Yang Xi thought about it and asked again: "Su Tingxia is talented but has no chance of being the top scholar. She died after winning the top scholar. Why did Brother Han think of him?"

Han Jian said: "I have read Su Tingxia's articles, which are somewhat similar to the articles of Su in front of me."

Yang Xi was shocked and said seriously: "Brother Han said... Su Tingxia may not have died, and he came back to take this exam? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. Su Tingxia's death had confirmed that the court had, and his sister... was also grateful for Su Tingxia. Even if he was not dead, he would be the top scholar as long as he entered the court. Why did he use it for the exam again?"

Han Jian said: "What if he didn't die, and he didn't know that he had won the top scorer?"

Yang Xi thought about this possibility and then denied it: "This is impossible. Su Tingxia died after the last imperial examination was issued. He knew that he had won the top scorer at that time. It is said that he also drank with his classmates to celebrate, and he died that night. Even if this matter is false, Su Tingxia's death of becoming the top scorer had long been told to the world. There are still people in the market to discuss it. How could Su Tingxia not know that he had won the top scorer?"

Yang Xi thought for a while and added: "Even if he really didn't know that he had won the top scorer and came to participate in this imperial examination for no reason, the Examination Institute will register for all the candidates to verify his identity and qualifications for the examination. He doesn't know that, and the Examination Institute will also inform him of his winning the top scorer..."

Yang Xi said a lot, and after that, Han Jian was thinking about it, and Han Jian had no clue about this matter. All the reasons Yang Xi said were true. Even if Su Tingxia was not dead, he didn't need to come back to participate in the imperial examination. When he picked up the "Su" test paper and read it, he didn't feel that this writing style was like the short-lived and tragic Su Tingxia.

The reason why Han Jian was deeply impressed by Su Tingxia was mainly because this unlucky guy was the same as his previous life's death. He was "overdrinking" and Han Jian felt that he was sympathetic, so he paid more attention to this person.

"Maybe I'm over-thinking." Han Jian put down Su's test paper.

Sima Yi, who was on the side, couldn't help but say, "Can we go to the cell to see Ruan Ping? There is also that Su, you can tell if you go to the cell to see it?"

"Now all candidates suspected of fraud have been transferred to Dali Temple, Dali Temple..." Han Jian said as he looked at Yang Xi, looking at Yang Xi's ability. In this case that the Queen personally inquired, Han Jian was not inconvenient to visit the suspect as the East King. Only by taking advantage of Yang Xi's purpose of investigating the case can others not say anything.

Yang Xi said: "It's just happened today, and it's already night. Wouldn't it be nice to go to the prison cell to interrogate the prisoner?"

Han Jian said in an encouraging tone: "We are not going to interrogate the prisoner, we just went to the cell to check and confirm who Su is. Besides, this case is not big. Dozens of candidates are not conspicuous among thousands of candidates. We are also trying to settle the case earlier and allow the examination to continue without delaying the selection of talents in the court."

Yang Xi nodded and said, "This is reasonable, so let's go to Dali Temple to have a look."

After Yang Xi finished speaking, Sima Yi was not in a hurry to take the crutch and said in a weird tone: "Young Master Yang doesn't need to ask Sister Ling again?"

Han Jian stood up and glared at Sima Yi with a rude gaze.

Yang Xi smiled and said, "I went back to ask my sister for advice before. My sister said that since the third brother and I were fully responsible for this case, there is no need to ask her for advice. I can do it cheaply at the appropriate time. My sister has already greeted the yamen involved in the case."

After hearing this, Sima Yi grabbed the crutch, got off the chair, and hurriedly said, "Why not hurry up? Ruan Ping, this kid, probably has been tortured by those prisoners..."

They said they were going to investigate the case, but their real purpose was to visit Ruan Ping.

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The Dali Temple cell is located in the outer city of Xicheng, Luoyang. It took more than two miles to get there after leaving Yongding Gate. The carriage that the three of them rode in. When it arrived, Yang Xi was tired for a day and was already drowsy.

"It's here." As soon as the carriage stopped, Sima Jie immediately shouted and woke Yang Xi up. Sima Jie knew that if Yang Xi was there, they would cause some unnecessary trouble if they wanted to enter Dali Temple.

Getting off the carriage, Han Jian looked at the inconspicuous gate of Dali Temple in front of him and the dark cell behind the gate, and felt a chill on his back for no reason. Yang Xi was a little listless and yawned. He followed Han Jian to the entrance of Dali Temple with Sima Yi and saw Li Wei, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, waiting early.

When Li Wei saw Han Jian and the other two coming, he personally looked at Li Wei with a lantern. Han Jian looked at Li Wei with a smile on his face and frowned, "Shilar Li, this is called... I'm lucky to meet you? How can I meet you everywhere?"

Li Wei smiled and said, "His Highness Dong Wang was joking. The case was originally co-organized by the person who came down to the East Prince's Mansion. The guards of the Dong Wang Mansion came over and reported that they were coming. They happened to come over to investigate the criminals, so they stayed together to see what could help them."

It happened to be? Han Jianxin said that there were no such coincidences? Li Wei said almost the same thing when he was in the fire in the examination hall.

Han Jian nodded, the reason was far-fetched. Levi’s main purpose was to stay and monitor them.

Previously, Yang Xi said that Li Wei was following the third prince Yang Yu, and Han Jian accepted this statement, but Han Jian felt that Li Wei was not right and should be considered the kind of traitor. The third prince Yang Yu is now just a "prince" and doesn't even have a title. Will Li Wei be willing to work hard for a prince who doesn't know what it will be in the future?

Although the empress Yunying is not married now, whether the throne is passed back to the Yang family man or the empress is preparing to have another son in the future has been avoided by the ministers in the court. All ministers who talk about this issue have been "solved" by the empress. The imperialists at that time also intend to make the third prince Yang Yu or the sixth prince Yang Xi the crown prince, but they also know that the two princes are not useful at present. Therefore, this matter is only in the stage of preliminary conception.

But if he thought about who was worthy of Li Wei's life for him, Han Jian couldn't think of the reason. The four kings, queens, and Han Jian all felt that these people had little to do with this case. It would be strange if Li Wei was so enthusiastic and careful, unless there were still some little-known factions in the court.

Yang Xi's mind is not as complicated as Han Jian. When he saw Li Wei welcome him here, he felt relaxed, thinking that there was finally someone who led the way and would not let him in the dark eyes after he went in.

"Thank you, Mr. Li, to lead the way." Yang Xi smiled slightly and made a gesture of invitation.

"I dare not, I dare not." Li Wei was also very polite to Yang Xi, "Please move on..."

Although Han Jian has a higher title among the three, as a minister, he is also very aware of Yang Xi. Li Wei also led the way for Yang Xi, and Han Jian didn't care about these etiquette issues.

When he arrived in the cell, Li Wei walked in front of him with a lantern, while Han Jian was observing the surrounding environment.

Cells are divided into two types: "Tianzhu" and "Dungeon". The Tianzhu is a cell with a house built and a door is installed; while the dungeon is a large cellar dug on the ground to lock the prisoners in a place similar to a basement, with no windows on the head.

The cell in Dali Temple belongs to the "Heaven Prison", that is, the cell on the ground. The environment here is better than that of ordinary cells, at least there will be no fishy smell or moisture. This is also considered to be the case where prisoners with status in the court can be detained. Ordinary prisoners are detained in the dungeon of the Tingwei Mansion.

On the way, Li Wei also talked about the detention of the candidates involved in this fraud case, mainly to imprison the prisoners separately to prevent them from colluding with others.

Because Han Jian felt that Li Wei had problems himself, he only listened to his views but did not adopt them, but Yang Xi listened very seriously. Yang Xi lacked experience in doing practical things, and he was also learning some basic principles of doing things.

"Mr. Li." Han Jian heard Li Wei talk for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking, "I wonder where that Su... is from?"

Li Wei had heard Han Jian call him, and turned around with a smile, but his steps were still not stopped, but when he heard "Su", he was stunned and almost fell down when he was unstable.

"Be careful, Mr. Li." Yang Xi quickly supported Li Wei.

Li Wei stood still, barely tidy up his appearance before calming down and replied: "Why did Your Highness Dong Wang ask about this... Su?"

Han Jian glanced at him, without any traces, and said calmly: "I just think his name is weird, so I just ask more questions."

Li Wei said: "I don't know much about this Su, but I know that he is one of the cheating candidates, and someone verified him as one of the masterminds..."

Mastermind? One more?

Han Jian smiled and asked, "It's because he wrote a good article?"

Li Wei was a little surprised, probably wondering why Han Jian knew that "Su"'s article was good. Li Wei thought about the wording, then lowered his head and smiled reluctantly, "This... I don't know much about it."

Han Jian asked: "Then is Su detained in Dali Temple now?"

Yang Xi on the side also said hurriedly: "By the way, this time we are mainly here to check out this Su..."

Li Wei looked embarrassed and stammered for a long time before saying, "To be honest, this Su is the only candidate who is not detained here. He was taken away in the next afternoon and should be still in the prison cell of the Ministry of Justice."

Han Jian looked at Li Wei with a weird look and thought to himself that there was no silver here. It would be fine if an ordinary candidate involved in the case first concealed his name. Now Yang Xi came to investigate and couldn't even find anyone. Can this say there is no ghost in it?

Originally, when Han Jian first learned about this fraud case, he didn't take it seriously, so he thought that it might be that a few people were cheating and being questioned. At most, someone biting people randomly, and some irrelevant people were involved. But then, the south warehouse of the Examination Institute caught fire, and the repeated concealment of "Su" by the people from the Examination Institute and the Ministry of Justice made Han Jian feel that there was a lot of articles behind this.

On the one hand, some people want to expose it, and on the other hand, some people want to cover it up.

Han Jian continued to ask, "Mr. Li, I want to ask clearly. Today, someone reported the fraud case in the imperial court. His Majesty personally issued an order to investigate, but is there any such incident?"

Li Wei looked up at Han Jian, lowered her head again, and nodded, "It's true."

Han Jian asked, "Who is the whistleblower?"

Li Wei looked puzzled and said, "I don't know this... I don't know..."

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