Facing Lord Zhizhou's questioning, Chu Feng shook his head.

"My lord, there is nothing to say here."

Lord Zhizhou frowned slightly, and Li Langjun raised his eyebrows.

"So you're admitting it?" Lord Zhizhou looked at the scroll beside him and shook his head, "Is this one really painted by you?" ”

"Yes."

"Do you know that in the examination garden, although it is not explicitly forbidden, you should not do such things that have nothing to do with your own work?" Lord Zhizhou asked.

"Yes." Chu Feng smiled slightly, "Lord Wang Ji once said. ”

"Then why did you knowingly commit it!" Lord Zhizhou became serious.

Chu Feng knew that it was useless to explain more at this time, and in the final analysis, he was indeed knowingly committing a crime. So he took a deep swipe to the ground: "Chu Feng knows his mistake and is willing to accept the punishment." Lord Wang Ji didn't know about this, so he just asked Lord Wang Ji for pen and ink first, and he really shouldn't have done painting on the grounds of learning words. ”

When Wang Ji heard this, he was moved, and hurriedly stepped forward half a step, bowed down and said: "The small one has the responsibility of supervision, but the fact of supervision has not been completed, and I dare not shirk the responsibility." ”

Lord Zhizhou still appreciated Chu Feng's initiative to admit his mistakes, so he nodded, and his tone was a little kinder: "Painting is a crime, we'll ask later." I would like to ask you, how did this painting get into the dossier? ”

Chu Feng was not in a hurry to answer, but glanced back at Liu and Li with a smile, and then bowed down and said, "Chu Feng doesn't know about this matter." ”

Li Langjun was uncomfortable by Chu Feng's eyes, and jumped to his feet and said, "Brother Chu, what do you mean by this?" Why do you see us that way? Isn't it because we two mixed the paintings into the dossier? ”

Liu Langjun's face turned dark, and he couldn't wait to slap Li Langjun immediately. Li Langjun's words, didn't he put the two of them in a very embarrassing situation! Although there is no evidence in the hands of others, what is the difference between this and admitting guilt!

Sure enough, everyone probably understood the truth at this time, and there was something wrong with the eyes of Liu and Li Langjun.

"Ahem-" Lord Zhizhou didn't understand what good things his nephew had done, and at this time, in order to avoid suspicion, where did he dare to say anything. So he coughed lightly, turned around solemnly, and bowed deeply at the chief examiner Liu Qi, and said: "Lord Liu, although this Chu Feng is a local transcription, but after all, you are the main examiner, how to decide, please work hard!"

Liu Qi had been half-open and half-closed all the time to close his eyes to recuperate, but at this time, he slowly opened his eyes, glanced inside and outside the hall, and bowed his head slightly.

Lord Zhizhou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and hurriedly stepped aside.

Liu Langjun's face was pale, Li Langjun was proud, Wang Ji's face was difficult, and Lu Lin's face was pale. Only Chu Feng stood there humbly and politely, and even when Liu Qi's gaze swept over him, he bowed slightly, respectfully and peacefully.

"According to the "Song Law", how should this matter be handled?" Liu Qi spoke slowly, his voice slightly old.

The general judgment of the lord is the general law order, and he replied respectfully: "Lord Hui, according to the "Song Law", those who disturb the imperial examination will be punished with fifteen lashes and will not be hired for life." ”

Flogging is flogging.

Liu Qi bowed slightly, looked at Chu Feng, and asked, "Did you hear that?"

Chu Feng thought about it for a while, and felt that although his small body was not tough enough, the fifteen whips should not be so good. As for the lifelong ban on hiring, he doesn't care even more, he has no intention of taking the imperial examination, and whether he is hired or not has no meaning to him.

So Chu Feng nodded and replied, "I heard it." ”

Liu Qi felt very interesting about Chu Feng's indifference, and said with a whisker: "What do you mean, are you ready to receive the whip?" ”

Lord Zhizhou and Lord Tongju stopped on the side, and they couldn't help but get nervous. It was the two of them who invited Chu Feng to do the transcription in front of Mr. Wen Duan, if it was really because of Chu Feng being whipped, what would Mr. Wen Duan think, the two of them were also unwilling to understand.

It's just that in order to avoid suspicion, Lord Zhizhou didn't say much, so he secretly gave the judge a look.

So the judge smiled and said, "Lord Liu, will this sentence be too harsh?"

Liu Qiyan only raised his hand and made a slightly calming gesture, and said with a light smile: "The people involved have no objections, why bother with the two of you." ”

The two adults, Zhizhou and Tongju, trembled in their hearts when they heard this, and they all looked at Chu Feng. I'm afraid that this kid has some inexplicable backbone, and he is really willing to accept the punishment in a hurry.

But their worries are obviously excessive, Chu Feng has a responsible temperament that is unwilling to shirk, but it does not mean that he can be manipulated casually.

At this time, listening to Lord Liu Qi's words, Chu Feng chuckled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, Chu Feng only asks, does this painting really have the impact of disrupting the imperial examination?" Although this painting was mixed into the dossier, it did not make a certain pearl dust, and secondly, it did not make a certain unlearned and unskilled person in it. Chu Feng dared to ask, where is the crime of disturbance? ”

As soon as the two adults heard this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly echoed a few words, asking Liu Qida to be lenient.

Liu Qi only smiled faintly, unable to see joy and anger, and asked: "Is it also a quibble?" Then the old man asks you, should you paint in Kaoyuan? Is it punishable for this painting to be mixed into the file? ”

"It shouldn't, and it should be punished." Chu Feng bowed down and smiled, "Chu Feng knows these two points." It's just that the scholar is powerless, and if he can take the opportunity to ask for some mercy, he will naturally spare no effort. ”

"Haha! Interesting! Interesting! Liu Qi suddenly laughed, got up and walked to Chu Feng's side, took his hand and looked it up and down, and praised, "Cheng Yuan's kid wrote to me, saying that he had accepted a good apprentice, and he had a shallow temperament but was not arrogant. ”

Chu Feng was slightly stunned when he heard this, and everyone in the audience also looked at each other, some of them didn't understand what was going on.

Liu Qi explained to Chu Feng: "The old man can see your painting at a glance. Ink peony has a different taste. I have seen this one with Cheng Yuan, your realm is very good, not inferior to everyone's, but the pen power is slightly inferior, but this one is not in a hurry, you can slowly make up for it. ”

Liu Qi said with a smile: "Of course, these are all micro-end techniques, and being square is the right way." You are very good, the old man likes it very much. Ha ha! Cheng Yuan has known the old man for decades, and before accepting a wizard as an apprentice, the old man was very envious of him. I didn't expect him to have such a blessing and take you as an apprentice. Where is your master hiding? Is it so shameless? When the township test is over, the old man will definitely make fun of him. ”