The results were indeed found.
Inside a candle, find a note.
There is no writing on the candle. It is the writing on the note printed on the candle that creates the illusion that there is writing on the candle.
"Mr. Factory, four of the candles that the boy sent out are defective."
Shu Liang raised his eyes: "Where are the people?"
"Bring them all here!" Fanzi reported.
Shu Liang handed the candle to Bai Gui.
As soon as Bai Gui saw it, he knew that this matter was serious.
On the note is the answer to the question!
Originally, only one Hu Xin was caught and Dai Ying was implicated, but the fraud case could no longer be suppressed.
Now that the case of hidden candles has been found out, this is going to break the news.
He, the examiner, is certainly to blame.
The four controlled candidates were lying on the ground, crying.
"Who is behind you?"
Shu Liang's tone was cold: "You should know better than I do about the fraud case and what the crime is! I won't go into details."
"No one can hide it. Today you are helping others, but in a few days, they won't help you."
"Silly boy, think about yourself. At this moment, loyalty is useless."
"Think it all through!"
"Don't wait until you are in prison and face to face with your relatives."
"If you reveal the truth again, it will be too late."
Shu Liang said slowly: "You don't want your mothers and sisters to enter the Jiaofang Department, right?"
"And you yourselves had your heads chopped off! Go to the Netherworld to reunite."
"Is it worth it! Silly boy!"
The four candidates kept trembling, and one candidate raised his eyes: "If, if I recruit, can I let my family go?"
"You seem to be a filial child."
Shu Liang smiled: "As long as you cooperate with me, I will ask the emperor for permission. Not only will your family be safe, but I will also ensure that you are safe."
Upon hearing this, all four students were recruited.
The four people all said the same name, Dai Ying.
"This Dai Ying has great magical powers. He helped Hu Xin cheat, and he also helped five of them cheat."
"If there hadn't been a coward who swallowed wax and choked to death, I wouldn't have discovered it."
"But who is this Dai Ying?"
Shu Liang looked at Bai Gui.
The only person who can control the entire imperial examination is Bai Gui, the examiner.
"I keep myself clean and pure!"
Bai Gui was also angry: "I am here. If I am Dai Ying, will they not recognize me?"
"We have never seen Dai Ying!" the four candidates said in unison.
Bai Gui shut up in anger, and then asked angrily: "You have never seen Dai Ying, why did you admit Dai Ying?"
"Shang Shu Bai, don't be anxious." Shu Liang sneered, you scholars are the only ones with a lot of evil in your stomach.
"Dai Ying is a broker. Anyone who wants to get involved will know Dai Ying." One candidate answered.
This should be their jargon.
Anyone who wants to cheat should go find 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 a mysterious person, almost no one has seen him.
Cheating is extremely secretive, almost all of them are successful, rarely fail, and they have great magical powers, even if something goes wrong, they can still fix it.
This broker has a reputation.
But it's not easy to find him.
Someone must act as a guarantor, and the guarantor must be a reliable person in order to be able to contact Dai Ying.
Dai Ying's price is fair, even a small wealthy family can afford it. If he fails in the imperial examination, he will get a full refund.
It can be said that it is well-known and can be used in children's examination, provincial examination, and general examination.
But who is Dai Ying?
But no one knows.
Only one person was surprised, Hu Xin, who said he had met Dai Ying.
This was the only one of the six cheaters that had any errors or omissions in the confession.
Shu Liang didn't care.
Asked: "Who is your guarantor?"
There was only one guarantor among the four of them, named Bi Yu.
"Who are you talking about?" Shu Liang was obviously stunned.
This Bi Yu was registered with the emperor, and the emperor looked at him "differently".
He is actually the guarantor of these four students?
In other words, he has a close relationship with Dai Ying?
"Bi Yu!" the examinee said again.
"Which Biyu?" Shu Liang wanted to find out.
"He is also a student this year, and he is also in the Gongyuan!" The candidate said everything.
Shu Liang looked at Fanzi: "Bring it here!"
"Is there anything else you haven't said?" Shu Liang asked again.
"My lord, everything has been said, everything has been said!"
This fraud in the imperial examination did not start in a year or two, but started a long time ago!
But why has it not been discovered after so many years?
Did they corrupt top officials?
Or is this Dai Ying someone standing in the court?
A Jinshi can only be sold for twenty-three thousand taels of silver.
It can be said that the price is very reasonable.
Do they want small profits but quick turnover?
Or is the real purpose not money?
The emperor couldn't sleep at night, wondering if there was a force behind the big event. Could it have anything to do with them?
Shu Liang thought a lot and suddenly said: "If you inform me, the trial will be terminated!"
"ah?"
Bai Gui exclaimed: "Eunuch Shu, the fraud case is indeed serious, but the conclusion has not yet been finalized. It should be investigated in detail."
"If we terminate the trial at this time, it would be a warning. We should wait and see if any big fish emerge from the water."
"The worst possible outcome is that the results of this examination will be invalidated."
Shu Liang is testing him.
If he blocks it or agrees to it, there will be problems.
But Bai Gui answered appropriately and passed the test.
"I will listen to Shangshu Bai's opinion, but I want to 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 and slapped Zhang Qi in the guild hall the day before yesterday!
He is a eunuch, but he calls himself a slave to the distinguished young master.
That young master’s identity is about to be revealed, he is the current emperor!
Bi Yu didn't feel happy at all.
There is only endless fear.
His first thought was to pretend to be ill and not participate in the examination, but that would only make the emperor more suspicious.
Therefore, destroy everything that may doubt you.
Plan terminated!
He doesn't cheat anymore.
I would rather lose my reputation this year than cheat!
Life is more important.
Unexpectedly, an unlucky guy swallowed the cheating candle and killed himself.
This is the beginning of the cheating case.
They were all implicated.
"Bi Yu, I have seen you."
Shu Liang looked at him: "Do you want to confess on your own? Or do you want to go through the whole thing before confessing?"
Bi Yu's whole body was shaking.
"I remind you that this matter has been heard by Heaven!"
Shu Liang said coldly: "Your Majesty is angry and everyone in the world is trembling. You must think clearly and consider it for your family."
"Don't think that the sky is high and the emperor is far away."
"Your Majesty's decree."
"As long as they live in this world, they will see people when they are alive and corpses when they die."
"No one can escape."
"As for you, if you go to prison, it will be difficult for you to die."
"I put these words here. No one in the world can save you from Dongchang, let alone Dai Ying behind you."
"Tell me, this is my chance to leave you with a complete body!"
Bi Yu kept shaking his head: "No, no, spare me, spare me! My family is rich, rich!"
"Money? It's the most useless thing in the East Factory."
Shu Liang pointed at Bai Gui: "He is the Minister of Rites. Even if he enters Dongchang, he can't get out!"
"Besides, your family's money will go into the dirty punishment treasury!"
"It's just kept at your house for now."
Bi Yu shivered into a ball.
Sweat was pouring down like rain, the sky was falling, there was no hope.
In the south of the Yangtze River, he can dominate and bring blessings, which is like a monkey being the king.
This is the capital, and the emperor and Dongchang are all watching. Who is he?
"You still won't confess?" Shu Liang shouted.
"Spare my life, I'll just say it!" Bi Yu was still delusional.
Shu Liang asked Fanzi to take action and give him something powerful to try.
Fanzi took off his shoes and cut off his toes with a knife.
Not chopping, sawing.
The blood flowed like pulp, and Bi Yu screamed in pain.
"Don't scream!" 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. She endured the severe pain, her legs were still being amputated, and her whole face was distorted.
"Mr. Factory, how many saws are there?" Fanzi asked.
"If he doesn't answer, don't stop. Don't kill him. He will die like this. It's too easy for him." Shu Liang seemed to be a devil.
"I said!"
Bi Yu's face was twisted in pain: "Stop torturing me, I said, I said!"
"Just a little urine? Why are you pretending to be a tough guy?"
Shu Liang sneered: "When you enter the East Factory, you won't even be able to pass the torture equipment once."
"When you pass the first torture device, a doctor will diagnose and treat you."
"Then the second time, the third time..."
"You may live it a hundred, a thousand times in the rest of your life."
"Until one day I think you are getting in the way and allow you to die, then you will be free!"
"Otherwise, you'll never die."
Shu Liang laughed maniacally.
But all the officials in Gongyuan turned pale and were frightened by this scene.
"It's Dai Ying, it's Dai Ying..."
Bi Yu didn't dare to hide it.
This is his second time taking part in the examination.
For the first time, he failed in the joint examination in the second year of Jingtai.
When he was depressed in Beijing, he heard rumors that there was a mysterious Ya Xing that specialized in helping failed candidates.
His family was rich, so he spent a lot of money to find out about this dental shop.
I really started to inquire after going back and forth.
He spent generously and quickly made many friends. Finally, he was introduced to Dai Ying.
In the fifth year of Jingtai's reign, he was preparing to take the college entrance examination for the second time and spent money to protect himself in high school.
As a result, he fell ill that year.
Did not participate in Jingtai's five-year examination.
But because his cousin Bi Jing took the path of Dai Ying, he became a Jinshi in high school in the fifth year of Jingtai.
He is flamboyant, loves to show off, and knows he will hit the mark.
So on his way to Beijing to take the exam, he often got drunk while admiring the scenery. "
One time when I was drunk, I let something slip, and ended up getting entangled in these actions.
They all want to spend money to follow Dai Ying's path and win the election by cheating.
After all, the price is cheap, three years to clear the prefecture, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver.
It will pay off in a few years.
So, he went to Dai Ying bravely, and Dai Ying really agreed.
"Have you met Dai Ying?"
After hearing what he said, Shu Liang asked.
Bi Yu shook his head: "I haven't seen him before. We always keep in touch at the Jianghu Inn!"
"Jianghu Inn?" Shu Liang looked at Fan Qing.
Fan Qing immediately said: "Back to the factory, sir, there is this inn, right next to the Drum Tower. It is a teahouse during the day and an inn at night."
"How to contact me?" Shu Liang asked.
"According to Dai Ying's request, write a letter about what you want and put it on the guest table. Dai Ying will naturally know about it."
This type of joint is very common.
"Mr. Factory, the business of this inn is good, and it has given us a lot of protection in the East Factory." Fan Qing reported back.
Fan Qing, because of the emperor's casual words, was reused by Shu Liang.
After using it, I found that Fan Qing was indeed a good subordinate. He never went out of his way and always reported everything. He was 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 drinking tea, I leave without paying attention."
"Are you even curious about who Dai Ying is?" Shu Liang asked.
Bi Yu smiled bitterly: "That Dai Ying must be a big shot. How can we, small-timers, dare to covet a big shot?"
This is the truth.
No matter how wealthy Bi Yu's family is, he is still 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?"
"Liu Sheng, second in the second year of Jingtai!"
Shu Liang's pupils shrank. The emperor attached great importance to Liu Sheng and asked Liu Sheng to take charge of the martial arts hall. Could it be that he also cheated and got his grades?
This time it’s amazing!
If we search further, how many more people can be found!
How many people did Dai Ying help 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.
"I just uttered wild words to scare Cui Xun." Bi Yu cried.
He also understood why he caused trouble?
Because of a drunken gaffe, he was targeted by the emperor, and it was only after he took the exam that he attracted Dongchang.
The source of everything is Him.
"Speaking arrogantly?"
Shu Liang waved his hand, and Fanzi opened his mouth and pulled out another tooth.
Then he pointed at him with blood-stained pliers and told him that if you dare to scream, just pull out another one.
Bi Yu immediately fell silent.
It hurts so much, just bear with it.
"Can control! Can control!"
Bi Yu didn't dare to hide it: "As long as you spend money, Dai Ying can do anything!"
Shu Liang sneered: "Is it Dai Ying who has the final say in Gongyuan?"
Bai Gui's face turned pale. Aren't you ordering me?
"In the second year of Jingtai, I was in Zhejiang, how could I take care of 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 Chief Minister of Zhejiang, and the fraud case started in Zhejiang. You said that you were not involved in it?
"I am avoiding suspicion and waiting to be sent to your Dongchang prison!"
Bai Gui said angrily: "You said that no one came out of Dongchang Prison alive, but I can come out alive!"
"Shang Shu Bai, don't be anxious. I just want to discuss the matter."
Shu Liang smiled and said: "If you don't do anything wrong, don't be afraid of ghosts calling the door."
You are the ghost!
Bai Gui was so angry.
Are you asking?
Are you trying to force it on me?
Bai Gui stopped talking.
I am guilty, I must be guilty!
Shu Liang was too lazy to pay attention to him, stared at Bi Yu and asked, "Can anyone's name be erased by spending money?"
Bi Yu nodded.
"How did you know?" Shu Liang thought about the problem very carefully.
Because Bi Yu and Dai Ying have never met before.
It was impossible for Dai Ying to tell Bi Yu everything.
"I found out about it."
Bi Yu was stared at by Shu Liang, and she trembled: "It's because I was pushed down that I lost my reputation in Sun Mountain."
"Who told you?" Shu Liang asked again.
"The one who tops me is Dong Chong, a top three Jinshi in the second year of Jingtai!"
"Dong Chong spilled the beans when he was drunk once after high school."
"It's because it reached my ears."
"I just asked about Dai Ying."
"Sinners dare not tell a lie!"
Bi Yu just wanted to die happily, there was no way he could survive.
Shu Liang asked someone to record it and check it later.
"Besides this contact information, 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?
Why did the boy who handed out the candles commit suicide?
How did the boy determine who to send the candle to?
You can't say that these cheating actions are like writing the word "cheating" on your face and telling the boy to send me the cheating candle quickly.
There is something fishy hidden in it.
Bi Yu shook his head.
"Dishonest."
Shu Liang winked at Fanzi, and Fanzi began to cut off his toes.
Bi Yu was not allowed to scream.
Just call and pull the tooth.
Half of the teeth were extracted.
"These are all lenient. Once you go to prison, you will find that these punishments are all just playing tricks." Shu Liang said with a smile.
"Sir, I really don't know!"
Bi Yu opened his mouth and cried loudly, his saliva mixed with blood dripping to the ground.
He lay on the ground, crying and howling.
But the sawing kept going.
Because he was dishonest, Shu Liang stopped extracting his teeth and amputated his toes.
"I saw you in the clubhouse the night before yesterday."
"That's when I realized something was wrong."
"I don't dare to cheat anymore. Really, I'm afraid too."
"So, I went to Jianghu Inn to stay and wrote a letter to Dai Ying, saying that I didn't want to cheat anymore. I really didn't want to!"
Bi Yu couldn't stop 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 receive his letter?
Bi Yu said before that Dai Ying would receive the letter from Jianghu Inn soon.
But I didn't receive a letter from Bi Yu, which means that Dai Ying is not in the inn, or that no one can contact him?
Shu Liang thought.
Bi Yu thought Shu Liang had seen through that he was hiding something, so he said everything directly: "I also wrote in the letter that the cheating things should be destroyed!"
destroy?
Shu Liang suddenly looked at Bai Gui: "As soon as the title is taken out of the palace, the Gongyuan will be locked and no one will be allowed in or out. Is there any news coming in? Bai Shangshu, tell me!"
"I don't know!"
Bai Gui is in trouble.
It stands to reason that Gongyuan is completely closed, and it is impossible for any news to come out.
But Bi Yu also said it, and Dai Ying did not reply.
Moreover, cheating is also going on, indicating that Dai Ying most likely did not see Bi Yu's letter.
"How do you, the examiner, do it?"
Shu Liang said bitterly: "I'm reporting to the Emperor Ming, but you won't get any good results either!"
"I will apologize to Your Majesty!" Bai Guizhen cried.
A good imperial examination, but he was the one who took the exam and it was a mess.
Did the previous examiner really not notice anything strange?
impossible.
It's just that in order to keep the official title, big things are reduced to trivial matters.
When he came to his place, Dongchang was responsible for patrolling the grounds, which meant that the emperor was in person, so naturally he didn't care about him.
So Bai Gui was out of luck.
If Dongchang hadn't been here, he would have turned a blind eye and pretended he didn't know.
"It is inevitable to apologize to the emperor."
"But before that, you have to do what the examiner should do!"
Shu Liang said coldly: "Gather all the Gongyuan officials and call them one by one."
"Gather all the handymen and helpers in the Yamen."
"No one is allowed in or out, and no contact with outsiders is allowed!"
"No matter what the results of this exam are, the results must be invalidated!"
Bai Gui sighed: "I will do it."
Shu Liang had to ask Fanzi to keep an eye on the candidates.
The people in Gongyuan were imprisoned and handed over to Bai Gui to save money.
He really didn't doubt Bai Gui.
If it were Bai Gui, there would be no need to go to such trouble.
"Manufacturer."
"This Dai Ying can keep track of Jianghu Inn's whereabouts at any time."
"I suspect that Jianghu Inn is opened by Dai Ying."
Fan Qing bowed and said: "I beg you to send someone to seize the Jianghu Inn to avoid a long night and many dreams."
Shu Liang nodded: "Gongyuan is not allowed to open the door. Take my handwritten letter and throw it out, and let Dongchang arrest the person."
"I obey the order!" Fan Qing took the order.
"Wait a minute, send the order, arrest everyone they confess!" Shu Liang said.
His eyes suddenly flashed.
Since they all cheated with candles, why did Hu cheat with cheating clothes?
This is obviously wrong.
Why?
Also, how did the scientific examination questions leak out?
Where do the answers to the questions come from inside the candle?
Just when Shu Liang was puzzled, Fan Qing suddenly said: "Manufacturer, we may have been entering into a misunderstanding."
"Tell me about it." It was time for Shu Liang to change his mind.
"The cheating candle was most likely not given when you were admitted to hospital."
"But after getting the answer, make the candle."
"Give it to the emperor to replace the original candle."
Fan Qing analyzed: "Mr. Factory, you should know this."
"The questions for this year's scientific examination come from the palace."
"Engraving and printing are both in Gongyuan."
"And the keys to the Gongyuan have been locked up in advance, and no entry or exit is allowed."
"Therefore, it is unlikely that the title will leak out in advance."
"It is used to raise doubts, and it is 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.
"But the time doesn't match up."
Shu Liang said: "Shao Daqun discovered that Hu Xin was abnormal one and a half hours after entering the room. At that time, Hu Xin's paper was clean and there were not a few words written on it."
"Mr. Factory, when Shao Daqun discovered Hu Xin, Hu Xin was sneaky."
"Besides, one and a half hours is enough to give an answer."
Fan Qing retorted: "You can go check his ink."
"If the ink is used up, 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 asked someone to check.
Outside the Gongyuan, the horn of "dy" was sounded.
Soon someone came in and reported: "Manufacturer, Hu Xin committed suicide!"
"How do you look at people?" Shu Liang was furious.
At that time, he took Hu Xin out of Gongyuan in order to let Hu Xin testify against Dai Ying. At that time, problems were found in the hospital, so he did not bring Hu Xin back.
With Dongchang Fanzi watching, he thought nothing would happen.
"How did Hu Xin die?" Shu Liang asked.
"Gong Tongzhi judged that he had taken poison." Fanzi reported.
Gong Hui was promoted to commander and deputy commander.
"Where did the poison come from? Who did he come into contact with?" Shu Liang's eyes lit up.
Hu Xin's death just shows that Dai Ying behind the scenes is panicking.
It also shows that Hu Xin has 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 the results will be available soon!"
"Gong Hui has full authority. Once the result is obtained, there is no need to report it. We can arrest the person directly for interrogation!"
Shu Liang gritted his teeth and said, "Send the order to Dongchang again, and mobilize everyone to search for me. Even if we dig thousands of feet of ground, we still have to dig out this Dai Ying!"
"Follow the order!"
At this time, Fan Qing hurriedly entered the door.
"Mr. Factory, Hu Xin's ink block has been ground."
"And there is very little writing on the test paper."
"I judge, it doesn't take so much ink to write these words!" Fan Qing replied.
Shu Liang narrowed his eyes: "Looking at it this way, everyone in this Gongyuan is suspected!"
"Who is it that steals and changes things under Fan Zi's nose?"
"Fan Qing, you are careful, go and catch him."
"I obey the order!" Fan Qing knew what he was doing.
His suspicion was confirmed.
The answer inside the candle was copied out by Hu Xin after he answered it, and then sent to the cheating person by someone to replace the original candle.
According to this statement, the boy who hanged himself was just a scapegoat, trying to cover up the situation, and he himself was just a scapegoat.
So, thinking according to this logic, some of the people caught lied!
"Bring Yang Darong over here! Clear the others out!"
When the boy hangs himself, he is actually directing the disaster in the direction of the candle.
In fact, the candles distributed are all the same.
This would explain why only four of them had problems with the candles they received, but not all of them.
We did hit a dead end before.
The waiters handed out candles at random. The reason why these four people were picked out was most likely a special arrangement.
The purpose is to divert trouble to the east and hide the real culprit.
Yang Darong's face was full of innocence, and he kept muttering: There is no guilt in humble duty, there is no guilt in humble duty!
"Don't be nervous. Since you are not guilty, why are you so nervous?" Shu Liang said with a smile.
Yang Darong kept nodding.
"I just found out that this matter 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 you stuff the candles you've made into them?"
Yang Darong opened his mouth suddenly: "B-I don't understand."
"Let me explain it clearly. It's just a note. How can it be stuffed into a candle?"
"Then we'll send a boy to replace the candles for some people."
"How was all this accomplished quietly?"
Shu Liang said calmly: "Yang Darong, tell me."
"I don't know what the factory owner is talking about!" Yang Darong was trembling.
"It doesn't matter if you don't tell me. People from Dongchang are already investigating. 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 temperament."
"The emperor's dragon eyes cannot tolerate sand!"
"If you did something wrong and cut your losses in time, you might be able to save your family."
"If you run into darkness on a road, I can't save you."
Yang Darong kept trembling.
Something happened!
Exposed!
Why is this Dongchang fan so powerful?
He thought he would find a boy to take the blame, which made Dongchang suspect that there was something wrong with the candle distribution process.
In this way, you will be able to check the source of the candle, and will not think about cheating.
By the time Dongchang thought that the candle might have been subcontracted and the candle was subcontracted, he had already erased all the evidence.
Even if Shu Liang wanted to check, he couldn't find anything.
As a vice president, he would be at ease. At most, he would be punished, but he would not lose his life.
But how did Shu Liang discover it?
Ink stick!
Used ink stick!
A hundred secrets and a sparseness!
At that time, it was time to replace an ink block with Hu Xin's examination booth.
But Dongchang checked too quickly. His people were all under guard and there was no time to replace the used ink sticks.
As a result, Shu Liang found out!
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Yang Darong cried loudly and collapsed.
"I don't want to either!"
"But one misstep resulted in eternal hatred!"
"I have no choice!"
Yang Darong cried endlessly.
"Tell me the key points." 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 it later, just in time to see if Yang Darong lied.
"The answer in the note came from Hu Xin!"
Yang Darong confessed.
The question did not leak out.
Because the situation this year is really special, the questions came from the palace, and important ministers were involved, so no one dared to leak the test questions.
Therefore, Dai Ying thought of this method.
Send someone in to do the questions.
Then use Yang Darong's identity as vice president to complete the replacement of candles.
It was all planned.
As a result, on the day of the examination, something went wrong, and the palace actually issued an order to patrol the Dongchang, which caught Dai Ying off guard.
But the candidates have already entered the venue.
Everyone spent money. If Dai Ying doesn't give an answer, her reputation will collapse.
Moreover, all the arrangements started step by step, just like the precise gears started turning, and no one could control it.
After entering the venue, Hu Xin began to answer questions.
Then put the answers in the corner.
Because it was really stuffy in the Gongyuan, Yang Darong thought of a way to send someone to deliver some fruit to Fanzi. At this time, the person delivering the fruit would come up with the answer.
Wait until the next time you go in to deliver fruit and replace the candle.
This explained why Hu Xin had first-class grades but had not participated in the general examination for many years. This time he suddenly participated and was still wearing cheating clothes.
In fact, he was not answering questions for himself at all, nor was he taking the imperial examination himself, but helping others to take the imperial examination.
This is definitely not the first time Hu Xin has done 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 faint look.
Fan Qing nodded and said Yang Darong didn't lie.
"Go, give everyone who ate the fruit thirty lashes, regardless of life or death! Then they will be expelled from Dongchang and will never be hired!"
Shu Liang hated these disobedient people the most.
Is this all that's missing?
After leaving Gongyuan, is there anything to eat? Can't you stay up for three days?
If your words fall on deaf ears, then go to hell.
"I obey the order!" Fan Qing was startled. Looking at 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, but what about him?
"Who is Dai Ying?" Shu Liang stared at him.
Yang Darong curled his lips and did not dare to say anything.
"Do you think Dai Ying can protect you?"
Shu Liang sneered: "This is your last chance, otherwise you will not be able to bear the pain if the torture device is added to your body."
Yang Darong saw teeth and blood on the ground.
"It's Chen Ji!"
"What? Chen Ji, the deputy chief examiner? Chen Ji, the right servant of the Ministry of Personnel?" Shu Liang was surprised.
That Chen Ji who was upright and good at painting, who was famous for the mountains, rocks, clouds and trees he painted?
Shu Liang didn't believe it.
Chen Ji is a stubborn scholar.
If he had Dai Ying's brains, how could he be just the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs?
And he is also the lowest ranked among the right servants in the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
If it weren't for the shortage of people in the court, the emperor would not have allowed him to preside over the examination and be the room master of the candidates.
"Are you climbing?"
Shu Liang didn't believe it, this Dai Ying must be a high official in the court.
How could he be the right servant of a small official department?
Why does he control the imperial examination?
"I dare not lie in my humble position!"
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 of his humble position, but Chen Ji is Dai Ying." Yang Darong was very sure that Chen Ji was Dai Ying.
This Chen Ji was in the fifth year of high school in Xuande. Because of his outstanding poetry, painting and literature, he was favored by Emperor Xuanzong and ranked fourth in the imperial examination.
Over the years, I have been working hard.
However, this person has the spirit of a scholar, and is excellent in calligraphy and painting, but he is not good at being an official, otherwise he would not be inactive.
"Go and capture Chen Ji!" Shu Liang wanted Chen Ji and Yang Darong to confront each other.
As a result, Chen Ji committed suicide out of fear of crime.
"died?"
Shu Liang suddenly stood up with a sinister look in his eyes: "There are people with ulterior motives everywhere in this Gongyuan, and they all deserve to be killed!"
"Fan Qing, go check and see if he committed suicide."
"If it was his death, Chen Ji would not be Dai Ying."
Shu Liang didn't say anything else.
Even if he commits suicide, there is no way to prove 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 suddenly think of something: "The factory owner can go check Chen Ji's home. There is a mountain of silver in his home!"
This is to kick Chen Ji out as a scapegoat.
Shu Liang knew that he could no longer investigate this matter. He had to report it to the palace, and the emperor had to come forward before he could continue the investigation.
"Niu Yin, I asked you to write it and ask the emperor to play it!"
Shu Liang stood up. He didn't dare to sit down while writing the memorial. He was the emperor's slave and he didn't dare to show any disrespect to his master.
At this time, it was already dark.
The palace gate is about to be locked.
Zhu Qiyu was busy with government affairs: "Let Mr. Tan come over and take care of you."
"My slave obeys the order!" Feng Xiao accepted the order and left.
Outside the door, a eunuch hurried in.
"Why are you in such a hurry? There are some rules!" Feng Xiao scolded.
"Go back to my father-in-law, something happened in the Gongyuan!" Eunuch Jing Bin saluted and reported.
Feng Xiao's face changed slightly: "Go and present it to the Emperor, quickly!"
He sent people to deliver the message.
Then return to the main hall.
Zhu Qiyu was reading the memorial presented by Shu Liang, his brows frowning more and more.
"The waves are treacherous."
He used these four words to describe it.
"Chen Ji is Dai Ying? Who would believe it?"
Zhu Qiyu thought of another level.
All along, he had been vaguely aware that there was an unfathomable force driving every event to occur.
But he counted all the people in the court hundreds of times.
But no problem was found.
It is as if this force does not exist at all.
Yesterday, he would have suspected that this force was a figment of his imagination.
Today, Hu Hui entered the palace, insisting on covering up the imperial examination fraud case and admitting to him that this force did exist.
Dai Ying acted as a broker and helped many people cheat.
Don't these people who participated in cheating become Dai Ying's people?
Yang Darong is the most obvious example.
Therefore, Dai Ying weaved a huge net and used the crime of cheating to trap the people in the net and make them obey Dai Ying's orders.
In other words, this force is hidden underwater.
Not in the upper floors from beginning to end.
But in the middle and lower levels.
It seems that the people who determine the world are above the court, but in fact the people who really control the world are the middle and lower levels. Those low-level officials are the cornerstone of the dynasty.
Once the cornerstone is controlled by someone with ulterior motives, it is not terrible to control one piece, but what about controlling the whole thing?
The so-called high-level people have become a joke.
But a snake cannot do without a head.
Dai Ying should be just a little ant pushed to the front desk. Who is the person behind it?
Zhu Qiyu fell into deep thought.
Hu Xi knew it and was still trying to protect it.
It shows that this force is the trump card of civil servants.
So does Bai Gui know?
Is Dai Ying Chen Ji? Or Bai Gui?
Zhu Qiyu discovered that no one can be trusted.
"Can we check it?"
Zhu Qiyu also hesitated.
Chen Ji died to warn Shu Liang, and that was the end of it.
This matter is just a simple case of imperial examination fraud.
It can only be treated as a case of imperial examination fraud.
Just like when Zhu Jianji died suddenly, the original owner did not investigate.
"check?"
"Still not checking?"
Zhu Qiyu looked at Feng Xiao: "What do you think?"
"If your Majesty wants stability, then you will be patient and ready to attack; if your Majesty is willing to risk everything, then you will get to the bottom of it!" Feng Xiao knelt on the ground.
This is nonsense.
After becoming emperor, who is willing to die?
The end result of risking everything is probably to lose everything you have now.
Feng Xiao meant not to investigate.
In fact, it is okay not to investigate. At least it proves that this organization is here and it specially selects candidates. It started from the imperial examination and gathered these people around.
If you follow this path and check bit by bit, you will eventually be able to dig out everything.
But.
time!
When Chen Ji died, it proved that this organization was cutting off its tail to survive.
They will use the fastest speed to clean away all traces and then continue to hide.
Let the emperor find out everything.
Whether checked or not, the snake was alarmed.
Will this poisonous snake take the risk and kill the emperor?
What if Zhu Qizhen or Zhu Jianshen becomes emperor?
Zhu Qiyu was stuck.
He suddenly realized that today's warning from Hu Hui made sense and told him to stop. He was still young and could wait until the army returned to Beijing before waiting for an opportunity to start.
At least it won't be as passive as it is now.
Zhu Qiyu still couldn't decide.
"Where is Cao Jixiang?" Zhu Qiyu suddenly asked.
"Go back to your Majesty, he is in the patrol camp."
"Send Cao Jixiang here." Zhu Qiyu wanted to ask Cao Jixiang.
Look at Zhu Qizhen's party members. Are they also aware of the existence of this mysterious force? Was Zhu Qizhen also helped by this group of forces when he seized the door?
Anyway, after seizing the door, countless traces were cleared, such as Chaotian Palace.
Zhu Qiyu suspected that it was Chen Xun before, but now it seems that it is this group of forces.
What on earth are they going to do?
Who is the leader?
When was it established? How many imperial examinations have been infiltrated?
Who else is innocent?
Who can be of use to me?
Zhu Qiyu was in a state of confusion.
(End of chapter)
