"Mingde, just tell me directly, why do you want me to wait here?" Among them, the Minister of Rites of Nanjing was the first to compromise.
Because the rural examination was co-sponsored by the Southern Rites Department, many of the workers who printed the papers and the clerks who cleaned the exams were arranged by the Southern Rites Department.
Although these links are inconspicuous, they can still connect the inside and outside and reveal the test questions.
Gu Shouyuan reviewed the plan Xu He had just told him, and after a moment he said in a deep voice: "The test questions have been leaked, and I have sent the Longhu Guard and Zhennan Guard to arrest the suspects and others."
Liu Hao said: "What is going on? Do you know who it is?"
Gu Shouyuan told the whole story, and then said: "It's just a matter of making amends. You still have to try."
After hearing this, everyone looked at Xu He curiously. Everyone finally understood that someone was trying to harm this candidate.
But what is the identity of this candidate?
To harm him, they used the method of leaking questions in the provincial examination. This is too..., too sensational.
Wang Liangchen, who had been silent for the whole time, said: "I forgot to tell everyone that this Xu He and Xu Liangsheng ranked first in the Nan Zhili Dao Examination last year! He was also the first Xiao Sanyuan in Nan Zhili in the country!"
"Huh? I wish I'd heard of it!"
"Yes, it was quite a sensation at the time!"
"I remember whose child he is from?"
…
Halfway through the words, the big guys seemed to have thought of something, and they all looked at Xu He, with meaningful expressions on their faces.
Gu Shouyuan said: "Yes, Xu He is the nephew of Mr. Xu Ge, the third assistant to the current cabinet!"
Confirmed.
No one dared to speak anymore.
When Xu Song entered the cabinet, I heard that he had already had some unpleasant experiences with his chief minister.
Could it be...
Liu Hao complained to Gu Shouyuan and said, "What does this matter have to do with us? Mingshan, I think you'd better hand over the notebook quickly. It's safest to postpone the Jinke Nanzhi Provincial Examination!"
Gu Shouyuan's face turned dark when he heard this.
Can the country's talent promotion ceremony be postponed casually?
When the time comes, he doesn't care how the court will deal with it. The common people and scholars will probably be shaken, and they don't know how the rumors will spread.
Gu Shouyuan said: "Postponement cannot be postponed. As the examiner of this subject, I have decided that the provincial examination will proceed as usual!"
As soon as he finished speaking, before the big guys in Nanjing could speak, a man suddenly came from the darkness and shouted: "No! We can't proceed as usual!"
Everyone looked around and saw a young official walking towards them.
"Deng Qing!"
"he is……?"
"Henan Road Supervisory Censor!"
Hearing this, Liu Hao from the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Imperial College shrank.
The Deng Qing in front of him was amazing. Henan Provincial Supervisory Censor was responsible for supervising the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Nanjing Imperial College. Although these free-range old men were not afraid of this guy, they didn't want to cause any trouble.
When Gu Shouyuan saw Deng Qing, he said with a stern face: "Deng Jianxiao, what do you mean?"
The official name of the Censor was renamed from the Censor of the School in the second year of the founding of the Sui Dynasty, so it was called the Censor. Because the inspection was divided into different areas, it could also be called the "Inspection Press". This is why Gu Shouyuan called him "Deng Jiaxiao".
Deng Qing was the supervisory censor of Henan Province and was originally the outside official of the provincial examination. He opposed the normal holding of the provincial examination, and everyone wanted to hear his reasons.
Deng Qing said: "I have been listening for a while..."
Having said this, he turned to look at Xu He and said, "Are you the student who discovered that the test questions were leaked?"
Although Deng Qing was a seventh-grade official, his authority was very heavy. Xu He did not dare to entrust him to him, so he stood up and cupped his hands and said, "Yes, he is a student!"
Deng Qing sneered: "Come here, arrest him!"
Everyone was shocked. Wang Liangchen stood in front of Xu He and said, "Deng Qing, what do you mean?"
Deng Qing said cheerfully: "It's ridiculous for a thief to deceive you by calling out tricks to catch thieves. Wang Tixue, don't be fooled by these cunning people!"
Wang Liangchen said angrily: "I will test Xu Hezhicai myself. With his ability, there is no need for opportunism. You are simply ridiculous!"
Deng Qing said coldly: "Have you all forgotten what happened in the 22nd year of Zhizheng?"
Everyone's hearts trembled when they heard this, and they all looked at Xu He with suspicious eyes.
Xu He was a little confused and didn't know what happened in the 22nd year of Zhizheng.
Later, when I searched my memory, I remembered that it turned out that the son of Qin Mingxia, the second assistant, was quite famous, but he was exposed during the Shuntian Prefecture Provincial Examination. He was said to have bribed the chief examiner to take the provincial exam and the high school exam. This incident made the Zheng Emperor furious and summoned the judicial department. Qin Mingxia and more than 80 people involved in the incident were arrested and interrogated.
It is absolutely impossible for more than 80 people to participate in leaking the test questions, so most of them are implicated.
Deng Qing's words shocked everyone, fearing that he would be implicated in the situation.
Gu Shouyuan definitely didn't believe that Xu He bought the question.
"These two things obviously cannot be compared together!" Gu Shouyuan said, "Qin Mingxia's son was discovered, but Xu He inspected the tools as soon as he learned about it. There is no reason for someone to expose it on his own. What does he want?"
"yes!"
"If Xu He staged the play himself, wouldn't it be like shooting himself in the foot? Which scholar would do such a stupid thing?"
"That's right, the key point is that I see that Xu He has a pretty face and a clean face, and he doesn't look like someone who can do that kind of thing!"
"Hey, don't talk. This guy named Deng might not be a good guy himself!"
"Hiss, what do you mean..."
"It is said that Deng Qing has a very good relationship with Lord Chief Assistant's son..."
"I'd better stop talking later!"
…
After Gu Shouyuan finished speaking, Deng Qing said resolutely: "That being said, who can say for sure? Maybe this student Xu has made everyone think this way. The examiner must not fall into the trap!"
A bit confusing.
Xu He bought the questions and complained to Gu Shouyuan. The purpose was to make everyone believe that he did not know that he had obtained the test questions on purpose.
"What the hell. Am I sick? I go around in such a big circle just to let you watch the fun?" Xu Hefei was so angry that he just wanted to speak.
Unexpectedly, Gu Shouyuan said: "I am the undergraduate examiner. I told you that this provincial examination will be held as usual!"
Deng Qing's expression changed, and he cupped his hands and said, "Master Gu, I'm sorry. I want to report that you engaged in malpractice for personal gain, knowing that the test questions have been leaked, and you still want to give the leaked test questions to the students. You... …”
Before he finished speaking, Gu Shouyuan said, "Who said I would test the students with the leaked exam questions?"
"You..." Deng Qing was a little confused.
Gu Shouyuan turned around and said, "Please Xiong Butang immediately dispatch all the printing workers from the Ministry of Industry to the Gongyuan to listen to you!"
Mr. Xiong, Minister of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, was stunned and said: "Here, Mr. Gu, what do you want..."
Gu Shouyuan said: "We will give the questions on the spot for three days, day and night, which is enough time!"
Deng Qing was shocked and said: "This..."
Gu Shouyuan added: "The people present are all the leaders of the six ministries in Nanjing, and they are also veterans who have been receiving state salaries for many years. The reason why I invite you all to come here today is to invite you to enter the hospital with me."
Everyone was shocked and said, "Isn't this inappropriate?"
"What are we going in for?"
"If we really want to continue as usual, won't we be locked in the yard?"
Gu Shouyuan bowed and said: "Thank you for your hard work, my lords. Please come with me to the Gongyuan. As the examiner, I am to blame for leaking the questions in the rural examination. I should have been suspended pending examination, but considering the public sentiment and the public sentiment, Nanzhili The provincial examination cannot be postponed, so after locking down the hospital, I will write the questions, seal and hand in the seals in front of all the adults, and please supervise the whole process!"
"After the exam, I will self-examine and don't use others to impeach me!"
These words were so decisive that everyone was speechless for a moment.
Seeing that he insisted on taking the exam, Deng Qing retreated and said, "Then Xu He can't take the exam! He is suspicious!"
Gu Shouyuan and Wang Liangchen frowned and said nothing when they heard this. But if Deng Qing was really serious, he really had the right to stop Xu He from taking the exam, because everything that happened outside the court was done by outsiders, especially within his jurisdiction. within.
Just when they felt sorry for Xu He.
Suddenly someone shouted: "Who said that loud voices cannot be tested? Who is it?"
