Chapter 278: This is slander, this is framing!
Xiao Rui returned to the palace, and told Jia Xu and Guo Jia the original story of the early dynasty, the two laughed after hearing it, this game is beginning to close the net, Zhou Mingwen is in a catastrophe, the three divisions cooperate with the Jinyi Guard, the Zuodu Yushi Du Boy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Yue Chong of the Dali Temple are not Xiao Lie's people, Song Ci is Xiao Rui's people, not only will not turn a blind eye, but will be ruthless.
Song Ci is a righteous person and will not do slanderous things, but this time he enforces the law impartially, and all the spearheads are pointed at Zhou Mingwen and his son Zhou Xingchen, even if the two of them deny it, but so many people identify it, even if they deny it, they seem pale and powerless, and it shows that the two have no remorse and have committed a bad crime.
When the people who failed to make the list gathered in front of the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, when there was a commotion, Jinyiwei was not idle, and the deputy commander Mu Chen personally led people to arrest the six candidates who participated in the fraud.
The elders of the six people were happily incense on the incense to worship their ancestors, and they saw the fierce Jinyiwei breaking through the door, their fathers were all officials of the fifth or sixth grades, and when they saw that it was Jinyiwei, they just wanted to scold their mouths and closed their mouths obediently, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask what happened, and the leader of Jinyiwei said coldly: "Lingzi participated in the trial and cheating, and we will be ordered by His Majesty to investigate thoroughly!" ”
With a snap, the ceremonial member sat down on the ground, fear crawling all over his face.
"Master, master, what should I do?" His wife panicked and asked by the arm.
The ceremonial member gave her a direct slap and shouted, "How do I know! This son of a scumbag, this brute, actually did such a thing, this is to destroy our family, no! I'm going to cut off the father-son relationship with him now, and I will never be involved again! He will do as he likes to die! ”
At this time, this great father made an act of tearful slaughter and righteous annihilation!
Jin Yiwei dragged out their child, who was still asleep, and was dragged out directly in his underwear and thrown on the ground.
"Dad, what are they doing? It's so presumptuous! I'm a Jinke Jinshi, and I'm going to denounce them to the Holy Saint! "This son has a rebellious face, and it seems that he has won the Jinshi, so he has the opportunity to face the saint.
His father clutched his chest, feeling a sharp pain in his heart, he had no way to teach his son, and this time it was definitely over.
Soon, Jin Yiwei searched the question book from the room.
Sure enough, there are too many fools, and if you don't destroy the question book after the exam, don't doubt it, there are such stupid defects in this world.
"Take it away!" The leader of the Jinyi Wei waved his hand and escorted the candidate away.
In the same way, the other Jinyiwei were divided into six ways, and went to the homes of the other five candidates, regardless of the three, seven, twenty-one, and directly searched the house and dragged it away, hey, they found the same question book in the homes of the two people, which means that only half of the six people destroyed the evidence, and it is really the courage of the artist.
Or two ends, one for each branch.
After Zhou Mingwen and Xiao Yiheng hurriedly left the palace, they immediately rushed back to the Zhou Mansion and pulled Zhou Xingchen, who was sleeping with his concubine in his arms, out of the house.
"Dad, cousin, why are you here?" Zhou Xingchen was a little afraid of the two of them, and hurriedly asked in a low voice. Unexpectedly, he fell off the list, and thought that the two of them had come to Xingshi to ask for guilt.
Zhou Mingwen shouted: "Did you steal my question book?" ”
"Question book? What question book? Zhou Xingchen was a little dumbfounded, and hurriedly asked.
Xiao Yiheng didn't look like he was pretending, and he knew exactly what his cousin was doing, so he hurriedly recounted the events of this morning.
After hearing this, Zhou Xingchen was so frightened that he hurriedly shook his head and said: "Dad, Your Highness, I don't have it, I don't even know where to put the question book, how can I steal it, the child is not an idiot, how could he do such a stupid thing, if I cheat, why didn't I get admitted to the Gongshi, and such an important exam question, how can I sell it for 10,000 taels, 1,000 taels is too cheap!" ”
"Are you telling the truth?" Zhou Mingwen glared at him and asked again.
Zhou Xingchen stretched out his hand to the sky and said, "The child swears, if the child lies, his parents will die tragically, his reputation will be ruined, and his family will be ruined!" ”
Zhou Mingwen nodded, such a ruthless oath, there is a god in his head, and he doesn't dare to lie.
But...
Wait a minute! Zhou Mingwen reacted suddenly, this bastard son, the poisonous oath he made turned out to be a curse on himself!
"I'm your mother, you actually cursed your father and me!" Zhou Mingwen was furious, and it was a slap when he went up.
Zhou Xingchen covered his face, looked aggrieved, and muttered: "If you don't do it, how can I have it!" ”
Hey, that's true.
"What did you say?" Zhou Mingwen didn't hear clearly, and asked again.
Zhou Xingchen hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, the child swears, there is absolutely no question book for sale, this is definitely someone else framing the child!" ”
Xiao Yiheng also said: "It seems that Xingchen is not lying, this matter must be a trap set by King Jing and King Jin, they are red-eyed, and they don't want us to be comfortable with the fame generated by this imperial examination, which is really unreasonable." We were also negligent and completely unaware of the conspiracy of the other party. The two of them deliberately hid their claws, and only now did they reveal themselves, and they were really ruthless! ”
"Your Highness, what should we do now?" Zhou Mingwen asked.
At this moment, Jin Yiwei also broke in.
The housekeeper who followed hurriedly said: "Master, the villain can't stop it, these adults of the Jinyi Guard broke in directly." ”
Zhou Mingwen fixed his eyes and saw that it was Mu Chen, the deputy commander.
Mu Chen arched his hand and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Lord Zhou, I am deeply sorry for trespassing on your mansion, but Your Majesty has an order, the three divisions have asked, and the Jinyi Guard cooperates, so I am offended." I don't know if Gongzi Zhou is not in the house, I need to invite him to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a cup of tea? ”
Although Zhou Mingwen was annoyed in his heart, he also knew that Mu Chen was following orders and had nothing to do with him, and then said with a smile: "Commander Mu, please make the dog here, and the official also believes in the law of the imperial court, and will return the innocence of the official and the dog." ”
Mu Chen waved his hand, and the brocade guard behind him stepped forward to surround Zhou Xingchen, he was trembling with fright, and hurriedly looked at his father, but he had a cold look.
So he could only leave obediently.
"His Royal Highness the King of Chu, Lord Zhou, I'm sorry to disturb and retire." Mu Chen smiled, and then left with someone.
Zhou Mingwen gritted his teeth angrily, then looked at Xiao Yiheng and asked, "Your Highness, what is going on now?" ”
Xiao Yiheng said: "I have asked Lu Shangshu to send someone to block your office premises, and you must be present before you can start the search." Let's go to the Ministry of Rites now to see if my uncle's inscription book is still there. If it's not there, it means that someone stole it, and it's easier to do it! But if it's there intact, and there's no sign of theft, then..."
"Then it's trouble!" Zhou Mingwen took a deep breath and said: "My question book has only been read by me and His Majesty, Your Majesty will naturally not leak it out, and it is impossible to leak it out, so it is only me... When the time comes, I can't argue! ”
Xiao Yiheng also felt that the matter was tricky, and hurriedly asked: "Uncle, this matter is imminent, are you sure that the question book you compiled has not been read by anyone before presenting it to Your Majesty?" ”
Zhou Mingwen recalled carefully, nodded, and said: "I'm sure I haven't been seen, because of that question book, until the day His Majesty appointed me as the chief examiner of the imperial examination, I perfected the whole set of question books, for the sake of caution, I carry it with me, I know that it is very important, and I dare not be careless." And two days after I was appointed chief examiner, I presented it to His Majesty, and after His Majesty had made a presentation, I took it back to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites and hid it. ”
Xiao Yiheng rubbed his eyebrows and sighed.
"Your Highness, let's go to the Ministry of Rites." Zhou Mingwen is also very anxious, it is about his future and even life and death, how can he not be impatient?
Immediately, the two went to the Ministry of Rites.
Dali Temple Qing Yue Chong, Metropolitan Procuratorate Zuodu Yu Shi Du Juvenile and Song Ci have also arrived, Lu Yuanzheng is entertaining the three of them, and after Xiao Yiheng and Zhou Mingwen arrived, a few people chatted briefly, and there was no extra mind to chat, so they came to Zhou Mingwen's office.
"Lord Zhou, where is the question book you presented to Your Majesty to outline the exam questions?" Du Shao asked.
Zhou Mingwen pointed to a bookcase on the side, Du Shao waved his hand, and the official in charge of the investigation carefully inspected the bookcase, and then gently moved it open, and under the bookcase was the ground paved with blue bricks, which was nothing unusual.
Zhou Mingwen said: "In order to ensure that the question book is foolproof, the official hid it under the blue bricks!" ”
Du Shao quipped: "Lord Zhou is really cautious, and he can think of this hidden way of collecting!" Come on, see if there is a question book under the green bricks! ”
The official in charge of the investigation checked the surroundings, made a record, and then took out the green bricks, and found that there was indeed a roll of silk underneath, took it out and opened it, and the question book was indeed in it!
Zhou Mingwen's legs were weak and he almost fell to the ground.
Du Shao looked through this question book, and there were indeed test questions ordered by His Majesty Zhu Bi himself, and it was exactly the same as the question book that Xiao Lie took out.
"Lord Zhou, do you have anything to say now?" Du Shao asked.
Zhou Mingwen's face was pale, and after muttering a sentence, he also bit it and said: "This must be a thief who stole the official title book and secretly put it back, this is slander, this is a frame-up, I implore Lord Du to investigate thoroughly and return the official's innocence." ”
Du Shao and Song Ci and Yue Chong glanced at each other, and after the three of them made eye contact, Du Shao smiled: "Lord Zhou, rest assured, the six candidates suspected of fraud have been arrested and brought to justice, and the three divisions will all be dispatched, and Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites will fully cooperate to thoroughly investigate all aspects of the imperial examination. But now, how about inviting Lord Zhou to go back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate with this official, and let's have a cup of tea?"
Drink tea? Hehe... Zhou Mingwen knew in his heart that this was drinking tea, he was going to be interrogated by the government, and he was a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, so it was just a good reason.
Zhou Mingwen looked at Xiao Yiheng, the king of Chu, he sighed and nodded, for the sake of today's plan, it is not possible not to go.
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