Chapter 113: Make Inspection Rounds in the Autumn Examination

Chapter 113: Make Inspection Rounds in the Autumn Examination

August 21, Guangde, the last day of the Central Judicial Office Autumn Examination.

Although Sun Shaozong did the invigilation for the first time, he also knew that the final sprint stage was the time when fraud was more prevalent.

So even though he had not slept well for four consecutive days, he still put on a vigorous posture and walked around the examination room.

"I passed, I passed the exam! Hahaha... I am the Master of a successful candidate in the Imperial Examinations at the Provincial Level, I am going to be an official! Hahaha..."

Suddenly, a fit of crazy laughter came from afar.

Sun Shaozong paused a little and waved to his back. At once, several soldiers and men ran to the place where the voice came from, and soon there was a noise of shouting and fighting.

"Let go of me! You dare to be rude to me. I will report to Your Majesty. I will report..."

But soon, the riot returned to dead silence, and then the soldiers dragged the scholar out of the examination room, who was unconscious like a dog.

"According to the old rules."

Sun Shaozong said calmly, "First, pour cold water twice. Then, slap him a few times to frighten him. If he still wouldn't wake up, bolt him to the west shed."

The pressure of the Imperial Examination was much greater than that of a college entrance examination. In addition, the conditions in the examination room were bad, so it was not uncommon to drive one or two people mad.

Like Fan Jin who went crazy after passing the exam and still managed to wake up, it was a blessing of all ancestors.

In fact, being crazy in the examination room was a matter of a lifetime, and there were many people there!

These were also due to the weakness of their hearts. Those who fail because of accidents were more likely to be stimulated.

For example, those who were caught in a fire, those who drank raw water from the examination room and suffered from dysentery, and those who collapsed suddenly and were buried below.

A South-born scholar gossiped that they still had a test in the examination room yesterday, suddenly, they were bitten by poisonous snakes and insects.

And because they were not allowed to leave the examination room once they entered, there was no timely treatment at all. They had to watch those poisoned candidates wail and die.

Anyway, in the final analysis, it was a saying, “It is not easy for a scholar!“

However, this was just their own feeling. If Sun Shaozong wanted to evaluate it, these unreasonable scholars were just bitches. Apart from being punished during the exam, which one of them was not treated better than the common people?

This was strange.

However, Sun Shaozong thought about it a little and then guessed that it was probably the case of the ”blood character” murderer again.

According to the rules, unless summoned by the Emperor, examiners were not allowed to leave during the Autumn Examination.

However, it's okay to talk with people outside under the supervision of Yamen Runners across the gate, especially about a serious case of human life. He didn’t have to worry about others thinking it the wrong way.

So Sun Shaozong hurried to the front door of the tribute court, only to find that besides Su Xingfang, the Magistrate of Daxing County, there was also Jiang Laoqi, the Captain of Wanping County's captors.

The purpose of these two people, as Sun Shaozong had expected, was precisely for the ”blood word” case!

That day, after listening to Sun Shaozong's analysis, people in Daxing County cast a big net to capture the murderer on August 20, but they got nothing in the end.

At that time, Wang Qian complained that Sun Shaozong's analysis was nonsense.

But this morning, someone found that Lin Zongmao, the street patrol constable of Wanping County, was killed in the alley in front of his home. The word "Divine Judgement" was written in blood on his chest, and he was also stabbed to death by a single knife.

It was reasonable to say that Wanping County should be responsible for this case.

However, Xu Huaizhi, the Magistrate of Wanping County, reasoned that Daxing County had already filed a case for this, and they should be handled together to find the murderer easier.

In addition, two Daxing County people have died, and only one Wanping County person has died. Naturally, Daxing County should be given priority, and Wanping County should be supplemented.

Therefore, it appeared that the Magistrate of Daxing County took the murdered Constable of Wanping to investigate the case.

"After our preliminary investigation, there should be no relationship between the three victims."

Su Xingfang smiled bitterly through the doorway and said, "In addition, no useful clues have been found at the scene, so we have no way to find out. To avoid more dead people, we have to trouble you again."

Indeed, the most feared thing in a case investigation was this abnormal random homicide!

Especially in ancient times when science was underdeveloped, it was even more difficult to find the murderer.

However, in general, such planned, continuous, and random homicides often have their own internal relevance despite the seemingly illogical appearance.

As for this case...

Sun Shaozong went over the general facts of the case in his mind and suddenly asked Jiang Laoqi, "Captain Jiang, how was the dead constable patrolling the streets reviewed among the folks."