The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 432 Want to kill two birds with one stone?
"Chengyu! Do you think it's true that the test questions were leaked?"

Zheng Lun was a little puzzled, he didn't believe it for the same reason as Gu Chengyu, Master Wan would be so stupid?Who is this trying to frame him?

Gu Chengyu shook his head, "Before the exam is over, the person who wrote the test will be under separate surveillance. It should be impossible to leak the test questions."

Of course Sun Xian and the others know this truth, but are they sure that it really leaked it?

The guards are all official servants, will those people be bribed and then pass the news out?
Gu Chengyu sat on the chair and thought about it. Song Shujing is the eldest prince's connection, and his eldest daughter became the eldest prince's side concubine. Does this person want to kill two birds with one stone?
There were only four princes in the Dayan Dynasty, if these two were excluded, there would be only the second prince and the fourth prince.

However, Gu Chengyu felt that anyone was possible, and the bitter trick deliberately played by the two princes could not be ruled out.

He has not yet entered the court, and the relationship inside is still unclear.On the surface, it seems that the two adults should support the Third Prince and the First Prince, but who knows in private?
Ye Zhiqiu couldn't bear it anymore, he wanted to ask clearly, but Sun Xian stopped him.

Sun Xian pointed to Gu Chengyu, motioning Ye Zhiqiu to stop talking, Gu Chengyu was deep in thought, trying to sort out the relationship inside.

"Then who did the exam questions leak to? Wanjia's candidates? Who bribed Song Shujing?" Gu Chengyu suddenly remembered the most important question.

"I don't know. I have to wait for my father to come back from the court before I can get the news."

Zhu Pang was a little dazed, he was just a young man, and he didn't have any connections, so he couldn't find any useful information.

Gu Chengyu felt that instead of guessing here, it's better to wait for the senior brother to come back, and the senior senior brother will definitely get first-hand information when he goes to court.

"Mingmo, ask someone to guard the Wan Mansion and Song Mansion, and send someone to report whenever there is news."

Gu Chengyu felt that for the time being, he could only keep an eye on the two families and see what happened to them.

Everyone panicked when they saw that Gu Chengyu had nothing to do.

"Chengyu! If the evidence for this matter is conclusive, shall we?"

Ye Zhiqiu couldn't help asking, if this matter was serious, the best result would be to take the exam again.

If they were unlucky, they might all be implicated, especially Gu Chengyu.

Of course Gu Chengyu knew what Ye Zhiqiu had left to say, it all depends on the ranking of this test.

These two days are the time when the results will come out. If he enters the top ten, he probably won't be able to escape.

Rumors spread out, even the names of the officials were clear, but it was not found out who had bribed the chief examiner, nor who leaked the exam questions.

Before the palace could come to a conclusion, it spread outside.How difficult is it to find out the source of the rumors?
I'm afraid, it will be very difficult for him to get out of it completely.However, he will not sit still.He has already made a plan, if the elder brother won't get any news, then he will visit the palace at night.

Once this happened, would the third prince's biological mother, Concubine Xian, still sit firmly on the Diaoyutai?Naturally, she is very anxious, this is a major matter of ransacking the family and exterminating the family. If her mother's family collapses, her life in the palace will definitely be difficult.

Gu Chengyu suddenly thought that Concubine Xian might take a risk and send news to Wanfu.At this moment, Wan Mansion has not been guarded yet, maybe there is a turning point for things.

"Ming Yan, you ask people to guard outside the palace. If someone comes out of the palace, ask them to follow. As long as they go to Wanfu and Songfu, find a place where no one is around, and intercept the contents of the letter."

Ming Yan answered yes, then thought for a while and asked: "I have intercepted the letter, but I still have to send it back to the two families?"

Gu Chengyu nodded, "Of course I want it."

He can't protect himself right now, and he doesn't want to participate in the battles of those princes.The purpose of intercepting the letter is to understand the whole story, so as to come up with countermeasures.

It will be beneficial to him if the two adults are safe and sound.

"Chengyu?" Zheng Lun was a little dazed, and only then did he see Gu Chengyu's calm and calculating side.

He always felt that Gu Chengyu was a son like them. Although he was good at studying, how could they have the right to intervene in court affairs?

"We can't just sit and wait, can we? If we don't have contacts, we can only check it ourselves, and we have no choice but to intercept letters."

Gu Chengyu thought that the few people couldn't accept it, so he explained a few words. If he let them know that he wanted to visit the palace at night, he would be scared to death.

Everyone discussed for more than an hour, but they were clueless.Gu Chengyu told them to go back first, and then send someone to inform them when there is news.

Several people also felt that it was not an option to stay in Gu Chengyu's house all the time, so they all went back one after another.

Gu Chengyu waited in the mansion for a while, and then he waited for news from Mingyan.

"Young Master! I intercepted a letter to Wan Mansion on the way. The small one has already been copied by people according to the handwriting."

Secret letters like this will be sealed with wax, and once opened, they cannot be restored.Therefore, on the outer envelope, the handwriting must be imitated, copied and then sealed with wax.

The letter in Mingyan's hand was copied, and Gu Chengyu took the letter and read it at a glance.

The more he looked at it, the more dignified his face became. This is a letter written by Concubine Xian to Wan Fu, in which it was written that Wan Xuenian and Song Shujing refused to recognize each other, but was caught by one person, and that person turned out to be Guo Shi, the censor of Youqian .

When it comes to who Guo Shi is, Gu Chengyu thinks of the officials who passed the imperial decree to Jiang Mingyuan.He was there at the time and was praised a few times.

Concubine Xian said in the letter that this person should be Xia Qing's chief assistant, but he is an in-law of the Wan family.

There are few mentions of these in the letter, and it may have been written hastily, with not many words.The purpose of this letter is just to let Wan Fu check the outer study, so as not to have any correspondence between them.

From this point of view, doesn't Concubine Xian trust her natal family?If Wan Xuenian really leaked the exam questions, who would it be for?If not, then who framed it.

As for the fact that Guo Shi was from Xia Qing in the letter, he was somewhat skeptical.Although Xia Qing is insolent, he is very cautious, how could he leave someone behind?
No matter how you look at this fraud, it reveals a strange feeling.Who is so ambitious that he wants to kill two birds with one stone?
In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, a man wearing a yellow embroidered five-clawed golden dragon sat on a dragon chair.

This man was over fifty years old, his temples were slightly white, and he was squinting his eyes as if he was dozing off, but this was the emperor—Emperor Huiming.

The chief eunuch De'an at the side looked at the ministers who were about to quarrel, and then at the emperor who seemed to be resting with his eyes closed, and his heart shivered.

The emperor has become more and more moody recently, and such a big thing happened, the emperor is not even the slightest bit angry.

But the more this happened, the more creepy he was.

Wan Xuenian was very angry. This Guo Shi was still his in-laws, but he didn't expect to come out and expose him. How could he do such a big thing of cheating?It's not that I live too long.

"Guo Shi, don't you want to spout blood. Why do you want to do this? Just for such a little money?"

Wan Xuenian was kneeling on the ground and trembling all over, the emperor's attitude has been unclear, could it be that he believed in that dog thief?
　Thank you Rose for the reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)