Xuanmen Xiaoguo Shi is divination again

Chapter 240 Chaos should recognize this handwriting
Seeing his appearance, the officials instantly understood what he meant, so they couldn't help but look at Mo Shucheng with even more contempt.

The latter was terrified by the countless gazes, and immediately twisted his body and shouted: "Xie Sinian, what do you mean by this? Why has the hall not listened to your persuasion!"

"You don't want to confuse people here...Father, my son has never done it before!"

Mo Shucheng begged in a daze, while Emperor Yun Jing, who had flipped through the letters in the bag, raised his eyes complicatedly.

He slowly sorted out the pile of ink-stained letter paper in his hand, and said indifferently, "Fourth brother, do you know what is written in these letters?"

The embarrassed young man in Chinese clothes was slightly stunned when he heard this: "What?"

"In your letter, you promised Bao Hui and Bao Hui that you have cleared the key points of the Ministry of Rites, so that the two of them can rest assured that 'if you can try, you must pass'."

"Besides, you also said in the letter that only after the two of them have passed the imperial examination and the new subjects are on the list, you will come to ask me for two official positions."

Emperor Yun Jing's tone paused slightly, and the knuckles holding the letter paper became faintly white: "These two people then gave you an extra ten thousand taels of silver."

"Cheating in the general examination, bribing the examiners, and selling officials to sell the nobles." The bottom of the emperor's eyes was frozen, and the black pupils became cold, "Regardless of whether you have leaked the examination questions or not, these two crimes alone are enough to make us feel guilty." Hand over you to the clan mansion and wait for your release."

"Selling... Selling officials and nobles? Ten thousand taels of silver?" Mo Shucheng was stunned, "Where did you get the ten thousand taels of silver? The ones hidden in the public scrolls are only 8000 taels in total. Where did you get the ten thousand taels?"

"Father, my son has really thought about what he shouldn't. He really thought about asking you for two free jobs, but he never dared to accept any money."

"Father, please trust me, I beg you to trust me!" Mo Shucheng panicked, except for the initial 8000 taels of silver, he never dared to ask those two for any money.

After all, asking for idle jobs for the people under one's command is completely different from selling officials and nobles. The former is at most accused of forming a party for personal gain and intentionally interfering in politics, while the latter is actually committing a felony.

He wanted to seek an official position for those two people, and he wanted to cultivate his own power in the court, but he didn't want them to be officials right now—

Completing the Spring Trial is obviously more important than this. If he can complete the Spring Trial, he will be favored by Emperor Yunjing from then on.

When he has a lot of power in his hands, wouldn't it be easy to seek two official positions for the counselors under his command at that time?
He's not stupid enough to ruin his future in this life just for ten thousand taels of silver!

"Fourth, it's not that I don't want to believe it, it's just that you read this letter for yourself—you wrote it clearly and signed a private seal, how do you want me to believe you!" Emperor Yunjing sternly said, Throwing a stack of letters in front of Mo Shucheng.

The inner eunuchs who were guarding him let go of their hands knowingly, and Mo Shucheng immediately collapsed on the ground. His eyes were full of confusion, and he grabbed the two light pages of paper with trembling hands.

"How is this possible?"

"This hall has never written these things!" He pointed to the line "Ten thousand taels of silver has entered the house" and shouted hoarsely, "Someone must have framed this hall!"

"It's you!"

"Xie Sinian, did you imitate the handwriting of the main hall and write this kind of thing?"

"Your Highness, please be sober. You have been carrying that private seal with you all the time. Where did you get your seal?" Liu Si, who was kneeling on the hall, kowtowed, "It's already this time, how can you Still have the heart to slander Mr.?"

"Bastard! When did this hall ever slander him?" Mo Shucheng screamed, "It's obvious that you all joined forces..."

"Enough!" Emperor Yun Jing raised his hand and touched the center of his brows, tiredness was already seen in his eyes, he waved his hand and signaled the inner eunuchs to hold down Mo Shucheng, "Put him to the side first, he is not here for now thing."

"Here." The inner eunuchs responded, and seeing that no one believed him, Mo Shucheng was still struggling stubbornly: "Father, why don't you trust my son? Why do you trust that despicable villain Xie Sinian?"

"My son... my son has never done it before—" Mo Shucheng's face became more and more bewildered, and he cried and laughed for a while, as if possessed by a demon, "Haha! You idiots who believe in villains -"

"Xie Sinian, it's my hall that misunderstood you, it's this hall that was blind, and actually confided in you!"

Mo Shucheng was going crazy, and Emperor Yunjing finally couldn't bear it anymore and slapped the armrest of the big chair: "It's so noisy, you guys, shut his mouth."

The little eunuch who got the order hurriedly found two clean cloth towels, quickly stuffed them into Mo Shucheng's mouth, and blocked his endless yelling back into his throat.

Without the annoying noise, Mo Jingyao's face paled slightly, and he slowly turned his eyes to look at the courtiers in the palace.

Chao Ling, who hadn't been able to stand up all this time, only felt the coldness on his back was even worse, and in the next breath, he heard the emperor's smiling voice: "However, judging from the letter, the fourth brother did not reveal the exam questions. .”

"Huh? In this way, Bao Hui and the two lied again?" The old lady Fu answered, her long snow-colored eyebrows furrowed into a ball, "Then how did they pass the test?"

"Could it be that all the people in the Ministry of Rites have been bribed?"

He didn't believe that the ignorant fourth prince could have this ability. If he wanted to get through the ritual department, he would definitely not be able to do it with only ten thousand taels of silver.

"It's still a leak."

"In those letters, there are indeed examination questions, but the writer is not the fourth child." Emperor Yunjing smiled coldly, and suddenly grabbed the rice paper in his hand into a ball, and threw it in front of Chao Ling. Chao Shangshu should recognize his handwriting."

"Your Majesty..." Chao Ling was sweating profusely, not knowing what to say in panic.

Mo Jingyao never cared about him, Gu Zi leaned back and raised his chin: "Besides, I also found some other interesting things in those letters."

"Zhu Aiqing, do you want to know what I found?" Emperor Yun Jing had a deep meaning, as if pointing.

Hearing this, Zhu Sheng's heart couldn't help beating wildly, but he has been in the front for many years, and his skill in controlling facial expressions has been perfected. Even though his heart was beating so fast that it burst out of his chest, his face was still calm.

"If Your Majesty is willing to tell the old minister, the old minister will naturally want to know." Anping Hou held his sleeves together, Mo Jingyao did not comment on this, but turned to look at the palace.

When Mo Shucheng was interrogated just now, he had ordered Yu Deyong to help Mu Xiuning and the others search the body of the steward, and this would just happen: "Ming Yuan, what do you gain from that?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the general found two letters on this person, in which were written examination questions - the handwriting was modeled after the Fourth Highness." Mu Xiuning clasped his fists, with a slight regret on his face.

"But other than that, we will not be able to find other items that can prove his identity, excluding the token of the Gongyuan."

"Yes, it is not clear who this person was instructed by."

"It's not a big deal." Emperor Yun Jing flicked his sleeves, "Drag him down and interrogate him carefully."

"The final general obeys the order." Mu Xiuning nodded, and ordered people to escort the steward out of the palace.

Outside the Qianyang Hall, guards immediately set up several instruments of torture. They deliberately chose a corner away from the main hall to ensure that the wails of the stewards would not affect the emperor in the hall.

"Then, there is one thing left." Emperor Yun Jing lowered his eyes slightly, "Lu Zixiu, you can continue to say what you didn't finish before."

　Lao Mo is good at walking them
　　
　
(End of this chapter)