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In the Taihe Palace, facing the surprise of the courtiers and the slightly annoyed gaze of the Son of Heaven, Lu Zhen continued to speak: "Your Majesty forgives the sin, what the minister said just now is just to explain a truth to Lord Zhang, that is, it is not credible to rely on the confession of Wei Chengmo alone. But since His Majesty asked, the minister did not dare to bully the king, Yao Gan did listen to the minister's secret order before peeking at the exam questions in the examination room. ”

After a pause, he changed his words before the others stood up: "However, the minister did not let them do this for the purpose of enriching their own pockets as stated in the criminal department's testimony, on the contrary, the minister asked people to take the risk of peeking because he wanted to find out the fraud case." ”

Only then did the emperor remember what Hu Hu had mentioned when he spoke to him before, and his face softened slightly, so he asked, "What do you mean by fraud?" ”

"Because Jin Yiwei found out before this that someone was secretly selling exam questions to candidates in the capital restaurant!" Only then did Lu Jin tell the reason why he did this, and then defended himself: "Your Majesty, the minister was deeply favored by the emperor and was named the commander of the Jinyi Guard, even if he is not a very human minister, he is already a nobleman, how can he be so confused, and do the stupid thing of secretly selling the exam questions for a little money?" I also hope that Your Majesty will be clear. ”

In fact, most of the monarchs and ministers in the palace have heard of this statement, especially the relevant officials of the Criminal Department, who had heard him talk about it as early as when he interrogated Lu Jin. Suddenly, these people had different thoughts in their hearts, and some people felt that what Lu Zhen said was also reasonable, and at his level, it was indeed impossible to make such a mistake, after all, although the profit from the sale of exam questions was not small, it was still too far from the benefits he got from overseas trade, not to mention that he had to risk being ruined after being found out, the benefits and risks were too disproportionate, and it was really not a choice that Lu Jin, a smart person, would make.

And more people still have a lot of suspicions about him because of their preconceived ideas, especially when there is a statement before that makes them think that he is not just taking the risk to do this for money.

Those who have this idea, of course, are mainly some officials of the Criminal Department, and at that moment, a waiter from the Criminal Department stood up and retorted: "Lord Lu, even if you can speak well and speak skillfully, you can't change a fact - that is, your nephew Lu Tong participated in the current examination. Presumably you didn't hesitate to take risks to steal the question just to help him get a high school jinshi, right? As for the so-called selling of body interests in your mouth, it is just a pretext to cover people's eyes. ”

Sure enough, many people agreed with this statement, and the officials nodded one after another. Because everyone knows how great the benefits of a famous jinshi can bring to a family and a surname, this is not something that can be measured by money. And if Lu Zhen really helped his nephew to be admitted to the Jinshi, then the other party would definitely be grateful to him after he became an official in the court and become his staunchest supporter, which can't be exchanged for any amount of money.

Hearing this, Lu Zhen lowered his head and was silent. Seeing him like this, the squire was even more confident, and continued: "Lord Lu, what else do you have to say about this? Maybe you didn't steal the question to sell it for a profit, but your intentions are even more vicious! ”

Other officials also followed suit, bluntly saying that this point could indeed confirm Lu Jin's charges, because in their opinion, this was quite a natural thing. But they didn't notice that a smile had flashed on Lu Jin's lowered face, which was exactly what he wanted everyone to propose.

It wasn't until everyone had counted down for a while that he raised his head and arched his hand at the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, the minister is indeed at fault first." However, it was not favoritism, but in the early years, because of the disagreement with the elders in the clan, the minister had already severed the relationship with the Lu family in Suzhou in the government. ”

"What?" The ministers suddenly changed color, and looked at Lu Zhen in disbelief, as if they were looking at a monster.

They do have reason to be shocked, because what Lu Jin did is too shocking and unethical in this era. Nowadays, the world pays attention to loyalty, filial piety and righteousness, especially for scholars and officials, so this point should be emphasized. Because in the universal values, only a filial son can be a loyal minister!

Therefore, in this era, every scholar who has a career often has to do many things against his will for his clan after becoming an official, such as giving the clan the right to reduce taxes and exempt from forced labor that belongs only to his own family, and when the clansman needs help, sometimes he has to do something with his conscience......

They are used to this, and they don't realize that there is anything wrong with it. So when someone found out that Lu Zhen actually had a nephew named Lu Tong who also participated in this imperial examination, they took it for granted that he would do such a thing for his nephew.

Results...... Lu Zhen actually gave such an answer, which was too unexpected and too difficult to accept.

Only a few people like the emperor who already knew the inside story seemed very calm at this time, but the eyes they looked at Lu Zhen were still a little complicated, after all, such things still had a considerable impact on a person's reputation.

"Lord Lu, don't talk nonsense here in order to get away with it!" Liu Muqing was also a little impatient, and immediately stood up to express his doubts.

"The stakes are high, how dare I talk nonsense?" Lu Zhen replied calmly.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lu Jin's words are really not credible, maybe this is just a pretext for him to protect himself after the accident. Even if there are people from the Lu family who can testify for them, it is debatable, because no one can be sure whether they were premeditated or not! Liu Muqing hurriedly stepped forward to speak.

This statement was quickly agreed by many others, after all, it was the previous statement that was more acceptable than that. Some people even shook their heads again and again: "Lord Lu's words are really ridiculous, in the past, only the clansmen who made mistakes were expelled by the family, and I have never heard of anyone who dared to take the initiative to draw a line with the clansmen." ”

"Lu Qing......" The emperor also glanced at Lu Jin, waiting for his explanation.

"Your Majesty, what the minister said is true. As for why the ministers would risk such a big disapproval to cut off relations with the Lu family, it was because they never really regarded me as a family member, and even teamed up with outsiders to try to put me in a Jedi. In addition, the minister has been bullied by them since he was a child, and he was funded by the Yue family to get the fame of the exam, and he didn't owe the Lu family at all, so he made such a decision in anger.

"As for the adults questioning me for giving myself such a reason, I can tell you very clearly that you are wrong. Because I broke off the relationship with the Lu family, I was testified by the Suzhou government, and I also left a note early in the morning. It was still nearly ten years ago, when Lu Tong was only a few years old, I can't predict the prophet, and I will have this matter in ten years, so I have already issued such a document with the people of the Lu family, right? ”

As soon as Lu Zhen said this, everyone present was completely dumbfounded. There is still conclusive evidence, and it is not good to question it anymore.

"Lu Qing, are you serious?" The Emperor was silent for a moment before asking.

"The minister does not dare to bully the king, this is exactly the case. Moreover, in order to exonerate the minister, Jin Yiwei had already sent someone to Suzhou early in the morning to retrieve the document as evidence. Perhaps in a few days, things will be presented to the imperial court. Lu Zhen hurriedly replied.

Having said that, the ministers really don't know how to evaluate this matter. However, the vast majority of people have begun to believe Lu Jin's statement, because the evidence he gives is really difficult to refute.

Only Liu Muqing, his heart began to clench suddenly, if Lu Zhen was exonerated this time, with the style he had always acted in, coupled with Jin Yiwei, I am afraid that he would be in trouble. Especially when he remembered something behind it, he felt more and more uneasy.

Now, his only hope was what those people told him, and they weren't lying. I hope that Suzhou has succeeded and destroyed the evidence, otherwise the consequences will be completely out of control.

Just when everyone felt that the matter was going to be put on hold like this, waiting for Suzhou to send the news back, Lu Zhen spoke again: "Your Majesty, the minister still has something to do." ”

"Lu Qing, please speak." The Emperor nodded in response.

"The minister thinks that this matter is indeed very strange, and there is another conspiracy behind this seemingly fraudulent case, and he wants to take the opportunity to attack the minister." Lu Zhen replied with a solemn expression.

"Huh? What do you mean by that? Zhu Qiyu frowned and asked a little uneasily. Could it be that Lu Zhen is going to fight back? He wanted to take this opportunity to deal with some officials in the court who couldn't get along with him, so he came up with such a reason?

"Your Majesty, the minister has been thinking about a question, with Yao Gan's shrewdness, and stealing the exam questions at night, how could he be caught? This is clearly someone who has long expected this to happen, so they will make arrangements.

"Also, because Jin Yiwei found out that there was a thief named Zhou Lu who was selling exam questions to candidates early in the morning, he asked Yao Gan, who was in the examination room, to peek at the exam questions with their cameras to distinguish their authenticity. But it turned out that the exam question was fake, and the thief named Zhou Lu suddenly escaped under the surveillance of Jinyiwei. How could he have done all this if there had been no one to direct and answer him in the morning?

To sum up, this so-called imperial examination fraud case is actually a conspiracy against Yu Chen, in order to make the minister take risks, so as to fall into the charge of stealing questions and fraud. I hope Your Majesty will see it! With that, Lu Zhen fell to his knees.

And these words, but the monarchs and ministers present were stunned for a while, no one expected him to make such an inference, but if you think about his words carefully, there is really some truth. Of course, all this has to be based on the fact that Lu Zhen did not cheat......