As soon as Feng Shangshu's words came out, the other two were shocked.

"All open?" Yang Shilang of the Criminal Department was taken aback.

Zhao Yushi's expression was a little subtle, and he didn't speak for a while.

Feng Shangshu said lightly: "It doesn't take much effort to open it all. Now that the news of Ouyang Lei's cheating in the imperial examination is spreading in Beijing, of course we must do our best to investigate. ”

Yang Shilang couldn't help but say: "The people are all the same, just rumors. ”

"If you find out that he didn't cheat, isn't that just a good time to restore his innocence?"

Yang Shilang froze.

Feng Shangshu looked serious: "If we don't investigate carefully, if Ouyang Lei really cheats, it will be our responsibility to be found out in the future." ”

These words made Yang Shilang and Zhao Yushi look stunned.

They were ordered to investigate the case, and if there was such a big omission, they would be punished, not to mention, and their faces would be ugly.

It was too unworthy for a man's name to be ruined by the son of a butcher who committed a crime.

The two glanced at each other and agreed to Feng Shangshu's proposal.

Then open all the Zhu Mo rolls of all the winners of this township test and take a look.

The so-called Zhu Mo Roll is a measure taken to prevent fraud in the imperial examination. Candidates answer questions with an ink pen, the paper is called an ink roll, and after submitting the paper, the candidate's name and other information are sealed, and then a special person uses a red pen to copy it, and the red paper is handed over to the examiner for judging.

In this way, the examiner will not be able to identify the candidate from the handwriting, so as to ensure fairness.

"How many candidates have won the Shuntianxiang test this time?" Yang Shilang asked.

Feng Shangshu replied without thinking: "One hundred and twenty-two." ”

Zhao Yushi is a native of your province, and he couldn't help but sigh when he heard this: "There are really a lot of people." ”

The triennial township examination was held in each province, and the number of places allocated to each province varied greatly, and in the year he took the township examination, only 20 people were admitted to your province.

It is not easy for Feng Shangshu and Yang Shilang to accept this.

The atmosphere was awkward for a moment, Feng Shangshu took a sip of tea and said: "One hundred and twenty-two exam papers, we divide and cooperate, and it doesn't take too long, so let's start." ”

The three of them reached an agreement and quickly buried themselves in the case.

The next day, the three people with dark circles under their eyes breathed a sigh of relief, and finally completed the check.

Yang Shilang spoke first: "One hundred and twenty-two vermilion ink scrolls have been checked, and there is no obvious problem. ”

Zhao Yushi also said: "Although there are individual mistakes in the examination papers, they are also within the allowable range. ”

According to the regulations of the scientific examination, if there are too many mistakes in the examination paper, the candidate will be suspended, which means that not only will he fail this time, but he will still not be eligible for the scientific examination after three years.

Of course, this is not very common.

The two of them expressed their attitudes, waiting for Feng Shangshu's reaction.

Feng Shangshu thought for a while and said, "Since there is no problem with the Zhu Mo Scroll, let's compare the candidate Zhu Scroll horizontally." ”

Yang Shilang and Zhao Yushi looked at each other.

Feng Shangshu squinted and took a sip of strong tea to wake up: "Since you have checked, of course you have to be comprehensive." ”

Compare the Zhu papers of the candidates in the same batch horizontally, and check whether there are certain words in these test papers that appear in a specific position, so as to judge whether there is fraud.

Yang Shilang and Zhao Yushi had no choice but to nod.

After another day, Feng Shangshu suddenly pointed to a certain place in an exam paper and said, "Look here." ”

Yang Shilang and Zhao Yushi hurriedly leaned over to look, staring at the paragraph that Feng Shangshu was pointing at for a while, but they didn't see the reason.

"Look at this scroll again." Feng Shangshu picked up another red scroll in his hand and pointed somewhere.

The eyes of the two suddenly tightened, and their faces changed.

The same word appears here in both volumes.

"And here." Feng Shangshu pointed again, "This Zhu scroll has two words in these two positions, and another Zhu scroll has the same words in the same position. ”

If only one place is the same, it can be considered a coincidence, and two places with the same word in the same place can hardly be said to be a coincidence.

"Find other rolls and find all the rolls with the same problem."

was discovered by Feng Shangshu, Yang Shilang and Zhao Yushi didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly checked.

In the end, five problematic rolls were placed in front of the trio.

The three of them were silent for a while, but Feng Shangshu spoke first: "Then rummage through the ink scrolls and see which candidates these Zhu scrolls are." ”

Because they had checked Ouyang Lei's vermilion ink roll word by word, the three of them had already remembered the content of the answer sheet, and directly took out the Zhu scroll that belonged to Ouyang Lei, and then took out one hundred and twenty-two ink rolls to check, and it didn't take too long to find out the corresponding volume.

After reading the messages of the other four candidates, Yang Shilang's eyes were complicated: "This seems to be-"

Feng Shangshu said with a calm face: "This candidate named You Hanzhang has an in-law relationship with our house. Since this is the case, then put the list of candidates who found out the problem on the emperor, and I should avoid suspicion for the rest of the investigation. ”

Yang Shilang and Zhao Yushi nodded.

The person investigating the case is related to the candidate, so the suspicion must be avoided.

The three of them quickly wrote an excerpt and played Emperor Qingchun.

When Emperor Qingchun heard that there were five candidates involved in the imperial examination fraud, and one of them was indeed the son of the butcher, he was furious and immediately arranged for officials to launch a follow-up investigation.

The first step was to remove the reputation of the fraudulent candidates, and the second step was to bring several candidates to the yamen for interrogation.

Ouyang Lei was robbed of his fame before, and if he was exempted from the first step, an official messenger came to arrest him.

There was still no one in the courtyard of the Ouyang family to clean up the mess, the pomegranate trees that fell to the ground were withered and bleak, and the pomegranates that rolled everywhere were also bright.

It was the third day, Ouyang Lei was restless and dragged Ouyang Jing to the courtyard.

"Go find your friends!"

Although Ouyang Jing was afraid, he stood still: "Sister Feng said that after three days, it is not the third day, and it will be time tomorrow." ”

"I'll let you ask now!" Ouyang Lei glared at Ouyang Jing fiercely.

Ouyang Jing bit her lip, her fingertips trembling slightly with fear: "At that time, Sister Feng and eldest brother also agreed like this, didn't the eldest brother agree." It is said that reading and self-cultivation are cultivated, why is the eldest brother still so irritable after reading books for so many years? ”

These words stimulated Ouyang Lei and made him thunderous: "Shut up!" ”

Ouyang Jing was pinched by the other party's wrist, frowning and shouting, "You let go." ”

She was scared and laughed at the same time.

The eldest brother has been a little bully since he was a child, even if he becomes a scholar, he can't change his temperament of being spoiled by his father.

"Ouyang Jing, don't think that I won't dare to do anything with the support of your friends. You're my sister, and I'm telling you, barefoot aren't afraid to wear shoes! Ouyang Lei dragged Ouyang Jing and threatened coldly.

Qian San, who was keeping an eye on Ouyang's family, heard this movement and was about to take a look, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of several officials coming not far away, and hurriedly hid.

Fortunately, an official messenger came, otherwise that Ouyang Lei would not dare to go up to the fierce god.

The brother and sister were at a stalemate, and several officials walked in.

Ouyang Lei was nervous when he saw the official errand now, and subconsciously let go of Ouyang Jing's hand.