It is reasonable for the officials to panic, because if the topic is leaked, they will not be able to get out of it, and they will all be subject to the strictest scrutiny of the imperial court, and even their careers will be terminated.

"Open the package and see whose it is. Chen Yixue's face was a little scary.

"My lord, it's not time to open the seal, isn't it in accordance with the rules at this time?" a room official reminded.

"The old man is the president, and all the responsibilities are borne by the old man. Unpack. ”

The president must be fully responsible for any problems in the township test, and then the person directly responsible, that is, the housing official, and the relevant responsible person will be investigated.

Among all the major events in the Ming Dynasty, only the imperial examination was the most cost-effective and the most decent, and many historians praised the imperial examination system in the Tang and Song dynasties, which was actually biased. If the Ming Dynasty could be as serious as the imperial examination, the national fortune would at least not be worse than the two Song Dynasty, and even far surpass.

A great man once said: If you are afraid of things in the world, you are afraid of the word serious. That's true.

The imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty was the most fair and enlightened, and there were the fewest cases of fraud in the scientific field, because of the word serious, which of course was also because the punishment for fraud was too strong.

Under the noses of many house officials, the volume was unsealed, revealing the name and place of origin inside: Suzhou student, Zhou Wenbin.

Lian Daning and Meng Fanjun were urgently summoned to the Jiangnan Governor's Yamen, which was also the place where Chen Yixue was stationed.

"Lord Chen, is something wrong?" Lian Daning hurriedly asked.

"Look at this article, this is Zhou Wenbin's volume. Chen Yixue said with a gloomy face.

Lian Daning and Meng Fanjun hurriedly looked at it.

Meng Fanjun was puzzled after reading it: "It's very well written, what's wrong with this?"

"It's just so well written. Chen Yixue said angrily.

"Lord Chen, what are these words, is the article well written or a sin?" Meng Fanjun became excited, and his tone was also very hard.

"Old master, don't be excited. I understand, this is indeed written by Wenbin on weekdays, and it cannot be improvised in the examination room. After reading it, Lian Daning understood, after all, Wen Bin was his disciple, and he knew Wen Bin's articles best.

The reason why Meng Fanjun was also called over was because Wen Bin had already been naturalized as the Guozijian, and if there was anything to do, he had to inform the Guozijian priest Meng Fanjun.

"Oh. Meng Fanjun suddenly understood the meaning of Chen Yixue's words, and his face darkened.

"Master Lian, Zhou Wenbin is your student, I originally wanted to accept him as a disciple, you know him best, you tell me the truth, is it possible that he knew the exam questions in advance?" Chen Yixue asked with a stern face.

"There is absolutely no way, the lower officials dare to guarantee the head of the item. This time, it was Lian Daning's turn to get excited.

"Don't get excited, Lord Lian, this is not a trivial matter, if there is really a leak of the topic, we will not be able to protect our heads. Chen Yixue really wanted to cry, and finally grabbed the errand to preside over the Nanjing Township Examination, why did he get involved in this accident.

"My lord is taking into account Zhou Wenbin's family background, although his family is an imperial businessman, he can't afford to get the title of the emperor himself in advance. What can the Zhou family be in the capital, adults should know. Lian Daning sighed.

"Whether the title is really leaked, we are just guessing now, it stands to reason that the Zhou family does not have the ability to do this, but doesn't Master Lian think this scroll is too strange?" Chen Yixue smiled bitterly.

Of course, Chen Yixue does not want to have a fraud case, in case this is the case, as the president, he will be in a catastrophe, and the official hat of the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Rites will definitely be lost, and then it is impossible to predict whether he will be demoted or exiled or even imprisoned.

"If you think about it again, will there really be a miracle?" Meng Fanjun suddenly smiled.

Chen Yixue and Lian Daning both understand what the so-called miracle is, that is, the questions in the exam happen to be done by the students on weekdays, and they do it very well. But this probability is too low, it is equivalent to picking a random number at random, and then winning the first prize, scraping all the prize money in the prize pool.

"It would be great if that were the case, old man, thank God. Although Chen Yixue didn't believe in this coincidence, he still gave it up again and again.

"Lord Chen, it's better to bring Zhou Wenbin to ask, if there is really a fraud incident, the lower officials will never dare to cover it up, and take it immediately. Lian Daning said decisively.

Chen Yixue nodded, he didn't doubt this, there was really going to be a fraud incident, not to mention Lian Daning, even Xu Jie couldn't cover it up, and all the people involved would have bad luck.

Lian Daning sent someone to hurriedly call Zhou Wenbin, Zhou Wenbin already knew what was going on, and as soon as he entered the Jiangnan Governor's Yamen, he couldn't help but be a little nervous. I saw that all the room officials had swords hidden in their eyes, and they all held their breath behind their seemingly unintentional eyes, and they all had the meaning of immediately coming forward to arrest him if he said a wrong word.

Chen Yixue was wearing an official uniform and sitting high on the ground, but after Zhou Wenbin saw the salute, he only looked at him with a squinting gaze.

After coughing a few times, Chen Yixue asked: "Zhou Wenbin, you told the official truthfully, how did you make this exam paper?"

Zhou Wenbin suppressed the nervousness in his heart and replied briskly: "This question was done by the disciple earlier, so I just transcribed it in the examination room. The adults saw it, and it really made the late students admire. ”

The people present, especially Chen Yixue and the others, couldn't help but be dumbfounded, it's really so, this kid is too lucky, it's like someone who kicked out a piece of horseshoe gold in his backyard casually, and then looked at the horseshoe gold mine under the yard.

"You are smoking from the ancestral tomb, and this smoke is not ordinary. Chen Yixue shook his head and smiled bitterly, not knowing whether to believe it or not.

If Zhou Wenbin talked about him left and right, there must be a problem, but he gave a positive answer, looking natural and unflustered. This matter is difficult to do, if you want to convict someone, you must always have evidence, there is no evidence, and you can only believe the statements of the parties.

Of course, it is not a violation to bet on the question, and there is no rule that a candidate will be dismissed if he has done the same essay before. On the contrary, before the exam, every candidate will practice the writing of the article, and they are all looking forward to winning one article in their hearts. In later generations, the college entrance examination even has a special lecture on the question, and there are naturally bets on it, or it is touching the side, which is the inevitability of probability, but this probability is extremely low, and candidates generally just listen to it.

Some candidates even go to the temple to ask for a lot, asking for exam questions, or looking for a fortune teller to calculate, anyway, any tricks are used, and the probability of betting is often 1 There are several zeros in front of it. Although it is almost zero, after all, there is still a subtle possibility, and Wen Bin bumped into this most subtle possibility, so Chen Yixue said that the green smoke from his ancestral grave was too big.

"My lord, this is not a violation, is it? People's luck is also due to God. Lian Daning instantly chose to believe Wen Bin, and immediately expressed his attitude confidently.

"What else can I say about such a good life, but if there is only one case of you in the entire examination room, it is really your life is too good, and there is no one who is good, if there are two or three cases, then the problem is serious. Please check carefully again to see if there is a similar situation. Chen Yixue's sentence still makes sense, one Zhou Wenbin's life can be established, and the appearance of several Zhou Wenbins is bound to be a disaster.

As they spoke, all the seventeen room officials and assistants quickly checked all the papers, especially paying attention to the ones that were better written, whether there were any papers that were written well on weekdays and copied in the examination room. Although the amount of papers is large, it is not difficult to screen them, especially when this kind of thing happens, they are all nervous, for fear that fraud cases will occur. Everyone worked with all their strength and full attention, and after a cursory examination, a room officer came out, pale, half frightened, half tired.

"My lord, it can be preliminarily determined that Zhou Wenbin is the only case. ”

Chen Yixue increased the amount with his hand, almost burst into tears, this can basically rule out the fraud case, although it is necessary to continue to investigate carefully, but these housing officials are extremely experienced, and this matter is also implicated in their future official fortune, no one dares to engage in it carelessly.

"Great, tell everyone, let's do this today, everyone rests, and today the official will treat you. Chen Yixue let out a heavy breath and his expression eased.

"How about your lordship please give this honor to your subordinates?" Lian Daning hurriedly bowed.

Lian Daning was also frightened, but now he was even more happy and almost went to heaven. Wen Binzhongju is ironclad, otherwise it would not have caused such a big shock, as the landlord and the teacher of the parties, it is of course his duty to take out some silver and invite the house official to drink.

"Okay, then it's time to spend money on training. By the way, Zhou Wenbin, the old man can congratulate you in advance now, if there is no big accident, you are Xinke Jieyuan. Congratulations, Xinke Xie Yuan Zhou Wenbin. Chen Yixue first said to Lian Daning, and then to Wen Bin.

"What?"

Wen Bin just asked, and then there was a roar in his head, and then the person fell straight back, he was stunned by the great happiness that came in an instant.

Fortunately, Lian Daning was prepared and hugged him from behind.

"Xinke Xie Yuan, can it be determined now?" Meng Fanjun was also surprised and silent.

"I have preliminarily read all the volumes, if there is no fraud, Zhou Wenbin is the new branch Xie Yuan, much higher than the second place, and the official is now inclined to him just too well. Chen Yixue laughed, this result is of course what he is most happy to see.

"Hahaha. Good!good!good!" Meng Fanjun also laughed and admired again and again. Guozijian is about to welcome a new branch Xie Yuan into school, and besides, it is a veritable double happiness, it is simply a general pick-up for nothing, fortunately, Wenbin has already been booked, otherwise if you want Wenbin to enroll now, I don't know how to talk about the conditions, it is estimated that it is not much worse than the conditions for admission, and Lian Daning is also a master of bargaining.

Lian Daning beckoned to the side, and the few officials he brought immediately stepped forward to support Zhou Wenbin and retreated to the side, and the matter was over.