What happened here in Yongxi Qianhu was completely like a farce.

And Chen Yongyi, who was targeted by the students, benefited after entering the prison of a thousand households.

His insistence on not opening his mouth has won him a good reputation among the students, who dares to say that his promotion is obtained by fraud?

However, the fire that was brought up by Yue Menghao did not dissipate because of this.

After the people from the Yamen took over the case, they found many people to interrogate, but they all had nothing to say.

In other words, there has been no progress in the investigation of fraud.

And this is not a bad thing for Zheng Yan, the imperial history of the capital, and Zhang Jingping, the governor of the capital, and what cannot be found out means that it does not exist.

This can be said that no one cheated in the township test, so that if you are good, I am good, everyone is good, and the matter can be settled.

But just when the officials were trying to fool things, things were reversed, and someone came up with definite evidence.

And this definite evidence comes from the collection of essays published by the Xuezheng Yamen, a collection of new scientific research articles.

A certain junior student, in order to get a glimpse of the direction of the examiners, read the anthology he bought carefully.

The others skimmed it two or three times, but only five or six times at most, and he read it more than a dozen times in order to analyze it thoroughly.

But when he read the back, he found something wrong, or some flaws.

The article is flawed, which is actually not a big problem, but after reading it a few more times, the more he feels that there is a problem with the wording of the penultimate paragraph of the article.

It's just a matter of forbearance, but when he continued to study, he found this phenomenon in other articles.

Now things became weird, and after repeated comparisons, he finally found a pattern from it.

In the seventh, thirteenth, sixteenth, eighteenth, and twenty-first five articles, the first two sentences of the last second paragraph are all preceded by "and...... Cover ...... Also, so ...... of".

That's why the article reads slightly stiff, which at first glance seems nothing, but after reading it a few more times, you will find that it is not right, not to mention that there are now a total of five articles like this.

There must be a big problem here, and even this one has already guessed what the reason is, but for the sake of safety, he gathered his classmates and friends who are also behind his brother to uncover the mystery of this matter.

After listening to this student's explanation, the classmates took out the anthology they had purchased and found the five articles.

This reading, they also found a problem.

"Cheating, someone is really cheating!" Someone said angrily.

Unlike the rumors of fraud last time, this time there was conclusive evidence, which made the students change from suspicion to conviction.

No one thought that someone would really cheat in the township examination, which is definitely hated by the students.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there must be an examiner involved this time, we can only make things bigger, so that the people above can pay attention!"

The students are more or less aware of the ways of cheating in scientific examinations, so they know that what they discovered this time is privately called "Tongjing".

The fraudster agrees with the examiner in advance to use a specific word or sentence in a specific place in the essay to indicate his identity, so that the examiner can admit him when he marks the paper.

This kind of fraud means that if an examiner is involved, it is necessary to make a big deal in order to force the people above to strictly investigate.

It is conceivable that after this incident, there will be a major earthquake in the entire Yongxi academic community.

These students move quickly, they all have their own social circles, and it is easy for things to spread.

As a result, the anger of the students was ignited again, and this time they were angrier than ever.

Three of the five people who were found to have problems were still staying in Luyang, so their residence was directly surrounded.

The treatment of these three people was much worse than Chen Yongyi, and they were directly dragged out of their residences, and then they were carried to the Yamen of the Imperial Inspectorate.

A few days after the Xuezheng Yamen was besieged, a large number of students also gathered outside the Yamen.

Someone took a drumstick and struck it, but the officials couldn't persuade it at all.

Wei Youming, the current envoy of Yongxi, is a young old man in his fifties, and the drums outside the yamen make him feel upset at this time.

"Go out and ask, what's wrong!" Wei Youming's face was not good.

Anyone who is ruined in a good mood will probably be the same as him.

At this time, he was checking the closing documents, and it was important to be consistent in order to silence everyone.

Only after the case is closed, he Wei Youming doesn't have to do anything to offend people, and investigating fraud is a hot potato for him.

"Next, hand over the paperwork to Master Zhang, and after he seals it, this matter will be over!" Wei Youming sighed in a low voice.

But at this moment, a clerk from outside hurried in, and said with a panicked expression: "My lord, the students have come to our yamen to make trouble!" ”

Wei Youming frowned and asked, "Why did they come here to make trouble?" It's not that I will explain today and tomorrow! ”

The clerk standing outside could only answer truthfully: "Back to my lord, these people have arrested a few people and said that they have caught the people who cheated in the township test!" ”

Wei Youming slapped the table and said angrily: "It's just nonsense, just because they fell off the list, they can frame others?" ”

Wei Youming was furious, and the officials could only stubbornly say: "Back to my lords, the students said that they have evidence!" ”

After being slightly stunned, Wei Youming sneered: "What evidence can they have!" ”

Having said that, the clamor outside the yamen became louder and louder, forcing Wei Youming to be appeased as soon as possible, otherwise it would be extremely detrimental to his official reputation.

"Go, bring two people in, and the officer wants to hear what they can say!" Wei Youming said disdainfully.

To him, these students are as ridiculous as children, and studying honestly is the most important thing.

After a while, when the voices of the students outside slowly lowered, two students were led into the lobby.

"Meet your lord!"

"Are you instigating the students to make trouble outside the yamen? How did you practice the teachings of the sages? Wei Youming asked sternly.

Since you want to suppress the matter, you must use sharp means, so that you will listen to the greeting after you calm the person.

But Wei Youming missed a point, and the confidence of the two students in front of him was much more solid than he imagined.

I saw one of the students take out a booklet and say with a serious face: "My lord, the student did find someone who has a joint ......."

Immediately, the student began to talk endlessly, and the other person added from the side.

Wei Youming's face changed from questioning, to disbelief, and finally to solemn.

"My lord, three of the five people that the student said have been taken outside the yamen, and I ask you to deal with them strictly!"

At this time, although Wei Youming was calm on the surface, there were big waves in his heart.

He knows...... This thing can't be good, and in the end someone has to take responsibility, and someone has to lose their heads.