Chapter 131 Taking turns to eat
The lobby of the Marquis of Loyalty’s Mansion.
Shen Wenyuan knelt in front of Jiang Qingrong with a face full of grief, "It's all my fault. Wanwan and I went boating on the lake... and... and the boat sank..."
He and Jiang Wan went boating on the lake.
The ship sank.
He could swim, so he deliberately floundered around in the water for a while, waiting until Jiang Wan was dead. Then he pretended to find her and fished her body ashore...
Then, amid the sympathetic onlookers, he brought Jiang Wan's body to the Jiang family, crying and apologizing.
Everyone who saw him would praise him for his loyalty and righteousness.
"How could this happen!" Jiang Qingrong looked at Jiang Wan's body in front of him and felt like he was struck by lightning.
He was so happy that he thought he was going to get along with the Shen family, but in the end, it was gone?
Just gone like that?
"Oh my God..." Jiang Qingrong's face turned pale, his joy turned into great sorrow. He couldn't bear the shock for a moment, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.
…
Jiang Qingrong really fell ill this time.
Jiang Rong returned to the Jiang family and presided over the funeral.
Master Shen felt very guilty about Jiang Wan's death and thought that Shen Wenyuan was largely responsible for not taking good care of Jiang Wan.
Let Shen Wenyuan keep vigil for Jiang Wan as a husband.
Shen Wenyuan was very unhappy, but he had no choice but to do it.
The Shen family also reported the case to the police and investigated the cause of the boat's leakage, but the authorities found no clues.
Not only the government has no clues.
Jiang Rong also didn't find any evidence against Shen Wenyuan.
She knew that Shen Wenyuan would definitely harm Jiang Wan...
So they had already sent people to keep an eye on Shen Wenyuan's movements...
But none of his men came to Yingyue Lake in advance to tamper with the boat...
"It seems that Shen Wenyuan has a helper hiding in the dark." Jiang Rong thought thoughtfully.
Jiang Rong recalled all the people from his previous life in his mind, but found no suspicious person.
But after thinking about it, she remembered a fragment that had not been connected before.
Shen Wenyuan would never elope with her.
From his point of view, MLZL, if I marry into the Northern Prince's Mansion, he would be happy to see it happen.
There must be a mastermind behind the scenes who prompted Shen Wenyuan to take this action.
This person offered a "price" that Shen Wenyuan could not refuse.
This person has been hiding in the dark.
Could this person be Shen Wenyuan's helper?
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In late July, Chi Moyan returned to Beijing.
On the fifth day of August, the imperial examination began.
Three days later, the examination ended.
The Imperial Examination Hall, which had been closed for three days, opened and candidates filed out.
Dong Zefei was very low-key and hurried back to the princess's mansion after the exam. The great scholar who had already prepared for the exam immediately wrote an essay according to the exam questions.
Dong Zefei then copied it in his own handwriting.
The imperial examination was held in the capital and supervision was very strict.
The questions are only distributed the day before the exam, and the examiners can only see them when they open the envelope.
So the Dong family was unable to get the questions in advance.
But there are other ways.
The invigilator in charge of collecting the papers would deliberately give Dong Zefei's test paper to Liang Yan.
There were more than 20 people in charge of marking the papers, but the others had no decision-making power and could only recommend the papers they liked to the three examiners...
Only if one of the examiners passes the exam can you be admitted.
This is just the primary election.
After that, all examiners will read the selected articles, and then conduct a re-selection and ranking, etc. If a really bad article is selected, it will not pass the re-selection.
During the preliminary selection, only Liang Yan could see Dong Zefei's test paper.
Then, by changing the test papers before the re-examination the next day, the truth can be concealed.
However, this is a very risky matter, and requires opening up many links, from collecting the scrolls to distributing them to guarding them, etc...
There must be someone at each node to complete this process.
And once discovered, the consequences will be very serious.
If Princess Anyang had not promised him huge profits and pressured him in various ways, Prince Duan would never have been willing to do such a thing just for a place in the imperial examination.
Wouldn't it be better for them to directly bribe the Jinshi who have already passed the exam?
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late at night.
Liang Yan sat at his desk reading the file. Looking at the nonsensical article in front of him, he was speechless.
Can I pass the imperial examination with just this article?
There was something wrong with the examiner in charge of his provincial examination!
The imperial examination was conducted anonymously.
So the names of the examinees could not be seen. But it was agreed in advance that the third character of the seventh line of the examination paper would be written as a secret code.
He also looked at Dong Zefei's handwriting in the article in advance to make sure there would be no mistakes.
Liang Yan put this volume of articles into the group to be retained.
At this moment...
The messenger in charge of delivering meals came over and gave Liang Yan a midnight snack.
The cook was also appointed in the Imperial Examination Hall.
But this whole set of levels has been completed.
The officer handed the test paper hidden in the food box to Liang Yan.
The three examiners all had separate rooms and there were no outsiders at this time.
One of the guards outside the door was a member of Prince Duan's party, who was responsible for keeping watch.
Liang Yan handed him the replaced test paper and said, "Burn it quickly."
As soon as the words fell...
A cold and hard voice came from outside the door, "Master Liang, what are you doing?"
Liang Yan looked at Master Shen outside the door in shock!
Where's the guard who was keeping watch? He didn't even notify us that someone was coming!
…
Before the examination begins.
Jiang Rong sent a message to Master Shen, "Liang Yan is cheating."
Master Shen was very shocked. He didn't know where Jiang Rong got the news, but she would never say anything nonsense. She must have found some clues...
The emperor appointed Master Shen as the chief examiner and assigned a troop of captains from the Mingxin Division to him.
Since the first day of the exam.
Master Shen sent people to secretly keep an eye on Liang Yan and other officials of Prince Duan's party.
The reason why Master Shen could be the chief examiner, besides being fair, was, of course, because he was also a capable official.
Give him a clue, and he can catch a whole nest of rats.
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Master Shen opened the two anonymous examination papers and saw the same name on both.
Dong Zefei.
Master Shen brought two test papers to see the emperor overnight.
The emperor was furious.
"There must be a lot of people involved in sending the exam papers in." The emperor sneered, "Come here, arrest all the invigilators and examiners and put them in jail. Chu Shouchen! Investigate this matter thoroughly for me!"
As soon as the emperor heard Liang Yan's name, he guessed that it was Prince Duan's party who did it.
But the princes were fighting for power and profit, and everything had to be done in moderation.
Even the imperial examination has started to be rigged, it's time for Prince Duan to give him a good beating.
Otherwise, he would have thought that the positions in the imperial court were under his control. Whoever he wanted to get the position would get the position?
The emperor is not dead yet.
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Princess Anyang's Mansion.
"After my son passes the exam this time, these disturbances can be calmed down!" Princess Anyang looked at Dong Zefei with a relieved smile.
Dong Zefei was still indignant, "Chi Moyan, a lowly person, dares to bark at me. When he becomes an official, I will teach him a lesson!"
"Don't worry. We have so many of our people in the court. The Xie family and the prince don't get along. If Chi Moyan enters the officialdom, he will definitely not have a good death." Princess Anyang was complacent.
As soon as the words fell...
A group of captains in flying fish uniforms rushed in.
"Mingxin Division..." Princess Anyang's heart skipped a beat when she saw this scene, and she had a bad feeling: "What are you doing?"
Chu Shouchen held up the token and said, "Your Majesty has ordered that Dong Zefei be arrested and imprisoned. All irrelevant people, please move aside."
"What? Why are you arresting my son!" Princess Anyang couldn't believe it.
"Cheating in the imperial examination." Chu Shouchen actually answered her.
Princess Anyang's eyes went dark. "Impossible... How could this be..."
How did it get exposed?
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