Volume 1 Chapter 69 You're so bold
Someone cheated in the government test!
The case of fraud in the imperial examination is a great event in these years.
Wu Tang took the unsuccessful candidates all the way through the city, from Fuxue to Chengtian Temple, making the entire Quanzhou Mansion almost fry.
At this time, Yang Cong, who was rumored to be cheating, had no reaction, but Gu Kejiu, the chief examiner of the government examination, was taken aback.
He is the chief examiner, and the entire government exam was arranged by him, no matter who cheats, it is his dereliction of duty!
Once there is a cheating case in this imperial examination, as the chief examiner, he generally can't get out of it, no matter whether the cheater has anything to do with him or not, he can't escape the responsibility of being in charge.
Why did such a big thing happen under his rule?
At this time, he can be said to be the only one involved who has been kept in the dark.
The relevant candidates Wu Tang and Yang Cong, as well as the relevant examiners Song Yingkui and Zhao Yan, and even the irrelevant Xu Jie and Chen Wenjie, all knew a little bit about this matter in advance, and he, the chief examiner, didn't hear any rumors.
When he received the news, Wu Tangdu had already run to Song Yingkui with the candidates who failed the list.
This candidate Wu Tang, is he crazy or what's wrong?
You found someone cheating, you came to me!
I'm the examiner, I'm still the prefect, you tell me, this matter may be suppressed.
You didn't even say anything to me, and just took a group of unsuccessful candidates to the provincial capital to complain to the examiner, isn't this nonsense?
Do you suspect that I have also taken bribes?
Gu Kejiu cursed in his heart while understanding the situation, and soon, he understood the "ins and outs" of the whole thing.
It turned out that this Hui'an candidate Yang Cong had bribed the examiner during the county examination and seized the head of the case, but it was a coincidence that he was the head of the case again in this government examination, and Zhao Yan, the supervisor of the Hui'an County Examination, was also in the ranks of the examiners this time, and the candidate Wu Tang also found that he had not done anything in the examination room, so he was there to enjoy the coolness.
This guy can win the first place in the government exam, so it's no wonder that he didn't cheat.
Gu Kejiu even hated Liu Shouliang, the commander of Hui'an County, Nima, you said that you made this thing, you said hello to me after Hui'an suppressed the matter, now it's okay, candidate Yang Cong is here again, I was caught off guard!
He cursed in his heart for a while, and finally rushed to Chengtian Temple with a group of cronies and servants.
If he doesn't go, he can't go, the candidates are making trouble there, and he doesn't know what Song Yingkui's plans are.
Although the chief examiner of the case of cheating in the imperial examination must not be able to get rid of the involvement, but there are also big and small involved, if it is handled well, it may be a demerit, and when the Beijing inspection plan is evaluated, the performance is mediocre or the performance is unqualified, if the handling is not good, the dismissal of the official and the reduction of the status are light.
Of course, he wanted to "handle" this matter well, and he didn't want to be dismissed from office.
When he arrived at Chengtian Temple, most of the candidates seemed to have left, and a few stunned young people with angry faces accompanied the candidate Wu Tang to kneel in the courtyard where Song Yingkui was staying.
At this time, Song Yingkui seemed to have understood the general situation, and he was frowning and pondering there.
When the prefect Gu Kejiu arrived, someone naturally reported that Song Yingkui seemed to see a savior, stood up quickly, walked quickly, pinched his hand and said: "Lord Gu, you are here, this matter, alas, this matter, what do you say?" ”
Gu Kejiu took the situation and took a look, it was similar to what he knew, and sure enough, it was Yang Cong, a candidate from Hui'an County, who was suspected of cheating, and Wu Tang's case did not shy away from mentioning the examiner Zhao Yan.
This matter is really troublesome, Zhao Yan is sentenced to be prosecuted and sent to the prosecutor, and it is not under his control!
If this is an official under him, he will order someone to take it without saying a word, ask it clearly first, and then talk about it, he will have no problem when it involves the officials of the three divisions of the provincial capital, he doesn't have so much power.
He thought for a while, and then arched his hand and said, "Lord Song, how do you think this matter should be handled?" ”
Song Yingkui pretended to hesitate for a while, and then sighed: "Master Gu, why don't you arrest candidate Yang Cong for interrogation first." ”
Gu Kejiu heard this, thought about it for a while, and then nodded slowly: "For today's plan, this is the only way." ”
He knew that this was actually extremely unfair to the candidate Yang Cong, because there was no evidence to prove that the candidate Yang Cong cheated at this time, so he ordered to arrest someone, in case the wrong arrest, it would be a great damage to the candidate's reputation.
At this time, he had no better way, let him order Zhao Yan to be arrested, it was impossible, he didn't have the right to give this kind of order, he could only order the arrest of candidate Yang Cong.
The prefect gave an order, and the arresters and officials naturally moved quickly, and they quickly found Yang Cong's residence through the information registered by the candidates, and in less than a quarter of an hour, they surrounded the courtyard rented by Yang Cong.
However, when they started to arrest them, they were in trouble, because this Yang Cong's personal entourage was so powerful, they couldn't catch anyone at all!
Just kidding, Yang Cong's guards are all masters, how can ordinary catchers and officials do anything to them, no matter how many people rush in, they will soon be thrown out, and they can't even see Yang Cong's face.
Fortunately, this Yang Cong didn't dare to go too far, and the arresters and officials who threw it out were not injured, and even the weapons in their hands were still there, he just resisted arrest, but he didn't hurt anyone.
Even so, this matter is not a sensation, a candidate dares to resist arrest, and even the government officials can't arrest him!
As soon as the news spread, Yang Cong's courtyard was quickly surrounded by people watching the excitement, and even Chen Wenjie couldn't help but bring people to see the excitement.
This Yang Cong is really awesome!
When the prefect Gu Kejiu received the news, he was so angry that he was angry, this Hui'an candidate Yang Cong was lawless!
Naturally, this matter could not be settled like this, even if he took a group of cronies and officials to the courtyard rented by Yang Cong, the examiner Song Yingkui and Wu Tang and other candidates couldn't help but follow.
Yang Cong was already living in Chengtian Temple, and their group arrived in less than a tea time.
"The prefect has arrived."
A loud voice sounded, and the crowd of people watching the excitement automatically separated after a "whoosh".
Gu Kejiu came to the gate of the compound with an angry face, and was about to order his subordinates to rush in with the officials, but Yang Cong walked out with a strong man as if nothing had happened, and respectfully bowed his hand and said: "Hui'an candidate Yang Cong, see the prefect." ”
What do you mean by this guy?
Gu Kejiu couldn't help but snort coldly, and then shouted: "Yang Cong, you are so bold, you dare to resist arrest!" ”
Unexpectedly, Yang Cong arched his hand unhurriedly and said: "Lord Prefect forgives me, there must be a crime for arresting people, I don't know what the student has done?" ”
You're embarrassed to say that everyone knows you're cheating.
Gu Kejiu shouted angrily: "Bold, you still don't know what you have done?" Well, this official will tell you that Wu Tang, a candidate for Tong'an, sued you for cheating in the government test, can you be guilty? ”