Anyone who has read "Records of Emperor Xiaomin" will know clearly the situation under which Emperor Xiaomin was so angry that he established such a strict law for the ceremony of recruiting talents.
In addition to deterring those aristocratic families who dared to cheat in the talent promotion ceremony, it also wanted to vent their anger. As for execution... From the time of Emperor Xiaomin, everyone felt that no matter how courageous the person was, they would not dare to cheat in the imperial examination.
This is indeed the case from the Xiaomin Dynasty to this day.
However, Emperor Xiaomin's move also angered many wealthy families and eventually triggered a civil strife in the palace. As a result, the frail and sick Emperor Xiaomin died tragically - he was strangled to death with belts by several unarmed palace ladies.
In the end, the historian sealed his coffin and concluded that there was really no way to find a good posthumous title for him, so he added the word "filial piety" before the word "捍", which finally made Emperor Xiaomin look less miserable.
While Su Wen was thinking about the past, he was also thinking about what methods today would use to deal with Cui Fei's case of stealing exam questions.
"Oh no!"
At this time, a factory guard suddenly broke into the room and reported: "Examination papers suspected to be from the talent promotion ceremony have appeared in many places in the city. Daliang Mansion is asking us for urgent help!"
"What?!"
"Cough cough cough..."
Nangong was drinking tea from a purple clay pot. When he heard the sound, two jets of water spurted out of his nose. He coughed repeatedly, and after a while he said in a hoarse voice: "What's going on?"
Su Wen also had a look of shock on his face. The two pieces of white paper were both in the inner factory and had just been sealed. How come exam papers appeared outside in the blink of an eye?
"This forbidden object... won't escape again, will it?"
Su Wen gasped.
He remembered clearly that the "blank paper" disappeared in front of him and appeared on Cui Fei.
Nangong was a man of action. After hearing Su Wen's words, he quickly arranged several formations. Su Wen also asked the Earthly Branches to secretly add power and opened the box that sealed the "white paper".
Two pieces of white paper were still lying in the box.
But there were a lot more test questions on the paper. Su Wen took a look and found that these questions were different from the previous ones.
It seems that the emperor got the news from Nangong and organized the examiners to write the questions.
only……
The two white sheets of paper have been sealed, so why do new test questions appear outside?
"Something's wrong...Su Wen, something's wrong!"
Nangong gasped. The situation he was most worried about appeared. If the test questions were leaked, His Majesty the Emperor would be furious. This case could not be settled quietly, and everyone could only be killed.
"That's right... there should be a 'blank paper' outside."
Su Wen touched his nose and frowned: "It's true that something is wrong... I have to think about it calmly... which link is the problem?"
There is no doubt that the latest test questions appearing outside must be caused by "blank paper". Both Su Wen and Nangong can easily think of this idea.
Since Cui Wenwen can have two blank sheets of forbidden objects, it is not very strange to have a third or even a fourth.
The key is that Cui Fei has been arrested and locked up in the inner factory, separated from the two pieces of white paper. His thoughts should not affect the white paper.
And at this time... How can Cui Fei still have the mood to focus on the examination questions of the Talent Recruitment Ceremony? People with a slightly normal brain circuit are worried about the final outcome of their own fate.
"There is someone else..."
Su Wen took a deep breath. He took a piece of white paper from the desk, wrote down a few keywords, and then tried to establish logic from it.
Talent Acquisition Ceremony, Cui Fei, Taboo.
Before Cui Fei was taken into custody, what happened could be blamed on Cui Fei.
But after Cui Fei was imprisoned and the "blank paper" was sealed, such things continued to happen, and a large number of examination papers appeared in Daliang City. It can be concluded that the incident was not necessarily Cui Fei's, or not entirely Cui Fei's doing.
There is a second person doing the same thing.
With Cui Fei in jail, this person emerged from behind the scenes.
Su Wen believed that this person might not know at this time that Cui Fei had been taken away by the inner factory.
In other words, he knew that Cui Fei was taken away by the inner factory, and his behavior at this time was to completely expose this matter, so that the court could not handle the matter quietly in private, and finally set off a heinous murder!
"The latter is more likely!"
Thinking of this possibility, cold sweat broke out on Su Wen's forehead.
If the court handled this matter in accordance with Emperor Xiaomin's strict laws, the Cui family would be doomed.
but……
The Cui family was a truly wealthy family. It was not only deeply rooted in the Liang Dynasty, but also spread out in Jingchu, Yan and even the Western Regions. The Liang Dynasty raised a butcher's knife against the Cui family, and the turmoil it caused was incalculable.
"The people behind this... have big plans."
Nangong finally came to his senses at this time, and said in a low voice: "Someone wants to cause trouble... to cause something big!"
If his prediction is correct, Cui Fei's fraud will soon be exposed, and then the imperial censor Feng Feng will hear about it, causing waves in the court.
"Is there someone who wants to deal with the Cui family...or His Majesty?"
Nangong pondered for a long time without coming to a conclusion.
Su Wen remained silent. He couldn't accept Nangong's words.
"Su Wen, what do you think?"
Su Wen helped him sort out the clues and find Cui Fei in a very short period of time. His ability really impressed Nangong. Now thinking about the purpose of the person behind the scenes, he felt even more pressure and could only ask Su Wen for help.
"Don't care about the purpose of the people behind the scenes."
Su Wen shook his head slightly and said: "There are two things that need to be done right now."
"Which two?"
Nangong perked up.
"First of all, let's refute the rumors! Let the Daliang Mansion issue a notice to inform them that the content of the examination papers circulating outside is false, and someone deliberately did it to disrupt the talent recruitment ceremony!"
Even without seeing the test questions, Su Wen knew that the test questions circulating outside must be true.
But after the test questions are leaked, they can only be invalidated, which is naturally false. As long as the court does not admit it, it is someone who is deliberately spreading rumors. Rumors stop only wise men and strict laws. As long as Daliang Mansion issues a notice, those who deliberately spread the test questions will be arrested.
People can naturally suppress this matter.
"The second thing...the imperial court has suspended the question."
Su Wen sighed and said: "The current situation is that if we don't find out the real mastermind, the test questions will continue to be leaked, causing disruption, and the final talent selection ceremony will definitely be seriously affected."
"But I will try it soon..."
Nangong felt that Su Wen's request was a bit excessive.
The Talent Recruitment Ceremony was one of the most important events in the Liang Dynasty and should not be taken lightly.
But the exam is around the corner, but there aren’t even any questions. What will the candidates do in the exam room then?
"There are still a few days left..."
Su Wen counted on his hands and found that there were still five days until the test.
In fact, with the capabilities of the inner government, as long as there are exam questions, the papers can be printed within an hour.
It doesn’t take long to come up with the questions. As long as you choose the examiners and each person comes up with a question, you can come up with the questions in less than an hour.
"Four days... To be conservative, within three days, as long as we find the person who has the remaining 'blank paper', or find this blank paper, we can solve the problem of leaked test questions, and then this major case will be solved
How to deal with it is a matter between His Majesty and the Dukes of the imperial court, and we have little to do with it." Su Wen said.
"That makes sense!"
"Don't walk around here, wait for my news!"
Nangong dropped these words and left the inner factory in a hurry.
For such an important matter, he had to face the emperor in person and state the corresponding method before the emperor could take it seriously.
Only if he speaks in person and gives a solution and time can such a response plan be adopted by the emperor.
Su Wen reopened the confession files of those who had been interrogated before, trying to find other suspects besides Cui Fei.
If he guessed correctly, Cui Fei's discovery of the blank paper and stealing of the test questions might have been arranged by this person, but Cui Fei himself might not be aware of this.
But before finding relevant clues, Su Wen did not want to interrogate Cui Fei again.
He didn't know what to ask before he had enough information. He was even more worried about getting misleading clues from Cui Fei, which would be self-defeating.
"If I were the person behind the scenes..."
Su Wen wrote a deduction and put himself into the person of the person who might exist behind the scenes.
"What is my purpose..."
In Su Wen's view, destroying the talent promotion ceremony was only a means by the other party, not the goal.
As of now, this person has not shown up, so it is difficult to conclude that he is a bold and talented extraordinary person who is ready to take this opportunity to blackmail the Liang court.
"Using this matter to provoke a conflict between the emperor and the family?"
Su Wen quickly changed the question.
He shook his head again.
Since the current emperor implemented the New Deal, the relationship between the royal family and the aristocratic family has been in a tense state. However, the new army trained by the current emperor's civil and military skills has suppressed the influence of the aristocratic family to death.
Spread out, His Majesty the Emperor's extraordinary power is also superb. It was said that he was a Sequence Five power decades ago. After decades of management and domineering approach, he may have reached Sequence Six.
Facing a domineering king of Sequence Six, no aristocratic family would lose their minds and challenge the imperial power at this time. They have enough patience to wait for Ji Changge's era to pass before making a comeback.
After all, hegemony cannot last long. Ji Changge will not be able to rule the Liang Dynasty for too long. He will not live for a thousand or hundreds of years like other extraordinary beings. The extraordinary master once predicted that it would be difficult for the emperor of the Liang Dynasty to survive.
Over seventy-three years old. Now, Ji Changge is almost seventy, and the aristocratic family is not bad in the past few years. So even if someone wants to sow discord between the emperor and the aristocratic family at this time, as long as Ji Changge doesn't go too far, the aristocratic family will
Bear this tone and wait until the new emperor succeeds to the throne before counterattacking.
"So... it's revenge?"
Su Wen thought of an unlikely... possibility.
This matter is related to the Talent Acquisition Ceremony. The ability of forbidden objects is also related to the Talent Acquisition Ceremony.
Therefore, Su Wen felt that this matter had a certain possibility to be related to the examination fraud case more than a hundred years ago.
At that time, everyone was killed, and most of the people who survived had their lives ruined like Cui Wenwen.
It is understandable that these people would seek revenge.
It's just right or wrong... Su Wen could only shrug.