"Could it be that the person who didn't come to take the exam was Tang Zhongyong?"

Only then did Lu Chengfeng react, looked at Old Master Xu and asked.

Old Master Xu understood for a moment and nodded silently.

"Oh, that's it, I understand."

Lu Chengfeng patted his forehead and said.

It turns out that all this is a trap set up by Master Xu.

Ever since I reported to Old Master Xu three days ago that someone leaked the test questions, this wise and low-key old man has already laid a dragnet.

Everything is ready, all we need is the east wind, and we are just waiting for the spring scientific examination to start today, February 2, to open his big net, pull the net to collect the fish, and put all the lawless people in it.

Lu Chengfeng glanced at Old Master Xu with surprise and admiration, and saw that he was stroking his horn beard calmly and calmly, looking confident.

Just listen to Old Master Xu's leisurely order.

"Now that all 76 test papers have been collected, Your Highness, how about we two review the papers together?"

With that said, he picked up the top paper on the stack of papers.

He glanced at it silently and then gently put it aside.

Immediately, he picked up another paper, looked at it like this, and put it down gently.

Lu Chengfeng stood aside, watching him pick it up and put it down, pick it up and put it down again, until finally there was an exam paper, which made Old Master Xu blow his beard from looking at it.

Bachelor Xu, is there something strange about this examination paper?

Old Master Xu paused, handed the examination paper in his hand to Lu Chengfeng, and said:

"Here, take a look too."

Lu Chengfeng took a closer look and said in surprise:

"I don't know what Bachelor Xu thinks is wrong. I can see that all the 123,455 questions in this examination paper have been answered very well. My writing is quick and my writing is smooth. I can't see anything strange about it."

"Then take a look at this one again."

Teacher Xu and his wife took out another sheet from the thick examination paper over there and handed it to Lu Chengfeng and said.

During the journey, he carefully compared the two examination papers front to back. Monk Zhanger was confused and said:

"I see that the two answer sheets are not exactly the same. Each has its own literary thoughts. If it is said that the two of them have cheated, how can they be judged? The student would like to ask the teacher for advice."

Lu Chengfeng bowed deeply to Master Xu, and sincerely asked for advice from Master Xu as a student.

"Look here."

Old Master Xu calmly pointed to the answer to the last question in the two test papers.

"I'm sorry for my students' stupidity, but I still don't see the difference. The fifth question discusses the great unity of the world and the relationship between war and peace. The two people's answers have different ideas and arguments.

It’s different. It’s just that there are some overlaps in quoting scriptures. If this is considered fraud, well, then in the future, the Four Books and Five Classics will no longer be quoted in scientific examinations?”

Lu Chengfeng felt a little guilty for the two candidates, so he actually retorted to Old Master Xu with some embarrassment.

"Oh, really? Then I'll show you some other copies."

Old Master Xu quickly pulled out a few more test papers from the pile, and then placed them all on the big case paper that the examiner was marking.

"Allow me to take a closer look."

Lu Chengfeng knelt down, bent over and stared at the several test papers that had been printed together, thinking carefully about what was going on, wishing he could conjure up a magnifying glass that only modern people have to help.

"Oh, oh, I finally saw it, finally discovered it! So this is what you were talking about, teacher." Lu Chengfeng shouted in surprise and joy.

People say that old eyes are dim and old eyes are dim, but I think Old Master Xu’s eyes are sharper than the eagle in the sky! It’s like he has his own microscope, with blazing eyes!

There are a total of eight test papers in front of you, although the answers to question 5 have different contents and different ideas.

However, the brilliance of these eight examination papers lies in the closing statement of the answer to the fifth question.

All use a paragraph of parallel prose. The eight-line parallel prose is similar to a poem, with neat contrasts, neat format, exquisite wording, and profound meaning.

It is precisely because of this wonderful ending that the whole article is brilliant and the artistic conception is sublimated, making people feel the hidden meaning and long aftertaste.

A closer look shows that the ending of this parallel prose is not completely consistent with the previous content of the eight people's examination papers, and the central ideas of the eight articles are also different.

The overall framework of the article written by some people even conflicts with the wonderful conclusion at the end of the article to a certain extent.

At first glance, it looks like it was memorized by rote.

Lu Chengfeng suddenly realized what he was doing. He raised his head and looked at Old Master Xu with great admiration.

But Old Master Xu smiled faintly, turned around and ordered:

"Come here! Bring me all eight candidates!"

"Yes! Sir!" The minor officials followed the order and left.

After a while, the eight candidates were escorted into the hall and knelt neatly in two rows in the examiner's hall.

Among these eight people was the middle-aged man who had just cheated with fish bone glue and had his clothes stripped off.

There is also the young man who was caught cheating with squid ink water just now.

In addition, there was actually a gray-haired old man. There were also five other people.

The eight people, at this moment, were all red-faced, having been caught in the act, ashamed and regretful.

The white-haired old man should be the oldest among the eight people.

At this time, he was already in tears and could not stop kowtowing to apologize.

He came out with an old face, crying and begging for mercy:

"My lords, please spare me. Although I have been reading all my life, I was only in my sixtieth year when I entered the Gongyuan scientific examination list for the first time. In order to seek fame and protect myself from worries in my later life, I was obsessed with it for a while.

I was instigated by others. I will never dare to do this again, never again! Just let me, the adults, spare me, half of my body buried in the loess."

"Oh, you also know that half of your body is buried in the loess, so if you dare to be so bold, aren't you afraid that you will not be safe in the future?"

Lu Chengfeng licked his mouth, his words full of sarcasm.

"I, I, I regret it!" The gray-haired old man continued shouting for a while.

"If you really feel repentant, why not tell me where you bought the test questions from and who prepared the answers for you?"

Lu Chengfeng stared into the man's eyes and asked him aggressively.

"I, I dare not say."

"You will be given leniency if you confess, and you will be punished if you resist! We have reached this juncture! Why don't you punish the truth quickly! Do you want to behead people or exterminate the clan? Haven't you heard of the eighteen major tortures of our Dajing Kingdom? Do you want to call them

I'll hand you over to the Ministry of Punishments, where you'll have to taste all the eighteen tortures before you confess?"

During the journey, he looked around majestically at the eight people and asked.

"I said! I said! If he doesn't say it, I will."

The middle-aged man who had his clothes taken off finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Ever since he was arrested at the scene and then escorted for interrogation, his calves have been shaking non-stop.

Now, being threatened by Lu Chengfeng again, he couldn't control himself even more, and only wanted to make meritorious deeds.

He raised one hand high and couldn't wait to confess:

"I bought the test questions at a high price from a black-robed Taoist priest."

"Oh! I knew it! Who else could it be? Did you spend fifty thousand gold to buy five questions?"

Lu Chengfeng said with an evil smile.

"No, no! Where can you get so much money? Just five thousand taels! Five thousand taels of silver is enough! One thousand taels per question!"

The middle-aged man made a five with one hand, shook his head and answered.

Oh? I didn’t expect that the arrogant man in black actually watched what was served.

When he saw the former Prime Minister's Mansion Tangmen from a wealthy family, he sat down and raised the price, selling the test questions for only 5,000 taels. For an ordinary family, he would still do what he could, and would only need 5,000 taels.

It seems that he is a veteran, and he does all kinds of business without losing money.

I have the test questions in hand, and I have the world.

"Okay, do you know who the Taoist priest in black is? What is his origin?"

Lu Chengfeng continued to ask.
Chapter completed!