The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 664 Thinking
Qin Bingyue heard Xuan Shijing's voice, turned around and went back inside, closed the door leading to the stands, walked to the table, and began to grind for Xuan Shijing.

Xuan Shijing spread out the paper, picked up the brush, dipped the ink into the inkstone, and began to write on the paper.

Xuan Shijing wrote down all the people and things related to this case on the paper, and then began to mark the connection between them, so that he would not be afraid to miss some details when considering the case.

Or, as the saying goes, a good memory is not as good as a bad pen. After writing it down, Xuan Shijing then thought that the case of Chunwei’s cheating in the exam has not been spread in Chang’an City, and maybe not many people in the palace know about it. Did Second Majesty deliberately prevent this matter from spreading?After all, this is the first time that the palace examination is held this year. If such a thing spreads, it will not be a good thing for His Majesty Li Er to conduct the palace examination in the future, regardless of whether it is true or not.

Looking at the clues written on the paper, Xuan Shijing began to deduce the whole matter, for example, who would benefit the most and who would have an impact if this matter was revealed, and if this matter It's true, then, someone cheated in the Chunwei exam, where was the negligence?

If it is true, there are only two possibilities for cheating. One is that before the Chunwei exam started, someone deliberately leaked the questions to the candidates who took the Chunwei exam. What kind of method is used to contact the outside world.

Judging from these two possibilities, it seems that the former possibility is very strong. Xuan Shijing may not know about it on the third day, but the Imperial College was closely monitored two days ago, and on the third day, Xuan Shijing also Believe in Li Ke, after what happened on the first day, Li Ke will be more careful in the next two days. Moreover, in the examination room in the Imperial College, there are officials from the invigilation department. It is even more difficult to contact the outside world. Disaster.

Perhaps there would be something to be learned from the officials of the Ministry of Officials, especially those officials who had contact with and knew the exam questions before Chun Wei took the exam.

But the most important thing at the moment is to chat with Xuan Qing, maybe we can find more clues, and moreover, the side room of the Zheng family who won the first place in the palace test also needs to find out from him. Any clues should not be let go. As for the investigation of the officials of the official department, this matter should be put to the end anyway.

After thinking about this, Xuan Shijing also had a charter for this case in his mind, and it became clear in an instant, and the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, Xuan Shijing put the brush in his hand on the pen holder.

"Master Hou understands?" Qin Bingyue said.

Xuan Shijing nodded and said with a smile, "Although I don't know the answer, I do know what to do next."

Qin Bingyue looked at the relationship and clues marked by Xuan Shijing on the paper: "The No. 1 winner in the palace examination is not compatible with the Zheng family? I have heard of this."

"Oh? Let's hear it." Xuan Shijing asked with great interest.

Qin Bingyue had been in Yanlai Tower before, and this kind of place is the most well-informed place for news transmission. In Chang'an City, no matter whether they are literati, dignitaries or dignitaries, they like to go to Yanlai Tower when they have nothing to do. To cultivate one's sentiments or something, a few people sit next to the table, and naturally they will talk about the height of the temple, the distance of the rivers and lakes and other things.

"That's what I overheard from the steward of the Zheng family in Yanlai Building. He said that the Zheng family had a side room outside. They seemed to have been kicked out of the Zheng family a few years ago. As for the reason, the steward said that he offended the main family. It's not a rare thing, in this kind of big family, it is normal for the partial house to be kicked out of the house due to something, and now the main wife of the head of the Zheng family is not a good person, after all, it is Zheng The head of the family is the continuation of the year when she knew her destiny, and the original mistress of the Zheng family passed away due to dystocia when she was in her 30s, and this continuation came later." Qin Bingyue explained.

"So, No. 1 in this palace examination is the concubine son of the head of the Zheng family?" Xuan Shijing asked, "I think that Jinshi must be in his 30s."

"When the Patriarch of the Zheng family was young, he was also famous for his absurdity in Chang'an City. It should be the child born to a concubine at that time. Now, it is normal to be older." Qin Bingyue said.

"It's true, a child who got married overnight is really worthless." Xuan Shijing said with emotion.

"It's really normal." Qin Bingyue responded indifferently.

"So it's because he and his mother were kicked out by the Zheng family that there was a rift with the Zheng family? It looks like bitterness and deep hatred, but if it's purely like this, it shouldn't be so." Xuan Shijing said: "Now that this person is showing off in front of His Majesty Li Er, the Zheng family has shown great interest and is willing to let him return to the Zheng family, but he doesn't seem to forgive the Zheng family at all." He said. With that, Xuan Shijing suddenly remembered that it was the head of the Zheng family who attended the banquet that day, that is to say, the two of them are father and son!
"Maybe there is something else, I don't know about it, Master Hou might as well ask Jin Yiwei to investigate, this kind of matter should not be difficult to investigate." Qin Bingyue said.

"You're right. I also think there should be something else going on. Otherwise, at the banquet in the Imperial Garden that day, the relationship between the two would not have been so tense. I was in the Imperial Garden to attend the banquet hosted by His Majesty that day. , I happened to see that the head of the Zheng family also went to participate, and there seemed to be a very unpleasant dispute with Zheng Jinshi. You must know that no matter whether it is a scholar, a Confucian student, or a high-ranking official in the court, a prince or a general, he will " Filial piety "It's very important to see that the father and son are so stiff on the surface, the things in it are not ordinary things." Xuan Shijing thought.

"It's a matter, especially in front of His Majesty, who still has the face of civil and military affairs in the court. In this way, the Patriarch of the Zheng family will have a lot of embarrassment." Qin Bingyue said.

"Although the investigation of these cases has nothing to do with Chunwei's cheating, at least it can prove whether the Zheng family is innocent." Xuan Shijing said.

"So Master Hou suspects that the Zheng family intends to suppress this Jinshi Zheng?"

Xuan Shijing nodded: "It's not impossible. If this Zheng Jinshi enters the court in the future and becomes prosperous, it will be a slap in the face of the head of the Zheng family and the face of the Zheng family. Bingyue , You said that after the banquet in the imperial garden that day, after the head of the Zheng family returned to the mansion, would he quarrel with his successor?"

(End of this chapter)