Scholar Qi knelt down and shouted injustice: "The emperor's old minister is wronged." After that, he turned his head to look at Murong Zheng and scolded angrily: "Murong Xiao'er, the old man knows that you usually don't look down on the old man, but you fabricated and spewed people with blood out of thin air to frame me, what are your intentions?"

Murong Zheng said: "Your Majesty, the minister did not frame the heart of Lord Qi out of thin air, but only defended the dignity of my Great Ming Law. The prince is guilty of the same crime as the people. What's more, if the officials are cheating in the imperial examination, then how can the officials selected in this way really put themselves in the shoes of the people?"

Murong Zheng's words were reasonable, but Murong Zheng would never have thought of the relationship between Concubine Yun and Lou Yun.

Sometimes meritocracy is not as good as cronyism.

If it were a normal time, this performance would be enough for Qi University to be slashed, and all Enke's results would be invalidated.

But this time is different, this time the person who cheated was Lou Yun, and it was the emperor and the concubine who helped him cheat.

Murong Zheng hit the muzzle of the gun this time.

The emperor Chao Lou Yun asked, "Zhuangyuanlang, did you cheat when you took the exam?"

Lou Yun walked out of the queue, and then fell to his knees, his heart was now in his throat, and lying was still a very difficult thing for him.

But this time he had to lie, and if he didn't, he wasn't the only one in danger.

Lou Yun replied, "No!"

Hearing Lou Yun's answer, many people here breathed a sigh of relief, some of them knew whether Lou Yun cheated when he tried it, but they just knew that it was unspeakable.

Because now that the imperial examination has ended, if they poke out the fraud, it will not be beneficial to anyone, and if the emperor is furious, the results of this examination will be invalidated, and if they don't get it right, they will lose their fame and be banned from participating in the imperial examination.

This is an outcome that no one wants to see.

The emperor deliberately frowned, his eyes widened angrily, and he asked again in a majestic voice, "Have you ever cheated?"

Although the emperor's martial arts are not as strong as Lou Yun's, his voice is very penetrating.

It can even go straight to the heart.

This is perhaps the most powerful force in the world.

Lou Yun stabilized his mind and replied again: "No!"

A smile appeared on the corner of the emperor's mouth, he admired this child very much, he was very courageous, Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and did not change his color, this is not something that ordinary people can do.

Sometimes, people are annoying if they look ahead and backward.

However, Murong Zheng also thought that Lou Yun would not admit it.

Murong Zheng said: "Your Majesty, the minister has evidence that the previous champion was not examined, but donated with money. This emperor can be verified by the servant of the Ministry of Ministers. ”

Lou Yun said at this time: "Your Majesty, donate your fame with silver, this is approved by the emperor's decree?"

The emperor said lightly: "This is natural, if the squire and merchant need fame, they only need to pay enough money to get fame." This is the will of my own people. ”

Lou Yun turned around and said, "Then may I ask Lord Murong, since this is the emperor's holy decree, then what's wrong with me? I can't be framed for cheating in the imperial examination on trumped-up charges because I have gained a reputation for donating money." ”

Murong Zheng frowned, although he didn't have deep contact with Lou Yun, he also knew that he was an honest person before, he didn't expect these words to come from him.

Lou Yun is not wooden, but because he relies too much on Lin Luoyao.

Murong Zheng said: "The emperor still has physical evidence. ”

The emperor asked, "What kind of physical evidence?"

Murong Zheng said: "It is the examination paper of the examination, and Weichen implores the emperor to transfer the examination paper of the Zhuangyuanlang examination from the ministry." If the champion can answer the question well, then the minister is willing to be punished. ”

The emperor said, "Qiu Aiqing, what do you think?"

Lou Yun's heart tightened at this time, although he now memorized the Four Books and Five Classics like a stream, but the answers to the test papers were different.

If you say the wrong thing, it is a crime of deception. Bullying the king is a serious crime, and it is to raid the family, and when the time comes, not only him, but even the Nangong family and the Lin family will be implicated.

But now there is no way back, so I can only bite the bullet. He is now complaining a little about Murong Zheng, Murong Zheng is going to kill him.

Lou Yun said: "I am willing to confront it." ”

The emperor instructed: "That's good, someone will go to the country to get the test paper of this champion and me." ”

Lou Yun is now in a cold sweat, although his psychological quality is good, but this kind of scene can be experienced for the first time, and it is nonsense for anyone not to be timid.

Lou Yun seemed to have felt the coldness of the knife on his neck.

Not long after, Lou Yun's previous test paper was taken.

The emperor knew what was going on, and the scholar Qi also knew it.

Scholar Qi secretly glanced at the emperor, and the emperor coughed lightly, and this time Scholar Qi was relieved.

He put his heart back in his stomach, and he thought to himself: "Murong Zheng, Murong Zheng, you are looking for bad luck by yourself, no wonder the old man." ”

The emperor began to read the inscription: "Fang is born and dies, and Fang is dead and live." Only one can not, only one can not. Where does this come from?"

Lou Yun didn't expect the emperor to ask such a question, the emperor read the answer, Lou Yun only needs to tell the source of the exam question.

Lou Yun was already familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, and he replied: "Back to the emperor, this sentence comes from "Zhuangzi Qi Theory of Things". ”

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, and then asked again: "A gentleman has nothing to eat, no place to live, and is sensitive to things and cautious in what he says, so he has the right way and righteousness, and he can be said to be studious." Where did it come from?"

Lou Yun replied: "From the Analects of Learning." ”

The emperor asked again: "Zi Feiyu Anzhi Fish Joy also, what is the whole story of this allusion?"

Lou Yun thought for a moment and said: "This allusion is from the Haoliang debate in "Zhuangzi Qiushui", which is the debate between the Taoist sage Zhuang Zhou and the famous Hui Shi on the Haoliang Bridge in the pre-Qin period. ”

As he spoke, Lou Yun recited:

"Zhuangzi and Huizi swim on the beam. Zhuangzi said: 'The sea bass swims calmly, which is the joy of fish. Huizi said: 'Zi is not a fish, and he knows the joy of fish?' Zhuangzi said: 'Zi is not me, and I don't know the joy of fish?' Huizi said: 'I am not a child, and I don't know the joy of fish, and Zi Gu is not a fish, and Zi does not know the joy of fish!' Zhuangzi said: "Please follow its roots." Zi said, 'Ru'an knows the fish and enjoys' clouds, and since you know what I know and ask me, I know what I know. ’”

Murong Zheng naturally knew this allusion, and Lou Yun was exactly the same.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction and said, "Murong Aiqing, do you still want to try?"

Murong Zheng frowned, it seemed that he had underestimated Lou Yun, it turned out that he thought that Lou Yun was just a martial artist who donated fame. Unexpectedly, the rumored disciple of Tianyu Gongzi was really not covered.

But now that Tianyu Gongzi has died, it seems that a new Tianyu Gongzi is about to be born.

Since this is the case, Murong Zheng naturally has no reason to leave this biggest stumbling block on his way.

(End of chapter)