When he saw that Ren Anle was silent, he turned his eyes and pointed at Du Tingsong.
"Maybe his confession that the examination questions came from Du Tingsong is also a slanderous statement. The questions were only retrieved from him, and we had nothing to do with it. How can a mere one-sided statement be used as evidence?"
Although Gu Qishan is ignorant and incompetent and always like to stir up a lot of trouble, there is some truth in what he said at this time. The candidates in the hall nodded at each other, and even the people at the entrance of the government office were talking about it.
After all, it was only Wu Yue's words that had come out of his mouth so far, and there was no reliable evidence.
The Left Minister's face was calm. With a smile under his eyes, he said, "Lord Ren, what Gu Qishan said is not wrong. If the Da Lisi is allowed to ring the Qinglong Bell just because of Wu Yue's one-sided words, then this case is really a laughing stock."
As soon as the Left Minister's words were spoken, the uproar grew louder and the faces of the Da Lisi officials turned red.
Wu Yue's hand trembled as he pointed at Gu Qi Shan: "Young Marquis, I clearly informed you of the examination questions ..."
"Where is the evidence?" Gu Qishan was smug.
"Half a month ago at the Juxian House ..."
"I often meet with you to have fun. You said you had given me the examination questions, who can testify to that?" Gu Qishan was quite sure that there was no witness at that time.
Wu Yue's face was deathly pale and he couldn't speak.
"Who said there is no witness?" Ren Anle's calm voice sounded in the hall, looking at Gu Qishan with a meaningful gaze.
"Impossible!" Gu Qishan abruptly got up and was pressed back down to his knees by the magistrate on the side.
"If this official says there is, naturally there is. Young Marquis, do you still insist that you didn't cheat on the imperial examination?"
"Of course, Lord Ren. You said that there is a witness, where?"
Seeing Gu Qishan's repeated questions, Ren Anle said, "Inside this hall."
The crowd froze, and Huang Pu was the only one with a calm expression.
Seeing the silence of the crowd, Ren Anle waved her hand, "Present the evidence."
As the crowd watched, a magistrate brought a wooden tray up to the hall and placed it on the desk. It was covered with a blue cloth, so it was impossible to see what it was.
Ren Anle lifted the cloth and a paper test fell before the eyes of everyone.
She picked up the examination paper and unfolded it slowly. Looking at Gu Qi Shan, she spoke in a deep voice, word for word,
"Young Marquis, you are the witness."
"Since you said that you never took the examination questions given by Wu Yue, then this examination paper was naturally answered by you personally. What is now in this hall is your examination paper. As long as you can recite the contents of the examination paper, I will find you not guilty in this court and personally send you back to the Marquis of Zhongyi's residence to beg forgiveness!"