chris asked, "Can I ask them questions?"

The Blood Moon Steward replied: "Yes."

The blood moon steward waited for a while, and said: "Since there is no problem, the timer will start now."

Liang Xi's first step was to look at the apple given to the butler by maid No. 1.The second step is to observe the coffee table cleaned by maid No. 2.The third step is to observe the bedside table in the bedroom where the butler puts the pocket watch.

It took less than 2 minutes before and after. Liang Xi left the crowd in the suite and walked outside the door. He took a note and pen from the referee, wrote a number and handed it to the blood moon steward.The blood moon steward nodded after reading the note: "The answer is correct, Mr. Liang really deserves his reputation. You can wait here for a while, or you can go back to your room to rest and wait for further notice."

Many people noticed this scene, and some of them had been paying attention to Liang Xi.After Liang Xi passed the level, they learned Liang Xi's steps and made three observations, but no one could know who the thief was from the three observations.Because of Liang Xi's actions, most people gave up looking for pocket watches and began to focus on the ultimate question: who is the thief?

Chris completely gave up. He has already determined that the gap between himself and Liang Xi in the field of reasoning cannot be made up by hard work. He has no idea of ​​any connections and mysteries between the apple, the coffee table and the nightstand.Chris was sure that Liang Xi was watching very carefully, and even put his face on the coffee table.Even with so much information, he didn't understand what Liang Xi meant.

Is this question difficult?It was not difficult for Liang Xi.

Look at the apples. There is water in the unpeeled apples, which means that the apples were washed on the 1st.Looking at the coffee table again, there is no residual water stain on it, indicating that No. 2 wiped and tidied the coffee table with a dry cloth.The bedroom bedside table where the pocket watch sits has a faint water stain. No. 2 and No. 3 do not need to touch the water, only No. 1 touches the water.One possibility was hands not drying and dripping onto the bedside table while holding the pocket watch.One possibility is that the bedside table was wiped down after spotting water dripping on it.The surfaces wiped with and without water are very different,

Number 1 can choose to dry his hands to reach the pocket watch, or wipe the bedside table with a dry cloth.But pay attention to two points.The first point is that it takes less than a minute for No. 1 to enter the bedroom. To dry your hands and wipe the bedside table with a dry cloth, you must first know where the dry cloth is, and you must also consider the water stains on the dry cloth.The best way is to wipe off the visible water droplets with your hands, and then dry your hands with your underwear.

The second point: This is a temporarily added topic.

If this question is to be tricked, it is on No. 3. After No. 3 went in for about 10 minutes, she searched and searched for many places.The last question a guest should think about is: where is the pocket watch.

No. 3 searched for 10 minutes but did not find the pocket watch. It has been explained that either No. 3 is a thief, or the pocket watch is on No. 1 and No. 2.Once this is figured out, the next step is the option of a body search. The search conditions given by the three maids are a pitfall. She is the most expensive maid and needs two gold coins to search.The butler has already explained that there is no gold coin reward this time, who would use 3 million pounds to search?More importantly, how many people have two gold coins?

The requirement of two gold coins increased the suspicion of No. 3, and many people would directly fill in No. 3 as a thief.This is like a werewolf killing game. Although No. 3 is a civilian, her speech has already attracted the suspicion of the civilians. The suspicion of No. 3 directly protects No. 1 thief.

If it is not found from the clues that No. 1 is a thief.Liang Xi thinks that it is better to lock No. 2, and only 2 silver coins are needed to search No. 5.When everyone is undecided, it is a good way to pay 5 silver coins to search No. 2, rule out the suspicion of No. 2, and choose a thief from 1 and 3.

VIP Anthony thought of this, and he took out five silver coins to search No. 2.Not really, he entered a room with the referee, and the referee told Anthony that No. 2 did not have a pocket watch.At the same time Anthony can no longer return to the game, he must write down the number of the thief.

1 or 3?

3's suspicion is even greater, because 3 wants two gold coins, obviously to prevent others from searching her.Anthony originally wanted to think backwards about choosing No. 1, because he knew that the topic invited by Blood Moon was not that simple.But Anthony discovered one thing.If you want to think backwards, you should write No. 2, and you should choose No. 3 if you follow the law of greatest suspicion.Anthony thought that Liang Xi would come up with the answer quickly, so he gritted his teeth and wrote a 3 on the sticky note, and handed it to the referee around him.

The referee shook his head, indicating that Anthony made a wrong choice: "Please leave through the back door."

Fanny was expressing dissatisfaction to the butler on behalf of some guests at this time: "This case is obviously a case of profiteering. This is not a habitual act of stealing. Those who can enter the castle to work have clean backgrounds. What I want to say is that this is not a real case of theft. , if it was a real theft, the thief would be nervous and I could see who was nervous."

Liang Xi said: "Among the crime data, there is a small group of people who do not feel any guilt after committing a crime, even including the first homicide."

Fanny retorted: "A small part is very low probability. I want to make a high probability choice. I believe your choice is not an affirmative answer, but a high probability answer."

Liang Xi: "That's right, but can you tell what kind of tension it is?"

Fanny: "Huh?"