After Zuo Liang brought the corpse "picked up" from the mountain to the Kyoto Patrol Yamen, he stayed there and waited for the results of the autopsy. It wasn't until three minutes after the end of the day that the record was reported.

Seeing this result, Zuo Liang let out a long breath.

The written documents clearly stated that there was indeed powder left by the drug on the face and in the nose of the deceased, and this drug was very rare and could not be easily obtained by ordinary people.

And the style molded by the wax of the murder weapon is a knife with a very special style, so it seems that he has seen it somewhere, but Zuo Liang can't remember it. Although this wax model is about the same width as He Xuan's dagger at the top, the bottom is completely different, and there seems to be a blood trough for bloodletting.

With the drug and the special knife, plus the dou and cloak that He Xuan and Liao Yong sent earlier, that figure is definitely not something He Xuan can wear. It seems that he is suspicious.

Zuo Liang secretly thought to himself, he seemed to have too much attention to this He Xuan, and the more he paid attention, the more suspicious he became, but what exactly he doubted and what made him have such an attitude was not clear. Perhaps, the person who should be suspicious is not He Xuan but himself......

I have to go to the temple early tomorrow morning to walk, I can't go back to home, this time, although it is possible to go to Liao's house, but it is inevitable to disturb people's dreams, and this whole day, into the mortal and ...... He Xuan is also tired! Why is He Xuan again, why is this name and that face, as if engraved in his mind, he keeps appearing over and over again!

Zuo Liang knocked on his head, and finally decided to go to the Yulin Guard to deal with this night.

When he arrived at the guardhouse, the hour had already passed, Zuo Liang just washed up briefly, and then lay on the bed with his clothes to rest.

Early in the morning, before dawn, Zuo Liang woke up.

Just after Yin, Zuo Liang took the sergeants to change shifts.

While inspecting, Zuo Liang thought to himself: After coming back last night, he didn't hear anything from the soldiers who came down from the shift. But this time, after all, it was a shocking case. Yesterday in the Gongyuan, more than 70 people were found to have the same topic, and 20 or 30 people were not found during the initial investigation. Of course, there are not even people like He Xuan who got the question but only laughed and talked about it and didn't take it seriously. Come to think of it, today's face will definitely be a crusade.

When he was about to go to court, Zuo Liang stood outside the hall and saw that there were many more recitals from the court room than usual. Zuo Liang sighed, it seems that today in the palace, my father has to suffer some grievances.

When Zuo Liang was thinking, the courtiers also left the court room and walked towards the main hall, far away, Zuo Liang saw his father, and wanted to come forward to say goodbye, but he saw his father gently shook his head to himself, Zuo Liang understood, so he did not come close.

When Han Mingyue walked up to the main hall, he felt that today's atmosphere was different from the past. He looked at Zuo Junzhong, and Zuo Xiang smiled slightly.

After the ministers finished worshipping, they stood on both sides.

Han Mingyue first took the abridged document placed on the dragon book case, and after unfolding it, it was densely filled with seven or eight pages.

"What is this? Why was Zuo Junzhong detained for only one day, and no one even wrote an abridgement? Han Mingyue threw the folded book under the dragon case with a "snap".

Ministers, look at me, I look at you, there is not a single sound above the main hall.

Han Mingyue saw that his preemptive strike had been effective, and continued: "Yesterday's big competition, I was shocked to hear that there was something missing. Zuo Junzhong. ”

"The minister is here." As he spoke, Zuo Xiang replied.

"Yesterday, you went to the temple to return to the court, and I will talk about it again in front of everyone." Han Mingyue said.

"Yes." Zuo Junzhong answered, and then, Zuo Junzhong told the courtiers about yesterday's report again.

During the period when Zuo Junzhong repeated the cause and effect of the matter, Han Mingyue has been watching the reactions of the ministers in the palace, from his accession to the throne to the present, for twenty years, every day he has sat on this hall, he has to watch them intrigue in front of him...... Like today's situation, I have also encountered many times, from the initial confusion and at their mercy, to now, I can also preemptively fight with them...... Fight the court!

Looking at the past and present, there are really not many emperors like himself. I really don't know if I should do these four words for myself, whether I should laugh or cry.

After Zuo Junzhong finished speaking, Han Mingyue said: "Even if you are able to do your job, you will report in time and turn the tide." But after all, you are the main examiner of this subject, and you are also responsible for missing questions. ”

"Yes, the minister is guilty."

Han Mingyue originally wanted to sing and harmonize with Zuo Junzhong and downplay Zuo Xiang's responsibilities first, but all this he thought naturally did not escape the eyes of Han Yunzhen, the virtuous king standing in the hall, he smiled indifferently, turned around and looked at Zuo Xiang, and did not say anything.

"Imperial nephew, what do you have to say?" Han Mingyue also saw Han Yunzhen's smile just now, and asked with a smile.

"Xiao Wang, I don't have anything to say."

"What about the others?"

"Minister, Yushi Zhu Feng has a book to play."

As soon as Han Mingyue's words fell, a minister walked out of the column and knelt in front of the hall.

Zhu Aiqing was flat. What's the play? ”

Zhu Feng stood up, looking respectful, but there was an aggressive tone in his tone: "Back to the emperor, the minister heard that a total of seventy-three people were found to have the same topic as the original Tianzi's proposition in the Gongyuan. Just now, Zuo Xiangxiang reported that before Enke yesterday, someone informed Zuo Gongzi of this matter. I don't know, but that man is among the seventy-three. ”

Hearing this question, Zuo Junzhong frowned, and thought: Is it difficult, and it is impossible to turn to Zuo Liang again.

At the same time, there is another person who is also frowning, this person is Han Yunzhen, although he knows that someone will impeach Zuo Junzhong today, but according to the current situation, the limelight seems to have turned to Zuo Liang, what kind of fame do these imperial histories want to make? Moreover, the person who told Zuo Liang the topic, nine times out of ten is He Xuan, which one is this going to sing?

"The old minister doesn't know much about this matter." Zuo Xiang said, "But it is said that Zuo Liang will go to the palace, and you will know when you ask." ”

"Good. Xuan Zuoliang went to the temple. Han Mingyue said.

"Xuan Yu Lin Army's deputy general Zuo Liang goes to the palace!" The steward eunuch Fuhai preached loudly.

At this time, Zuo Liang was standing under the steps not far from the entrance of the main hall, and when he heard Youxuan, he hurriedly dressed up and walked into the main hall.

"Minister, Zuo Liang, deputy general of the Yulin Army, is ordered to meet you." Zuo Liang knelt in front of the temple and saluted.

"General Zuo is exempt. I ask you, can the person who informed you of the question be among the seventy-three people who were found yesterday to have the same question? ”

When Zuo Liang heard this, he was also stunned, and hurriedly replied: "Back to the emperor, that person is not among them." ”

"Is this person already detained?" Zhu Feng didn't wait for the emperor to speak, and continued to ask.

"I was not detained."

"Then dare to ask General Zuo, do you have any relationship with this person?"

"What did Zhu Yushi say about this? On that day, the emperor decreed that he would thoroughly investigate the inside and outside of the tribute court, and all those who secretly possessed entrainment would be disqualified; Those who are consistent with the missing questions will be detained on the spot. Although the lowly position has had several encounters with that person, but this person does not have any entrainment, how can we talk about detention? ”

"Is there anyone else who can testify for this candidate?"

"This ......"

Zhu Yushi didn't wait for Zuo Liang to speak, but bowed deeply upwards and said: "Long live Chen Qi, although the ancients are cloudy, those who have achieved great things are not informal." But this missing thing is that the subsection is the most important. Zuo Xiang is the main exam, but due to negligence, and even the leakage of exam questions, although he tried his best to be thorough, his sin is unforgivable; General Zuo was ordered to inspect the Gongyuan, but because of his own selfishness, he secretly released the suspected candidates. Long live the ministers, please ......"

"Zhu Yushi's words are wrong."

Before Zhu Feng could continue to finish speaking, someone suddenly interrupted his words.

Zhu Feng was shocked, but saw that the person who spoke was Zhou Shucheng, the secretary of the ministry.

"I don't know what Zhou Shangshu thinks?" Zhu Feng asked.

Han Mingyue was also thinking about whether to stop Zhu Feng's words, because if he continued, the other ministers would second, and it would not be easy to easily choose Zuo Junzhong from this case. What's more, now Zuo Liang is also pulled. However, if he interrupted so stiffly, he was afraid that he would be suspected of shielding his relatives. Fortunately, Zhou Shucheng interrupted in time and gave himself a chance to breathe.

"Yes, Zhou Shangshu, what do you think?" Although Han Mingyue was happy in his heart, he still asked coldly.

"Long live Chen Qi, Weichen felt that Zhu Yushi's words were a little biased. Although the left phase is the main exam, but the question is leaked, although the left phase is difficult to get rid of, but the person who steals the question is even more hateful, the matter has come to this point, the investigation of the culprit is the first, and the punishment according to the responsibility should be second. As for General Zuo, because of his own selfishness, he secretly released the candidates, and I don't think so. General Zuo acted according to the order, was clearly organized, and dared to ask Zhu Yushi, where did this latter crime come from? ”

"Then how can Zhou Shangshu ensure that General Zuo does not intend to shelter this life, and he deliberately can't find out anything? Besides, the dragon gate is just around the corner, who can guarantee that the candidate is not a busy person, just waiting for someone to carry him? Zhu Feng said.

"The ancients said that if you want to add sin, there is no word. Come to think of it, although Zhu Yushi is a rumor today, if you want evidence, why not summon Nagongsheng to the front of the palace, and try it on the spot. Zhou Shucheng said.

Zuo Liang looked at the two literati who were standing in front of him and were fighting red-faced, and felt funny in his heart, thinking: It turns out that literati fight like this, although they don't use knives and guns, they can see the edge of every sentence.

At this time, I only heard the emperor say: "Zhou Shangshu is reasonable. Zhang Jin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, listened to the order, and ordered Qing to investigate the case in person, with a deadline of one month. Within a month, the left prime minister was detained in the palace and was not allowed to go out without a summons. Zuo Liang, pending post. As he spoke, the emperor said to the big eunuch beside him: "Fuhai, you personally go and bring that candidate into the palace, I also want to see what kind of person that test question is right in front of you, but who is indifferent!" ”