Nine thousand years old [rebirth]

After the two left the palace, Xie Yunchuan led Xue Shu to his own house.

Xie Yunchuan only edited from the sixth grade, and the Hanlin Academy is a place of nobility, and his salary is not high, so the house he lives in is leased.It's quite far from the imperial city, and the courtyard is not big when you enter it, but it's quieter than it is.

Led Xue Shu into the study room, Xie Yunchuan asked the little guy to guard the door, and opened all the doors and windows of the study room to ensure that no one was listening, and then asked Xue Shu to sit down, while he himself went under the desk and groped to dig out two green bricks , Dig out the thing wrapped in oiled paper underneath.

"I have hidden these things for six years, and this is the first time I let them see the light of day." Xie Yunchuan carefully lifted off the oiled paper covered with mud, revealing the dark brown wooden box inside.

The flat wooden box is old and mottled, and there are bump marks on the four corners. Just by looking at it, it is old.

Xie Yunchuan took out the key that was kept next to him and unlocked it, and there was a layer of oiled paper in the wooden box.After unwrapping the greased paper, a stack of yellowed paper pages inside was revealed.

Xue Shu's eyes fell on the stack of papers: "Is this the file of the imperial examination fraud case?"

Of course, he knew something about the case of the Xie family.

About seven years ago, that is, around 12 years of Longfeng, the Xie Wendao imperial examination fraud case made a lot of noise.

In that year's examination, a total of 120 Jinshi were awarded, which was the most among all previous imperial examinations.But it was also this year that the candidates refused to accept the rankings in the meeting, dozens of candidates protested outside the Gongyuan, and even tore up the imperial list under the anger of the crowd.

In the Jinshi list of this session of Gein's examination, there are four people who are notoriously ignorant.Some students from the same hometown as these four people once heard them talk nonsense, saying that in the previous college examinations and rural examinations, they only got the exam questions before they were able to pass.

And just before this test, the four of them also faintly mentioned that the test is stable, and they are very confident between the lines.But all the students who got along with them knew that these four people didn't even know the Four Books and Five Classics.

But after the rankings were released, the leader of the four won the No. 1 club, and the remaining three were also among the best.

After the rankings were released, the four became more and more arrogant. They held a banquet and posted posts to invite students, but they didn't want to anger the students who failed the rankings. That's why the students gathered in the Tribute Academy to protest against the unfairness of the exams and even tore up the imperial rankings.

The incident was too disturbing, and it was quickly reported to the ears of Emperor Longfeng.

Since the founding of the country, Dayan has always attached great importance to the imperial examination to obtain official positions, and cheating in the imperial examination is a felony.So the chief assistant, Yu Huaian, immediately asked Emperor Longfeng for a reexamination, and thoroughly investigated the matter.

The re-examination questions were drawn up by Yu Huai'an himself, but the papers handed in by the four students who had achieved excellent results in the re-examination this time were nonsense!

So on the day when the results of the re-examination came out, the four of them were imprisoned, and they were thoroughly investigated with the examiners and invigilators who had taken the four people's previous college and township examinations.

After repeated interrogation by Dali Temple officials, the four students finally confessed the truth—they bought the questions before the exam.

——The topic of this year's general examination is jointly drafted by the chief examiner and the assistant examiner.

The chief examiner at that time was Shao Tian, ​​who was then Minister of Rites, and the deputy examiner was Xie Wendao, Xie Yunchuan's father and a bachelor in charge of the academy.

Even if the two were detained, the officials of Dali Temple later arrested the seller who was in the middle of the transaction based on the dictation of the four students, and finally checked and found that the seller was Xie Wendao's long-term follower.

In this way, the person who leaked the exam questions naturally locked on Xie Wendao.

Soon Xie Wendao pleaded guilty and was sentenced to death by beheading.And Shao Tian, ​​who was implicated innocently, was later released, and went straight up his career, transferred to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and joined the cabinet as the second assistant.

But in fact, there are still many doubts in this case.

For example, there are seven questions in the general examination, five of which are drawn up by the chief examiner, and only two are drawn up by the assistant examiner.The questions prepared by the assistant examiner must be reviewed by the chief examiner, but the assistant examiner has no right to check the questions prepared by the chief examiner in order to prevent leakage of the questions.However, none of the questions that the four students got was missed.

It's just that Xie Wendao's long follower identified him at that time, and Xie Wendao quickly pleaded guilty and put him in custody, so the case was hastily closed.

"Father is upright. My mother and elder brother didn't believe that my father would leak the test questions, so they complained about my father everywhere, and wanted to find a way to meet my father. But before I saw him, the news came that my father had confessed and would be executed. My elder brother sensed that something was wrong, so he asked his old friend to get the file and found many doubts. He planned to stop the sedan chair to ask Yu Shoufu for help, but on the eve of asking to see Shoufu, the Xie family was destroyed. There were 12 people in the whole house, none of them I was spared. Thanks to my elder brother’s prudence, he hid the evidence in a place that only he and I knew when the accident happened, so that the only remaining evidence was not destroyed.”

Speaking of the past, Xie Yunchuan's warm brows and eyes sank, covered with a thick haze.

He caressed the thin, yellowed paper, picked it up, and handed it to Xue Shu: "Later, when I returned to Beijing, I heard that the Dali Temple was flooded and burned many files. I secretly took the files that my elder brother hid , and inquired about the whereabouts of the long follower and four students, only to learn that the long follower had already committed suicide in prison, and among the four students, three had died of accidents, and only one was missing. After so many years I have been searching in secret, and only found some clues in recent days."

"None of the students who cheated survived, presumably because their confessions were faulty."

Xue Shu took the file and put it in his sleeve, and said: "Leave the rest to our family. Nothing is safer than Dongchang. If our family doesn't let him die, he won't die."

Xie Yunchuan watched his attitude, and his uneasy heart immediately settled down, but he still hesitated to remind: "This case was heard by Datian, and I heard that my father's decisive decision was personally approved by His Majesty."

If it is an ordinary unjust case, the case will be reversed if the case is reversed.However, if the case approved by the emperor's imperial pen is overturned, it will damage the emperor's face.This is also the reason why he has been holding back.

Xue Shu glanced at him, then laughed and said, "Lord Xie, put your heart in your stomach."

The emperor's face is worthless in the eyes of the prince.

Xie Yunchuan didn't say any more when he heard the words, and sent him away silently.Only when he was going out did he give a deep bow to the end: "I don't want to thank you for your kindness. Lord Xue helped me today, and Xie will remember it in my heart."

"Thank you, sir, for being polite." Xue Shu glanced back at him, politely helped him up, and this time he smiled sincerely.

Dongchang Fanzi was always neat in his work, according to the clues provided by Xie Yunchuan, he quickly found the student who was hiding.

After the other party found out that three of his friends had "accidentally" died one after another, he felt uneasy, so he changed his appearance and hid in a farm under the arrangement of his family.Over the years, he was afraid that his existence would be exposed and someone would come to him to silence him.Living with trepidation, she has long since lost her original arrogance.

Under the torment of fear, the people who have just passed by are already full of vicissitudes.Looking at the fan who came to the door, he was taken away without the slightest resistance.

Then things become easier.

While Shao Tian was "avoiding suspicion" at home, several upright censors joined him in a book, uncovering the fraud case of the year.

When the dusty old case is brought up, it is natural to consult the file.It's just that when the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate went to retrieve the old files, they found that the files from that year had long been destroyed in the fire.

When Shao Tian heard the news, he showed a smile that he had expected.Cutting the weeds requires eradicating the roots, and he doesn't like to leave future troubles when he does things.Look, doesn't this come in handy?

The Shaoqing of Dali Temple who was in charge of the case back then is now the minister of Dali Temple. He smiled helplessly at Xue Shu and the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who came to retrieve the files: "Master Xue, this is really too unfortunate. Look this……?"

Seeing the other party's unconcealed relaxed smile, Xue Shu narrowed his eyes slowly, pulled out the stack of yellowed files from his sleeve, and showed him the seal at the end: "Isn't this just a coincidence? Obtaining such a dossier is the result of Xie Wendao's fraud case. Sir Si Qing, let's take a look at the authenticity of this dossier."

Dali Siqing looked at the old dossier, and his expression changed instantly.

The files and witnesses are all available, and many doubts in the old case were quickly brought up and handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for retrial.

He had just been accused of hiding a private soldier, and was later implicated in the imperial examination fraud case. Shao Tian's recuperation period of "avoiding suspicion" was extended a lot later, but this time his mood was no longer so relaxed.

When the turmoil of the previous dynasty reached Emperor Longfeng's ears, the retrial of Xie Wendao's old case had already begun.

It took a lot of effort for Emperor Longfeng to recall this old case, and his complexion immediately turned ugly.

If I remember correctly, this is a case personally approved by his imperial pen.

The prince wanted to overturn the case, wouldn't that be a blatant slap in the face?

Emperor Longfeng was very angry, but before he lost his temper, his mind began to faint. Under Yin Ciguang's service, he took another bowl of soup and medicine, and then he regained his strength.

Leaning weakly on the bedpost, Emperor Longfeng dared not get angry anymore.Just remembering that the crown prince is increasingly disregarding him as the emperor, he couldn't help gnashing his teeth.

He'd have to try to beat the beating prince.

Emperor Longfeng's wandering eyes finally fell on his eldest son. After a long time, he seemed to have made some decision, which made people write.

After retreating from the people serving in the inner hall, he opened the side of the pillow and took out a blank scroll of stamped imperial edict from inside.

Picking up the pen and dipping it in the ink, Emperor Longfeng pondered for a long time before solemnly putting down the pen.

After writing the imperial edict, I heard a voice from outside: "Your Majesty, Empress Concubine De is asking to see you."

Emperor Longfeng didn't want to see him at first, but after thinking about it, the prince is too arrogant now. If King An wants to wait on his illness and ignore the previous court, he can first use the third son to suppress the prince's spirit.

Put away the imperial edict and put it under the pillow, Emperor Longfeng sat on the bed and said, "Come in."

With a wink, she ordered to follow the four eunuchs to stay outside the hall, while Concubine De walked slowly into the inner hall.

When Emperor Longfeng saw her, he froze for a moment, then frowned: "Concubine De's outfit today..."

Concubine De's appearance is not outstanding, and most of her clothes are light and elegant on weekdays, and she can be praised for being dignified and generous.But today she came dressed in makeup and makeup, but her appearance was really bland, and she couldn't hold back the overly gorgeous makeup and complicated clothes, so she showed a strong sense of disobedience, with a sense of imitation.

"...It doesn't suit you well." Emperor Longfeng felt that Concubine De was too out of shape today.

Concubine De's complexion darkened for a moment, and then she quickly smiled again, no longer being humble and humble as usual: "Today is a day of great joy, so my concubine came here dressed up."