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

Cheating in imperial examinations is a scandal no matter where it happens, especially now that this scandal involves the only female marquis and a second-rank official in the court.

Therefore, no matter whether Liangzhou Governor Guo Xiangsong was willing or not, he had to report the whole matter truthfully to the emperor and ask the emperor for the decision.

In order to show his attitude and innocence, Guo Xiangsong not only asked Cheng Wan to watch the whole process when he was writing the memorial, but also asked Aunt Shen and Aunt Meng to watch the whole process.

After the memorial was written, Guo Xiangsong immediately ordered someone to deliver it to the capital at full speed.

As for the three people in the cell, they will continue to be detained in prison for the time being.

"Master Guo, I want to meet Zhang Fanghai."

After hearing what Cheng Wan said, Guo Xiangsong was stunned at first, and then he remembered that Zhang Fanghai was the candidate who wanted to cheat in the exam room after being reminded by the people next to him: "If the Marquis wants to see Zhang Fanghai, it's fine. I will accompany the Marquis now."

"No need to trouble Lord Guo, I can go by myself." Cheng Wan showed resentment: "Zhang Fanghai insisted that he was threatened, which is not necessarily false, but I am very angry. I almost failed the emperor's expectations of me! I want to go and scold Zhang Fanghai!"

Seeing Cheng Wan's furious look, Guo Xiangsong secretly sighed in his heart: "A second-rank official, the prince's tutor, even if he knew it was him, what can he do? He can only find a way to vent his anger a little."

"Zhang Fanghai is temporarily detained in prison and will be exiled soon. It is his own fault.

Since the Marquis does not need me to accompany him, I will take care of other things first. If the Marquis has any questions, you can come to me at any time."

"Thank you, Master Guo."

Cheng Wan sincerely bowed to Guo Xiangsong, then turned and left.

The moment he turned around, the emotions on Cheng Wan's face and eyes disappeared, leaving only calmness and indifference between his eyebrows.

She wanted to meet Zhang Fanghai not to vent her anger, but to ask Zhang Fanghai again what benefits the person behind the scenes had promised Zhang Fanghai so that she could corroborate the confession of the "three brothers".

......

In the equally dark cell, Cheng Wan winked at the jailer next to him: "Open it."

The sound of the chains startled Zhang Fanghai, who was lying on the straw pile. He moved his dizzy head, turned his head and tried to look up.

The next moment, fear flashed in Zhang Fanghai's eyes. He quickly lowered his head and turned it back, pretending to be dead.

He was really afraid of this Marquis Zhaoping.

This Marquis Zhaoping really knows how to wield a knife!

Seeing Zhang Fanghai's cowardly appearance, Cheng Wan sneered, waved his hand to let the jailer go away, and walked into the cell:

"I have never thought of harming you, and it seems that I saved your life. Zhang Fanghai, why are you so afraid of me?

Besides, if you are so afraid of me, how dare you try to ruin my road to imperial examination?"

Zhang Fanghai shrank his head even more.

Two breaths later, Zhang Fanghai slightly stretched his head and said something softly.

Cheng Wan frowned slightly, and was about to ask what Zhang Fanghai muttered, when Jin Jin said in her mind: "Master, he said he was threatened, and he didn't dare to disobey."

Cheng Wan smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes.

Zhang Fanghai's behavior outside the examination room that day did not seem like he was threatened at all.

"Zhang Fanghai, you are a smart man, otherwise you wouldn't have followed my words and pointed out that the person behind the scenes was the Prince's Junior Tutor Wu Liangcai. I didn't come here to see you pretend to be innocent and pitiful again." Cheng Wan squatted down, stretched out his hand to grab the back of Zhang Fanghai's collar, and said calmly: "Who is that person? What benefits did he promise you?"

"That person is Wu Liangcai, the Prince's Junior Tutor. Didn't you personally identify him? As for what benefits? None. I was threatened. I..."

Zhang Fanghai suddenly met Cheng Wan's sinister and cold eyes. His body froze and he dared not struggle anymore. He also didn't dare to continue saying the words that were on his lips.

"Zhang Fanghai, before I decided to form a partnership with you, I investigated you. You have many brothers and sisters, and your son just turned five."

Zhang Fanghai's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Zhang Fanghai, it's enough for a smart person to make a mistake that will make him regret for the rest of his life. What do you think?"

Zhang Fanghai's lips trembled and he was unable to speak for a moment.

"You...you won't, Marquis Zhaoping, you, you are a good person, you can't do anything to hurt my family..."

Cheng Wan raised his eyebrows and chuckled, his laughter was joyful: "Am I a good person?"

Zhang Fanghai nodded quickly: "Yes! You are a good person! You have a kind heart! Zhao..."

"Then why did you harm me?" Cheng Wan's smile disappeared, staring into Zhang Fanghai's eyes, his face showing the calm before the storm.

Zhang Fanghai's eyelids trembled. He didn't dare to look directly into Cheng Wan's eyes, but he didn't dare to look away.

Cheng Wan loosened Zhang Fanghai's collar, letting his head hit the straw pile heavily as she loosened his collar. "Zhang Fanghai, tell me who that person is? What benefits did he promise you? I promise not to vent my anger on your family."

Zhang Fanghai opened his mouth, closed it, and opened it again. An expression of extreme confusion and pain appeared on his dirty face.

"Marquis Zhaoping, I, I really can't tell you. If I tell you, that person will definitely not let my family go.

I was tempted, but as Marquis Zhaoping, I really didn't dare to refuse him.

Marquis Zhaoping, I know I deserve the punishment for my crime. I dare not ask for your forgiveness. I am willing to work like a cow or a horse in my next life to make amends for your crime."

Zhang Fanghai raised his arm and grabbed a corner of Cheng Wan's clothes, his eyes full of pleading:

"Marquis Zhaoping, please don't vent your anger on them. They know nothing. I am the one who has been bewitched. I deserve to die. Please let them go. Please, please..."

Cheng Wan lowered her eyes and looked at Zhang Fanghai, her voice cold: "Do you think that with a relative like you, how good will their future life be?"

Zhang Fanghai froze again.

He has thought about this question countless times in the past few days, and the regret in his heart deepens every time he thinks about it.

In fact, he had other choices at the time. He felt that he would not be able to achieve any great honors if he continued to take the exam. In addition, the temptation of benefits and the fact that he knew more and more, it was too late to regret.

“Tell me what I want to know, and I promise that no rumors about that person will spread outside, and your family will be safe.

And I promise that as the victim, I will tell the outside world that you were threatened, so that your family will be less verbally attacked. "

Cheng Wan pulled out the corner that Zhang Fanghai was holding, and said seriously: "Zhang Fanghai, I have already shown my sincerity. This is your last chance."

Zhang Fanghai's arms hung on the ground and his head drooped as well.

Just when Cheng Wan's patience was about to run out, Zhang Fanghai's hoarse voice rang out.

"The last letter I received said that if I was willing to cheat and ruin your scientific research, he would rescue me after I was exiled.

When the war in the south ends, he will send someone to bring my whole family to live in the south and give us a huge fortune.

What moved me the most was that he said he would arrange a marriage between a girl from the tribe and my son."

Zhang Fanghai raised his head, his eyes red and wet: "Marquis Zhaoping, that's the Queen's maternal family! If my son can marry into the Queen's maternal family, he will become a master of the world!"