Zhen Shiyuan was in a trance, as if he was still sitting in Dali Temple not long ago and had nothing to do, but after a while, things came one after another, and one was bigger than the other.

Fraud in the imperial examination is never a trivial matter, the last time the fraud in the imperial examination was eight years ago, when the relevant officials involved were all sentenced to death, and Da Chu's tolerance for fraud has always been the smallest.

"It's no small feat." Zhen Shiyuan touched the inkstones in front of him and said, "If that's the case, I'm afraid there will be big trouble." "The matter at hand has not yet been investigated, and as soon as the fraud case comes out, I am afraid that no matter how important the matter at hand is, it will have to be postponed.

"That Feng Jincai was also a candidate for the imperial examination last year." The girl paused for a moment and then said.

Zhen Shiyuan heard this, and looked up at her suddenly: "Don't you tell me that you just found out this matter in order to pull the Feng family down?" ”

"Of course not." The girl shook her head and was calm, "I'm here to let Qiao Zhengyuan enter the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce, in order to check the account books!" ”

She never forgot it.

Zhen Shiyuan obviously didn't believe it, and looked at her worriedly with his forehead: "How did you find this, is it a coincidence?" "It's a coincidence that I rented a murderous house before, is this also the case? What kind of luck is this!

"Not exactly." Qiao Ran said and sat down on the chair in front of him, "I've looked through a lot of files and records in the treasury of Dali Temple these days. ”

He knew that she had been in and out of the storehouse all day before, and that the things she had seen were messy and messy, and when he occasionally glanced past, he could see that she had opened some files that were not related.

"I found that one of the candidates admitted to the imperial examination in August last year had far more people admitted than the others," Qiao Ran said, gesturing to the "Bingzitang" on the inkstone.

In fact, she found out that Feng Jincai had participated in the imperial examination in August last year, so she doubled the records of those admitted candidates by the way, and then found that the number of candidates admitted in this session of Bingzitang was much higher than that of the candidates in the next examination room.

"You must know that these candidates from all over the world are sitting in a disorderly manner, and it stands to reason that even if there is a difference in the scores of candidates in each examination room, the difference should not be too big."

"There's a chance of luck in that, too." Zhen Shiyuan said to her.

Qiao Ran nodded: "This is indeed a possibility of luck, but I checked their arithmetic results, and every candidate who was referred to and admitted to the imperial examination by Bingzitang got a full score in the end, no matter where they came from, isn't this a coincidence?" ”

Of course, the most important thing in the imperial examination is to make an article, but in addition to doing an article, Da Chu also has other subjects to test, but the proportion of the results of these subjects is extremely low, so low that it only accounts for one percent of the total score, so to speak, if the others are average, as long as the article is done well, it is also possible to be admitted.

"What's even more coincidental is that the results of these candidates who have been referenced and admitted by Bingzitang, the best two hundred and seventy-one, the worst three hundred and thirty-five, only a few people are short of being admitted, it can be said that these people have almost stepped on the line without the factors of play." Qiao Ran looked at Zhen Shiyuan, "Do you think this is a coincidence?" ”

In the past, because the proportion of arithmetic in the imperial examination was extremely low, even if fraud was checked, few people went to check the results of subjects such as arithmetic, and most of them were manipulating in the evaluation of articles.

Zhen Shiyuan is also a person from the past, how can there be anything he doesn't understand at this time. Those candidates from Bingzitang did a good job in their essays, but it was a bit risky to say that they would be admitted, so it would be easier for such arithmetic subjects with a very low proportion to get a full score.

"That Feng Jin only took the exam 351, last year there were 8,000 candidates, and 340 people were admitted, and he was 11 places behind, this is not a secret, he keeps this matter on his lips all day long, and he mutters that he is "only a little bit behind". Qiao Ran said, "This Feng Jincai, who is only a little bit closer, is also a perfect score, and he is also a candidate of Bingzitang." ”

"Fraud in the imperial examination, the article fraud that accounts for the majority is fraud, and this kind of fraud in the arithmetic science that accounts for the small head is not fraud? Just because His Majesty didn't take the arithmetic exam in the palace exam, he wanted to fool the past? The girl chuckled and shook her head, "This is also cheating, such an opportunity is handed to Zhou Shilin, do you think he will stop there?" ”

It's weird, Zhen Shiyuan said in his heart, Zhou Shilin will let go of such a good opportunity if he is stupid.

"So it's enough for us to worry about this matter here, the important clues have been sorted out, in order to drag the Feng family into the water, Zhou Shilin must be more active than anyone else, and when the time comes, we will be obedient and obedient." Qiao Ran said to Zhen Shiyuan, who had a serious face, "Adults don't have to be nervous, this matter is taken over by Dali Temple, and it is Zhou Shilin who comes forward, although he is helping to drag the Feng family into the water, but in the end, this case is still counted on the head of the adult, so the adult only needs to come forward when it is time to come forward, and the rest of the time, I can come." ”

Doesn't that benefit him by lying down? Zhen Shiyuan was a little embarrassed, he ate baked cakes every day, this time it was really pie in the sky.

"This matter is not difficult to investigate, after all, there are not as many people involved in arithmetic as making a fuss, and it is naturally convenient to check if there are few people, with Zhou Shilin's ability, it is enough to do this." The girl rubbed her chin and said, "When this thing is done, Qiao Zhengyuan's work will be more than half completed." ”

It's really for Qiao Zhengyuan! Zhen Shiyuan moved his lips, but he had the urge to ask her what she was going to do next, but after thinking about it, it was better to forget it, after all, as a Shangfeng, he watched her every move from the sidelines, but it was embarrassing not to guess her next move.

"That official will present this matter to His Majesty tomorrow." Zhen Shiyuan looked at the several inkstones in front of him and said.

……

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It was almost the time of the early dynasty, and Zhou Shilin and several colleagues around him fell behind a group of officials and walked forward slowly.

"It's done!" Zhou Shilin said to a few colleagues around him, and sighed helplessly, "This time I still have to thank you for your help." ”

"It's just a trifle." Colleagues waved their hands again and again, looking at Zhou Shilin, with a look of sympathy in their eyes, "That person from Wu'an County is also a fool." ”

"Huh! Children are debts! As soon as these words came out, Zhou Shilin sighed even more, "If I had known that this was the case, this family business should not have been decided back then, otherwise, I wouldn't have ...... at this age."

"Where is the Great Governor, it is obviously wise and powerful!" Someone came up from behind, followed them, smiled at them and raised their hand.

Zhen Shiyuan.

Several generals looked at him, but saw Zhen Shiyuan carrying a few ink inkstones in his hands, and couldn't help but wonder: "Lord Zhen, what are you doing with this thing to the court?" Do you want to write poetry when you are in the court? ”

Zhen Shiyuan shook his head, looked at Zhou Shilin with a blank face, bowed deeply to him, and then got up, and said with a straight face: "The credit of this great superintendent, Zhen will definitely say it in front of His Majesty." ”

What is he talking about? Zhou Shilin listened with a puzzled face, and looked at the same blank expressions of several colleagues around him, and after a while, he was stunned and asked them: "Do you understand what he is saying?" ”

The colleague shook his head, thought about it, but said, "Is it for yesterday?" ”

What kind of is that, and it deserves to be said in front of His Majesty? If it weren't for Zhou Shilin's sake, they wouldn't have prepared to come out today.