"The mystery lies in these words," Xu Zun pointed at the piece of paper and told, "When the real Qiu Yongnian was imprisoned in the secret room of Changsheng Temple, for some unknown reason, he was allowed to carve words on the walls of the house.
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"He knew very well that he had been harmed by an adulterer, and he was filled with grief and anger but could not express it. Once he carved words related to his life experience, he would definitely be cleared away by the guards.
"Therefore, he could only carve some irrelevant and insensitive words to avoid the suspicion of the watchers.
"But even so, Qiu Yongnian still found an opportunity and secretly revealed a piece of information to the outside world.
"Among the words in the room full of secret rooms," he pointed to the words on the paper, "only these five words are in larger fonts, and they are exactly located in the five directions of east, west, south, north, and center.
"So, I believe that these five words must have their meaning!"
"Five words?" Cai Kun raised the paper and said, "Isn't it four and a half? Can you not tell me what it means?"
"The woman is innocent, the man alone..." At this moment, Li Yan, the governor, stroked his beard and looked at it. After reciting it silently several times, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he understood something.
However, Xu Zun didn't give him a chance to show off, and immediately pointed to a few words and revealed the secret: "Actually, this is an ordinary pair!"
"Ah?" County Prime Minister Luo Wanwan hurriedly calculated in his heart and murmured, "Female to male, square to round, paper to pen, yes or no, male round pen? No, come again..."
"Female to man, square to round, paper to shape, no is right," Xu Zun has already said the answer, "that single person is a 'you', change the order, everyone knows now, Qiu Yongnian wants to
Are you going to tell us something?"
"Yuan, Zhuang, is..." Among the people, Chen Taiji reacted the fastest. He adjusted the order first and said urgently, "I am Zhuang Yuanlang! I am the number one scholar! I got it right this time.
Bar?"
Am I the number one scholar?
Everyone repeated.
"Yes!" Xu Zun said, "The real Qiu Yongnian has told us the truth. He is the real Qiu Yongnian, and this person..." He pointed at Qiu Yongnian on the chair and shouted loudly, "It's a fake!
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"ah!?"
Qiu Yongnian, who was sitting on the chair, was startled at first, then his cheeks trembled, but in an instant, he looked up to the sky and laughed again.
"Haha...hahahaha..." Qiu Yongnian laughed loudly, "Xu Zun, are you really crazy? Just based on these five words you guessed, you can make nonsense? It's a big joke.
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"Everyone knows that I, Qiu, was born with the same Jinshi family and ranked among the top three. I was fortunate enough to be selected into the Imperial Academy by the emperor's grace, but I have nothing to do with being the top scholar!
"Xu Zun, you have slandered me again and again. It is clear that you have ulterior motives. You..."
"Looking back at the Zizishan family guest, Jun Don't laugh, I am the number one scholar!" Unexpectedly, Xu Zun suddenly read a poem, and then asked Qiu Yongnian, "If you were the real Qiu Yongnian, wouldn't you not know this?
Are you drunk in Huayin for the first time?"
"You..." Qiu Yongnian's expression suddenly changed and his smile froze.
"Let me ask you, who wrote this poem?" Xu Zhengzhong asked.
"Me." Qiu Yongnian replied.
"When was it written?" Xu Zun asked again.
"The fourth year of Xianyuan." Qiu Yongnian replied.
"Where was it written?"
"Home."
"What's your neighbor's last name?"
"Also surnamed Qiu."
"You have written twelve pieces of Shangzhou poetry. What is the name of the twelfth piece?"
"If it's not finished, there won't be a twelfth chapter at all!"
"I came to Beijing to take the exam. Which inn did you stay at?"
"I didn't stay in an inn. I stayed in the old residence of Prince Yu's Mansion."
"Which candidate was sitting next to you during the imperial examination?"
"There's no one next to me."
"In the Hanlin Academy, you..."
"That's enough!" Qiu Yongnian roared angrily, "Xu, what are you going to do? My lords," he shouted at Cai Kun and others, "my lords, Xu Zun is an intruder by the imperial court, how can you allow him to be here?
Wantlessly slandering an official of the imperial court? How... is this unbecoming?"
"Tsk tsk..."
After saying this, there was a loud smacking of lips among the officials, who were obviously dubious and uncertain.
"Did you see that?" Xu Zun said with some gloating, "Did he answer questions fluently just now? What does this mean? It means he has practiced it for a long time!
"My lords, the phrase 'I am the Number One Scholar' is very famous in Nangeng, Shangzhou," Xu Zun explained, "The author of this phrase was Qiu Yongnian, who was only 17 years old at the time!
"I am not boasting, but under the influence of my father, Xu Zun has been fond of poetry since he was a child. He was already very familiar with the song Drunken Flower Yin even before he met Magistrate Qiu.
"Therefore, after I solved the text puzzle in the secret room of Changsheng Guan, combined with all the previous signs, I was convinced that the Taoist priest who died in the iron coffin was the real Qiu Yongnian, and this one - was a fake
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"You..." Qiu Yongnian's face turned pale and his whole body was shaking, and he defended himself to the officials, "This is really unreasonable and nonsense, which is unprecedented. You adults must make the decision for this county..."
Well...
All the officials frowned and had solemn expressions. It was obvious that "I am the number one scholar" was a bit forced and could not be used as evidence.
But Xu Zun also spoke so impassionedly and so eloquently that it was really hard to tell.
"My lords," at this time, Shangyuan County Governor Taimin, who had not dared to speak because of his lower official position, suddenly spoke, "Xinye County Magistrate Qiu Yongnian once came to my house to meet with me before he took office.
It seems..." He glanced at Qiu Yongnian opposite and said, "Is there no problem?"
"No," Xu Zun said unceremoniously, "He had already been replaced by that time!"
"This..." Taimin felt frustrated and had no choice but to keep silent.
"Let me tell you, this matter is indeed a bit exaggerated," the governor Li Yan said after some thought. "The paper seems a bit untidy, square against circle, and the circle is not the same word. Yes.
No...this pair is a bit far-fetched, isn't it?
"Also, Qiu Yongnian has been in the Hanlin Academy. How can people from the Hanlin Academy not recognize him? As long as someone from the Hanlin Academy comes to identify him, wouldn't this matter be exposed?"
"Sir," Xu Zun said, "if it weren't for me, who would know that Qiu Yongnian is fake?
"After he framed me and Duke Shen, he will inevitably be promoted. He may go to other state capitals to serve, or he may return to Beijing to serve.
"But at that time, he had completely mastered everything about Qiu Yongnian, and with his similar appearance, who would doubt his identity?
"Besides," Xu Zun said again, "how can we determine whether he was transferred before he entered the Imperial Academy?"
"Ah? This... this is..." Li Yan frowned, "Isn't this too incredible?"
"Hmph!" However, Cai Kun, who was sitting in the seat, snorted coldly and said, "If you want to pretend to be someone, it is easy to say it, but it is not easy to say it is not easy.
"It doesn't matter whether we know each other from the Hanlin Academy, but it is impossible for a person to live without his parents and family," Cai Kun said, staring at Qiu Yongnian in front of him. "As long as we find Qiu Yongnian's family, it will be clear at a glance whether they are real or fake?"
"Your Excellency is wise," Xu Zun clasped his fists in compliment, and then said confidently, "But I am not stupid either. I have already made preparations from the moment I began to doubt Qiu Yongnian's identity!"
After speaking, he gestured to Huo Anu.
Huo Anu went outside and pulled a young man with a sinister look into the court.
This person is known to almost everyone in Xinye County. He is none other than Liu Dong, a habitual thief in this county!
