The Emperor of the Apocalypse hurriedly asked, "What's strange?" ”

"Your Majesty, you see, the middle of the middle of the word 'by' is obviously thicker than the two sides, which means that the middle and both sides of the horizontal are not written at the same time, and this horizontal is added later."

"Yes, yes, someone must have framed Zhu Youcheng."

"Your Majesty, maybe it was written by Zhu Youcheng? Zhu Youcheng began to think that he had written the word 'by' incorrectly, and later added this horizontal. Therefore, Zhu Youcheng deliberately committed a crime, and the crime was extremely heinous, and he should be arrested and sent to prison. Sun Shenxing said viciously.

Wei Zhongxian said in a strange manner: "Lord Sun really misses Zhu Youcheng, and he never forgets to stab him at any time." To know what Zhu Youcheng wrote the word 'by', it is actually very simple, just look at the draft. According to the rules of the department, a draft must be made for the examination, and it must be signed. Just look at the signature on the draft? ”

Sun Shenxing's face changed drastically, he only paid attention to revising the signature on the test paper, forgetting that there was still a draft. Unexpectedly, Wei Zhongxian, the old gelding, actually had to dig out the draft to check.

After a while, the little eunuch took out Zhu Youcheng's draft from the messy draft pile and handed it to Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian glanced at it, and sure enough, the word "by" signed was a typo.

Originally, Zhu Youcheng was a modern person, and he didn't know much about ancient taboos, and although he knew about things like avoidance, he might not abide by them. Why did he pay special attention to it during the scientific expedition? This is all the result of the Donglin Yu Party's report. When he heard that the reason why Sun Shenxing and Wang Tu did not take the exam papers was to avoid it, he immediately thought that the word "by" in his name was the same as the name of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, so he specially changed it to a typo, and specially avoided the word "by" in the article, for example, one of Confucius's disciples was named Zhongyou, and Zhu Youcheng only called his character - Zilu, and never called him by his name. And in order to prevent others from catching his mistakes, he even wrote the character "Zhu" as a different character, and wrote the last stroke of the character "Zhu" as a dot.

Donglin Yudang wanted to take advantage of the evasion and did not give Zhu Youcheng the test paper, but inadvertently woke up Zhu Youcheng to evade. If they figured this out, they would probably immediately become their own chimpanzees, beat their chests and scream.

When Wei Zhongxian saw the name on the draft, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly presented it to the emperor with both hands, and said, "Sure enough, someone framed Zhu Youcheng." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse took the draft, looked at the signature, and said, "What else do you have to say?" ”

Sun Shenxing argued with self-reliance: "Maybe Zhu Youcheng added it himself?" It's been so long, who can say clearly. ”

"It seems that you still don't give up, I think you are the one who framed Zhu Youcheng." Wei Zhongxian said gloomily.

Wei Zhongxian picked up the test paper, held it up, and pointed it to the Emperor of the Apocalypse in the sunlight: "Your Majesty, look at this side, through the light, the ink color in the middle is obviously darker than on both sides, and there are traces on the edges, which proves that these are written in two strokes." And there has been a long time between these two strokes, and someone is definitely framing Zhu Youcheng. ”

After speaking, Wei Zhongxian picked up the pen and wrote the word "one" on a piece of paper, and then traced another stroke on this "one". He blew dry the ink and pointed to the Emperor of the Apocalypse in the sun: "Your Majesty, this is the word 'one' written by the old slave just now, because the time is not far apart, so there is no difference between the two strokes." The signatures on the test paper are different because of the different shades of ink, and the first one is dried up for a long time before the second one is filled, so there will be obvious seams at the junction between the two strokes. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was originally a smart man, but when he was woken up by Wei Zhongxian, he immediately understood, and he said: "It seems that someone in the field framed Zhu Youcheng. However, Zhu Youcheng's test paper was handed over directly to the examiner, without going through the hands of others, so the person who framed him was among the examiners. Today, I must find out this daring fanatic, who actually dares to frame the candidates in the scientific field, and spread the word, and our Ming Dynasty will lose all face. ”

Cabinet assistant Gu Bingqian said: "The first person to contact the examination papers is the examiner who is responsible for obfuscating the name, so ask them first. ”

Four of the examiners immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, we have no chance to commit a crime. The four of us were at the same time at the table, and we could see each other very clearly, and there was no chance to be alone. Besides, we only have paste on the table, no ink, and we can't change our name even if we want to. ”

Sun Chengzong looked at the four people, thinking about the process of pasting names, there didn't seem to be anything suspicious, so he said: "After the name is pasted, there is no way to change it, that is, when the admission personnel are determined and the name paper is opened, someone has done tricks. ”

The other four examiners who were in charge of unwrapping the paste paper also knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, we don't have a chance to commit a crime." Paper dismantling is carried out on the table, and mutual supervision is carried out. Besides, our tool is a paper cutter, and there is no ink, so we can't change the name. ”

The other four standing examiners secretly said that they were lucky, but fortunately they were not in charge of the work of blurring names and unwrapping name papers, otherwise it would have been bad. At that time, I didn't let myself participate in these two jobs, and I was a little dissatisfied, thinking that the examiner didn't trust me, and it seemed that there was a god in the dark.

Wei Zhongxian carefully checked Zhu Youcheng's ink scroll and said, "Your Majesty, there are traces of the second opening of the examination paper, so all the staff in the examination room, including the twelve examiners, and the two chief examiners are suspicious. ”

The sweat on the faces of the four standing examiners was all down, and it seemed that the protection of the gods was not perfect enough.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse also made a difficulty, with so many suspects, who is the real culprit?

Wei Zhongxian smiled siniskly and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, leave this matter to Dongchang to investigate, and promise to arrest the person who changed his name." ”

All the examiners have changed color, and the methods of the East Factory are famous all over the world, if you really enter the East Factory, you can even steal the child's lollipop at the age of three, and peek at the aunt next door at the age of fifteen.

Wang Tu's mind was racing, and he had already guessed that the person who changed Zhu Youcheng's name must be Sun Shenxing. He glanced at Sun Shenxing's face, strengthened his guess, and said secretly in his heart, don't die poor Dao, since you bring about your own destruction, don't blame me for being ruthless.

Before the Emperor of the Apocalypse could open his mouth to agree, he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I know who changed Zhu Youcheng's name. ”

The emperor asked word by word, "Who is it?" ”

"Sun Shenxing, the undergraduate examiner and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Sun!"

"Wang Tu, you old horseman, you dare to frame me! Emperor Mingjian, I have always behaved correctly and sat upright, how could I do such a tasteless thing as changing someone else's name? ”

"Your Majesty, as soon as Sun Shenxing entered the examination room, he pulled Weichen to discuss the matter of making it difficult for candidate Zhu Youcheng, and I advised him to think about his own guilt and the whole family, but he broke off his friendship with me. In the examination room, only he and Zhu Youcheng have the deepest contradiction, if it's not him, who is it? ”

"Your Majesty, Wang Tu He framed me, he framed me!" Sun Shenxing screamed like a pig, at this moment, he regretted it, thinking of his parents, wife, and children at home, but it was too late.

Another examiner also provided an important circumstantial evidence: "Your Majesty, Sun Shenxing seems to have known that Zhu Youcheng had committed a crime before he opened the candidate's name paper. At that time, I was unpacking the name paper, and before I could open Zhu Youcheng's test paper, Master Sun said that Zhu Youcheng was guilty and deserved to be dethroned. At that time, I felt a little strange in my heart, but now that I think about it, it should be that he changed Zhu Youcheng's name, otherwise how could he know that others were guilty before he opened the name paper? ”

The testimony of Wang Tu and another examiner caused Sun Shenxing to collapse to the ground like a dead dog.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse waved his hand and said, "Drag it out and hand it over to Dali Temple for trial." Wei Banban, went to raid his home, all the men accompanied Sun Shenxing to cut it down, and the women ...... Department of Teaching. ”

Sun Shenxing's fate really fulfilled Wang Tu's prophecy. A few months later, one of these women, a young woman named Bing'er, was ransomed by a mysterious guest surnamed Wang at a high price, and never after all, Wang Tu's mansion added a concubine named Bingbing. This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse asked, "What should I do about this test?" Is it a re-exam, or how? ”

Sun Chengzong said: "As far as I know, this exam, except for the dethronement of Zhu Youcheng, is relatively fair, so it seems that there is no need to retake the exam." ”

All the examiners knocked together: "Your Majesty, we are all fair when we read the papers, except for the papers that Sun Shenxing insisted on knocking down, they are all arranged according to the scores, absolutely fair, and can withstand the inspection of any official in the imperial court." ”

Sun Chengzong said again: "Now that the imperial list has been announced, rash changes will damage the prestige of the imperial court, so it is better to make mistakes." Anyway, Zhu Youcheng is only a teenager, and he still has a lot of youth, so let him read a little more at home and hone his temper. ”

Wen Donglai shook his head and said: "Lord Sun's words are inappropriate, I think this son has the talent to go through the heavens and the earth, and it is a loss for the Ming Dynasty to enter the court one day late." Moreover, today's scene at the gate of Guozijian also shows that if we press Zhu Youcheng again, even the Gongshi will not be convinced, let alone talk about the world's scholars. ”

Gu Bingqian looked at his face and knew that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was in a big hurry today, purely because of Zhu Youcheng's failure, so he said: "Knowing that mistakes can be changed, and good is great; If you pass without changing, it is said to be excessive. If the court makes a mistake, it must be brave to admit it, so as to win the trust of the subjects of the world. Moreover, this is not the fault of the imperial court, but the sin of the Donglin Yu Party, so it is very necessary to repeat the article. ”

Wen Donglai said: "However, the 598th candidate is very pitiful, he finally passed the Gongshi examination, maybe the good news has reached his family, but now it has been canceled, it is really an empty joy." I don't know if he can withstand such a blow. ”

Emperor Tianqi smiled: "It's okay, anyway, there is a shortage of officials in the imperial court now, since he can get the 598th place in the exam, no, it is the 599th place, and he has entered the emperor list once, and he can be regarded as a blessed person, then this list will admit 599 tributes, after all, he has also contributed to maintaining the fairness of the examination outside the Guozi Prison, and he can be regarded as a person who is loyal to the country." ”

Cabinet assistant Gu Bingqian, second assistant Sun Chengzong, Wen Donglai, left attendant of the Ministry of Rites Wang Tu and twelve examiners gave gifts to the emperor together, and said in unison: "The emperor is merciful. ”

The revised imperial list was once again announced, and the whole city of Beijing was in a sensation, and everyone was satisfied with the degree to which the imperial court corrected its mistakes in a timely manner, and was filled with righteous indignation at the Donglin Party that deliberately sabotaged the scientific expedition. The news spread to Wuxi, Jiangsu, the stronghold of the Donglin Party, and the locals also complained about the Donglin Party.

The person who reported the good news rushed into the children's paradise again, but unfortunately Zhu Youcheng was not there, so he went to report to the military department.

This time, another bag of copper coins that Wei Honglian exchanged for finally came in handy.

Beat away the person who reported the good news, Wei Honglian slapped her thigh, oops, I was angry yesterday, and asked the carpenter to split the plaque engraved with "Wenwu Shuanghuiyuan" and set it on fire, this carpenter's action should not be so fast.

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