Better to live forever [Rebirth]

In the 22nd year of Zhenyuan, the fourth day of September.

The day had just been polished, and the waiter at Zhegui Inn got up early as usual, first went to the kitchen to help, and coaxed the cook to add a few more minced meat to him, and started sweeping with satisfaction.It wasn't until the sun came up that he began to make arrangements to serve those talented men for dinner.

The national examination has passed, but it is rare to come to Luojing once. As long as there is nothing at home to rush for the examination, the scholars will stay until the weather turns cold at the end of September before rushing back to their hometowns.

These frustrated scholars encouraged each other, and inquired about ways to see if they could make a living in the Xungui Mansion in the capital.

The waiter in the shop heard too much about their underappreciated talents, and patiently complimented them, until the shopkeeper called him to call the Cheng Xiucai Lang in Tianzi No. [-] room, and he finally got rid of these self-esteemed guests.

"Cheng Xiucai is not a poor man. Why does he only pay the rent for three days every time? Why don't you go back early? Every time I urge him to pay, I feel ashamed for him."

The waiter in the shop was chattering, and the talented scholars downstairs were also talking about the occupant of room No. [-] in Tianzi.

"I heard that Cheng Xiucai went to Huajie to have a drink last night, and he seemed to say something that he is the number one scholar. Haha, listen, this kind of crazy person will praise him even if he wins a scholar, and even wants to be the number one scholar. .”

A young scholar laughed.

The other person gave him a wink to silence him, and he said in a low voice: "I heard that he and Zhuangyuan Lang are both from Yangzhou Prefecture, and they both study in the same academy. They have been living in the House of the Minister of the Household Department before, but After failing the rankings, there were always extreme remarks, which made Master Shang Shu unhappy and was kicked out."

"Hey, how did I hear that he left Li's mansion by himself?" Another person said: "It's strange to say that Cheng Xiucai and Zhuangyuan Lang were recruiting scholars at the same time in Chunwei. Didn’t even pass the Jinshi exam this time?”

"Isn't it? It's just that one got the first name in the exam, but the other didn't get anything. That's why I feel so upset."

"It's a pity for Cheng Xiucai, his talent is not bad..."

This person hadn't finished speaking when he heard a throat-breaking scream!

Zhegui Inn, like Luojing's Zhuangyuan Restaurant, is the first choice for candidates who come to Beijing to take the exam, and they are proud to live in Zhegui Inn and order a table of champions and rankings in Zhuangyuan Building.

The business of Zhegui Inn has been flourishing for hundreds of years, and because the owner has a strong background, it has always been a peaceful place, but today is the first time an official visits.

Cheng Xiucai died in the inn, and when he was carried out, his body smelled of alcohol and his face was black and black. Some courageous scholars came up to take a look and were so frightened that they were terrified and dared not look any more.

The store waiter who found the body was already frightened, and the shopkeeper said repeatedly: "Master Guan, Cheng Xiucai's death has nothing to do with the store. It was fine yesterday. I went to Huajie to eat wine and sent it in the room. He got so angry that he injured all the servants. This...we really don't know why he..."

Cheng Wen's body had already been brought back to Jingzhao Mansion Yamen, and the headhunter who came to investigate impatiently dismissed the shopkeeper and ordered no one to enter the house. Not long after, a blood book was found under Cheng Xiucai's pillow.

The shopkeeper complained all over the place, and he could only smile at the frightened guests who came to check out, secretly saying that it was bad luck.

The policeman was in charge of Room No. [-], Tianzi, Zhegui Inn. After the blood book was brought back to the Yamen, it caused an uproar.

The relatively closed Guozixue also heard the news at noon. Jia Jiaming hurried from Tianpin Academy to have lunch with Qin Xi and the others, and then sat down and asked without waiting for a breath: "Who died in the inn?" Is the person here the student surnamed Cheng that we rescued last time?"

Lou Ankang said with certainty: "The servant in my house has confirmed that the deceased is Cheng Wen, a Yangzhou scholar, the one who passed out in the sunset."

Last August, when they were fishing in the countryside, they rescued a boat of people who fell into the water. Two of them were the grandsons of Li Tao, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the other was Cheng Wen, who was living in Li's house.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Xiucai escaped the flood, but died young in the end.

"The people in the yamen have already said that he died of self-mutilation. I really don't understand. If you want to write a blood book, you can borrow a little pig's blood. You have to cut yourself." Qin Xi felt his flesh hurt when he thought about it, and said: " It is said that he drank too much wine and went crazy and beat his followers, so no one stopped him and killed himself."

Jia Jiaming still learned about it from his classmates in Tianpin Academy, and he knew very little about the details. At this time, he heard Qin Xi say that there was still a blood book inside, so he asked what was written in the blood book.

Qin Xi only memorized the general meaning, and didn't remember how the blood book was written at all, so he turned to Lou Ankang to ask him to explain Jia Jiaming's confusion.Unexpectedly, Young Master Lou was busy coaxing his younger brother who had lost his appetite to eat, but he didn't catch his eyes, so it was Zhu Dingbei who came to the rescue and told Jia Jiaming about the blood book.

Yu Chengwen, Danyang, Yangzhou, learned Chinese characters at the age of three, and entered the state at the age of five. He was diligent and eager to learn, and he never dared to neglect.

All the teachers and classmates knew that Yu Zhi's talent was not inferior to Su Yi's, but they wished that he was not as good as he used everything to the extreme, and missed the position of champion.As soon as I saw the file that day, I knew something was wrong. In the examination room, he was too afraid to tell the truth, and even caused people to destroy my answer sheet, making it filthy and unsightly.Yu's long-cherished wish to be named on the gold list is to share the country's worries, but it is a pity that he died halfway when he met such a treacherous person.

You already know the question of the dossier, and you and I know who wrote the answer dossier!

The sky is unfair, let these snakes and rats go to high school.

Su Yi threatened him with his parents' family business, Yu had no choice but to keep silent, and the resentment in his heart could only be relieved by chatting with spirits.

……

Many handwriting on the blood book had been blurred by tears, and what was written after that melted away and could no longer be seen.But what is revealed in these few words is already shocking!

Fraud in the imperial examinations has been the most untouchable stain in Dajing for many years. Once it is accused of cheating, it will not be enough to get rid of the reputation.In his later years, the late emperor ruled the country mainly with gentleness, but the sentence of Jingzhou’s son-in-law fraud case was not the least bit merciless. All the relatives of the students involved in the three clans were implicated, and they have not been pardoned yet. Several generations have been deprived of their qualifications. Unable to enter the school, let alone get the honor.

Many people studied hard for more than ten years, and they were implicated for no reason overnight, and countless people committed suicide due to overthinking.

Thousands of people were buried in the disaster of Tai'an literati, but compared with the predecessors, the Tai'an emperor has dealt with it lightly.

It is precisely because of the harsh treatment of fraud that it is possible to kill this unhealthy trend. Therefore, Dajing's imperial examinations are several times fairer than those of the previous dynasty.But it might as well be that some people are dazzled by the thought of winning the exam. Not everyone can resist the temptation, so it is still impossible to prevent such a situation from happening.

Jia Jiaming lost his appetite after hearing this, put down his chopsticks and sighed: "Cheng Xiucai... Hey, he thinks it was because he got angry for a while and didn't have the will to die. He just missed the job by drinking."

Zhu Dingbei snorted, he didn't have much sympathy for this kind of Cheng Wen, and calmly said: "He may not be happy to end alive than to die now. Don't forget, he is also one of the players who cheated." .”

Cheng Wen was just angry at Su Yi for stealing his article, not because of the other party's fraud.

It doesn't matter if such a person is dead, if he is really allowed to become the parent official of one party, I don't know what evil he can do.

Lou Ankang and the others didn't think so complicatedly, after all, the dead were the most important, so they still expressed great sympathy for Cheng Wen.

"Cheng Wen was born in a merchant's family with a lowly business background. It took three generations to allow one person to take the imperial examination. The Cheng family must have high hopes for him. Now that the ending is like this, the parents in the family are white-haired. I don't know what will happen. Well. Although there must be hateful things to be pitiful, it is embarrassing."

Lou Ankang said with emotion.

Qin Xi said strangely: "Since he believes that he has the ability to take the No. [-] Scholar exam, why bother to buy questions? I think he is just an embroidered pillow."

In his opinion, to be able to take the No. [-] Scholar Examination should be someone like Jia Jiaming who is smart, wise, hard-working and down-to-earth. When Cheng Wen met him for the first time, he wrestled with the second young master of the Kong family and nearly drowned in the water. Not a bright mind.

Ning Heng was not interested in this hot news, and he didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. Seeing that Zhu Dingbei seemed to be missing something, he put a piece of meat with chopsticks in his bowl, and urged him not to stare blankly at the meal.

Lou Anning bit her chopsticks, looked at Zhu Dingbei and said, "Changsheng, isn't that Su Yi the grandson of Li Laogui? Do you think it's—"

"The trial of the case is the business of the Jingzhao government office and the criminal department, so don't meddle in it." Lou Ankang stopped him from guessing.

"……Oh."

Lou Anning responded with her mouth, but her eyes turned around unruly, obviously the more she thought about her guess, the more correct she became.

Zhu Dingbei hated the Minister of the Household Department very much, and Lou Anning was a person who was easy to be guided emotionally, so not only did he call him Old Ghost Li in a learned way, but he also felt that the other party was not a good person.

Besides, Li Tao is very motivated to vent his questions.

Qin Xi quickly retorted: "Li Shangshu is not an idiot. If he wants to reveal the question, he can only let Su Yi and Kong Denghui know. How could he also ask Cheng a question?"

Lou Anning couldn't find a word to answer him, and choked for a moment.

Jia Jiaming was concerned: "It's been a morning, is there anything the Yamen can do with it?"

Jia's mansion assigned him a servant, but he never liked him by his side, and he only brought him with him when he went in and out in the morning and evening, so he was slower than them in knowing new news from outside.

Qin Xi hurriedly said: "Suspected of fraud, the Jingzhao Yamen soon reported it to the Ministry of Punishment. When His Majesty found out, Long Yan was furious on the spot in the Imperial Study Room. Before we had dinner, all the Yangzhou Juzi who were still in Beijing were detained, regardless of whether they were on the list or not." Yes. Now the Imperial Academy and the Ministry of Punishment are asking all the files of this year’s imperial examination to be checked and verified one by one, and the result will not be until tomorrow.”

Jia Jiaming lowered his eyes and pondered, and after a while he heard Lou Er's nonchalant voice saying: "Anyway, if Su Yi really commits a crime, Old Ghost Li will definitely suffer. Hehe, Changsheng, let's just wait and see what happens to him."

Zhu Dingbei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I accept your good words."

He gave Lou Anning a helpless look, and immediately laughed out loud at Ankang's speechless expression.

Indeed, he, Zhu Dingbei, was stingy, and he was happy to see Old Ghost Li having bad luck.

Well, this time, at least he can bring down the second son-in-law of the richest man in Yangzhou... Heh, then we can see if he still has the confidence to confront his Zhu family before.