In the study of the back office of the governor's yamen, the governor Zhang Jingping sat behind the desk, and on his left was the envoy Wei Youming.

At this time, Zhang Jingping's face was ugly, and Wei Youming had already told him all about the situation.

Originally, he was ready to end the matter, but Zhang Jingping never expected that things would take a turn for the worse again.

"Your Excellency, you don't have to worry too much about this, after all, ...... We're not invigilators, they're the ones who should be in a hurry! Wei Youming comforted.

But what he said was not only to explain Zhang Jingping, but also to induce him to put the responsibility on the people of the Xuezheng Yamen.

This is also the usual method used by officials, hiding if they can dodge, dragging if they can't dodge, covering if they can't hold it, and throwing the pot if they can't cover it.

But Wei Youming said this based on his own interests, but for Zhang Jingping, he always has a certain responsibility for this matter.

Who made him the governor of Yongxi, and the responsibility for all the big and small things on the ground in Yongxi is on his shoulders.

In the entire Yongxi permanent yamen, only the commander of the envoys and factory guards was not under his control.

So Zhang Jingping ignored Wei Youming's reminder directly, and the two sat quietly in the study.

Half an hour later, the anxious Zheng Yan rushed over, and the anxiety on his face at this time was definitely not fake.

Without waiting for Zheng Yan to speak, Zhang Jingping immediately asked, "Zheng Yushi, how did you guarantee this official before?" ”

When Zhang Jingping asked before, Zheng Yan said frankly that no one cheated, but now he was slapped in the face.

At this time, in addition to anger, Zheng Yan's inner emotions were actually diverse, including worry, remorse, and helplessness......

Originally, I just came to invigilate the exam, but when I was already cautious, there was still fraud, and there was a lot of uproar.

No matter how you look at this, this is his dereliction of duty, and the current Yongxi is like a swamp, so Zheng Yan can't get out.

"Lord Zhang, I am responsible for this matter, but the matter has already happened, and it is important to put it to rest!" Zheng Yan said in a deep voice.

But Zhang Jingping didn't intend to let it go easily, but said sternly: "You have to take the main responsibility for this matter, and this official will play it truthfully, do you understand?" ”

Compared with Wei Youming's shirking of responsibility, the means of directly coercing Zheng Yan to take responsibility like Zhang Jingping are undoubtedly much more clever.

As for whether Zheng Yan will agree? In fact, Zhang Jingping is not worried at all, if he does not cooperate, then he will put all the responsibility on Zheng Yan.

At that time, Zhang Jingping will not explain the sparseness, but directly impeach Zheng Yan for dereliction of duty.

Zheng Yan can understand the key to this after a little thought, and he can't refuse Zhang Jingping's conditions.

Because in any case, he will be mainly responsible for this matter, who made him the chief examiner.

"Xia Guan understands!"

After making a statement, Zheng Yan even claimed to have changed, and he was also a person who knew how to be flexible.

At this point, the next step is to formally discuss how to solve this matter, and how to use a relatively gentle way to give an explanation to the students and the court.

In the end, it was discussed, but it was necessary to find out the matter first, and this matter naturally fell on Wei Youming again.

The three of them are anxious on this side, and on the other side, there are also people who are not willing to give up.

This person is Zhu Yilin, a scholar and politician, who was so shocked that he broke his teacup after learning about what happened outside the Yamen of the Imperial Envoy.

Impatient, anxious...... Zhu Yilin couldn't sit still at all, and returned home from the yamen early.

He is well-informed, but there are people who are even better informed than him, and are already waiting in his house one step ahead.

When Zhu Yilin stepped into the house, several of the previous examiners greeted him from inside.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what are you ......" Zhu Yilin looked stunned.

Several people present were officials from the surrounding areas of Luyang, including the county magistrate or the general judge, and they all gathered around Zhu Yilin at this time.

"Master Zhu, don't you know that the students went to the Yamen to make trouble?" An official asked.

Zhu Yilin looked calm and said calmly: "The students are making trouble? Didn't they just mess around a few days ago? ”

"It's nothing more than saying that someone cheated in the township test, and the Yamen is already investigating this matter, why are you like this?"

I don't know if Zhu Yilin is really stupid or pretending to be stupid, but someone still pierced the window paper and said: "Master Zhu, don't you know that the students have already come up with evidence?" ”

"Got the evidence?" Zhu Yilin pretended to ask.

But these people didn't follow the established routine at all, and said very directly: "This shows that some of the original batch of examiners must have been involved in fraud!" ”

"Master Zhu is a scholar and politician, but he must judge right from wrong and keep his innocence for us!"

Speaking of this, these talents and dishes explained their purpose, but they asked Zhu Yilin to say good things for them.

Zhu Yilin is not a fool, who doesn't want to clean himself up at this time, how can he add trouble to himself.

But he still comforted him: "Don't panic, the so-called clean person is self-purifying, where do you need Zhu to say more!" ”

In fact, when these people came to the door now, they were already infuriating Zhu Yilin, but at this time, he couldn't get angry if he wanted to.

"There are a lot of smart people in this world!" Zhu Yilin spies in his heart.

After sending these officials away, when Zhu Yilin thought he could rest for a while, a servant came to report that someone asked to see him.

When he heard who was coming, Zhu Yilin was so frightened that he almost dropped the cup again.

This time, they came to Zhu's mansion, but they were Song Bozhou and Wu Weilin, who were good friends with Zhu Yilin.

Seeing the two of them coming, Zhu Yilin scolded with a slashed face: "You are pig brains? At this time, you came to this official, did you want to kill us? ”

In the past, when they saw Zhu Yilin, these two people were harmonious, but today, under Zhu Yilin's anger, they behaved calmly.

I only heard Song Bozhou say: "Master Zhu, why are you so annoyed, we have been over all these years, why can't you hold your breath?" ”

Zhu Yilin was so angry that he said angrily: "The knife is going to be on the neck, but you are not afraid of death!" ”

At this time, Wu Weilin said: "Master Zhu, do you think that if we don't look for you, you will be too peaceful?" ”

Zhu Yilin suddenly contaminated, Wu Weilin's words were good, he was indeed difficult to escape from this matter.

"Those examiners have already come to me, are any of them?" Zhu Yilin asked.

Song Bozhou did not answer this question directly, but said, "Lord Zhu, can you find a few more people to talk back this time?" ”

"As long as someone calms down the anger of the people, then the matter can be eased, so that there is a way to live!"

After thinking about it, Zhu Yilin said: "I can't be the master of this matter, after all, I am no longer the chief examiner!" ”

At this time, Wu Weilin answered: "No matter who is the chief examiner, I don't want this matter to make a big fuss, Lord Zhu, you can explain the truth to other adults, it's okay!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Yilin couldn't help but sneer: "You guys have thought about me thoroughly!" ”

Then he asked, "But what about those few lifters?" ”

Song Bozhou continued: "This matter is simple, adults just need to tell them to keep their family safe if they shut up!" ”

Zhu Yilin's eyes couldn't help but widen, but then he regained his composure, which was indeed the only way.

Human life is really just a bargaining chip to be exchanged.