The turmoil in the examination room has subsided, and the candidates' emotions have not made too much trouble, which is naturally a good thing for the imperial court, but this time there was such a serious fraud accident, but it also made the imperial court lose face, and the Son of Heaven was even more furious, so the matter naturally would not be settled like this. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the morning meeting the next day, Wanli, who had not expressed his views much, reprimanded the matter even more, and ordered that the matter must be investigated, and at the same time handed over this important task to the new criminal department Shangshu Yan Qing to review, and strictly ordered him to find out the truth within half a month, otherwise he would be severely punished.

In this regard, neither Yan Shangshu nor Zhang Juzheng has any way to object. After all, this kind of thing is related to the foundation of the entire Ming Dynasty's rule, and there are still so many moves waiting for the reopening, so naturally it can't be delayed for too long.

And in this way, Zhang Siwei and other examiners are unlucky. Originally, they were very easy to be suspected, but now that time is pressing, it is impossible for the Criminal Department to leave any leeway, after returning to the Yamen on the same day, Yan Qing referred several invigilators to the Yamen for questioning, this question, that is, a whole day, and there was no intention of letting them go home, only in the backyard of the Criminal Department cleaned up a few courtyards and sent them to rest.

This approach, although it was not explicitly stated, still treated them as suspects. Although compared to other officials who committed crimes, it was a great blessing not to be imprisoned in the harsh environment of the prison, but after all, this was the face of these officials, which naturally made them look gloomy.

However, Zhang Siwei and others were helpless in this regard. Although they have a clear conscience, in this matter, several of their examiners are indeed the most suspicious, and only they are the easiest to get into contact with the test questions earlier and leak them out, and they are repeatedly interrogated at this moment, which is also reasonable, even if they complain, they dare not really show it, and can only hope that the court can quickly find out the truth of the matter, so as to return their innocence.

It's Yang Zhen, this time it's out of the matter, and no one suspects him. The reason is that this time, he was the first to report fraud to the emperor, and everyone naturally no longer suspected him of being a thief and catching a thief; Well, he is the least likely person to have access to the test questions among the officials in the Gongyuan, he is only responsible for the discipline of the examination room, and he may not even know where the test papers are, so how can he steal the questions?

Therefore, although some officials still had some suspicions about Yang Zhen with insinuation, they did not make any waves in the end. So it turns out that Yang Zhen, who may be the real target of this matter, is the most idle and least stressful at the moment. He was not suspected, and at the same time, because he was involved in the matter, he did not have to meddle in the case, and he was completely on the sidelines.

Of course, not everyone will be satisfied with this. Especially when the people from the Criminal Department swaggered to come to ask for someone from Jinyiwei, his brothers were still quite angry.

Those guys who sold exam questions were taken by them, and they also tried their best to interrogate, but in the blink of an eye, this person and the clues obtained from the inquiry were all asked by the Criminal Department, and everyone naturally felt aggrieved. Fortunately, Yang Zhen was quite knowledgeable this time, and he didn't mean to embarrass the other party, under his nod, the officials of the Criminal Department finally safely took away several criminals who had suffered a lot and were bruised all over their bodies, and at the same time took away the testimony they left.

However, looking at the appearance of their departure, Xia Kai and the other brothers were still indignant: "Phew, I know that it is really unreasonable to come to our Jinyiwei to pick peaches!" ”

Yang Zhen saw it, but he smiled bitterly: "Okay, don't worry about this, it's not our turn to investigate this matter, it's always good to help them find out the truth of the matter as soon as possible." ”

"My lord, this is completely the imperial court's distrust of you and our Jinyi Guard. When it comes to the means and ability to investigate the case, you and our Jinyiwei are much higher than their criminal department. But now it's good, they would rather use the criminal department than us, and they will leave the people we have worked so hard to get, isn't this a slap in the face? Grehei also said angrily.

"You don't have to be so angry, I was calculated in the first place, and now I am lucky to be alone, so why should I care who finds out the truth of this matter? Moreover, if the criminal department still can't find out the reason after the deadline, maybe this opportunity will come back to us, so there is no need to suffer from gains and losses at all. Yang Zhen waved his hand, very disapproving.

At this time, Shen Yan also echoed: "What the adults said is very true, this investigation is like using soldiers, and it is not that whoever goes first will definitely succeed." And if the Criminal Department can't find out the result in the end, but we find out the truth, isn't our Jinyiwei more glorious? ”

As soon as they said this, the brothers calmed down, and then they couldn't help but continue to discuss the case at hand. Although both the person and the testimony were taken away by the Criminal Department, it was impossible for the people of the Criminal Department to take away all their memories and inferences about the matter.

Under Yang Zhen's signal, Hu Ge first expressed his opinion: "From the perspective of his subordinates, this matter should have nothing to do with the several examiners in the examination room, and no one dares to take such a big risk in this matter, just to trap the adults or several other officials." Even if he has a deep grudge against the adults, he will definitely not do such a lose-lose thing. ”

"Hmm, anything else?" Yang Zhen nodded with a little satisfaction, and his eyes swept over the faces of the other brothers one by one, but he didn't look at Shen Yan, Shen Yan was also very amuseful and silent, he could see that this was Yang Zhen's ability to test these brothers.

"Another point is that if it is really done by the people in the examination room, I am afraid that I will not have the ability to leak the test questions. After all, it's already being watched by our people, and our brother will never look away. Xia Kai followed Hu Ge's train of thought and gave his opinion.

Yang Zhen nodded with satisfaction: "Then let's talk about it, since it is not from inside the examination room, who will leak the exam questions?" ”

"The problem is only in the palace." After Song Guang hesitated for a while, he still truthfully expressed his opinion: "This test question was drawn up by Zhang Juzheng and the emperor together, and then sent to the Tribute Academy. Could it be that which eunuch next to the Son of Heaven was greedy for a moment and did this? ”

Yu Yao, who has always had a good relationship with him, did not stand on his side this time: "I'm afraid this statement is difficult to establish, right?" How could the people around the Son of Heaven do such a thing? Would they risk such a death for a few taels of silver? ”

Indeed, the eunuchs who have been in the palace for many years and become the right-hand man of the Son of Heaven are all shrewd enough to squeeze out oil, how can they be greedy for this cheapness?

Just when everyone recognized this, Yang Zhen smiled indifferently: "If it's just a few taels of silver, of course they won't do such a thing, but what if there are other benefits?" ”

"Other benefits?" Everyone looked at each other, and they couldn't turn around for a long time, even Song Guang, who put forward this hypothesis, also looked at Yang Zhen with some doubts: "What benefit does this mean, my lord?" ”

"For example, what if you can please a certain big person, further improve your status in the palace, or even become the second Feng Bao? Maybe the money is no longer in their eyes, but what about the promise from a big man? Yang Zhen squinted his eyes and said with a smile.

"What do you mean by an adult...... Zhang Ge Lao? After hesitating for a moment, Shen Yan made this guess.

Suddenly, everyone's faces were tight, although they had guessed that this matter might be controlled by Zhang Juzheng, but it was still a little shocking to say it so directly.

After all, Zhang Juzheng is the most famous and powerful person in the government and the opposition today, and as long as they think that he is going to use such means against their own adults, they will feel a shudder.

Yang Zhen, the person concerned, still looked indifferent at this time, as if he was talking about irrelevant people and things: "Actually, I thought of this as early as when I found out about it." However, there is no evidence to prove his suspicions, and even the guys who sell the exam questions don't seem to have any valuable clues. ”

"Although those guys have hard mouths, they can't hold out for long under our means." Xia Kai snorted and said, "They confessed that they were lured by a guy named Li Ji to start selling exam questions four days ago. And the man only showed up when he gave them the test questions, and told them that even if they were really taken by the government, someone would excuse them, and then they would not show up again. Originally, they still felt that they had earned it, and with only a very small amount of deposit, they got the exam questions that brought them tens of thousands of taels of silver. It's just that I didn't expect that they were just being used, and in the end, I couldn't even tell what the number of this guy named Li Ji was. ”

"So, even if we have some suspicions, we really want to find out about this matter, but there is no evidence." Yang Zhen finally concluded: "And since we can't even find out why, it is even more impossible for the Criminal Department to ask the result." So eventually, the case will come back to us. ”

Listening to his inference, the brothers were both happy and a little embarrassed, the criminal department would definitely lose face this time, but what about themselves? Can they find more under this little, inadequate clue?

"Alright, while we are still free, let's rest for a few days. In a few days, we'll be busy. Yang Zhen said, stretched his waist, and waved his hand to everyone......