"Please?"

Hearing Ning Fuhai's report, Emperor Jingfeng sneered, and his tone was cold: "The front foot soldiers just made a fuss, and the back foot they came to ask for guilt, and the action was fast enough." Let them in, and I will see what sin they are guilty of. ”

After a while, Fang Shu, dressed in a crimson official uniform, walked in with seven or eight cabinet ministers, and knelt down towards Emperor Jingfeng in unison: "Minister Fang Shu, lead all the cabinet ministers to ask Your Majesty for guilt." ”

Emperor Jingfeng lifted his eyelids lightly and said casually: "What is the crime of Zhuqing?" ”

Fang Shu's expression was calm, and he said: "When the ministers reviewed the admission list of the examination a few days ago, they obviously found that the gap between the admission ratio of the northern and southern scholars was too large, and there might be hidden dangers, but they still signed and allowed the list to be released. caused a large number of scholars to be dissatisfied, questioning the majesty of the court and the fairness of taking scholars, this is the fault of the ministers, please punish Your Majesty! ”

Emperor Jingfeng raised his eyes to look at him and narrowed his eyes: "It's not a fraud in the imperial examination?" ”

Fang Shu bowed down: "Although the ministers are cabinet ministers, they will temporarily manage political affairs during this time, but they dare not overstep their responsibilities. The imperial examination is a major event of the imperial court, and its fairness is very important, and the ministers only confirm and sign the list at the end, and do not dare to meddle in it, let alone trespass. ”

"The so-called cabinet fraud is really slanderous, and the ministers are frank and upright, and they have no shame in their chests, and I implore Your Majesty to learn from it."

"Since it is not the responsibility of the part, then I will ask the person who is the responsibility."

Emperor Jingfeng was noncommittal, and looked at Cai Zhichuan, who was kneeling behind Fang Shu: "Cai Zhichuan, you are an auxiliary minister of the cabinet and the chief examiner of this examination, and admission to the examination is always within your scope of responsibility, right?" I ask you, is there any fraud in this test? ”

Cai Zhichuan wiped his sweat, stood in front of him, bowed down as much as he could, and said: "Weichen was ordered to take the exam, whether it was the invigilation on the ninth day or the marking on the seventh day, all the officials acted in accordance with the regulations, worked diligently, and did not slack off. During the reading period, there was His Majesty's Flying Fish Guard to supervise him, and Wechen could guarantee that there were no violations wherever Wechen's eyes could see. ”

Hearing Cai Zhichuan's word game, Emperor Jingfeng smiled: "There is no place where the eyes can see, that is to say, where you can't see with your eyes, there is no guarantee?" ”

Cai Zhichuan buried his head low and did not respond.

Suddenly, the head wind flared up again, and it hurt one after another, and the pain was about to explode.

Emperor Jingfeng reflexively supported his forehead, and when he had a splitting headache, a huge irritability rose in his heart, and it took a long time to suppress it with reason, and said in a cold voice: "In this case, then let's take a good look at the places that you can't see with your eyes, so as to give an explanation to the scholars of the world and maintain the prestige of our court." ”

"All officials involved in the process of invigilating, transcribing, and marking papers in the course of this examination will be suspended from their posts and detained in prison pending trial. In addition, the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Inspectorate were ordered to form a three-law division to jointly try and handle the matter. ”

Cai Zhichuan was not surprised by this, and without waiting for the guards to come up and remove his crown belt, he took the initiative to take off his official hat and put it aside, leaning over and bowing: "Minister Cai Zhichuan, I respectfully obey Your Majesty's holy decree." ”

Cai Zhichuan was taken down, but Fang Shu and the rest of the cabinet ministers were still kneeling. They came to ask for sin, although this "sin" is not very reasonable and a bit far-fetched, but Emperor Jingfeng did not speak, so they naturally did not dare to rise rashly.

The headache gradually eased, Emperor Jingfeng slowly exhaled a breath, and his eyes swept to Gu Yuanhui lightly: "Gu Yuanhui, why don't you go back to your criminal department to investigate the case, what are you doing here?" I can't get the results within three days, I only ask. ”

The meaning of this is that there will be no accountability.

Gu Yuanhui hurriedly got up: "Yes, Weichen will go now, and he will not disappoint His Majesty." ”

The rest of the ministers were also silently relieved when they heard this, stood up and saluted Emperor Jingfeng, and then retreated.

At night, the Gu house was brightly lit, and everyone in the Gu family, Xu Chengyu and his son, Su Qi and others all gathered here, everyone looked sad, looking out from time to time, waiting for something.

I don't know how long it took, Cheng Yan and Gu Yunxiao finally came back, everyone hurriedly greeted them, Gu Yunqiao grabbed Cheng Yan's sleeve and asked anxiously, "How is it?" Where's my brother? Did you see him? ”

Cheng Yan shook his head solemnly: "I haven't seen it, the prison is strictly watched, and no one is allowed to visit until the results of the investigation come out." ”

Gu Yunxiao said: "Uncle Cousin has also been there, Aunt Cousin said that Uncle Cousin didn't go back all day today, and he is still working in the Yamen of the Criminal Department, and she doesn't know what the specific situation is." ”

Gu Yunqiao's tears instantly filled his eyes, and he panicked: "Then, what should I do?" Are we going to have to wait like this? ”

"I'll have to wait." Xu Chengyu sighed, "Gu Shangshu is one of the main officials reviewing this case, and Yun Ji is his cousin, since he has not avoided suspicion, it means that Yun Ji's matter is not serious, and he may just cooperate with the investigation by the way." ”

Cheng Yan nodded: "Yes, I have inquired, all the relevant personnel of this examination have been detained, from the chief examiner Cai Zhichuan to the same examiners who marked the papers, without exception, even the official errand of the examination entrance inspection has not been spared." ”

"Not only Yun Ji, but also Fang Zigui, who was also a first-class jinshi in the last imperial examination and participated in the marking of the papers, was also locked up, which shows that it is not aimed at Yun Ji alone. Thinking that the three legal divisions are also examining the relevant personnel in accordance with the regulations, it does not mean that the people who are arrested are guilty. Maybe it won't take two days for Yun Ji to come out safe and sound. ”

Gu Yunxiao said: "It is said that this morning, all the cabinet ministers went to ask Your Majesty for their guilt, but Your Majesty did not punish them. The reason why it is so loud may be to make an appearance so as to gag the mouths of those troublemakers. ”

"After all, the third brother is just a fellow examiner, with little power, and the sky is falling and there is the chief in front of him. Taking a step back, even if there is really fraud in the imperial examination, the third brother will be implicated at most, which is nothing more than demotion, punishment and the like, and there will be no major problems. ”

When everyone was talking, Xu Shuhua's face turned pale, and he didn't say a word, not knowing what he was thinking.

Seeing this, Xu Shujing was worried and distressed, walked over and patted her shoulder gently, and comforted: "Brother-in-law, he has always acted cautiously and never overstepped. The three legal divisions convicted him according to the evidence, it is impossible to fabricate it out of thin air, and after the review is fine, he will definitely be returned to his innocence, so don't worry too much. ”

Xu Shuhua came back to his senses, hid all the emotions in his eyes, and reluctantly showed a smile at him: "Big brother, I know, I'm fine, I have to wait for Yunji to come back." ”

Xu Shuhua understands the reason, no need for others to say, she also knows that Gu Yunji was only implicated in this incident because she was in her position. It's a pity that as a wife, her husband's situation outside is unknown, how can she not worry?

Sleepless tonight.

(End of chapter)