"Come in, please." In the past two days, the father-in-law in the palace came to the palace of Prince Bao as if he was looking at the flowers, and everyone could see that something was wrong.

Sixi came in and called Qian'er, and said: "The slave asks for peace to the fourth elder brother, and the slave is ordered by the emperor to pass you into the palace to see you." ”

"Emperor Ama wants to see this king?" After Sixi nodded, Hongli didn't ask much, because he knew that even if Sixi knew, he wouldn't tell others, and said at the moment: "Wait a minute, this king will go and change his clothes." ”

"No need, the emperor said, please enter the palace immediately without delay. In addition, please bring the secret decree with you. Sixi's urging made Hongli stunned, and subconsciously touched the secret decree hidden in his arms, could it be that Emperor Ama knew about the leakage of the test questions?

But then again, this matter is so big, Huang Ama will know sooner or later, he originally wanted to wait for the clue to find out before explaining this matter to Huang Amma, but at the moment, it seems that he can't wait for that time. Anyway, what should come will come after all, and you can't hide from it.

Hurried to the outside of the Heart Cultivation Palace, Hongli calmed down a little anxious breath, and then came in and knelt down and said: "Erchen to the emperor Ama to say goodbye, the emperor Ama is auspicious." ”

Yin Zhen raised his hand and said, "Get up, did I bring the things you brought?" ”

When Hongli heard this, he hurriedly took out the secret decree and presented it to Yinzhen with both hands, "Please take a look at the emperor." ”

Yin Zhen took the secret decree and looked at it carefully, the fire seal on it was intact, and there was no trace of being opened, that is to say, it was impossible for the test questions to leak out of this secret decree.

Seeing that Yinzhen didn't speak, Hongli said tentatively: "Huang Ama, is there anything wrong?" ”

Yin Zhen glanced at him and said, "I heard that the test questions of the three-day Houxiang exam are being passed on in the capital, you are the main exam in the capital, how much do you know about this?" “

Sure enough, it's for this matter, it seems that I can't hide it......

Hongli sighed in his heart and said: "Erchen doesn't dare to hide from Huang Ama, Erchen does know something about this matter." ”

"Since you know, why don't you report it to me in time, if I don't ask you this time, how long are you going to hide it?" Speaking of the back, Yinzhen's voice was a little stern.

Hongli hurriedly said: "Erchen doesn't dare, in fact, Erchen has been secretly investigating this matter, but because there is no substantive evidence, and he doesn't know who leaked the test questions, and he is not sure whether it is a real test question, so Erchen doesn't dare to alarm Huang Ama rashly." ”

"Then if you can't find out, you are ready to keep it a secret from me, and prepare to hold a township test when the test questions are leaked? I ask you, can the imperial court rely on such a person selected by the imperial examination? It's ridiculous. ”

In the face of Yinzhen's reprimand, Hongli didn't dare to say a word, and after he was a little angry, he said softly: "Huang Ama is angry, although the sons are not sensible, they don't dare to joke about the imperial examination, even if the emperor Ama doesn't ask the sons, before the township test starts, the sons will definitely tell the emperor Ama." Now I am temporarily concealing it because I want to find out who is stirring up trouble on the issue of the test questions without startling the snake. ”

He didn't dare to say the names of Inge and Hiroshi, these two people were cunning, and without full evidence, it was impossible to convict them, but they would be beaten upside down.

Yinzhen threw a piece of paper in front of Hongli, and what was written on it was the test question that Sixi had told him before, "I can sue you, this is indeed the test question I wrote in the secret decree, and the score is exactly the same." After a pause, he said, "I am worried that it will leak out from you, but I have not opened this secret decree. ”

Hongli looked at the words on the paper and thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "Back to the words of Emperor Ama, Mingyu had an accident the night before, Erchen was anxious for a while, and put the secret decree in the study, and then found that someone had been in and out of the study, and the secret decree also had traces of passivity, although the fire seal was intact, but Erchen still had some suspicions, so he searched in the house, listed all the suspicious people, and then checked one by one, just before Gonggong Xi went to Erchen's mansion, Erchen had already caught that person, and he did steal the secret decree. Although the fire seal is intact, Erchen guesses that maybe the other party used some special means to see the contents inside without destroying the fire seal, otherwise Erchen didn't know how to explain the leakage of the test questions. ”

Yin Zhen frowned and said, "Then did he tell the main messenger behind it?" ”

Hongli said truthfully: "He doesn't know who is the mastermind, he just took money from others to do things for others, and he didn't know in advance that what he stole was a secret purpose." ”

"Foolish stuff." After Yin Zhen reprimanded, he stared at Hongli and said: "I pointed out that you were the main exam, but you were so careless, people had the opportunity to steal the secret will, so that the test questions were leaked on a large scale." Tell me how to resolve this matter? ”

When he said what he had just said, Hongli knew that Yinzhen would ask this, and bowed his head and said: "The son knows that he is guilty, and he doesn't dare to ask the emperor Ama to forgive the sin, but he asks the emperor Ama to let the son make up for the merits and find out who is deliberately sabotaging this autumn festival." ”

"What if you can't find out?" As soon as Yinzhen's voice fell, the latter said: "If you can't find out, your sons will be at the disposal of Huang Ama." ”

Yin Zhen got up, walked in front of Hongli with his hands, and said in a cool voice: "I remind you that today is the fourth day of the first month, and the sixth day of the first month is the period of autumn. ”

Hongli said in a condensed voice: "Erchen doesn't dare to promise Huang Ama, but Erchen will definitely do his best." ”

"Okay, I'll give you these two days." After that, he stared at the paper that fell on the ground, and said, "I will redraft the topic of Qiuqiu, as for whether you are still the main examiner of this township examination, I will talk about it at that time." ”

"Thank you, Huang Ama." After saying this, Hongli left the Heart Cultivation Palace, he did not rush back to the house, but wandered around the restaurants and teahouses, and found that it was only half a day's work, and the test question had been passed everywhere, except for a few high-ranking scholars who disdained it, the rest gathered together to discuss.

As he expected, Hiroshi and Inge decided to spread the test questions after hearing what they had passed on, making it difficult for them to clean up. As everyone knows, in this way, their own flaws are also expanding infinitely.

However, he really didn't expect Huang Ama to know about this, but this is not a bad thing, and looking at Huang Amma's appearance, he didn't suspect him. The trouble now is how to catch the mistakes between Inge and Hiroshi, and make it impossible for them to find a chance to escape. Thinking of this, Hongli couldn't help but feel a little bored, after all, now when he is away from the imperial examination, strictly speaking, there are not even two days, and he only has the fifth day of the first month in his hand, and the rest is not clear.

After returning to the palace, he asked Xiao Zhengzi about the situation of surveillance, and found that those people had some connection with the Guogong Mansion, but these alone were far from enough, and more substantial evidence was necessary.