"oh?"
"Do you think this county examination is unfair and there is fraud?" County Master Chen Sizhi took a sip of tea and asked the scholar with a smile.
Seeing the county master being so amiable, the scholar became more and more relaxed.
"Exactly, Mr. County!"
"I heard that Huang Tinghui is a bastard. Before he entered Luyang Academy, he was completely uneducated and incompetent!"
"Although Huang Tinghui has some talent, he can't defeat a county's talented people in just a few months. It's impossible!"
"If it weren't for fraud, this person would never have become the leader of the case!"
"Therefore, I ask Lord Qingtian to investigate this matter thoroughly and give us poor scholars who are studying hard in poverty a fair chance to take the imperial examination!"
"Sir, this is not only my wish, but also the wish of all the hard-working scholars like us."
"May the county magistrate understand this clearly!" After saying this, the scholar bowed his hand to the county master Chen Sizhi again.
"You mean, Huang Xiaolangjun cheated and got the title of chief criminal in this county?" Chen Sizhi took the teacup, blew it gently, and then took a sip.
"Exactly!"
“Exactly!!”
"Exactly!!" I saw that the county magistrate was very perceptive and amiable. He was simply the representative of a good official in the minds of scholars.
Other scholars who were brought along by the Yamen officials all agreed.
Huang Tinghui was a son of a peasant family, a second-rate boy who had just entered Luyang Academy to study.
Although those poems are indeed good, they also confirmed Huang Tinghui's reputation as a talented scholar.
But "people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong", especially among literati.
Jealousy is naturally brewing in everyone's hearts.
Now he is a bastard, a second-rate bastard, and has become the chief criminal in Ruian County.
How could they be convinced?
Therefore, under this situation, coupled with the attitude shown by the county master, it is obvious that he has some support for them.
They expressed their opinions freely.
The leader, the scholar, was also quite proud of himself. It seemed that the pressure brought by the rumors also put a lot of pressure on the county magistrate.
After all, there is a precedent, no one wants to lose their head because of this matter, right?
How many high-ranking officials lost their heads due to the unfounded "imperial examination fraud case"?
They were even implicated in the nine tribes. Everyone knew that the scholars in the south received better education than the scholars in the north.
Therefore, it is normal that there are more scholars from the south among the top three scholars.
Although everyone knows that there is nothing wrong with this, haven’t those high-ranking officials lost their heads?
This is a lesson to latecomers!
Thinking like this, when the leading scholar looked at the county master Chen Sizhi, there was a trace of contempt in his eyes.
If he can be hijacked by ordinary people, what if such a county magistrate has no power?
Not a waste?
The man who was still afraid of the county master just now had a subtle change in his mentality.
In his opinion, the county master is nothing more than that.
As long as you can make good use of the "strategy" and use the "general trend" to suppress it.
The county magistrate also has to do what he "means".
This person only feels that if he becomes an official, he will definitely be able to thrive in the officialdom.
In reality, there are quite a few people who think they are smart.
"fraud?"
"What a fraud!" County Master Chen Sizhi smiled, looked at the scholar and asked, "What evidence do you have?"
Although the county boss leaked the test questions to Huang Tinghui, only three or four people knew about it at this time.
It is absolutely impossible for these three or four people to tell this matter.
Even if it is accidentally known to outsiders, it is just a matter of words.
So the evidence?
How could a veteran official like Chen Sizhi leave evidence behind?
Even if someone puts the draft of Huang Tinghui's article in front of Chen Sizhi, he can categorically deny it.
After all, who stipulates that after the exam, candidates cannot go back and repeat the article again?
"Evidence?" Hearing the question from the county master Chen Sizhi, the scholar was stunned for a moment. After all, in his opinion, such a thing does not require evidence, it only requires speculation in the public.
Wasn't that major case back then just a matter of catching wind and shadow and subduing it?
However, when the county master said this, the scholar raised his hand and replied: "Your Excellency, I also heard my cousin mention that Huang Tinghui knew the test questions before the exam!"
"That's why the villain thinks that this list is false and Huang Tinghui is suspected of fraud!"
Hearing what the scholar said, the county master Chen Sizhi nodded, "Yes!"
Hearing the "yes" from the county master, the scholar thought that the county master agreed with his statement, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.
But then, the face of the county master Chen Sizhi changed, and his face was so cold that it could freeze a person directly.
"So, you have no evidence at all!"
"It's totally unfounded!"
"Is it just hearsay?" Chen Sizhi suddenly became angry.
Seeing the county master Chen Sizhi changing his face as if in a Sichuan opera, all the scholars were also surprised.
They knelt on the ground in fear.
Only Huang Tinghui looked at everyone coldly, as if watching a play.
It was as if all this was expected by Huang Tinghui.
"Sir, Lord County Lord!"
"I'm waiting for evidence. We heard, we heard..."
The scholar who knelt on the ground quickly explained to the county magistrate.
"I heard?"
"Hear? You are blinded by fame. Can you slander a good family just by relying on the word "hear"?"
"Can you confuse right and wrong and spread rumors just by relying on hearing and hearing?"
"Can you influence the list selected by me just by relying on listening and speaking?"
At this moment, Chen Sizhi's momentum exploded.
The authority of the county's great master, the power of the county's great master.
This moment was unmistakable.
"I also heard that you are waiting to form a clique and try to influence the results of the imperial examination!"
"I heard that you colluded with pirates and tried to rob our county town of Ruian!"
As soon as these words came out, the scholar who had been so proud just now collapsed on the ground, sweating all over his body.
The arrogant scholar finally understood what official authority was and what real power was.
I also know that the amiable county master just now has always been a fierce tiger, but he has disguised himself.
Let everyone feel that other people are harmless and can be manipulated as they please.
"Your Majesty the County, Your Majesty the County!"
"We have absolutely nothing to do with this. We have absolutely nothing to do with it. Please let your lord, the county magistrate, take a closer look!"
"Know everything clearly!" Everyone trembled and said to the county master Chen Sizhi.
"Huh!" Chen Sizhi sneered, looked at the crowd and said.
"When you say that Huang Tinghui cheated, you know that I only wrote out the test questions the night before I went to the examination room."
"I asked the government office to work overtime to make it!"
"The craftsmen of the government office stayed together all night, and no one left the house!"
"Therefore, regarding this matter of leaking the title and cheating, are you doubting me?"
Chen Sizhi looked at the limp people and yelled loudly.
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Chapter completed!