"The Emperor's ......"

Cheng Bobin just wanted to continue explaining, but was interrupted by Liu Yi, "Your Majesty, the minister is the highest-ranking deputy examiner in this time. At the beginning of the evaluation of the top three articles, the minister had different opinions with Cheng Daren and others, but after all, the minister could not be judged by himself, so in the end it was handed over to the emperor for evaluation, can the emperor remember? ”

"I remember!"

Hearing Emperor Liang's affirmative answer, Liu Yi relaxed a little and continued: "Although the ministers have different opinions from Lord Cheng and others, the ministers have also read all six articles, and if they don't have a certain talent, they can't write such good sentences. ”

This remark sounds like he is helping Cheng Bobin and others explain, but in fact, it is reminding Emperor Liang to question the article itself.

Although Emperor Liang was old, he still heard Liu Yi's words, so he asked the gentleman who had fallen to the ground and didn't dare to look up, "You three raise your heads!" You just said that Ma Daochuan doesn't learn and has no skills, so how can he write such an article, don't want to deceive me! ”

"Grass People....... The grass people don't dare! ”

"You might as well leave this matter to the minister to explain," Chen Kangji still maintained that immovable look, "Ma Daochuan himself doesn't know whether he doesn't learn and has no skills, the minister only knows that the articles of the few people on the list have done tricks, especially among the six articles that are ranked among the top three to be evaluated by the emperor, they use the method of stealing beams and changing pillars." ”

"Tell me more!" When Emperor Liang heard this, in addition to anger, it was more of an accident.

"Yes, Your Majesty! Although each test paper will go through the name and transcription, but this process can still be done tricks and feet, first of all, when the name is pasted, the official will make another mark on the papers of those people, this time is the word 'fifty' at the end of the article, which means the emperor's 50th birthday; But...... If you want to steal the beams and change the pillars, let's let Lord Zhong talk about it. ”

"Zhong Lin, you make it clear to me!"

"Yes...... Your Majesty, Ma Daochuan's article is a minister...... Chen wrote, "Zhong Lin is already crying.

"So, the test questions were leaked before?" The prince couldn't believe it.

"Yes...... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is right. ”

"How is that possible? Only Old Master Fu knows the test questions, how could they be leaked?! King Ling asked with an incredulous expression.

"After Old Master Fu passed away, wasn't the test questions handed over to Liu Yi for safekeeping? Liu Yi, you say! ”

"Back to the emperor, the test questions are indeed kept by the minister, and the minister definitely did not leak the test questions to anyone!"

"Lord Liu, at this time, if you want to protect yourself, I'm afraid, it's impossible!" At this time, Cheng Bobin tried his best to control the tension and fear in his heart, and gritted his teeth and said: "Isn't the test question given to us by you, otherwise how can I get it?" ”

Liu Yi's original abacus was suddenly disrupted, but he still tried his best to remain calm, turned his head and asked Cheng Bobin, "Master Cheng, do you have any evidence?" Don't just bite it! ”

"I am the proof! Lord Liu, didn't you personally hand over the test questions to your subordinates that day? Hu Ziming was very resentful and Liu Yi confronted each other.

"You ......." Liu Yi calmed down at this moment and continued to explain: "Back to the emperor, Lord Cheng and Lord Hu are only afraid that they want to drag the ministers into the water at this moment, the test questions are leaking, and the ministers will be unable to excuse themselves, and please ask the emperor to investigate!" ”

"Father! Fraud in the imperial examination has always been the most hated by the emperor, the imperial court opened the department to take scholars, in order to select talents for the imperial court, if some scum wantonly took bribes and fraud, at that time it greatly chilled the hearts of the world's scholars, and at the same time greatly damaged the system of the imperial court, the son thought that this matter must be investigated in detail, and at this moment should wait for Han Duwei to search back and then make a decision! King Ling suddenly came out and said, and after speaking, he didn't forget to say to King Xiang: "Fifth brother, what you said is right?" ”

King Xiang calmly said to Emperor Liang: "Erchen also thinks that the most important thing at this moment is to verify whether what Lord Chen said is true. ”

"It seems that my fifth brother and I want to go together!" King Ling smiled slightly.

"Humph!" Emperor Liang slammed the handle of the dragon chair again, and Gonggong Cui, who had been standing aside, hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "Master, why are you suffering?" Naturally, there are several princes who have investigated the case, but you must not hurt the dragon body! ”

"Everyone is waiting!" After Emperor Liang finished speaking, he closed his eyes and stopped talking or looking at anyone in the hall, Cheng Bobin and Hu Ziming could only kneel all the time, and the remaining few people also had their own thoughts. What is going on in the hearts of others, King Yu doesn't want to know, the only thing he is worried about at the moment is the three gentlemen who are also kneeling on the ground, the three of them were brought into the palace by themselves, and he has to keep them safe no matter what, but at this moment it is best not to speak, the only thing he can do is to wait.

When Shizi made trouble, it was the hour, and now it was too late, King Yu secretly looked at the sky outside the Chengyuan Palace, and closed his eyes, when the world was dark, what appeared in his mind was that the mother concubine took herself to play freely in the back garden; It was constantly suppressed by King Xiang and King Ling, and finally Emperor Liang was not pleased and was demoted to Biansai, and he stayed for eight years, during which he developed people's livelihood, resisted invasion, and trained the army. It was also the eight years in Biansai that made King Yu understand what he wanted to pursue in this life, not imperial power and wealth, but ........

A rush of footsteps interrupted King Yu's reverie, he opened his eyes and saw someone coming quickly towards Chengyuan Palace from a distance, walked in, and recognized that the person who came was Han Ruxun.

"See the emperor!"

Han Ruxun woke up Emperor Liang with a loud voice, and also fixed the attention of everyone present on the person who came, but Han Ruxun always looked at Emperor Liang seriously and said: "The minister did find twelve boxes of silver in Lord Chen's mansion!" ”

"How do you explain this time?" Emperor Liang's words were almost squeezed out from between his teeth, word by word. Cheng Bobin and Hu Ziming sat down in a daze, and just wanted to shout that they were wronged, but before they could shout wrongs, Han Ruxun continued: "After the search, the minister found that Lord Zhong's mansion was on fire, and Jing Zhaoyin was already dealing with it. ”

"Huh?!" Zhong Lin stumbled and sat on the ground, his face was gray and dumbfounded, "You guys! It's so vicious! Zhong Lin, who said that this scholar, suddenly stood up, rushed to Cheng Bobin's side, stretched out his hand and grabbed his throat, "I want you to pay for your life!" ”

"Bold! Stop him! This scene also frightened Emperor Liang, and Grandpa Cui roared loudly.

Han Ruxun struck Zhong Lin the neck, Zhong Lin immediately let go of the pain, Han Ruxun took advantage of the situation to clasp Zhong Lin with both hands and pressed directly to the ground.

"Let go of me! Your Majesty, they did it! I stole the test questions while Liu Yi was away, Cheng Bobin and Hu Ziming all participated, and they promised me to let my family go after the matter was completed! Ahhhh.......h

"Crazy, drag it down!" King Xiang finally got angry and shouted to the Imperial Forest Guard, and when the Royal Forest Guard was about to make a move, he heard a voice "Cai Xiang has arrived!" ”

Cai Quan walked into Chengyuan Palace with steady steps, lifted the front swing, knelt down and saluted: "Minister Cai Quan sees the emperor!" ”

"Cai Xiang, please get up, you came at the right time!" Emperor Liang looked at the chaos that had just happened in front of him with a look of disgust.

"Thank you, Emperor! Weichen heard that Shizi was making trouble, and he also heard that several His Royal Highnesses had come to Chengyuan Palace, so the old minister also rushed over to share his Majesty's worries! Cai Quan quickly swept over the various people in the hall, and his eyes kept rolling.

"Cai Xiang has a heart!" Emperor Liang was helped back to the dragon chair by Gonggong Cui, calmed down and said.

Cai Quan looked at Zhong Lin, who was subdued by Han Ruxun and sobbed on the ground, and asked, "Isn't this Lord Zhong?" ”

"Back to Cai Xiang, Lord Zhong has lost his mind at the moment, and he just wants to attack Lord Cheng" Han Ruxun explained the matter simply.

"On the way to the palace, the old minister heard that Lord Zhong's mansion was on fire, could it be that it was because of this ......."

"Humph! If all the family members die in the fire, then it will be cheaper for them! Emperor Liang said angrily: "Cheng Bobin, Hu Ziming, can you two plead guilty?" ”

Cheng Bobin's neck already had obvious pinch marks, and he had not fully recovered his senses at the moment, looking at Emperor Liang with some blank eyes, while Hu Ziming continued to shout grievances.

"Enough! I don't want to see you scum of the court again! ”

"Your Majesty, but is it because of today's Shizi tearing up the emperor's list?"

"Tearing the emperor's list is just an introduction, but what is involved in this is the fraud case of the Beijing Entrance Examination! Cai Xiang came just in time, I have to investigate thoroughly this time! ”

"Your Majesty, according to what the old minister sees, you might as well put the relevant people in prison first and hand them over to Dali Temple and the Inspectorate for processing!"

"Well, it's up to Cai Xiang!"

"Your Majesty, the old minister still thinks that this matter is too wide-ranging, and only the Dali Temple and the Inspectorate are afraid that they will not be able to do it, so it is better to appoint a prince at the same time, so that everyone can be convinced."

"Or Cai Xiang is thoughtful, then hand over this case to the prince!"

The prince didn't expect that he would suddenly hand over the case to himself at this moment, and he panicked out of the "son...... The retainers obeyed. ”

Emperor Liang rubbed his temples, obviously tired, after all, nearly two hours have passed, "Just do what Cai Xiang said, everyone will be handed over to Dali Temple for prison, and all the people on the list are not allowed to leave the capital, especially those who are among the top three must be closely monitored, and Lei Qiwei and Sun Hanghai will return to the house to close their heads and introspect, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave without my permission!" King Xiang and King Ling also returned to the palace first, and the case was handed over to the crown prince and Cai Xiang to handle it with full authority. ”

Two hours of standing is nothing to a person like King Yu, and when he returned to the mansion it was late at night, and King Yu still felt very tired, not physically tired, but mentally tired.

As soon as King Yu sat down in the study, Uncle Zhang walked in with a porcelain bowl, "Your Highness, I don't think I have to eat, I specially boiled some jade porridge." ”

King Yu stretched out his hand to take the still warm jade porridge, sniffed it closely, and said with a smile: "It's really fragrant, as far as I am concerned, the craftsmanship of the sister-in-law is better than that of the palace kitchen!" ”

"Your Highness has made fun of you, drink it while it's hot!" Uncle Zhang smiled kindly, and watched intently as King Yu finished drinking the porridge, as if a father was looking at his son.

"Your Highness, the hour is not early, why don't you rest early?"

"I still have to read all the military letters, Uncle Zhang, you can rest first", after that, King Yu began to open the letters that were neatly stacked on the desk.

Uncle Zhang picked up the bowl, did not do any more consolation, turned around and left the study, and closed the door very carefully before leaving, for fear that the sound would be too loud to disturb King Yu.

In fact, not only did King Yu have no sleep, but at this time in King Yu's mansion, Xuan Shaoning and Jiang Weizhen were also sitting under the emperor's cherry tree in the courtyard.

"If what those gentlemen said is true, I'm afraid it should be a big case of fraud in the imperial examination" The two were silent for a long time, but Jiang Weizhen broke the silence first.

"I believe that Qingyuan, Shaoyin, and Brother Jiang will definitely not be involved in fraud!" Xuan Shaoning didn't watch Jiang Weizhen speak, but kept raising his head to look at the bright moon in the sky, although most of the bright moon at this time was already covered by dark clouds.

"Thank you for your trust!" Jiang Weizhen seemed to be moved by Xuan Shaoning, "I was born in poverty, I walk right, sit upright, and I am worthy of my heart, and I am not afraid of a thorough investigation by the imperial court." ”

"Brother Jiang's words are enough" Xuan Shaoning retracted his gaze, and the two did not talk after that.

Leng Yue Zhai

"If you want to talk about the biggest thing today, it is the case of fraud in the imperial examination!" Su Qian looked at the people downstairs coming and going, and there were many discussions.

"No matter what, I believe in Qingyuan and Shaoyin!" Sitting opposite Su Qian was Zhao Kexin, "Su Qian, your father is a rich man in the capital, there should be a lot of news, right?" ”

"Our Su family only does business, not in government politics. Speaking of news, you're just afraid to ask Shaoning, right? Su Qian and Zhao Kexin looked at Xuan Shaoning at the same time, but the latter had empty eyes in a daze at the moment.

"Why, today's food is not delicious?" Qi Wantong walked into the private room gracefully, looked at the almost unchanged dishes on the table, and sat next to Xuan Shaoning, "If it's not delicious, I'll let the cook remake it." ”

"Hey, Sister Wantong, you are asking knowingly, how can you be in the mood to eat now......" Zhao Kexin pushed the bamboo chopsticks in his hand outward.

"Even if we don't eat or drink, we won't be able to help them in any way, as long as Qingyuan and Shaoyin are white, then there is nothing to worry about."

"Wantong is right!" Xuan Shaoning suddenly came back to his senses, picked up the bamboo chopsticks, picked up a piece of pastry and put it on his small plate, "His Royal Highness King Yu once said that the examiner of the Beijing Examination is being investigated by Dali Temple and the Inspectorate, as long as the famous people on the list are guarded by Jing Zhaoyin, even King Xiang and King Ling have been grounded, and that's all I know." ”

"As King Yu's personal guard, there are many things that can't be said casually, we all understand, but it's chaotic if we care, and I have news here." Qi Wantong picked up the wine jug and poured it for Xuan Shaoning and Su Qiandu, "Qingyuan's father is Shaoqing of Dali Temple, but to avoid suspicion, now the father and son are staying in the house and are not allowed to go out." ”

"I've also heard this, this Dali Siqing is Lin Kun, I heard that this person is also upright, I think I can distinguish between right and wrong!" Su Qian took a sip of the wine in the glass, perhaps reassuring of what he knew, and his brows stretched a lot.