Hearing this, Yingge finally understood what he was planning. Every time a test question was leaked, it would cause an uproar. Many officials were dismissed and killed because of this. Yingge had done this once before.
, was in danger of being involved, but luckily he made a quick decision and was not implicated.
"Second elder brother, this...this..." Seeing that Hongshi actually wanted to tamper with the test questions, Yingge didn't know what to say for a while. After a while, he said: "Second elder brother, the test questions were drawn up by the emperor himself.
How we can get it, and who the emperor sent to submit the test questions, and what route, we have no idea."
"Hongli doesn't have a copy?" Hongshi said lightly.
"That's what I say, but Brother Si will never tell anyone the test questions. How can we get it?"
Hongshi took the tea and took a sip, and said in a cold voice: "Isn't there Hongzhou? Whether he is real or fake, now is the time to use him. In addition, I remember that Hongli's direct descendant Fujin is currently pregnant with Liujia
Yeah?"
Faced with his seemingly irrelevant words, Yingge said: "Yes, but what does this have to do with our affairs?"
Words passed from one to another, and Yingge finally knew Hongshi's overall plan. At that moment, even he had to admire the viciousness and cleverness of Hongshi's plan.
Two days later, on the way back from the next court, Yingge invited Hong Zhou to his residence. After a few words of gossip, he said: "Master Beile, I heard that the emperor had given the test questions for this autumn to Prince Bao the day before yesterday."
Hong Zhou looked at him and said nonchalantly: "Yeah, so what?"
"I don't believe it, Mr. Baylor. It's obviously the test questions that just came out. Yesterday, someone told me that someone in the capital was selling the test questions, and they were talking about it in a decent way."
Ying Ge's words made Hong Zhou, who was originally indifferent, look serious, "How could such a thing happen? The test questions will not be opened until the day before Qiu Wei. How did they know?"
Yingge glanced at him calmly, took out a piece of paper and said: "I have no way of knowing this, but I did buy a copy of the test questions from them. Is Mr. Baylor interested in taking a look?"
"Okay." Hong Zhou realized the seriousness of the matter, took the paper from his hand, opened it, and saw the nine words written on it, "Neutral without leaning, strong and correct."
Hong Zhou frowned and said, "Master Yingge, are these really the test questions for this provincial examination?"
Yingge shook his head and said: "This old man can't answer, but if it is true, it will be a good thing for Lord Baylor."
"What's the explanation for this?" Faced with Hong Zhou's doubts, the latter smiled and said: "The provincial capitals are closer to the capital, and they received the test questions yesterday. The ones farther away have not yet, but now the news has spread in the capital.
So, if this is really the question in this provincial examination, there is only one place where it can be leaked."
"This..." Hong Zhou's eyelids twitched and he said in surprise: "You mean, this was leaked by the fourth child?"
Yingge nodded and said: "Besides Fourth Brother, is there anyone else Baylor has thought of?" Seeing Hongshi shaking his head, he added: "Master Baylor doesn't know something. This piece of paper cost me a thousand taels.
In other words, someone is using it to sell test questions.
Collect a lot of money." Seeing that Hong Zhou didn't say anything, he added: "Don't Master Beile hate the fourth elder brother very much? If this matter is true and the emperor knows that the fourth elder brother leaked the test questions in exchange for money, even if he
No matter how much I pamper my fourth elder brother, I will never forgive him lightly."
Hong Zhou said: "That's true, but who can be sure that the questions on this paper must be the test questions? If not, wouldn't I become a slander? And..." He paused and said
He looked at Ying Ge with suspicious eyes, "Since you discovered this matter, why didn't you report it directly to Emperor Ama instead of telling me this? Are you trying to harm me?"
Yingge's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he laughed and said: "Where did Mr. Baylor go? The reason why I told you is that I want you to make this contribution. Now the second elder brother and the fourth elder brother are the most powerful. Mr. Baylor, although you
Not bad, but after all, it is still a step behind the two of them. But if the fraud in the imperial examination is true and you can expose it, then you have made a great contribution. When the time comes, it will be no problem to replace the fourth elder brother.
Do you think so?"
Hong Zhou was silent for a while and said: "So, you are doing good for me?"
Yingge said quickly: "This is natural. You and I are allies now. How can I not hope for your good, Lord Baylor? Is it possible that Lord Baylor is still suspicious of me?"
"Of course not." After such denial, Hong Zhou put away his thoughts and said: "Okay, I know about this matter. If it is really the problem then, I will definitely report it to Emperor Amma."
Ying Ge said with a smile on his face: "Then I wish Lord Baylor success."
After leaving the Duke's Mansion, Hong Zhou's face suddenly darkened. He wanted to go directly to Prince Bao's Mansion, but he was afraid that Yingge would send someone to follow him, so he could only go back to his own mansion first and wait until after dark before quietly coming to Bao Prince's Mansion.
In the Prince's Mansion, he only had one confidant by his side.
Seeing him coming over at this time, Hongli was quite surprised and said, "Why are you coming over at this time?"
Hong Zhou looked serious and said: "Fourth brother, I have an important thing to ask you."
Hongli realized that something was wrong, signaled his servants to go out and closed the door, and then asked: "What exactly is going on?"
Hong Zhou took out the piece of paper he had brought from Yingge and said, "Fourth brother, look at this. This is what Yingge gave me today. He said it was a test question that he bought for a thousand taels of silver."
Hongli only glanced at it and said resolutely: "This is impossible. Ever since Huang Ama gave me the test questions, he has been keeping them close to his body and never leaving his body. The fire seal has never been opened. How could it be leaked out?" he said.
He took out the secret edict that Yinzhen had given him from his arms, and found that the fire seal was intact and there was no trace of it being opened.
Hong Zhou rubbed his chin and said, "That's really strange. Fourth brother, do you know what the test questions Huang Ama asked are?"
"How do I know this? When Huang Ama handed the thing to me, it was sealed. Unless it is opened, no one will know what is written inside."
Hong Zhou thought hard for a moment and said: "This is really troublesome. If this is really a test question, even if I don't report to Emperor Amma, Yingge and the others will not let go of this opportunity. He keeps saying that Fourth Brother, you are selling test questions.
To make money."
After asking Yingge and Hongzhou about what they said in detail, Hongli said: "Don't worry, this test question is probably fake. Even I don't know what the test question is, how can others know."
Hong Zhou is naturally aware of this, but he still can't help but worry, "Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens. I always feel that there is something wrong with you being the examiner. Now that the autumn period has not even begun, there is such a big problem."