Han Ji waited until the curtain was lowered, then he withdrew his gaze and said to the more than ten guards standing below: "You take two people to follow Lord Shen Mi Shen, carefully hide and protect him, and report any problems immediately." An Ninghou also sent someone to keep an eye on him, but there are also many masters around him, and you can follow from afar. The rest followed me. ”

The guards listened attentively.

Han Ji waited until they were distributed, then took off his helmet and leaned back on the chair, and took a bun from the plate on the table to eat.

When Hu Yongcheng arrived outside the tent, his subordinate Mr. Qian came up, pointed to the tent, and said in a low voice: "What did he say?" ”

Hu Yongcheng frowned: "I only let us strengthen the guard at the entrance, and the inspection team did not show it." ”

Mr. Qian snorted coldly: "Sure enough, it's an embroidered pillow with only a sub-empty appearance!" It's just a whim to come here and want to be in the limelight. The examination room is the most important place, he acted so hastily, and what did he say about meritorious deeds! I think that even when it comes to the reward, it may not necessarily take us to heart. ”

Hu Yongcheng pondered for a moment, looked at him and said: "Don't mention the reward, I can't see that the chaos is already good." But then again, it doesn't hurt us to have a mess, and now we are his commander-in-chief, and we are just acting on orders, and he is also responsible for the chaos. ”

Mr. Qian paused slightly, and suddenly said: "Not bad!" Let him know something powerful, and it's good to brake his majesty first! After saying that, he stared at him again: "But what is it about the reputation of our battalion—"

Hu Yongcheng glared at him: "Who let you do your own evil?" Just act on the opportunity. ”

Mr. Qian hurriedly said yes. Here the two of them went their separate ways and did not mention it.

Shen Guanyu and the others will arrive later, and Shen Mi will take a few colleagues from the Ministry of Rites, as well as several officials from the Hanlin Academy and Guozijian to be in charge of the on-site examination in the watchtower at the four corners of the Gongyuan on the periphery of the examination shed. Standing on the watchtower, you can not only clearly overlook the situation in the examination booth, but also directly see the entrance and exit of the candidates.

Soon the sky was all bright, the fog faded, and the candidates gathered outside the examination room, lined up in turn with excited and enthusiastic expressions.

Liang En led the staff to guard the door, while Hu Yongcheng led the people to shuttle inside the door. Han Ji himself personally led the guards to serve as Linzeng's patrol, maneuvering around all corners of the examination room.

Shen Mi also arrived at the door of the examination booth and monitored the search of the candidates by the officials.

Cheating is never allowed in the scientific examination, especially in the final exam, the people who come out here will be part of the officialdom of the Great Zhou, and some of them may even be pushed to the emperor by the hands of the father and son of the Shen family, and become the pillars of the emperor. Therefore, at this time, he must not be careless, if he is exploited by some people with bad conduct, he may not and is bound to make waves in the court.

Everything was carried out in an orderly manner, and it was not until the last student entered that Shen Mi and his colleagues went to the watchtower on the south side to wait. It didn't take long for Shen Guanyu and them to arrive, and the eunuch of the celebrant finished reading the holy decree and began to answer the questions. Hu Yongcheng and the others who were at the door also dispersed, not mentioning their respective errands.

Liang En withdrew from the door, advanced to An Ninghou's tent, and reported the results, and An Ninghou looked at the gradually rising sun outside, and said, "Wait until the middle of the day, when the sun is lazy, and start to act." ”

Liang En received the order, and really waited for the sun to rise.

The first round of questions lasted for two hours, just in the middle of the day.

Seeing that the incense in the furnace was gradually burning, and the sunlight also illuminated the trees in the venue into dots, and seeing that the figures on all sides were not as active as before, Liang En took two people and walked to the third row of the No. 1 examination shed.

At this time, the officials had already begun to send and receive test papers, and the examination booths had been unlocked, and many of the test papers that had been taken away began to get up and move their muscles.

Liang En slowly inspected all the way, and suddenly stopped at the door of the fifteenth number house. The number A house is the existing brick and stone structure in the Gongyuan house.

The candidate in the room was a man in Tsing Yi in his forties, Liang En turned his head to look at him, and when no one paid attention to him on all sides, his left hand was raised inward without a trace, and a white shadow fell under the man. The man quickly picked up the white paper ball and spread it out, stuffed it under the teapot, and paced casually.

Except for the examiner, no one knows the content of the exam, and if the emperor doesn't ask, he won't know before the exam.

But whether it's a useful answer or not, as long as it's an entrainment related to the book of the sages, it's already cheating.

Liang En also walked forward, as if there was no such thing at all, and turned out of the examination booth.

Shen Mi and his colleagues received the test papers in batches, and when they saw the sun in the sky, they entered the resting place and asked Ge Zhou to make tea and prepare to drink.

Before the teacup was received, an official suddenly came over in a hurry and said, "My lord, something happened to the No. 15 house, An Ninghou asks you to go over and talk immediately!" ”

Shen Mi's heart sank, and he stuffed the teacup back into Ge Zhou's hand and walked out quickly.

The examination room has gradually quieted down, and the area of the first number has basically begun to be locked and answered.

Shen Mi quickly found No. 15, only to see several people from the Wucheng camp standing outside the examination shed, and the candidate's bookcase had been removed, and when he got closer, An Ninghou and his subordinate Liang En were standing in the number room, and there was a man in Tsing Yi in his fifties kneeling in front of them, trembling all over, and he was kowtowing to An Ninghou and begging for mercy.

"What's going on?" Shen Mi looked at the wrinkled piece of paper on the bookcase, and vaguely guessed what had happened.

"Ah, Ziyan came just in time!" An Ninghou waved at him and sighed: "It's really annoying, just now I took my subordinates to patrol here, and when I didn't want to find out here, I saw that this person was sneaky and didn't know what he was doing, and when I pressed it to take a look, I saw that he actually had this in his sleeve!" ”

He tapped on the table and motioned for him.

Then he said: "I don't know how this guy escaped the double search checkpoint at the door, just at the door, didn't Ziyan already monitor and search?" There are still people who dare to carry a cheat sheet to despise the emperor's prestige! If this reaches the ears of the emperor, won't it hurt Ziyan and Lord Ling Zun Shen to be reprimanded by the emperor? ”

For example, in the Great Zhou, not only students will be deprived of the right to take the imperial examination for life, but even the official in charge of the invigilation will be convicted if he does not report it. It is precisely because of this that Shen Mi has been under pressure like carrying a big stone these days, and now not only has it been found out that someone is covering, but it has also fallen into the hands of An Ninghou-

Fang was at the door, he was obviously staring at and searching one by one, how could there be someone entrained?

Shen Mi was puzzled, he walked to the door to look at the number plate, and only the words "Yuhang Xie Manjiang" were written on it. Looking at this Xie Manjiang himself, he already has a long beard, and such a person may not have a chance to come next time, so it is not too surprising that he will take risks and want to make a fortune.

He stared at Xie Manjiang with his eyebrows: "How did you bring it in?" ”

Xie Manjiang cried and said: "Below, hidden in the bun below......"

Bun? How is this possible! When you enter the door, not only your body and limbs, but also your toes have been checked, how can you hide it in your hair?

No matter what method he used, in short, it was a fact, and he confessed so quickly, he didn't need to beat him to admit it, which made Shen Mi even more puzzled, if he really cared so much about this exam, how could he confess so quickly?

He glanced at An Ninghou and said, "Since you have confessed, you should naturally send it to the official to be brought to justice." Since Hou Ye was at the scene, it was better to ask Hou Ye to do it for him, escort this person to the front yard, and hand him over to the Criminal Department. ”

An Ninghou was about to answer, when Xie Manjiang suddenly knelt down and crawled over, dragged the hem of Shen Mi's clothes, stood up and said, "Lord Shen, slow down!" I have a background, how can you take me at will? ”

Shen Mi said coldly: "No matter what your background is, today you are a relative of the emperor, so you have to do things according to the rules!" ”

No matter how big the emperor is, he can't be the emperor, this time the emperor wants to choose someone, how can he be rash?

Xie Manjiang was stunned.

An Ninghou hurriedly walked over: "Maybe there is a hidden secret, it is not easy for people to be so old, it doesn't hurt to listen to what he says first." Although there is a wall between the two adjacent rooms, it is inconvenient in the end. Why don't we move to the tent of the five cities and talk about it in detail, so as not to affect others? ”

Shen Mi felt more and more ridiculous, and he said: "Is there a secret to cheating? It's the first time I've heard of it in the pour! I don't care if I have any hidden feelings or not, come to someone, bring this person down! ”

Immediately a servant came in.

Xie Manjiang panicked, and hurriedly looked at An Ninghou, who said, "Then if you have anything to say, just say it here!" ”

Xie Manjiang swallowed his saliva, looked at Shen Mi and said, "I am a member of the Xie family in Jiangnan, does Lord Shen want to take me too?" ”

When Shen Mi heard this, his eyes suddenly froze.

He knew that in recent years, the Qiu Xie family had been preparing for the exam and trying to enter the office, but the people of his clan were still waiting.

Although the Xie family in Jiangnan is the most distant family from the Shen family, the friendship has never been broken, and there are even in-laws in the last two generations.

The four families were all small groups that were as close as a family back then, but now except for Shen Simin who went to Beijing to ask them for help, none of the other three families have come to look for them. The more this happened, the more he respected them. If this Xie Manjiang is caught, then the cheating of the children of the Xie family in the examination room will definitely spread all over the country, how can the Xie family be so noble, how can it be contaminated with such a bad reputation?

Although the Shen family doesn't have to rely on them to strengthen their momentum now, the world is unpredictable, who knows if the Shen family will have a place to turn to the Xie family for help in the future? Besides, if it wasn't for several families supporting each other in the previous dynasty, how could they achieve the scenery of each family?

But if he doesn't catch it, how can he round this field? Besides, he still has the risk of putting himself in it, and he can't afford not to think about it. R1152