"Lord Qiyu, Xiaosheng, surnamed Chen Mingde." The candidate spoke, and he didn't dare to look directly into Zhao Wujiang's gaze.

"Who prepared the cheat sheet for you?"

Zhao Wujiang had seen the cheat sheet, which was different from other cheating candidates, it was a small piece of paper, containing answers to current affairs questions.

As the last exam question of the Ming Classics, only a few people know the subject of the exam, and it is impossible for ordinary people to bet on the content of the exam.

"Big... My lord, how many officials are you? Chen De asked.

Zhao Wujiang heard the meaning, and in the end, the official position was too high, and he couldn't know it.

No matter how many products you have, even if the king of heaven and Lao Tzu comes, it won't work...... He sneered and said in a deep voice: "This official gives you two choices,

One: Tell who the person behind it is.

Two: I'll take you into the interrogation room. ”

Chen De's expression changed, and he hugged his fists and said, "Please hold your shoulders and leave your side." ”

Zhao Wujiang took a deep look at him, waved his hand and ordered the personnel of the Criminal Department and the fraudulent candidates to go down.

In the entire interrogation room of the Criminal Department, only Zhao Wujiang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and Chen De were left.

"Say it."

Chen De struggled, took a long breath, and said slowly: "The exam questions were obtained from the adults. ”

As soon as the words fell, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu roared angrily: "Fart!" Greats don't do such a thing! ”

He is the eldest grandson of Wuji Zhu Suiliang, and he usually respects Zhu Suiliang.

"I only know that the questions come from the adults, and I don't know anything else." Chen De continued.

"Do you know what the crime of framing the prime minister of the dynasty is?" Zhao Wujiang narrowed his eyes and carefully examined Chen De's expression.

Chen De buried his head: "Xiaosheng doesn't dare to talk nonsense. ”

"Lord Zhao, can you listen to me?"

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu was a little anxious, afraid that Zhao Wujiang would listen to him, he knew that Zhao Wujiang was a person sent by the emperor, and he would not care how high the position of the person involved was.

Zhao Wujiang understood what Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites was going to do, he just said lightly: "Lord Shangshu, I know how to tell the emperor, and I won't add any oil and vinegar." ”

"Lord Zhao, I'll set up a banquet in the Ministry of Rites, let's talk about it in detail during the banquet, okay?" The Ministry of Rites said sincerely.

"Do you have anything else to confess?" Zhao Wujiang looked at Chen De with a serious expression.

"Lord Qiyu, everything Xiaosheng knows has already been told to the adult, and the rest, Xiaosheng doesn't know much."

Zhao Wujiang decided to listen to what the Ministry of Rites Shangshu said first, and then analyze it in combination with his own findings.

He left with the Ministry of Rites, and before leaving, he summoned the officials of the Criminal Department and took Chen De down.

Looking at Zhao Wujiang's handsome back when he left, Chen De's eyes changed, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smug smile.

……

Shangshu Province, Ministry of Rites.

"Lord Zhao, please." The Ministry of Rites Shangshu personally poured a full glass of wine for Zhao Wujiang.

"Shangshu-sama doesn't have to be like this."

"Lord Zhao, my lords, he is loyal to the king and the country, he will not do such a thing."

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu drank a cup of himself and said earnestly.

Zhao Wujiang shook his head and smiled: "Authoritarianism, cultivating talents and loyalty to the country are not in conflict. ”

"Maybe... The official is saying that maybe, there is indeed this possibility, but... There's really no need for that.

If you want talents, he can recommend them himself, but he is one of the prime ministers of the court, he has this power, why bother to take the risk of favoritism? ”

Kind of makes sense...... Zhao Wujiang could see that the Ministry of Rites Shangshu respected Zhu Suiliang very much.

"But Lord Shangshu has thought that the people who recommend them will be directly branded with their own faction, and the people who come out of the imperial examination will have no traces, or rather, no obvious traces."

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu was short of breath and wanted to refute Zhao Wujiang, but he opened his mouth, not knowing how to refute for a while.

He let out a long breath and asked, "Did Lord Zhao determine that the adults were involved in favoritism?" ”

"The official is just putting forward his own opinion reasonably." Zhao Wujiang rubbed his fingers against each other, and said with a smile: "It's just that at present, there are witnesses, and the people who put forward the question behind the leak are the adults. ”

Witnesses?

Zhao Wujiang suddenly realized something, and he fell into deep thought.

Smooth, too smooth, if it is really Zhu Suiliang, he dares to leak the exam questions, then he must have made all the preparations, and the candidate cannot know that it is him behind him, at most he knows that it is an adult.

It is impossible for Zhu Suiliang to personally distribute the exam questions, and he must have prepared for it.

But will the next person tell the candidates that Zhu Suiliang is behind it?

Obviously not, so how did Chen De know?

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu looked at Zhao Wujiang, who had fallen into silence, shook his head with a wry smile, and began to drink himself.

Zhao Wujiang slowly closed his eyes and turned on the skill "Memory Retrieval".

He "returned" to the Ming Jing scientific examination room at that time.

Zhao Wujiang saw himself patrolling the examination room with his hands behind his back, and when he passed by Chen De's side, he found the cheat sheet in the mezzanine of his cuffs.

Zhao Wujiang kept observing Chen De's expression, there was no abnormality, and the memory scene was still moving forward.

"Zhao Wujiang" suppressed Chen De and yelled: "This official invigilates the exam, and you also want to cheat?" ”

Then Chen De was put down, and he kept shouting words like wrongdoing.

With a bang, the inkstone was knocked over.

Zhao Wujiang suddenly looked over, it was a candidate in the corner, and then he looked back and saw that he was also attracted by the sound in the memory scene.

He ran to "Chen De" and saw Chen De's expression frozen, and he no longer spoke.

Cipher, this is a cipher...... Zhao Wujiang suddenly wondered what the purpose of the code was.

Is it to keep silent and wait for rescue?

No, no, Chen Dedu confided!

Yes, I confided!

The purpose of the people who cheat for personal gain is nothing more than to increase the number of people on their side, so if they are caught cheating, will they come to the rescue?

Obviously not, they will abandon him, because it is impossible for the candidates to know the true identity of the mastermind behind the scenes.

So, he's lying, Chen De is lying.

As for why it is lying, why, it is the purpose, the purpose of the code.

If he is caught, he can't become a person on his side, then change his plan and let him frame the people of the hostile faction to exert his residual heat.

Zhao Wujiang took a deep breath and leaned back in his chair.

Subsequently, he entered a state of memory regression, returning to the memory scene when he interrogated Chen De.

He observed Chen De's expression, and there was no problem with Chen De's performance, until finally, when "Zhao Wujiang" turned his back and left the interrogation room, he saw Chen De's smug smile.

Sure enough, Chen De is framing Zhu Suiliang!

Zhao Wujiang's expression was Lingran, and suddenly, he looked at the Book of Rites who was meditating on himself, and asked:

"Lord Shangshu, in which prison are the fraudulent candidates imprisoned?"

"Of course, it's a prison outside the criminal department."

Zhao Wujiang's eyes widened when he heard this.

"Oh no, those students are in danger!"

"You... Lord Zhao, what are you talking about? ”

The Ministry of Rites was taken aback.

"Let's go!"

Zhao Wujiang picked up the book of the Ministry of Rites and ran to the Criminal Department.

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