Supervisor Zhao glanced at Liao Qingge and chuckled: "Since Su Ziji has such literary talent, what's wrong with being a scholar? Could it be that Magistrate Liao wanted to commit fraud?"
Liao Qingge didn't want to be bitten back, so he hurriedly said: "Xiaoguan has been loyal to the emperor and patriotism since he was appointed as an official in the second rank. He has not taken any illegal gains. I dare not accept what my father-in-law said."
"Taking bribes to change the results of the imperial examination is called fraud, but changing the results of the imperial examination due to unexpected circumstances is not fraud?" Supervisor Zhao asked sharply.
These words were so outrageous that Liao Qingge couldn't think of a response for a moment. He gritted his teeth and said stubbornly: "I have no selfish motives, but this matter has become a big deal. All the candidates around are listening. It involves such a sensitive matter as Qiu Wei. Once the people are dissatisfied, how can they stop the crowd?"
Doesn't this put everyone present on the fire? As he spoke, Liao Qingge looked at Yin Xiujie, as if he wanted him to say a few words.
Who would have known that Mr. Yin, the examiner who had just criticized Inspector Zhao, now frowned, his face darkened, and he said nothing.
Liao Qingge's heart sank.
"What's so difficult about this?" Supervisor Zhao looked over and said calmly: "When you put up the notice immediately, say that the student clerk Ding Ruili colluded with the county commissioner Tan Youshan and his son Qiu Wei to commit fraud. They discovered it on the spot and tried to resist and attack the imperial commissioner. Kill him with a stick immediately."
"The parties involved are dead, who can know and who can plead?"
"Master Yin, if you recommend someone immediately and remove Ding Rui from his position of merit, our family will immediately kill him with a stick. When the list is published in three days, our family will definitely see Su Ziji at the top of the list!"
"...This is not in line with the rules!" Seeing Inspector Zhao blatantly confusing right and wrong and putting human lives at risk, Liao Qingge was trembling with anger and could only shout this.
"Our family represents the emperor's will, and what we say is the rules." Inspector Zhao smiled ferociously, finally showing his true face. After speaking, he said to the man in Tsing Yi: "Go and get the imperial envoy from our family. As soon as you respond, The responsibility rests with our family!”
"Yes!" The man in green rushed out.
At this point, things were irreversible. Seeing Inspector Zhao go out, he screamed and ordered: "Come here, drag this bitch out and beat him to death immediately!"
Seeing that things were not going well, Tan Youshan finally shouted: "I will fight with you!"
Several officials around him trembled in fright, but they saw that Tan Youshan didn't even touch the corner of the official's clothes and rushed straight towards Su Ziji. After only two steps, Gu Wenfu stopped him and shouted: "You dare?"
Gu Wenfu was wearing a fifth-grade official uniform. Tan Youshan, the official official, was startled by this scolding. He did not dare to rush forward. Several men in green swarmed up and pulled Tan Youshan down.
Tan Youshan did not dare to resist, but struggled: "I want to avenge myself. Su Ziji killed my son..."
The word "son" came out of his mouth, but before he could finish the words, his mouth was gagged, and the sound of a board being slapped could be heard. Tan Youshan groaned repeatedly, and the sound of a board being slapped one after another made everyone's hair stand on end.
But at this moment, Ding Ruili was kidnapped. Seeing that something was wrong, he shouted: "My father is a Tongzhi and I am a student, you can't do this to me!"
"You are no longer a student." Yin Xiujie's "innocence" is for the court. At this time, he did not hesitate and said with a sinister smile: "Here, take off his turban!"
The officer couldn't help but knock off Ding Ruili's turban with a wave of his hand, which meant that his honor was revoked. Ding Ruili's hair was disheveled and he wanted to shout, but he was also stuffed and dragged off.
The beating place was not far away. On the field, everyone saw two people dragging down and beating each other. Tan Youshan was the father of the husband. He usually did not handle the cases well and often beat the opponent. He could survive for a while. Ding Ruili was pampered. He was supposed to be. A young man, who had only received seven or eight sticks at this time, heard a groan, a vague voice that seemed to be: "Dad, save me..."
There was no more sound.
"Hit me again!" The person who beat him didn't give up and continued to hit him with more than ten sticks. Ding Rui looked ferocious and spit out blood clots from his mouth, showing that he was dead.
Tan Youshan was about to be beaten to death. In his daze, he suddenly got the strength from nowhere, broke free from the restraint, tore off Sebu, and shouted: "My son..."
Before he could finish his words, a stick hit him hard on the forehead, which immediately dented him. Tan Youshan groaned and fell to the ground dead on the spot.
The entire Gongyuan suddenly fell into deathly silence.
Su Ziji was originally resentful when he saw Tan Youshan being framed, and he agreed with the punishment. But when he saw the two men being beaten to death on the spot, and when he saw Supervisor Zhao acting as if nothing had happened, he felt a chill in his heart, and for a moment he had an inexplicable feeling of sorrow for the death of a rabbit or a fox.
Fang Zhen didn't think so. When he saw the two of them being killed with sticks, a stone fell to his heart. If he didn't wait until they got out, something might happen, so he could kill them immediately and the source would be gone.
Now that the source is gone, don’t you still have the final say in public opinion? The moment passed and he whispered: "Master Yin, it's almost dawn."
Yin Xiujie was startled, then came to her senses and ordered: "The examiners of each room will inform the candidates to collect all the examination papers. The candidates are not allowed to make noise or leave the examination room without permission, otherwise they will be expelled without credit - quick, quick!"
Gongyuan has its own procedures. It is not difficult for dozens of people to collect papers from thousands of people. It only takes ten minutes for all the papers to be collected.
Yin Xiujie looked up and saw that there were still cold stars in the night, but milky white had appeared in the east. She knew that dawn was coming, so she was very patient. When it was Mao hour, someone struck the gong. Although the sun had not yet come out, she drank: " Su Ziji, please go to the examination hall and wait."
"The rest will open the gate and let the candidates come out."
One or two thousand candidates filed out. They did not dare to talk in the examination room, and they became noisy as soon as they left the camp gate.
"I heard that someone cheated?"
"I'm not far away. I heard that the person who cheated was Su Ziji, the leader of the Shuanghua Mansion."
"You're wrong. I'm right across the street. Su Ziji is fine. Someone took him out to beat him up and beat him to death."
There were many discussions, but no one knew the inside story. They were just gossiping desperately. It didn’t take long for the questions to be asked all over the place.
"This matter must be settled quickly." Yin Xiujie knew the power. Watching everyone go out, he took a deep breath and ordered: "Get the seal of my inspector."
Not long after the Qingyi talents had taken the imperial envoy to the security guard, the seal of the school inspector also arrived. There were no outsiders at this time, and Yin Xiujie did not shy away from it. He took the seal and stamped it on the blank space of Su Zi's paper.
"Seal ours too!" Supervisor Zhao also put the big seal on it, which means that the imperial envoy and the school inspector agreed. This seal is even more formal than the examiner drawing a circle.
Yin Xiujie immediately ordered: "Organize the marking immediately. The list must be posted as soon as possible. Also, Gongyuan and the prefect's Yamen must jointly issue a notice. The notice will follow the tone of Eunuch Zhao. It will be posted today. The government must cut through the mess quickly. Decide on the nature first, don’t wait for things to ferment and get out of hand.”
"In this case, even if there are rumors, it will be difficult to cause a big wave - Eunuch Zhao, what do you think of this treatment?"
"Excellent, excellent. Mr. Yin has handled the matter properly, so our family will not interfere. Now that the matter has been decided, our family has more important things to do."
With that said, Inspector Zhao turned around and left, leaving a group of examiners looking at each other in confusion.
"The eunuchs, a group of eunuchs, are so rampant, I have to write a letter to impeach them." Several people clenched their fists and thought to themselves.
