Father can be an enemy to the country

Zhu Zhen had just returned to the detention room, and before finishing the first cup of tea, Mao Xiang came to report that all the five people on trial had failed.

There's nothing to laugh at them. Although some of Jin Yiwei's tortures were invented by him, he was very self-aware and he probably wouldn't be able to endure any of them.

"Bring them here one by one." Zhu Zhen took a sip of tea.

"Yes." Mao Xiang asked someone to change their pants and bring them in one by one for questioning.

The first person to be brought in was Wang Liangbi. There was an obvious blood mark on his forehead and his eyes were slightly protruding. After Jin Yiwei brought him in, as soon as he let go, he collapsed on the ground like mud.

"Remember how the test questions came about?" Zhu Zhen glanced at him.

"Yes." Wang Liangbi had completely collapsed and explained exactly as he said:

"That day at the Dragon Boat Festival, Brother Peng Nian asked a bunch of us to go to his house to drink realgar wine. After drinking the wine, he asked the book boy to guard outside, and then made us swear a poisonous oath that we would never betray him."

"We asked him what was going on, and he said it was a great good thing, but we had to swear an oath before we could say it." Wang Liangbi said with a troubled face: "We were also curious, so we swore an oath. Alas, I really regret it, why do we need to know this? thing?"

"Let's get to the point!" Mao Xiang shouted loudly behind him, scaring Wang Liangbi so much that he almost peed again.

"The point is, after we made the oath, he took out a few handwritten test questions and told us that they were given by the gods in the dream, and they were probably the test questions for today's exam." Even now, Wang Liangbi said incredulously:

"We didn't believe it at first, but he said that whether we believed it or not, he was convinced."

"Before the big exam, this person is very easy to listen to the wind and rain. Especially this time, we have to take the arithmetic test, which we have never taken before. Everyone would rather believe that it is true than believe that it is not true. So, they all nodded and said that we believe it too."

"Brother Peng Nian just showed us the test paper and went through the above questions with us. But with so many people working together, there are still five or six questions that I can't solve even if I think about it." Wang Liangbi said. He sighed and said:

"We took out these questions and asked scholars who were good at it. In order to prevent them from doubting afterwards, we each asked one question, and we asked it together with a dozen other questions."

"At least we got the correct answers two days before the exam. We got together to memorize the answers, and then Brother Peng Nian burned all the relevant texts." Wang Liangbi then sighed: "He also repeatedly told us, just Keep the answers in mind and never write them down on paper as evidence. Otherwise, it will be like this..."

"Then what happened to your note?" Zhu Zhen asked in a deep voice.

"Yes, most people have good memories, and there are many people who have photographic memory, but there are always exceptions." Wang Liangbi sighed: "I am the exception. I am good at things, but I am not good at a few things. I can forget them all in a day. Each of those difficult questions has a long list of answers, and I can’t understand them, so I can only memorize them over and over again, for fear that I’ll make a mistake in everything.”

"Later I discovered that many people in the same year secretly wrote down the test questions on paper to avoid forgetting them before the test. I followed suit, but I didn't expect that you could even find them hidden in the core of pillows." He looked confident. Bad luck.

"Idiot, no wonder you failed the test! Let me tell you - when we searched, the first thing we searched was the pillow." Mao Xiang laughed and said, "Because people always think that when sleeping, they put things on their heads. I feel at ease down there.”

"Okay..." Wang Liangbi said dejectedly.

This was also the most depressing thing for him before - in Gongyuan, as soon as the examination papers for the general examination were handed out, he quickly looked at the mathematics paper and saw that the questions on it were exactly the same as those given by Brother Peng Nian.

He was so excited at the time that he quickly picked up the pen and started working on it, but he still forgot the key steps of the two questions... In mathematics, if you don't know it, you just don't know it. So when he finally handed in the paper, he didn't answer those two questions.

As a result, he failed unexpectedly...

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The confessions of the other four candidates were also very different from those of Wang Liangbi. In the absence of collusion, it is enough to ensure authenticity.

Instead of becoming more relaxed, Zhu Zhen and Mao Xiang's expressions became more solemn.

Although no principal culprit has been arrested, the outline of the entire case can already be outlined from the confessions of these peripheral personnel - this is a case of imperial examination fraud involving collusion between top and bottom, internal and external collusion, and a very wide range!

"Your Majesty, if we look into this further, all the gold medals in this subject will be lost." Mao Xiang couldn't help but remind Lao Liu.

"This is not a problem for you to worry about." Zhu Zhen looked at the clock in the corner and saw that there was still an hour before the palace examination started. There is no doubt: "Before I order you to stop, I must get to the bottom of it. No matter who is involved, find them out!"

"Yes!" Mao Xiang nodded hurriedly and asked again: "Should we knock on the door first and report to the emperor urgently?"

"It's not necessary. It's only an hour anyway. Let's wait until the palace gate opens." Zhu Zhen shook his head.

"Hey." Mao Xiang responded and said secretly: "As soon as the palace door opens, the Chinese style lifter will take part in the palace examination. The prince has made it clear that he wants to make things big." ’

But Lao Liu had just taught him a lesson, and he was determined not to say anything.

"Then let's wait." Mao Xiang said calmly.

"We can't just wait." Zhu Zhen pointed to the confession on the table and said, "Isn't there the names of those mathematicians on it? Go, invite them over, don't scare them."

"Hey." Mao Xiang responded and hurried out to give instructions.

In the middle of the night, there was no one on the long street. Jin Yiwei galloped on his horse and soon found the door of the mathematicians according to the map.

Not caring about the nonsense, he kicked in the door directly, took several old gentlemen out of their beds, put on robes randomly, held them up and walked out.

"What are you going to do?!" The old gentlemen were so frightened that they almost peed.

"Don't be afraid, come with us to the Jinyiwei Yamen."

"Ah, where are you going?!" This frightened the old gentlemen to the point of peeing.

They didn't calm down until they saw Zhu Zhen. No matter what others think of this prince, he is a great benefactor of arithmetic.

It was he who made arithmetic a compulsory subject in Guozi University and included it in the imperial examinations. Only then did they, mathematicians, rise in status and earn generous incomes through teaching and tutoring. So they believed that this prince would not harm them.

"Don't be nervous, everyone. We are in a hurry and the sergeants will inevitably be rude. I apologize to you." Zhu Zhen smiled and hugged them.

"Your Majesty is so polite." Several mathematicians said in a flattering tone while wiping their sweat: "If you have anything to do, just give me your instructions. The common people will definitely be there for you."

"Okay." Zhu Zhen asked someone to give each of them a piece of paper and ordered them to write down the questions silently on the spot.