Yang Yuzhi screamed in horror.

It felt like I was going to go limp on the ground.

Fang Yuan motioned for the two jailers to stop the execution.

Yang Yuzhi gasped heavily, and sweat fell from his forehead.

"Say it."

Fang Yuan said indifferently.

"I, I didn't leak it, I'm betting on the right topic."

Yang Yuzhi gasped, gritted his teeth, and said loudly.

"I don't know if I'm alive or dead!"

Fang Yuan said coldly.

The two jailers immediately pulled the torture instruments.

This time, neither of them was as gentle as they had just been.

In an instant, Yang Yuzhi was in severe pain and let out a scream like killing a pig.

His eyes widened and felt like they were about to bulge, bloodshot all over his body.

"I said, I said, I really said."

Yang Yuzhi struggled, screaming with horror on his face.

Fang Yuan had a cold face and did not immediately stop the torture.

Instead, he waited until Yang Yuzhi's voice became weaker before slowly waving his hand.

"This is your last chance."

Fang Yuan said slowly.

This is Yang Yuzhi's last chance.

In fact, it was also Fang Yuan's last chance.

Because there were already people waiting for him outside the interrogation room.

"Yes, I leaked it, I leaked it."

Yang Yuzhi's snot and tears flowed together, which was very miserable.

"No kidding, you're not qualified to touch the exam questions at all."

"Tell me, who told you that!"

"Resistance will only make you suffer from flesh and skin."

Fang Yuan said coldly.

This is an improvement, but it is still far off.

Because it will not be Yang Yuzhi who really leaks the exam questions.

Just because he doesn't have access to the exam questions, he doesn't have a chance.

"Yes, yes, it's the Third Prince!"

Yang Yuzhi gasped and struggled.

Eventually, as if he had thought of something, he finally spoke.

He thought, even if he told Fang Yuan, what could he do, just don't admit it when the emperor came, when the emperor is here, Fang Yuan will dare to punish him?

For the sake of the family's power, the emperor shouldn't do anything to him if he is here.

Even if he admits it to the emperor, the emperor will not do anything to the third prince, after all, it is his own son.

"Sure enough, it's the third prince."

Fang Yuan nodded and said.

There is no surprise in this answer.

Because there has already been a guess that it is the third prince.

"Why did he leak exam questions?"

Suddenly.

An indifferent voice could be heard outside the interrogation room.

When Yang Yu heard this, his eyes suddenly widened, and his face was full of surprise.

In a moment, Li Shimin walked in with a calm face, his eyes seemed to suppress anger.

Fang Yuan already knew that Li Shimin was coming, so he bowed to the other party and stepped aside.

"Your Majesty?!"

Yang Yuzhi trembled.

I couldn't believe Li Shimin's arrival.

God, Fang Yuan had already called Li Shimin.

I still think that I will ask for help or something after Li Shimin comes.

Now it seems that he fell into Fang Yuan's trap and was pitted by Fang Yuan.

"Why did he leak exam questions?"

Li Shimin continued to ask.

The look in his eyes seemed even more terrifying.

"I want to support more of my own people!"

Yang Yuzhi couldn't help but swallow his saliva and said in a trembling voice.

"Bastard!"

"When I'm dead?!"

Li Shimin was furious.

He has long known that the princes have the heart to compete for the emperor.

There is no way to stop this, after all, this is how he got to the top.

It's just that I didn't expect that when I was still in the prime of life, the princes were in a hurry to support their own people?

If Li Ke is given ten years, eight years, or even longer, isn't the court all his henchmen?

"Your Majesty forgives your sins, Your Majesty forgives your sins"

Yang Yuzhi begged for mercy in a low voice.

Li Ke once told him that his most precious thing is time.

He can use the long time to slowly support his henchmen.

In the future, Li Shimin will compete with Li Chengqian after a hundred years, and he will also have a chance of winning.

"Forgiveness?"

"Leaking exam questions is an unforgivable sin!"

Li Shimin kept his face calm and sneered.

Yang Yu was stunned, and he didn't understand what Li Shimin meant for a while.

But Fang Yuan on the side understood that Yang Yuzhi had become the scapegoat for Li Ke's leakage.

And Li Ke, there is a high probability that he will not be held accountable, except for himself, outsiders will not know that he leaked the question.

"Fang Yuan, I'll leave it to you here."

Li Shimin left after dropping a sentence.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty"

Yang Yuzhi seemed to understand the reason.

He yelled, trying to stop Li Shimin.

But Li Shimin left directly and did not look back.

"I'll just say that the third prince will abandon you."

"Now it's not only the three princes who have abandoned you, but the emperor has also used you as a scapegoat."

Fang Yuan smiled and prepared to leave.

Yang Yuzhi's end is already doomed, and he will be sentenced.

But how to judge it, Fang Yuan had to ask Li Shimin's opinion.

"Fang Yuan, no, Fang Ling, help me, help me!"

Yang Yuzhi pleaded loudly.

Now, maybe only Fang Yuan could save him.

After Li Shimin left, it was impossible for him to leave the Chang'an County Ya.

He will be imprisoned until he is punished by the imperial court.

And among them, only Fang Yuan could help him, send a message or give him a chance to leave, and so on.

"Did this officer save you?"

Fang Yuan said with a smile.

He looked Yang Yuzhi up and down.

Thinking about whether Yang Yuzhi has any useful information to exchange.

"Yes, yes."

Yang Yuzhi nodded again and again, looking at Fang Yuan pleadingly.

"What do you have that deserves to be saved by this officer?"

Fang Yuan smiled meaningfully.

"I, I"

Yang Yuzhi opened his mouth, as if he had something to say, but he didn't say it.

Fang Yuan looked at him, snorted, and ordered someone to take Yang Yuzhi to be imprisoned.

After walking out of the cell, Fang Yuan asked the master to write a recital to convict Yang Yuzhi.

After feeling that it was correct, Fang Yuan entered the palace and brought the fold into the palace to Li Shimin.

When he entered the imperial study, Fang Yuan found that the third prince, Li Ke, was kneeling at the door.

Fang Yuan noticed him, he also noticed Fang Yuan, neither of them spoke.

In the end, Fang Yuan walked directly into the imperial study and met the emperor.

"Your Majesty, this is the result of Yang Yuzhi's punishment."

Fang Yuan saw the fold and handed it to Li Shimin.

"Three years in prison? That's too cheap for him! ”

"Dispatch to Lingnan, you can't come back within five years!"

Li Shimin glanced at the fold and said coldly.

He not only punished Yang Yuzhi, but also warned Li Ke.

Li Ke is kneeling outside the door now, but he took the initiative to admit his mistake.

In fact, up to now, Li Shimin has not punished Li Ke, thinking about how to punish him.

"Yes."

Fang Yuan should be, ready to leave.

"Wait."

"Xiao Yu has explained, Bishamen was founded when Prince Yin was still there."

"Later he died, Bishamen fell apart, and a military advisor appeared with a boy in the back and reorganized the organization."

"That advisor is the one you met last time, the boy he brought with him. It is the heir of Prince Yin who left in the world. ”

Li Shimin stopped Fang Yuan, and said in a deep voice after waving away the palace maids and eunuchs on the left and right.

"I see."

Fang Yuan's brows furrowed.

This news doesn't feel like it has much effect.

It is already the default that Bishamen is the power of the hidden prince.

However, it also learned an important piece of information, Prince Yin still has heirs left in the world.

This is a very unstable factor for Li Shimin's imperial power, which may trigger major changes.

"You go back first, pay attention to everything in Bishamen, and if you find anything, you can enter the palace to see me yourself."

Li Shimin said in a deep voice.

"Yes."

Fang Yuan should be leaving.

Li Shimin should have other secrets that he did not say.

But this was not what Fang Yuan wanted to know, and he didn't want to meddle too much.

After Fang Yuan left the palace, the case of the leakage of exam questions was revealed by the Chang'an County Ya and the palace at the same time.

[There is indeed a leak of the imperial examination questions, and the leaker Yang Yuzhi was exiled to Lingnan and was not allowed to leave for five years. 】

[Yang Zhenyou and Yang Wenjun, who learned the exam questions in advance, and other 37 people, had invalid exam results. 】

When the news broke, the whole city shook.

The leak of the imperial examination questions has been widely reported.

But many more people don't believe that it will really be leaked.

After all, this year's imperial examination has never been more important.

But I never thought that there would be such a scandal.

After the people were shaken, they also slowly felt the sincerity of the imperial court.

The candidates, in particular, were all dissipated and became agitated because there were thirty-seven fewer competitors.

Soon, the imperial examination was released.

Candidates crowded in front of the list.

"Hit, hit, I'm hit!"

"Hahaha, I'm in it too, I'm in it too!"

"Top three, third place, Zhang Ji, congratulations, congratulations!"

The candidates shouted.

Jumping up with excitement.

In the crowd, Zhang Ji and Ge You and others were also there.

And Zhang Ji is directly located in the third class, which is terrifying.

In fact, more than half of the candidates in Liaozhou are about to dominate the list.

Fortunately, there is only the name of the candidate on the list, and there is no other information about the candidate, otherwise there may be another wave of trouble, after all, there are so many candidates in Liaozhou, and not long ago, there was a rumor that Fang Yuan leaked the exam questions.

"Hit, it's still the third class."

Zhang Ji muttered, feeling sad for a while.

Only he knows how hard he has worked to get here.

It's just that even if you win the third class, you may not be able to enter the road to officialdom.

Because his appearance is not outstanding, or even a little ugly, it will become a problem for review.

After winning the list, it is only determined that there is an official status, and in the end, the officials have to entrust important tasks before they can become officials.

Zhang Ji still feels confused about his future, the list in front of him seems to have nothing to do with him, and the laughter around him has nothing to do with him.

"Let's go, go and meet the teacher!"

Ge You suggested.

All around are candidates from their Liaozhou.

More than half of the list is an unprecedented joy.

With such a happy event, how could he not tell Fang Yuan to be happy?

"No!"

"We almost had an accident with our mentor last time."

"I think, it's still like the first time, it's best to ask Zhang Ji to please!"

One candidate made an opinion.

The last time they knelt in the examination room, they almost killed Fang Yuan.

The thought of being blocked at the inn made them feel uneasy.

Fortunately, Fang Yuan was fine, otherwise they would have felt guilty for the rest of their lives.

"As it should be."

Ge You and the others nodded, and said thoughtfully.

It's just that everyone was a little curious when they saw Zhang Ji's different expression.

It wasn't until someone pushed Zhang Ji that Zhang Ji slowly came back to his senses.

"I'm fine."

"I'm going to ask for a teacher!"

Zhang Ji squeezed out a smile.

Although he was distracted just now, he still heard everyone's words.

After discussing the location with everyone, Zhang Ji went to Chang'an County to find Fang Yuan.

Ge You and the others looked at Zhang Ji's back, and they all sighed, secretly sighing that Zhang Ji's future was uncertain.

It didn't take long for Zhang Ji to go to Chang'an County to find Fang Yuan.

This time, he was directly introduced into the Yanai.

"Zhang Ji, congratulations."

Fang Yuan already knew the list of winners.

The imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty has not yet been grandiose in later generations.

Although it is on the list, it is only on the list.

Unlike the Ming and Qing dynasties, gongs and drums and other festive behaviors.

"Thank you!"

Zhang Ji saluted respectfully.

"Third place is not happy either?"

Fang Yuan put down the work in his hand and looked at Zhang Ji curiously.

People in their thirties are still not happy that they can get the third place in the first Beijing exam?

"It's uncertain whether you can enter officialdom."

Zhang Ji smiled bitterly.

He has worked hard for most of his life, and only now does he feel a deep effort.

Recalling his previous efforts and his old mother's expectations, Zhang Ji's heart became more and more bitter, and he didn't know whether he should be happy or not.

Maybe because of his appearance, he will be idle for the rest of his life.

"That's the problem."

"Don't worry, this official will take care of it for you."

Fang Yuan nodded slowly.

After a moment's silence, he said softly.

Zhang Ji is a talent and deserves help.

He has called himself a teacher many times, and he should know how to be grateful.

Moreover, Fang Yuan was single-handedly helped out of Liaozhou, and Zhang Ji had already labeled Shangyuan.

"Yes, teacher."

Zhang Ji suddenly looked at Fang Yuan in surprise.

His eyes turned red in an instant, and tears rolled in his eyes.

He and Fang Yuan are not related, but Fang Yuan has helped him many times, just like his father.

This is not only his own Bole, but also his biological parents.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ji suddenly choked up and fell to his knees.

"Alright, get up."

"The official just said to help you with some points, and I don't dare to guarantee that I am sure."

Fang Yuan got up and walked over to Zhang Ji to help him up.

Who to find to help Fang Yuan had already been thought about, but Fang Yuan didn't dare to guarantee whether it would succeed or not.

The other party will definitely help, but Zhang Ji's appearance is easy to be troubled.

Anyway, he will help, as for the result, it is Zhang Ji's life.

"Students understand!"

"Thank you for the grace of reconstruction!"

Zhang Ji followed Fang Yuan's support and got up.

He took a step back and saluted again.

Deep down in my heart, I am grateful to Fang Yuan, and I can't wait to see him as a father.

"Just wait."

"By the way, what's the matter with the official?"

Fang Yuan shook his head, patted Zhang Ji's shoulder and asked.

"They would like to invite you again as a token of appreciation."

Zhang Ji recovered and replied respectfully.

Thanks to Fang Yuan's bet, most of them made the list.

The remaining small part is not on the list, and they are still full of gratitude to Fang Yuan.

"The official won't go, you guys have fun."

Fang Yuan thought for a while and said.

The Mo Family Research Institute on Juzi's side had begun to be built, and Fang Yuan wanted to take some time to take a look.

and Du Miaoyan asked someone to bring a message not long ago, saying that Du Ruhui wanted to see him, saying that he would choose several days and ask him to discuss it.

There is also the matter of Zhang Ji being an official, Fang Yuan also has to find a time to arrange it and see if he can help Zhang Ji find a better position.

"Okay, then the student quits."

Zhang Ji did not force it.

He didn't know what Fang Yuan was going to do.

But Fang Yuan didn't want to go, so he didn't dare to force it.

Fang Yuan sent Zhang Ji out to the door, and looked at the sky by the way.

After thinking about it, he asked people to prepare a car and take Zheng Jiu and a few people to Du Ruhui's mansion.

(End of chapter)