Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 227 Discovery of Evidence!Block them all!
The water flow under the white marble Feihong Bridge is rapid, and bursts of chill rise with the splashing water, and the cold wind blows, making people standing on the bridge and on the shore very uncomfortable.

This year's "cold spring" is particularly violent and persistent.

But fortunately, the last cold has come to an end, and the weather in the capital is gradually getting warmer.

On the Feihong Bridge, Li Yuan led a group of censors and tiger guards, quietly looking at the inner curtain officials ahead.

The atmosphere here is a bit dignified.

The officials and their servants were divided into two groups, separated by the Huben Guard, and stood in different places.

The former can get preferential treatment, but for those servants, the Huben Guards are not so polite.

It is not easy to interrogate officials before they are convicted, but they don't have much scruples about the servants. From time to time, a tiger guard will come out of the official building, drag out a servant and go back, or ask about the details of the house, or let them There is something suspicious about identifying your own master...

Standing on the other side with the examiner and a group of inner curtain officials, looking at the various sufferings of his servants, his face was extremely ugly.

But at this time, all the officials are mud bodhisattvas crossing the river-it is hard to protect themselves, and who can take care of the servants at home?

From time to time, there was a scream in the official house, and the atmosphere in the air became more and more tense.

The officials held their breath subconsciously, as if something terrible would be found in the official building in the next moment, and then a series of thunderous consequences would be triggered, with heads rolling to the ground...

The hearts of all officials were heavy.

Everyone understands that it's hard to be kind when things get to this point.

The sudden interruption of the examination, Tang Guogong brought Dr. Wei into the examination room... This is a major change that has never happened in tens or hundreds of years. If you don't pull down a person of weight, you will be sorry for such a big battle.

Thinking of this, everyone secretly glanced at Mr. Cai ahead.

I don't know what he was thinking.

Cai Jing also had a grim look on his face, but he just stood there and didn't go up to talk to Li Yuan.

At this time the situation was settled, it was useless to run up to argue with Li Yuan, Wei Zheng and the others, but it would only increase the jokes and make people feel that he was guilty.

Today, Cai Jing really felt the impatience and urgency.

Now that this kind of thing is happening, it is impossible to contact the outside world before the case is thoroughly investigated. The outside world can only hope that Cai You, Deng Xunwu, and Gao Xun can finish it well.

And there are no flaws in the Gongyuan, as long as Han Mulu doesn't get out of the basket, then everything will be fine...

Thinking of this, Cai Jing subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Han Mulu beside him, and found that his face was even paler, staring straight at the ground under his feet, and Cai Jing didn't even notice his gaze.

A thought suddenly emerged from Cai Jing's mind.

Did he leave something behind?
Cai Jing turned his head and stopped looking at Han Mulu, but suddenly raised his heart.

If Han Mulu really didn't handle things meticulously and was discovered by Huben Wei... then it would be hard for a god to save him.

Huben Guard's search was quick and thorough, moving the beds, tables, bedding, food...everything in the official house outside, dismantling the bedding, crushing the food, and even digging through suspicious walls. , to check if there is a hidden cell in it.

I searched one official house after another, and soon there were not many remaining official houses.

But Hubenwei did not make any changes until the last official house was searched.

Censor Zhongcheng Bao Xuan, dressed in a crimson robe, led a group of censors and tiger guards to come from the front.

The sound of dense footsteps was like heavy drumbeats, beating on the hearts of every official. Almost all of them were sullen and stretched their necks, looking over there, wanting to see if Hubenwei had any evidence that he had found. come over.

But they found nothing.

Cai Jing also breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that Han Mulu is not stupid enough to leave a hole for himself.

"My lord, my lord Wei."

Bao Xuan shook his head slightly at the two of them.

A gust of wind blew away the tense atmosphere in the square a little bit, and all the officials breathed a sigh of relief, at least they were all right now.

But then their hearts were raised again. Although the raid search did not find the culprit behind the scenes, it does not prove that they are innocent, nor does it mean that the matter is over!

On the contrary, as long as they can't find the mastermind behind the scenes, what awaits them is endless interrogation and screening.

Sure enough, Li Yuan glanced at them again, and said to Huben Wei: "The adults here have not yet fully proved their innocence, so they cannot leave the tribute courtyard for the time being."

The officials all lamented in their hearts. If the investigation continues like this, they don't know how long they will have to toss.

What's even more frightening is that if they can't find anything in the end, will they be used as scapegoats...

"Follow the orders of your lord."

Cai Jing took the lead and accepted the order, and it was impossible not to accept it. There was no other way for them to go.

Seeing this, other officials also bowed their heads in response.

Li Yuan nodded and said with his hands behind his back: "During this time, I have wronged you adults. Until the matter comes to light, you are not allowed to leave the Gongyuan. In the future, your food and clothing will also be provided by Huben Guard!"

As he spoke, he didn't give the officials a chance to continue discussing, but with a big wave of his hand, he let Huben Wei lead these people down.

Moreover, in order to prevent collusion of confessions, these people were still taken down separately and to different places, and they never had the opportunity to contact them again.

After these people left, Wei Zheng suddenly suggested: "My lord, these people are not in a hurry to interrogate these people, and now the Ministry of Rites is left."

Li Yuan was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Go to the Ministry of Rites."

The process of generating test questions is fixed.

First, the chief examiner and the assistant examiner will come up with three questions, and then the good questions will be sent to the Tribute Court and handed over to the Ministry of Rites, and His Majesty the Emperor will choose one of the three questions.

Then the examination questions will be taken back to the Tribute Court by the Ministry of Rites and sealed in the Tribute Court for one month until the exam begins.

During this process, the place where the test questions stayed the longest was the Gongyuan, so the Gongyuan was the most suspected.

But the suspicion of the Ministry of Rites cannot be completely ruled out.

The person who went to the palace to ask His Majesty the emperor to choose the test questions was Song Qiaonian, the right servant of the Ministry of Rites. Now he is locked in the front yard of the Gongyuan as the deputy prefect.

Several people left the tribute courtyard from Longmen again, it was already past noon, some people came here early in the morning to pick up their own examinees, and up to now they still haven't got any water or rice.

A gust of cold wind blew, mixed with a few small children's cries, but they were tightly muffled by the frightened woman.

Looking at this scene, Li Yuan sighed softly: "Ren Tai."

"The end is here."

Zheng Rentai walked up in response.

"Let these people go."

What's the use of keeping the family members of these candidates if they don't even search for the candidates in the examination room?

"Yes, my lord." Zheng Rentai should be.

Afterwards, the soldiers of the Huben Guard let go, and some of the family members of the examinees breathed a sigh of relief, while some were reluctant to part with them. They turned their heads and looked back at the tribute courtyard, obviously worried about their own candidates...

The people on the other side watched these people leave helplessly, their eyes full of envy.

"Send these people back to the Gongyuan."

Li Yuan pointed at the people and said in a deep voice, "Give them some food."

You can have food, but don't even think about charcoal fire. Although Li Yuan didn't have all the Juren searched just now, it doesn't mean that he won't in the future.

If there are really no clues after that, then the search for the candidates will start. At worst, they will stop in time after finding a few unlucky ones, and continue to search further with the help of clues on them.

Therefore, the current Li Yuan would never allow candidates to destroy clues.

Now the soldiers invigilating the exams of Nancheng Bingma Division have changed to a group of energetic ones, and there are still tiger guards constantly patrolling in the exam room.Even the candidates have to be watched by two people when they eat.

As long as someone makes suspicious actions, they will be caught immediately.

"Yes, my lord."

Zheng Rentai responded to Li Yuan's order and began to carry it out, driving the Juren back to the examination room.

The family members of the examinees can leave, but the candidates who appeared on the stage cannot leave.

This represents the attitude of pursuing to the end!

Seeing these people start to settle down, Li Yuan and the others didn't want to stay any longer.

But at this moment, there was another burst of intensive footsteps outside the street. The movement was so loud that it was like thunder, and even the ground trembled slightly.

This is Li Jiancheng coming with soldiers and horses from outside the city.

Huben Guard's responsibility to guard the imperial city cannot stay here forever. Li Yuan arranged some defense changes and replenished manpower. Then he got into the carriage with Wei Zheng and others and rushed to the imperial city.

"Uncle Zheng."

Li Jiancheng walked towards Zheng Rentai with a smile until the shadows of Li Yuan and others were no longer in sight, and after saying hello, he asked, "Is my second brother not here today?"

"Sir."

After Zheng Rentai returned the gift, he said: "The second son does not need to be on duty this morning, so he is not in the imperial city, and he has not caught up with this search."

"I see." Li Jiancheng nodded, and said with a smile: "This time it seems to be very troublesome, even my father is very troubled, it is a good thing that he does not get involved."

"However, the second brother is on duty in the imperial city on weekdays, thanks to General Zheng's care. As an elder brother, I can't repay him. If Uncle Zheng is free these two days, my nephew will book a private room in Huabao Building... "

This is an obvious invitation and friendship. The eldest son of the Duke's Mansion is about to have a marriage contract with the Zheng family in Xingyang. It stands to reason that getting close is a matter of course.

It's just that Zheng Rentai hesitated subconsciously when he recalled the recent news from his family: "I am very willing to invite you, my son."

"It's just that I want to release the order of my lord, and I have been guarding around the Gongyuan and can't leave, so I'll entertain the prince later."

The smile on Li Jiancheng's face froze slightly, but Zheng Rentai's words did make sense, not only him, but even Li Yuan had to rush about this matter.

"Then we have to wait for the opportunity in the future." Li Jiancheng said with some regret.

"Thank you, sir, for your understanding."

Mrs. Zheng bowed her hands and saluted, then turned and left, and arranged for him to return to the Gongyuan.

Since there are still two exams to come, the Juren who appeared this time did not bring out their luggage at all. The bedding, stove, paper and pens and other things are still in the room, so it is good to just go back the same way.

Under the watchful eyes of the guards of Huben, the examinees returned to the examination room according to the established route.

Zheng Rentai walked on the road and inspected. Under his gaze, every soldier of the Huben Guard subconsciously straightened his chest.

"Uncle Three..."

A suppressed call suddenly came from the crowd of people beside him.

Zheng Rentai raised his head and looked around, and found that there was no Huben Guard nearby, so he turned his head and squinted at the source of the sound.

Zheng Guan felt his eyes, he smiled, and didn't say any more.

It's probably okay this time.

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On the other side, Li Yuan specially invited Wei Zheng to take a carriage with him.

"Doctor Wei, what do you think is the root cause of this leak?"

Li Yuan looked at Wei Zheng solemnly: "So far, nothing has been found in the Gongyuan. Is the person who leaked the question in the Ministry of Rites?"

Wei Zheng shook his head meaningfully: "Your Majesty, the people in the Ministry of Rites who have access to the test questions are probably not more than a handful, and they should all be officials who are not above the fourth rank. It is unlikely that they will leak the test questions."

Since this kind of thing happened, the officials below the fourth rank could not appease the public outrage.

Li Yuan sighed lightly and understood what Wei Zheng meant.

"There is no clue in the Tribute Court, where does Master Wei think he should start?"

Wei Zheng thought for a moment, then shook his head lightly: "To tell you the truth, my lord, in fact, I have found a clue just now in the Tribute Court."

Li Yuan was startled, and looked at him puzzled.

Wei Zheng and Li Yuan looked at each other for a moment, and then said meaningfully: "Just now Bao Yushi and the Huben Guards went to search the official residence together, and they have actually found clues."

Found a clue?
Li Yuan's pupils shrank.

"It's more evidence than clues."

Now that he has said it, Wei Zheng simply no longer has any scruples. He said frankly: "According to Mr. Bao, he found evidence of internal and external communication in an official's residence!"

"Who the hell... is so bold!"

Li Yuan subconsciously sat up straight, his face full of anger.

Wei Zheng shook his head: "Bao Yushi only said that he found the evidence, but he didn't tell me who it was."

"I guess he didn't say anything at the time, just to find out more people behind the scenes."

"Then invite Bao Yushi now..." Li Yuan subconsciously stood up, wanting to invite Bao Xuan to the carriage.

"My lord, don't do this."

Wei Zheng hastily stretched out his hand to stop him. When Li Yuan looked over with puzzled eyes, Wei Zheng smiled wryly and said, "Bao Yushi has his own way of doing things. He didn't tell me when he went down to ask just now."

"If you ask him forcibly, he will definitely not say it."

Li Yuan raised his eyebrows. He knew that many civil servants were tough, but he didn't expect Bao Xuan to be so independent.

He doesn't even trust his own boss, so he has to hide it. How did this kind of person get into Yushi Zhongcheng?
Li Yuan's face darkened, and he said in a cold voice: "Master Wei, we are now investigating the case for His Majesty, this is not the time for Bao Yushi to play petty temper!"

"If you keep it from your own people, how will you investigate this case? We are both imperial decrees, so why should he resist the decree?"

"Of course not."

Wei Zheng hastily explained with a wry smile: "Bao Yushi is also a person who understands the general situation, so he will definitely not delay the business."

"After we have checked the Ministry of Rites, we must go to the palace to report revenge to His Majesty for the first time. At that time, Bao Yushi will definitely not hide it anymore."

Li Yuan then sat back on his seat, his face relaxed, and after a few breaths he said: "Since Bao Yushi is also for the emperor's order, if you don't delay the business, then follow his opinion."

"Thank you, my lord, for understanding..."

The carriage went all the way north and came to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites in the imperial city.

This side was originally at the foot of the emperor, and the moment the news reached the capital, the yamen of the Ministry of Rites was sealed off.

(End of this chapter)