Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1902

Things like impostors were common in such situations in ancient times.

For example, an official went to another place to take office, but was killed by robbers on the way, or died in an accident.

Even if someone takes his official document, he can go to the local office.

After all, in this era, there is no ID card, and there is no such thing as a portrait photo. You go with the official document, and you are the official. You can be an official here, as long as you are not known by people who know you and the deceased.

However, Lu Chen has never left Chang'an City. After he came, it has always been him.

In that case, after he becomes an official, there will be no one to replace him.

That is to say, before this fake Lu Chen got his name, he had already replaced Lu Chen.

But why, he was able to pass the Jinshi exam with his own ability, why did he pretend to be Lu Chen?

The real Lu Chen, the old woman's son, where did he go?
The matter gradually became clear, Qin Tian's eyes narrowed slightly, and immediately after, he called Di Zhixun and said, "You can make arrangements and investigate the people who went to Beijing for the exam three years ago, is there anyone missing?" Gone."

The real Lu Chen is a candidate, and this fake person who can pass the Jinshi exam must be a candidate, but the real Lu Chen is gone, but the fake Lu Chen is there, so there must be one less person.

Maybe after figuring out this person's situation, they will know who this fake Lu Chen is.

Although Qin Tian still doesn't know the specific connection between them, he believes that the name of the missing person is the name of the person pretending to be Lu Chen.

That person pretended to be Lu Chen, and he just disappeared without a trace.

A person is willing to live under another person's name, even rushing to take an exam. What happened?
After Qin Tian ordered to go down, someone soon went down to investigate the imperial examination three years ago. This kind of thing is still very easy to investigate. After all, there are files. As long as they are called up, they can check how many people entered Beijing at that time , and whoever took the final real exam.

With such a comparison, the missing person can be easily found.

The matter was indeed so simple. The next morning, the yamen servant sent the news over.

"Qin Guogong, we investigated the imperial examination three years ago, and found that one of the candidates did not come during the examination."

"Sure enough, there is one person missing. What is the name of this person, and is he from there?"

"This man's name is Zhang Liang, who is from the south of the Yangtze River. He comes from a place called Zhangjia Village, Wuhuang County. However, this village is very small, with only a dozen families in it. Later, a fire broke out in the village, and everyone in the village was burned. Dead, this Zhang Liang disappeared on the way to the exam, as for where he went, no one cares."

The imperial examination is a big event for many scholars, so as long as there is no serious situation, generally speaking, these scholars will come to take the exam, no matter the wind or rain.

However, it doesn't mean that no one has missed the imperial examination. After all, people from all over the country come to take the exam. If someone gets sick and delays on the way and misses the time, wouldn't it be impossible to pass the exam?

Therefore, if someone didn't come to take the exam, the examiner wouldn't care. If Zhang Liang didn't come, the examiner wouldn't investigate the reason at that time, especially the imperial court.

So for three years, it was not until Qin Tian investigated the case that they knew that someone did not take the imperial examination at that time.

"Qin Guogong, in this way, the current Lu Chen is probably Zhang Liang, but why would he do this?"

Qin Tian shook his head, he didn't know what this person was going to do, but it was not easy to prove that Lu Chen was Zhang Liang, because everyone in Zhangjia Village was burned to death in the fire, I am afraid no one could do it. Testify against him?
However, Qin Tian is not worried, as long as they can know Lu Chen's appearance, then this Lu Chen will look different from the real Lu Chen, so they can still doubt him.

Of course, the old woman had already described her son's appearance, and they had already drawn it. After comparing it with the appearance they found from Lu Chen's hometown, the result will be almost ready.

However, if you want to know the situation over there, you have to wait at least a few more days.
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At Jingzhao Mansion, Qin Tian was waiting for news, while at Lu Chen's place, he already knew that Qin Tian had sent someone to investigate the situation of the imperial examination three years ago.

After Lu Chen knew this, he immediately became a little nervous.

Qin Tian's investigation into this shows that Qin Tian has already guessed something. If Qin Tian followed the clues and found more clues, wouldn't he be in danger?
So in his opinion, the old woman must die, and if the old woman died, there would be no proof. In this way, even if other people in his hometown could testify, he could find some excuses to cover it up.

But the old woman has been staying in Jingzhao Mansion all the time, so it is easier said than done to kill him?
Lu Chen walked back and forth in the house, he was a little irritable and a little angry.

After a long time, he finally stopped.

"Could it be that you really want to do this?"

He wanted to make the trouble a little bigger at this time. It stands to reason that it would not be of any benefit to him if things got too big, but the Ministry of Punishment suffered a lot in Jingzhao Mansion. ?
If Gao Shilian fought hard in the court, would Qin Tian hand over the old woman to the Ministry of Punishment?
As long as the old woman entered the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it would be much easier to kill him.

In this matter, the risk is a bit risky, but for him, there is some hope after all.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen didn't hesitate any longer, and went directly to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to tell Gao Shilian about the situation.

"Lord Gao, you must make the decision for Xiaguan and Lord Lu. There was a thief in Xiaguan's mansion, and the thief was in Jingzhao Mansion. When we went to ask for someone from the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Qin Tian not only refused to give it, but also took the man from our Ministry of Criminal Justice. If someone beat him, then Qin Tian is too abominable, he thinks that with the three guillotines given by the sage, he can do whatever he wants, Mr. Gao, you must express this anger for our punishment department..."

As Lu Chen was talking, he almost cried, and after he finished speaking, Gao Shilian's face became a little ugly.

"Well, you Qin Tian, ​​you are becoming more and more lawless. You dare to beat someone from the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Do you think that you can do whatever you want because you have a higher status? I want you to know that you have offended the Ministry of Criminal Justice, right? You can afford to suffer."

From Gao Shilian's point of view, it was Qin Tian's fault first, so even if Qin Tian was impeached in the court, there shouldn't be any problem, right?

He makes sense, impeaching Qin Tian will definitely succeed.

(End of this chapter)