Dayong Nu sentenced to death

Without raising his head, Yan Yun said in a low voice, "I've been to the prison."

"how do you know?"

"This is Dali Temple."

He was talking to her, but he never took his eyes off the scroll. He flipped through it methodically, and Su Rao understood what he meant. He meant that this was Dali Temple, and it belonged to him. Naturally, there was nothing to tell. Hid his ears and eyes.

She pursed her lips and smiled.

"What's the result of your night trial last night?"

"No."

When Yan Yun heard this, she stopped and looked up at her, "From the testimonials of the eight examiners, there is almost no chance to spread the news, unless they colluded to confess early in the morning."

"Do you think it's possible?"

Su Rao asked.

Yan Yun pondered for a moment, but did not answer directly: "After Du Yong sued the imperial court, His Majesty immediately sent the imperial guards to arrest them and detain them separately. There should be no chance of colluding confessions."

"Before the palace examination, they were isolated in the palace, did they have contact with their guards, maids and eunuchs?"

"Still investigating."

"Then what are you holding in your hand?"

Su Rao went around the table, walked to his side, looked down, Yan Yun pressed her fingertips on that page, "These are the papers for the imperial examination, and their usual articles."

"What's wrong with these people?"

Su Rao randomly picked up a book and flipped through it, the more she looked at it, the more she frowned, and then she looked at the book in her own hand and the one in Yan Yun's hand, with the same name written on it.

"Guan Yunzhi, looking at the handwriting, it seems to be written by the same person, but the content..."

The difference is quite big.

When Su Rao was young, Su Fengyan raised her as a son of an aristocratic family. She studied etiquette, policy and essays carefully.

She could tell from a cursory scan that the two articles were of different standards.

"There's more down there."

Yan Yun shared some with her, and the two looked at it silently. There was only the sound of flipping through the books in the room. After a while, Su Rao put down the paper in her hand, and said with a light snort, "These people in the palace examination papers are super-performers. ah."

Yan Yun stopped his hands when he saw this, and said thoughtfully, "These people all have one thing in common."

"what?"

"It's either rich or expensive."

He opened his thin lips lightly, and spit out an answer. When their eyes met, both of them saw the cold light in each other's eyes.

Someone leaked the questions of the imperial examination in advance.

There is no doubt about that.

But who will it be?
For two days in a row, the servants in the palace did not find any useful clues, but the palace maids and eunuchs ate each other, or theft of property caught a lot.

Su Rao and Yan Yun screened out the problematic students one by one, locked them up in isolation, and then sent people to visit their homes.

After this investigation, it was found that before the palace examination, each family had a large amount of money missing, and some of them were sold to sell housewares.

"Find out who they've been in contact with."

Yan Yun ordered to go on.

Everyone was busy in the dark, but fortunately, the hard work was not in vain, and one person was quickly found.

"Mr. Zheng."

Kong Jiang looked at them, and said in a deep voice: "Those families all confessed that the person they connected with was a man named Mr. Zheng, but this man was elusive, and no one knew his identity."

"No one knows his identity, and dare to hand over real money to him? Are you afraid that he is a liar?"

Su Rao felt that this statement was ridiculous.

"I asked that question too."

Kong Jiang's majestic gaze sank again, "They said that those people suddenly appeared at home before the exam, dropped a ball of paper, and left immediately."

"Paper ball?"

"The ones written on it are the test questions."

As soon as these words came out, Su Rao and Yan Yun's eyes froze, Kong Jiang didn't seem to notice, and continued: "Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are at the bottom of the business row. They really want their children to be able to pass the imperial examination and shine in the family, so Let me prepare in advance with a tentative mind."

"It turned out that the test questions were exactly the same as what was written on the paper."

"After passing the general examination, Mr. Zheng went there again and asked them to prepare a silver ticket of 10 taels in advance."

10 taels, a future.

No one would refuse such a deal.

They dare not refuse.

That person was able to get inside information, which means that they must have a good relationship between the DPRK and China. Moreover, they prepared in advance and passed the test, and the other party held their hands, but they knew nothing about the other party.

This is the road with no choice.

Since they received that ball of paper!
Yan Yun lowered his eyes and said softly: "The other party has conducted a survey in advance and carefully selected these people. They are either wealthy businessmen or declining nobles who are about to break apart. Faced with this kind of temptation, even if they know that the road ahead is an abyss, they will not hesitate."

"And those who enter the court through this method are equivalent to being held by them, and it will be more handy to use them in the future."

Su Rao echoed the trend.

A person who can put his hand into the general examination and palace examination must have some status in the court.

This thing is getting more and more interesting.

"The other party concealed his identity and left no clues when he came and went. We have no way to follow this line to investigate."

Kong Jiang was very annoyed, the rain that had been raining for a long time finally stopped, thinking that the sky would be clear, but it just swayed for a while.

"Didn't the test questions also leak?"

Su Rao said: "There are invigilators and testimonials in the general examination. With their testimonies, leaking the questions is inevitable. If there is no gap in the palace examination, then start from here and try both ways."

Kong Jiang looked at Yan Yun, as if he was asking for his opinion, Yan Yun nodded slightly, "Go get him, this matter is up to you."

"The Ministry of Punishments and Yushitai..."

"I'll let someone know later."

What Yan Yun said was the notice, obviously he didn't mean to discuss it. These people have been under the supervision of Dali Temple, and the news hasn't leaked yet.

As long as they move fast enough, they may be able to find some answers from the leaked questions in the test.

Kong Jiang immediately understood Yan Yun's meaning, cupped his hands, turned and left.

Su Rao looked at the back of him leaving, and said with a silent smile: "There are so many people, is the prison in your Dali Temple enough?"

"enough."

Yan Yun glanced at her calmly, "What news do you think Kong Jiang will bring back?"

"Who knows."

The imperial examination used by the imperial court to select talents has become a joke, and the money-gathering hands have been stretched out under the eyes of Emperor Qianding. This man is not small.

Su Rao is really more interested in him.

After that, the two of them continued to investigate the case. People from the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Yushitai came one after another, and they seemed to have discovered the problem of the examination. When they rushed away, they had already been taken away by Dali Temple. Walk.

The two sides did not like each other, and it took a long time to give up after sarcasm.

Qi Qi ran to find Kong Jiang again.

Regrettably, after checking the examiners and military commanders in charge of the examination, they also failed to find the problem.

Everyone is anxious.

However, at this moment, Yan Yun and Su Rao discovered a problem at the same time.