The Shopkeeper's testimony was clear and organized. In just a few sentences, he had completely sealed Gong Yuanxiu's fate.
Now, it wasn't just Sheng Mingchuan and Xu Yanlin who were giving him strange looks. Even the many scholars seated below and all the officials present began to scowl.
Cheating in the examinations rarely involved just one or two people.
The Wei Dynasty was still young, and because its rulers had governed with an iron fist, they showed no tolerance for any cheating in the imperial examinations. As a result, while the few examinations held since the dynasty's founding had their share of minor issues, they were all within an acceptable range.
But if you looked back at the previous dynasty...
During the previous dynasty, cheating in the examinations was rampant. Just how bad was it?
