Full level Black Heart Lotus, reborn to bully scumbags every day! - Chapter 812: Drag him out and chop him off!

"Your Majesty...I am a commoner..."

Shen Jing'an was confused and didn't know whether he should tell the story of Jinglou at this time. Not only was he afraid of implicating more people, but he was also afraid of adding to his crime.

"Oh, you are so stubborn and unrepentant! Someone, drag him away and give him twenty lashes of the cane!"

Emperor Qianwu was obviously not a good-tempered person and spoke in a harsh voice.

"It's Jinglou... It's the largest pawnshop in Beijing..."

Unfortunately, he spoke too late. Emperor Qianwu did not have such good patience, and Shen Jingan was still dragged away by the guards in the court.

Xiao Yuncheng's mind moved slightly, and he wanted to take this opportunity to silence him.

However, Shen Jing'an has already revealed the secret of Jing Lou. If the emperor is determined to investigate, he will not be able to hide it.

Just as Xiao Yuncheng was struggling, twenty strokes of the board had already been completed.

Shen Jing'an was dragged in covered in blood, barely breathing. The bright red blood left a long trail in the hall, shocking those candidates who had not yet entered official careers.

Emperor Qianwu stood on the jade steps and looked down at Shen Jingan: "Shen Jingan, I will give you one last chance. Tell me everything you know, otherwise, you will be executed immediately!"

"I'm recruiting... I'm recruiting..."

Twenty boards, painful enough but not so painful that people become numb or faint.

Shen Jing'an was trembling with fear at this moment, shaking constantly, his hair was sticky to his face, his body was covered in blood, and he was lying on the ground in the hall, not looking like a decent person at all.

"I heard from someone before... that the largest pawnshop in Beijing, Jinglou, can get the imperial examination questions. We sent the authentic ones to the pawnshop to pawn, but they took them as fakes. So... the difference between the authentic and the fake is equivalent to the money going to Jinglou..."

"Then, when the money we send to Jinglou accumulates to 200,000, we can get a jade pendant as a voucher. When the test questions are released, we can use this jade pendant to go to Jinglou to exchange for the test questions."

His words instantly caused an uproar in the court.

After all, although there are people who have heard the rumors, they will not make them public, and there are always many people who would not have thought that there is such a method.

At that moment, many people began to discuss in low voices.

"When a pawn shop receives an item, it will verify its authenticity. Many fake items will not be accepted by the pawn shop. However, there are also many items that the pawn shop will recognize their value and buy at a low price even if they are counterfeit."

After all, since ancient times, most people who go to pawnshops to pawn things are those who are in urgent need of money, so it is inevitable that pawnshops will lower the price. At this moment, someone is taking advantage of this loophole, secretly bribing and sending all the property to Jinglou.

Emperor Qianwu asked in a deep voice: "Can everyone go to Jinglou to pawn their belongings in exchange for jade tokens?"

Shen Jingan said in a panic: "No... I heard that the threshold was a little loose at the beginning, but later on, you can only rely on people you know to bring one person, and you need someone to introduce you and guarantee you."

"Humph, what a meticulous mind, you have set your sights on me!"

Wang Taifu looked at Shen Jingan and said, "How many rounds of exams are there? Do you want 200,000 taels for each round, or a total of 200,000 taels for several rounds?"

"Yes... every round requires 200,000 taels, but the palace examination is different... Jinglou can't produce the questions for the palace examination, so you can only rely on your own ability. But I have also heard that the palace examination questions are only given to the boss's own people. I don't know if there are more questions than that!"

"Then how many questions can you get each time?" Qin Xiang also spoke. Obviously, this mode was unheard of and he was also very interested.

"You can only get the keywords of two questions at a time. This way, everyone gets different keywords and can avoid having the same answer..."

Shen Jingchuan knelt on the ground with his head against the ground, his forehead covered with sweat and his face pale.

How could this be?

This rebellious son, he thought he had brought honor to the family, but I didn't expect that he would dare to steal the questions and buy the answers!

"Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty, please spare my life! I have confessed everything I know!" Shen Jing'an was so scared that he kowtowed continuously.

As soon as these words came out, Shen Jingchuan fell to the ground, also frightened out of his wits.

"Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, spare your life!"

Emperor Qianwu glared at him coldly: "Shen Jingchuan is the Minister of Revenue, but he has no way of educating his children, is not good at judging people, and helps the tyrant to commit atrocities. However, considering his merits, and Shen Shuhan's contributions to flood control and epidemic prevention, I will demote him to the position of Dali Temple Secretary!"

Shen Jingchuan felt like he was struck by lightning, tears streaming down his face, yet he inexplicably felt relieved.

From the current third-rank minister to the sixth-rank, this is a lifetime gap for many people.

But...but he should at least be thankful that his life was saved, right?

Fortunately, there is Brother Han... Fortunately, there is Brother Han...

For a moment, Shen Jingchuan thought about how he had confined Han Ge'er to Shuhan Garden in order to prevent him from being implicated in his family, leaving him to fend for himself and feeling guilty.

Shen Jingchuan burst into tears. At least he still had some real power as the Dali Temple Secretary, which was better than losing his head.

As for Brother Han...

You will suffer the consequences if you do evil to yourself! You can’t blame others!

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I am innocent! Although I stole the questions, I was instructed by Shen Shuhan... Shen Shuhan felt that he had no hope of passing the imperial examination, so he wanted to use me..."

"As for the Jinglou incident, I was also bewitched by someone. Everyone around me went to buy questions, so I was unwilling to accept it and followed them!"

Shen Jingan was obviously very scared. He didn't care at all and started to bite randomly.

For a moment, many of the candidates waiting on the side broke out in cold sweats. They looked at each other, as if trying to judge who relied on his own abilities and who relied on buying or stealing questions.

Wang Taifu was furious when Shen Jingan accused him of this. He was the first to stand up and angrily rebuked him, "What nonsense! Shen Shuhan is not interested in fame and fortune. It is obvious that you are seeking fame and reputation by stealing his articles and poems. How could he have ordered you to do so?"

"Okay." Emperor Qianwu nodded.