The reborn prince can't be pushed down

Chapter 172

The test numbers are different, the handwriting is the same, and the content of the two test papers is very different. Is there such a coincidence in the world?

All the onlookers were stunned, especially some of them had taken the imperial examination all their lives, and this situation was unheard of.

Jiang Nian looked at Qin Suqian, raised his chin slightly, "How did you switch their test numbers?"

Seeing her bowing her head and being silent, Jiang Nian sneered, "Don't tell me? It's okay, then go to the prison of the Imperial Army for a few days."

The night in April was still a bit chilly. Qin Suqian had been kneeling for a long time, her legs had long been numb. She raised her eyes to see the two people standing side by side.

She smiled bitterly, "Now that the matter has come to an end, I still have nothing to say."

At this time, the empress and the emperor's husband came to the Ministry of Rites in person, and the news of the thorough investigation of the fraud in the examination hall had already spread in the imperial capital.

The lights in Xu's mansion were brightly lit, and Xu Zhi was pacing up and down in the hall a little restlessly.

Not long after, his personal companion Xu He stepped into the hall in a hurry, and said respectfully: "Master, the situation at the Ministry of Rites is not good, and Qin Shangshu has been killed this time."

As Xu Zhi's confidant, Xu He naturally knew the whole story.

Xu Zhi frowned even more when he heard this, "Why is this woman so useless! Fortunately, the old man has made two preparations."

While talking, suddenly there was a violent knock on the door——

"Open the door, the forbidden army investigates the case!"

Xu Zhixin was startled, and immediately settled down, "Go and see what's going on."

The concierge got the permission and opened the gate of the Xu mansion. Zuo Ming, the commander of the forbidden army, came with a team of guards, all of them looked alert.

Xu He went up to greet him, cupped his hands and said, "I don't know if Commander Zuo is here, it really makes the Xu family panic, dare to ask what's the matter."

"Isn't Liu Feilong, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, living in the Xu Mansion?" Zuo Ming's voice was as cold as ever.

Xu He responded with 12 points of energy, "Exactly, this person is my master's protégé. Because the family is poor, it's not easy for my master to pity him, so he let him live in the house."

"At His Majesty's will, capture this man and his daughter Liu Ying, and you lead the way." Zuo Ming's voice could not be refused.

Xu He was a little hesitant, Zuo Ming's subordinates had already pushed him away and directly broke into Xu's mansion.

Since Ning Yuezhao came to the throne, the imperial guards were originally only the emperor's personal guards, but now they have been given the duties of prison and supervision, and their status in the court is detached.Even a cabinet minister like Xu Zhi didn't dare to confront the imperial army head-on, so he had to go up to the imperial army and said: "Don't bother the commander, since it is His Majesty's order, I should cooperate. Come, go and capture those two!" "

Zuo Ming pressed the sword with one hand, Mei Feng looked coldly at the panic-stricken Xu family, without saying a word.

Soon, Xu He caught Liu Feilong who was still in a daze.

"Sir, what's going on here?" Liu Feilong looked at the heavy-faced Xu Zhi in astonishment, with a vague premonition in his heart.

This Liu Feilong is Xu Zhi's protégé, and has been living in Xu's mansion, as if he is his aide, but now Xu Zhi's "abortion" has cleared up the relationship between the two.

Xu Zhi shook his sleeves and said, "You bastard, you still ask this old man about what you did! You have something to say to the imperial court."

After all, Liu Feilong was also from the Hanlin Academy. Seeing these guards holding weapons and looking fierce, and Xu Zhi's sudden change of attitude, he suddenly understood a little bit. He might be in trouble this time. This mentor wants Che Baoshuai.

He looked at Zuo Ming, "Commander Zuo, even if you want to arrest the lower officials, you have to let the lower officials know what's going on, right?"

Zuo Ming looked at him coldly, "It seems that Xueshi Liu didn't know about the fire in the Ministry of Rites at Youshi today, right? Someone intended to burn the original volume of the female Jinshi Ke Chunwei, and according to the confession of the subordinate staff who intended to set the fire, the person who bought him was from the Xu Mansion. from."

Liu Feilong was dumbfounded, he knew that there was a fire in the ritual department in the evening, but he felt that this matter had nothing to do with him, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

"So what if you come out from the Xu Mansion? The Xu Mansion has a large population, and there are so many diners living in the front yard alone. How can you determine that you are a lower official?"

"This alone is really not enough to identify you as Xueshi Liu, but No. 1 on the public list presented by the Ministry of Rites this time is your daughter Liu Ying, and—" Zuo Ming paused, looking at him with cold eyes After a while, "Liu Ying's original handwriting is exactly the same as that of Taifu Yan's daughter, Miss Qingchi. Your Majesty finds it puzzling, so I can only let you and your daughter go to the Imperial Army's Governor's Mansion."

When Liu Feilong heard that his daughter had won the first place, he was stunned for a moment. Later, when he mentioned that his daughter was exactly the same as Yan Qingchi, he was struck by lightning, and muttered to himself: "Impossible!"

Zuo Ming said unceremoniously: "It's possible that it's not up to you."

As soon as he finished speaking, another servant from Xu's mansion arrested Liu Ying.

"Let go of me, what are you going to do?"

Liu Ying was dyeing her nails in the room, but the servant suddenly barged in rudely, grabbed her without any explanation, and dragged her to the front yard.

"Father, Mr. Xu Ge, what's going on?" Liu Ying was still struggling, and when she saw the guards of the Imperial Army all over the courtyard, and her father who was also under the custody of Xu's family, she was also stunned.

Xu Zhi looked at Liu Feilong and his daughter sadly, "You two are too confused, it's just a false name, you actually did such a rebellious thing!"

Liu Ying looked puzzled, "Mr. Xu Ge, what are you talking about? Did we do something outrageous? We, father and daughter, have always worked hard and behaved cautiously. How could we do something outrageous?"

Xu Zhi glared at her, "You still don't repent at this moment!"

Zuo Ming pulled out the sword from his waist with a "Zeng", "No one is allowed to talk nonsense, and if you have something to say, speak before His Majesty!"

Seeing Zuo Mingliangjian, all the people in the courtyard held their breaths for a moment, not daring to breathe.

The guards of the imperial army took over from Xu's family and controlled Liu Feilong's father and daughter.

Zuo Ming glanced at Xu Zhi coldly, "Master Xu, Your Majesty has an order. Since this matter has something to do with your Xu residence, please come with us."

Xu Zhi said embarrassingly, "It's only natural that this happened because the old man didn't notice. He should have personally kidnapped him and went to the palace to plead guilty to His Majesty."

Zuo Ming put his sword back into its sheath, turned around and left without looking at them again.

Xu Zhi also didn't care about changing clothes, and immediately followed the pace of the imperial army.

After the Forbidden Army finally left the Xu Mansion, Madam Xu and Xu Miaoyun walked out from the back hall of the hall.

Mrs. Xu was still in shock, "Yun'er, the battle just now really scared me to death."

Xu Miaoyun's face was also livid, "Damn it, it's almost there!"

Qin Suqian knelt in front of the etiquette department and admitted that she had met her mentor Xu Zhi on the day of the Qushui Banquet, and that she had always been in love with Xu Zhi.She did have the idea of ​​helping Xu Zhi's daughter in this spring, but it was only her own idea.

After Chun Wei finished grading the papers, she found that there were two copies of the original paper with exactly the same handwriting. After checking the examination number, she was also very surprised when she found that the work by Huiyuan was just the daughter of a staff member in Xu Zhi's mansion.But she changed her mind, as long as Yan Qingchi missed the imperial examination, then with the current strength of the people on the list, Xu Miaoyun must be the No. It's a sure thing, but she missed a move, and now the matter has been exposed.

As for how Liu Ying managed to make the handwriting exactly the same as Yan Qingchi's, and then swapped their test numbers, she hadn't had time to check.

Jiang Nian and Ning Yuezhao saw that the investigation was almost done, and it was meaningless to delay at the gate of the Rites Department, so they ordered Qin Suqian to be imprisoned, and went to the Xu Mansion to bring Liu Feilong and his daughter to the Forbidden Army Governor's Mansion for interrogation overnight.

At this time, the lobby of the Forbidden Army Governor's Mansion was brightly lit, and Jiang Nian and Ning Yuezhao were sitting side by side behind the desks in the middle.

The last time I came to this place was because of the destruction of Bing Dilian. At that time, the two did not agree. When I come back now, it really feels like a world away.

Lu Ji is at the bottom right, this place naturally reminded him of Bing Dilian, but now he has completely let go of these discomforts, his relatives will always miss him in his heart, and now he only wants to be a good official and seek the well-being of the people .

Just as the few people were thinking about each other, Zuo Ming had already strode in with meteors. He cupped his hands at the two sitting in the middle, "Your Majesty, Your Highness, you have brought them here."

"My minister (minister) sees the emperor, husband!" Several people knelt down and kowtowed.

Ning Yuezhao didn't tell them to get up, but said indifferently: "Raise your head and answer."

Xu Zhi secretly annoyed Ning Yuezhao for being so shameless, and treated him like the father and daughter, but when he raised his head, he still expressed his distressed emotions appropriately.

As an imperial official, Liu Feilong had seen Tianyan before, but Liu Ying was different. When she raised her head to see Ning Yuezhao's face, she couldn't help but exclaimed, "You...you're not..."

"Shut up, how dare you be rude to His Majesty!" Zuo Ming scolded.

Liu Ying's face turned pale suddenly, just now in the atrium of Xu's mansion, she was startled and terrified, she didn't realize that the vicious commander of the forbidden army was actually the steward of "Madam Jiang" who had met them a few times in the teahouse before.Not to mention the man who is now qualified to sit side by side with the empress, handsome and unparalleled, who else is there besides the emperor's husband?

The emperor's husband's surname was Jiang, so the woman claimed that her husband's surname was Jiang.With such an appearance and demeanor, and such a natural noble aura, which of the noble ladies in the imperial capital can match her half?

No wonder Xu Miaoyun has been speaking for the Empress. She is the person who usually disdains the Empress the most. It turns out that she has known the identity of "Madam Jiang" for a long time and did not tell them. Using them as rafts to please the Empress is really abominable!
Ning Yuezhao saw Liu Ying's expression change from shock to anger, presumably she already knew her identity, and also thought of Xu Miaoyun's concealment from her.

"Your Majesty, the daughter of the people has been wronged!" Liu Ying suddenly kowtowed, her voice somewhat shrill.

(End of this chapter)