"Yan Song, what are you doing here to find me at this time, shouldn't you be reading the papers?"

I saw Jiajing sitting on the dragon chair, turned his gaze to Yan Song, and asked with interest.

Hearing this, Yan Song's face appeared with a look of sincere fear at the right time, and he immediately knelt on the ground and reported to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, in the process of reviewing the test paper, Wei Chen accidentally discovered this test paper!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he motioned to the officials on the side to take a step forward and continued.

"This candidate, on the answer sheet, talked about the government in vain, and also ...... Also ......"

Yan Song hesitated, and didn't dare to continue.

When Jiajing heard this, his face suddenly turned cold, and he immediately instructed the eunuch on the side.

"Go, bring me that paper!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After receiving Jiajing's instructions, the eunuch immediately stepped forward, took the test paper from the hands of the officials, and respectfully unfolded it in front of Jiajing.

Jiajing shifted his gaze to the test paper, and when he saw the content on it clearly, he couldn't help but sneer and spoke.

"Okay, it's not advisable for a good official and gentry to integrate food, quoting scriptures and classics, bullshit!"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he turned over the test paper, and when he saw the signature on it, he said coldly.

"This Xu Zhengping is really bold!"

"Who gave him the audacity to answer nonsense on this?"

Seeing this, Yan Song had to secretly complain, and after thinking for a while, he cautiously gave his proposal.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, do you need Weichen to arrest those candidates back and question them one by one? ”

Hearing this, Jiajing turned his gaze to Yan Song, nodded, and commanded.

"Well, Yan Song, I'll leave this matter to you!"

"Let's find out who is behind it?"

After Jiajing finished speaking, he added a sentence immediately.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he immediately got up slowly from the ground, with a determined look on his face.

In fact, Yan Song can also roughly guess Jiajing's intentions, first of all, when this kind of thing happens in the palace examination, as the chief examiner in charge of this palace examination, he has an unshirkable responsibility!

Now His Majesty has entrusted this matter to himself, firstly, because of the justification, and secondly, he also has the intention of making himself guilty and making meritorious contributions.

Secondly, this matter is best solved by officials, if the people from Dongchang and Jinyiwei take action, they will definitely use all means to get these candidates to speak, and where these candidates can withstand their punishment, most of them will suffer heavy casualties.

In this way, where will the face of the imperial court go, and he is the most suitable candidate as the head of the cabinet.

Finally, and most importantly, His Majesty wants to see if he is on the same side as him!

After thinking about all this, Yan Song also had a rough plan for what actions should be taken next.

Immediately afterwards, after Yan Song bowed to Jiajing, he turned around and left the Heart Cultivation Palace.

When Yan Song walked out of the Heart Cultivation Palace, looking at the surrounding scenery, he couldn't help clenching his fists and muttered to himself silently.

"Just let me be this wicked person!

"Who let you not be long-sighted, you have to offend Your Majesty at this time, all this is your own doing!"

……

After Yan Song received Jiajing's order, he quickly launched an operation.

In order to prevent accidents, Yan Song also asked Yin Ding Shichang of Shuntian Mansion to transfer the people from the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division together.

When Ding Shichang first received this order, his face was full of incredulity.

In his opinion, there must be something wrong, and all those students who are qualified to participate in the palace examination are the proud sons of the sky who are about to leap into the dragon gate in the future!

But after he found out what had happened in this temple examination through various channels, he obediently kept his mouth shut and forbade anyone to talk about it again.

Soon, the candidates who participated in this temple examination were all controlled, and until this time, they still did not know what was happening.

It wasn't until the official in charge of the matter explained the ins and outs of this to everyone that these students reacted and kept shouting for themselves.

As the initiator of this case, Xu Zhengping was also imprisoned, his hands and feet were heavily shackled, and his whole person's movement was greatly restricted.

But on his face, not only did he not see any sluggish look, but he looked like he was at home.

I don't know how long it has been, but I heard a 'squeak', the door of the cell was pushed open, and Zhang Runde, the waiter of the Criminal Department, walked in with the official who was responsible for recording the confession.

Xu Zhengping saw Zhang Runde enter the cell, but he didn't say anything, his expression was extremely indifferent, and he didn't say a word, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

Zhang Runde sat down opposite Xu Zhengping unhurriedly, coughed lightly twice, and asked.

"Who is behind you?"

Hearing this, Xu Zhengping shook his head, his face was full of determination, and he replied in a deep voice.

"No one instructed me, it's all my own thoughts!"

When Zhang Runde heard this, he shook his head and interrupted impatiently.

"Hmph, what nonsense, do you think you're noble? Do you know how much trouble you've caused? ”

"Because of your behavior, all the students who participated in this palace examination have suffered unjustified disasters!"

"Right now, they're being locked up in a cell and being interrogated!"

"You selfish fellow!"

After Zhang Runde finished speaking, a look of disdain appeared on his face at the right time.

After being reprimanded by Zhang Runde, Xu Zhengping's momentum in his whole body suddenly fell.

What he didn't expect was that because of his own fault, so many people were involved and the future of so many people was ruined, which made him fall into deep self-blame.

Zhang Runde took in the struggling and uneasy expression on Xu Zhengping's face, and said secretly.

"I didn't expect it to go so well!"

"It seems that the strategy adopted by this official has worked, like these students who have not yet stepped into the officialdom, they are the easiest to handle, and they should soon be able to complete the task assigned by the elder!"

Then, I saw Xu Zhengping gritting his teeth, taking a step forward, and said in a deep voice.

"My lord, this is all my fault, and it has nothing to do with anyone else!"

When Zhang Runde heard this, he knew that it was time for the fire, so he immediately slapped the table and said in a deep voice.

"Since you said that this matter is your fault alone, then you should explain everything that happened."

"That way, they'll be able to suffer less!"

After Zhang Runde finished speaking, he immediately added.

After listening to Zhang Runde's exhortation, Xu Zhengping also fell into a tangle, one side was a classmate who suffered an unjustified disaster due to his own mistakes, and the other side was a teacher who preached and received karma for himself.

At this moment, Xu Zhengping's conscience is being tormented like never before, so that he can't make a choice.

Seeing this, Zhang Runde no longer hesitated, and immediately prepared to give Xu Zhengping the final blow, only to see him take a piece of paper from the hand of the official on the side and read the content on it.

"Xu Zhengping, a native of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, his father's name is ......"

Seeing this situation, Xu Zhengping panicked instantly, his face turned pale, and there was already a little crying in his words.

"You...... What do you want to do, it's all my fault, and it has nothing to do with my family! ”

Who knows, Zhang Runde just glanced at him and said coldly.

"In that case, then why didn't you think about your family before you acted?"

"You'd better explain it quickly, otherwise, your family will be implicated by you and end up in an extremely miserable end!"

When Zhang Runde said this, he suddenly aggravated his tone, and the meaning in his words was self-evident.

At this moment, Xu Zhengping's psychological defense line has been completely broken by Zhang Runde, and his eyes have lost their highlights, and the whole person is like a walking corpse, and he begins to explain what happened.

"Here's the thing......"

(End of chapter)