Qin Yangyang was still awake and was asking someone to collect the calligraphy works of those talented men and beautiful women.

Qi Beiting did not come in through the normal route, but instead jumped down from the roof.

Qin Yangyang was shocked.

"Oh my God!" Qin Yangyang covered her chest, gently comforting herself, muttering to herself, "I'm not scared, I'm not scared."

Seeing that she was terrified, Qi Beiting scratched his head and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I came in a hurry and scared you. I won't do that again next time."

"You little brat, do you want to scare me to death?" Qin Yangyang said angrily to Qi Beiting, who had always played well with her nephew.

"Oh, Sister Yangyang, you know me, I didn't mean it." Qi Beiting apologized with a wronged handsome face.

"Alright, alright, stop talking about that. What are you doing breaking into a private house in the middle of the night?" Qin Yangyang asked.

"It's like this. We suspect that someone switched He Tuyuan's papers with another person's. We just have no evidence now. But Lord Mo said that you have the calligraphy of two people here. So we wanted to ask you for the calligraphy of those two people and take them back for comparison. If it is confirmed that they were switched, this matter will be very serious." Qi Beiting changed his playful attitude and spoke seriously.

"Okay, I got it. Ying'er, go find the poems of the two people the adults mentioned." Qin Yangyang ordered.

"Yes, Miss." A maid in yellow clothes went to the place where the servants had sorted out and looked for the calligraphy of the two people's names that Qi Beiting mentioned.

After searching for a while, I found it.

Qi Beiting took the two pieces of paper and said, "Okay, I'm grateful for your kindness. Sister Yangyang, I'll treat you to a pot of spring and delicious food some other day."

Qin Yangyang smiled and said, "Okay."

Qi Beiting rushed back to the examination hall with the two pieces of paper.

Mo Wen was already a little drowsy. When Qi Beiting came in, he tried to open his eyes wide and asked, "Did you get it back?"

"Yes, teacher, I have brought them all back. Please check and see if the two handwritings match." Qi Beiting spread the two pieces of paper next to the two papers.

"Look, the handwriting of Ke Dengke is obviously the same as that on He Tuyuan's paper, but the handwriting of He Tuyuan is obviously the same as that of Ke Dengke." Mo Wen asked Qi Beiting to compare them. Once compared, it would be very obvious which one was right and which one was wrong.

"It's impossible that He Tuyuan changed the papers by himself. Ke Dengke must have bribed the invigilator and the examiner, which led to the two people's papers being swapped. Otherwise, Ke Dengke would not be able to do this alone." Mo Wen expressed his opinion.

Qi Beiting agreed after hearing this.

Qi Beiting frowned. Not to mention him, Mo Wen’s eyebrows were so tight that they could almost pinch a fly to death.

Mo Wen thought to himself, "He Tuyuan was framed twice. How could it be possible that it was just Ke Dengke who did this? The invigilators and examiners behind the scenes are all implicated. But then again, if they weren't backed by higher-ranking officials, they wouldn't have the guts to do such a thing. However, if this was just one case, what if more students from poor families had their papers replaced by someone with ulterior motives?"

Mo Wen wondered if losing He Tuyuan was a shame. It was indeed a shame, but there was also the possibility that many of the students in this batch had their papers swapped. After all, there were many who defied the law.

Mo Wen thought to himself that he was getting old and wanted to retire. He didn't want to work in the officialdom anymore due to the intrigues and deceptions. He felt a little tired.

On the one hand, he didn't want to offend the big official behind him, but on the other hand, he felt that he couldn't bury the talent.

Mo Wen was thinking hard when he saw Qi Beiting frowning. Mo Wen suddenly felt like he really wanted to sleep, and someone brought him a pillow. This was the perfect person for him to use.

Qi Beiting felt that there was calculation in Mo Wen's eyes when he looked at him, and he didn't know if he was seeing things.

"Teacher, what should we do next?" This was the first time Qi Beiting encountered such a thing.

When Mo Wen heard him calling him teacher, he thought to himself, "Since you already call me teacher, I'll use you for a bit. It'll be your tuition for becoming my apprentice!" He smiled and said, "Since you already call me teacher, it's natural for you to tell your father about this."

When Qi Beiting heard that he was going to tell his father, the emperor, he immediately became unhappy. "No, no, no, this is too deep. I don't want to wade in, teacher..."

Mo Wen coaxed him like a child, "Fifth Prince, Beiting, do you think you and He Tuyuan have a good relationship?"

"It's okay, just a new friend." Qi Beiting thought for a while and answered.

"He's your friend after all. Think about it, your friend is in trouble now. If you don't help him, are you a man?" Mo Wen said with a smile.

"Forget it. I'd rather my friend die than let myself die. I can't sacrifice myself for a friend!" Qi Beiting said rationally.

"That's not wrong, but listen to me, I'll analyze the current situation for you." Mo Wen said.

Qi Beiting listened attentively.

"It's like this. At the moment, I'm not in a suitable position to talk about this matter, because I am responsible for this mistake. But you can rest assured that I will never shirk my responsibility. When the time comes, Your Majesty will investigate, and I will absolutely be obliged to stand at the forefront. I'm just an old man, and I'm useless. It doesn't matter if I suffer a little, but I can't let a few bad apples spoil the whole barrel, right?" Mo Wen said earnestly.

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