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Xie Cen walked out of the Ministry of Revenue and directly entered the palace. He presented Feng Chen's paper, which was also known as the exam, to His Majesty, and then knelt down without paying any attention to him: "His Majesty, please forgive me. This subject went to the Ministry of Rites to take the exam paper without permission, but I was really forced to do it, you will understand the reason why once you look at the exam paper."

His Majesty took the two essays and quickly read through it, "What is this? They are all signed Feng Chen, but this is not a single person's handwriting? "

"Recently, all the rumors were about that. One was the answer scroll written by Feng Chen himself in the Spring Pavilion, and the other was the answer scroll handed in by Feng Chen during the entrance exam to be the top scorer. Without even considering the content, just the handwriting itself was not written by one person, so this subject suspects that someone secretly swapped the answer scrolls."

"What!" The His Majesty was furious, "To think that there would be such a thing. The Imperial Examinations are so important and cautious, it concerns the selection of my Great Chen and the fate of countless examinees. How can you be so child's play?

Xie Cen kneeled down and said: "It is this official who failed to detect it, the preliminary examination answers were strictly followed and were guarded by a special person, I do not know when the papers were transferred, in addition, there is a paper that I thought was worthy of the title, but it was not presented to this official, so this subject believes that there must be some major fraud in the examination, and requests that the papers be reopened to express fairness."

"Bastard!" His Majesty threw the two answer scrolls in front of Xie Cen, "We are the examiners because of your talent and ability, how can such an unbelievable thing like you happen? You can easily say it all again with just one sentence, but how do you block the unhurried talk of the world, who are you trying to defraud, who are you trying to be a ghost? Where is the dignity of Imperial Court? "

"This matter shall be resolved with all my might. No matter what, I shall do my best to redeem this matter, and must definitely re-examine the test paper, it must be a true loss of talent. As for the fraud, I thought that the entire Ministry of Justice Court would thoroughly investigate it, and once they found out, they would not let me off."

At this point, His Majesty had no other choice but to agree to Xie Cen's suggestion, "This matter shall be left to you to handle, in five days I will need a satisfactory answer."

When Gu Yun received the investigation order, he first sent a portion of people to the Ministry of Rites to assist with the examination of the scripts, then he invited Vice Minister Zhang to come over, and if he could, Feng Chen would be brought up for interrogation.

Ever since Gu Yun had taken over the Ministry of Justice, he had been busy with various matters, and had not been able to deal with the matters on the desk left behind by the previous Ministry Feng. After that, he had received a petition from the Duke Qin, and the case had not yet been closed, and another fraud had occurred in the field. That assistant minister was not young to begin with, and was not willing to let Gu Yun be his superior.

"Lord Gu, we are already extremely busy with our Ministry of Justice. We can just hand this over to the justice courts, how can we possibly be busy?"

Gu Yun looked at him with a smile. "As the saying goes, there are many capable people, and His Majesty has taken a liking to our Ministry of Justice. I know that Great Master Zhang has been tired recently, if it really doesn't work out, I'll help you deliver a holiday slip and rest at home for a few days.

Assistant Minister Zhang only wanted to grumble, and that was just to embarrass Gu Yun, he was just choked by his words, and that was just too much. His Majesty had just assigned a new case to Ministry of Justice, and one of his assistants would be going back to take a vacation first, which wasn't really good, so he continued: "This official doesn't mean it, it's just that Feng Chen isn't an ordinary examinee, bringing him to Ministry of Justice to be judged isn't really appropriate, right?"

"So Master Zhang Zhang was worried about this, then tell me, what do you think is so special about this Feng Chen?"

"Ugh …" Vice Minister Zhang was at a loss for words, "His father, Feng Wannian, is also a high official. At the very least, he has to consider some face, and even more so, if Feng Chen was wrongly accused …" Then wouldn't that be the same as offending the future top scholar?

"Great Master Zhang's concern is that since Great Master is worried, I will personally handle the interrogation. If something happens, I won't be relying on you. You can just rest for a while, so I'll leave the matters at hand to Vice Minister Xing to handle for you."

Gu Yun slapped his butt and walked away. That assistant minister had already handed everything he had on his hands to Assistant Minister Xing, thinking that this young man could not suppress the urge to fight. In any case, you told me to rest, so I was still happy and free.

Gu Yun sent people to invite Feng Chen and the overseer for the examinations, and as if they were guests, they sat in separate rooms. He entered Feng Chen's room, where Feng Chen was drinking tea with his legs crossed, and did not have any intention of standing up when he saw Gu Yun. It's close to the Hall Competition and I have to study. I don't have much time. "

"I am sorry for delaying Young Master Feng's time, but this matter is extremely important, and requires Young Master Feng to personally answer a few questions." Gu Yun did not care about his arrogance, and moved a chair over to sit opposite of him, "Young Master Feng, do you still remember what was written on the first round of the examination?"

"What a joke. How could I not remember what I wrote myself? But it's not certain that I will forget something after a long time. If I write too many articles like these, I will inevitably forget some of it."

"That is understandable." Gu Yun smiled, and then suddenly changed the topic, "Then the handwriting, Young Master Feng's books at the Spring Pavilion were different from the Imperial examinations that day, does that have an explanation?"

Feng Chen laughed fearlessly, "Lord Gu must not have read many books. You know that not only do we scholars have a wide range of knowledge, the handwriting is also not fixed, just like me, I can write at least 5 or more words. Back then, I was just playing around in the Spring Pavilion, how can it be compared to the exam.

Gu Yun did not expect that it would so easily pry open his mouth, so he did not take his rude remarks to heart. He only spoke with some regret: "It seems that your manager is not the same as you described, but speaking of this, I still believe what Young Master Feng said more, since you are a scholar with a stomach of ink, after all."

"Feng Chen's face changed, he laughed, stood up and was about to leave, but then turned back and added," I have something to regret about, and I have to tell Young Master Feng that there have been some unfavorable comments outside, you should know too, that His Majesty is considered by everyone as a candidate and that the rumors had truly affected their condition, thus, His Majesty decided on the spur of the moment to cut off all contact between you and the outside world and focus only on your studies, if Young Master Feng is not satisfied with the conditions of our Ministry of Justice, I can send you to the Ministry of Rites, and what do you think? "

The fearless skin on Feng Chen's face finally loosened a little, and he slammed the table as he stood up, "Lord Gu! You don't seem to have the right to put me under house arrest, right? I'm one of the examinees who wants to take part in the Hall Competition, so if I'm locked up here, I won't be able to study in peace. I want to go to His Majesty, I want to request to go back to my place, I want to see my manager! "

Gu Yun smirked and looked at him, "I advise Young Master Feng to say this, if you're not reading a book, it would be better to calm your mind than to waste time like this. At that time, the one who will affect the results will be you and I will pass on your wishes to His Majesty, but before that, you have to stay here obediently and ask for anything that you need."

Gu Yun walked out before he flipped the table, ordered the people guarding outside to strictly guard the place and then walked towards the room where the Feng Family butler was imprisoned. The treatment of the butler was not as good as Feng Chen's, and Gu Yun locked him in a place used to interrogate special prisoners.

Gu Yun couldn't help but sigh at the Ministry Feng's talent. When he pushed open the door and entered, a sinister aura blew over, and compared to the manager in the room, a strong light suddenly shone over, causing him to nearly go blind from the sudden illumination.

The more time passed, the more panic he felt. He did not know what happened after his young master was taken away alone, whether he was also imprisoned in a place like this, or was simply tortured …

As if he knew what was on his mind, Gu Yun placed a wax on the table and took out a handkerchief to wipe the blood on his fingers. A faint smell of blood was gradually diffused by the light from the beans, expanding endlessly into the manager's sense of smell and vision. Since the supervisor was able to accompany Feng Chen to take the exam, he must be one of Feng Wannian's capable subordinates. The manager, who was used to seeing such a scene, was scared out of his mind by Gu Yun, "What did you do to our Young Master?"

"Oh? Young Master Feng, you know, I just came over from his place.

Who would believe him? The steward faced Gu Yun, his entire body filled with caution, but the candlelight in front of Gu Yun was extremely uncomfortable, especially for someone like him who had not seen light for a long time.

He became determined: "Lord Gu, our Young Master is an examinee who wants to participate in the Hall Competition, at least give me some face, I am following the orders of our Master to take care of Young Master, if there are any mistakes, I can't even go back and explain."

He admitted that the exam papers for the examination were not personally written by him, which is something that the Elder Official Xie has already confirmed. He also took out the exam papers for His Majesty to read, and since the facts are laid out here, Young Master Feng cannot differentiate between the two, but he pushed all the blame onto you, I really am sorry for you. "

The steward's expression changed, but he still had doubts in his heart, "I want to see our young master."

"Meet? His Majesty gave the order personally, once this matter is discovered, we will immediately go to court. Manager, you should think about how to protect your life first. " Gu Yun's face looked very sinister in the candlelight.

When the steward saw this, he immediately fell limply to the ground. He only had one thought in his mind: We're doomed!