Chapter 228： Big mess

Chapter 228: Big Chaos

The general examination is held once every three years, and I took it only once last year. Logically speaking, it shouldn’t be the spring semester this year, but this year is a special year.

It happened that the Queen Mother was seventy years old, and the emperor made a special gift to pray for the Queen Mother.

The examination process of the general examination is not much different from last year's provincial examination.

There are three exams in total, each exam lasts three days, and the schedule is extremely tight.

Perhaps because of the uneven journey, Gu Mingda's eyelids twitched. He always felt that something unexpected would happen.

The lights in front of the Gongyuan gate were bright, but there was no need for him to carry the lantern himself.

He held the test basket with both hands and did not squeeze into a crowded place. Instead, he carefully checked the test basket again.

Although the pre-examination inspection was carried out very early, after entering, the exam could not start until Tatsuki (7 a.m.). Four hours was enough to complete the inspection of all candidates.

Even if you go in earlier, you can rest earlier, but this is an exam that lasts for three days, so there is no need to fight for the length of time. Now that you are away from the crowd, you can also avoid some dirty tricks.

His shoulder was suddenly tapped hard.

"Brother, you don't seem to be in a hurry. Can you let me go to the front first?"

Gu Mingda glanced at the speaker.

There was a long face on the opposite side, with a sense of desolation unique to people who have had a hard time. He was wearing a thin, worn-out gown, and the examination basket in his hand was covered with a layer of black cloth.

For some reason, Gu Mingda felt a thrilling feeling when he saw this man.

Although Gu Mingda somewhat blamed the man for not being too gentle or harsh, he didn't argue with him and silently moved his position to let him move forward.

The long-faced daredevil didn't even say thank you. Seeing that this trick worked, he followed the same pattern and asked others to give up their positions for him.

Someone had a good temper and turned sideways to give up his position like Gu Mingda.

But there are also those with bad tempers, who are unwilling to give up their position no matter what the long-faced daredevil says.

"Why do you have to squeeze forward? Are you trying to reincarnate in a hurry? Do you want to die if you hit someone so painfully?" The round-faced man who didn't want to give up his position said with a rude mouth.

"Are you sure you won't let me?" The long-faced daredevil's face turned cold.

The round-faced man raised his head without fear and said, "I got up early because of my ability, so why should I give it to you?"

The long-faced daredevil's eyes immediately turned cold and he said, "With your character, you can actually pass the examination?"

The round-faced Juzi sneered and said, "You look so shabby and downcast, are you really Juren? Didn't you just come here to join in the fun?"

These words suddenly hit the sore spot of the long-faced daredevil. He reached out and lifted up the black cloth covering the test basket.

Then he took out a dagger with an icy cold light and stabbed the round-faced man with all his strength.

The round-faced Juren was unprepared and was stabbed in the abdomen. His clothes were instantly soaked in blood.

"You...you're crazy..."

People with round faces are speechless.

The other people were instantly frightened and ran away.

But the moment the long-faced daredevil saw the blood, his whole body seemed to be violently stimulated, and he swung the dagger and stabbed other people.

Most of the candidates were scholars. They had never seen such a scene, so they immediately swarmed to avoid it.

The gate of Gongyuan suddenly turned into a pot of porridge.

Gu Mingda was not too far away, and he was lucky. He happened to see a commotion ahead, and immediately hid in a place with few people.

However, there were a few people who loved to join in the fun, and they pushed forward regardless of life and death.

When the first scream reached his ears, Gu Mingda knew something was going to be bad, and he retreated even further.

Now he is not on the boat, but outside the Gongyuan. He has no environment to watch the excitement. Any accident may affect his exam today, so he forcibly suppresses his desire to watch the excitement.

"With so many people, what happened in the front will spread to the back sooner or later, just wait..." Gu Mingda kept comforting himself. Various speculations kept running through his mind. He wondered what kind of excitement and quarrel was ahead. Or fight?

But the next second, he heard someone shouting: "Kill!"

When Gu Mingda heard this, he felt a chill down his spine. He looked around, as if trying to find a handy weapon.

The people in the lively center were running around like a tide.

When people are crowded together, trouble is easy to occur, and no one wants to be with that madman with a sharp weapon.

The long-faced madman was obviously thin and thin, but just because he had a dagger in his hand, he stabbed another person. All the assassins were unwilling to become the second injured person, and no one dared to stop him for a moment.

But the more you give in, the easier it is for the lunatic to succeed.

"You look down on me too, right? You kidnapped my wife, right?"

The madman brandished a dagger, stabbing anyone who came close.

The second victim appears and the crowd retreats even more eagerly.

"Don't push me! Don't push me!"

"Who is stepping on my toes!"

The crowd crowded together noisily. Gu Mingda stood in the distance, hearing urgent shouts and wailings in his ears.

He watched helplessly as a man was pushed because he did not retreat in time, and then disappeared into the crowd, not knowing whether he was alive or dead.

There was such a huge riot, and even though the sergeants at the gate of Gongyuan stepped forward to maintain order immediately, many victims still occurred.

One person was stabbed to death and five others injured by that lunatic.

However, four people were trampled to death because of panic, and dozens of others injured their hands and feet because they were trying to avoid it.

"Bastard! A madman has turned the gate of Gongyuan upside down! Check, check hard to find out where this madman comes from! Is there anyone behind it?"

Pan Zhenren, the examiner of the general examination, was so angry that he almost shook the table.

It was his first time to take charge of the examination, and he encountered such a big mess. Especially this time, Chunwei was celebrating the Queen Mother's seventieth birthday. If something went wrong, he didn't know how he would be punished by the emperor.

Pan Zhenren had a vague suspicion that someone was targeting him.

Investigating a madman takes time, but now the prosecutors outside are waiting.

"Master Pan, are you going to continue the exam?" an official asked cautiously.

Pan Renzhen didn't sleep much last night. He was holding back a headache and was presiding over the work. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Continue the exam and let the candidates line up for inspection. Don't be too dense."

The official hesitated to speak.

Pan Renzhen added: "I will write a note and submit it later, and mobilize some government officials from the counties in the suburbs of Beijing to come over and assist."

In fact, his first thought was to ask for people from the Beijing camp, but after just thinking about it in his mind, he gave up this idea. The Beijing camp was the main force protecting the capital. If there was trouble in the capital because of his request for people, then he would He became a sinner through the ages.

Outside the Gongyuan, after waiting for about half an hour, a sergeant came to organize the queue and prepare again for the search and self-examination.

Gu Mingda held the test basket and stood silently at the end of the queue. He was required to be at least three steps away from the one in front of him, and there was enough space between the two of them for several more people to line up.

The team gradually moved forward and soon passed the scene of the incident.

Gu Mingda's eyes narrowed, and with the brightening skylight, he saw clearly visible large blood stains on the ground two meters away.

That was the blood spilled from the madman's stabbing.

Gu Mingda's eyes moved up, and he saw a familiar young man standing next to the blood stains.

Qin Jing.

When we first met the eldest son of Duke Xianguo in Zhilan Yushu, he had a pale face and an indescribable sadness between his brows.