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With the help of Wei Bo, Zhao Baiyu escaped the guards patrolling at night and knocked on the gate of Chen Mansion.

The little doorman who opened the door had red eyes and was at a loss: "Zhao Baiyu?"

"Where is Chen Fangrong?" Zhao Baiyu squeezed through the door and walked straight to the courtyard where Chen Fangrong lived. Wei Bo followed closely behind him, and the little doorman hurriedly closed the door and shouted to stop after him.

"Da Lang said he won't let you enter the mansion."

"When my mentor comes out of the prison, I will personally give him a sign saying 'Zhao Baiyu and dogs are not allowed to enter'." Zhao Baiyu hurried forward and shouted loudly: "Chen Fangrong!"

Turning around the Jiuqu Corridor, Chen Fangrong walked towards him, waved the little doorman away with a haggard look, looked at Zhao Baiyu, and said in a strange tone, "You came to Chen's residence overnight because of my father's business?"

"Nonsense!" Zhao Baiyu asked coldly, "How much do you know?"

Chen Fangrong's face was pale: "I haven't held a position yet, I don't have contacts, I don't have any news channels, and I'm under Guadatian Lixia, maybe even my fame will be deprived."

Zhao Baiyu: "Is the missing question related to the teacher?"

Chen Fangrong's eyes were sharp, and he raised his voice: "You doubt my father?!"

Zhao Baiyu stood up straight with his hands in his hands. He was always calm when he was in trouble, and the more difficult it was, the calmer he became.

"You will also say that Guadai Li is down. The teacher is now the same examiner and one of the testers. With the teacher's qualifications, it is very likely that most of the test questions are written by him. Except for him, only the examiner can know the test questions. The teacher is now selfless. There are disadvantages, even if he didn't miss the questions, the suspicion is the biggest! The teacher didn't miss the questions, and he didn't accept bribes. It's hard to guarantee that no one in the family will take money to sell his conscience. "

Chen Fangrong is not an idiot, he heard what Zhao Baiyu meant, and also realized that he was indeed trying to rescue his father.

"Do you suspect that someone stole my father's exam questions and then sold them?"

"Unless the chief examiner leaked the question, this is the only possibility."

The worst thing is that the scientific examination system at this time is not as perfect as later generations. Officials can still return home after being appointed as examiners. During the period from home to the formal scientific examination, there are countless ways to leak the questions.

Zhao Baiyu sighed silently, it's a pity that he couldn't know in advance that his teacher would be appointed as the same examiner, and he blamed him for being busy for nearly two months and didn't come to visit his teacher, otherwise he would be able to understand the situation and be prepared before the fraud broke out. As for being blind in both eyes now.

"First gather the people in the mansion and interrogate them one by one. There is someone I know in the prison of Dali Temple. I can ask him to help take care of my mentor and find out some news. You don't need to be too anxious now, don't get involved in this matter Let’s avoid suspicion and be righteous first. I saw your ranking, fortunately it’s not the top one, but it’s eye-catching enough, be careful not to be used as a fuss.”

Once or twice in the imperial examination, Chen Fangrong was in the front row of the second class, which is enough to prove his strength, but right now there is really no thread, the suspicion is too great, and he can make articles without articles, and it will become a tool to defeat his mentor at that time, which is not good up.

Since his father was involved in a fraud case, he has been asking for help everywhere. His former classmates, his father's students, and his good friends with his father either refused or did not dare to intervene, and even closed the door to thank the guests. The arrogance in Chen Fangrong's heart has long been worn out. After a while, dark emotions gradually grew in his heart.

In ordinary times, good words of benevolence, benevolence and righteousness, respect for teachers and respect for teachers and righteousness are always on the lips, but when it comes to critical moments, no one dares to stand up!

On the contrary, he is the person he despises the most. In his heart, he thinks that Zhao Baiyu, who is double-faced and cunning, has heard the news and has come here overnight, regardless of the patrol of the forbidden army. He does not do unnecessary comfort, but acts methodically to find out the truth.

Chen Fangrong's gloomy mood was dispelled a little, and he whispered, "Thank you."

"Don't say that."

He remembered that the original book cheated on the imperial examination to help the prince suppress the Qin royal party—wait, it has something to do with the prince?

Zhao Baiyu remembered the woman he bumped into at the back door of the Chen Mansion two months ago, and immediately asked, "Does your father know the woman who works in the Eastern Palace?"

Chen Fangrong: "My father has never had any contact with Donggong, and there is no friendship."

Zhao Baiyu turned his head and asked the doorman: "Let me ask you, is there anyone here to get the dental plaque I gave you two months ago?"

The doorman scratched his head and thought for a moment, "No."

Zhao Baiyu: "Go get it."

The doorman responded and rushed back to the room to get the tooth card.

Chen Fangrong asked what was going on, Zhao Baiyu only said: "I have some clues. When you interrogate the servants, you can directly ask who collected the money two months ago and who was put in, and then ask the housekeeper to search to see who There was money hidden in the room."

Chen Fangrong did as he did and hurried to the front hall.

After a while, the doorman ran back and handed him the tooth card. Zhao Baiyu walked towards the front hall with his sleeves in his sleeves, and met Chen Fangrong who looked extremely ugly.

Chen Fangrong's eyes were cold: "Someone used two ingots of gold to buy a servant and sneak into the mansion. It was just three days before the imperial examination, when my father just decided the exam questions!"

"Ask who is it?"

"Just say it's a woman, and I don't know anything else. You just said that the tooth card... is from the East Palace? It has something to do with the crown prince?"

Zhao Baiyu didn't say anything, but Chen Fangrong understood that he didn't want to reveal too much, and if he said too much, he would lose something, and it was easy to cause complications.

"Who is in charge of this case?" Zhao Baiyu asked suddenly. He was thinking about asking his Shangfeng Jingdu Quanzhifu for help.

Although the government office of Kyoto Prefecture, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs perform their duties, they communicate with each other from time to time, handing over some case files. Perhaps the prefect of Quan can contact Dali Temple.

"It's the King of Lin'an County." As soon as Chen Fangrong finished speaking, he remembered that Zhao Baiyu was given a marriage by the sage, and he was already the 'fiancée' of the King of Lin'an County.

The King of Lin'an has a very bad reputation, and everyone knows that Zhao Baiyu died for Zhao Yuzheng.I didn't think there was a problem before, but now I realize how difficult Zhao Baiyu has been in these years.

Chen Fangrong had mixed feelings in his heart, and was speechless for a while.

Zhao Baiyu was thoughtful: "This identity can be used."

Hearing the words, Chen Fangrong bowed his hands and bowed deeply: "Ji Yu will repay your great kindness in the future!"

Zhao Baiyu helped him up: "In order to learn, don't pay more attention to respecting the teacher. I will do my best to be an official and a student."

Chen Fangrong's eyes were moist and he couldn't get up for a long time.

A good student is not more important than respecting a teacher, a good official is a student, and there is no second Zhao Baiyu in the capital!

***

As soon as Zhao Baiyu came out of Chen's residence, he immediately went to the yamen servant in Dali Temple. The other party accepted his favor and promised to take care of Chen Shidao in prison without saying anything.

"Wang Shangshu and a group of cheaters have pleaded guilty. Mr. Chen is stubborn and insists on his innocence, but Wang Shangshu has identified him. I think it will be a matter of time before the coffin is finalized. The little county king came to the big prison once and ordered his subordinates to take care of him. Mr. Chen, but he hasn’t been here since then, and he looks like he’s going to be the shopkeeper, leaving everything alone. By the way, I happened to be there the day the little county king came, and I heard from him that two groups of people were involved in the fraud.”

"Let's talk about it in detail."

The yamen servant said everything he heard that day.

"What do you call the person selling the questions?"

"What do you mean old nine old eight?"

"Lao Ba Liu?"

"Yes, that's the name!"

Liu Congde, Liu Lao Ba, has a foster mother who is a wet nurse for the prince of the Eastern Palace, and the woman who lost the dental plaque of the Eastern Palace, bought the servants of the Chen family and stole the exam questions prepared by the teacher——

Zhao Baiyu basically figured out the ins and outs of the missed questions in the imperial examination, which was more difficult than imagined. Liu Laoba had died suddenly, and only the crown prince's wet nurse was left as a witness, but she was in the East Palace.

In the original book, because of Zhao Yuzheng's halo as the protagonist, the princelings escaped. Perhaps it was because they knew in advance that the wet nurse had stolen the exam questions.Assuming that Donggong already knew, what method would they use to get rid of the crime?

Dali Temple finds Liu Laoba, and Shunman can find out his relationship with Donggong, plus half of the cheating students are inextricably linked with the princelings, no matter what, they can't get rid of the relationship.

How can the princelings get out?

"Misfortune is brought to the east, direct and act on your own." Zhao Baiyu muttered to himself, "King Qin, a professional backer."

No matter who suffers, it is difficult for the mentor to get rid of the crime. He will become a nail that seriously injures the king of Qin or the prince. However, it is impossible for Emperor Yuanshou to kill his own son. He will only find a scapegoat.

The mentor is this scapegoat, and he will surely die in the end.

Even if the truth is found out, no one will help the teacher get rid of the crime, because the case involves the king of Qin and the prince, and even the civil and military officials behind them who are related to their interests and party struggles.

If you want to save your benefactor, you have to offend the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.