Mrs. Rebirth

The student with a broken head was carried in by two imperial guards. His forehead was wrapped in thick gauze, and there was a bit of bright red blood, and his skin was as white as a piece of paper due to excessive blood loss.

He struggled to get up, fell on the ground, lowered his head and cried, "Long live the emperor, the students deserve death!"

Zhan Yuanfeng's good mood was taken away by this student who appeared out of nowhere, so naturally he would not be too polite to him, "What is your crime?" If you deserve death, you should find a quiet place to die. Isn't it just for this moment to think about it under the eyelids?

"My Majesty, the students can't do it knowingly that there are people who disregard the imperial court and corrupt the atmosphere of the imperial examinations but don't stand up. The students would rather die than tell the world about this, and give justice to all the students."

Zhan Yuanfeng smiled angrily, but asked in a more gentle tone: "Who are you referring to? If there is any evidence, I will give you an explanation."

Li Tong wept with joy and angrily confessed one of his classmates, claiming that his classmate's qualifications were mediocre, no matter whether it was poetry, poetry or Jingyi, he couldn't do it well, but this time he won the Jinshi in the examination.

Not only that, half a month before the exam, this classmate was very anxious, and he was so absorbed in studying hard all day that he was almost on the verge of hanging his ass, but five days before the exam, he suddenly became leisurely and didn't even read books. I read it, and confidently said that I will definitely be in the list.

The Minister of Rites was the first to retort: ​​"Maybe your classmate broke the pot and gave up halfway? As for his saying that he will definitely be on the list, he is just trying to save face."

"Impossible, student, this classmate will try to weigh more than life, how could he give up halfway?"

"Then tell me, where did he get the exam questions? Could it be that the old man sold them to him?" Minister of Rites raised his bookish beard.

The subject of the general examination was determined by the emperor, and it was handed over to the Ministry of Rites five days before the test. Only the Minister of Rites and the chief examiner had access to the test questions before the test.

Zhan Yuanfeng was impatient to listen to this kind of guesswork, so he ordered someone to find out the test papers of Li Tong and his classmates.

The cheating in the imperial examination may not necessarily be the leaking of the questions before the exam, but it may also be the deliberate act of accepting bribes by the examiners after the exam.

After all, after the exam is over, only the top [-] papers will be presented to the imperial case, so it is not difficult to get one or two people to the bottom of the list.

Although the test papers are sealed by someone after they are collected, and the names cannot be seen, but there are always opportunities to cheat if you want to cheat.

There was an instant silence in the hall. Seeing Zhan Yuan Feng staring at the two test papers for a while, with cloudy brows, the Minister of Rites stood up and said, "Your Majesty, just one test paper is not enough to explain the problem. There are also."

Zhan Yuanfeng had someone hand over the two test papers to him, and then ordered in a deep voice: "At this time, I will hand it over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for the presiding judge, with Yushi Zhongcheng and Dali Temple Minister assisting me. I only give you three days!"

After Zhan Yuanfeng finished speaking, he got up and got off the dragon chair without waiting for everyone's reaction, and retreated abruptly.

"This..." Minister of the Ministry of Rites did not expect that the matter would become more and more serious, to the point where the three divisions would be interrogated.

He hurriedly took the test paper handed by the waiter and read it carefully, at first he didn't see any problems, the answer paper of the Gong student who won the Jinshi was obviously much better than Li Tong.

Just as he was about to sarcastically say a few words to the ignorant student, his eyes froze suddenly, and before he could read the paper carefully, someone took it away from him.

The Secretary of the Criminal Ministry folded the test paper and said with a smile: "Master Chen, these two test papers are important evidence in this case, so I will take them away first."

"Hmph!" The Minister of Rites gave him a sideways glance, and walked out of the hall with his hands behind his back.

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice curled his lips, and then asked someone to carry away the student who was still lying on the ground, and was about to send someone to guard him.

After the news of the joint trial of the three divisions came out of the imperial city, the students who knelt outside the imperial city were the first to move. They shouted long live and praised Yuan Feng for the battle, and then went back with such a glimmer of hope to wait for the news.

In a courtyard near the imperial city, a young man with a face as white as jade was painting while listening to his subordinates' reports. He touched the lips of the beauty in the picture scroll before putting down his pen, but the waiter handed him a wet towel to wipe his hands.

"Joint trial by the three divisions? It seems that the emperor attaches great importance to this imperial examination..." The young man said to himself with a smile on his lips, and then ordered: "Continue to follow the plan, the more muddy the water in this pool will be. The better."

"Yes."

Before the trial of the case started, another person rang the drum outside the yamen of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and this time the person who came to sue turned out to be Zuo Shaoqing, the leader of this session.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Justice is researching the test papers of this year's exam one by one. After hearing the news, his expression suddenly became serious. If even the capital of the exam was obtained by cheating, the fraud case may be involved in a wide range of cases.

He didn't dare to be careless, and immediately let people be promoted to the hall first, and the student who was standing under the hall was also a student who failed the exam. He not only handed in the pleadings, but even brought evidence, which was a stack of neatly written manuscripts.

After reading each chapter of the Minister of Criminal Justice, he dug out the test papers he had just read, compared them carefully, and immediately sent someone to the Zuo Mansion to pick him up, "Go invite Zuo Huiyuan!"

The same topic, similar content, and the same handwriting, these evidences can almost conclude that Zuo Shaoqing is suspected.

The emperor only limited the date for three days, and the minister of the Ministry of punishment felt that he had found the key clue, so he asked people to call Yushi Zhongcheng and Dali Siqing together, and prepared to go to the hall immediately.

In the Zuo Mansion, Zuo Yunwen sat there moaning and sighing for a long time after hearing the news that the list was revoked. Seeing the cooked duck flying away like this, he felt as if a knife had been stabbed in his heart.

But after half a day, he slowly thought about it. Anyway, his son can only learn if he has talent, so he won't be afraid to take the exam again.

Then, just after he finished comforting himself, he saw a few government servants barging in with serious faces. The housekeeper couldn't stop him. Zuo Yunwen's mind went blank. ? Your Excellency, please!"

Mr. Rong? "Which Lord Rong?" Zuo Yunwen asked in a daze.

The leading yamen servant looked impatient, but he didn't dare to offend the family members of this session too much, "Naturally, it's Mr. Rong from Xingbu!"

Zuo Yunwen's legs were weak, and he kept the table beside him from slipping to the ground. He stammered and asked, "Rong...Master Rong, please let me go...what are you going to do?"

"Zuo Huiyuan is suspected of cheating in the scientific examination, Mr. Rong asked him to question him!" The yamen servant glared, "Where is he? Hurry up and invite him!"

Ever since the boy ran to Zuo Shaoqing's room to find someone, Zuo Shaoqing got the news one step ahead of him, and instead of being nervous, he joked with Yin Yi, "Yin Yi, why are you giving me all the trouble?" bad news?"

Yin replied blankly: "There is no way for the third master to attract the wind."

Hearing the shouts outside the door, Zuo Shaoqing got up and changed into a change of clothes, straightened his cuffs and strode out.

Yin Yi looked at his back with some worry, and kicked Luo Xiaoliu who was stunned by the side, and when the other party chased him away, he also disappeared into the room in a flash.

In the front hall, Zuo Yunwen slumped on a chair, covering his face with his hands, not understanding how things could get to this point. He was enjoying the news about his son's high school the day before, but now he felt like he was falling from the clouds, and his mood was ups and downs. .

Zuo Shaoqing approached against the sun, and was not timid when he saw a few vicious yamen servants. Instead, he puffed out his chest openly: "What do you guys want me to do?"

The few yamen servants who came to fetch people obviously didn't expect that this year's Huiyuan was not only so young, but also so handsome, with a small face as big as a palm smiling slightly, and his exquisite facial features made people feel good.

Moreover, the other party's demeanor is calm, his eyes are clear, and he doesn't look like a criminal at all.

So the yamen servants unconsciously softened their expressions, and repeated what they said just now, "I'm so offended, please ask Zuo Huiyuan to go with the younger ones."

Zuo Shaoqing waved his hand, "Brothers are also ordered to do things, since someone sued Zuo, Zuo will go and ask for clarification."

Following a few tall yamen servants to the Xingbu lobby, all the people who learned the news along the way pointed and pointed, and some even sneered: "Let me just say, how can a kid with no hair grow so powerful, it turns out that Cheating!"

There were also people who thought that Zuo Shaoqing didn't look like a swindler, and defended him: "That's not necessarily true, Zuo Huiyuan was born in Jieyuan, so he must have real talents, otherwise he could have cheated all the way to the top?"

Everyone insisted on their own opinions, and before there was a commotion in the yamen, the people on the street started to pinch each other with each other.

"Let's go and see what Master Rong has to say, right and wrong have their own conclusions!"

When Zuo Shaoqing arrived, he found that there were already three presiding judges sitting above the lobby, and the one in the middle was Rong Minggeng, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment. personal.

One of them turned out to be He Zhicheng who had met him once but had a close relationship with him. Zuo Shaoqing knew that he was No.3 in this test, No.2 was Jiang Hengzhou, fourth was Cao Zongguan, and Qu Changqing Also in the list, but ranked lower in the middle.

Zuo Shaoqing and He Zhicheng exchanged friendly glances, and then looked at the other three people. A young man with a wound on his head seemed to be the instigator of this case, and a young man with his head bowed timidly did not know whether it was the defendant's or not. classmate.

The last one... Zuo Shaoqing squinted his eyes, he had already asked clearly along the way, and knew that someone handed over a pleading paper and sued him, and this person had evidence in his hand, but the Yamen servant didn't say what kind of evidence it was.

He looked carefully several times, searched through the memories of two lifetimes, but did not recognize this person, so he had to wait and see what happened.

"Crack!" Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice gave a pat on the ground, "Okay, I invite you here today, and you all know why, since you are the pillars of the country, the governor is sensible, and I don't beat around the bush..."

He turned his gaze to the young man with his head down, "Zhang Hao, what excuse do you have for Li Tong's complaint?"

That Zhang Hao is usually timid, but now facing the three important officials of the court, his legs are shaking violently, and he can't speak very fluently. He just keeps repeating, "Students are wronged..."

"Then tell me, how did you come up with this article with your usual talent and learning?" Shangshu Xingbu threw his test paper in front of him.

It stands to reason that it is difficult to see the problem from an article, and the reason why Zhan Yuanfeng was able to confirm that this test was tricky is because this article is very similar to the No.3 article.

There are tens of thousands of candidates, and it is not surprising that the arguments are similar, but if there is a whole paragraph that is verbatim, then there is definitely a problem.

Zuo Shaoqing was a little puzzled. Could it be that the test really leaked this time?You are absolutely no good to him.

"I... student..."

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice did not wait for him to speak, and asked fiercely: "Then tell me, why is your article similar to He Zhicheng's?"

He Zhicheng raised his head in surprise, and looked at Zhang Hao on the left. Before he was brought by the yamen servant, he didn't understand how he got involved in this fraud case. He didn't expect it to be like this.

He opened his mouth to say something, and his expression was extremely innocent.

That Zhang Hao didn't know where the courage came from, and replied with a straight neck: "The student doesn't know... Maybe he copied the student."

Zuo Shaoqing suppressed a smile, and felt that it was really injustice for such a student to be in the list, no wonder his classmate would rather die to stand up.

"The exam numbers of the two of you are thousands of miles apart. Could it be that he has clairvoyance?" What's more, if plagiarism can be copied out of No. 3, wouldn't Zhang Hao deserve the first place?

"Students don't know..."

"I think you are all scholars, and I don't want to embarrass you. If you don't tell the truth again, you will be punished!"