Chapter 244 Sparks
"I'm so sorry, we didn't know you were from the Ye family of Heihe Village!" The people said with a smile, "The headmaster is right, our eyesight is really not very good!"
"Please forgive the Ye family for any offense I have caused you today."
Luo Qiuyue sneered, "Please don't be like this. My family is just country bumpkins who have never seen the world and are ignorant of the depths of heaven and earth. We can't afford an apology from a noble like you."
Everyone blushed.
"We are indeed shortsighted. If we knew you were from the Ye family, we would definitely not speak for the Wang family!"
"That's right! You can't blame us entirely. We never dreamed that the Ye family would dress so casually!"
Luo Qiuyue snorted, "I've finally figured it out. You guys are all sycophants who pay respect to Luo Yi before you pay respect to others! The Ye family isn't familiar with you all, so we don't need you to speak up for us, and you don't need to keep coming up to us. We're not on the same page!"
The group of people blushed and were too embarrassed to say anything.
Shanzhang Yang chuckled and said, "Don't blame the Ye family for being angry! His child was admitted to Mingyu Academy as an exception. Think about it, everyone. Since Mingyu Academy was founded, how many students have been admitted as exceptions?"
Everyone was surprised. "So the Ye family's child really has the ability to take the top spot?"
Yang Shanzhang laughed in an unfathomable manner. "I can't be too sure. Anyway, Ye's Ah Shun is indeed an outstanding student in Mingyu Academy."
Everyone then understood that the Ye family was not bragging when they said their child won the first place.
They do have that ability.
"Then what about the young master of the Wang family? The Wang family has always claimed that their children have excellent grades, so why was he caught cheating on the exam today?"
Yang Shanzhang smiled and shook his head. "Alright! Everyone, you're asking me to answer this kind of question. Aren't you clearly asking me to offend people?"
Everyone understood immediately.
“So the Wang family is the one bragging!”
"They laid all this groundwork just to prevent anyone from getting suspicious when they finally win the top spot!"
"The Wang family is incredibly scheming. Fortunately, the county magistrate discovered it. Otherwise, how would they have let those hard-working students cope?"
Amidst the discussion, a calm voice came, "You all don't think that just because we caught the cheater today, the provincial and academy exams tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will be fair competition, right?"
Everyone was stunned and the crowd became much quieter.
Zhao Xingjian took over Ye Buwei's conversation, "Wang Zude just said that as long as today is over, he will be able to take the top spot. Why is he so sure? Don't you guys understand what he meant?"
Some of the more intelligent people among the onlookers immediately understood the key point. "Wang Zude means that his family has already made connections for the exams tomorrow and the day after? Can he guarantee first place?"
Zhao Xingjian stopped talking.
He and Ye Buwei are only responsible for igniting the fire. From then on, it depends on how things develop.
"That would be terrible!"
Many people in the crowd looked anxious, as they all had family members taking the exam.
"If that's the case, then there's something fishy going on in this children's exam!"
"Aren't those of us who have no money and no power destined to become victims of those cheaters?"
Many people burst into tears in grief, "Oh my God! Our whole family has worked so hard to support a scholar, hoping that he can pass the imperial examination and become a successful person! Now even the chief examiner has been bribed, what's the point of taking the exam? Isn't it just a waste of time?"
"These damn corrupt officials don't leave us ordinary people with even a shred of hope!"
Ye Yanping and Ye Yan'an were also filled with anger. Ashun was determined to take the path of scientific examination, but he never expected that this path would be so dirty.
Ye Yanping waved his fist in anger.
"Are these corrupt officials still human beings? The imperial examination is to select talents for the country. If they dare to falsify such things, what's the point of studying in the future?"
Ye Yan'an chimed in, "According to this, whoever has the money to bribe will have a chance to rise to prominence! Whoever bribes more will rank higher in the imperial examinations! What chance do we common people have? Why bother studying? Just pack up your bags and go home to farm!"
The anger of the crowd was ignited.
All things are inferior, only reading is superior.
If studying is useless, what hope is there for this world?
"Everyone, we have to save ourselves!" Someone stood up. "We can't let this continue! The examiner for the next two days has already stayed at the county government inn. We need to go and get to know him!"
"Right! This matter must be brought to light and justice must be done to all the candidates!"
People walked towards the post house in groups, and the onlookers were a little hesitant, not knowing whether they should join in the fun.
At this time, someone shouted.
"Don't think that just because no one in your family is taking the imperial examination this year, you can just ignore it! This matter concerns every family's descendants, unless your family never takes the imperial examination!"
As soon as these words were spoken, those who were hesitant began to move.
"Let's go! Let's go together!"
"We must defeat this evil trend!"
A huge crowd of people headed towards the post station.
At this time, in the Xianchuan County Posthouse.
The prefect in charge of the provincial examination and the superintendent of education in charge of the academy examination were sitting together drinking tea.
Suddenly, there was a commotion outside the door, and someone hurried in to report, "Your Excellency, the Academician and the Prefect, the posthouse has been surrounded by the people!"
"What's going on?" The governor of education glanced at the prefect.
The prefect smiled and said, "It's okay. There are always some unruly people who want to cause trouble. Just drive them away."
He then turned to the person who had reported the incident and scolded him, "You're bothering the academician with such a small matter? You can handle it on your own!"
"Your Excellency the Prefect..." the man hesitated, "There are at least a thousand people gathered at the gate, and we have less than fifty guards at the post station. I'm afraid we can't handle it..."
"Thousands of people?!" the prefect asked in disbelief. "How could so many people come together to cause trouble for no reason?"
"I don't know, but it seems to be related to the large number of cheaters in today's county exam."
"So many people are cheating? What's going on?" The academic governor stood up and said, "Go out and take a look!"
The Superintendent of Education walked in front, and the Prefect followed behind, and the two arrived at the gate of the post station.
The people were outraged and kept shouting "dog officials". The guards at the door were almost unable to withstand it.
"The academician and the prefect are here! Why don't you kneel down and pay your respects?"
The angry people ignored him and said, "Please explain the situation clearly, my Lords! Why are you accepting bribes and blocking the path to the imperial examination for ordinary people?"
"How dare you!" the prefect roared with authority. "How dare such rude and unreasonable people exist in Xianchuan County! This is absurd. Since ancient times, there have been distinctions between the high and the low. What do the academician and I need to explain to you? Where is the Xianchuan County Magistrate? After such a major incident, why is he nowhere to be seen?"
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