The system forced me to be emperor

Xiao Yiheng also realized that something had happened, but he quickly vetoed the speculation in his heart. He was absolutely sure that the question book on the ground was definitely a forgery!Because he and Zhou Mingwen are not fools, they will not waste this great opportunity to become famous just to praise a few tributes!He can tell which is more important, and so can Zhou Mingwen!

Zhou Mingwen paid special attention to the test questions he had collected. Only he knew where they were hidden, and even Xiao Yiheng had never seen them. After His Majesty ticked the box, the question booklet was kept in strict custody. How could it be leaked out? He even threatened to come from Buy from Zhou Xingchen!

This is absolutely unreasonable slander!

Zhou Mingwen looked at the question book under his feet. He also felt a chill just now, but soon, like Xiao Yiheng, he firmly believed that this question book was fake!He hid the question book that he organized in a place that no one knew about, not to mention his idiot son, even the king of Chu would not tell it, and it was even more impossible for others to know about it!

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely slander. I'm going to expose the authenticity of this test book right now. I dare to use my personality as a guarantee. This so-called test book containing the exam questions is definitely sorted out after the fact. I want to wrong my minister!" Zhou Mingwen shouted righteously, then bent down to pick up the title book, then glanced arrogantly at Xiao Lie and Xiao Jing, completely indifferent to their tricks.

Turning to the first page, Zhou Mingwen glanced casually, but suddenly, his body froze.

What did you just see for yourself?

Ah, it feels so familiar!

Zhou Mingwen quickly turned his eyes back, stared at the topic with wide eyes, looked at the so familiar first page...

Fuck!Why is it exactly the same as the title of the booklet I sorted out!

impossible!

Impossible!

He hurriedly turned to the second page, and was shocked to find that the topics collected on it were still exactly the same!

The third page...

The fourth page...

Fifth page...

Zhou Mingwen's movements became faster and faster, beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead, and he frantically flipped through the test book like a madman.

This scene made everyone hold their breath. It seemed that something impossible had happened.

Xiao Yiheng's face suddenly became gloomy, like dark clouds in summer.

Xiao Lie and Xiao Jing looked at each other, and almost couldn't hold back their crowns to celebrate.However, apart from being happy, Xiao Lie was deeply terrified, because he didn't take the initiative to buy this book, but someone else took the initiative to sell it. That person claimed to be Zhou Xingchen's entourage, but how could any entourage stop the prince directly? He bought and sold his carriage by force, and his martial arts skills were so high that the imperial army couldn't do anything to arrest him, so he ran away if he said he wanted to escape, leaving only this title book.

This is the conspiracy of the people behind the scenes, using himself as a spearman, but Xiao Lie can't care so much anymore, being able to break Xiao Yiheng's arm, even if it is a conspiracy, is also beneficial to him, why not do it?

After Zhou Mingwen turned to the last page, he lost his mind and muttered to himself: "How could it be, how could it be exactly the same..."

The reason why he firmly believed that the test book that Xiao Lie took out was fake was that the test book that he organized himself would not be taken by anyone, and he would be able to prove his innocence as long as he took it out and compared it, but what about now?

The topics in this book are exactly the same as the booklet I compiled, even the arrangement of the topics on each page is exactly the same, as if it is a replica!

"Your Majesty, it must be that the King of Jin stole the title book of the humble minister and slandered the humble minister in turn!" Zhou Mingwen went to the doctor in a sudden illness, and even directly slandered the prince on the Golden Palace.

Xiao Lie and Xiao Jing were furious and shouted: "Bold!"

Hao Yun, deputy censor of the Zuo capital, also came out and directly impeached: "Your Majesty, Zhou Mingwen's words are presumptuous, and he actually slandered the prince in the court. He is a treason. I implore your majesty to severely punish him, so as to serve as an example to others."

Xiao Yiheng secretly called something bad, and hastily begged for mercy: "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhou was impatient and said something wrong, please forgive him this time for the sake of his dedication and responsibility."

Only then did Zhou Mingwen come to his senses, he quickly knelt on the ground, and said, "Your Majesty, I was so anxious that I made inappropriate words. I am guilty of this crime, and please punish me!"

Emperor Xia nodded and said: "I will forgive you for your recklessness in the hall, please explain this question booklet first, why is it exactly the same as the question booklet you presented to me for the general examination?"

As soon as these words came out, the pot exploded instantly!Sure enough, everyone's guess was verified, and it turned out to be exactly the same!No wonder Zhou Mingwen almost peed in fright, and was so annoyed that he directly slandered the prince!

Could it be that Zhou Mingwen is really stupid to sell the exam questions?

I can't see it, I don't look like a fool!

Zhou Mingwen's body trembled. He knew that now was the moment of his fate. If he could not prove his innocence, his life would be finished.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the test book that His Majesty drew up for the examination questions is still in the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and is hidden under the floor tiles by the humble officials. Could it be that someone stole the test book, so there is such an exact copy?" Zhou Mingwen As if he had grasped a life-saving straw, he immediately believed in it.

"Your Majesty, someone must have stolen the original title book!" Zhou Mingwen said excitedly, "I would like to ask Your Majesty to give you a lesson and return my innocence. How dare I disregard the important responsibilities of the court for the sake of small profits, and my family is well-off. Disdain to covet the mere 1000 taels, the humble minister can tell the difference, and will never make such a low-level mistake!"

Xiao Yiheng also quickly said: "Yes, Your Majesty, Master Zhou has no reason to cheat for money. It doesn't make sense at all. This must be a conspiracy secretly set up by someone, deliberately slandering! Please learn from Your Majesty!"

Xiao Lie on the side smiled instead of anger, and said: "Father, the King of Chu is accusing my minister of conspiracy and slander? Father, since Master Zhou boasted that he was wronged, Why don't you check it out carefully, if this booklet is in my hand, others must have it too!"

Xiao Jing also said: "Father, the six examinees that my son just mentioned, they are ignorant and incapable of learning, why are they on the list? It's very strange. Could it be that the six of them have the test book in hand, so He just got on the list? Besides, Master Zhou said that someone sneaked into the Ministry of Rites and stole his test book? Then of course we should send someone to the Ministry of Rituals to check if the test book is still there and if there is any sign of it being stolen! "

Xiao Jing and Xiao Lie had already secretly investigated and found out that the six people were familiar with Zhou Mingwen's son Zhou Xingchen, so they must have the test book in their hands, and as long as they are arrested, they will definitely get the desired result!

At this moment, Zhou Mingwen can only hope that his test booklet was stolen. At worst, he should bear the serious fault of losing the test questions, which is better than being involved in the imperial examination fraud, so he implored: "Please also order a thorough investigation, Your Majesty Return the honor of my humble minister!"

"Your Majesty, please order a thorough investigation!" Many officials also asked for the order.

Emperor Xia stood up and said in a deep voice: "If you don't investigate this matter clearly, how can you be worthy of the candidates? They have been poor for ten years, and they only wrote for the current gold list. If they cheated in the imperial examinations, cheated, raped, played tricks and disregarded the laws of the country, I will definitely not forgive them lightly. Where are Lu Yuanzheng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Du Shaonian, the censor of Zuodu of the Procuratorate, Yuechong, Qing of Dali Temple, and Song Ci, the left servant of the Ministry of Punishment?"

"The humble minister is here!" The four came out to respond.

Emperor Xia resolutely decreed: "Lu Aiqing, let the Ministry of Rites come forward to appease the candidates in the capital. They have the right to know, and temporarily put all the merits listed in the general examination and palace examination on hold until the investigation of the fraud case is completed. There is indeed such a thing in the fraud case, and there are too many involved, I will consider canceling the examination and reopening Enke next year. Of course, the result depends on the investigation results."

"I understand!" Lu Yuanzheng immediately took the order.

Emperor Xia looked at the other three people again, and said: "Du Aiqing, Yue Aiqing, and Song Aiqing, the Procuratorate is the main force, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Coordination, and Jin Yiwei cooperate to investigate the fraud case immediately and find out the result quickly. The impact of this case is bad, absolutely not Let go of a lucky person, and you must never wrong a person, whoever participates in it, no matter how big the official position is or how high the status is, will be severely punished and will never be tolerated!"

"The humble minister leads the decree!" Du Shaonian, Yue Chong and Song Ci took the decree.

Emperor Xia nodded, flicked his sleeves, and hummed: "Let's retreat!"

Civil and military officials sent off His Majesty respectfully.

Zhou Mingwen couldn't hold on anymore, his legs were limp and he sat on the ground.

Civil and military officials retreated one after another, Xiao Rui mixed in the crowd and slowly walked out of the hall.

Hey, I saw a good show today, it was wonderful!

But, more exciting things are yet to come.

What happened early in the morning did not need to be spread and exaggerated, it immediately spread throughout the capital with lightning speed, detonating the entire capital in an instant!

Those Jinshi who were listed on the list, slept leisurely until the sun was three poles, and yesterday His Majesty hosted a banquet. Great changes have occurred, and a case of cheating in scientific examinations has occurred, so what about my fame?

This made those aristocratic families who caught their son-in-law dumbfounded, what should they do now?Should the captured son-in-law be kicked out?In case of cheating, wouldn't it mean that he would suffer innocent offenses and become a laughing stock all over the country in an instant.But what if it is driven out?What if there is no fraud?I finally found a good son-in-law.

No, hurry up and ask, you must tell the truth!

And for those candidates who failed the rankings, they were about to pack their bags and come back. When they heard about the fraud case in the imperial examination, their blood rushed to the top in an instant, and they went home?Go back to the numbness, go, go to the Ministry of Rites, go to the Gongyuan!

Candidates who failed the exam seemed to have found the reason for their failure. It turned out that it was not because of their lack of ability, but because someone cheated. No, they had to make a fuss. They should go to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to abolish the results of the imperial examination, reopen Enke next year, and make a comeback!