Chapter 124: Fishing in Troubled Waters

Immediately afterwards, many more candidates lost their temper.

They stood up and called liars, and many more screamed as if they were crazy.

Seeing this, Zhao Yi had already made preparations, everything was in his expectations.

At this time, he had already arranged for the officials in the Gongyuan to maintain order and take out the candidates who were openly making loud noises in the examination room.

Li Lang saw the candidates who were taken out of the cell by the officials one by one, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, fortunately, he and Zhao Yi had warned these people in the name of the official before, that the exam questions bought outside were all fake.

Now these candidates, no matter how much suffering and resentment they have in their hearts, they can't blame themselves, Zhao Yi, and the court.

It's just that these people are also to blame, stealing fake test questions, even if they are deceived by the scammers or even defrauded of their belongings, they cannot be exempted from their crimes.

I'm going to be in a cell for at least a few months.

In addition, it is possible that in the next few years, you will not be able to participate in the imperial examination.

And the imperial examination, for these students, but also for those students from poor families, is the most opportunity to change their lives, but once they make mistakes and embark on the road of no return, even if Confucius is alive, they will not be able to save them.

After seeing that the officials had already arrested the noisy candidates, Li Lang said to Zhao Yi: "Lock these people in the yamen of our criminal department, take care of them, and be sure to find out from their mouths the people who sell the exam questions of the queen mother." ”

Zhao Yi looked at him, nodded and said, "Yes, the lower officials know." ”

Li Lang added: "I think that these candidates, as scholars, can endure the cold window for ten years, so I am worried that the cell in the yamen of the Criminal Department is not cold enough or exciting enough."

So, you put them in the same cell where Sa Chong and Miao Renfeng were held before.

Let them live there, and I will not believe it, and I will not know something important from their mouths. ”

"Yes."

Zhao Yi nodded, then looked at the dozen or so students in front of him, and called the officials around them to take them down.

Li Lang looked at the backs of the cheating students and said: "Alas, ten years of cold windows, they should really be frozen to death, do you do such a shameless thing, are you still worthy of being a scholar?" ”

Zhao Yi didn't understand Li Lang's stalk, but he understood what Li Lang said later, he said: "Lord, you don't have to be like this, no matter where you are, there are some people who like to be opportunistic, such a person, even if he passes the first test, it will be difficult to last for a long time."

What's more, Skynet is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, in this world, people who do bad things will not end well. ”

Li Lang was noncommittal to Zhao Yi's remarks.

At this moment, he suddenly said to Zhao Yi: "Lord Zhao, no matter what, this imperial examination, the funds issued by the imperial court to the Gongyuan, must be investigated for me, and in the evening, I will take a closer look." ”

Zhao Yi saw Li Lang's firm expression, so he nodded and said, "Yes, the lower officials will definitely help the prince to send the booklet recording the court funds to the prince." ”

Zhao Yi said this, but he was worried that those officials of the household department would open their mouths to obstruct it, how to say that in the Jin Kingdom, the Gongyuan was the place under the jurisdiction of the household department.

This is their territory, and even if he is a strong dragon, he can't suppress the ground snake.

However, King Xiang has the grace of knowing himself, and he is so concerned about the candidates' food and housing problems, he can't help but be grateful to this prince in his heart, so no matter what kind of danger he will encounter in front of him, he Zhao Yi will also move forward.

Anyway, I'm also the examiner.

As the examiner, what about my ranking?

Zhao Yi sneered in his heart, and then thought that the old Shangshu of his family's criminal department was also a person on an equal footing with the Shangshu of the household department, and when the time came, he could find a way.

But at this time, Li Lang curiously walked to the student's room on the side and looked at the exam paper on the student's desk.

The student subconsciously raised his head to look at Li Lang.

Li Lang pressed his hand and said, "You test yours, don't talk to me." ”

The student was speechless.

But seeing that the other party was leaving soon, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief for himself.

Those who can enter this examination room are naturally not people with simple identities.

And those who enter the examination room and do not need to take the exam, except for the invigilator, are the officials.

Therefore, the student guessed that the handsome and unreasonable man in front of him must be one of the invigilators.

I don't know if Fang Cai's own actions have aroused the suspicion of the invigilator.

Muttering in his heart, he sat back in his seat.

At the same time, after Li Lang left the position of the candidate just now, he went to the room of the other candidates.

He carefully looked at the test papers on each candidate's desk.

In this tribute courtyard, there are thousands of rooms.

Li Lang naturally couldn't look at every one.

He just glanced at it casually or twice, but he could immediately remember what these candidates had written on their exam papers.

Soon, he discovers a strange place.

This peculiar thing is that there are always one or two candidates who write content, words and sentences in the article, whether in terms of writing or structure, are always so similar.

Of course, this may also be due to the fact that the questions in the exam are the same, which is why there is such a similarity.

But what if someone cheats in this imperial examination?

It's not impossible.

Previously, it was now the people who sold fake test questions that were strictly guarded against.

But you also have to guard against those who fish in troubled waters.

Li Lang was puzzled by the candidates' test papers.

In the evening, he returned to the Gongyuan to give him Li Lang, the courtyard where he lived as King Xiang.

In the courtyard, Zhao Yi asked someone to walk in from outside with a stack of reports.

These reports are naturally the data of the funds issued by the imperial court to the tribute court.

This is the account book that Zhao Yi got from those household invigilators after spending a lot of effort and wearing out a lot of mouths.

Seeing this, Li Lang picked up these account books and went into his study with Zhao Yi to study together.

"A quilt, one hundred and fifty yuan? That's too expensive, right? ”

When Li Lang first came to this world, he said that he had to have a good understanding of the world's monetary system, the world's folk customs, and economic life, so he still had a little understanding of the prices in the capital and the prices of daily necessities when the imperial court purchased.

And this quilt costs one hundred and fifty yuan, which is indeed too expensive.

Zhao Yi looked at Li Lang and said, "However, all the discrepancies in this account book are written in detail, the prince, maybe the official who bought it, is too stupid, and he may be deceived by that treacherous businessman." ”

Li Lang shook his hand and said, "Look at the total amount above, this time, the imperial court gave the tribute court 57,800 taels...... But, Lord Zhao, have you seen all this silver? Would you say that in the examination room, the quilts covered by these candidates add up to more than 50,000 taels, right? ”

"This, this can't be ......"

"Since that's impossible, that is, the tea we drink and the pastries we eat are worth the price?"

Zhao Yi shook his hand and said, "It's also unlikely. ”

Li Langfang said: "Therefore, there must be someone here who fished in troubled waters and embezzled the silver money issued by the imperial court." ”

Zhao Yi looked at Li Lang and said, "However, the discrepancies in the account books are clearly written, where should we start?" ”

Seeing this, Li Lang carefully looked at the account book for a while, and said with a smile: "Do you understand very well?" I don't understand at all, there is a big flaw in this account book......"