Chapter 326

The public hall was instantly quiet.

Bi Shijing's hand shook, and his expression changed suddenly. Why did that ancestor come suddenly?

Before he could figure it out, Zongzheng Yun had already walked in with his hands behind his back, followed by several murderous personal guards.

"Greetings, Your Highness!"

Su Qingyao and the other two hurriedly straightened their official hats and bowed deeply to Zongzheng Yun.

Others also knelt down and kowtowed one after another.

"Exempt them all." Zongzheng Yun smiled very kindly. "Hahaha, this Prince was bored, so I just wandered around."

As he spoke, his gaze fell on Bi Shijing. "Eh, old Bi, you are here too?"

Bi Shijing retreated two steps reflexively, then quickly raised his wide sleeves to cover the lower half of his face. "Yes..."

Seeing him so scared, Zongzheng Yun laughed and waved his hand.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, this Prince is in a good mood today, I won't pull your beard."

Bi Shijing finally breathed a long sigh of relief and put down his sleeves awkwardly.

It's no wonder he was so vigilant; it's really that this master has a strange habit, he likes to pull people's beards to play. Among the civil and military officials in the court, few could escape his poisonous hands, especially the Imperial Uncle, who didn't have a single one left.

"The humble official is interrogating a suspect. If we use torture later, it will be bloody, and I'm afraid it will scare Your Highness. Why don't you go somewhere else to wander?"

"Oh? Interrogating a case?"

Zongzheng Yun's eyes lit up. "Just right, the Emperor mentioned before that I should go to the Ministry of Personnel to gain experience. Anyway, I'm idle, so I might as well listen here."

"This..." Bi Shijing had a headache. "I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right?"

Su Qingyao's eyes turned, and he immediately raised both hands in favor. "What's inappropriate? The humble official thinks it's very appropriate! Your Highness wants to learn how to interrogate a case; this is a good thing."

Since it had been said to this point, Bi Shijing had to agree.

Su Qingyao took the opportunity to explain the case to Zongzheng Yun.

After listening, Zongzheng Yun looked at the jade-like young man kneeling in the hall. "He is Jiang Zhan?"

Su Qingyao nodded. "Exactly."

Zongzheng Yun said "En". "He looks quite good, doesn't look like someone who would cheat."

Bi Shijing: "..."

He knew it!

Why does everyone like to judge people by their appearance? Jiang Mo Nian back then relied on that skin to snatch so many benefits, and now his son is doing the same!

Is it amazing to look good?

"That's not how you say it, don't judge a book by its cover." Bi Shijing turned and took the test paper from the desk, handing it to Zongzheng Yun with both hands. "Your Highness, please look. The difficulty of this prefectural exam math problem is so great that even this humble official couldn't do two of the questions, but Jiang Zhan, at such a young age and without a famous teacher, got every question right. This is really unreasonable. This humble official feels that there must be something fishy."

The implication is that Su Qingyao and Jiang Zhan colluded to leak the questions.

Su Qingyao retorted, "Lord Bi, just because you couldn't do it doesn't mean others couldn't. Is it so hard to admit that others are excellent?"

Bi Shijing sneered, "Whether it's really excellent or pretending to be excellent, we'll know after checking!"

The two argued for a few sentences, but didn't hear Zongzheng Yun's voice, so they turned their heads to look in unison.

Zongzheng Yun stared blankly at the test paper, not knowing what he was thinking.

"How is it, Your Highness also thinks it's difficult, right?" Bi Shijing said.

Zongzheng Yun came back to his senses. "This Prince doesn't think it's difficult."

Bi Shijing and Su Qingyao were stunned at the same time. "............"

Zongzheng Yun looked at Su Qingyao, his eyes flashing with essence. "Lord Su, did you come up with this question yourself?"

"Not really." Su Qingyao replied honestly. "It was set by an elder of the humble official, but he passed away many years ago."

So that's how it is...

Zongzheng Yun was slightly disappointed.

He returned the test paper to Bi Shijing. "Then you guys continue the interrogation; this Prince will listen from the side."

Bi Shijing took the test paper and calculated in his mind at the same time.

He originally wanted to beat Jiang Zhan first, but now it seems he can't, so he will just play the next move.

He gave a wink to the attendant beside him again.

The attendant soon took another piece of paper and placed it on the table.

"Jiang Zhan, this official has a math problem here, the difficulty is equivalent to the previous prefectural exam. If you can solve it, this official will believe you didn't cheat; if you can't solve it..."

Bi Shijing slapped the gavel. "Then it proves that you did get the answer in advance!"

Jiang Zhan didn't speak, just stood up and sat over.

Started to solve the problem.

The question was like this.

"A total of one hundred rice bags, carried by one hundred horses. The horses are divided into three types: large, medium, and small. Each large horse carries three rice bags, each medium horse carries two, and every two small horses carry one rice bag. Question: How many horses of each size are there?"

Jiang Zhan thought carefully for a while, then started to draft on the paper.

Zongzheng Yun curiously walked over and glanced.

Seeing the question, he curled his lips secretly.

He thought it was very difficult, but it was nothing more than that. Back then, in order to get into the same high school as Du Ruo, he didn't know how many math problems he brushed. Like this kind of problem, he didn't even need to draft to know the answer.

But for the ancients, it should be quite difficult.

I hope this kid knows how to do it, otherwise I'll have to spend more effort to get him out...

Zongzheng Yun leaned forward to look at the paper in front of Jiang Zhan, thinking about whether to give him a hint.

Looking at this, it didn't matter, his pupils shook.

Jiang Zhan is actually listing equations??

How is this possible? There is no equation in this era at all!

Could it be... her?

Zongzheng Yun looked at Jiang Zhan's side face blankly, his brain suddenly became a paste.

So he has always been looking in the wrong direction?

Maybe after she crossed over, she didn't necessarily have the surname Du, just like he didn't have the surname Huo?

Or maybe it's not a girl at all, but turned into...

A boy??

Zongzheng Yun was thunderstruck by this possibility.

Yes, it must be.

Jiang Zhan is from Wutou Xian, and he happened to wake up in Wutou Xian back then. There is also the chili that appeared in Wutou Xian. All kinds of signs indicate—she is in Wutou Xian.

And it is very likely to be Jiang Zhan!

Zongzheng Yun's mood was agitated and complex, excited and annoyed, and for a moment he felt a mix of five flavors.

How could he cross into a man's body?

He is a pure straight man... How to handle this now...

Just when Zongzheng Yun was struggling, Jiang Zhan had already solved the answer. "My lord, please look."

Bi Shijing took it and lowered his head to look at the paper casually.

"Seventeen large horses, five medium horses, seventy-eight small horses.

Or fourteen large horses, ten medium horses, seventy-six small horses.

Or..."

A total of six situations were listed.

Bi Shijing was dumbfounded.

He thought such a complex problem could stump Jiang Zhan, but the result was that he not only solved it so quickly, but didn't miss a single one.

Su Qingyao also immediately leaned over to look.

Although he didn't do the problem, it didn't prevent him from knowing whether the answer was correct or not.

"How is it, Lord Bi, you have nothing to say now, right?"

Su Qingyao sprayed Bi Shijing with a burst of output, and his saliva almost sprayed on Bi Shijing's face. "This official told you long ago that Jiang Zhan has real talent and learning. This Prefectural Top Scholar is well-deserved, without any moisture, but you just didn't listen! Now it is finally proven that Jiang Zhan is innocent, right? This official didn't leak the questions, right?"

Bi Shijing retreated two steps in embarrassment.

If Prince Yu weren't here, he would definitely have to argue again, but in front of Prince Yu, he could only force a smile. "It's best if there's no cheating. Since it's a misunderstanding, let him go."

Xiong Er was overjoyed and hurriedly pulled Jiang Zhan to leave, fearing that there would be some other moth if he was late.

"Wait!"

Zongzheng Yun couldn't bear it anymore. He had been looking for so long and didn't want to wait for a moment.

So he walked straight over, pushed Xiong Er away, pulled Jiang Zhan, and walked out.

Bang, kicked open the duty room next door violently.

There were two bailiffs resting in the room, who were startled by the movement and stood up.

"Get out." Zongzheng Yun said coldly.

Looking at the python robe on his body that represented his status, the two bailiffs didn't dare to let out a fart and rolled away.

The people outside were confused.

What's the situation? What is Prince Yu doing?

Su Qingyao was a bit worried and wanted to go over to see, but was stopped by Long Dan. "Sorry, without the master's order, no one is allowed to approach!"

At this time, in the duty room, the door was closed, and the atmosphere was a bit weird.

Jiang Zhan frowned, broke free from Zongzheng Yun's hand calmly, and asked in a deep voice: "Does Your Highness have something to ask me?"

Zongzheng Yun stared at that face.

On this face, he couldn't see any trace of Du Ruo, and neither her frown nor her smile looked like her.

But it's possible she's pretending.

That little fox, she would pretend since she was a child, pretend to be pitiful, pretend to be strong, pretend to not care about anything.

"What is the next sentence of 'odd change, even no change'?" Zongzheng Yun's voice trembled slightly.

Jiang Zhan's handsome face was confused. "What?"

Pretend, keep pretending.

Zongzheng Yun suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Could it be that even the identity of a man is pretended? Otherwise, how could a boy grow up so beautiful?

There are people in history who disguised themselves as men to join the army, so it's not strange for a woman to disguise herself as a man to take the imperial exam.

Thinking of this, Zongzheng Yun's heart beat wildly.

"Offended!" As he spoke, he gritted his teeth, grabbed Jiang Zhan's lapels with both hands, and pulled them to both sides with force.

If it's a girl, it proves that his idea is correct. Anyway, he is going to marry her, so it's not a big problem to see her early.

If it's really a boy...

Then it's even less of a problem. What does it matter if a man looks at a man?