The supportive faction argued that there was no law prohibiting a candidate from leaving after completing the imperial examination. Perhaps the candidate had urgent matters that required leaving Taiyuan Prefecture?
The opposition faction sneered repeatedly. After ten years of hard studying and becoming the Jieyuan, topping the list yet remaining so low-key as if he didn't exist, and oddly choosing to leave Taiyuan Prefecture on the very day the results were announced—could such a person really say with a straight face that there was no problem? If the Scholars from Taiyuan Prefecture were to start a riot, who could bear the responsibility?
The supporters loudly denounced this as sophistry, as an attempt to impute guilt, as utter nonsense!
