In February of the twelfth year of Hongzhi, Bingshen, Yin Guozhang of Shuntian Mansion searched the Imperial History Mansion of the Right Capital, and obtained several articles that were almost exam questions, so he played Emperor Xiaozong.

The emperor was furious, and ordered Jinyiwei to investigate thoroughly, and Jinyiwei commanded Mu Bin to report: After investigation, Cheng Minzheng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites and a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, privately leaked the exam questions and Wang Zhenyang, the right capital of the imperial history, and the rest of the people who know the questions cannot be checked for the time being.

The emperor said: "The country seeks talents, focuses on subjects, and justice lies in this way." Those who engage in favoritism and irregularities in vain hope of gaining fame by despicable means are punishable in their hearts and hateful in their deeds. Cheng Minzheng, a scholar from Hanlin University, was willing to write in the field, and the scholar did not enter the first field and the title of the "Analects" had been recited outside, which was in vain for my trust. Wang Zhenyang, the right capital, stole the name of Qingliu, did not read the national law and favored personal feelings, but in fact he was a villain!

The fact that these two people are not punished is not enough to be angry and not enough to give an explanation to the world's soldiers. Gai will give the two gifts to the department, found out that it is true, and they are both deposed. He ordered Jinyiwei to thoroughly investigate the people involved in the case, and once found, he was severely punished. ”

Zuodu Yu Shi Mei Gongbo said: "Spring is coming, people's minds are determined, Your Majesty rules the world with benevolence and filial piety, it is inconvenient to act rashly, and the minister thinks that this case cannot be involved too much, otherwise the scholars will not be able to learn, and the people will be panicked and cannot live all day." Please ask Your Majesty to close this case and replace the imperial examination questions to calm people's hearts! ”

Emperor Nazhi ordered Li Dongyang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Prince Shaobao and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University, to be the examiner of the examination, and then select the test questions for the scientific examination.

Mei Fu!

A pot of tea boiled and the heat rose, Mei Gongbo poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip slowly, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Good tea!" ”

"That's natural, what the students give you is good things, and what the students' families don't lack is tea, and I'll send you two boxes tomorrow." Cao Wei held a chicken bone, teasing the briquettes while chatting with Mei Gongbo casually.

Mei Gongbo scolded with a smile: "You have a family and a business, why are you still so unserious?" Jingshi is different from the place, here you have to be more cautious, don't easily provoke right and wrong, and converge and converge. ”

"Teachers can rest assured that students are the most honest and will not provoke right and wrong. Since the teacher left Yangzhou, the student's temper has changed a lot, and now I can't fight back when others scold me or fight back, even if someone spits in my face, I will wipe it clean myself. ”

Cao Wei threw the chicken bones on the ground, and the briquettes stepped forward to hold the bones in their mouths and quickly ran away. Cao Wei also poured himself a cup of tea and tasted it slowly.

After a while, the briquette ran back quickly, holding a bone in his mouth, curled up beside Cao Wei's legs, and whined a few times.

Cao Wei sighed and said, "Teacher, the villain is coming, hurry up and prepare a stick......

Before he finished speaking, he only heard a burst of arrogant laughter, and then the two saw Mu Bin walking over in a radiant spirit, wearing a python suit that lined him extremely bravely, but Cao Wei felt that he was particularly underbeaten.

When Mu Bin entered the pavilion, he was not polite, poured himself a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "I don't know how to honor my elders if I have good things, so I have to ask the old man to get it himself, I really don't have any conscience at all." ”

Cao Wei glanced at him and said: "Mu Shuai didn't treat his subordinates as juniors, his subordinates were cheated by you as soon as they arrived in Beijing, and there was a group beating incident in Guozijian just a few days ago, if it wasn't for his subordinates to send someone to dissuade him in time, I'm afraid this matter would be difficult to end." ”

"Dissuade ......" Mu Bin looked at Cao Wei with a smile and said: "Then your kid's way of dissuasion is a bit special, first sent someone to intercept the prince of the Wang family in the middle of the night, beat them violently, and then hid the tools of the crime in the backyard of the Tang family, causing the Wang family and the Tang family to eat dogs, and finally involved such a big fraud case."

Now, Wang Zhenyang, the imperial historian of the right capital, and Cheng Minzheng, a bachelor of Hanlin, have been dismissed from office, presumably their fate will not be too good, and your means and luck, the old man has to obey. ”

Facing the eyes of Mu Bin and Mei Gongbo, Cao Wei picked up the teacup, slowly took a sip of tea, and said lightly: "What did Lord Mu say?" The subordinates didn't understand ...... at all."

"Do you know what happened to Wang Zhenyang's wife and concubine's family? They were treated as the wives and daughters of criminal officials, sentenced to the teaching department, and entertained by others, life is better than death! ”

"How so?" Cao Wei felt that the blood in his whole body was surging to the top of his head, he stood up suddenly, looked at Mu Bin, and said: "Disaster is not good for the family, even if Wang Zhenyang is guilty, his family is innocent, no, I will save them......"

"What? Feeling guilty? Do you know how much disaster a random act can bring to others? If it weren't for His Majesty's kindness, do you know how many people would have been involved? ”

Cao Wei sat down again and said dissatisfiedly: "Mu Shuai, you lied to me again...... But how can you conclude that I did it? Speak with evidence, with a conscience! ”

The old man personally interrogated Tang Hui and made sure that he didn't beat Wang Yunlong, so he became even more confused, who sent someone to do it?

Then the old man was thinking about who would benefit the most after this incident, and finally the old man found that the most benefited was actually you and Hua Baoyue of the Red Clothes Building......"

Cao Wei's eyes widened and said, "How could it be me and a girl from Qinglou?" ”

"After this incident, all the scholars of the entire Guozijian are honest, for fear of causing trouble to themselves, naturally they will not dare to make trouble, presumably you, a thousand households in the inner city, will also be much more leisurely......"

Cao Wei was silent for a moment and said, "How did that Hua Baoyue benefit the most?" ”

Mu Bin smiled and said, "Now everyone outside is saying that the reason why Tang Gongzi exposed the fraud of the Wang family's imperial examination is that he wants to compete with the Wang family for a girl named Hua Baoyue."

This flower girl is said to be a red face and a trouble, and many sons of the family want to see this red face and trouble, so her worth has inexplicably doubled, and now if she wants to stay in her boudoir for one night, it will cost at least two thousand taels of silver......"

"His grandmother's, why didn't Lao Tzu have such good luck...... Teacher, don't stare at me like that, it's okay, it's the student's speech! Cao Wei turned his head to look at Mu Bin again, and said, "Mu Shuai, since Hua Baoyue and I are both suspicious, why do you say that I did it?" ”

"The old man guessed that it was you, and you were a bad ......"

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At the gate of Cheng's mansion, two scholars holding paper fans and wearing Confucian shirts looked at the officers and soldiers coming in and out, with a look of panic.

"Brother Tang, fortunately, we came late and didn't have any articles with Cheng Minzheng, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."

Another scholar also looked scared, and whispered: "Brother Xu is right, on the way here, Tang also wanted to send some silver money to the examiner, and it was good to get some articles for the scientific examination, who knew that the examiner was reported and exposed so quickly, fortunately he was not implicated, otherwise all the fame and fortune in this life would have come to naught, God bless me Tang Yin......"

"Brother Tang, let's concentrate on preparing for the exam, and don't make any more swaggers."

"Yes, yes! Let's go back to the inn, Tang won't go out until the exam, the water in Jingshi is too deep......"