Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 173 The imperial examination fraud case, the mysterious power is revealed!

Really found the result.

Inside a candle, find a note.

There is no writing on the candle, it is the handwriting on the note that is printed on the candle, which creates the illusion of writing on the candle.

"Master, four of the candles sent out by that boy are faulty."

Shu Liang raised his eyes: "Where's the person?"

"Bring them all over!" Fanzi reported.

Shu Liang handed the candle to Bai Gui.

When Bai Gui saw it, he knew it was a big deal.

On the note is the answer to the question!
Originally, only one Hu Xin was arrested, and one Dai Ying was involved, so the fraud case could no longer be covered.

Now that the case of the candle hidden problem has been found out again, this will expose the sky.

As the chief examiner, he cannot escape the blame.

The four controlled candidates lay on the ground, crying.

"Who is behind you?"

Shu Liang's tone was cold: "The fraud case, what kind of crime is it, you should know better than me! I won't go into details."

"Don't try to hide it from anyone. Today you help others with their work, but after a while, they won't help you."

"Stupid child, think about yourself. Right now, loyalty is useless."

"Think it through!"

"Don't wait until you enter the imperial prison and look at each other with your relatives."

"It's too late to tell the truth."

Shu Liang said slowly: "You don't want your mother and sisters to join the Jiaofang Division, do you?"

"As for yourselves, your heads were chopped off! Go to Nether to reunite."

"Is it worth it! Silly boy!"

The four students kept trembling, and one candidate raised his eyes: "If, if I recruit, can you let the family go?"

"It seems that you are a filial parent and child."

Shu Liang smiled: "As long as you cooperate with me, I will ask the emperor for orders. Not only will your family be fine, but I will also protect you."

Upon hearing this, all four students were recruited.

All four of them said one name, Dai Ying.

"This Dai Ying has great powers. He helped Hu Xin cheat, and he helped five of them cheat."

"If it wasn't for a cowardly person who swallowed wax and choked to death, I wouldn't have found out."

"But who is this Dai Ying?"

Shu Liang looked at Bai Gui.

The only person who can manipulate the entire imperial examination is Bai Gui, the chief examiner.

"This official keeps himself clean and clean!"

Bai Gui was also angry: "I'm here, if I'm Dai Ying, wouldn't they know me?"

"We haven't seen Dai Ying!" The four candidates said in unison.

Bai Gui was so angry that he shut up, and immediately asked angrily: "You have never met Dai Ying, why did you admit Dai Ying?"

"Bai Shangshu, don't worry." Shu Liang sneered, because you scholars have a lot of bad water in your stomach.

"Dai Ying is a broker. Anyone who wants to enter the water knows Dai Ying." A candidate replied.

This entry into the water should be their jargon.

Those who want to cheat, go to a broker named Dai Ying.

"Broker? It's getting more and more interesting."

Shu Liang narrowed his eyes: "Tell me about the process."

Dai Ying is very mysterious, almost no one has seen him.

Cheating is extremely secretive, almost all successes, few failures, and supernatural powers, even if something happens, it can be settled.

This broker has a reputation.

But it is not easy to find him.

Someone has to be a guarantor, and this guarantor has to be a reliable person in order to be able to contact Dai Ying.

Dai Ying offered a fair price, even a wealthy family could afford it, and if he failed the imperial examination, he would get a full refund.

It can be said that it is well-known, and it can be used in children's examinations, rural examinations, and general examinations.

May I ask who Dai Ying is?

But no one knows.

Only one person was surprised, Hu Xin, he said that he had met Dai Ying.

This is the only place where there are mistakes in the confession among the six cheaters.

Shu Liang didn't care.

Asked: "Who is your guarantor?"

The four of them had only one guarantor named Bi Yu.

"Who are you talking about?" Shu Liang was obviously taken aback.

This Bi Yu has registered with the emperor, and the emperor "sees him differently".

He turned out to be the guarantor of these four students?

That is to say, he has a close relationship with Dai Ying?

"Bi Yu!" The examinee said it again.

"Which Bi Yu?" Shu Liang wanted to find out.

"He's also a student this year, and he's also in the Gongyuan!" The examinee said everything.

Shu Liang looked at Fanzi: "Bring it!"

"Is there anything else you haven't said?" Shu Liang asked again.

"My lord, everything has been said, everything has been said!"

This imperial examination fraud has not been for a year or two, but it has been going on for a long time!

But after so many years, why hasn't it been discovered?
Are they corrupting top officials?
Or is this Dai Ying someone standing in the hall?
A Jinshi only sells for 3000 taels of silver.

It can be said that the price is very fair.

Are they trying to make small profits but sell more?

Or is the real purpose not money?

The emperor couldn't sleep every night, and suspected that there was a force behind the big event, could it have something to do with them?
Shu Liang thought a lot, and suddenly said: "Notify me, the test will be terminated!"

"what?"

Bai Gui exclaimed: "Mr. Shu, the fraud case is indeed serious, but it has not yet been concluded. It should be investigated in detail."

"If the test is terminated at this time, it will be alarming. We should wait and see if there are any big fish surfacing."

"At worst, the results of this test will be invalidated."

Shu Liang was testing him.

If he blocks or agrees, there are problems.

But Bai Gui's answer was correct, and he passed the test.

"I will listen to Bai Shangshu's opinion, but I will report to the palace and ask the emperor to make a decision."

Shu Liang said slowly.

At this time, Bi Yu was brought over.

He recognized Shu Liang at a glance, the eunuch who rushed up to slap Zhang Qi in the guild hall the day before yesterday!
He was an eunuch, but he called himself a slave to that handsome young master.

That young master's identity is ready to be revealed, he is the current emperor!

Bi Yu didn't have any luck.

Only endless fear.

His first thought was to pretend to be sick and not to take part in the examination, but that would only make the emperor more suspicious.

Therefore, destroy all things that may doubt yourself.

Plan terminated!

He stopped cheating.

I would rather lose Sun Shan this year than cheat!
Life is more important.

Unexpectedly, an unlucky guy pretended to be clever, swallowed the cheating candle, and killed himself as a result.

This is the beginning of the cheating case.

They were all implicated.

"Bi Yu, I have seen you before."

Shu Liang looked at him: "Do you want to make a confession yourself? Or do you go through the guy thing and confess again?"

Bi Yu was shaking all over.

"I remind you that this matter has already been heard by the heavens!"

Shu Liang said coldly: "The emperor is angry, and the whole world trembles. You should think clearly and think about your family."

"Don't think that the sky is high and the emperor is far away."

"A decree from the emperor."

"As long as they live in this world, they will see people when they are born, and corpses when they die."

"No one can escape."

"As for you, if you enter the Imperial Prison, it will be difficult for you to die."

"I put these words here, people in the world, no one can bail you out of Dongchang, let alone Dai Ying behind you."

"Tell me, this is my chance to leave you a whole corpse!"

Bi Yu kept shaking his head: "Don't, don't, spare me, spare me! My family is rich, rich!"

"Money? It's the most useless thing in Dongchang."

Shu Liang pointed to Bai Gui: "He is the Minister of Rites, even if he enters Dongchang, he won't be able to get out!"

"Besides, your family's money will go to the treasury!"

"Now it's just temporarily kept in your house."

Bi Yu shivered into a ball.

Sweat was pouring like rain, the sky was falling, and there was no hope.

In the south of the Yangtze River, he can dominate, that is, the monkey is the king.

This is the capital, the emperor and Dongchang are all staring at him, what kind of thing is he!

"Still confessing?" Shu Liang yelled.

"Spare my life, I'll just say it!" Bi Yu was still thinking.

Shu Liang asked Fanzi to do it, and gave him something to try.

Fanzi took off his shoes and sawed off his toes with a knife.

Don't chop, saw.

The blood flowed like pulp, and Bi Yu screamed in pain.

"Don't bark!" Shu Liang put his finger on his lips.

Bi Yu didn't listen.

Because it hurts too much.

But Fanzi opened his mouth and pulled out a tooth.

Bi Yu didn't dare to scream anymore, and endured the severe pain. He was still sawing his feet, and his whole face was distorted.

"Master, how many saws?" Fanzi asked.

"If he doesn't answer, don't stop. Don't kill him. You'll die like this. It's too cheap for him." Shu Liang seemed like a demon.

"I say!"

Bi Yu's face was distorted in pain: "Don't torture me, I say, I say!"

"Just pee? Why are you pretending to be a tough guy?"

Shu Liang sneered: "When you enter Dongchang, you won't even be able to pass through the instruments of torture once."

"After you pass through the torture device for the first time, a doctor will treat you."

"Then the second time, the third time..."

"You may live it a hundred times, a thousand times in the second half of your life."

"Until one day I think you are in the way and allow you to die, you will be free!"

"Otherwise, you will never die."

Shu Liang laughed wildly.

But the faces of all the officials in the Tribute Court turned pale, and they were all frightened by this scene.

"It's Dai Ying, it's Dai Ying..."

Bi Yu dared not hide it.

This is his second time participating in the test.

For the first time, he failed in Jingtai's second-year examination.

When he was depressed in Beijing, he heard rumors that there was a mysterious tooth shop that specially helped unsuccessful candidates.

His family was rich, so he spent a lot of money to inquire about this dental firm.

Those who come and go are really inquiring.

He spent a lot of money, and soon made many friends, and finally got in touch with this Dai Ying through someone's introduction.

In the fifth year of Jingtai, he was preparing to take the exam for the second time, and spent money to protect his high school.

As a result, he fell ill that year.

Did not participate in Jingtai's five-year examination.

However, his cousin Bi Jing became a Jinshi in the fifth year of Jingtai High School because he left Daiying's career.

He is flamboyant, loves to show off, and knows he will hit.

So on the way to Beijing to rush for the exam, he often got drunk while watching the scenery. "

When I was drunk, I slipped out of my mouth, but I was entangled in these actions.

They all want to spend money to follow Dai Ying's path, and they want to win the exam by cheating.

After all, the price is cheap, three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflake silver.

It paid back in a few years.

So, he bit the bullet and went to find Dai Ying, and Dai Ying really agreed.

"Have you met Dai Ying?"

After listening to him, Shu Liang asked.

But Bi Yu shook his head: "I haven't seen it before, we are all communicating in Jianghu Inn!"

"Jianghu inn?" Shu Liang looked at Fan Qing.

Fan Qing immediately said: "Back to the factory, there is this inn next to the Drum Tower. It is a teahouse during the day and an inn at night."

"How to contact?" Shu Liang asked.

"According to Dai Ying's request, write the request into a letter and put it on the guest table. Dai Ying will naturally know."

This type of connection is very common.

"Mr. Factory, this inn has a good business, and it has paid a lot of protection gifts to our East Factory." Fan Qing replied.

Fan Qing was reused by Shu Liang because of the emperor's casual remark.

After using it, I found that this Fan Qing is indeed a good subordinate, he never does things out of line, and must report everything, it is a good knife.

"How can you be sure that the letter will not be taken away by others?" Shu Liang asked.

"I don't know about that. Every time I finish my tea, I leave without paying attention."

"Are you just curious about who Dai Ying is?" Shu Liang asked.

Bi Yu smiled wryly: "That Dai Ying must be a big shot, how can we petty people dare to covet big shots?"

This is the truth.

No matter how wealthy Bi Yu's family was, he was like an ant in the eyes of Beijing officials.

"Who is the person who introduced you?" Shu Liang asked again.

Bi Yu didn't dare to hide it: "It's Liu Sheng!"

Shu Liang frowned: "Which Liu Sheng?"

"Jingtai ranked second in the second year, Liu Sheng!"

Shu Liang's pupils shrank. The emperor attached great importance to Liu Sheng and asked Liu Sheng to manage the martial arts hall. Could it be that he cheated in the exam?
This time it can break the sky!
If we go forward, how many people can be found out!
How many people did this Dai Ying help to get on the list?
How many clean ones can be found in the entire court?
Bai Gui, Chen Ji and others were also frightened.

"You said in the guild hall that you could make Cui Xun fail the exam, why?" Shu Liang asked.

"It's just to scare Cui Xun with wild words," Bi Yu said in tears.

He also understood, why did he invite trouble?
It was because of drunken gaffes that the emperor followed him and attracted Dongchang in the test.

The source of everything is him.

"Speak wildly?"

Shu Liang waved his hand, Fanzi opened his mouth and pulled out another tooth.

Then pointed at him with the blood-stained pliers and told him, if you dare to scream, just pull out another one.

Bi Yu fell silent immediately.

It hurts too much, bear with it.

"Can manipulate! Can manipulate!"

Bi Yu didn't dare to hide it: "As long as you spend money, Dai Ying can do anything!"

Shu Liang sneered: "Dai Ying has the final say in the Gong Yuan?"

Bai Gui's face turned pale, didn't you point at me?

"In the second year of Jingtai, I'm in Zhejiang, how can I manage the affairs of the capital?" Bai Gui said angrily.

Shu Liang pointed at Bi Yu.

Bi Yu and Hu Xin are both from Jiangnan.

You are the right minister of Zhejiang, and the fraud case started in Zhejiang. You said that you have nothing to do with it?
"I avoid suspicion, waiting to enter your Dongchang Prison!"

Bai Gui said angrily: "You said that no one from Dongchang Prison survived, but I can escape alive!"

"Bai Shangshu, don't worry, I'm just talking about things."

Shu Liang smiled and said: "Don't do anything wrong, and don't be afraid of ghosts calling the door."

You are the ghost!
Bai Gui was very angry.

Are you asking?
Is this planted on my head?

Bai Gui stopped talking.

I am guilty, I am guilty!

Shu Liang ignored him, stared at Bi Yu and asked, "Can anyone's name be erased by spending money?"

Bi Yu nodded.

"How do you know?" Shu Liang was very tricky in thinking about the problem.

Because Bi Yu and Dai Ying had never met each other before.

It is impossible for Dai Ying to tell Bi Yu everything.

"I found out."

Bi Yu was stared at by Shu Liang, and tremblingly said: "I was named Luosun Shan because I was pushed down."

"Who told you?" Shu Liang asked again.

"The one who took my place is Dong Zhong, a top-ranked Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai!"

"After Dong Zhong was in high school, he slipped the tongue when he was drunk."

"It's because it reached my ears."

"I just asked about Dai Ying."

"Sinners dare not tell half a lie!"

Bi Yu just wanted to die more happily, it was impossible for him to live.

Shu Liang asked someone to record it, and went back to check.

"Besides this contact method, how else can I contact Dai Ying?" Shu Liang thought of another point.

Are these six people the only ones involved in cheating this time?

The boy who handed out the candles, why did he commit suicide?
How did the boy determine who to send the candles to?

It can't be said that these cheaters write the word cheating on their faces and tell the boy to send me the cheating candle quickly.

There are tricks hidden in it.

Bi Yu shook his head.

"Not honest."

Shu Liang gave Fanzi a wink, and Fanzi started sawing off his toes.

Bi Yu is not allowed to scream.

Pull your teeth just by calling.

Half of the teeth were pulled out.

"This is all light. Once you enter the prison, you will find that this kind of punishment is just playing tricks." Shu Liang said with a smile.

"My lord, I really don't know!"

Bi Yu opened his mouth and cried loudly, his bloody saliva dripping down on the ground.

He lay on the ground, crying and howling.

But the sawing didn't stop.

Because of his dishonesty, Shu Liang stopped pulling his teeth and sawed off his toes.

"I saw you in the hall the night before yesterday."

"I realized it was not good."

"Don't dare to cheat anymore, really, I'm afraid too."

"So, I deliberately ran to stay at the Jianghu Inn, and wrote to Dai Ying, saying that I don't want to cheat anymore, I really don't want to!"

Bi Yu kept crying.

"You said you don't want to cheat anymore?"

Shu Liang asked: "Can you stop cheating?"

Bi Yu shook his head: "Dai Ying didn't reply to me, obviously he didn't receive my letter!"

Didn't get his letter?
Bi Yu said before that Dai Ying would receive the letter from Jianghu inn soon.

But no letter from Bi Yu was received, which means that Dai Ying is not in the inn, or that no one can contact him?
Shu Liang pondered.

Bi Yu thought that Shu Liang saw through his concealment, so he said everything directly: "I still wrote in the letter, let the cheating be destroyed!"

destroy?
Shu Liang looked at Bai Gui suddenly: "When the title was taken out of the palace, the Gongyuan locked the key and no one was allowed to enter or leave. Is there any news? Bai Shangshu, tell me!"

"I don't know!"

Bai Gui has a hard time to say.

It stands to reason that the Gongyuan is completely closed, and it is impossible for any news to come out.

But Bi Yu also said, Dai Ying did not reply.

Moreover, cheating is also going on, which means that Dai Ying probably didn't read Bi Yu's letter.

"How do you, the examiner, do it?"

Shu Liang said bitterly: "I told the Emperor Ming, you have no good fruit!"

"I will apologize to His Majesty!" Bai Guizhen cried.

A good imperial examination, he made a lot of chicken feathers as the examiner.

Did the former chief examiner really notice anything unusual?

impossible.

It's just that in order to keep the official title, big things have been turned into small things.

When it comes to him, Dongchang is in charge of patrolling the field, which means that the emperor is here in person, so naturally he doesn't rub the sand in his eyes.

So Bai Gui was out of luck.

If Dongchang wasn't here, he would turn a blind eye and pretend he didn't know.

"Apology to the emperor is inevitable."

"But before that, you have to do what the chief examiner is supposed to do!"

Shu Liang said coldly: "Gather all the officials of the Tribute Academy and call them one by one."

"Then gather all the handymen and helpers in the yamen."

"No one is allowed to enter or leave, and no contact with outsiders is allowed!"

"No matter what the result of this exam is, the result must be invalidated!"

Bai Gui sighed: "I will do it."

Shu Liangde asked Fanzi to stare at the examinee.

Detain the top and bottom of the Gongyuan, and hand it over to Bai Gui, so that he can save himself a dry meal.

He really didn't doubt Bai Gui.

If it was Bai Gui, there would be no need to go through so much trouble.

"Master."

"This Dai Ying can keep track of the whereabouts of Jianghu Inn at any time."

"Biao Xia suspects that the Jianghu Inn was opened by this Dai Ying."

Fan Qing bowed and said: "I beg for orders, and send someone to seize the Jianghu inn, so as not to have long nights and dreams."

Shu Liang nodded: "The Gongyuan is not allowed to open the door, you take this official script, throw it out, and let Dongchang arrest people."

"Under the order!" Fan Qing led the order.

"Wait a minute, order, arrest everyone they confessed!" Shu Liang said.

Suddenly his eyes flashed.

Since everyone cheated with candles, why did Xin Hu cheat with cheating clothes?

This is obviously wrong.

why?
Also, how did the subjects of the scientific examination flow out?

Where does the answer to the question come from inside the candle?

Just when Shu Liang was puzzled, Fan Qing suddenly said: "Master, we may have been in a misunderstanding."

"Let's listen to it." It was time for Shu Liang to change his mind.

"It is very likely that the cheating candles were not issued during admission."

"It's about making candles after you get the answer."

"Send it to Juzi to replace the original candle."

Fan Qing analyzed: "Master, you should be clear."

"The subject of this year's scientific examination came from the palace."

"Both engraving and printing are within the Gongyuan."

"And the key of the Gongyuan was released in advance, and no entry or exit is allowed."

"Therefore, it is unlikely that the topic will be released in advance."

"It is to mark the suspicion, and it is to be replaced later."

This analysis makes sense.

Shu Liang nodded slightly: "You mean, this Hu Xin, wearing cheating clothes, is the answer he wrote?"

"Then pass the answer out and put it in the candle to replace the original candle?"

"right?"

Fan Qing thinks this is the logic.

"However, the time is not right."

Shu Liang said: "Shao Daqun found out that Hu Xin was abnormal. It was an hour and a half after entering the venue. At that time, Hu Xin's roll was clean and he didn't write a few words."

"Master, when Shao Daqun found Hu Xin, Hu Xin was sneaky."

"Besides, one and a half hours is enough to make an answer."

Fan Qing retorted: "You can check his ink."

"If the ink runs out, it means he wrote."

"There are not many words on the scroll."

"It means that the words he wrote were taken away."

Shu Liang immediately sent someone to investigate.

Outside the tribute courtyard, however, the number of dysprosium was mingled.

Soon someone came in to report: "Master, Hu Xin committed suicide!"

"How do you judge people?" Shu Liang was furious.

At that time, he took Hu Xin out of the Gong Yuan in order to let Hu Xin testify against Dai Ying. At that time, a problem was found in the court, so he did not bring Hu Xin back.

Watched by Dongchang Fanzi, he thought nothing would happen.

"How did Hu Xin die?" Shu Liang asked.

"Gong Tongzhi judged that he took poison." Fanzi reported.

Gong Hui was promoted to command Tongzhi.

"Where did you get the poison? Who has he been in contact with?" Shu Liang's eyes lit up.

Hu Xin's death just shows that Dai Ying behind the scenes panicked.

It also shows that Xin Hu met Dai Ying.

That's why Dai Ying took the risk and poisoned Hu Xin to death, but this was a bad move, and Dai Ying couldn't escape.

"Gong Tongzhi is investigating, and there will be results soon!"

"Give the full power to Gong Hui. If you have the result, you don't need to report it. Just arrest and interrogate!"

Shu Liang gritted his teeth and said, "Send the order to Dongchang again, and send out the whole nest to search for me. Even if you dig a thousand feet, you have to dig out this Dai Ying!"

"Follow the order!"

At this time, Fan Qing hurried in.

"Master, Hu Xin's ink sticks have been researched."

"And there are very few words on the test paper."

"Mark the judgment, it doesn't take so much ink to write these characters!" Fan Qing replied.

Shu Liang narrowed his eyes: "Looking at it this way, everyone in this tribute house is suspected!"

"Stealing from under Fanzi's nose, who is it?"

"Fan Qing, you are careful, you go catch it."

"Submit the order!" Fan Qing knew it well.

His guess was confirmed.

The answer in the candle was copied by Hu Xin after answering, and then some people sent it to the cheater to replace the original candle.

According to this, the boy who hanged himself to death was just a ecstasy array, trying to cover it up, and he himself was just a scapegoat.

Then, according to this logical thinking, some of these people who were caught were lying!
"Bring Yang Darong here! The others get out!"

The young servant hanged himself, in fact, directing the misfortune towards the direction where the candles were distributed.

In fact, the candles distributed are all the same.

This explains why there was a problem with the candles received by four of them and not all of them.

It was indeed a dead end before.

The boy handed out candles at random, and the reason why these four people were picked out was most likely a special arrangement.

The purpose is to divert misfortune and hide the real culprit.

Yang Darong's face was full of innocence, and he kept muttering: No crime for a humble job, no crime for a humble job!
"Don't be nervous, since you are innocent, why are you so nervous?" Shu Liang smiled.

Yang Darong kept nodding.

"Just now I found out that this matter really has nothing to do with you."

Surprise burst into Yang Darong's eyes: "Really?"

"it is true."

Shu Liang changed the topic: "But, I want to know one thing, how can I put something into this finished candle?"

Yang Darong opened his mouth wide suddenly: "I don't understand, I don't understand."

"My lord, let me be clear. It's just a note. How do you stuff it into the candle?"

"Then send a servant to replace candles for some people."

"How did all this happen so quietly?"

Shu Liang's tone was light: "Yang Darong, tell me."

"I don't know what the boss is talking about!" Yang Darong was trembling.

"It doesn't matter if you don't tell me, the people in the East Factory are already investigating, and it won't take long to find out."

Shu Liang smiled and said: "Yang Darong, you are someone valued by the emperor."

"You should understand the emperor's temper."

"The emperor's dragon eyes can't hold sand!"

"If you do something wrong and stop the loss in time, you might be able to save your family."

"If you run to the dark on a road, I can't save you."

Yang Darong kept trembling.

It happened!
Debunked!

Why is this Dongchang fan so powerful?

He thought he would find a boy to take the blame, making Dongchang suspect that there was something wrong with the process of distributing candles.

In this way, you will check the source of the candle, and you will not think in the direction of stealing the candle.

By the time Dongchang realized that the candles might have been swapped, he had already erased all the evidence.

Even if Shu Liang wanted to check, he couldn't find anything.

As the vice president, he should be at ease, and at most he would be punished, but he would not lose his life.

How did Ke Shuliang find out?
Ink stick!

Used ink sticks!

One hundred secrets!
At that time, it was time to replace an ink block for Hu Xin's examination room.

But Dongchang's investigation was too fast, and all his people were guarded, and there was no time to replace the used ink sticks.

In the end, Shu Liang found out!

"Woooooo!"

Yang Darong wailed and broke down.

"I don't want to either!"

"But a mistake becomes an eternal hatred!"

"I have no choice!"

Yang Darong couldn't stop crying.

"Get to the point." Shu Liang was too lazy to listen to the criminal's monologue.

At this time, Fan Qing also appeared at the door.

Shu Liang asked him to report later, just to see if Yang Darong had lied.

"The answer in the note was given by Hu Xin!"

Yang Darong confessed.

The topic did not come out.

Because this year's situation is really special, the questions are given in the palace, and there are important ministers participating, so no one dares to leak the test questions.

Therefore, Dai Ying thought of this method.

Send people in to do the questions.

Then use Yang Darong's identity as vice president to complete the candle replacement.

It was all planned.

As a result, on the day of the test, something went wrong, and the palace even issued an order to order Dongchang to tour the field, which caught Dai Ying by surprise.

But candidates have already entered.

Everyone spent money, if Dai Ying didn't give an answer, her reputation would collapse.

Moreover, all arrangements started step by step, just like precise gears started to rotate, no one can control it.

After entering the venue, Hu Xin began to answer questions.

Then put the good answers in the corner.

Because the Gong Yuan was really stuffy, Yang Darong thought of a way to send someone to deliver some fruit to Fanzi. At this time, the person who delivered the fruit would come up with the answer.

Wait until the next time you go in to deliver fruit and replace the candles.

This explains why Xin Hu's grades are top-notch, but he hasn't participated in the exam for many years, and this time he suddenly participated, wearing a cheating suit.

In fact, he was not answering questions for himself at all, nor was he taking the imperial examinations himself, but helping others to take the imperial examinations.

Hu Xin is certainly not the first time to do this.

He must know Dai Ying.

Even the Yang Darong in front of him knew Dai Ying.

Shu Liang looked at Fan Qing with a gloomy gaze.

Fan Qing nodded, saying that Yang Darong did not lie.

"Go, all those who ate the fruit will be whipped thirty times, regardless of life or death! Then they will be expelled from the East Factory and will never be hired!"

Shu Liang hates disobedient people the most.

Is it just a bite to eat?

After leaving the Gongyuan, is there anything to eat?Can't you stay up for three days?
If you ignore this official statement, then go to hell.

"Under the order!" Fan Qing was taken aback, seeing Shu Liang's face, he knew that Shu Liang was angry.

Yang Darong trembled all over.

Shu Liang is so cruel to his own people, how about him?

"Who is Dai Ying?" Shu Liang stared at him.

Yang Darong twitched his lips, not daring to speak.

"Do you think that Dai Ying can protect you?"

Shu Liang sneered: "This is my last chance, otherwise you will have a hard time if you are tortured."

Yang Darong saw teeth and blood on the ground.

"It's Chen Ji!"

"What? Chen Ji, deputy chief examiner? Chen Ji, the right servant of the official department?" Shu Liang was taken aback.

That Chen Ji, who is upright and good at painting, is famous far and wide because of the mountains, rocks, clouds and trees he paints?
Shu Liang didn't believe it.

Chen Ji is a hard-headed scholar.

If he had the brains of Dai Ying, how could he be just the right servant of the official department?

And it was the one who ranked last among the right servants of the Ministry of Officials.

If it weren't for the lack of people in the court, it would be impossible for the emperor to let him preside over the examination and let him be the room teacher of the candidates.

"Are you climbing?"

Shu Liang didn't believe it, this Dai Ying must be a court official.

How could it be the right servant of the small official department?

Why does he control the imperial examination?
"Humble posts dare not lie!"

Yang Darong cried: "It's really Chen Ji, Chen Ji is Dai Ying!"

"Where's the evidence?" Shu Liang still didn't believe it.

"There is no evidence for a humble job, but Chen Ji is Dai Ying." Yang Darong is very sure that Chen Ji is Dai Ying.

This Chen Ji was a five-year high school student in Xuande. Because of his excellent poetry, painting and literature, he was favored by Emperor Xuanzong and ranked fourth in the palace examination.

Over the years, it has also been conscientious.

But this person has a scholarly spirit, calligraphy and painting are all excellent, but the level of being an official is not good, otherwise he would not be mediocre.

"Go and catch Chen Ji!" Shu Liang wanted Chen Ji to confront Yang Darong.

As a result, Chen Ji committed suicide in fear of crime.

"died?"

Shu Liang suddenly stood up, his eyes were dark: "There are people with ulterior motives everywhere in this Gongyuan, and they should all be killed!"

"Fan Qing, go check and see if it's suicide."

"If he killed him, Chen Ji would not be Dai Ying."

Shu Liang didn't say anything later.

Even if it is suicide, it cannot be proved that he is Dai Ying.

There is another point that cannot be explained, Chen Ji is Dai Ying, how did he kill Hu Xin?Who spread the word?

Yang Darong seemed to have thought of something suddenly: "The factory owner can check Chen Ji's home, he has a silver mountain in his home!"

This is kicking Chen Ji out as a scapegoat.

Shu Liang knew that he could not continue to investigate this matter, he had to report to the palace, and the emperor had to come forward to continue the investigation.

"Niu Yin, I told you to write it, please play it to the emperor!"

Shu Liang stood up, he didn't dare to sit while writing the memorial, he was the emperor's servant, he dared not show any disrespect to his master.

At this time, it was already dark.

The palace gate is about to be locked.

But Zhu Qiyu was busy with government affairs: "Let Mrs. Tan come and serve you."

"Slaves obey the order!" Feng Xiao followed the order and left.

But a eunuch hurried in outside the door.

"What are you doing in such a hurry? Be a little more disciplined!" Feng Xiao scolded.

"Back to Eunuch, something happened in the Gong Yuan!" Eunuch Jing Bin saluted and reported back.

Feng Xiao's face changed slightly: "Go and present it to the emperor, hurry up!"

He sent someone to deliver the decree.

Then return to the main hall.

Zhu Qiyu was reading the memorial presented by Shu Liang, and his brows became more and more wrinkled.

"Curious and unpredictable."

He used these four words to describe it.

"Chen Ji is Dai Ying? Who would believe it?"

Zhu Qiyu thought of another layer.

All along, he has faintly felt that there is an unfathomable force that drives every event to happen.

But he counted the people in the court hundreds of times.

But no problem was found.

It was as if this force did not exist at all.

If it was yesterday, he would have suspected that this force was imagined by him.

Today, when Hu Wei entered the palace, he insisted on covering up the imperial examination fraud case and admitting to him that this force does exist.

Dai Ying worked as a broker and cheated many cases.

Don't these people who participate in cheating become Dai Ying's people?
Yang Darong is the most obvious example.

Therefore, Dai Ying weaves a huge net, using the crime of cheating, to win over the people in the net and make them obey Dai Ying.

In other words, this force is hidden underwater.

From beginning to end, it was not in the upper echelon.

But in the lower middle.

The people who seem to decide the world are above the court, but the people who really control the world are the middle and lower levels, and those low-level officials are the cornerstone of the dynasty.

Once the cornerstone is controlled by people with ulterior motives, it is not terrible to control one piece, but what about controlling all of them?
The so-called high-level people have become a joke.

But a snake can't do without a head.

Dai Ying should be just a little ant pushed to the front desk, who is behind it?
Zhu Qiyu fell into deep thought.

Hu Wei knew it and was still trying to protect it.

It shows that this force is the killer of civil officials.

So does Bai Gui know?
Is Dai Ying Chen Ji?Or Bai Gui?

Zhu Qiyu discovered that everyone cannot be trusted.

"Can you check it?"

Zhu Qiyu also hesitated.

Chen Ji used his death to warn Shu Liang, that's all.

This incident is just a simple case of imperial examination fraud.

It can only be dealt with as an imperial examination fraud case.

Just like when Zhu Jianji died suddenly, the original owner didn't check for a reason.

"check?"

"Still don't check?"

Zhu Qiyu looked at Feng Xiao: "What do you think?"

"If the emperor wants to be safe, then he will bear with it; if the emperor is willing to risk everything, then he will investigate to the end!" Feng Xiao knelt down on the ground.

This is nonsense.

When the emperor, who wants to die?
The end of risking everything is likely to lose everything now.

What Feng Xiao meant was not to investigate.

In fact, it doesn't matter if you don't check, at least it proves that this organization exists, and it is specially selected to start with the imperial examination, starting with the imperial examination, and wins over these people.

According to this number, check a little bit, and eventually everything can be dug out.

but.

time!

When Chen Ji died, it proved that the organization was cutting its tail to survive.

They will use the fastest speed to clean away all traces, and then continue to hide.

Let the emperor find nothing to check.

No matter whether you check it or not, it will startle the snake.

Will this poisonous snake take the risk and kill the emperor?

Zhu Qizhen, or Zhu Jianshen as the emperor?

Zhu Qiyu was stuck.

He suddenly realized that Hu Min's warning made sense today, so he should stop there. He is still young, so he can endure it until the army returns to Beijing, and wait for an opportunity to launch.

At least not as passive as it is now.

Zhu Qiyu still couldn't decide.

"Where is Cao Jixiang?" Zhu Qiyu asked suddenly.

"Go back to the emperor, in the patrol camp."

"Bring Cao Jixiang here." Zhu Qiyu wanted to ask Cao Jixiang for advice.

Look at Zhu Qizhen's henchmen, have they also noticed the existence of this mysterious force, Zhu Qizhen won the door, was he also helped by this group of forces?

Anyway, after the door was seized, countless traces were removed, such as Chaotian Palace.

Zhu Qiyu suspected it was Chen Xun before, but now it should be this group of forces.

What on earth are they going to do?

Who is the boss?
When was it established?How many sessions of the imperial examinations have been infiltrated?
Who else is innocent?

Who can be of use to me?

Zhu Qiyu's heart was in a mess.

(End of this chapter)