The Famous Detective of the Red Mansion

Chapter 100: Shoulder Heavy Responsibilities and Inspect the Imperial Examination Held in Autumn

Early on August 5th.

Sun Shaozong turned over and dismounted in front of the Yamen, but what he thought was still the fierce battle of yesterday afternoon.

He didn't have pleasure for more than a month, and he ate a lot of tonics. It was just when the dragon was strong and fierce and Xiangling was a flatterer and had potential. The smoothness and satisfaction of this were not to be mentioned to outsiders.

But what's rarer was that although Xiangling had battled her bones were crisp and her muscles were soft, seeing the sunset outside, she still insisted on washing herself and went to the front yard to welcome Ruan Rong back in person.

In the evening, she took the initiative to move Sun Shaozong's bedding back to the soft bed outside the main hall, without any intention of being spoiled.

Tch!

It's a pity that Xue Pan was willing to give such a sensible person away!

"Your Excellency, please stay here."

Sun Shaozong was preparing to go to the Criminal department to see if there had been any suspicious or wrongful cases recently.

Unexpectedly, he was stopped by the petty officer who was in charge of taking attendants for the morning call and told him, "The Governor told me yesterday that if you arrived, I would ask you to go to the back office first."

Han Anbang invited me?

Does he want to ask if the disaster on the South bank will affect the Central Judicial Office?

This was the proper meaning of the question.

Sun Shaozong originally wanted to write a note and submit it to Han Anbang. Since Han Anbang has invited him, he might as well go and dictate it first.

With this in mind, he walked through the courtyard and went to the courtyard of Han Anbang, the rear Yamen.

The scribe asked for a report. Soon, Han Anbang came out with a smile on his face. He stood on the steps and said with an arch, "Assistant Prefectural Magistrate Sun did not refuse the hardship and danger of supervising the sentencing of the criminal. You are really a model for our generation!"

This remark was obviously a compliment, but secretly it harbored evil intentions.

The reason was that when Sun Shaozong wanted to go to the South bank to supervise the execution, Jia Yucun tried his best to dissuade him and broke up unhappily.

At this time, Han Anbang said that he was a "model of our generation." It was clear that he was tit for tat with Jia Yucun and provoked the relationship between them.

It's a pity that his effort would be in vain.

Although Sun Shaozong was drifting away from Jia Yucun, he had no intention of defecting to Han Anbang at all.

With a modest smile, he said, "Your Excellency has praised me falsely. I don't know what Your Excellency ordered me to do here."

"Well... Come on, let's go in first."

The two of them went into the small living room and sat down in front of the painting on the main and guest seats, and two cups of fragrant tea were presented by the officials.

Han Anbang said with a straight face, "To be honest, this time I invited you here for this year's autumn examination."

Autumn examination?

Sun Shaozong was stunned when he heard what he said. It's quite reliable to ask him about the disaster, but this autumn examination…

He frowned and said, "Your Excellency, the military examination of the Central Judicial Office is always in charge of the Military Department of five cities. What's the relationship with the Central Judicial Office?"

Han Anbang laughed and shook his head. "I'm not talking about the military examination, but the Provincial Civil Examination this year."

"That has nothing to do with me." Sun Shaozong spread his hand out. "My humble position is that I was born as a scholar of martial arts. I won't be allowed to be an examiner in this literary Imperial Examination, will I?"

"It's impossible to be an examiner, but the important task of monitoring the examination room is yours!" Han Anbang said with a somewhat solemn look on his face. "There are so many powerful people in our Central Judicial Office, and the relationship is even more complicated. Therefore, fraud in the Imperial Examination has continued despite repeated warnings!"

"In the past, if anything were to happen, they could just beat and punish them. But seeing that the Emperor’s 10-year anniversary of succession to the throne is coming soon, at that time, the court will certainly celebrate. If anything happens in this situation..."

Speaking of this, Han Anbang stood up and bowed to the end and said, "Therefore, I would like to invite you to serve as the Inspector of the autumn examination, so as to completely eliminate cheating in the examination room!"

"I can't help it!"

Sun Shaozong hurriedly got up to avoid it, and both of his hands shook vigorously and said, "I'm a martial artist. How do I do what I do? If scholars knew, I'm afraid there would be trouble too! "

The Provincial Examination in the Capital has always been dominated by the Ministry of Rites, with the Central Judicial Office being responsible for co-organizing it.

This so-called inspector was the Chief Officer, who inspects discipline in the examination room. Although he was not a serious "Examiner,” his authority was still higher than that of ordinary examiners.

From Sun Shaozong's family background, it could be said that it was a rare honor to be the "Inspector" of the Provincial Examination.

It’s just that…

Han Anbang also said just now that this year's Provincial Examination was different from the past, and there could be no mistakes. Sun Shaozong was not a fool, how could he be recruited for such a job?

"That's wrong, Brother!"

But how was Han Anbang willing to let Sun Shaozong go?

When he saw him, he said, "Although you don't have a serious reputation, you have a pair of eyes and are the most impartial. You are the only choice for the Inspector. Besides, I don't mean this alone. The Prefectural Magistrate Jia also strongly recommends you take on this important task."

Damn!

Sun Shaozong couldn't help but yell in his heart.

Needless to say, Jia Yucun, an old fox, must have been afraid of being involved in the fraud case of the Provincial Examination, so he sold Sun Shaozong without hesitation!

How could he, the subordinate, refuse the offer mentioned in which the first and second leaders of him cast the trap?

Therefore, Sun Shaozong had no choice but to grit his teeth and accept it. He said with an arched hand, "If this is the case, I can only do what I can. But I also have to tell you the ugly things first. If there is any trouble caused by the supervision of the Provincial Examination, please..."

"Haha..."

Before Sun Shaozong could finish speaking, Han Anbang laughed and said, "My brother is always smart and capable. I believe you can keep a good balance and let me and Prefectural Magistrate Jia live in peace!"

MMP!

This forced people to sell coolies, and he didn’t want to take any responsibility at all. If he didn’t care about the laws, Sun Shaozong would have killed him with one punch!

He left the rear Yamen angrily.

After returning to his small courtyard of the Department of Criminals, Sun Shaozong first called Cheng Rixing to ask him about the fraud in the Imperial Examination.

Cheng Rixing has been a successful candidate in the Imperial Examinations for more than ten years. The reason he was only willing to serve as a protege and a private adviser, but not as an official was because he was unwilling, he wanted to fight for a meritorious reputation as a scholar.

Therefore, he took the exam every three years, which absolutely remained unchanged!

When Sun Shaozong asked about the fraud, he said that everything from ink, paper, inkstone, shoes, hats, clothes, and socks to tattoos of pigeon blood, nothing was weird!

After talking for a long time, Cheng Rixing suddenly wondered, "Why did Master suddenly think of asking this? Do you have relatives at home who want to participate in this year's Autumn Examination?"

"There are no relatives."

Sun Shaozong said helplessly, "It's me who needs to be the Inspector of this year’s Autumn Examination, so first..."

"Congratulations, Master!"

Before he could finish, Cheng Rixing bowed happily to the end, "Although the Inspector can't compare with the Instructor [Chief Examiner], he has recently been included in the honorary name of the room officer who divides the room for reading papers [examiner]. After the Master supervised this subject, you must be able to add some help to the scholars and you won't be crowded out by scholars everywhere like today!"

It sounds like…

A real benefit!