After a while, Gao Demao wiped the cold sweat with a handkerchief, trotted in, knelt down and said: "Back to Your Majesty, it is the lifters who beat the Dengwen drum outside the Wude Gate who failed the list in this examination, and the lifters said that the imperial examination was fraudulent and asked Your Majesty to return them justice." ”

The emperor's body stopped slightly, the irritability in his heart dissipated, and his expression became solemn: "Do you have any evidence?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there is no evidence, but the leader shouted loudly outside...... Among the top ten, seven of them are already the children of the noble eunuchs, including Lu Yuanqing, Lu Yuanbao, Wu Anbang, Zhang Ruohuai, Lin Chaodong, Wang Chengyu, and Chen Zhaolu, seven of whom are set in the top ten, Lu Yuanqing, Lu Yuanbao and Chen Zhaolu They dare not question it, but Wu Anbang, Zhang Ruohuai, Lin Chaodong, Wang Chengyu and others can enter the top ten, and it is impossible to do so! ”

Gao Demao looked up at the emperor's increasingly gloomy facial features, and continued: "The one who took the lead also said that before the list was released at the end of the examination, Wang Chengyu and Lin Chaodong, who bought a house in the capital, and Wu Anbang, who lived in his grandfather's house, all of them bought a large number of celebratory supplies, and the rice was ready to be used to distribute porridge. ”

Lu Yuanqing, Lu Yuanbao, Wu Anbang, Zhang Ruohuai, Lin Chaodong, Wang Chengyu, and Chen Zhaolu are not seven of the top ten just now!

The emperor gritted his teeth and asked: "Where are Wen Zhenkang and the other deputy examiners, let the forbidden army detain them and not leave the palace!" ”

"Yes!" Gao Demao hurriedly got up and ran out.

Gao Demao, as the great eunuch beside the emperor, was not unaware of the fraud in the field in previous years, and the nobles stuffed the main examination with silver, and there were many people who let people go in for the exam.

During the last imperial examination, Gao Demao felt that the noble officials and eunuchs would not restrain themselves, and he was afraid that he would alarm the emperor, but he didn't think about it...... This time it was shocking.

The emperor forcibly pressed the fire, and his voice was so cold that it made people shudder: "Prince, you go...... Seal all the test papers of this palace exam and bring them over! Send someone to pass on the priest's wine and business...... All the doctors of science are here, and you are staring at them...... A roll, a roll, a roll! ”

"Erchen takes orders!" The prince hurriedly received the order to run errands.

The emperor was so angry that his fingers were shaking, if the fraud in the field was true this time, Wen Zhenkang would be damned!

King Yan of Xiliang hadn't left yet, and Emperor Yan was only going to return tomorrow, so Wen Zhenkang got him a fraud case to embarrass him.

Moreover, the purpose of the imperial examination over the years was to select governance talents for the imperial court? Although he likes traitors...... Don't like a courtier like Bai Weiting, who is too capable and high-performing? But I also know that there can't really be no capable people in this court, if there are few really capable courtiers to do the facts? The Jin Kingdom is in danger.

"Pass on Dali Temple Qing Lu Jin!" The emperor opened his eyes? The bottom of his eyes was murderous.

Outside the Wude Gate, more and more unsuccessful people knelt outside the door and shouted fraud in the field? begged the emperor to give them justice, and this sudden excitement alarmed almost all the people in the capital.

How many of the families who were named were panicked? Want to get rid of the celebrations you bought in advance? I am afraid that there will be movement so that people will grab the handle, fidget, and don't know how to show goodwill.

Even Lu Xiang couldn't sit still and called his son and daughter-in-law over? Ask about the two sons and daughters-in-law? Have you ever given a gift to the examiner? Did you buy celebratory supplies in advance? Did you buy rice in advance and prepare soup kitchen?

Lu Yuanpeng, who had just been released from the ancestral hall, drank a cup of tea leisurely, and heard his father and mother being called by his grandfather.

Lu Yuanpeng was worried that his grandfather was going to discipline him, so he put down the teacup and followed, looking in through the window of the study.

"Bastard thing!" Lu Xiang was so angry that he smashed the teacup in his hand? "You four are crazy! Yuanqing and Yuanbao are both top-notch children, even if they don't give gifts, they will be able to be in the top two! So what is Wen Zhenkang? I'm going to give a gift to that kind of lackey?! ”

"Father, can't you say that? Everyone else has given gifts, so let's not give them...... Could have been in the second grade? Maybe you'll be squeezed into the top three! Maybe the one surnamed Wen will secretly play ghosts? So that our two children can't even pass the test? It's not like this hasn't happened in previous years! Lu Xiang's eldest daughter-in-law opened her mouth quietly.

"A woman's opinion!" Lu Xiang was so angry that his brain hurt, "I'm a dignified prime minister, does he dare with the surname Wen?!" ”

Lu Xiang's third son, Lu Yuanpeng's father frowned and said, "What kind of person is Wen Zhenkang...... Others don't know, father, don't you know? Sage Yun Ning offended the gentleman, don't offend the villain, now His Majesty favors Wen Zhenkang, my eldest brother and I are just following the direction of the wind, not asking Wen Zhenkang to really help, but begging him not to stumble the two children! ”

"Yes, father, besides, you also said that the two children must be within the second class, and it is precisely because of this that the daughter-in-law sent someone out of the house to buy after discussing with the third brother and sister! After all, it is already a great joy that there are two tributes in the family! Lu Xiang's eldest daughter-in-law said again.

Lu Yuanpeng's mother rolled her eyes at her sister-in-law, her sister-in-law ...... It's never a good thing to think of her, and a bad thing must drag her into the water.

"Yes, father, the daughter-in-law also thinks so, so when the sister-in-law mentioned it, the daughter-in-law agreed with the sister-in-law's idea, but it didn't happen but caused a big disaster, and asked the father for guidance on how to remedy it." Lu Yuanpeng's mother saluted Lu Xiangfu and said with a guilty face.

Lu Xiang's human-like character can't see what the eldest daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law mean, and the anger is even better.

"If something happens, don't twist it into a rope and find a way, but instead pass the buck to each other, what can it do? You are really a good daughter-in-law of our Lu family! Lu Xiang's face sank, "This matter can only be for me to enter the palace in person and tell the emperor the truth as soon as possible!" ”

"But...... What about the fame of the two children? Lu Yuanpeng's father was shocked.

"You Laozi and I went, and the two children still have a chance to retake the exam, don't go...... The future of the two children may be over! Lu Xiang's hand tightly clasped the armrest of the chair and gritted his teeth, "The emperor will inevitably let Lu Jin, the secretary of Dali Temple, preside over this matter, you two ...... Go to Dali Temple to find Lu Jin now, and confess the bribery of the main exam! The faster our family moves, the more the emperor will fall lightly. ”

"But father, so...... Our family has offended other noble officials and eunuchs who have bribed Wen Zhenkang! The eldest son of Lu Xiang frowned and said, "Besides, those lifters have already said that if our family's Yuanqing and Yuanbao are within the top ten, they will be convinced!" ”

"It is precisely because these moves are convinced, but we have done bribes ourselves, that our Lu family has to confess to the emperor and Dali Temple!"