After I became a passerby, I saved the villain's family

At this moment, in the Palace of Mental Cultivation.

The entire hall was silent, and everyone had a different expression on their face.

At this time, a royal guard hurried into the hall.

"Your Majesty, the search of the Student Inn in the east of the city has been completed, and a total of four examination papers have been found." The Royal Guards presented the examination papers.

Eunuch Luo and another young eunuch unfolded the test papers one by one in front of Emperor Chengren.

These four test papers, together with the one just now, were all written by the same person.

Emperor Chengren narrowed his eyes.

He took out one of them and handed it to Xiao Yujing.

"Prince, take a look."

Xiao Yujing took the test paper and looked at it carefully.

This handwriting looks familiar.

Emperor Chengren threw the other three to Lord Zhou and Lord Xu, and said in a deep voice: "Take a look for yourselves!"

The two adults quickly picked up the paper and examined it carefully.

The more I looked, the more frightened I became.

The two looked at each other.

They work with Jiang Ci Yan every day and are very familiar with his handwriting.

Moreover, Jiang Ciyan's calligraphy was vigorous and unique, and no one in the court could compare with him.

These three test papers are clearly written in Jiang Ci Yan's handwriting!

"This..." Lord Xu's face was full of surprise and doubt.

"If you have something to say, say it quickly!" Emperor Chengren said impatiently.

Lord Xu looked at Lord Zhou in fear.

A drop of cold sweat ran down Lord Zhou's face.

"Your Majesty, this handwriting looks like... looks like it was written by Lord Xiao Jiang." Lord Zhou said tremblingly.

But how could this happen? It shouldn't be like this.

Mr. Jiang, he is not...

Xiao Yujing looked at Jiang Ciyan.

Just looking at the handwriting, they are indeed very similar.

but......

After hearing what Lord Zhou said, Emperor Chengren looked at Jiang Ciyan and said, "Lord Jiang, what do you have to say?"

Jiang Ciyan was neither humble nor arrogant, and said, "Your Majesty, can you let me take a look at this test paper?"

Emperor Chengren waved his hand and acquiesced.

Jiang Ci Yan took a paper from Lord Xu and examined it carefully.

After a while, he smiled slightly.

"Your Majesty, the handwriting on this scroll is indeed very similar to mine, but..." Jiang Ciyan paused, "If you look closely, it is not the same as mine."

"Your Majesty, please give me a clear warning!"

Emperor Chengren took a deep look at Jiang Ciyan and ordered, "Luo Rong, bring a copy of Lord Jiang's memorial."

Eunuch Luo quickly took one over.

Lord Zhou and Lord Xu took the memorial and compared it with the test papers in their hands.

After comparing them from head to toe, the two felt relieved.

That is to say, how could Master Jiang do such a thing?

"Your Majesty, although the handwriting on this test paper is very similar to that written by Lord Xiao Jiang, I have carefully compared them and found that they are not the same."

"Compared with Master Xiao Jiang's handwriting, the strokes of this test paper are different, and the ending is even more different. Strictly speaking, it seems that it was intentionally imitated from Master Xiao Jiang's handwriting."

"It looks similar, but the details don't stand up to scrutiny," said Mr. Zhou.

How can it be!

Wang Zhou looked up suddenly.

He was clearly imitating the handwriting on the poem that Jiang Ci Yan gave him. He had carefully copied it no less than ten times. How could it be different?

Wang Zhou wanted to say that it was Jiang Ciyan's handwriting, and he wrote it himself!

But he couldn't say it, because if he did he would expose himself.

Could it be that there is something wrong with the handwriting itself? !

Wang Zhou looked at Jiang Ci Yan in astonishment.

Jiang Ci Yan met his gaze with a calm look.

The poem he wrote to Wang Zhou that day was indeed written by him personally, but he used his left hand instead of his dominant right hand.

No one in the court knew that he could write with his left hand, and that his handwriting was very similar to that with his right hand.

The reason why he used his left hand was because he knew that no matter how much he tried to change the writing style with his right hand, some details were difficult to change and it would still be recognizable as being written by him. He could not take the risk.

Wang Zhou did not work with him on weekdays, and had only a vague understanding of his handwriting, and could not tell the difference between the handwriting of his left and right hands.

But it seems that he should have guessed that there was something wrong with the handwriting of the poem.

"From whom were these four test papers found?" Emperor Chengren asked the Imperial Guards.

The Royal Guards announced the names of four people.

When Emperor Chengren heard the names of these four people, his eyes were filled with uncertainty.

The same name as the other four people on the list.

These four people seem to have nothing to do with each other, but they all point to the same person.

"My dear Lord Jiang, what do you say?" Emperor Chengren said in a deep voice.

Jiang Ciyan knelt on the ground and said word by word: "Your Majesty, I dare not hide anything. The fathers of these four students are all my father's old subordinates in the military camp many years ago."

???

Wang Zhou was confused.

Wang Zhou was shocked!

No, how would he know?

It would be fine if he knew it, but why did he reveal it himself? !

Wang Zhou's scalp felt numb and cold sweat broke out.

Emperor Chengren looked at Wang Zhou and asked, "Tell me! What's going on?"

Wang Zhou knelt on the ground in panic, "Your Majesty, I really don't know!"

"The list was found on your desk. The handwriting is the same as that on the searched test papers, and you still say it has nothing to do with you!" Emperor Chengren scolded.

Wang Zhou broke out in a cold sweat.

He couldn't panic, he couldn't panic.

"Your Majesty, someone is... someone is deliberately trying to frame me."

Thinking of this reason, Wang Zhou spoke quickly.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it must be Lord Xiao Jiang who secretly placed the list on my desk and deliberately framed me!"

Wang Zhou knelt down and crawled to the front of the hall.

"Master Jiang just said that the person on the list is the son of an old subordinate of Duke Jiang. Master Jiang must have changed his handwriting and sent the test questions out in order to help those students!"

Emperor Chengren narrowed his eyes slightly, "You mean to say that Jiang Aiqing deliberately imitated my handwriting, wrote down the test questions, and gave them to those students?"

Wang Zhou nodded vigorously.

Upon hearing Emperor Chengren's words, Lord Zhou and Lord Xu looked very strange.

Lord Xu couldn't help but speak: "Wang Dianji, you may not know yet, Lord Jiang has already reported to His Majesty that this year's imperial examination will include his relatives and the son of an old friend, so he applied to resign from the position of person in charge of the imperial examination."

"However, His Majesty did not agree to Lord Jiang's resignation because he was very capable and took the initiative to propose this matter. He still let him be in charge of the relevant affairs."

"But in order to avoid suspicion, His Majesty ordered Lord Xiao Jiang to no longer participate in the preparation and review of the examination papers."

"So Master Xiao Jiang had no idea what the exam questions were from the beginning to the end. How could he have revealed the questions to others?"

what? !

Lord Xu's words were like a bolt from the blue, knocking Wang Zhou to the ground.

How could this be?

Why didn't anyone tell him about this?

Emperor Chengren's face turned pale and he looked at Wang Zhou.

"Wang Zhou, you still refuse to admit it?"

"Tell me! Why are you doing this?!"

Emperor Chengren was very angry at this moment.

That day, Jiang Ci Yan came to him to resign, saying that he was worried that someone would use the matter of his relatives as an excuse to sue him. He also laughed at Jiang Ci Yan for being too cautious. Who would dare to tamper with the imperial examination?

But now something like this happened, it really was a slap in his face!

Seeing Wang Zhou who was at a loss, Sun Shishu suddenly remembered something.

Kneeling forward hastily, Sun Shishu shouted in a trembling voice:

"His Majesty!"

"I am guilty! I am guilty!"