Han Jian and Sima Yi waited until sunset and dusk in Qingxu Yashe before Yang Xi hurried over, and as soon as he went upstairs, he didn't wait to catch his breath, he said with a panicked face: "The examination hall is on fire." ”

Han Jian stood up suddenly, and asked, "When?" ”

"Not long ago, I just told my sister that I wanted to check the exam papers, and before I came out, I heard a report that the examination hall was on fire, and the papers of the candidates in four rooms were burned."

When the examination hall is not on fire, as soon as it is said that it is going to check the papers, it immediately catches fire and burns all the test papers, which means that there are ghosts in it. Han Jian said: "Let's go to the examination institute now." ”

The three of them took the guards of the East Wangfu and hurried to the examination institute. At this time, the inside and outside of the examination hall were closely guarded by the guards of the guards, and all candidates were left in the examination hall and were not allowed to come out, regardless of whether they were involved in fraud cases or not.

stepped forward to reveal their identities, and Han Jian and the three of them entered the examination courtyard smoothly, and as soon as they entered the courtyard, they smelled a smoky smell. Han Jian glanced into the distance, at this time, a fire in the examination hall had not been completely extinguished, and there was still smoke and ash rising. The candidates were in their own halls, the exam had been suspended, and they had no idea what was going on outside.

"Let's take a look." Han Jian pointed in the direction of the fire.

Before the three of them arrived at the fire, they found that it was a row of low houses, several of which were charred and blackened by the fire, and the soldiers of the guard station who had just been fighting the fire were scattered and still left in the distance, and two charred corpses were carried out of the fire.

Han Jian looked around, and there was only one acquaintance, who was Li Wei, the waiter of the Criminal Department who he had seen in the Criminal Department before. When Li Wei saw Han Jian and Yang Xi, he was going to avoid it, but he also knew that there was no way to avoid it, so he came over to say hello.

Han Jian looked Li Wei up and down and asked, "Why is Li Shilang here?" ”

Li Wei said hesitantly: "I was going to come over to inquire about the case, but I didn't expect to encounter this fire, so I came over to take a look." ”

Han Jian felt that this Li Wei was even more inappropriate, first Li Wei covered up the facts of the case, and now he appeared in a place where he should not have appeared. Han Jian didn't say anything, and at this time, Jiang Yingcai, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, also came over, with a anxious expression, as if he had rushed back from outside.

Han Jian muttered in his heart, how could Jiang Yingcai, who should have appeared here, come later than them?

"What's going on?" As soon as Jiang Yingcai came, he grabbed the collar of the person in the examination institute and asked.

The people from the examination hall couldn't explain it at all, and at this time, Han Jian and Yang Xi stepped forward.

"Jiang Shilang, why did you come now?" Han Jian asked.

"It turned out to be His Royal Highness the King of the East." Jiang Yingcai and Han Jian had met at the entrance of the examination institute, so he recognized it at a glance, "I just went to the Criminal Department to report the fraud case, and I heard that the examination institute was in the water, so I came here." ”

Jiang Yingcai clearly said that I had alibi evidence, and the fire did not depend on me.

"Oh." Han Jian didn't say anything, just nodded in understanding.

At this time, the people below the Ministry of Rites also reported the fire disaster, and Jiang Yingcai heard about it in the past, so he came to report and said: "The sixth prince, His Royal Highness the East King, the matter has been ascertained, it is two people who are not long-sighted, they are cooking on the fire in the south warehouse, and there is an accident, and both of them are burned to death on the fire. ”

Han Jian frowned, isn't this just death without proof? Two inexplicable people lit a fire in the examination room to cook something to eat, and then led the fire, and none of them ran out?

The story gradually develops on a dramatic side.

Han Jian glanced at Yang Xi, Yang Xi was very emotional, as if he was feeling pity for the deceased.

Han Jian originally expected Yang Xi to break the casserole and ask to the end, but now he is counting on him not to do so.

Han Jian asked: "Jiang Shilang, I don't know about the exam papers of the cheating candidates, but did you rescue the fire?" ”

Jiang Yingcai was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the East King is too worried, in the examination courtyard, there are four places like the South Treasury to store the candidates' examination papers, and this is the place where the candidates in the South Fourth Room store their examination papers, and today's fraud case involves the candidates, all of whom are candidates in the East Fourth Room and the North Fourth Room, and their papers are stored in the East Treasury and the North Warehouse. ”

Because of the large number of candidates involved in the examination, there are many places to store the examination papers in the examination hall. Han Jian was not surprised by the separate storage of the exam papers, he was just surprised, why did the candidates in the east room and the north room cheat but burned the exam papers in the south fourth room?

Yang Xi heard that there was no accident with the exam papers involving cheating candidates, and he was relieved, and hurriedly said happily: "There is Lao Jiang Shilang to take us over to check the exam papers." ”

Han Jian and Sima glanced at each other, and both of them saw the doubt in each other's eyes. There is a ghost in this matter.

"Let's go." Han Jian said a word, and followed Jiang Yingcai to the east warehouse, in this fraud case, the East Fourth Room had the most cheating candidates, and more than a dozen candidates were found to be cheating, and Ruan Ping's test center was also in the East Fourth Room.

"The exam papers of the first two sessions of the cheating candidates have all been called out, please check them out with the sixth prince and His Royal Highness the East King."

As soon as he arrived at the place, someone took out the exam papers one by one and handed them to Jiang Yingcai, and then Jiang Yingcai handed them over.

"Can we take this back?" Han Jian asked.

"I'm afraid the bottom scroll won't work, but the transcript ...... OK. ”

The bottom paper is the candidate's original examination paper, and the transcription paper is the examination paper after being transcribed, such as the general examination, in order to prevent the marking officer from recognizing the candidate's handwriting, or the candidate from marking the examination paper, all examination papers will be transcribed before review. The matter of transcribing the papers was supposed to be a few days after the end of the exam, and the Ministry of Rites found someone to do it, but because of the fraud case, the Ministry of Rites also found someone to transcribe the exam papers of the cheating candidates in advance.

Han Jian thought to himself, that is to say, except for the transcription papers of the cheating candidates, the papers of the other candidates cannot be brought out.

"Then give us a copy of the transcript first, and we'll take it back and have a look." Han Jian said.

Yang Xi didn't quite understand what Han Jian meant, and in his opinion, he should stay and check it more first, because Han Jian had said before that he would check the papers of those candidates who did not involve cheating. Han Jian felt that this time it was a bureau deliberately set up by the other party, no matter how much they investigated, there would be no results, and the really valuable clues should be in the examination papers of the burned south treasury.

Han Jian personally took the transcript and walked to the gate of the examination institute with Yang Xi and Sima, originally he wanted to go to see Ruan Ping's situation, but Ruan Ping had been transferred to the cell of Dali Temple, and Han Jian knew that he had to go through a lot of procedures to visit Ruan Ping in Dali Temple. Now he mainly has to prove that Nguyen Binh is innocent.

When the three of them arrived at the gate of the examination institute, the third prince Yang Yu also brought someone over to inquire about the fraud in the department. Yang Yu is very the third prince, and he can be regarded as a humble and polite gentleman, but in terms of age, Yang Yu is six years older than Yang Xi, and now he is twenty-four years old and has a family.

Han Jian and Yang Xi went up to greet each other, Yang Yu seemed very polite, although Han Jian helped Yang Xi, he didn't make any rejection of Han Jian. After hurriedly saying hello, Han Jian and the three of them returned to Qingxu Yashe, and it was already time to turn on the lights.

The exam papers of more than two dozen candidates can be read in a short time. Han Jian mainly looked at Ruan Ping's exam papers, Ruan Ping's first two four books and current affairs were very good, not different from his usual knowledge, not like the result of cheating.

After reading it, Sima Yi sighed with emotion: "Ruan Ping answered these questions one by one, and the answers he didn't cheat were better than those bear eggs." Those bears said that he was cheating, and it was clearly angry. ”

Han Jian said angrily: "The exams are all semicolon exams, and they don't know what Ruan Ping's paper is written, so how can they talk about their eyes?" ”

Sima was speechless for a moment.

Ruan Ping has always been in Jiangdu, and there are many candidates from Jiangdu who come to take the exam this time, and those candidates also admire Ruan Ping's talent, but if you talk about talent, there is no first martial arts and no second, just admiration, others will not want to frame him Cheng Dù. The main problem is that among the candidates who came from Jiangdu, only Ruan Ping was involved in cheating, but it involved many candidates from the Huaiyin School, and Ruan Ping had no contact with these fellow students after entering Luoyang.

Seeing that Han Jian was silent, Yang Xi couldn't help asking, "Brother Han, can you see the problem with these exam papers?" ”

"Hmm." Han Jian pointed to the candidate named "Su" and said, "Look at this exam paper." ”

Yang Xi took the "Su" exam paper in his hand, and after reading it, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The analysis is incisive, this person has great talent." ”

"It's hard to say whether it's a big talent, or maybe you know the exam questions in advance and find someone to do the questions first. This writing is old and spicy, and it really doesn't seem like a candidate who has been in and out of the examination room can make it. Han Jian said.

Yang Xi took a closer look and said, "Indeed, it feels ...... It's like a certain Confucian wrote......"

Han Jian said: "The key is not in his writing and words, but in ...... Everyone else has a name, and he is just 'Su', could it be that Su is his name? “

Sima Yi on the side smiled and said, "How can anyone in the world call such a strange name? When you hear it, it's a pseudonym. ”

"That's where I'm weird." Han Jian said, "What is the situation that even this person's name has to be concealed?" You look at other exam papers, even if they are transcriptions, because this is related to fraud cases, they all list the names in detail, but this Su Mou, he doesn't even have a name? I vaguely remember that the champion who was hand-picked by His Majesty at the last session was also surnamed Su, but later the surname Su died. ”

Yang Xi nodded and said, "I remember, that person's name is Su Tingxia." ”