Started as a thatched house and ended up as a female figure

"Your Excellency, we did not find any smuggling by Zhang Fanghai."

Zhang Fanghai breathed a sigh of relief as if he had survived a disaster, and then looked at Cheng Wan, with a hint of pride in his eyes and an angry tone:

"Zhao Ping Hou, did you hear that? I didn't do anything behind the scenes!

You rely on your status as a marquis to slander me, ruin my reputation and affect my mood!

Marquis Zhaoping, I will not let this matter go. Even if I have to report it to the capital, I will still seek an explanation!"

Zhang Fanghai suddenly became smart. He felt that in the current situation, he could find Cheng Wan's mistakes and make her pay without cheating in the exam.

Maybe not only will he not have to ruin his own future, but he can also get the benefits those people promised to give him!

After hearing Zhang Fanghai's accusation, many candidates who were queuing to enter the examination room cast disgusted and disdainful looks at Cheng Wan.

It is a shame for them to be with such people!

Jiang Shidu took a step forward, stood in front of Cheng Wan, and glared at Zhang Fanghai: "What are you yelling about? Are you trying to show off your loud voice? Only a blind person can't see that something was wrong with you just now! If you have nothing to hide, why did you feel guilty just now? What are you afraid of?"

"You!" Zhang Fanghai's face turned red with anger at Jiang Shidu, and his fingers were shaking as he pointed at Jiang Shidu.

Candidates nearby: I suddenly felt like I was scolded...

"Me? What's wrong with me? If I had done nothing wrong, I wouldn't be sweating like you, with my legs shaking so much that I can't even stand!"

Zhang Fanghai's hands shook even more violently. Why didn't he realize that Jiang Shidu was so annoying before!

"My lord, I found it."

Hmm? What did you find?

Everyone looked towards Cheng Wan in the direction of the voice, only to find that Cheng Wan had stood next to Zhang Fanghai's bookcase at some point.

At this time, Cheng Wan was holding a brush in one hand and a thin, cylindrical piece of paper in the other hand, handing them to Lord Zhu who was standing next to her.

Mr. Zhu is the one who is in charge of maintaining order outside the examination room.

There was an uproar at the scene.

Actually...actually there was something smuggled in!

"No...No! Don't!"

Zhang Fanghai seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying. His eyes were wide open, his body was as stiff as a corpse, and his face was so pale as if all the blood had been lost.

Mr. Zhu looked at Zhang Fanghai expressionlessly, reached out to take the note from Cheng Wan's hand and opened it.

After a suffocating silence, Lord Zhu's cold voice rang out: "Zhang Fanghai will be permanently deprived of his qualification to take the imperial examination. Drag him away, put him in the shackles, and punish him with a cane."

Zhang Fanghai collapsed to the ground instantly.

It's over, it's all over...

"No... No! I... I was wronged! I was wronged! It was Marquis Zhaoping who framed me!" Zhang Fanghai was held by two yamen runners and struggled frantically: "That brush was given to me by Marquis Zhaoping! I didn't know that this brush contained something hidden. I was wronged! My lord, I was wronged!"

Cheng Wan sneered:

"Did a pig kick your brain? What good will it do me if I accuse you of cheating?

I gave you this pen to sincerely congratulate you on passing the county exam, but you hollowed out the pen and stuffed a note into it in an attempt to cheat!

"Zhang Fanghai, have you ever thought that if you are caught cheating in the exam, the four of us will be punished with you! You are just a selfish villain!"

"Zhang Fanghai, do you think everyone else is a fool? If it weren't for Marquis Zhaoping's keen observation today, we would have been killed by you!"

Another candidate named Zhang among the five people wanted to beat up Zhang Fanghai himself.

After studying hard for several years, he finally entered the examination room and dreamed of getting his name on the list of successful candidates. But he was almost there, just one step away from ruining it all by Zhang Fanghai!

Yu Xun frowned and stared at Zhang Fanghai. He always felt that the matter of Zhang Fanghai smuggling the note was not that simple. Maybe it was aimed at Marquis Zhaoping.

"It's not like this! It's not like this!" Zhang Fanghai continued to struggle frantically, his eyes red: "It's not me! It's not me! Someone told me to do this... Ugh!"

The tip of the arrow, shining with a cold light, was about to pierce the skin of Zhang Fanghai's neck, and the other end of the arrow shaft was held in Cheng Wan's hand.

"Surround it up!"

Cheng Wan's loud shout made the Cheng Mansion guards who had been hiding nearby rush out, and also woke up everyone who was startled and frightened by the arrow.

"This, this is simply outrageous! How dare he kill someone in broad daylight to silence him! Capture him! Capture the criminal for me!" Lord Zhu's face turned pale and he almost squeezed out the last few words from between his teeth.

Except for those who could not leave, all the guards on guard nearby immediately surrounded the place and wanted to capture the three people in the encirclement together with the guards of the Cheng Mansion.

"Let me borrow your knife."

Ok?

A yamen runner lowered his head and the knife in his hand disappeared.

When he looked up in confusion, he found that Marquis Zhaoping, who was supposed to be at the back, was rushing to the front of everyone with his knife in hand.

Cheng Wan was anxious to resolve these troubles so that she could enter the examination room to prepare for the exam, so she had to do it herself and make quick decisions.

He asked the others to surround the three opponents, and Cheng Wan quickly dealt with them.

Of course, the solution is to leave them alive and make them lose the ability to commit suicide.

Although Cheng Wan didn't hold out much hope of getting anything out of these three people, but what if?

What if one of the three of you is afraid of death, what would you be willing to say?

Cheng Wan asked the others to stand further away, then squatted down and wiped the blood off the knife with the hem of one of the three people on the ground, and said nonchalantly:

“I know that you are now ready to endure severe torture and sacrifice your lives for your master.

But in fact, I don't care who your master is. After all, I can't just chop him with a knife.

It's a pity, who will believe your loyalty? Does your master dare to gamble?"

The three people on the ground had blood on their faces and looked at Cheng Wan with fear and hatred.

Their jaws were broken by Cheng Wan, and they were unable to speak even if they wanted to.

Cheng Wan checked the blade in his hand to see if there was any blood left. His voice was gentle but cold: "I'm afraid that after your master knows that you have been captured, he will scold you for being useless and send someone to silence you."

The three people on the ground looked ashen.

They didn't want to admit that what Cheng Wan said was true.

"Whether you are loyal or rebellious, your master wants you to die quickly.

In fact, you are all just following orders, and your crime is not serious. If you can make me less worried, I may be able to save your lives.

The three of you, think carefully about whether you want to fight to the end for the master who wants you dead. "

The eyes of the three people on the ground moved slightly.

Obviously, Cheng Wan's words did not have no effect on them.

"I have to take an exam. I hope that after I finish the exam, we can have a conversation that satisfies both of us."