Zhang Hong sneered and hugged his hand to his chest: "Okay, then you can tell me how I became a suspect in entrainment." But I can put it in front of you, if you can't produce evidence, and you frame me like this, I will definitely report to the official and accuse you of the crime of falsehood! ”

Chu Qingruo's face gradually sank: "Miss Zhang, if you surrender now, I can still ask the adults for a favor for you, and you will be dealt with lightly." ”

Zhang Hong turned his face away, and the sneering expression on his face was obvious.

Chu Qing didn't talk nonsense with her, took a step forward and said loudly: "The reason why I doubt her is all because of her story!" ”

Huang Xianzhang groaned: "What happened to her is almost the same as that of the suspect, and there is nothing suspicious!" ”

"It is precisely because there is nothing suspicious that it is the most suspicious place." Chu Qingruo said loudly: "My lord, let's ask if everyone occupies a different position, and the things they see are also different, how can she see the things that are almost exactly the same as the suspect?" ”

When Xiao Yao heard this, she suddenly became a little interested: "Oh? So what do you think she should see? ”

Chu Qingruo shook his head: "My lord, it's not what she should see, but what she should say." When ordinary people learn that they are suspicious, when they tell what happened, they will describe everything as clearly as possible, as long as she remembers it, she must say it carefully, in order to prove that the matter has nothing to do with her. ”

Everyone nodded in unison.

On the other hand, this Miss Zhang, her description seems to be what she sees from the suspect's position, not at all like what a bystander sees. How can two people in completely different locations see the same scenery? There is only one answer, she is the suspect! ”

Chu Qingruo smiled, looked at Zhang Hong with a stern face, pointed at her, and said without hesitation: "Because that bamboo tube is exactly what she threw it." Wang Xiaoyun's slip hit the suspect, and then she took advantage of the chaos to kick the bamboo tube under the table of the suspect Miss Fan. Therefore, when I asked her to tell what had happened, what she said was the same as what Miss Fan told as a suspect, because all this was originally planned by her! ”

When Zhang Hong heard this, a trace of panic appeared on his face: "Listen to what you mean, I deliberately framed that girl, then you said that the examination room is so strict, how can I bring it in, besides, even if I bring it in, I don't know this girl, why frame her?" ”

Everyone felt reasonable, and asked Chu Qingruo in unison: "Yes, how did she bring that bamboo tube in, and why did she frame this girl?" ”

Chu Qingruo raised his hand and stopped everyone from asking: "It's not enough to deliberately frame this Miss Fan, Miss Fan is just unlucky and made her scapegoat." And the bamboo tube was not brought in by her, but had been put into the examination room beforehand. ”

The crowd was in an uproar.

Chu Qingruo glanced at everyone, and then continued: "It is precisely because this is the first women's examination room, and Miss Zhang saw that the examination room was particularly strict, so she was afraid, and the tunnel came up with the idea of throwing away the bamboo tube. So she took advantage of the fact that when she entered, there were many people and messy, threw the bamboo tube on the ground, and quietly kicked it out. In this way, even if someone finds out, everyone can't tell who this thing is, and she will be safe.

Who knows, Miss Wang walked in a hurry, just stepped on it, almost slipped a foot, and hit Miss Fan, the two stopped on the road that was not wide, causing the students who came in behind to be congested, this is the scene that Miss Li saw, there were many people in chaos, in the chaos, the bamboo tube under Wang Xiaoyun's feet was kicked around, Zhang Zhanghong was worried that the bamboo tube would be kicked back to her, so he made up for it, and was finally kicked under Miss Fan's bookcase. ”

Zhang Hong's face flushed, and he asked her angrily: "Even if the matter is what you deduced, why do you say that this bamboo tube is mine?" ”

Chu Qingruo pulled the bend down in front of everyone: "Let's take a look, Miss Fan's clothes, and Miss Zhang's clothes." ”

Following her words, everyone raised their eyes to look at Wanwan and Zhang Hong, only to see that Wanwan was wearing a dress that was extremely ordinary in terms of fabric and workmanship, while Zhang Hong was wearing a dress with the most fashionable style of clothing.

Chu Qingruo pulled the two together, looked at everyone and asked, "Miss Zhang's clothes are of good fabrics, and they are the latest style of clothes, obviously Miss Zhang's family background is much better than that of Miss Fan." ”

Zhang Hong flicked his sleeves and said arrogantly and unwillingly: "What does this have to do with the cheating bamboo tube?" How? Don't you see the rich? Or is that your classmate, and you are determined to protect her shortcomings, and you will be blamed on me alive? ”

Chu Qingruo said coldly: "After buying the people in the examination room, put down the cheating bamboo tube in advance, it is not something that can be done just with money." First of all, you have to spend money to get a doorway; secondly, there must be enough heart-warming price to impress the other party, so that he is willing to take the risk of the black gauze hat being removed; Third, there must be enough money to put up and down to silence the mouths of a series of insiders, so that they will not be denounced before the matter has even begun. Such a huge amount of money is not from the family of a girl like Miss Fan, who will not add up to more than ten taels of silver. ”

Xiao Yao, who had been listening quietly on the side and had not spoken for a long time, seemed to have an understanding at this moment, put her mouth on her glove, and whispered a few words to Huang Xianzhang, Huang Xianzhang listened, and immediately led a few female soldiers to go to Zhang Hong's compartment from the inside to the outside, and searched carefully, and sure enough, where the wall of the examination room was next to the ground, a moving brick was found, and two small bamboo tubes were found inside.

"Zhang Hong, the evidence of the crime is conclusive, what else do you have to say!"

Xiao Yao took the bamboo tube and opened it to take a look, and sure enough, there were notes full of words rolled inside.

Zhang Hong couldn't speak at this moment, her face was like earth, and her legs were limp and she sat on the ground. Two female soldiers stepped forward to suppress her, waiting for Xiao Yao and Huang Xianzhang to fall.

It's just that the faces of these two are not much better than Zhang Hong's now.

Being able to put down cheating things in the exam room in advance is no longer as simple as cheating for candidates.

After Xiao Yao and Huang Xianzhang discussed, Huang Xianzhang waved his hand and closed the examination room, and everyone stayed in their examination room and was not allowed to move. And Xiao Yao immediately entered the palace to report the matter to Mingzong.

Soon, Mingzong's holy decree came down, because there may be fraud in this exam, so Mingzong decided to postpone this exam, and after the matter is clarified, the exam time will be notified separately, and all candidates will leave the venue and wait, and they will not leave the capital without authorization.

*

Just after Chu Qingruo washed away his grievances for Wanwan and returned home listlessly due to the cancellation of the exam, a holy decree came down again.

Hurriedly hurried Chu Qingruo in the palace, accompanied by Gonggong Xu, all the way to Mingzong's imperial study.

As soon as he entered the imperial study, Chu Qingruo was surprised to find that Xiao Yao was also there.

"Qingruo, are you here? Come on, take a seat! ”

Seeing her coming, Mingzong made a face for a day, and then he smiled slightly.

"I heard that you were in the examination room today, and you were very powerful and helped Lord Xiao catch the person who tried to cheat. Lord Xiao is full of praise for you. ”

After Chu Qingruo saluted Xiao Yao, he took the tea from the smiling Gonggong Xu, bowed his head modestly and said, "Brother and Master Xiao have both praised it, Qingruo just wants to help his classmates clear their grievances." There is no such thing as a big deal. ”

Xiao Yao's always serious and rigid face also had a little smile at the moment, and said appreciatively: "Mrs. Fu Lan is very thoughtful, and her real name is well deserved. ”

Chu Qingruo was embarrassed by her praise: "Where did you come from, what is worthy of the name, Qingruo is just a little woman who has seen the scriptures, how can it be as exaggerated as Lord Xiao said." Brother, tell me quickly, what is the matter with calling me? If you keep saying that, I can't stay any longer. ”

Mingzong and Xiao Yao laughed together, and after laughing, their expressions turned serious: "Qingruo, there was fraud in the field this time, I have Ming Xiao to investigate this case, but Lord Xiao recommended you to me, I don't know what you think?" ”

Chu Qingruo held the teacup in his hand and looked at Xiao Yao in surprise: "Lord Xiao......"

Mingzong hurriedly explained, "I mean that you and Lord Xiao will investigate this case together. ”

"Me?" She was more and more surprised.

"Yes, although Lord Xiao is a female official, she has been in charge of the harem's justice for many years in the harem, and her ability to judge cases is no less than that of Li Zhonghuai of Dali Temple, otherwise how do you think that when the emperor was alive, how did the queen mother manage the trivial matters of the harem alone?"

Mingzong took a sip of tea, held the cup and said with a smile to Chu Qingruo.

Xiao Yao looked at Chu Qingruo expectantly, waiting for her reply.

Chu Qingruo understood in her heart that Mingzong had found a master for her, so she didn't shirk, put down the cup in her hand, walked in front of Xiao Yao with a smile, and gave a salute: "That Qingruo is better to obey than to be respectful, the master is above, please accept the apprentice!" ”

Xiao Yao suddenly burst into tears, thinking that she had entered the palace since she was a child, and had been walking in the palace for almost half her life, without children and daughters, at this moment, Chu Qingruo's master, her heart warmed when she shouted, and hurriedly walked over to help her: "Mrs. Fu is serious, the master doesn't dare to be a ......."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Mingzong with a smile: "Deserve, deserve, Qingruo is good at everything, but his heart is too soft, and his hands are not hard enough, this point, in the future, she will have to endure hardships in her career, your ability I have seen it in my eyes since I was a child, if she gets half of your true inheritance, I will be worry-free in the future." ”

Chu Qingruo lowered his body more and more when he heard this, and Xiao Yao saw that the emperor said this, so he no longer shirked and accepted her worship for life.

After coming out of the palace, Chu Qingruo followed Xiao Yao to the yamen temporarily allocated by Mingzong for them to handle cases, and the two began to investigate on the second day.

Just as they were about to interrogate Zhang Hong, a bad news came into their ears!

Zhang Hong was hanged in the prison!