In fact, at the beginning of the matter, it was just a drunken examinee who said that he knew the test questions of this subject a long time ago, and he must pass the exam, so it's not a problem.
At first everyone just thought he was bragging, after all, if this person had excellent grades, it would be fine, but he just failed in the provincial examination. Generally, when this kind of people come to take the exam, they will take the exam for nothing by default, but they are here to gain some experience for the next time.
Such a person dares to say that he will definitely pass the examination, it is ridiculous!
At that time, there were many candidates present, most of whom were drunk. Some people didn't believe it, they laughed and scolded this person for bragging, and they often mocked him. Some people were skeptical, while others believed it, but those who believed it kept secrets. Regardless of these, on the day when the examination results were released, this person was indeed on the list and passed the Gongshi examination.
This time, if he passed the imperial examination in April, if he passed the palace examination in April, he would still be from the same Jinshi background. This person's future is already certain. On the contrary, there are many well-known and well-educated people who are not listed on the list, and their names are lost to Sun Shan.
The most ridiculous thing is that the fellow who was selected as Jie Yuan in the test with this person failed the list, but the one at the end of the trailer came in first place, which made people shake their heads and sigh, straight to the injustice of the world.
In fact, as early as before and after Chunwei, there were gossip rumors in private that there were many joints in the examination room, not to mention worshiping godfathers and disciples, and some people even sold test questions privately, which ordinary people could not buy. It's just that everyone didn't believe it, but such a thing happened again, so there were more and more people talking about it in private.
At the same time, another incident occurred. It was a Jiangxi native who claimed that some officials had accepted money from him but did not take it from him.
Thirty-three years of Hongjing is destined to be an eventful year.
On the second day of March, hundreds of candidates who failed the exam went to the Confucius Temple on Guozijian Street in Dongcheng.
When asked what they were doing, they were naturally crying for Confucian Temple.
In the past dynasties, there have been many major fraud cases in the imperial examinations. This imperial examination is related to the lifeline of the imperial court, and it is also related to the interests of countless people.
In the previous dynasty, there was an incident where all the students cried at the Confucian Temple, but it was a rural examination, and the candidates were only candidates. Even so, the big imperial examination fraud case was also implicated innumerable, and many high-ranking officials were sacked one after another, some beheaded, and others ransacked their homes.
Now when he was in power, such a shocking scandal happened. After Emperor Hongjing heard the news, Longyan was furious.
It's also these candidates who are too hurt, and they are probably desperate to break the boat.
Cry Confucian Temple? That should be recorded in the history books. Only when the monarch is stupid, the court is immoral, and the examination room is dark, so that all the students have nowhere to appeal, they can only go to Confucius and cry.
All of a sudden, there was a turmoil, and the entire capital city was covered in dark clouds. Emperor Hongjing ordered people to pick the apricot list, seal up all the test papers of the candidates, and ordered people to conduct a thorough investigation.
Naturally, this thorough investigation must start with the troubled candidates. Countless people were implicated in pulling out the radish and bringing up the mud.
The first to bear the brunt is the examiner Xiao Cheng, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites.
Why is it that he is the first among them, because the many questionable candidates who have been interrogated so far are all written by him.
Speaking of this, I have to talk about the test marking system. As I said earlier, there have been people who tampered with the imperial examinations in all dynasties, so this preventive measure is also advancing with the times.
What Dagan implements is the Zhumojuan. The so-called Zhumojuan means that after the examinee finishes answering the paper, there will be a special person to collect the paper and paste the name. The name on the test paper was blurred, so the owner of the test paper was naturally unknown to outsiders. Of course, this step is not over yet, it needs to be sent to the Judicial Records Office for the Judicial Records, where a special scribe will re-copy it with a vermilion pen, and the ink scroll will be sealed before being sent to the examiner.
This is done to prevent the examiners from identifying the handwriting, or the candidates to mark the test papers, so as to prevent the possibility of cheating.
It seems that the procedures are extremely complicated and seamless, but in fact, as long as there is a will, there are always loopholes that can be exploited. After all, in addition to the two chief examiners and other fellow examiners, there are countless graders in the Tribute Court, as well as countless small officials, and even the trumpeters and handymen who are in charge of invigilating the examination.
Just like one of the fraudulent means found out this time, joint notes.
It is after the examiner and the examinee communicate with each other, and before the examinee enters the examination room, they agree to use specific words in certain places in the test paper, most of which are function words. Those who have cleared the checkpoints only need to hand over the note with key words to the examiner, and the examiner will "accord to the note and record it without missing anything".
Not to mention that there are other means, only you can't think of it, no one can't do it.
Xiao Teng tried his best to deny it, but after consulting the files, he really found that the person who was selected by him had some literary and logical mistakes, and there were many typos. There is almost no need to retake the exam to be sure that this is indeed an imperial examination fraud case, or a major case headed by the chief examiner.
Xiao Cheng was indisputable, and his face was pale, and he confessed to one person, who was none other than King An.
In fact, this kind of joint sliver is not uncommon in the general examinations of every subject. If the rich and powerful want to guide some disciples, teachers and colleagues will use this method to guide a few juniors, it is a convention. But we all know the truth that too much is too late, and there are only a few at a time.
And this time, not many people were found to have passed through Xiao Ting's hands, and there were only seven or eight people. The problem is that things have become big, and it is also related to the sale of test questions, which can be regarded as a large-scale imperial examination fraud.
But Xiao Cheng didn't admit it, just said he didn't know.
Then it can only be found on Wang An's head.
At the same time, a disciple named Wang Datong in Prince An's Mansion surfaced.
According to the investigation, this person is the one who sold the test questions in private.
Take this person for interrogation, and he sold more than 50 copies of the 500 taels of exam questions.
Emperor Hongjing Longyan was furious, and personally asked King An to scold him, but King An only admitted to handing over the note, and did not admit that the Mingmen sold the test questions.
Most likely, King An also knew that it was useless to refute, and he said it very frankly, handing over the note was a customary convention, and he was a dignified prince who never expected to rely on his disciples to sell exam questions to make money. But this Wang Datong is indeed a disciple of King An, not to mention this relationship, this Wang Datong also has a daughter who is King An's concubine.
Could it be that female sex misleads people, that's why the exam questions were leaked from Wang An's hands, making a big mistake? Not to mention the identity of Prince An, he is just a small chief in the Ministry of Rites, and the examination questions are the most important, and it is impossible for him to pass through.
As a result, countless officials from the Ministry of Rites were involved, not to mention, and Wang Datong himself was also confiscated and imprisoned.
In the process of ransacking the house, something was stolen from Wang Datong's house, and it was this thing that implicated King Qing.
A letter with the seal of King Qing.
When King Qing was drunk at home, he was escorted into the palace.
His errand in Guanglu Temple was insignificant, and he could do without him, so he hadn't been to Guanglu Temple for a long time. He drank at home all day long to soothe his sorrows, and occasionally went to Xiao's house when he went out, but Xiao's house kept shutting the door to him.
So when he was taken into the palace, he was still drunk and didn't know anything. Emperor Hongjing sneered when he saw it, and ordered someone to sober him up. King Qing didn't know what happened until he sobered up.
Immediately, his expression changed, his body covered in cold sweat, he defended himself repeatedly, and asked to see Emperor Hongjing, but no one paid any attention to him.
At the same time, in Prince Qing's mansion, the prince was taken away by the people in the palace, and everyone was panicked, so no one noticed that anyone in the mansion was missing.
On a deserted path outside the city, a very ordinary carriage was driving at this time.
Apart from the coachman, there were only two women sitting in the carriage.
Concubine Han was sitting in the carriage, with her hands clenched into fists under her sleeves. At this time, she had already taken off her costumes and jewelry, and she was only wearing a simple cotton jacket and skirt. If it wasn't for her fair skin, she would be unrecognizable. That is Han's side concubine who is like an orchid in an empty valley.
No one in the car spoke, and the girl who looked like a maid next to her also looked nervous.
She uttered a sentence with difficult syllables, and Concubine Han glanced at her: "I have told you many times, don't speak Korean, once or twice is fine, but if it becomes a habit and you slip up in front of others what to do?"
The servant girl opened her lower lip and said aggrievedly, "We are originally from Korea, everyone knows that."
Yeah, so what is she fussing about? She has come out of that house.
"Ma'am, are we going to Tongzhou?"
Concubine Han nodded.
As long as she arrives in Tongzhou and boards a boat, she can go as far as she wants. She always has a sense of crisis in her heart, and she feels that she must go to Tongzhou and stay away from here in order to be safe.
He must have found out by now that he had stolen his seal and harmed him, and probably hated her to death. You know, she doesn't want to...
The sound of the car was faint, and in order to deceive people, this carriage was just the most common one, and it was very uncomfortable to sit on. In the past few years, Concubine Han has been pampered and pampered by King Qing, and she has long been accustomed to rich clothes and fine food, completely forgetting her experience before she was not with King Qing.
The carriage bumped up and down, Concubine Han had to hold on to the window to stabilize her body.
Suddenly the carriage stopped abruptly, almost throwing the two women in the carriage out.
"What happened?"
"My lady, someone stopped me..."
Before he could finish speaking, there was a sound of fighting, and it was the coachman fighting with the opponent, and the sound of swords clashing.
Concubine Han subconsciously felt a dagger lying beside her leg, and her maid also took out a dagger, and the maid went to lift the curtain of the car, and the situation outside came into view immediately, but there were more than a dozen big men in green clothes. They stopped him, but they didn't even notice any signs. It was obvious that the other party was just waiting.
Concubine Han pretended to be shocked, and said with a pale face: "Who are you, you actually blocked our way, this place is not far from the capital, people pass by at any time, you are not afraid of being discovered? If so All the strong men ask for money, you can speak bluntly, and the little girl will give you everything, please don’t make things difficult for me.”
No one paid any attention to her, and those big men on horseback just looked at her and smiled.
"Who the hell are you? I'm the side concubine of the palace. I'm going out to burn incense. I don't want to be seen by others. Do you know what kind of crime it is to attack the emperor's relatives? Let me go as soon as you know..."
"Okay, Concubine Han, you don't have to pretend."
Concubine Han's face suddenly changed, and her face was colorful for a while, she scolded fiercely: "Tell your master, what I should have done has been done, let me go quickly, lest I die!"
One of the burly men in Tsing Yi smiled disdainfully and said, "If you die, you think too much of yourself. Don't be afraid to tell you the truth. Even though we stopped you, we didn't intend to let you go away alive." , He raised his thick eyebrows, and scolded: "What are you dawdling about, even a coachman can't solve it!"
The two people who were fighting with the coachman immediately speeded up, and immediately the coachman fell into a pool of blood, only unconscious convulsions remained.
But here, seeing that the other party would not eat hard or soft, Concubine Han also gave up fighting the trapped beast, jumped out of the car with the maid to fight with several big men, and actually wanted to seize the horse and run away .
This concubine Han looks slender, but unexpectedly she is a master of martial arts, and she won't lose the wind in the fight with two big men. A short sword made her look amazing, and I don't know how King Qing, who had always thought her weak, would feel when he saw it.
A scream rang out, and the maid who was talking to her just now became a dead soul under the knife.
Concubine Han came to Dagan from Koryo, only this girl was always by her side, and she was also loyal to her. Seeing the closest person around him die at this time, Concubine Han's five internal organs were burned, and her eyes were tearing apart.
But it was too late to say anything now, if she wanted to survive, she would have to break through the siege. It's a pity that the opponent has a lot of people, she is not an opponent at all, and she will soon fall into a disadvantage.
"Your Highness..." A man dressed as a guard couldn't help but said.
He obviously said that he wanted to live, but His Highness never gave the order. Seeing that this was the only one left among the three, and this one was also in danger, the guard couldn't help but talk a lot.
And just when he was talking too much, the woman in the field was stabbed, bleeding profusely.
King Jin narrowed his eyes slightly, then slightly raised his hand and waved it.
With the sound of sharp arrows piercing through the air, the big man in Tsing Yi who swung his knife at Concubine Han fell to the ground without a sound. There was a sudden chaos in the field, and the people in Tsing Yi put themselves on defense. But before they were given any time, countless arrows shot at them, and four or five people fell to the ground immediately.
The leader knew that this was a hard stubble, and their usual style was that they couldn't hold any excuses, so they didn't fight with trapped beasts again. Those who were able to move got on their horses one after another, put the wounded on their horses, and fled.
"Chase!"
A dozen or so riders ran out from the bushes, chasing after the escaped man. King Jin came to Concubine Han.
"So it's you!" Concubine Han choked out a laugh, and spewed out a mouthful of blood, which wet her chin. The fair and soft face immediately looked embarrassed. "I thought you didn't care about him."
"No one else has the right to criticize what this king does."
"That's right, after all, it's a brotherhood for many years." Concubine Han laughed again, and immediately more blood flowed out.
"Your purpose, who is the person who killed you?"
"Why should I tell you?"
"You can continue to stay in the palace. If there is no difference, my people will not chase you out."
In fact, it was just a coincidence that Jin Wang had been ordering people to keep an eye on the movement of Prince Qing's mansion. He had just arrived in the palace and summoned him to enter the palace, when he received the news that Concubine Han secretly led someone away. This person sneaked away at the beginning, and after the incident happened, King Jin only affirmed that he was inseparable from this woman, so he personally led people to chase her out.
I didn't expect to see a big show, but it was expected.
Concubine Han smiled wryly, if she had no way out, how could she have taken this most dangerous move. Ever since she handed over the seal, she knew that she would have this day. It's just that she has always been reluctant and always wanted to procrastinate day after day until King Qing was taken away by the palace people.
Although Concubine Han didn't know what happened, it must be no small matter to make such a formation in the palace. So King Qing was taken away on the front foot, and she left on the back foot. But I didn't expect that the praying mantis, the cicada, and the oriole were behind, and there was a hunter at the end.
"Why should I tell you?"
"You don't need to say, this king is not reluctant, it's just a child born by Gao Lixi, so I don't know what will happen to that child?"
Concubine Han suddenly became excited, and a lot of blood gushed out of her mouth, "You are despicable!"
Mean? King Jin was not the one who attacked the child, Concubine Han did the same.
King Jin's expression was indifferent, but his eyes said so.
Concubine Han's pupils constricted and her breathing became short of breath: "You keep my son safe, and I'll tell you."
"I can't guarantee it, because I even doubt the child's blood relationship now."
"Brother Sheng is His Highness's child, his own, born after ten months of my pregnancy..."
Then, King Jin heard a story from Concubine Han.
Han Zhi'er is not Han Zhi'er.