Chapter 191 No Second Place

Someone actually put his hand on the imperial examination.

Do you want to die?

"Someone."

"Your Majesty." Eunuch Yuan responded immediately.

"Go and call Feng Zuwen to me."

Eunuch Yuan turned around and arranged for an eunuch to call someone.

Feng Zuwen was in a particularly good mood these two days. He was full of energy when he was on duty, and he was strong and powerful when he trained the soldiers.

"Commander, you are a rough man, but you can raise a Huiyuanlang. Can you teach me some experience?" A subordinate deputy general asked him jokingly.

"Can he speak? I am not a rough man. My daughter praises me as the most gentle father." Feng Zuwen doesn't admit that he doesn't have much knowledge.

He also went to school for more than ten years and didn't go to school until he was fourteen.

He will eventually inherit the title of Marquis, so he doesn't have to work too hard to take the imperial examination.

As long as the martial arts are practiced well, it will be fine.

"It's my subordinate who can't talk. It's time to fight."

"Okay, that's all for today's training. It's time for lunch. My concubine is waiting for me."

Feng Zuwen was very satisfied that he could take half a day off every other day. In name, he was teaching Prince Ming martial arts, but in reality, he spent more time with his concubine.

Recently, he liked to take his concubine and Prince Ming out of the city to practice martial arts on Juyuan Mountain. They could give full play to their skills without having to worry about razing the land.

But he was a little disappointed recently. Prince Ming was only ten years old, but he was making rapid progress. He couldn't keep up with him. It

was so embarrassing.

As soon as he walked to the gate of the military camp, he saw Eunuch Ren beside the emperor.

"Hey, Eunuch Ren, what's up? Do you have an errand?" Feng Zuwen saw Eunuch Ren and greeted him first.

Eunuch Ren had just stepped out of the carriage and hadn't even stood firmly yet.

"My Lord, the Emperor has asked us to summon you to the palace." Eunuch Ren was glad that he had arrived at the right time.

"Oh. Let's go then." The Emperor had invited him, so he had to go to the palace first and couldn't go home to have dinner with his concubines.

He sent a servant back to tell him.

He rode into the palace. "Your Majesty

, I pay my respects to you." Feng Zuwen entered the study room and saw that the Emperor didn't look too good, so he saluted respectfully.

"My dear Lord Feng, you now order a thousand guards to surround the Examination Paper Pavilion of the Gongyuan." Yun Hongxiao gave the order directly.

Feng Zuwen was not surprised, but he still pretended to be surprised.

"Your Majesty, what happened?" Feng Zuwen asked in a confused manner.

"Someone has extended his hand to the imperial examination." Yun Hongxiao said with a dark face.

"What? I'll go right away." Feng Zuwen did not delay for a moment.

When the news of the siege of the Examination Paper Pavilion of the Imperial Academy spread, the capital was in an uproar.

What happened?

Zheng Zigang was so scared that he fell to the ground.

"It's over, it's over. It was discovered so soon."

He arranged for the second son of the second son to leave the capital. But he was stopped before he reached the city gate.

The four city gates were also taken over by Feng Zuwen, and everyone had to be checked and asked for the reason.

Except for civilians, no one else was allowed to leave the capital.

Jiang Haoran, the Minister of Rites, and Liu Zhengye, the Minister, were also hurriedly summoned to the palace.

"Your Majesty, I'm here to see you."

"My two dear ministers, take a look at these two policy papers first." Yun Hongxiao directly showed the two policy papers left by Wu Manjiang to the two.

He deliberately painted his name.

The two read it separately.

"What do you think of these two policy essays?" Yun Hongxiao got down from the dragon chair and walked in front of the two.

"Your Majesty, I think these two policy essays are very well written." Jiang Haoran said affirmatively.

"I also think they are well written." Liu Zhengye also agreed.

"If it is the policy essays of candidates for the imperial examination, can they pass the imperial examination and become Jinshi?" Yun Hongxiao asked again.

"Of course such an essay can, and the ranking should be very high." Liu Zhengye expressed his opinion.

"You are right, these two policy essays are well written, but one person failed. One is from Feng Yuanhao, and the other is from a poor student named Xie Wenyuan."

"What?" Jiang Haoran and Liu Zhengye were both shocked.

Then, they suddenly knelt on the ground.

"I have failed in my duty." Both of them prostrated deeply on the ground. The imperial

examination was organized by the Ministry of Rites. Now that such a big mistake has occurred, it is even a question whether they can keep their official robes.

"Go and gather all 120 tribute scholars together and ask each of them to write an essay. Then compare the 120 examination papers one by one to see how many of them are fake. Be quick.

The Imperial Guards have already controlled the examination room and the gates of the capital. You two will have one day to find all the impostors. Then check all the people who have come into contact with the examination papers this time, and ask the Ministry of Justice for help in this matter."

Yun Hongxiao ordered hurriedly.

Now is not a matter of whether they have failed in their duties.

"I obey your order."

The two did not dare to be negligent.

They took action immediately after leaving the palace.

The Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Justice, and the Imperial Guard all went out at once.

Most of the tribute scholars were waiting to take the palace examination, and no one left the capital.

Other students also rarely left the capital, because they had just learned the results and had not yet fully recovered from the loss.

This big move caused them all to panic.

They didn't know what had happened.

Especially the tribute scholars who were all invited to the Imperial College.

The original students of the Imperial College were temporarily notified to go home for the holiday. Those who had nowhere to go found a place to live by themselves.

All the runners of the Ministry of Rites were sent out to notify people.

All the tribute scholars who could be informed were notified, and they were all asked to go to the Imperial College.

But there were three candidates who could not be found.

The Ministry of Justice posted a notice asking candidates who knew the three to report them. Those who reported the finders would be rewarded.

This trick worked well and two were found.

The two hid at first and dared not see anyone.

But because they were afraid, they wanted to escape from the capital. They went to the city gate quietly, but were discovered.

The second candidate was still not found.

Very good.

After Yun Hongxiao learned about it, he demanded that the person must be found.

It was really lawless.

Huang Shaoteng knew something was wrong when he heard that the Examination Paper Pavilion was surrounded.

He was so scared that he walked back and forth in the room like a headless fly to ease the panic in his heart.

He didn't want to die, but he couldn't escape from the city.

What to do?

Go to Duke Zheng for help, they are grasshoppers on the same rope.

He was just about to go to the Duke of Zheng's mansion quietly. As soon as he walked out of the door of his residence, he saw three beggars passing by.

When the three beggars saw him, their eyes lit up. He was a nobleman. One of them took a broken bowl and took the initiative to come forward: "Kind sir, please give us some change and a meal. We haven't had any food for a day."

When Huang Shaoteng saw these beggars, he suddenly thought of a great idea.

"Come in." Huang Shaoteng led the three people in.

"Sir..." Several people looked at Huang Shaoteng pitifully,

"Qingyang, go buy some food for them." Huang Shaoteng ordered his servant.

Not long after, a large basket of buns was bought back.

The three people devoured them and ate until they were full.

"Thank you, sir, you are a good man."

Huang Shaoteng waved his hand, and the two maids who were serving him withdrew.

"This sir is not giving you food for free, but just want to ask you for a small favor. I need your clothes, and I can give you a few sets of my clothes." Huang Shaoteng slowly and quietly stated his request.

"Here, here, here, thank you, sir." The beggars were of course happy.

And looking at the clothes on Huang Shaoteng, their eyes were shining.

Huang Shaoteng personally went to get a few sets of his own clothes and asked them to change immediately.

Then he sent them away.

Huang Shaoteng didn't care so much, so he dressed himself up as a beggar and told his servants to stay indoors for a few days.

The servants didn't dare to mess around, because he also knew about the sir.

Ever since he knew that the young master had ranked second in the exam, he was extremely nervous.

Huang Shaoteng looked at his outfit and was very satisfied. He should be able to get out of the city this way.

He had to rush home as quickly as possible and inform his family to flee. As long as they fled to the Water Dragon Kingdom, no one would care about them.