Chapter 1394 [Updated on August 24] No Personal Affection

Before the exam started in the morning, the candidates were searched.

At this time, even if they have cheating tools on them, they will not check it a second time.

Because no one thought that the person responsible for monitoring the examination room would leak the answers to the students.

Fourth master glanced around, many people were stealthily copying small notes.

Now that the evidence is in hand, it is to test whether Yu Hongtu has participated in this incident.

When Yu Hongtu passed by a cheating examinee, the fourth master flicked a hard folded paper to the wrist of the examinee who was copying a small note.

The cardboard was like a slingshot, and it hit the examinee's wrist.

Immediately, the candidate's brow and face twisted together.

Due to the pain in his wrist, the cheating note in his hand fluttered and fluttered, and it just landed at Yu Hongtu's feet.

Yu Hongtu had been patrolling the examination room with his hands behind his back.

After catching a glimpse of yellowed rice paper, he looked down at his feet.

Then, he squatted down, picked up the note and looked at it carefully.

After reading it, Yu Hongtu hid the note in his sleeve pocket without saying anything.

The student whose note was confiscated was actually relieved.

And the other cheating students who saw this scene copied the answers more boldly.

What they thought was that Yu Hongtu had leaked the answer to the test question, so naturally they would not report on them.

This is called taking people's money and eliminating disasters for others.

Not long after Yu Hongtu confiscated the note, he went out.

Candidates thought he was going out to celebrate, or there was something else going on.

Anyway, when the examiners go out, there is nothing to pay attention to. Instead, they can cheat more recklessly.

But less than a cup of tea, Yu Hongtu came in again.

Behind him, there are dozens of government officials.

In the past few days, because the imperial examination is coming soon, the government has arranged for people to wait outside the examination room.

In order to punish those who cheat in time.

When Yu Hongtu brought people in, those examinees who bought exam questions from Yu Hongtu didn't understand Yu Hongtu's operation.

How could there be such a pig teammate?

I saw Yu Hongtu standing at the top, holding up the note he picked up earlier, shining it in his hand, and said sternly: "Search all of them for me to see who else is hiding this note."

If it is said that some information is just copied on the note, that's fine.

The key thing written on the note is all the standard answers for this exam.

In this way, it is not as simple as candidates cheating.

It's that there is a ghost inside the examiner.

Anyway, he, Yu Hongtu, was not afraid of the slanting shadow, so he wanted to see who did it!

When Yu Hongtu said that he wanted to search everyone, some cheating candidates stared wide-eyed, apparently finding it too inconceivable.

Where is there someone who sells the problem by himself, and the thief shouts "stop the thief" and ask the government to arrest him.

Isn't this a typical case of collecting money and wanting to cross the river and tear down the bridge.

However, they can't control that much for the time being.

One by one, instead of stuffing the notes into their mouths, trying to swallow them.

Just tear up the cheating note.

There are also those who sit stiffly on the chair, afraid that the note hidden in the clothes will be searched out.

But with so many pairs of eyes looking at them, they were finally caught one by one.

Fourth Master sneaked into the examination room in order to know the process and evidence of the Yu family selling the examination questions.

Now the process is known and the evidence is there.

However, he will not use the test questions he bought as physical evidence to make himself a witness and be interrogated.

So, long before entering the examination room, he put away the note.

Now he stood with his hands behind his back in the crowd on both sides, watching the farce.

Anyway, at this meeting, he can be sure that Yu Hongtu did not participate in the sale of imperial examination questions.

Otherwise, no one would be stupid enough to take the money and bite someone back.

This can easily lead to a dog jumping over the wall in a hurry, and finally lose his reputation.

And when buying and selling the test questions, Yu Hongtu never showed up.

Now that the exam questions have all been leaked, then this time the rural exam must not be able to go on normally.

As a result, the originally quiet scientific research site became an interrogation site.

Not long after, the local county magistrate also arrived.

The county magistrate and Yu Hongtu sat at the head.

What used to be the desks of the examiners became a temporary interrogation desk.

There are two rows of yamen servants standing underneath, and they hold water and fire sticks for killing power.

Half of the stick is painted red and the other half is black.

Red is the color of fire, and black is the color of water, which means that personal affection is not tolerated.

"Wei~wu~" The deep and deep voices of the yamen servants rang out in the examination room.

Immediately afterwards, the county magistrate snapped the case violently, and his eyes fell on the nine cheaters kneeling below.

What Mrs. Yu said back then was correct, she only sold ten copies, excluding Fourth Master, there were exactly nine cheating candidates.

"Whoever gave the answers to your exam questions, tell me the truth."

As soon as the words were spoken, the group of people turned their gazes to Yu Hongtu.

One of the examinees was so angry that he jumped over the wall and pointed at Yu Hongtu, saying, "Lord County Magistrate, I am wronged. Those exam questions were leaked to us by Lord Yu. He took our money and turned against us. It is really a shame." hateful."

There was one person who confessed to Yu Hongtu, and the rest pointed their finger at him one after another.

"That's right, my lord. Yu lord took me one thousand taels of silver and said he sold me half of the exam questions."

"He also charged me two thousand taels of silver."

"I also paid three thousand silver."

Hearing this, the county magistrate looked at Yu Hongtu sharply.

Yu Hongtu was so scared that he couldn't sit still.

He hurriedly knelt down in front of those examinees, and said to the county magistrate, "My lord, there have been dozens of examination rooms, large and small, that Yu has invigilated over the years. Every time I go to a place to invigilate, I am very cautious and do my best. , strictly follow the rules and regulations, require subordinates to block the gate, and divide them into two shifts, inside and outside, to patrol back and forth, in order to prevent people from cheating for personal gain."

"Fart, don't talk about yourself being so noble. Even if you didn't show up from the beginning to the end, it still can't cover up the fact that you asked your wife to collect money from us, and your subordinates secretly gave us exam questions."

"That is, if we need to be punished, you, the instigator, will be indispensable."

"If it wasn't for your dog servant who came to the inn and lured me to spend money to buy exam questions, would I have been arrested today?"

"There is also your daughter, who hangs around the inn all day long, and the imperial examination is here today, and she is likely to be involved in this incident. They are all tools for you, Yu Hongtu, to commit crimes. Now that the incident has happened, your Yu family will be indispensable!"

Candidates were filled with righteous indignation and told the truth.

Even if it is death, everyone in the Yu family must be dragged out.

Yu Hongtu had heard people gossip behind his back a while ago.

Said that he, Yu Hongtu, bent the law for personal gain, stole questions and sold them.

At that time, he felt that the clearer was cleared up, and he had never done such a thing.

So, it doesn't matter at all.

Hearing what the examinees said now, my back, which was originally straight, is no longer straight.

There is also a bad feeling in my heart.

The county magistrate heard the candidates' confessions, and hurriedly said: "Come here, bring Yu Hongtu's wife, concubine, subordinates, and daughter, all here!"