Trembling, he said, "The only thing the person who delivered the exam papers to me said that was unrelated to the papers was asking me which students had been invited to the banquet."
"I just mentioned a few students' names randomly, and the other party didn't ask further. I didn't take it seriously. I thought he might want to sell it to someone else, so I gave him the silver in a hurry and asked him not to look for other people." The more Zhong Yan spoke, the more he felt he had been foolish, and his face turned somewhat pale.
If that person had really sold the exam papers to someone else, when the affair grew too large, with too many students involved, he would not be noticed and could instead find an opportunity to clear the suspicions against him.
At most, they would just have to retake the exam.
But now...
"Father, in this exam, was my answer sheet the only one that matched the bought exam papers?" Zhong Yan asked cautiously.
