Ch. 113 - Make Inspection Rounds in the Autumn Examination

August 21, Guangde, the last day of the Central Judicial Office Autumn Examination.

Although Sun Shaozong did the invigilation for the first time, he also knew that the final sprint stage was the time when fraud was more prevalent.

So even though he had not slept well for four consecutive days, he still put on a vigorous posture and walked around the examination room.

"I passed, I passed the exam! Hahaha... I am the Master of a successful candidate in the Imperial Examinations at the Provincial Level, I am going to be an official! Hahaha..."

Suddenly, a fit of crazy laughter came from afar.

Sun Shaozong paused a little and waved to his back. At once, several soldiers and men ran to the place where the voice came from, and soon there was a noise of shouting and fighting.

"Let go of me! You dare to be rude to me. I will report to Your Majesty. I will report..."

But soon, the riot returned to dead silence, and then the soldiers dragged the scholar out of the examination room, who was unconscious like a dog.

"According to the old rules."

Sun Shaozong said calmly, "First, pour cold water twice. Then, slap him a few times to frighten him. If he still wouldn't wake up, bolt him to the west shed."

The pressure of the Imperial Examination was much greater than that of a college entrance examination. In addition, the conditions in the examination room were bad, so it was not uncommon to drive one or two people mad.

Like Fan Jin who went crazy after passing the exam and still managed to wake up, it was a blessing of all ancestors.

In fact, being crazy in the examination room was a matter of a lifetime, and there were many people there!

These were also due to the weakness of their hearts. Those who fail because of accidents were more likely to be stimulated.

For example, those who were caught in a fire, those who drank raw water from the examination room and suffered from dysentery, and those who collapsed suddenly and were buried below.

A South-born scholar gossiped that they still had a test in the examination room yesterday, suddenly, they were bitten by poisonous snakes and insects.

And because they were not allowed to leave the examination room once they entered, there was no timely treatment at all. They had to watch those poisoned candidates wail and die.

Anyway, in the final analysis, it was a saying, “It is not easy for a scholar!“

However, this was just their own feeling. If Sun Shaozong wanted to evaluate it, these unreasonable scholars were just bitches. Apart from being punished during the exam, which one of them was not treated better than the common people?

Let's just talk about refugees outside the city today. Anyone who has the status of scholar could not only apply for additional relief from the Central Judicial Office but also go to the city to find a job. It's a world apart from other refugees!

Not to mention the wealthy families who didn’t have sons. They took the opportunity to choose a fast husband from the young scholars who had suffered disasters. As long as they were good-looking, they could become rich overnight!

Of course, some gays look at the beauty of the scholars in the name of bride hunting…

Eh?

Just thinking about these things, Sun Shaozong suddenly stopped again, his eyes locked on a candidate in the front left, and he half clicked with his chin, saying, "Go and search!"

A few soldiers and men heard and were about to start, they saw that the examinee slipped to the ground along the board under his buttocks and then kowtowed, "Please forgive me, please forgive me!"

But how would the soldiers care about him shouting?

They rushed to the scholar and stripped him thoroughly. Indeed, they found dozens of notes in the lining of his underwear!

"Your Honor!"

The leader of the army man gnashed his teeth and said, "I’ll go and gather the people responsible for the search and inspection. See who was that bastard that dared to trap Your Honor for injustice!"

These soldiers and men were temporarily transferred from the patrol camp, and they were basically the subordinates of his elder brother, Sun Shaozu.

Now there was such a mistake, not to mention that Sun Shaozong couldn’t explain it here. Even if he returned to the barracks in the future, he might not be able to beg for anything. That's why the soldiers were so angry.

"It has nothing to do with the person in charge of the search.”

Sun Shaozong shook his head and said, "This man is clean. He even wiped the wooden board he used repeatedly. But the collar of his underwear is full of oil mud, which is completely opposite to his clean character. Moreover, the cloth used in the underwear is much different from the coat..."

After a pause, he said, "Go and check the people guarding the latrine nearby and see if there is any underwear that doesn’t match their identity. After checking, give the person 30-gram flogging and bring it to the front door for public display!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers and men were ordered to go, and Sun Shaozong continued to make an inspection tour.

As soon as the circle was over, Sun Shaozong went to the other examiners to discuss the details of the collection.

Suddenly, a guard came hurriedly and shouted, "Sir, there was a murder in Wanping County. Now the County Magistrate of Daxing County has come to ask for your advice."

Wanping County had a murder case, and the Officials of Daxing County came to ask for advice?

This was strange.

However, Sun Shaozong thought about it a little and then guessed that it was probably the case of the ”blood character” murderer again.

According to the rules, unless summoned by the Emperor, examiners were not allowed to leave during the Autumn Examination.

However, it's okay to talk with people outside under the supervision of Yamen Runners across the gate, especially about a serious case of human life. He didn’t have to worry about others thinking it the wrong way.

So Sun Shaozong hurried to the front door of the tribute court, only to find that besides Su Xingfang, the Magistrate of Daxing County, there was also Jiang Laoqi, the Captain of Wanping County's captors.

The purpose of these two people, as Sun Shaozong had expected, was precisely for the ”blood word” case!

That day, after listening to Sun Shaozong's analysis, people in Daxing County cast a big net to capture the murderer on August 20, but they got nothing in the end.

At that time, Wang Qian complained that Sun Shaozong's analysis was nonsense.

But this morning, someone found that Lin Zongmao, the street patrol constable of Wanping County, was killed in the alley in front of his home. The word "Divine Judgement" was written in blood on his chest, and he was also stabbed to death by a single knife.

It was reasonable to say that Wanping County should be responsible for this case.

However, Xu Huaizhi, the Magistrate of Wanping County, reasoned that Daxing County had already filed a case for this, and they should be handled together to find the murderer easier.

In addition, two Daxing County people have died, and only one Wanping County person has died. Naturally, Daxing County should be given priority, and Wanping County should be supplemented.

Therefore, it appeared that the Magistrate of Daxing County took the murdered Constable of Wanping to investigate the case.

"After our preliminary investigation, there should be no relationship between the three victims."

Su Xingfang smiled bitterly through the doorway and said, "In addition, no useful clues have been found at the scene, so we have no way to find out. To avoid more dead people, we have to trouble you again."

Indeed, the most feared thing in a case investigation was this abnormal random homicide!

Especially in ancient times when science was underdeveloped, it was even more difficult to find the murderer.

However, in general, such planned, continuous, and random homicides often have their own internal relevance despite the seemingly illogical appearance.

As for this case…

Sun Shaozong went over the general facts of the case in his mind and suddenly asked Jiang Laoqi, "Captain Jiang, how was the dead constable patrolling the streets reviewed among the folks."

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