A Complete Explanation of the Negative Textbooks of the Imperial Examination - Chapter 47

    “The county lord, I suspect that this imperial examination has been cheated.”

    “Oh?” Rong Ke was leaning lazily on the slump, but when she heard Xiao Jingduo’s words, she was somewhat interested, “The imperial examination fraud is not a trivial matter, you know what you are talking about ?”

    Of course Xiao Jingduo knew, he even had to report himself. He had trouble in his heart, and he had to continue to say: “Of course I have evidence. Before the introduction of Jinshi Ke, a note came out, and on it was written an essay and several policy theories, and it happened that the test paper The question is exactly the same as the one on the note, so I suspect that someone is cheating by omitting the question before the exam.”

    Rong Ke caught something wrong: “Have you seen this note?”

     “To be honest, this note was passed down from me.”

    Rong Ke raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then a smile appeared in his eyes, and it was interesting to report himself.

    “So, you came to me today, what exactly are you looking for?”

    “When I left the house before the exam, my sister took advantage of my unpreparedness and put a note in my book cage. After I moved outside the house, the students living with me accidentally got I took this note and used it in the test paper. I don’t know anything about this. After I went back to the house today, my sister said something wrong, and I learned that this happened again. I know the whole reason for this disaster. I stand up, but I can swear that I have never seen this disclosing note, and I have no intention of using these crooked and evil ways, but now that the disaster has been made, I can only report the truth to the county master and ask the county master to decide.”

    There is a lot of information in Xiao Jingduo’s words that is worth scrutinizing, but now is not the time to ask these questions, Rong Ke bluntly cuts to the center: “Who is your colleague?”

    “Dong Peng, from Qingzhou, and perhaps Wu Tai.”

    This is not a petty mess, even Rong Ke dare not make a decision lightly. The imperial examination was a major event in the selection of officials, and the emperor always attached great importance to it. If they rashly took the papers of Dong Peng and Wu Tai for the crime of fraud, and finally proved that the two were wronged, then the crime would be a big one. Rong Ke unknowingly sat up straight, pondered for a while, and then said, “Do you know where these two are now?”

    “They had a hangover yesterday, and now they should still be sleeping in the house in the west of the city.”

    “Huh?” Rong Ke felt wrong, “Where did they go yesterday and who did they meet?”

    Xiao Jingduo knew that Rong Ke was afraid that Dong Peng would spread the matter to others, but he felt that it was not good to talk to a twelve-year-old girl, so he could only vaguely mention: “The two of them drank with their fellow villagers yesterday, so they shouldn’t have had a chance to say that.”

    “No chance to tell?” Rong Ke felt very strange, she wanted to ask again, but looking at Xiao Jingduo’s expression, she unexpectedly figured it out. Rong Ke coughed a little embarrassedly, secretly annoyed, these men are all virtuous. She skipped the topic and said, “You write down the addresses of these two people, and it’s best to include their names and places of origin.”

    This is not difficult, Xiao Jingduo quickly wrote it with ready-made pen and ink, and then presented it to Rong Ke.

    “Dong Peng, Wu Tai.” Rong Ke read out the two names softly, she waved her hand to call someone in, handed the list to the guards, and ordered something in a low voice.

    The guard nodded and walked out quickly. After the guards left, only Xiao Jingduo and Rong Ke were left in the room. Although there were still maids, Xiao Jingduo felt inexplicably uncomfortable. Obviously, there have been situations where two people have been in the same room before, but this time it seems to be different. In order to break the strange feeling in his heart, Xiao Jingduo could only take the initiative to speak: “County Master, if I have something to report to you, how should I find you?”

    This is also true, Rong Ke thought about it, and took a jade pendant from her body: “Next time if you are in a hurry, take this jade pendant to the back door of the East Palace, you don’t have to say anything, just You need to show this jade pendant to the guard, then just come here and wait for me, I will send someone to connect with you.”

    Rong Ke reached out and handed the jade pendant to Xiao Jingduo, but Xiao Jingduo did not take it immediately.

    “The county master, this is your jade pendant. Is it inappropriate for me to hold it?”

    Rong Ke glanced at him with disgust, and directly threw the jade pendant towards Xiao Jingduo: “If you want to take it, take it, why so much nonsense.”

    Rong Ke threw the jade pendant, but Xiao Jingduo couldn’t let the jade pendant fall to the ground, so he could only reach out to catch it, and took it hard. The jade pendant also carried the body temperature of Rong Ke, which was warm and smooth, with a faint fragrance. Only at this time did Xiao Jingduo realize where the strange feeling just now came from.

    With the passage of time, many things have changed. The most intuitive change is that Rong Ke has grown from a cute little girl like a snow dumpling to a girl. The twelve-year-old girl’s beautiful eyebrows and eyes are amazing, and her figure is slender, and her beauty has already begun to show. Even Xiao Jingduo himself is already seventeen.

    The two of them are old enough to avoid men and women’s defense. It seems that in the future, he can no longer meet with Rong Ke in private without any scruples.

    Xiao Jingduo’s heart was both emotional and complicated, and the jade pendant still in his palm at the moment was even more difficult to deal with.

    And Rong Ke has jade in his name. As a minister, he should avoid the name of the county master, but he accepted the jade pendant of the county master, no matter from the difference between men and women or the ceremony of the ruler and minister , Xiao Jingduo felt that his behavior was extremely inappropriate.

    Xiao Jingduo straightened his face and silently reviewed himself in his heart. Rong Ke didn’t expect that Xiao Jingduo, who seemed to be light-hearted, thought so much in a blink of an eye. She leaned on the soft pillow with a relaxed attitude, her eyelashes drooped down, and she couldn’t see what she was thinking.

    Fortunately, this weird silence didn’t last long. After a while, the guards sent by Rong Ke came back.

      The guard presented the note to Rong Ke. Rong Ke took a look at it and asked, “You said that in addition to the essay title, there are also five questions on the note?”

    Xiao Jingduo hesitated: “This… I can’t guarantee it.”

      , I guessed all the questions of the Five Dao Strategy. You say, where did these questions leak from?”

    Xiao Jingduo took the note sent by the maid, glanced roughly, and frowned: “It turns out… exactly the same, this…”

    The situation is even more unfavorable than imagined. Xiao Jingduo knew that the test questions came from him. First, he could not prove that he had not read it, and secondly, he could not explain the source of the note. So he is speechless now. Xiao Jingduo quickly analyzed the current situation, and Rong Ke was willing to show him the note, indicating that Rong Ke still had some trust in him, and he must seize the present opportunity to dispel Rong Ke’s doubts. Rong Ke is at least better at talking than the prince. Before things break out, making some arrangements in advance may be able to solve his crisis.

      This is a great injustice for the imperial court and Yu Juzi. The county master can call up Dong Peng and Wu Tai’s test papers. If their answering ideas are the same as those on this paper, then most of them have referred to this question. , if there is no natural happiness, it means that we are just a false alarm. When the county master picks up the test paper, you might as well take out my paper, I can guarantee, I have never seen this thing, all the questions are written by myself …”

      Xiao Jingduo was still thinking about how to prove his innocence, and suddenly thought of something.

    Before going out today, Cheng Huizhen clearly said that she put the article in her dream on paper, why is there no note on this note?

    Xiao Jingduo raised his head in horror, and saw Rong Ke holding his head in one hand, smiling slowly at him.

    “It’s pretty quick.”

      Rong Ke got the note in Dong Peng’s hand that was not fake, but the one in his hand was deliberately forged by Rong Ke.

    Unwittingly, he fell into the trick of the little girl in front of him, and he didn’t even notice when Rong Ke lost his bag. After realizing this, Xiao Jingduo also calmed down. He smiled softly at Rong Ke: “The county master’s plan, I am convinced. Now, is the county master credible?”

    Rong Ke smiled and nodded: “Looking at your reaction, it seems that you really don’t know what the note looks like. Well, I’ll believe you for now, I’ll go to my grandfather to discuss this matter. , you go back first.”

    “No, I’m here waiting for the princess.”

    “As you wish.”

    …

    The prince frowned as he looked at the crumpled note in his hand.

     “Who leaked this? The essay’s title is not mentioned, and even the policy theory is correct.”

      The more disappointing it is, the gap between the front and rear levels is huge, and it is so anticlimactic that it almost makes people wonder if it was written by the same person.

    After the article, there are several policy topics listed on the paper, there are six in total, but only two are correct. But even so, it was enough for the prince to be vigilant.

    In recent years, although some people have been selling booklets for guessing and betting on the topic, but the scriptures don’t say this, how can anyone press the topic? The policy theories are all formulated based on the political newspapers from various places in these years, and the essays are the first year of the test, and it is impossible to bet by chance.

    The prince looked at Rong Ke and asked in a deep voice, “What the **** is going on?”

    Although the prince is gentle and elegant, he is the prince after all.

    Rong Ke just relayed Xiao Jingduo’s words to the prince, but the prince didn’t believe it. Rong Ke was not in a hurry. She gave up the battle of words and said, “Father, what’s going on, just take a look at the test papers of those two students and you’ll understand.”

    Rong Ke raised her eyebrows slightly, with a smile in her eyes, but she did not object to the prince’s decision.

    There was an oral edict from the Crown Prince, and the examination papers of Xiao Jingduo and the three were soon sent to the East Palace, along with several people in charge of scientific examinations such as the Minister of Rites. The servant of the Ministry of Rites came in and saluted the crown prince, and asked about it in a hurry: “Your Highness, I heard from you that there were some omissions in the imperial examinations this year?”

    “That’s right.” The prince nodded to several officials of the Ministry of Rites, took the test paper from the chamberlain, and spread it out slowly on the desk. The Minister of Rites, Jijiu and others also came to look at it. After a while, the Minister of Rites sighed and said with certainty, “The way Dong and Wu break the question is exactly the same as the article on this piece of paper, it is obviously deliberate. Model. It’s another article, with different themes, entry points, and writing ideas, and the style of the strategy and theory part is the same as the essay part, so it should have been written by myself.”

    Rong Ke was not surprised by this result at all, she knelt beside the prince and joined in to watch the fun. The prince patted her head and said helplessly, “Ke Ke, several servants are here, so don’t be rude.”

    Rong Ke sighed and stood up to greet several high-ranking officials.

    “Yangxin has seen the sacrifice wine and the waiter.”

    Several people from the Ministry of Rites were really familiar with Rong Ke, so they waved their hands to signal Rong Ke to get up. But the prince’s meaning was very clear, Rong Ke did not get up, but continued to maintain a salute posture, saying: “Everyone wants to discuss court affairs with my father, the matter is very important, Yang Xin is inconvenient to disturb, so I will retire first.”

    After Rong Ke was sent away, the prince and the servant of the Ministry of Rites got to the point.

    “The leak is very important, what do you think?”

    The Minister of Rites said: “According to the minister, this matter must be severely punished. The topic of the strategy was decided after repeated deliberation by a few of us, and the topic of the essay was chosen by the sage himself. I don’t know where they came from. We got the problem, but this matter involves a lot and cannot be tolerated. Otherwise, fraud and bribery will inevitably become common in the imperial examinations in the future.”

    “This makes sense. In my opinion, it’s better to publicize these two actions and deprive them of their qualifications for scientific examinations, so as to warn other students who want to go wrong.”

    “Yes.” People from the Ministry of Rites nodded, but another problem had to be raised, “It’s not difficult to cancel the grades of Dong and Wu, but another student, Xiao Jingduo, how to deal with it? “

    The author has something to say:

    Small Theater:

    Xiao Jingduo went to Cheng Huizhen with a cold face, and the maid said: Dalang-Jun, this is inappropriate!

    Rong Ke handed the jade pendant to Xiao Jingduo, and Xiao Jingduo said to himself: County lord, is this incompatible with etiquette?

    #Heaven forgives who, light a cigarette#