After collecting his money, Wang Jinzhong walked a little further and came to the hall.
At this time, the Chunwei examiner, Luo Pei, also known as Prince Shaobao, was already standing in the hall, waiting for the two deputy examiners and fourteen fellow examiners to arrive for roll call.
In the spring of this dynasty, sometimes there were eighteen people together with the examiners, sometimes there were fourteen people, and the chief examiners usually had two or three people.
This spring, two examiners were appointed, one as the chief examiner and the other as the examiner, and fourteen co-examiners.
The chief examiner was Luo Pei, who was in charge of the overall situation, and the deputy examiner was Liu Shiquan, the Minister of Civil Service who had just been promoted a few months ago. At this time, he also looked at everyone with a smile, showing a calm composure.
Wang Jinzhong came in, and all the officials around him saluted. Luo Pei nodded and continued to roll call. As a result, all thirteen fellow examiners had arrived, but Liang Yuyin was nowhere to be seen.
As for Wang Jinzhong, not only Luo Pei nodded, the other examiners only nodded but did not speak, seeming to turn a blind eye.
Although eunuchs provided supervision on behalf of the emperor, they were not welcomed by civil servants.
Luo Pei frowned, not seeing anything strange, and asked: "Juzi has already started to enter. This is the important place of Gongyuan. Once the door is closed, it cannot be opened except by imperial decree."
"Why hasn't Liang Yuyin arrived yet? Does anyone know where he has gone?"
At this time, the examiner has not even shown his face. This is because he does not take this spring errand seriously. This matter alone can be punished.
Luo Pei's attitude was obviously displeased, and could make a Cong Yipin frown, which showed that this was really a bit much.
Liu Shiquan should have been secretly happy, but he didn't know why his heart palpitated. He moved his fingers on his hanging hand and suddenly said: "Master Liang may be a little tired from socializing these days, so he got up late today. Maybe after a while The meeting will come."
This is very straightforward to put eye drops on Liang Yuyin. Anyone who has the ability to enter this hall, who can't hear it?
But sometimes it doesn’t matter whether you can hear it, it’s whether you want to care about it or not...
Wang Jinzhong also said darkly: "Under the court system, the examiners must come in before the door is closed. Now the candidates are queuing up to enter. There are tens of thousands of candidates, and it will take at least half an hour to enter!"
When Luo Pei heard this, he was really angry: "Even so, it is my duty to enter the venue early. If I slack off like this, I will definitely go to the police to hold him accountable when the Spring Festival is over!"
Just as he was talking, there were chaotic footsteps outside, accompanied by exclamations from the Gongyuan clerk who was guarding outside.
Luo Pei was already furious, and this movement only added fuel to the fire, causing the anger in his chest to surge up, and he immediately stood up with a livid face.
"Someone is coming!"
"I'm here!" Four scribes flashed out from the hall, bowing and obeying orders, as if they were facing Luo Pei's anger.
Liu Shiquan and Wang Jinzhong looked at each other and couldn't help but smile. Could it be that Liang Yuyin came in in a hurry and got angry? Dog bites dog, which will save the emperor from taking action.
"Clang!"
The door of the hall was pushed open by a group of government officials, who rushed in with their swords pressed. The intrusion of the government officials made Luo Pei furious, and all his anger was directed towards these rude people in an instant.
"This is Gongyuan, who dares to be so presumptuous!"
"On the order of Chief Assistant Zhao, I'm offended!" The leader said politely, but his actions were not polite at all. He glanced around and asked: "Who is Liu Shiquan?"
Liu Shiquan's heart suddenly skipped a beat, how could he respond? But when he didn't respond, others looked at him involuntarily.
When the head catcher took a look, OK, it’s you!
"Take him down!" Following the order, the officials swarmed up and were about to hold Liu Shiquan down.
"No, things are out."
At this moment, Liu Shiquan understood that the matter had been exposed. A flash of inspiration flashed in his head, and he suddenly realized: "It is too late to escape at this time, but it is too late to destroy the evidence!"
There was something in his sleeve, and he stuffed it directly into his mouth. This was originally prepared for reporting in the examination room, and was stuffed directly into Yu Lu Fangxi's examination room. But now, it immediately became a disaster and must be dealt with immediately.
"Pa!" Liu Shiquan was slapped hard on the face, causing his face to turn to the side. This slap, and this slap, also directly caused the paper that was already in his mouth to fall.
The group was beaten directly.
However, this was not done by the government officials, but by the scribes who had been summoned. Seemingly seeing that the situation was not good, they took action directly.
The ball of paper rolled to the ground, and by chance, it rolled to the feet of the examiner Luo Pei. He bent down to pick it up, unfolded it, and immediately changed its color.
"This is an exam question!"
Luo Pei was shocked and angry. He stared at him and asked, "How could you have it? How could you have it?"
You must know that only the chief examiner knows the test questions, not the deputy examiners. Therefore, Liu Shiquan is completely wrong.
And if something goes wrong in the examination room, the examiner is the most responsible.
Although these three examination questions were originally set in the palace, and several pavilion elders were present at the time, it was leaked, and everyone may be suspected. Regardless of whether Luo Pei is suspected or not, as long as he is the examiner, he must be implicated!
With his current status, his reputation will be affected if he is even slightly implicated!
If he is found out in the examination room, or even later, he may even lose his head, or at worst, be dismissed from his official position and exiled!
Luo Pei's roar resounded throughout the hall of Gongyuan, and no one found it strange.
Wang Jinzhong was secretly relieved, but his expression also changed. What was going on? How did everything get messed up? Just thinking about it, his shoulders suddenly sank.
"What's wrong? How dare you?" Looking back, he saw that it was the clerk Luo Pei had called up just now. Both of them blushed and did not reply. They just pressed the button.
"Pfft", although Wang Jinzhong was a good martial artist, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he knelt down, and then stuffed a ball of towel inside.
"Uh huh!" Wang Jinzhong knew something was wrong and struggled desperately, but Luo Pei calmed down. His original anger melted away, he sat down on the chair, and even picked up the teacup and took a sip.
"Pass my order, no one is allowed to enter the hospital, and no one who has already entered is allowed to leave."
"Search Liu Shiquan and Wang Jinzhong as well as the houses in the courtyard."
"Yes!" The clerks and officials responded at the same time, but the examiners in Room 13 were all dumbfounded and their bodies were trembling slightly. Something serious had happened.
royal palace
Still in a semi-sleep, it was not yet dawn, the sky was full of stars, everything was quiet, and even the palace gate was closed tightly. Zhao Xu rushed to the palace gate in an ox cart and got off immediately, always calm and calm.
He almost fell to the ground when he got out of the car, but luckily he was helped by someone.
"I'm fine, go call the door!" Zhao Xu said hurriedly.
It's a pity that, let alone the servant who followed him to call the door, even if he went over to call the door and announced that he was the chief minister, the guards inside would not open the door.
"Master Zhao, don't be embarrassed by your humble position. This palace door cannot be opened easily. If you open it before the time is up, big problems will occur. You must obey an order to open the door. Do you have an order in your hand?"
If Zhao Xu had a will in his hands, would he still need to come here and call the door?
"The imperial order just now was barely comprehensible, but I was anxious for a moment and went to Gongyuan."
"Zhao Xu, as the prime minister, are you also at such a loss?"