Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Li Xu took Guan Yangping's cheating stuff and hurried upstairs.

"It was so noisy just now, what happened?"

Zhu Xuan could hear the noises downstairs, but he couldn't hear clearly what happened. However, he knew that something must have gone wrong with the imperial examination. It was the first time he presided over an imperial examination, and something was going to go wrong. Those hateful guys really would not give him face.

Since they don't give him face, don't blame him for being ruthless and doing something cruel.

"Your Highness, I found this thing downstairs."

Li Xu knelt in front of Zhu Xuan and carefully handed him the pen and magnifying glass.

"This is……"

When Zhu Xuan saw the magnifying glass, he didn't quite understand, but when he saw the opened pen and the cheat sheet filled with small handwriting, his face immediately darkened.

It's not just about what happened unexpectedly.

There are still people who want to cheat under their noses and even use such means.

"You are really brave!"

Zhu Xuan didn't want to see this, but it appeared right in front of him. He picked up the magnifying glass and looked at the contents of the cheat sheet. It was obviously something used for cheating. He said, "Get up!"

Only then did Li Xu dare to get up and wait for Zhu Xuan's order.

Zhu Xuan put down the magnifying glass and asked again, "Who is cheating?"

Li Xu lowered his head and said, "I...I haven't asked for his name yet, but I have already had someone control him and all the candidates who came to take part in the examination room. The news and the examination room will be blocked and will not be leaked to the outside world for the time being."

"You did a great job!"

Zhu Xuan looked at the pen again and it was obvious that someone had done this on purpose.

It is not easy to do this. He judged that this pen was not made by the candidate, but was made by someone specially and then sold to those scholars for profit.

Zhu Xuan was somewhat surprised and angry to find that there was an industry chain in Jinling City that was specifically responsible for helping scholars cheat.

"Jinyiwei, are you eating for free again? Let Jiang Li come to see me."

Zhu Xuan said coldly.

Lei Gang had returned at this time. He was shocked to know that someone was cheating. Of course, he understood the seriousness of the matter. After receiving Zhu Xuan's order, he hurried out to find Lei Gang.

“Keep the blockade going.”

Zhu Xuan said in a cold voice: "We cannot let any information here leak out. We must thoroughly check all the candidates who enter the examination room. The examination will be postponed this time. Hou Xian, go and call Zhang Xun over."

Only by completely blocking the news here and preventing it from spreading out, the person outside who is in charge of the cheating industry chain will not receive the news, and only in this way can we catch him.

"Yes!"

Li Xu and Hou Xian responded and immediately went down to make arrangements.

Zhu Xuan let out a long sigh. It was not what he wanted for a good imperial examination to turn out like this. It was the first imperial examination he presided over, and cheating was discovered before it even started.

This dealt some blow to Zhu Xuan's confidence.

"They are really brave!"

Zhu Xuan thought: "Don't let me catch who it is. Maybe there are accomplices inside the court, haha..."

On the surface, the Ming Dynasty seems to be peaceful and everything seems to be on the right track without any problems. However, in some dark corners, that is where the real problems exist.

The small problems in the dark corners are the most deadly. Once they break out, the consequences are quite serious.

Li Xu went down and passed another order, and the entire examination room was completely sealed off. Everything was blocked off, and non-official personnel were absolutely not allowed to enter or leave, which instantly caused dissatisfaction among many students.

However, anyone who dared to express dissatisfaction would be taken away by the guards for individual inspection.

Now that cheating has occurred, these guards are extremely strict, especially since His Highness is backing them up. No matter whether these people are royal relatives or landlords and nobles, they all need to be investigated.

Those who feel guilty become even more panicked when they see such a comprehensive investigation.

But normal scholars, such as Jian Jinzhong who was upright, cursed those cheating scholars in their hearts, but stood straight and cooperated with the guards' inspection. After all, they had no problems and came to take the exam with integrity.

No one with a guilty conscience is afraid of being investigated.

Only those with a guilty conscience would be afraid of this and that. Li Xu's gaze, like a sharp sword, swept across the scene, frightening many people.

"Guardian Li!"

Jiang Li finally arrived.

Hearing that someone cheated in the imperial examination today, Jiang Lin was also shocked. He directly brought all the idle Jinyiwei from the Beizhenfusi Yamen over and asked, "Where is His Highness?"

The first thing he had to do, of course, was to pay a visit to Zhu Xuan.

"His Highness said there's no need to look for him."

Li Xu immediately said, "Just start investigating. Sir Jiang, you are the most professional. I will leave the people here to you first."

"it is good!"

Since Zhu Xuan had given the order, Jiang Li would not go to see him again and shouted, "Go!"

Those Jinyiwei who came in had a sharp light flashing in their eyes. They went to check those messy things. Among all the guards here combined, none of them were as professional as Jinyiwei.

They quickly divided all the candidates into several batches, and then observed their words and expressions, and took away those who were obviously panicked and seemed to resist the investigation separately, and focused on investigating these people.

"Where's the scholar who got caught cheating?"

Jiang Wei said again.

Li Xu said, "Take him away. Someone bring that unlucky guy to Lord Jiang for questioning."

"Yes!"

A guard immediately responded.

Guan Yangping is going to be unlucky if he falls into the hands of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

When the Jinyiwei arrived, the scholars suddenly became much quieter, but the noise brought by the Jinyiwei was even greater. After all, their investigation and interrogation, including all working methods, were different from those of ordinary guards.

They need to be more professional!
Guan Yangping was brought over quickly. Jiang Li pointed to a Jinyiwei and said, "Take him to a quiet room and ask him about it. Then someone will retrieve his household registration and conduct a thorough investigation."

"Yes!"

The Jinyiwei responded.

Of course there are some special rooms here, and the unlucky Guan Yangping was quickly taken away.

"doing what?"

"What are you doing?"

"Master Jiang, what happened?"

Zhang Xun finally arrived after receiving Zhu Xuan's order.

Hou Xian went to find someone simply to convey this order. As Zhu Xuan's personal eunuch and the chief eunuch of the Eastern Palace, he knew very well what his duties were.

He didn't dare to say a single word that shouldn't be said.

It is enough to just go and deliver the message honestly. Usually, such honest and dutiful people can live longer in the palace.

Therefore, Zhang Xun still didn't know what was going on.

"Master Zhang!"

Jiang Li said: "Someone is cheating."

"what?"

Zhang Xun was shocked. Didn't this mean that the exam had to be suspended? He asked hurriedly, "Where is His Highness?"

"upstairs!"

Li Xu said.

Zhang Xun went upstairs without saying anything. (End of this chapter)