Since entering February, the examiners of this examination have entered the hall to prepare, and the Gongyuan as the examination room has been closed and almost cut off from the outside world.

Not only were the main gates sealed and sealed, but they were also guarded by soldiers from the Beijing camp day and night, preventing anyone from approaching. At the same time, there are hundreds of brocade guards staring at the examination room, as long as there is any wind and grass, they can find and deal with it at the first time.

The only thing that can communicate with the outside world is a small inconspicuous door in the corner. It was the daily passage for the examiners and soldiers who stayed in the examination room, and many of them stayed in it to eat, drink, and lazar.

Such strict control is naturally to put an end to all possible fraud. In the past, there were examiners who were finally found out for favoritism because they couldn't erase the requests of their colleagues and superiors, so now both the general examination and the local township examination are extremely strict, and do not give people any opportunity to exploit loopholes.

But even so, some things will still happen, and there will still be some subtle loopholes in the line of defense that was supposed to be impenetrable. After Yao Gan read the news that came in from outside and learned that the exam questions might have been leaked, the first thing that turned in his heart was this idea.

Although he hadn't read much, he also knew how important it was to the imperial court and to those who had been in the cold window for ten years. Moreover, he is the person who supervises relevant matters in the examination room of the Jinyi Guard, and once something really goes wrong, his guilt is probably not light. Therefore, it is necessary to find out what is going on, even if it is really risky and difficult to do.

With a thought in his heart, Yao Gan turned around in the now empty examination room as usual, and then inadvertently came to the Minglun Hall at the back of the examination room to settle the examiners.

At this time, several examiners in the hall were talking about the content of a certain scripture with a smile, and when they saw several brocade guards walking outside, they didn't feel their faces scold, and their voices were also stunned.

There is naturally an irreconcilable contradiction between Jinyiwei and civil officials, and Jinyiwei has the responsibility to monitor their every move in this examination room, which makes officials feel a little nervous every time they meet Jinyiwei's people. Feeling the strangeness of the officials in the hall, Yao Gan just smiled disdainfully, and then glanced at one of the officials inside.

The man understood, and after a few of them swaggered away, he covered his stomach and said with some embarrassment: "I'm sorry, the lower official has to go out." With that, he hurried out the door.

After turning a corner, he saw Yao Gan waiting there alone, so he hurried up: "Yao Baihu, why did you come to find the lower official at this time?" But is something going on? ”

"Lord Wei is invited, if I want to take the risk to find you, there is really something wrong with the governor, and I need your help." Yao Gan looked at Wei Chengmo, the deputy examiner sent by the Ministry of Rites, with a solemn expression.

Because Lu Zhen won the trust of the Son of Heaven, it was inevitable that many undesirable officials in the court would take refuge in him, hoping to find opportunities for promotion through him. Wei Chengmo is one of them.

Lu Zhen knew that Yao Gan's skills were not enough to figure out the exam questions, so he mentioned this person in the secret letter and asked him and Wei Chengmo to join forces to find out the matter.

However, it was obvious that Wei Chengmo had misunderstood the meaning, and as soon as he heard this, he shook his head categorically: "This can't be done, this Enke is related to the reputation of Your Majesty and the imperial court, and I will definitely not help you cheat in order to curry favor with Governor Lu." Yao Baihu, I also advise you, it's easy to talk about other things, but this matter is absolutely untouchable. ”

Seeing him say such a thing in a righteous and stern manner, Yao Gan couldn't help laughing, and then said: "Lord Wei, you think too much, how can the governor of my family be the one who doesn't care about the overall situation?" This time I came to you, not only did I not want to cheat as you said, but I wanted to investigate fraud. ”

"What are you talking about......" As soon as the words came out, Wei Chengmo understood something, and his face suddenly changed: "You mean that someone cheated and was discovered by Lu Dudu?" ”

Yao Gan immediately simply told what happened outside, and then added: "But I don't know the truth of this matter yet." It is precisely because of this that the governor does not dare to act rashly, and hopes that we can confirm the matter. ”

"This ...... How is this possible? After learning that it was actually the leakage of the exam questions, Wei Chengmo was even more stunned on the spot, and it took a while to come back to his senses: "Since those exam questions were sent, they have been locked in the cabinet of Minglun Hall, and there is a seal on the outside. In my opinion, someone must be deceiving people. ”

"It's hard to say whether it's a fraud or not, and I hope Lord Wei can take a closer look at it when he goes back." Yao Gan said again.

"I ......" Wei Chengmo hesitated for a while, but after hesitating for a while, he nodded and responded: "Okay, the lower officials will pay attention." But I still think it's mostly fake. After saying that, he bowed his hand to the other party, and then turned and walked back.

With some apprehension, Wei Chengmo returned to the hall. On the surface, he continued to gossip with a few colleagues, but in fact, a pair of eyes kept secretly looking at the cabinet on the side. The cabinet was more than half a man high, made of fine mahogany, and the front door was not only hung with a large lock, but also a yellow leather seal. In the cabinet, there are the exam questions used in the scientific examination two days later.

Originally, Wei Chengmo would not see anything wrong even if he stood in front of this cabinet, but after being reminded by Yao Gan, he looked at the cabinet at this time, but it really made him see something different - the two seals that were crossed on the cabinet door seemed to be slightly tilted compared to the beginning, and the lock seemed to be slightly different from before......

"Is this really someone doing it, or am I suspicious of a dark ghost?" Wei Chengmo's heart was full of entanglement, and the whole person felt even more trance. Then, when he looked at the colleagues around him who were talking and laughing, he felt that they were all suspicious, and they were all hiding something from him.

This suspicion did not alleviate in the slightest until the sky darkened, and finally made him make a bold decision - to take advantage of the night when everyone went back to the room to rest, and opened the cabinet with Yao Gan to see if the exam questions inside had really been leaked. Anyway, I didn't plan to leak the question, so it shouldn't be a problem to do this, right?

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At night, the three watches, the already very quiet tribute courtyard is even quieter.

At this time, the two figures quietly touched the front of Minglun Hall where the door was closed, and after being sure that there was no situation around, Yao Gan reached out and took out a wire and put it in the lock

After a while, the big lock was easily opened.

When he saw this scene, Wei Chengmo's eyes couldn't help but widen, he really didn't expect that it would be so easy to open such a large padlock without a key.

Yao Gan ignored the other party's surprise, only made a gesture and asked him to quickly follow him into the door, and then gently closed the door, and then came to the cabinet: "I didn't expect you to put the exam questions in such a noticeable place, aren't you afraid of being looked at?" ”

"This is what Lord Meng meant. He said that it was much safer to leave the exam questions in Minglun Hall than to bring them to his room, because no one except us examiners would have thought that such an important thing would be placed in the hall where no one was working at night. Wei Chengmo replied casually, and then his heart moved, could it be that Master Meng deliberately arranged it in order to eliminate his suspicions? Once the leak of the exam questions becomes known, all the examiners here are suspicious.

Yao Gan didn't think so deeply, just smiled, and then reached out and carefully lifted the seal attached to the cabinet. After only some of them were removed, he sighed softly: "This seal has really been touched." You see......"

With a glimmer of moonlight coming in through the window, Wei Chengmo saw that the middle part of the seal had long been separated from the cabinet, which was a flaw caused by someone who had been uncovered earlier but failed to re-glue it back. However, if this was not for Yao Gan for fear of breaking the seal and carefully peeling it down little by little, it would not have been obvious at all.

This discovery made the two of them more and more nervous. It seems that the leakage of the exam questions found by Jin Yiwei before is very likely to be true.

After glancing at each other, Yao Gan continued to move, and after a few moments, the two seals were finally removed from the cabinet by him intact. Then he did it again, and with that wire he easily opened the padlock.

Looking at the cabinet door that could be easily opened, the two suddenly hesitated a little. In this cabinet is the exam questions of this Enke meeting, and if someone finds out about the contents of it now, the guilt is really not light.

However, after only hesitating for a moment, Yao Gan opened the cabinet door, reached into it, took out a brocade box inside, and handed it to Wei Chengmo: "Lord Wei, please." ”

Wei Chengmo understood that the other party did this not only to avoid suspicion, to show that he would not peek at the content, but also because he was illiterate. But now that we've come to this point, it's naturally impossible to back down. With some trembling eyes, he took the brocade box, opened it and took out the stack of papers on which the exam questions were written, and then came to the window, squinting and carefully reading the contents of it by the bright moonlight.

At this glance, his face changed slightly. Then, I quickly looked at the other sheets of paper on which the exam questions were written, and finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

"How?" Seeing that his face changed several times, Yao Gan was also a little nervous, and hurriedly asked.

"The exam questions written above are completely different from what you told me before, and it seems that I am right, the exam questions outside are just fake and deceitful...... But it's a false alarm! Wei Chengmo's expression was relaxed.

But Yao Gan's face became more and more solemn: "That's not necessarily, have you forgotten the problem we found on the seal just now?" This cabinet has indeed been opened secretly! ”

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