Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 144 Tang Yin Fraud Case Breaks Out

On the tenth day of the second month, the spring rain arrived as expected. So did the announcement of the examination results.

There were huge crowds of people in front of the Imperial Examination Hall. Not only were there thousands of juren gathered here, but there were also many scholars. The scholars were even more concerned about this examination than the juren.

Because they want to submit articles, they want to discover news articles with more potential and submit them to Shuntian Newspaper Group.

It was not until noon that Tang Yin and Xu Jing finally squeezed into the crowd. Xu Jing tried hard to find his name at the end.

Two hundred and seventy-sixth place in the top three!

bingo!

Xu Jing was so excited that he said to Tang Yin, "Brother Tang! Bo Hu, I won! I won!"

"What about you? Are you a member of the Yuan family? Let me take a look."

When Xu Jing looked at the top three, he didn't see Tang Yin on the list. He couldn't help but feel a little strange. He continued to look down the list, and his expression became more and more strange.

How come...no?
Tang Yin also stayed where he was, staring at the list intently, "Father Heng, congratulations."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly shouted: "This list is wrong! This list is wrong!"

“Why isn’t my name there?”

This kind of thing was common in front of the Shuntian Imperial Examination Hall, so the candidates did not pay special attention to Tang Yin's abnormality.

Tang Yin's face was ashen, and he seemed to be going crazy. He roared hysterically: "This list is wrong! My name is not on it!"

It was not until several officials from the Ministry of Justice came over and surrounded Tang Yin that Tang Yin said to Xu Jing, "See, I told you I was wrong."

"These people must be here to see me."

An official from the Ministry of Justice said with a stern face, "Are you Tang Yin from Suzhou Prefecture? With the courtesy name Bo Hu?"

Tang Yin said: "It's me!"

"Catch him."

Tang Yin hurriedly shouted, "Why? What are you doing? Let me go!"

Xu Jing was going to give him some money, but the official from the Ministry of Justice was ruthless and looked at him coldly, saying, "He is suspected of fraud. What are you trying to do? Are you cooperating with Tang Yin to commit fraud?"

Wha...what?
Xu Jing's face was stiff. Tang Yin? Fraud?

No matter how you look at it, these things are completely unrelated!
boom!
Xu Jing suddenly thought of what he said last night, those terrible words Chen Ce said!
What if I say that you and Cheng Minzheng colluded to cheat?

Who would believe you if you said you didn't?

All of Chen Ce's speculations began to play out today. If last night was the calm before the storm, then today the storm really broke out suddenly!

hiss!
Xu Jing sucked in a breath of cold air and stood there, speechless in shock, watching Tang Yin being taken away.

The surrounding candidates all had complicated looks, especially those who didn't pass the exam, all of them gloating over the misfortune and saying, "So Tang Jieyuan cheated."

"No wonder he was so confident before and after the exam that he would definitely win the first place this year."

"God is wise, and the court is wise!"

Three people make a tiger, and people’s words are scary!

Tang Yin trembled and said to Xu Jing: "Father Heng, they framed me, someone framed me, go find the teacher quickly, I was wronged, I didn't cheat! I didn't!"

Xu Jing ran towards Huaihua Hutong as fast as he could, sweating profusely.

On the bank of Tongji Canal dam in the backyard.

Fu Yuan, dressed in white, stood behind Chen Ce with his hands behind his back, watching Chen Ce fishing quietly.

"Just now, the Chief Examiner Cheng Minzheng, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, was arrested."

He looked up at the sky and said with a smile, "Oh, at this hour, I think your student Tang Yin should have been arrested as well."

Fu Yuan was a little disappointed. He tried hard to see some expression on Chen Ce's face, but Chen Ce seemed to have anticipated this result.

"You knew already?"

Chen Ce shook his head and said, "I don't know, but didn't you just say it?"

I said it was true, but your reaction was wrong! This shouldn't be the reaction!
At this moment, Xu Jing came running over breathlessly and said, "Chen, Master Chen...Bohu, Bohu was really caught." Fu Yuan looked at Xu Jing in astonishment.

What does it mean to be really caught?

What this sentence means is that Chen Ce had already predicted that Tang Yin would be arrested?
Only then did Xu Jing realize that there was someone else next to Chen Ce and he immediately shut up.

"What about you? Did you win?"

Xu Jing hurriedly said, "Yes, top three."

Chen Ce hummed and said, "Let's go back first."

"But, Bo Hu..."

Chen Ce raised his eyes to look at him and said without questioning, "Go ahead."

Xu Jing didn't dare to say more, and said, "Okay."

After he left, Fu Yuan narrowed his eyes and suddenly laughed: "Chen Ce, you lost, you lost."

"You knew Tang Yin would be involved in the fraud case, right? You know what I'm going to do."

"You guessed it, and you tried to stop it, but Tang Yin was still caught, which means you didn't succeed, because I know your student better than you do!"

"I won!"

Just through Xu Jing's one sentence, Fu Yuan keenly grasped so much information.

But looking at Chen Ce's calm expression, Fu Yuan didn't feel any joy of winning.

"Well, you win."

Chen Ce put away his fishing rod, looked back at Fu Yuan who was standing there, and said, "Anything else?"

Fu Yuan felt like he had eaten a fly. For a moment, he didn't know how to answer. He said in a buzzing voice, "No more."

Chen Ce returned to the courtyard, only to find Xu Jing still standing at the front door.

Chen Ce went to open the door, and Xu Jing said anxiously, "Master Chen, Bo Hu will not cheat, really!"

Chen Ce nodded and said, "I know, he was framed."

"He's just a pawn."

Xu Jing didn't understand, but he still asked Chen Ce: "Mr. Chen, what will happen to him, Bo Hu?"

Chen Ce thought for a moment and said, "He won't die. The worst that could happen is that he will never be employed again and will be disqualified from taking the imperial examination."

This……

Xu Jing shuddered. With Bo Hu's proud character, if this were the result, the rest of his life would be ruined. It would be better to kill him directly.

At the same time, Xu Jing was also very glad that he had listened to Chen Ce and did not visit the so-called official dignitaries.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t just be Tang Yin who would be in jail, but himself as well!
He has always regarded Chen Ce's valuable advice as his guiding principle. Xu Jing feels that the best thing he has done in his life is to believe in Chen Ce unconditionally.

"Mr. Chen."

Xu Jing pondered for a moment, then bowed his hands and said seriously: "I know you don't care about money, but I still want to try. I am willing to spend five thousand taels in exchange for Bo Hu's qualification to take the exam again."

"As long as I can take the test again, that's all."

Chen Ce looked at Xu Jing in surprise and said, "Five thousand taels is not a small amount. Is Tang Yin so important to you?"

"Or are you doing this on purpose? To make me believe that you are someone who would go bankrupt for a friend?"

Xu Jing smiled bitterly and said, "I don't have many friends. Before I met Master Chen, I thought I was smart enough and could see through many things. I could manipulate anyone."

"It was only after I met Master Chen that I realized that I was not capable enough and there were many people who were more capable than me."

"Today, Bo Hu found out that he was not on the list. He first congratulated me, and then questioned the list... That was when I knew that Brother Tang regarded me as a true friend."

Chen Ce was silent for a long time before he said, "He made a good friend. You can go back."

(End of this chapter)