Lao Shangshu slowly took a sip of wine and looked at his granddaughter in wonder: "Why is Orange so interested in the imperial examination?" ”

Feng Cheng was confident: "It's not that autumn is coming, the triennial township test and the meeting test have always been a major event that everyone cares about." The granddaughter heard that when the apricot list was posted, there was still a matter of catching a son-in-law under the list. ”

"Catch a son-in-law under the list?" Feng Shangshu consciously grasped the key point, and looked at his granddaughter in shock, "Our family doesn't have to ......."

Who knows what kind of catch it is, if there is a bad wife in the family, it will become a joke.

"Then grandfather said that there will be no one to cheat in the imperial examination, and my granddaughter is worried that there are more such people, which will affect the eldest brother and them."

Feng Shangshu smiled: "What do you little girl think about all day long, how can there be so much fraud." ”

The girl's eyes widened slightly: "Are you so conscious?" ”

"Not really." Feng Shangshu's face straightened, "It's just that it's very difficult, once it is discovered, the consequences are serious, and it is easy to dare not try it." ”

Seeing that his granddaughter was very curious, Lao Shangshu, who had a sense of wine, still said: "There are generally three common methods of fraud in the imperial examination, one is entrainment, and now the township examination is very strict. ”

Feng Cheng listened carefully and nodded slightly.

"Then there is the substitute exam, which mostly happens to candidates with rich families. For example, a candidate from a wealthy family is not sure about the township test, and he is bent on winning the examination, he may take the crooked path of finding someone to answer the paper for him. ”

"Grandfather, I heard that candidates have to go through a roll call before entering the examination room, so how to take the test?"

"This substitute exam is not to find someone to pretend to be him to take the exam, but both of them are out of the exam, and by opening up the relationship in advance, the two are assigned to the adjacent room, so that the substitute can answer the exam for him. However, this situation is not common, first, it is not easy to get through the relationship and be assigned to the adjacent number room, and second, since the substitute has the ability to win, why should he take such a big risk to take the exam for others. This kind of substitute test taker is either in urgent need of a large amount of money, or has a favor that cannot be refused. Substitutes are hard to find, so this method is rare. ”

"What about the third one?" Feng Cheng listened attentively.

These days, she has also quietly flipped through some books, but she has not listened to them in detail as from her grandfather.

Feng Shangshu, who was half-drunk, also came to talk: "The third one is more clever, that is, to agree on certain marks with the examiner who marks the papers, so that the examiner can select his test papers and present them to the examiner, which is the least risky method, and the key is to get through the joint and buy the examiner here......"

Feng Cheng listened, and his heart moved.

The bachelor surnamed Qi promised his cousin to be promoted, and this method must be used!

What about Ouyang Lei?

Could it be that his uncle revealed the agreed mark to Ouyang Qing, so Ouyang Lei also raised it in this autumn, and waited until the next year because he already had the path of a bachelor surnamed Qi, and passed the examination in the same way?

Taking a step back, even if Ouyang Lei did not cheat, his father's murder in his early years existed, as long as his father's murder was revealed in advance, instead of waiting until two years after the end of the township test, his cousin's fraud could be exposed.

The more Feng Cheng thought about it, the more agitated his mood became.

"Orange, what do you want?" Feng Shangshu was talking, and found that his granddaughter was not listening well.

Feng Cheng hurriedly said: "My granddaughter is shocked that there are so many means to cheat in the imperial examination, it is simply impossible to prevent it." ”

Feng Shangshu smiled: "This kind of thing is a minority after all, and the imperial examination has been trying its best to select talents fairly over the years." ”

As for absolute justice, of course there is none, so there is no need to say it to a little girl.

Next, Feng Cheng silently listened to Tan Xingzhengnong's grandfather talk about the glorious deeds of pulling off the beard of Chengguo Gong, and did not return to the late autumn residence until dark.

Sweating all the way back, she simply didn't need dinner, and ordered Bai Lu to fetch water and bathe.

The whole body was immersed in warm water, Feng Cheng breathed a long sigh of relief, and began to ponder about Ouyang Qing's murder in his early years.

I want to thank those who love to gossip, and when she listened to it casually, she listened to it a rough idea.

Ten years ago, Ouyang Qing was still doing the work of a butcher, and one day a pair of master and servants looking for relatives found the wrong place and strayed into Ouyang's house.

Ouyang Qing swallowed the money of the foreigners, and since then he has become prosperous, and his only son has also been sent to the school to become a scholar.

The pair of masters and servants who died in vain were able to avenge Zhaoxue because of Ouyang Qing's wife.

Ouyang Lei jumped into the dragon gate and became an official at a young age, which is of course a matter of glory to the ancestors. And he was young and proud, and he was wronged in the Yamen, and it was inevitable to complain about his background.

When Ouyang Qing heard this, he naturally wanted to plan for his son.

You can't change your background, but you can find a good backer for your son.

How to find a backer? So the idea hit the head of the only marriageable eldest daughter.

For Ouyang Qing, who was born as a pig killer, he doesn't pay attention to any concubines, anyway, the five girls are all going to plan for their only baby son.

That year, Ouyang Qing's eldest daughter was just sixteen years old, and she originally had a childhood sweetheart who was in love, but Ouyang Qing wanted to give her daughter to a waiter as a filler.

The squire is almost fifty years old, where is the eldest daughter willing to follow, quietly eloped with the lover without success, and was beaten to death by Ouyang Qing, who was furious.

Ouyang Qing's bad wife only has such a daughter, and when she was poor in her early years, she just endured the punches and kicks of men, but later her life was better, there were fewer beatings, but there were more concubines, and it became commonplace for men to linger in Qinglou brothels.

What's it like to have a day like this?

It's just for her daughter, staying up with her daughter to get married, and she is no longer as boring as she is in this life.

But what did she expect? The only daughter was to be sent by a man to fill the house of an old man, and was beaten to death for resisting.

Ouyang Qing's wife reported to the official in a fit of rage, which brought this old murder case to the surface.

"Girl, the water is cold." Seeing Feng Cheng leaning on the barrel, Bai Lu reminded softly.

The girl in the tub moved her eyes, but still didn't mean to get up.

She was full of chagrin.

At that time, because I was not very interested, I flicked my tail and ran away after listening to this, and I didn't hear where the bodies of the two dead masters and servants were buried.

Township test in August, list in September.

The best time is to expose Ouyang Qing's murder for money soon after Zhang Bang, and then use Ouyang Lei's fame to be taken away to thoroughly investigate the fraud of the imperial examination.

In other words, within these two months, she will find the burial place of the master and servant.

Feng Cheng didn't feel sorry for exposing Ouyang Qing in advance.

Murder pays for life, it is justified, there is nothing wrong with making the murderer fall to justice as soon as possible, at least the innocent girl can survive.

Feng Cheng took a handful of water and threw it on his face, and had a plan.