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This sound startled everyone present, and Wang Jing was so frightened that he fell to the ground and begged for mercy.

"This is ridiculous!" Emperor Zhou was speechless. "How could the Supervisory Office accept such a report? And the fragrance of flowers can confuse people? There is such a strong fragrance in this building now, why do I see your eyes are as round as copper bells, why don't I see you are going to faint?"

Oh my god, Wang Jing thought, he is so scared now, how can he be charmed?

"You are so stupid! If I hadn't been here today, you would have almost arrested the new number one scholar I selected! You are such a corrupt official!" Emperor Zhou said angrily, "Come here, arrest him and punish him!"

Wang Jing was stunned when he heard this and looked up in horror!

At this time, Zhou Ziyue on the second floor almost stood up.

He originally wanted to use this game to punish the disobedient Bai Yanli. Everything was going according to his plan. Why did Emperor Zhou suddenly jump out?

If Wang Jing was arrested.

Not only would Bai Yanli be safe, but Xu Zhiqing would also escape. He had an important mission today.

The purpose was to frame Xu Zhiqing and allow the prince's man, the runner-up Liu Chang, to take the position.

In this case, what can we do?

When Zhou Ziyue thought of this, he immediately gave Wang Jing a look. Wang Jing was frightened just now and just remembered it now. So when the soldiers dragged him, he raised his head and shouted: "Your Majesty, I have evidence!"

Emperor Zhou was too lazy to listen to him anymore, so he waved his hand and had someone drag him away.

Wang Jing had no choice but to shout: "Your Majesty, besides the ointment, I have solid evidence that Xu Zhiqing cheated!"

Only then did Emperor Zhou look at him.

He personally selected the top scholar, and every year the top scholar would be entrusted with important tasks. If someone really cheated, he would certainly not let him off easily.

Emperor Zhou motioned the guards to wait a moment and asked coldly, "What evidence do you have?"

Wang Jing felt relieved and hurriedly took out a piece of white paper from his clothes.

Emperor Zhou frowned and asked, "What is this?"

Wang Jing hurriedly got up from the ground, picked up a glass of water from the table next to him and poured it on the white paper. Immediately, many small black words appeared on it.

Emperor Zhou seemed a little surprised that this was possible.

He took the paper with the words written on it and looked at it carefully. Although the words were very small, he could see that it was an article written by Li Sheng, "Political Commentary". This article was regarded as a treasure book for imperial examinations and was widely circulated. Naturally, this was something that could not be brought into the examination room.

"Your Majesty, this thing was found under the seat where Xu Zhiqing took the exam. I think this has confirmed that he cheated!" Wang Jing said.

Emperor Zhou frowned deeply.

Xu Zhiqing couldn't bear to listen any longer. He suddenly laughed and stared at Wang Jing and said, "Sir, if I cheated and brought this thing in, how could I not bring it out when I left and leave it there for you to pick up?"

"Humph! Xu Zhiqing, you are always so confident. It's possible that you forgot about it after the exam."

Xu Zhiqing sneered, "Even if I left it in the examination room due to my own negligence, there were so many people checking the candidates when they entered the examination room, wouldn't such a large piece of paper be discovered? Even if it was a blank piece of paper, it would not be allowed to be brought into the examination room. Could the Ministry of Rites be so negligent in the examination?"

"No matter how strict the scientific examination is, there will inevitably be some who slip through the net," Wang Jing said coldly, "not to mention someone like you who has planned and carefully planned to cheat."

Xu Zhiqing was speechless.

At this point, Emperor Zhou was also a little confused. He had always been a very suspicious person.

He looked down at the political commentary and suddenly felt that if someone really wanted to cheat, this blank piece of paper might not be impossible to get in.

Xu Zhiqing was the top scholar after all.

Of course, it must be absolutely innocent.

If there is a stain, he will never use him again.

Thinking of this, Emperor Zhou looked at Xu Zhiqing suspiciously. Xu Zhiqing was so smart that he immediately saw what Emperor Zhou meant.

He doesn't believe him!

Xu Zhiqing's heart sank, he thought of what Tang Wanru had said to him when she held him in front of the porridge shop that day, Emperor Zhou was a selfish and suspicious person, he would rather believe something than not, it might be difficult for him to escape by the right path.

At this time Emperor Zhou said: "Xu Zhuangyuan, there are still doubts about this matter. If you are really innocent, I believe the Supervisory Department will investigate it clearly." This meant that he was going to be sent to the Supervisory Department.

Wang Jing felt relieved when he heard this.

He looked up and exchanged glances with Zhou Ziyue on the second floor.

Xu Zhiqing looked at Tang Wanru and frowned, "Your Majesty, I have something to say!" He looked at the white paper and said, "I have never written this. The handwriting on it is not mine. I can prove it by writing it down now!"

"Humph, now that things have come to this, you will naturally disagree with what is written above in order to escape punishment." Wang Jing said, and he told Emperor Zhou, "Your Majesty must not listen to him."

Emperor Zhou hesitated.

At this time, a cold voice came out: "Your Majesty, I have the words written by Master Xu before, which can be used for comparison."

When I turned around, I saw a girl in a lavender skirt talking.

It was Tang Wanru.

The scholars have become very familiar with her recently, because she has been distributing porridge outside Yunxiang Tower for quite some time.

She gave her porridge to disaster victims, the poor, and also to scholars taking part in the imperial examinations.

Bai Yanli's attention was also attracted to her.

"Who are you?" asked Emperor Zhou.

"Your Majesty, I am Tang Wanru." Tang Wanru spoke slowly.

"You just said you have Xu Zhiqing's calligraphy?

"Yes, Your Majesty." Tang Wanru said, "I recently set up a porridge shop downstairs to give out porridge. This year, scholars who are taking the imperial examinations can exchange their poems or lyrics for a bowl of porridge. Mr. Xu once came to exchange and left a poem he wrote himself."

"I can give it to the emperor to compare with this paper."

Emperor Zhou nodded, and Tang Wanru walked up with a small piece of paper with words written on it.

She handed the paper to Emperor Zhou, who unfolded it and saw that the font was indeed very different from the one on the paper in his hand.

Emperor Zhou frowned.

When Wang Jing heard this, he immediately stood up and said, "Maybe it was written by someone else and he brought it in to use. But it doesn't necessarily mean he wrote it."

Emperor Zhou nodded, that was indeed the case.

But Tang Wanru was not in a hurry. Her eyes fell on the white paper in Emperor Zhou's hand. She frowned in surprise and uttered "Huh!"

Emperor Zhou asked curiously, "What happened?"

Tang Wanru said, "Your Majesty, it is possible that he took it in and used it if someone else wrote it, but I have discovered a problem now."

"what?"

Tang Wanru stared at the words on the white paper and said, "It's very strange, this handwriting is not from Mr. Xu, but looks like the handwriting of this year's runner-up Mr. Liu Chang!"

Everyone was immediately in an uproar!

Liu Chang, who had been sitting in the front row watching the show, was startled and stood up immediately.

"You, what nonsense are you talking about?!"

He never expected that this trouble would happen to him.

Zhou Ziyue on the second floor was also stunned.

Why did Tang Wanru suddenly mention Liu Chang?

"Do you also recognize Liu Chang's handwriting?" asked Emperor Zhou.

"Well, Mr. Liu also drank porridge in my shop and left a poem." Tang Wanru said seriously.

What the hell is this word?

Liu Chang was speechless. When did he leave a poem after drinking porridge? He stood up anxiously and said, "What poem or words? It's really incomprehensible. I have never been to any porridge shop. Don't slander me!"

Faced with his temper, Tang Wanru became calmer. She raised her eyebrows and said, "It doesn't matter whether he drank the porridge or not. What's important is whether Mr. Liu's handwriting is the same as the one on it. Mr. Liu wants to prove his innocence, so please write out the contents on the white paper and compare it with the handwriting in His Majesty's hand, isn't that right?" Tang Wanru said.

"Write it then!" Liu Chang said. How could this little trick really catch him?

He can prove himself immediately!

So he strode out, rolled up his sleeves, found a pen and a piece of paper, and then with a few strokes of his pen, he wrote the two words "political commentary" on the paper.

However, as soon as the word was written, Liu Chang suddenly thought of something and he froze there!

His heart sank.

A drop of cold sweat fell on the white paper.

He suddenly realized that from beginning to end, Emperor Zhou never said that what was written on the paper was a political commentary!