Chapter 319 Start the imperial examination, catch cheating!
The imperial examination was about to begin, and the Shangguan family would naturally not miss the opportunity of Su Cheng not being in the mansion. They wanted to solve Su Cheng's financial resources once and for all.
Without financial resources, Su Cheng would not be able to do anything no matter how powerful he was. The two most critical points were that he could not afford to raise soldiers, and King Zhao would not continue to side with Su Cheng.
The Shangguan family's internal intelligence is very powerful, which is Shangguan Yunge's confidence. As long as he masters the voice of the Shen family's village, Su Cheng will never be able to fight with them in the future!
Soon, the day came for the imperial examination.
Outside Gongyuan in the southeast of Kyoto, there was a sea of people on this day. Candidates who came to participate formed two long lines. They could enter the Gongyuan exam based on their letters of recommendation.
As the candidates entered the Gongyuan one by one, Shen Youwei, who was guarding the scene with government soldiers outside, was also a little bored.
"He Changsheng, I'll leave this to you guys. I'll go take a look at the roof!"
After speaking, Shen Youwei did not wait for He Changsheng and others to speak. She jumped up to the roof of the Gongyuan. Standing here, she could see the situation in the Gongyuan from a high position.
At this moment, the Gongyuan was filled with candidates. On the front step, Su Cheng, wearing a purple official uniform, stared at the group of people with a serious face and said, "Everyone, I am the examiner this time!"
"This will be the place where you leap over the dragon gate. As long as you can pass this examination, the palace examination and a bright future are waiting for you!"
"Of course, if someone wants to cheat in this Gongyuan without thinking, once discovered by me, no matter who it is, they will be immediately taken away and expelled from the school, and they will never be hired."
In order to ensure the success of this exam, Su Cheng gave this group of people power as soon as he arrived!
But at this time, a candidate looked at the empty seats and suddenly asked: "Wu Anhou, where are our test papers? According to the rules, the test papers should be placed on the table in advance."
When everyone heard this, they noticed that there was no test paper on the table, and everyone was a little stunned.
Su Cheng glanced at the attentive candidate and saw that the man was dressed as a Confucian scholar. Although the clothes he wore were made of coarse cloth, he was meticulous and very neat. He also exuded a sense of righteousness and looked like a An upright and awe-inspiring look.
A look of satisfaction appeared on Su Cheng's lips. If nothing else, this candidate deserves his attention just for his carefulness!
As the examiner, his task is to find talents for the imperial court, and the person in front of him is quite good.
"May I have your name?"
"Back to Marquis Wu'an, the younger one's name is Zhao Yuanjie."
"Yes, among so many people, you are the only one who has observed this!"
Su Cheng nodded in confirmation of this person's words, then smiled and said: "This exam is different from the past. Only I know the test questions. After you take your seats, I will dictate the questions. Okay, everyone is seated now!"
After hearing this, everyone understood the whole story, and everyone took their seats according to the seats assigned earlier.
The Gongyuan side is specially used for exams. The entire courtyard is filled with exam grids. These grids are not very big and are enough for one person to take exams and rest inside. In the next three days, this group of candidates will eat, drink, and eat. Spend time in the grid.
After everyone took their seats, Su Cheng began to dictate today's test questions: "Today's test is about the understanding of the Four Documents!"
All the candidates hurriedly listened. After taking their seats, they no longer had the chance to speak. They could only answer after listening to the questions clearly.
After a while, Su Cheng finished speaking about the questions, and the candidates began to answer the questions.
At this time, Su Chengcai raised his head and looked at Shen Youwei on the roof.
In fact, he noticed it when Shen Youwei jumped up to the roof. There was nothing he could do about it. His position was facing the roof in front of him. Shen Youwei could not hide it from him when she went up in such a big way. Of course, Shen Youwei didn't want to hide it from him.
Shaking his head, Su Cheng couldn't say anything to his beloved wife, so he had to sit on the chair that belonged to him.
Soon, other Hanlin Academy bachelors began to patrol. After all, there were so many candidates. Although there was a soldier from the Wu'an Marquis Mansion guarding every five steps, Su Cheng was not at ease and still asked the bachelors to patrol.
It was nothing at first, but an hour later, Shen Youwei, who was bored on the roof, suddenly found a fat candidate below who was rubbing his belly.
At first, she thought the other person was just hungry, but the fat man started kneading him after a while, and then continued kneading him again. This made Shen Youwei a little strange, and she couldn't help but stare at the candidate.
Sure enough, after a while, she was reassured that the candidate would pull up his clothes a little while rubbing his belly. Every time he pulled it up, the fat candidate would look down.
Shen Youwei's eyes lit up!
This guy is cheating!
Immediately she chuckled and turned to look at Su Cheng with a wink.
Su Cheng didn't understand why his wife was winking at him at first. It wasn't until he followed Shen Youwei's gaze and saw the obese candidate that he realized what was happening.
My wife has caught someone cheating!
He gave Shen Youwei a thumbs up as expected, then stood up and came to the obese examinee.
I took a look at the name on the test paper and saw the three words Zhou Zhikun written on it!
"The name is good, but it's a pity that your talent has not been used in the right place. Someone come and take this person down!"
Without saying a word, Su Cheng directly ordered the arrest.
Zhou Zhikun's expression changed drastically, he stared at Su Cheng and asked, "Why did the Marquis arrest me?"
"Why are you being arrested?" Su Cheng sneered: "Don't you have any idea in your mind? Do you really think that I am sitting there doing nothing? Or do you think you are very smart and can cheat under my nose? "
As soon as this statement came out, the other candidates around him were in an uproar. Only an hour had passed, and someone was actually cheating!
For a moment, everyone's eyes turned to Zhou Zhikun.
Zhou Zhikun was panicked and his face turned pale, but at this time he could only insist that he did not cheat: "Master Hou said that I cheated, do you have any evidence?"
This method of cheating was unprecedented and unprecedented, and Zhou Zhikun didn't think Su Cheng would be able to discover what he was using to cheat.
Su Cheng glanced at this person and his face darkened: "It seems that you are determined to reach the Yellow River, and you are still thinking of making excuses when I find out. In this case, I don't need to give you face anymore. Someone, I will Take off his clothes!"
Two soldiers rushed forward and without waiting for Zhou Zhikun to react, they directly took off his clothes, revealing rows of dense writing on his belly.
Zhou Zhikun's head was buzzing. He didn't expect Su Cheng to actually discover the way he cheated.
It's over, it's over for his life. If he is found cheating, he will never be able to take the imperial examination again!
Thinking of this, Zhou Zhikun's legs weakened and he fell down.
Su Cheng glanced at this person, shook his head and waved to the soldiers: "Take this person down and hand it over to the Criminal Department for processing!"
Then, he turned to look at the other candidates: "This is the consequences of cheating. I hope you will behave yourself and don't imitate this person's overestimation. I will make this imperial examination the cleanest in the history of Daliang."