Li Qian was really shocked this time. His eyes went dark. After he came back to his senses, he looked at him dumbfounded: "Why don't you come to me if you have such spare money..."
"Are you selling questions too?" Zheng Guan looked at him curiously.
Li Qian then realized that he had said something wrong and hurriedly corrected him: "I mean, if you come to me, maybe I can fix it for you."
Both of them were thoughtful and looked at him with strange eyes, obviously not believing it.
Li Qian didn't explain too much. Instead, he asked Zheng Guan: "How did you buy this thing? And it cost you five hundred taels of silver?"
Zheng Guan and Yan Zhenqing looked at each other, sighed together, and then they explained the whole story to Li Qian.
"Bought from a restaurant..."
Li Qian frowned: "Doesn't that mean that many people have passed the exam?"
Zheng Guan nodded and said helplessly: "Not only are there a lot of people, there are probably almost half of them."
"It's really spread a lot. Those who have money will buy one. Those who don't have money will buy one if they pool money with others, or just buy second-hand ones from others."
"half……"
Yan Zhenqing and Li Qian both had numb scalps.
Normally, less than one out of ten candidates can pass the general examination, but now half of them have exam questions, so how can they pass the general examination?
Open book exam?
When will the eight immortals cross the sea in the examination room? Will the gods fight?
Even Zheng Guan felt something was wrong, and subconsciously felt that this test would definitely not be easy.
Yan Zhenqing suddenly turned to look at Li Qian: "Jiubang, did you just ask Butler Wei to go out to report to the official?"
Zheng Guan also turned to look at him.
Li Qian slowly shook his head: "What's the use of reporting to the official?"
"Where do you think this test question came from?"
The two fell silent for a moment. The news must have come from the mouths of the officials in the imperial court!
Report to the official?
Who in the hall is suing me?
Yan Zhenqing looked at Li Qian, moved his lips, and said hesitantly: "Let's go to Jingzhao Mansion to report to the official. The person who leaked the test questions and the people in Jingzhao Mansion may not be the same group. If the matter gets too big, they will I will definitely throw a weapon against the rat..."
Before he could finish his words, Zheng Guan denied it.
"Definitely not."
Zheng Guan shook his head and looked at Yan Zhenqing: "Qingchen, don't you know what it means for officials to protect each other?"
"Even if this matter has nothing to do with them, they will protect it and this kind of scandal will never spread."
"Don't forget who is the examiner of this examination? How could he let such a thing get out?"
Thinking of Cai Jing's overwhelming power, Yan Zhenqing fell silent. He knew that everything Zheng Guan said was true.
Whether it was to please Cai Jing or for the sake of the court's dignity, it was impossible for those adults to lift this stinking lid.
Zheng Guan thought for a while and added: "And if the commotion is so loud now, the adults in the court will hear about it sooner or later."
"It's okay for them to hear it themselves, but if we find out, they will definitely be used as a scapegoat."
Li Qian listened for a long time and finally gave Zheng Guan a thumbs up.
To be honest, he really didn't expect Zheng Guan to be able to see so far.
"Those people are indeed quite shameless. No matter who is the one who brought it out, they will definitely not get the consequences."
Li Qian explained: "So I didn't go to report to the official just now. Instead, I asked Lao Wei to find out whether the test questions were true."
After hearing his words, both of them's eyes lit up.
Yan Zhenqing couldn't help but said: "Are you going to ask Mr. He? They might be able to solve this matter."
Li Qian looked at his somewhat excited expression and sighed softly: "Qingchen, this exam question has been spread, and now no one can solve it, and no one can control it."
"Either you continue to cover it, the more stuffy it gets, the smellier it becomes, and finally you just bury it in the ground after the exam."
"Or I can't hold it back anymore and it will explode."
Yan Zhenqing was stunned for a moment, sighed, and finally gave up on fantasy and accepted reality.
"Then we can't just let the examination take place like this, right?"
Zheng Guan couldn't help but said: "Now that we know it, why don't we do nothing?"
The two of them subconsciously set their sights on Li Qian. After getting along for so long, everyone knew that he had the right idea and the broadest approach.
If there was anyone here who could have a hand in this matter, it would be him.
Li Qian thought about it for a while, looked at the two of them and said slowly: "This matter will definitely cause trouble. With so many people suffering losses, it is definitely impossible to let it go."
People don't worry about scarcity but about inequality.
Those who didn’t buy the test questions must be in trouble!
"But as long as we control it a little and point the finger at specific people, it won't cause too much trouble."
Seeing the two of them looking thoughtful, Li Qian continued to smile and said: "Who will be the most popular this time?"
"Which examiner?"
The two of them hadn't figured it out yet, but when they heard the examiner, they were all startled.
“Cai Jing!
"
The two of them shouted out the same name at the same time!
Isn't that right? The chief examiner is his old man, and the deputy examiner is his brother-in-law. It is said that more than half of the dozens of fellow examiners are his people!
Isn't he popular? Who is more popular?
Li Qian smiled like an old fox: "Everyone in the examination room belongs to Mr. Cai. If something goes wrong this time, he will have nowhere to hide."
Yan Zhenqing and Zheng Guan's scalps were numb. This was true. As long as something went wrong this time, Cai Jing would definitely be involved!
Zheng Guan hesitated for a moment, and then asked about his concerns: "Now that Cai Jing is so powerful and so rampant, he doesn't even pay attention to Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province and His Majesty the Emperor. Just the three of us are like meddling in it." , is it too whimsical?"
"Whether it's whimsical or not, you have to try it first to know."
Li Gan looked at the two of them with a smile: "This Master Cai is actually much more fragile than you think..."
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As the exams get closer and closer, more and more candidates know about the question-buying incident. The news spreads wider and wider, and gradually reaches the ears of some big shots.
In Cai Mansion's study, the three ministers who were still outside gathered together. The person sitting at the head table was Cai Jing's eldest son, Cai You.
The four people's faces were as dark as water, and no one spoke. After a long time, Song Qiaonian was the first to break the silence.
"I really didn't expect Liu Xiangtong's clan brother to be so bold this time."
Ever since they learned that there were test questions circulating outside, several people began to investigate intensively.
If the court wants to investigate this kind of thing, it will be extremely difficult.
But for the instigators, this was not a difficult task at all. They quickly locked onto the target and found out where the questions were flowing out from.
But it is useless to find out now. The water that was spilled cannot be recovered, and the same goes for the questions that spilled out.
"What a bastard who fails to succeed but fails to succeed!" Song Qiaonian gritted his teeth.
Cai You glanced weakly at the people in the study and asked tentatively: "Then what should we do now? Do we want to change the test questions??"