Yang Cong thought that the matter was over, Wu Tang, Chen Wenjie, and Song Yingkui were all sent to the government prison, isn't it over?

Of course, this matter is not over yet, because Li Yuezhong did not convict Chen Wenjie and others, he only said "wait for the fate".

The evidence is so conclusive, he is not convicted, what are you waiting for?

He waits for the results of the consultations between the parties, or in other words, he wants to synthesize the opinions of all parties and then find an appropriate way to deal with it.

This matter is not so simple, there are too many forces involved, the Longxi Chen family behind Chen Wenjie, the Yangming family behind Xu Jie, and even the Nanzhili Gu family behind Gu Kejiu, he has to take into account the opinions of all aspects.

He is not the kind of stunned young man who has just entered the officialdom, he knows how to fight and rush, these days, if there is no background, the more fierce you rush, the faster you die, only by taking a step, looking at a step, and moving forward cautiously, can you stay in the officialdom and go on.

He actually doesn't have any background, he can get to this point, mainly because of good luck, he was assigned to the sixth department of the capital at the beginning, and the starting point was originally higher than others.

Moreover, he has always been cautious and cautious, and he has not offended anyone, plus he is steady and takes into account the overall situation, which is quite appreciated by his boss, so he got the opportunity to supervise Xuezheng this time.

If he is not steady and does not "take into account the overall situation," as soon as the ironclad evidence of 500 taels of silver is laid out, he will be able to convict Wu Tang, Chen Wenjie, and Song Yingkui.

If they are really convicted according to the laws of the imperial court, Wu Tang and Chen Wenjie will be imprisoned for at least a few years, so that they can learn some lessons, as for Song Yingkui, the dismissal and reduction of official status can be regarded as light.

However, in this way, he will offend the Longxi Chen family miserably, and people may not know how to retaliate against him, this kind of stupid thing, he will naturally not do it.

Moreover, once this fraud case is confirmed, it will also be a huge stain on him, and it will be difficult for him to be promoted after he goes back.

Therefore, he did not announce the verdict on the spot, and after leaving the court, he also ordered the post station to fly quickly and transmit the trial of the Quanzhou Mansion cheating case to Zhangzhou and send it directly to the Chen family in Longxi.

What he meant, your eldest young master has made a mistake, what do you say, quickly send someone to negotiate.

The meaning of this fast horse delivery is to let the post station use a fast horse to transmit information, the speed is not as fast as eight hundred miles of expedited, but it can also be transmitted about four or five hundred miles a day, and Longxi County, Zhangzhou Prefecture, is more than two hundred miles away from Quanzhou Fucheng, and it can be a round trip in one day.

Of course, he didn't just consult with the Longxi Chen family, but also consulted the opinions of these people in Quanzhou Fucheng.

After he came to live in Chengtian Temple, he ordered someone to invite Gu Kejiu, Zhao Yan and Xu Jie, the three relevant officials.

Gu Kejiu is the prefect of the fourth grade and the chief examiner of the government examination, Zhao Yan is the chief examiner of the fifth grade of the prefect and the chief examiner of the government examination, and Xu Jie is the general judge of the sixth grade of the government, and the government test has nothing to do with Xu Jie, it stands to reason that he should talk to Gu Kejiu first, and he should also find Zhao Yan to find out about it first, but the first thing he looked for was Xu Jie, who had the lowest official rank.

He knew that although Xu Jie's official rank was low, it was the heaviest among the three, if it weren't for the support of Yang Ming behind Xu Jie, how could Gu Kejiu and Zhao Yan dare to compete with the maritime giants.

Therefore, Xu Jie's opinion is the most important, as long as Xu Jie's words are good here, the other two will be able to deal with it.

Xu Jie also knew that this scholar wanted to settle the matter, after all, the imperial examination fraud case was too involved, and if it was really reported like this, this scholar would also be implicated.

He actually didn't plan to put Chen Wenjie and Song Yingkui to death, many times, the competition in officialdom is not for you to live or die, but for interests, as long as you can get enough benefits, enemies can shake hands and make peace, not to mention that he has no enmity with Chen Wenjie and Song Yingkui.

Therefore, after he was invited to Li Yuezhong's temporary study, he did not make a posture of being indignant and pursuing it to the end, but arched his hand lightly: "The lower officials see the Xuezheng Lord, I don't know what the adults have to explain when they invite the lower officials." ”

Li Yuezhong hurriedly got up and invited Xu Jie to the guest seat to sit down, and ordered someone to serve fragrant tea, and then smiled: "Lord Xu is polite, this official wants to ask Lord Xu what his opinion is on the handling of the government test cheating case." ”

He didn't dare to be a big guy in front of Xu Jie, and people might run above him when they would.

Xu Jie didn't pretend to be a big guy in front of Li Yuezhong, he pretended to be humble and said: "If the lower officials have any opinions, the adults can deal with them impartially, and don't care about the lower officials." ”

This means that he doesn't want to pursue it, but it doesn't mean that he really doesn't have any opinions, as for what his opinion is, it depends on whether Li Yuezhong will be a man.

Li Yuezhong said knowingly: "Lord Xu, you are a little too modest, you are an old criminal, when it comes to this case, this official is not as good as you, such as this case, how do you think this Song Yingkui should be handled?" ”

Xu Jie still pretended to be humble and said: "How dare the lower officials point fingers in front of the adults, but there is one thing that the lower officials want to be cheeky and ask the adults for a favor." ”

Li Yuezhong now understood everything, Xu Jie's meaning, it was okay not to pursue this matter, but he had to make the Longxi Chen family pay some price.

This relationship is good, just don't pursue it, as for what price to let the Longxi Chen family pay, this is all negotiable, he hurriedly asked: "Lord Xu is out of sight, what is the matter, you just say." ”

When Xu Jie heard this, he pretended to be embarrassed and said: "That's the case, I have a family, named Wang Dong, and he is also a Jinshi in the second year of Jiajing, his career is quite unsmooth, and he has been an official in the capital for several years, and he has been a Honglu Temple Shaoqing, and he has been returning to his hometown for more than two years, and he is waiting to make up for the official at this time, if you can, please bring it to your lord." ”

Lying in the groove, Jiajing's second year of Jinshi, a few years mixed with the Honglu Temple Shaoqing from the five grades, and it is called a bad career!

Li Yuezhong sneered, but on the surface, he nodded and smiled: "Well, this is easy to say, the official pondered and pondered, and he will give you an answer in a few days." ”

He knew that Xu Jie's meaning was to let Wang Dong make up for Song Yingkui's shortcomings, and it was normal for the Jingguan to be delegated to a place and promoted to two junior levels, but he just didn't know if the Longxi Chen family would let go.

Immediately afterwards, he took the initiative to mention Yang Cong's compensation, and Xu Jie's discussion was good.

Next, Gu Kejiu has nothing to say, he is the chief examiner of the government examination, of course he doesn't want this fraud case to get into trouble, it is best to turn big things into small things, and small things are naturally the best.

Next, Zhao Yan has nothing to say, this time, it would be good if he could escape the catastrophe, as for finding compensation from the Longxi Chen family, he didn't have the guts.

In the end, Li Yuezhong "discussed" with the people sent by the Longxi Chen clan for a while, and the treatment plan was decided.

Song Yingkui said that he was ill and resigned, and the two sides worked together to push Wang Dong, the former Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, to the position of the left senator of the political envoy of Fujian Chengxuan.

Chen Wenjie, compensating 10,000 taels of silver is an apology to Yang Cong.

As for Wu Tang, the government examination was copied privately, the results were cancelled, and he was not allowed to participate in the imperial examination in the future, which was the candidate's personal behavior, and had nothing to do with the examiner, and it was nothing.

This is the end of the trial cheating case, Xu Jie, Gu Kejiu, Li Yuezhong and others are all happy, after all, the impact of the imperial examination cheating case is too great, it is best to suppress it, and the Longxi Chen family has also admitted it, what else can be forced?

However, this ending was really beyond Yang Cong's expectations, he never imagined that it would be such a result in the end.