The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

When Xiao Rui returned to the palace, he told Jia Xu and Guo Jia what had happened in the early morning court. The two laughed loudly after hearing this. This game has begun to close the net. Zhou Mingwen is doomed. The cooperation of the three divisions and Jin Yiwei, Du Shaonian, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Yue Chong, the minister of Dali Temple, were not Xiao Lie's people, and Song Ci was even Xiao Rui's people.

Song Ci is a righteous person and would not do slanderous things, but this time he enforced the law impartially, and all the blame was directed at Zhou Mingwen and his son Zhou Xingchen. It looks pale and weak, and it also shows that the two have no repentance, and their crimes are heinous.

Candidates who failed the exam gathered in front of the yamen of the Ministry of Rites. When there was a lot of noise, Jin Yiwei was not idle. The deputy commander, Mu Chen, personally led the people and arrested the six candidates who participated in the fraud.

The elders of the six people were happily offering incense to worship their ancestors when they saw the ferocious Jin Yiwei breaking in. Their fathers were officials of the fifth and sixth ranks. Seeing that it was Jin Yiwei, they obediently shut their mouths when they were about to swear, and hurried forward to ask What happened, the leader of Jinyiwei said coldly: Lingzi participated in the cheating in the examination, and I will investigate thoroughly under the order of His Majesty!

With a snap, Uiro, a member of the etiquette department, slumped on the ground, fear crawling all over his face.

Master, master, what should we do? His wife panicked and asked, pulling her arm.

The member of the etiquette department, Wailang, slapped her directly and shouted: How do I know! This scoundrel, this bastard, did such a thing. This is to destroy our family, no! I want to do it now! Sever the relationship between father and son with him, and there will be no more involvement from now on! He will die as he likes, and he will die as he likes!

At this time, this great father made the act of beheading Ma Su with tears and killing his relatives righteously!

Jin Yiwei dragged out their child, who was still asleep, and was dragged out in his underwear and thrown on the ground.

Father, what are they doing? It's too presumptuous! I'm a Jinshi Jinshi, and I'm going to face the saint and report them! This son had a rebellious face, as if he had won the Jinshi, so he had the opportunity to face the saint.

His father clutched his chest, feeling a sharp pain in his heart, he has no way to teach his son, this time it is definitely over.

Soon, Jin Yiwei searched out the test book from the room.

Sure enough, there are too many idiots, and the test booklets are not destroyed after the exam. Don't doubt that there are such idiots in this world.

Abstract! The leader of Jinyiwei waved his hand and escorted the examinee away.

In the same way, the other Jinyiwei went to the homes of the other five examinees in six different ways. No matter what happened, they searched the homes and dragged them away. It turns out that only half of the people destroyed the evidence, it really is the courage of the talented people.

Or at both ends, each represents a branch.

After Zhou Mingwen and Xiao Yiheng left the palace in a hurry, they rushed back to the Zhou mansion and dragged Zhou Xingchen who was sleeping with his concubine in his arms out of the house.

Father, cousin, why are you here? Zhou Xingchen asked in a low voice, a little afraid of the two of them. As expected, he failed the rankings, and he thought that the two of them were here to ask the teacher for a crime.

Zhou Mingwen shouted: Did you steal my test book?

Test book? What test book? Zhou Xingchen asked, a little dumbfounded.

Xiao Yiheng saw that he didn't look like he was pretending, and he was very clear about his cousin's virtues, so he hurriedly narrated what happened in the morning court today.

After Zhou Xingchen heard this, he shook his head in fright, and said, Father, Your Highness, I don't have one. I don't even know where I put the test book. How could I steal it? My child is not an idiot. How could I do such a stupid thing? If you cheated, why didn't you pass the exam, and such an important exam question, you have to sell it for 10,000 taels, 1,000 taels is too cheap!

Are you telling the truth? Zhou Mingwen stared at him and asked again.

Zhou Xingchen pointed to the sky, and said: I swear, if I tell a lie, my parents will die tragically, my reputation will be ruined, and my family will be ruined!

Zhou Mingwen nodded. With such a ruthless oath, there is a god in the air, and he dare not lie.

but…

etc! Zhou Mingwen suddenly realized that this bastard son's oath was to curse himself!

Fuck your mother, you actually cursed your father and me! Zhou Mingwen was furious, and he slapped him in the face.

Zhou Xingchen covered his face with an aggrieved face, and muttered: If you don't do it, how can I have it!

Hey, what you said is so reasonable.

What did you say? Zhou Mingwen asked again without hearing clearly.

Zhou Xingchen quickly shook his head, and said, No, my boy swears, there is absolutely no question book for sale, this is definitely someone else framed my boy!

Xiao Yiheng also said: It seems that Xingchen didn't lie. This matter must be a trap set by King Jing and King Jin. They are jealous and don't want us to comfortably get the fame of this imperial examination. It is really unreasonable. We were also negligent. They didn't realize that the other party had a conspiracy at all. The two of them deliberately hid their sharp claws, and only now showed them, they are really vicious!

Your Highness, what should we do now? Zhou Mingwen asked.

At this moment, Jin Yiwei also broke in.

The steward who followed hurriedly said: My lord, my villain can't stop me, these adults from Jin Yiwei broke in directly.

Zhou Mingwen took a closer look, and it turned out to be Mu Chen, the deputy commander.

Mu Chen cupped his hands and said with a smile: His Royal Highness, Mr. Zhou, I deeply apologize for trespassing on your mansion with a humble position, but His Majesty has ordered that the three divisions intervene, and Jin Yiwei cooperates, so I offended you. I don't know if Mr. Zhou is in the mansion. Invite him to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a cup of tea?

Although Zhou Mingwen was angry in his heart, he also knew that Mu Chen was following orders and had no direct relationship with him, so he said with a smile: Commander Mu, please, the dog is here, and I also believe in the court's laws, so I will return my and The dog's innocence.

Mu Chen waved his hand, and the Jin Yiwei behind him stepped forward to surround Zhou Xingchen. He trembled with fright, and quickly looked at his father, but got a cold look.

So he could only leave Jin Yiwei obediently.

His Royal Highness King Chu, Mr. Zhou, I'm sorry to disturb you, I will resign from my humble position. Mu Chen chuckled, and then led others away.

Zhou Mingwen gritted his teeth angrily, then looked at Xiao Yiheng, and asked, Your Highness, what should we do now?

Xiao Yiheng said: I have asked Lu Shangshu to send someone to block your office, and you must be present before we can start the search. Let's go to the Ministry of Rites now to see if the question book hidden by uncle is still there. If it is not there, then explain It’s easier to be stolen! But if it’s there intact and there’s no trace of being stolen, then…”

That's troublesome! Zhou Mingwen took a deep breath and said, Only my majesty and I have read my test book. Naturally, your majesty will not leak it out, and it is impossible to leak it out. Then it will only be me... When the time comes , I can't argue with a hundred words!

Xiao Yiheng also felt that the matter was tricky, and quickly asked: Uncle, this matter is imminent. Are you sure that no one has read the question book you compiled before submitting it to His Majesty?

Zhou Mingwen recalled it carefully, nodded, and said, I'm sure no one has seen it, because I didn't complete the entire set of question books until the day His Majesty appointed me as the chief examiner of the imperial examination. Carry it with you, knowing that it is of great importance, and dare not be careless. And two days after I was appointed as the chief examiner, I presented it to His Majesty, and after His Majesty approved the report, I took it back to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites and hid it.

Xiao Yiheng rubbed his eyebrows and sighed.

Your Highness, let's go to the Ministry of Rites. Zhou Mingwen was also very impatient, as his future and even life and death were at stake, how could he not be impatient?

Immediately, the two went to the Ministry of Rites.

Dali Temple Qing Yuechong, Metropolitan Procuratorate Zuodu Censor Du Shaonian and Song Ci have also arrived, and Lu Yuanzheng is entertaining the three of them. After Xiao Yiheng and Zhou Mingwen arrived, they chatted briefly, and there was nothing extra After chatting, he came to Zhou Mingwen's office.

Lord Zhou, where are you hiding the test book that you presented to His Majesty for the examination questions? Du Shaonian asked.

Zhou Mingwen pointed to a bookcase on the side, and Du Juan waved his hand. The officer in charge of the investigation carefully checked the bookcase, and then gently moved it away. The floor under the bookcase was paved with blue bricks, and there was no abnormality.

Zhou Mingwen said: In order to ensure that the title book is safe, I hid it under the green brick!

Du Shaonian jokingly said: Master Zhou is really careful, and he thought of this hidden way of collecting! Come on, see if there is a question book under the blue brick!

The officer in charge of the investigation inspected the surrounding area, made records, and then took out the green brick, and found that there was indeed a roll of silk underneath. He took it out and opened it, and the question book was indeed in it!

Zhou Mingwen's legs gave way and he almost fell to the ground.

Du Shaonian flipped through the test book, and there were indeed test questions written by His Majesty Zhu Bi, and they were exactly the same as the test book that Xiao Lie took out.

Master Zhou, do you have anything to say now? Du Shaonian asked.

Zhou Mingwen's face was pale, and after muttering something, he bit his teeth and said: This must be the thief who stole the official title book and then secretly put it back. This is slander, this is frame-up, I implore Mr. Du to investigate thoroughly and return the book. The officer is innocent.

Du Shaonian, Song Ci, and Yue Chong looked at each other, and after the three of them made eye contact, Du Shaonian smiled and said, Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, the six candidates suspected of cheating have been arrested and brought to justice. , Thoroughly investigate all aspects of the imperial examination, starting from the body search of the people before the opening of the Gongyuan, and all the officials who collect, seal, transcribe, read, and review the examination papers must be checked one by one. Good man. But now, please invite Mr. Zhou to go back to the Metropolitan Procuratorate with me, let’s have a cup of tea, how about it?

drink tea? Hehe... Zhou Mingwen knew in his heart that this was not drinking tea, but going to the government for interrogation. He was the Minister of Rites after all, so it was just a nice excuse.

Zhou Mingwen looked at Xiao Yiheng, King of Chu, and he nodded with a sigh. For the current plan, it is impossible not to go.