Chapter 65: I Have Evidence! (two more)

Wang Yun lowered his head and said respectfully, "Returning to Your Majesty, I think that who is right and who is wrong, you can't listen to the words of a family, you should pay attention to evidence as Your Majesty said."

In such a fair speech, no mixed emotions can be heard from the tone, the only meaning revealed is: be wise and protect yourself, and don't want to get involved.

Wang Yun lowered his head, no matter how the people behind him stretched their necks, people couldn't see his expression clearly.

Wang Yungui is the prime minister, with a high position and great power, many people raise their noses and rely on him to enjoy the cool, but now his words directly stupefied those who thought they were in the same camp as him!

Even those who used to call themselves Qingliu and looked down on those corrupt and addicted people headed by Wang Yun couldn't see what he meant at the moment.

If it was in the past, Wang Yun would naturally not say these things to Ruan Qingzhu, let alone say these words, he would only easily bring down Ruan Qingzhu, continue to do evil by himself, and embezzle officials and students who accept bribes.No one expected that Wang Yun would maintain a neutral attitude this time!

All the courtiers kneeling in the hall couldn't tell who was good and who was bad!

A group of people secretly looked at each other, not understanding why Wang Yun suddenly began to change his attitude.

The two people who refuted Ruan Qingzhu at the beginning obviously panicked!
They thought that Wang Yun would definitely be on their side. After all, Wang Yun has been the biggest traitor for a long time. Although they are not as powerful as him, they are also under Wang Yun's protection. Get a lot of benefits.But now, this treacherous minister suddenly showed a neutral attitude!

It was just one sentence, which made them a little flustered.What does the phrase Zuo Xiang mean?Should I stay neutral, or just wait and see what happens?

In the main hall, everyone held their breath and concentrated, with different expressions.

Ruan Qingzhu tightly squeezed the ivory wat board in his hand, and said loudly, "I have evidence."

"As for what Sun Shangshu said, I did know about it a long time ago, but the results haven't come out, so I don't dare to jump to conclusions. But after the ranking was released today, after seeing the list, I was sure that they just bribed the examiners and ganged up to cheat!"

"First, the ranking of the list is extremely suspicious. Those who are famous and famous are not even on the list at the end, but those students who are usually unknown or even extremely stubborn are at the top. Your Majesty must have heard about Chang'an. Who are the people who are young in the city but have great reputations? As for the daily achievements of the people on the list, your Majesty will know after checking, these are talents learned over many years, and I cannot and will not cheat."

"Secondly, the minister and the other two examiners were indeed entrusted with important tasks by His Majesty three days ago. Two days before the exam, the minister and the other examiners decided on the examination questions, and immediately reported them to His Majesty. Your Majesty already knew about it. But on that day, there was a disturbance in the barracks outside the city, and the Imperial Guard was replaced by someone with a face. I didn't doubt it at first, but the Imperial Guard dropped a token."

Ruan Qingzhu took out an ivory white jade tablet from his cuff, and soon, the eunuch beside the dragon chair came down and took the jade tablet from his hand.

"This token is engraved with a magnolia flower, and engraved with the word 'Chen' in seal script. I checked it yesterday, and it is the token of Chen Shangshu's family!"

From the time he took out the token, Chen Zhengdao was startled suddenly, he kept secrets, he didn't expect that the token fell in the palace, and he just happened to pick it up!

The emperor took the token from the eunuch, and it was exactly as he said, engraved with vivid magnolia and the word "Chen".

"Take it and show it to Chen Aiqing, and let him identify whether it is from his own house." The emperor gave the token to the eunuch again, and the eunuch walked down the stage. Cold sweat broke out on Chen Zhengdao's forehead, and his pupils constricted. Trying hard to restrain his trembling body, he didn't need to identify the token, the family crest that has been passed down for a hundred years, he only saw the outline, and knew that it was the token of only seven yuan in the family!

But even though he knew it in his heart, he still didn't dare to speak.

When you say it, it means revealing your secrets.

But not to mention, now that I am in the court, it is impossible to have time to order the people below to prepare fake ones. Your Majesty only needs to send someone to investigate and you will know!
"Is it yours?" The emperor on the dragon chair narrowed his eyes and asked again.

Obviously there was no anger or emotion in the words, but even such a light sentence made Chen Zhengdao terrified!
Chen Zhengdao broke out in a cold sweat. He never thought that Ruan Qingzhu, who had always kept a low profile, would suddenly take such a big risk and have the courage to report it. He also didn't expect that he would reveal his secrets. But now there is only one way in front of him.

"Return to Your Majesty, this token belongs to the minister's residence."

"Okay, you are honest." The emperor's words had faint anger, "Explain, is what Ruan Qing said true?"

Chen Zhengdao's heart seemed to explode, and countless thoughts were in a mess, up and down, and at the same time, cold sweat broke out on his back. In his eagerness, he even looked at Wang Yun, who had kept his head down all the time, but Wang Yun just She lowered her eyes and didn't intend to speak for him at all.

For the first time, Chen Zhengdao felt a little flustered.

However, at this moment, the more he hesitated, the more suspicious he was. Only when he appeared to have no ghosts in his heart could His Majesty believe him.

Chen Zhengdao took a deep breath, and suddenly came to his wits, "Your Majesty, the minister was wronged, how could Ruan Shilang be sure that the imperial guard fell out? When he saw the token of the Chen family, the first thing he thought of was not that the minister accidentally lost it. Why should he be suspicious?" Is it the imperial guards? If he saw it with his own eyes, why didn’t he return it to him without knowing it, but keep it until now as evidence? Is he a prophet, or is he deliberately trying to harm his ministers?”

Ruan Qingzhu said, "Your Majesty, Chen Shangshu is clearly trying to force his words! I saw that the Imperial Guard accidentally left it with my own eyes. The Imperial Guard looked suspicious at the time, so I asked a few questions. I didn't expect that the Imperial Guard I was very flustered, I accidentally lost the token in a panic, and the minister wanted to return it at the time, but the imperial guard walked like flying, the minister did not catch up at that time, and he didn't want to have too much contact with him. I thought about returning it after Qiu Wei, so I only brought it with me today, but I didn't expect it to be evidence now!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Chen Zhengdao. The back of Chen Zhengdao's dark red official uniform was dark, obviously soaked in sweat, and his face turned pale, obviously because he was frightened.

"Chen...Chen..." He trembled, but couldn't say a word.

Ruan Qingzhu said, "As long as your majesty sends someone to Chen's residence to investigate, you will know that this token is missing. I guess, there must be an internal response from Chen Shangshu's family, who leaked this exam question, so as to cooperate with others to cheat!"

(End of this chapter)

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