"Tell me quickly, what's going on?" County Magistrate Zhu asked hurriedly.

"The top three this time are all from Hongwen Academy..." Qin Xian recounted the background of Hongwen Academy and the relationship between the dean of Hongwen Academy and one of the chief examiners this time.

"This is indeed strange, but it doesn't mean that these students cheated." said County Magistrate Zhu.

In his heart, he still hoped that he had not cheated. He just wanted to live in peace and did not want to be blamed by the governor of Wen County.

"Master Zhu, this is a witness. This student and Wei Ziang were in the same examination room!" Qin Xian said.

Qian Lu thought about what Master Qin had told him on the way here, asking him to be more certain in what he said in front of the county magistrate.

So he said, "Master Zhu, I saw Wei Ziang pull out a piece of paper from his sleeve. There was densely written words on the paper!"

Lord Zhu frowned.

"Master! Master!" A doorman rushed in hurriedly.

"What happened again? You are in such a hurry and have no manners at all!" County Magistrate Zhu said unhappily.

He has a headache, it's so annoying!

"Sir, there are many students outside, and they all come to ask Sir Zhu to make a decision for them!" said the doorman.

A lot of students?!

County Magistrate Zhu frowned and said, "Let them in."

This time, seven or eight students came, all of whom were taking part in the county examination.

"Sir, a little-known academy actually took the top three spots. How unreal! How arrogant! They don't take the laws of the king seriously!"

"Sir, please help us. We students have studied so hard for years to get a chance to take the county exam, but who would have thought... who would have thought that a cheat would steal our place!"

"Yes, we don't accept it! This kind of atmosphere is not right and it chills the hearts of scholars!"

"Sir, you must make the decision for us!"

"Please, sir, help us!"

The students said one after another.

These students are not on the list.

Qin Wenxuan told them about this matter, and they immediately exploded.

This matter is indeed very strange.

How could a student from a poor academy possibly get into the top three?

So funny!

If these three people hadn't cheated, they might have been the ones admitted to the county school!

Their hope suddenly ignited, and they came to the county government office with anger, demanding that the county magistrate make a decision for them!

When County Magistrate Zhu heard what the students said, he naturally took it very seriously.

"Dear students, I will definitely investigate this matter and give you an explanation!"

"Thank you, sir!"

"Thank you, sir!"

The students then left.

County Magistrate Zhu looked at Qin Xian.

"I will deal with this matter immediately. You can go back first."

Qin Xian took Qian Lu away from the county government office.

"If you take the crooked path instead of the right one, you are doomed to die!" Qin Xian snorted coldly and walked towards home.

Qian Lu was also happy.

Brother Qin said that if this matter is accomplished, he will give him ten taels of silver!

Just telling two lies and getting ten taels of silver is such a bargain!

County Magistrate Zhu immediately called in Dean He of the county school to discuss the matter with him.

Dean He was shocked.

"Master Zhang is a decent man. He wouldn't do something like revealing the exam questions to his classmates."

"Don't worry about whether it's right or wrong. We'll know after the investigation and trial." said County Magistrate Zhu.

"Let's do whatever the adults say." The dean of the county school was a fence-sitter and said quickly.

"Put the list away first and don't distribute it anymore."

According to convention, after the list is posted, dozens of copies will be made and sent to each academy so that each academy knows the results of the county exam and then informs the students who have passed the county exam.

Now that there is a problem with the county exam, the results cannot be announced.

"Yes, sir."

"Write another letter to Guo Nian from Hongwen Academy and ask him to come to the county government office!" said County Magistrate Zhu.

"yes."

Throughout the day, a lot of things happened.

Tangli naturally didn't know all this.

Tangli's family were all happy about the results of the county exam.

The next day.

When the family was loading their belongings onto the carriage and preparing to go home, two yamen runners suddenly arrived.

Tang Li was surprised: "My two lords, has something happened?"

"Madam Wei, the county magistrate has ordered you to stay in the inn first. He can ask you anything at any time." said the bailiff.

When Tang Li asked again, the yamen runners all kept silent.

Tangli felt a little uneasy.

"Madam Wei, don't even think about sneaking away. This is the order from the county magistrate. If you disobey the order, the future of the two young masters will definitely be affected."

The yamen runners left this sentence before leaving.

In this way, Tangli had no choice but to move his things down and move back to the inn.

Dabao and Xu Jue ranked first and second in the exam, weren't they doing well?

Why did they stop suddenly?

What exactly happened?

Because of the unknown, Tangli felt a little uneasy.

"Have you heard? The notice board at the entrance of the county school has been removed!"

"Shouldn't this list be posted for half a month? Why was it suddenly removed? What's going on?"

"It seems like there's a problem with the county exam. Someone is said to be cheating!"

"Oh my god, cheating, this is a big deal. Anyone who dares to cheat will never have a chance of success in the future!"

"Some incompetent people always take risks."

"Who is so bold as to cheat?"

"We don't know yet. I heard the county magistrate is still investigating and looking for evidence."

Tang Li listened to the discussions and vaguely felt that it was related to the fact that they were stopped.

Before she could ask, a group of students arrived in front of the inn.

"Wei Ziang, Xu Jue, come out!"

Dabao and Xu Jue heard the sound and walked out of the room.

"Wei Ziang, Xu Jue, cheated in the county exam! How disgusting!"

As soon as they reached the door, accompanied by a loud curse, something with a foul smell was thrown at them.

The thing went straight towards Dabao's face. Dabao was stunned. Xu Jue reacted faster and quickly stepped forward to block it, and the thing hit Xu Jue!

"Xu Jue!" Dabao looked at the rotten eggs on Xu Jue's body, and the egg liquid dripped down his clothes.

The students were holding all kinds of rotten eggs and vegetable leaves in their hands and threw them at the two people without any regard.

At this time, a figure jumped down from the second floor, holding the two children and avoiding the attack of rotten eggs.

Tang Li looked at the stinky egg liquid on Xu Jue's body and his face turned cold.

Those people were still throwing eggs. Tang Li kicked over and used his strength to kick the rotten eggs back intact, landing on the faces of those students.

The students' faces and bodies were covered in egg liquid, which was hanging down and looked extremely disgusting and smelled extremely bad.

Passersby smelled the stench, covered their lips, and took a few steps back.

"You...you evil woman, you actually kicked rotten eggs in our faces!" a student cursed angrily.

Tang Li walked to the door of the inn and stared at the group of students with a fierce and imposing look.

"You think you can bully my child?!"

"It's just a rotten egg. If you dare to curse again, I'll kick you in the face!"

Tang Li looked like he meant what he said, very fierce and didn't seem to be joking at all.

Those students were a little scared when they thought about Tang Li's skills just now.