Chapter 171: The Cheating The Third Prince is half finished

It only took the Seventh Prince a little more than an hour to understand everything that the cheating trio knew.

It turned out that these three people were from the Huang, Bao, and Li families in Songjiang Mansion.

These three families belonged to a small family that was not very conspicuous in the previous dynasty, and the war in the previous dynasty coupled with the butcher's knife of the Sheng family's father and son, the big family was wiped out, but the three of them survived because of their inconspicuousness and judging the situation.

The three families have been operating in Songjiang Mansion for many years, and there are also people in the family who are petty officials of the sixth and seventh grades, who have advanced and retreated together for many years, and they are also a big force in Songjiang Mansion.

More than 10 years ago, some of these three families took up the official position of the Fuyalifang, which is the department that administers the imperial examinations.

The government office of the capital is not only responsible for the prefectural and hospital examinations of the children's examinations, but also for the holding of township examinations.

These three families wanted their children to take the imperial examination and become more officials, so they cheated on the topic.

There are many dialects in Zhehai Province, not to mention a prefecture, and some places have different accents even if they are the same county.

As the capital of Zhehai Prefecture, Songjiang Mansion is a hodgepodge of various dialects.

In this kind of place, it is easy for locals to do something that they can't see from outsiders who don't understand the language.

The Huang, Bao, and Li families have a certain amount of power in Songjiang Prefecture, and there are also people inside, the prefect of Songjiang Prefecture is transferred every three years, and the governor of Zhehai Province is also transferred every three years.

These three people passed the government examination for children's students.

Next, he passed the hospital examination and became a showman.

After tasting the sweetness, these three are eager to go further.

If you want to go further, the one who serves in the ceremonial room can't move the nest, and the three families pooled the money, found a way to find a way, and gave gifts to the officials of the ministry.

This kind of behavior is very common, and it is only a six-grade official, so this official who served in the ceremonial room has been in this position for more than ten years, not only helping the children of the three families to cheat, but also co-opting other officials of the government to make the imperial examination fraud an industrial chain, taking the opportunity to collect a lot of money.

However, the power of these three families is only in Songjiang Mansion, and when they leave Zhehai Province, they have no chance to cheat.

Yes, these three people did not come to Shengjing for scientific research before.

However, in this scientific examination, the three of them opened up the door to Shengjing, so the descendants of Huang, Bao, and Li came to Shengjing with their slaves to catch the exam.

After arriving in Shengjing, they rented a courtyard in the east of the city, and on the afternoon before the examination, someone sent them the questions and answers for the examination.

There are not only the answers to the two categories of Moyi and the Sutra, but also the poems that have been done and the policy essay that lists the outline, and of course, the final policy essay that determines the results of the examination and comes from the small essay of the saint.

This most important policy article also only lists the outline.

The answer was given, but these three people were stunned when they saw it, there are many and miscellaneous questions about Moyi and Thessutra, and they are not good students who are diligent and can endure hardships, how can they memorize so many questions?

And how is it that the article only lists an outline?

How do they expand a large article in just a few sentences? They need a detailed outline!

When they set off, their family said that they would definitely be able to pass the Jinshi exam this time, but tomorrow they will take the exam, and they can't finish memorizing it!

They need cheat sheets!

The person who gave them the answer was angry at this, but he didn't say much, only said that he would return to the top, and then left in a hurry.

Sure enough, in the tribute courtyard they got the cheat sheet.

The cheat sheet was sent by the soldiers who brought them candles, and with the help of the cheat sheet, they answered all the questions, especially the last essay, which no one could find fault with, and it was absolutely excellent.

But who knew that the original foolproof arrangement was discovered.

But that's all they know.

They didn't know whose line the three of them took in Shengjing, and who sent them the questions, answers, and cheat sheets.

As for the appearance of the people who gave them the answers and cheat sheets, they were stupid and couldn't describe one, two, three.

With only this bit of information coming out of the mouths of these three people, the Seventh Prince was not satisfied, so he wanted to interrogate the soldiers who gave them candles.

But by the time he found the soldier, the soldier had already committed suicide.

There was no way, the Seventh Prince could only interrogate people who had contact with the soldier, but found no clues.

Without a clue, he began to interrogate the third prince and the remaining seven examiners.

At present, the three princes are only guilty of negligence, and the seventh prince cannot be directly tortured like the fifth prince.

The third prince refused to admit it, and the seventh prince had no way to deal with him.

The seven examiners all swore that they did not cheat, and after the seven princes interrogated them one by one, they did not find any suspicions, and it was not good to give them torture tools.

The clue is broken.

The Seventh Prince did not interrogate any more useful information.

Quansheng Kyoto is paying attention to this matter, Sheng Hong Shengjun father and son are also paying attention, the Sheng family father and son sent people to Songjiang Mansion to verify the confessions of Huang, Bao and Li, and at the same time posted a reward notice, welcome those who have clues to report, they have a heavy reward.

The turnaround came at noon.

Someone unveiled the reward notice posted at the door of the Gongyuan, and reported with their real names that many officials of the Songjiang Prefecture were colluding to control the science field, colluding with the imperial court officials, bullying innocent students, and wantonly manipulating the fate of many students in Zhehai Province.

This person not only holds the blood book of more than 50 people and talents in Zhehai Province, but also has real human evidence:

The people of Zhehai Province who were suppressed by the Huang, Bao and Li families.

These people from Zhehai Province are not interested in scientific research, they are to keep an eye on the residences of Huang, Bao and Li, and they have seen who sent the test paper questions and answers to Huang, Bao and Li, and they also followed the person.

Sheng Hong was overjoyed, and directly summoned this person and several people from Zhehai Province to the palace, and he personally interrogated him.

It turned out that this person's name was Zhou Zhao, a person from Songjiang Mansion, and he was also the son of this session.

He came to Shengjing to take the exam this time, not only for his personal future, but also for the fate of many lifters and talents in Zhehai Province.

Even if the cheating of Huang, Bao, and Li did not come out, he would report it in public when the list was released, so that the world would know about the appalling shady scientific examination in Zhehai Province, and all the scholars in Zhehai Province would be given justice.

Sheng Hong admires Zhou Zhao's courage and unhesitation, but at the moment, the person who finds out the test paper questions and answers to Huang, Bao, and Li is the most important.

Who leaked the exam questions?

"Back to the saint, after the man left from the house where Huang, Bao, and Li lived, he went straight to a small courtyard in the north of the city, and stayed in the small courtyard for half an hour before leaving."

"After leaving, this person went to a house in the east of the city, and according to several inquiries from the grass people, the owner of this house is surnamed Mei."

"As for the man in the courtyard, he looked like a scholar, and he quietly went out of the city at night shortly after the man left."

"The grass people drew the portraits of these two people, and asked the saint to take a look."

Zhou Zhao had a very clear mind, and explained what they did.

"And the portrait?"

Sheng Hong was overjoyed, and hurriedly sent someone to paste the portrait at the door of the Gongyuan, and sent someone to check the two houses in the north and east of the city.

These two portraits made a great difference.

Less than half an hour after it was posted at the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, someone recognized who one of them was.

"Isn't that Brother Dong Daizhuan?"

Soon, Sheng Hong learned the information about this Dong Daizhuan.

Dong Daizhuan, a 50-year-old son of Jibei Province, failed to even pass the three general examinations, so he took refuge in the Peng family after failing in the previous general examination.

But there are too many literati in Peng Zhiye's mansion, and he is not outstanding in it, and he is depressed all day long.

The man who recognized Dong Daizhuan only knew so much, so the Seventh Prince went to Peng's house in person.

At this time, the people who went to the east of the city to check the house also had news, and the house was a separate courtyard of the third prince's concubine Mei.

The clues gathered on the three princes and Peng Zhiye.

Next is the strength of the Seven Princes.

Although the trial of the Seven Princes was heavy, they were all ruthless on the facts, and if it was groundless, he would not have directly tortured him into a trick.

Just like the other seven examiners in this session, he did not interrogate any suspicions, so he did not move the sentence.

When the Seven Princes were busy interrogating people, on the other side, Li Qiao and Xin Zhi in the Gongyuan were sitting in the courtyard where the people who read the papers rested and had supper.

At this time, it was getting late, the day's reading was finally over, and the soldiers of the forbidden army sent supper, which was a noodle soup with shredded meat, and those who were hungry could eat a bowl to fill their stomachs, and those who were not hungry could go back to their rooms to sleep.

The conditions of the Gongyuan are difficult and they can't bathe, and there are too many people who come to read the papers this time, so everyone in the Hanlin Academy sleeps in the Chase Shop.

Although Li Qiao's official position is high, there are few rooms in the Gongyuan, and there are three more beds in his room, and he is more familiar with Xin Zhi, Lord Duan, and Lord Li, and the four of them live in one room.

Lord Duan and Master Li couldn't bear the high-intensity use of their brains, and went back to their rooms to sleep directly after returning from the courtyard where the test papers were stored.

He and Xin Zhi were young, with a lot of brains, and hungry fast, so the two of them sat in the courtyard and ate noodles with a big bowl.

The night in March was still a little cold, and there was a group of forbidden soldiers patrolling the courtyard, and there were also forbidden soldiers guarding the courtyard.

Finish early, rest early, and have to be busy for two more days.

At this moment, the voice of the forbidden soldier came from the gate of the courtyard: "I have seen the three princes, this courtyard is the residence of many officials of the Hanlin Academy, and idle people cannot approach. ”

As soon as these words came out, the familiar and angry voice of the third prince sounded: "This prince is an idle person, etc.? Get lost! ”

Li Qiao and Xin Zhi looked at the gate of the courtyard at the same time.

The small courtyard was very small, and the two of them saw at a glance that the third prince raised his legs, kicked one at a time, and kicked the two forbidden soldiers guarding the door to the ground.

Then the third prince shook off the hem of his clothes, and entered the courtyard with his hands behind his back and a stinky face.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the forbidden army behind him could only follow him in, and did not dare to stop him again.

At present, he is only guilty of negligence, and he is still the third prince who is high.

"I've seen the Three Princes."

Li Qiao and Xin Zhi hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks in their hands, got up from the small bench, and walked a few steps to the three princes to salute the three princes.

There were lanterns hanging everywhere in the courtyard, and the light was quite bright, and the third prince looked at Li Qiao's slightly hanging head, and it took a lot of effort to pinch his palm until it was about to bleed, so he resisted the urge to smash a punch on Li Qiao's head.

Steady.

Be sure to hold steady.

I shouldn't have found anything on him.

The people who should be dealt with have been dealt with, and even if all the contents of those three stupid stomachs were fished out, it would not be on him.

There is no possibility of leaking secrets in the whole process, so he has to be steady, unless he throws human and physical evidence in his face, then he must not mess with himself.

Thinking like this, he squeezed out a smile: "Master Li, it's been hard to read the papers, I'm here to comfort you." ”