When Tang Tongju returned to the Yamen, Lin Laoba was also arrested.

The officials dragged him out of the building. Good fellow, after getting the silver, he began to cause trouble, and he slept in the building for the past few days, and never returned home, but spent the three hundred taels of silver he had been allocated so that only one hundred taels were left.

Tang Tongju sneered, such an old bastard, even if you give him 10,000 taels, he can't really live a good life.

When Lin Laoba saw that he was arrested, he shouted vigorously: "No, adult, the small one didn't do such an evil thing, and the little one is innocent." ”

Bah!

You are innocent, if you are innocent, where did the money come from? Dig in the dung pit?

"Gu Chengxian has been recruited, you still dare to be hard-mouthed, come on, call me!" Tang Tong was too lazy to talk nonsense with such an old scoundrel, and immediately tortured Lin Laoba.

The officials were not polite, and they beat Lin Laoba when they held it down.

Bang bang bang!

After a few clicks, Lin Laoba couldn't stand the pain, and said: "Adult, the small ones are wrong, the small ones are all moves!" ”

Then he told Gu Chengxian that he gave him a silver ticket and asked him to find someone who cooked for the government test, and put it in the dry food of Gu Jinan and the candidates surnamed Gu.

also shouted injustice: "My lord, Gu Chengxian asked the little ones to do it, and the little ones are innocent, I beg the adults to let the small ones go for the sake of the little ones and the old ones." ”

Tang Tongju smiled, snorted coldly, and said to the officer: "Continue to fight, until you have hit thirty boards." ”

"Thirty boards!" Lin Laoba almost fainted in fright: "Adults spare their lives, spare their lives, hit thirty boards, the small ones will die!" ”

But Tang Tong sentenced Lin Laoba to death, and he didn't let go at all, and gave him a sentence: "Don't panic, if you are killed, the yamen will be responsible for burying you." ”

After that, he took the confessions of Lin Laoba and Gu Chengxian to the ceremonial room and told the ancient prefect about the matter.

After hearing this, the ancient prefect finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good to recruit it." ”

I can't afford to delay this matter, if I miss the government test, the people of the entire government will not be able to please me.

Tang Tong asked, "What's going on here?" ”

The ancient prefect said: "All the cakes have been broken and checked, except for Xu Zhaoming and Gu Jinan's cakes, there are sixteen cakes with writing notes, all of which have been taken out." ”

It's just that the cakes are broken, and in this government exam, all the candidates have to eat the broken cake crumbs.

And when it comes to those entrained notes, the ancient prefect is angry, either written with a thousand words or a hundred family names and three-character scriptures, and the most capable thing is to write two poems, I really don't know where Gu Chengxian's books have been read? If you want to trap and frame people, you don't put in any effort, and it's a shame to come out and harm people with this bit of knowledge!

Tang Tongju was relieved to hear this, and asked again: "My lord, when will the exam start?" The government test cannot be delayed. ”

Three sessions in three days, all arranged.

The ancient prefect said: "It is estimated that the exam will not start until the evening, and now the ceremonial room is not clean, and all the miscellaneous servants and candidates, as well as the things distributed to the candidates, must be re-checked." ”

It's a time-consuming thing, but it can't be saved, it has to be done.

Tang Tongju nodded when he heard this: "The adults are thoughtful, and the officials admire it." If there is anything you need to do, please do not hesitate to ask. ”

The ancient prefect nodded with satisfaction, and immediately ordered Tang Tongju to work, and the officials of the entire government office, plus the hundred soldiers of the garrison battalion, were busy until the afternoon, and all the things, miscellaneous servants, and candidates were checked.

That's when the exam began.

The ancient prefect sealed the news of this accident to death, but many candidates' family members still noticed that something was wrong, and kept guarding the door of the ceremonial room, asking the officer: "Poor master, what happened in the ceremonial room?" Doesn't look right. ”

He looked at the row of soldiers standing in front of the door of the ceremonial room, and was even more frightened, knowing that something serious must have happened in the ceremonial room, and this must have something to do with fraud.

Fraud, this is a big crime for the whole family to sit together, but they didn't see the candidates being escorted out, isn't it cheating?

The officials had already received the orders of the ancient prefect and said to them: "Don't worry, there is nothing major in the ceremonial room, but there are some problems with the dry food in the kitchen. ”

He shouted to the family members of the candidates who came around: "It's okay, it's okay, don't worry, all the candidates are fine!" ”

After the big guy listened, he put his mind at ease, and after the lantern was hung in front of the door of the ceremonial room, everyone slowly dispersed, and when the dragon gate was opened, they would come to pick up people.

Gu Dashan, Gu Dafu, Qi Panzi, Shang Xiucai and Old Man Xu waited until it was dark before leaving, and muttered uneasily: "I hope nothing big happens." ”

The children of several families are taking exams in it, and if there is really a big fraud case, even if they are admitted, this fame may not count.

Old Man Xu was the oldest, and he comforted them: "Don't think about it, something will happen, but it can be estimated that the thing that will happen is not big, otherwise it is impossible for no one to be escorted out." ”

But he was also afraid in his heart, and after working hard for several generations, he looked forward to Brother Ming's high school changing its door and letting the Xu family step into the ranks of the scholars. If something really happens, the efforts of his Xu family for generations will be in vain.

The Xu family, the Jiang family and Gu Dashan's family took different roads, and they dispersed after leaving the main street together.

Gu Jinli already knew what was happening in the gift room, and when Gu Dashan returned home, he told him what happened.

When Gu Dashan heard this, he was frightened, and hurriedly said, "Why is Gu Chengxian so vicious?" He ruined himself and wanted to harm Brother An, so Brother An would not be affected by this matter and be disgusted by the prefect, right? ”

The chief examiner of the government examination is the chief official of the state government, if An Ge'er is disliked by the ancient prefect, he will be defeated.

Gu Dafu and Qi Panzi are also very worried, their sons, one is a brother of the same clan as Brother An, and the other is a cousin with Brother An, if Brother An is disliked by the prefect, their son will be implicated.

Gu Jinli looked at their nervous faces and said with a smile: "It's okay, my brother dedicated the turtledove leaf tofu and konjac tofu to the yamen, which can help the prefect get credit, even if the prefect is angry, he will only be angry with Gu Chengxian, and he will not blame my brother, let alone Brother Dexing or Cousin Ming." ”

After listening to it, the three of them were relieved.

Chen scolded beside him: "The old lady has long seen Gu Chengxian, no, Li Chengxian has been a poisonous person since he was a child, look at him even doing such evil things, if he really lets him do it, how many people will have to die?" What a loss of conscience! ”

After scolding, he became envious: "The Li family is really rich, Li Chengxian is like this, and he can take out five hundred taels of silver tickets to buy Lin Laoba." Tut-tut, that's five hundred taels, you can buy a house in the county seat. ”

When it came to buying a house in Fucheng, Chen was very depressed: "Why do you say that the house in Fucheng is so difficult to buy?" I've been running for more than ten days, and the tooth said that there is no house for sale, and even if there is, it is a few thousand taels, which is really infuriating, I can't spend it even if I have money. ”