The old Shangshu took a sip of wine slowly and looked at his granddaughter wonderingly: "Why is Cheng'er so interested in the imperial examination?"

Feng Cheng was confident: "It's not that the autumn examination is coming soon. The three-year provincial examination and conference examination have always been a major event that everyone cares about. When the apricot list is posted, there will be something else that will happen to catch the son-in-law under the list."

"Catch the son-in-law under the list?" Feng Shangshu consciously grasped the point and looked at his granddaughter as if he was so beautiful that he was so beautiful that he was very happy. "We don't have to..."

Who knows what he caught? If there is a bad wife in the family, wouldn’t it be a joke?

"Then my grandfather told me if someone would cheat in the imperial examination. My granddaughter was worried that there would be more people like this, which would affect my elder brother and the others."

Shangshu Feng smiled: "What do you think about all day long? How can you cheat so much?"

The girl's eyes widened slightly: "Are they all so self-aware?"

"Not that." Feng Shangshu corrected his face, "It's just very difficult. Once it is discovered, the consequences will be serious. Those who have bad intentions dare not try it easily."

Seeing that his granddaughter was very curious and drunk, the old Shangshu still said: "There are generally three common methods for fraud in the imperial examination. One is entrainment. Nowadays, the provincial examination inspection is very strict. Whenever candidates enter the tribute court, they have to check from their hair to the soles of their feet, so entrainment is the most risky and despicable method."

Feng Cheng listened carefully and nodded slightly.

"There is also a substitute exam. This often happens to candidates with wealthy families. For example, a wealthy candidate at home is not sure about the provincial examination and is determined to pass the exam, and may take the wrong path of finding someone to answer the papers for him."

"Grandfather, I heard that candidates have to be recognized by name before entering the examination room. How can I take the exam for the exam?"

"This substitute is not about finding someone to pretend to be him to take the exam, but both of them left the exam. By opening up the relationship in advance, the two were assigned to the adjacent number room, so that the substitute could answer the papers for him. However, this situation is not common. First, it is not easy to connect the relationship to the adjacent number room, and second, since the substitute has the ability to pass the exam, why should the substitute take such a big risk to take the exam for others? This substitute either needs a lot of money in urgent need or has unrestrained favors. It is difficult for the substitute to find the substitute, so this method is rare."

"What about the third type?" Feng Cheng was fascinated by the hearing.

These days she also quietly read some books, but she might as well hear from her grandfather in detail.

The half-drunk Feng Shangshu also came to Tan Xing: "The third type is more clever, which is to make certain marks with the examiner who is marking the papers so that the examiner can select his test papers and present them to the examiner. This is the least risky method. The key is to open up the joints and bribe the examiner here..."

Feng Cheng listened and his heart moved.

The scholar surnamed Qi promised that his cousin would be using this method!

What about Ouyang Lei?

Could it be that my uncle revealed the agreed mark to Ouyang Qing? So Ouyang Lei also passed the autumn examination this time. By the next year, because he already had the method of a bachelor's surname, he passed the examination in the same way?

To take a step back, even if Ouyang Lei did not cheat, his father's murder in his early years existed. As long as he exposes his father's murder in advance, instead of waiting for two years after the provincial examination to end, he can expose his cousin's fraud.

The more Feng Cheng thought about it, the more excited he felt.

"Cheng'er, what are you thinking?" Feng Shangshu talked and found that his granddaughter was not listening carefully.

Feng Cheng hurriedly said: "The granddaughter was shocked that there were so many means to cheat the imperial examination, which was simply unpredictable."

Feng Shangshu laughed: "After all, this kind of thing is a minority. I have tried my best to select talents fairly in the imperial examinations over the years."

As for absolute justice, of course there is no such thing as there is no need to tell a little girl.

Next, Feng Cheng silently listened to Tan Xingming's grandfather's glorious deeds of pulling off Duke Cheng Guo's beard, and did not return to his late autumn residence until dark.

After walking back, she was sweating all the time, so she simply ordered Bai Lu to take a shower without supper.

With his whole body soaked in warm water, Feng Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and began to think about Ouyang Qing's early murder.

I would like to thank those who love to talk about gossip. At that time, she just listened casually and listened roughly.

Ten years ago, Ouyang Qing was still doing the butcher's work. One day, a pair of masters and servants who were looking for relatives went to the Ouyang family in the wrong place. Perhaps because of his wealth, he was harmed by Ouyang Qing.

Ouyang Qing swallowed the money from outsiders and became rich from then on. His only son was sent to school to become a scholar.

The master and servant who died in vain could be exterminated because of Ouyang Qing's wife.

Ouyang Lei jumped into the dragon gate and became an official at a young age. This is of course a matter of glorifying his ancestors. And he was young and proud and wronged in the yamen and could not help but complain about his origins.

After hearing this, Ouyang Qing naturally had to plan for his son.

I can't change my background, but I can find a good backer for my son.

How can I find a backer? So I set my mind on the head of the only married eldest daughter.

For Ouyang Qing, who was a pig slayer, there was no need to pay attention to the legitimate and illegitimate illegitimate. Anyway, the five girls all had to plan for their only precious son.

That year, Ouyang Qing's eldest daughter was exactly sixteen years old. She had a childhood sweetheart who was in love, but Ouyang Qing wanted to give her daughter to a minister as a housekeeper.

The minister was almost fifty years old, and his eldest daughter was not willing to accept it. She secretly eloped with her lover but failed. She was beaten to death by Ouyang Qing, who was angry.

Ouyang Qing's wife had only one daughter. She just endured men's punches and kicks when she was poor in her early years. Later, life was better, and she was beaten less, but she had more concubines. It became common for men to linger in brothels and brothels.

What does this kind of life feel like?

It's just for her daughter to survive. She's not as boring as her life.

But what did she expect? Her only daughter was sent by a man to fill in the house, but she was beaten to death because of resistance.

Ouyang Qing's wife reported to the official in anger, which made the old murder case surface.

"Girl, the water is cold." Seeing Feng Cheng leaning against the wooden barrel, Bai Lu reminded him softly.

The girl in the bathtub moved her eyes, but still had no intention of getting up.

She was full of annoyance.

Because I was not very interested, I heard this casually and ran away with my tail. I didn't hear where the master and servant who died in vain were buried.

The provincial examination in August and the list will be held in September.

The best time is to expose Ouyang Qing's behavior of seeking money and killing people soon after the opening of the bill, and then take advantage of Ouyang Lei's fame and fortune to thoroughly investigate the fraud of the imperial examination.

In other words, within these two months, she will find the burial place of the master and servant.

Feng Cheng is not sorry for exposing Ouyang Qing in advance.

It is natural to kill someone and make the murderer die soon. There is nothing wrong with it. At least that innocent girl can survive.

Feng Cheng snatched a handful of water and threw it on his face, making plans.
Chapter completed!