Chapter 516: Got Caught

The students lined up.

The gray-clothed man's expression changed suddenly, because he found that the people standing with him were all the hidden stakes he had arranged to pull.

The man in gray couldn't help but step forward and said loudly: "Excuse me, sir, why do you divide it this way..."

The examiner waved his hand impatiently: "Why do you have to ask so many questions when you are taking the exam in a different room? I have never seen you so difficult to assign. How are we going to assign seats? We will just assign seats according to where you sat before."

The people in gray were stunned.

So it does make sense that they did intentionally sit together in order to create a scandal of plagiarism and cheating.

The gray-clothed man in the lead was still uneasy and couldn't help but add: "Then why do we have to start from now on..."

The examiner glared at me and said coldly: "Do you want to take the exam or not? If you don't want to take it or want to give up, you can leave immediately. Right now! I won't stop you!"

Gray Man: ...

At this time, the other students who had already lined up also whispered:

"Brother Shi, you see we are arranged in the same way. Stop arguing and take the test first."

"Yes, Shi Lang-kun, it's just a change of examination room. We have changed it."

"It's not easy to get to this point in the exam, it's okay!"

…

The man in gray saw the examiner's indifferent expression, and thought about how hard it was to get to this stage of the palace examination, so he gritted his teeth and stood at the front of the line.

However, his eyelids kept twitching until he sat down for the exam. In less than a cup of tea, he was captured by the Jinyiwei who were ambushed in the back. Not only the mastermind, but also the rest of the people were captured one by one and handcuffed.

The man in gray saw that his entire army was annihilated and knew that the situation was hopeless. He couldn't help but ask, "How did you find out?"

They have done everything they can to keep it secret. For example, the scholars brought in here had no idea that they were responsible for the plan to disrupt the Daxia examination center. They were coerced and induced by other people.

Jinyiwei threw a rag at him and angrily shouted at the Jinyiwei who was holding the man in gray: "Damn it. Why don't you shut up this stinky mouth first? What if it disturbs the scientific research next door?"

The gray-clothed man's pupils shrank, but he still struggled and said, "You can't arrest me, I have an identity..."

But before he could finish his words, he was gagged by the Royal Guards and was arrested along with the others.

…

In the distance, the emperor and his entourage watched quietly as the group of people were tied up and taken away.

After a moment, the emperor suddenly said, "If it weren't for Xiaojiu, there would be dozens of identical answers in this imperial examination. The first imperial examination in Daxia would become a huge joke. I am so disappointed."

The officials in the Ministry of Personnel in charge all knelt down in unison: "Your humble servants... admit their guilt."

The emperor looked down at the officials of the Ministry of Personnel and said, "After today, I will have the three departments conduct a thorough investigation. If everything is just a mistake, I will only punish you for the crime of negligence and fine you one year's salary."

The officials of the Ministry of Personnel were overjoyed and immediately kowtowed to express their gratitude.

The emperor paused for a moment and said lightly, "But if it is found that the gray-robed man is colluding with your subordinates, relatives, or retainers. Even if you are unaware, you will be considered the mastermind. Not only will you be held responsible, but you must also dismiss all your retainers."

All the officials in the Ministry of Personnel froze up and rubbed their hands, ready to work hard.

The emperor continued to punish those responsible for this imperial examination, and even the crown prince did not escape a scolding.

But the prince was a little distracted.

The main reason was that he was still thinking about the punishment condition of dismissing his retainers.

Is the emperor planning to take action against the private armed forces of the powerful?

If you really want to take action against the powerful, retainers, followers and other members.

This storm will definitely not be smaller than the one caused by reducing the power of the feudal lords, and it may even be bigger.