An Unpretentious Wish
"Pull him out and let someone else in!”
Li Shi Min said with a dark face.
He didn't expect that a scholar with real talent couldn't even solve such a simple case.
After that, the Jinshi entered one by one and tried this case that insulted their intelligence.
Perhaps it was because this case was too novel, so several people fell for it.
Among them were the scholars with real talent.
"How did you come up with this case?”Li Lizhi whispered to Gu Hao.
Gu Hao glanced at her.
He quietly took two steps away.
She ignored him.
Li Lizhi was stunned for a moment, then she raised her nose and snorted. She followed Gu Hao and took two steps closer.
Gu Hao dodged again.
Li Lizhi chased after him.
Gu Hao moved to the front of a red pillar and could no longer retreat.
Li Lizhi smiled proudly.
"Is that your cousin?" Gu Hao raised his chin and pointed at the young scholar who had just entered.
He remembered that when the results were released, Zhangsun Chong was ranked fourth.
" Cousin…" Li Lizhi followed Gu Hao's line of sight and looked at the trial area.
Unknowingly, the two of them had already retreated to a corner of the pavilion.
"It's cousin."
Li Lizhi nodded subconsciously.
"No, you know who I am?"
Li Lizhi reacted and looked at Gu Hao with her eyes wide open.
"I don't want to know."
Gu Hao sighed.
He did not want to provoke this princess at all.
However, just like the current situation, he had been hiding while the princess was chasing after him relentlessly.
"If you know, then you know. If you don't know, then you don't know. What do you mean you don't want to know?”Li Lizhi frowned.
"Your cousin is starting the trial. Aren't you going to take a look?" Gu Hao asked.”
"I've seen it more than ten times." Li Lizhi said.
The first few times were quite interesting, but there was only one case, and it became boring as he looked at it.
Gu Hao nodded.
He also felt a little bored.
However, he still moved toward the trial area.
Zhangsun Chong was the fourth place in the imperial examination, and the trial would end soon.
"Biting your own nose?"
Zhangsun Chong frowned.
He subconsciously raised his head slightly.
"Nonsense, the nose is above the mouth. How can I bite it?”
"Standing on the bench? This... No, you can't bite him even if you're standing on the bench. You're talking nonsense. You bit his nose!”
“………”
Zhangsun Wuji and Li Shiming heaved a sigh of relief when they heard Zhangsun Chong's words.
They were afraid that Zhangsun Chong would make a mistake at this moment. That would be extremely embarrassing.
"There were six who didn't participate in the cheating, and two who did.”Sun Fujia whispered behind Li Shiming.
Gu Hao's simple criminal investigation questions tested intelligence, not knowledge.
Li Shi Min's face was dark.
He suddenly felt that the imperial examination might not be as powerful as he had imagined. The person who was really selected might not be what he needed.
"No, it's not the imperial examination, it's the examination questions.”
Li Shimin pondered.
Being familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics and being able to write poems and recite Fu did not necessarily mean that he could handle cases.
Li Shi Min's eyes flashed with understanding.
It was as if the person he relied on the most wasn't the knowledgeable Kong Yingda.
Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, and the others were his right-hand men, but they couldn't even read the words.
Li Shimin glanced at Gu Hao.
"Perhaps he is a true talent. Let's wait and see.”
Li Shi Min thought.
"Gu Hao, stay here. The rest of you can leave.”
Li Shi Min ordered.
"Yes…"
The group of Confucians and the scholars who had successfully passed the test left one after another.
Gu Hao looked at their backs enviously.
She really wanted to go with them.
Not long after, the entire pavilion was empty, leaving only Gu Hao, Li Lizhi, Li Shimin, and the others.
"Shunde." Li Shi Min shouted.
Zhangsun Shunde smiled bitterly and replied,""Your subject is here."
"What is it for?" Li Shi Min sighed.
Zhangsun Shunde was silent.
At this point, what else could he say?
"You and I are monarch and minister. If you have any other wishes, I will help you fulfill them.”
Li Shi Min said after a long silence.
Everyone was shocked.
Zhangsun Shunde's heart trembled as he said,""My only wish now is to live a long life.”
Everyone was speechless.
"A simple wish." Gu Hao thought to himself.
He felt that if there was someone here to argue, they might say,"You are not joking. Since Your Majesty has promised to help State Duke Xue fulfill his wish, you should let him live a long life.”
Li Shiming's face stiffened, and he suddenly pointed at Zhangsun Shunde's nose and cursed,""Since you don't want to die, who gave you the guts to touch my imperial examinations?”
"I don't want to either." Zhangsun Shunde sighed." Who would have thought that this group of people would be so useless?"”
"Heh, are you still innocent?" Li Shi Min laughed.
"I am indeed wronged." Zhangsun Shunde knelt on the ground.
"Hmm?" Everyone looked at Zhangsun Shunde.
"Tell me clearly, what injustice do you have?" Li Shi Min frowned.
"There's more to it?"
Gu Hao raised his eyebrows.
"I never thought of interfering with the imperial examination, but before the imperial examination began, someone came to me and hoped that I could help…" Zhangsun Shunde said.
"Who's looking for you?" Li Shi Min asked coldly.
"Cui Clan of Boling."
Zhangsun Shunde spat out four words.
"Hmm?" Li Shi Min's expression changed, and so did the other ministers standing behind him.
"Aristocratic families."
Gu Hao was enlightened.
Some memories surfaced in his mind.
Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the world had implemented a nine-grade system for selecting officials, which allowed a large number of aristocratic families to develop.
The establishment of the imperial examination would have a huge impact on the aristocratic families 'authority.
After all, the imperial examinations gave the Humble Class disciples hope.
Even though this hope was very slim.
"Your Majesty, you know that true talents are mostly concentrated in the aristocratic families. I originally thought that they came to find me to make it safer for the younger generation to participate in the imperial examination. After all, if the descendants of the aristocratic families fail the examination, it would be a bit embarrassing for them.
"Who would have thought that they would actually set me up? No one from the Cui family participated in the imperial examination. The people they recommended were all…" Zhangsun Shunde sighed.
By the time he found out who those people were, it was already too late.
"Who specifically came to find you?" Li Shi Min asked fiercely.
Zhangsun Shunde shook his head and said,""He's just a merchant who travels far and wide. The Cui family definitely won't leave any evidence for me.”
Aristocratic families valued their reputation the most. Things like cheating in the examination would definitely be carried out in secret and would definitely not leave any traces on the surface.
Li Shi Min frowned.
He did not completely believe Zhangsun Shunde's words.
He had to investigate it personally.
"Bring Shunde back first." Li Shi Min ordered.
"Yes." Dali Shaoqing Sun Fujia replied.
After that, there were fewer people in the pavilion.
Li Shiming turned his gaze to Gu Hao.
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