The whole Gongyuan was in chaos and paused when Gu Yu shouted.
Gu Yu shouted loudly:
"All candidates! Wet your handkerchiefs with water, cover your mouth and nose, protect the test paper, and do not go out! Do not make noise! Violators will be dismissed!"
"Commander Zhang led thirty people to fetch water to put out the fire!"
"Li Tong led his people to assist the doctors and carry the burned student to the backyard for treatment."
"Master Liu led officials from the Ministry of Rites to inspect and strictly prohibited students from causing chaos."
"Light up everywhere! Don't bump or step on them!"
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Gu Yu commanded in an orderly manner, with a calming power.
Figures of people were moving through the thick smoke, and everyone's footsteps were hurried but not panicked.
The fire quickly subsided, and Gu Yu herself was choked by the thick smoke and coughed repeatedly, making her voice hoarse.
At this time, the door of Gongyuan made a banging sound, and a petty official hurried over and said, "It's King Xiaoyao who is banging on the door. There is no way to stop it."
Seeing that the place had stabilized, Gu Yu quickly ran to the door, coughed a few times, and said, "Stop smashing it, I'm fine."
Junze:...
He said angrily: "Have I asked you? How are the students inside? How is the fire?"
Gu Yu asked for trouble, touched his nose and said: "The fire has subsided, and most of the students have not been affected. A few students who were burned were carried to the back. You guard the door."
Without waiting for anything else to say, Gu Yu hurried back to stabilize the situation.
After being busy until late at night, Gongyuan finally felt at peace.
The doctor made a decoction to clear the lungs and relieve coughs, and the officials gave it to the candidates. Gu Yu also drank two bowls, and the pain and hoarseness in his throat was relieved.
In this fire, one person was unconscious, three were seriously injured, and 12 were slightly injured.
The unconscious examinee was the one who caused the fire. He forgot to blow out the candle while sleeping, accidentally knocked over the examination room and set it on fire.
The examinee's burn was so severe that the doctor said he probably wouldn't be able to wake up.
Gu Yu was thoughtful after hearing their report, and said: "Give me a copy of this person's test papers and the test papers of several people who have mutually guaranteed each other with him."
The officials quickly found it, and Gu Yu silently memorized the information above, then put it in her arms.
Accompanied by several officials, Gu Yu personally went over to comfort several injured students.
The seriously injured people were arranged in one place. Gu Yu arrived in front of them first. One of them said with a pale face: "Sir, can we not take the exam?"
Gu Yu nodded.
The imperial examination has a set time limit, and it is impossible to make exceptions just because of a few of them.
Moreover, these people all had varying degrees of burns on their faces. The imperial court stipulated that those with scars and blemishes on their faces could not serve as officials in the imperial court.
Even if an exception is made for them and they happen to pass the exam, they will not be able to join the officialdom.
The three of them looked sad, knowing in their hearts that their career was over.
Gu Yudao: "You suffered innocently, and the court will give you an explanation."
An official behind Gu Yu hurriedly pulled Gu Yu and winked at her.
This was to prevent Gu Yu from bragging about Haikou rashly.
The hope that had just been ignited in the eyes of the three candidates was extinguished again.
Gu Yu stressed: "You can rest assured and recover and wait for news from me."
After saying that, Gu Yu led the people away.
The remaining twelve candidates with minor injuries were placed in separate compartments and could not see each other.
Their faces were covered with dust, they were in shock, and their wounds had been treated by doctors.
Two of them are their local Jieyuan, and they are also popular candidates to compete for this meeting. They once fought together for poems, and Gu Yu slightly heard about their deeds.
Gao Huai was also among these twelve people.
An official from the Ministry of Rites said: "Young Master, please make up your mind what to do with these twelve people."
Gu Yu thought of Gao Huai and the two Jieyuan, and said: "Everyone here, if you are willing to continue the exam, reissue the test paper and write it again. If you can't get over it for a while, put it in the back, and discard all the previous test papers.
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Two people gave up on the exam, and the remaining ten people promised to persevere.
Once the door of Gongyuan is closed, it can only be opened after the exam is over, and it will be opened at noon tomorrow.
Fortunately, these ten people were determined. After yesterday's day, they had already formulated the answers to the policy. They did not take time to rest and wrote hard all night to make up for the test papers.
Gu Yu carefully inspected the ten people and saw one person who was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, but he was still writing very slowly, one stroke at a time.
Gu Yudao: "In this scientific examination, there will be a special clerk who will copy your test papers a second time. Time is urgent, so the writing does not need to be too neat. It will be good if the clerk can understand what you wrote."
The man raised his head, glanced at Gu Yu gratefully, breathed a sigh of relief, and started writing faster.
On the last day, everyone's test papers were handed in.
The gate of the Gongyuan was opened, and most people sighed and walked out. The fire had affected them to some extent.
Gao Huai was not too disappointed. Although there was a big scar on his left arm, he still had a smile on his face.
One of his fellow countrymen said: "Brother Gao, you have been injured, how come you still look so satisfied? Could it be that you are sure that you will pass the exam?"
Gao Huai said: "It's not that I predict that I will pass the exam, but that I know that I made a lot of mistakes due to the fire, and others will definitely make mistakes as well. It's the same for everyone, so there's nothing to worry about."
The fellow countryman nodded and said, "Brother Gao is right."
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After all the candidates had gone out, Gu Yu worked with officials from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel to sort out the test papers and clean up the mess.
It wasn't until the evening that Gu Yu walked out of the Gongyuan with a tired look.
Junze was taking a nap outside with his knife in his arms. When he saw Gu Yu, he said, "The Holy One has announced that Young Master Gu will be summoned to the palace. Young Master Gu, please accompany me."
The fire in the Gongyuan is not a trivial matter. There is still one person who is still alive and dead. Gu Yu really wants to go to the palace and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Gu Yu got on the carriage, and she and Jun Ze were speechless, looking like they were businesslike and not familiar with each other.
Junze also had a look on his face that said he should keep strangers away from him, his face was cold and he remained silent.
The carriage was very quiet, and Gu Yu couldn't help but yawn. The past nine days had been very difficult, and his nerves were always in a state of tension. Something happened last night and he didn't sleep all night.
Now that it was finally over, Gu Yu inevitably felt a little drowsy.
Jun Ze, who was beside him, was feeling uncomfortable, but when he turned around, he found that Gu Yu was dozing off against the car wall, as if he was nothing but air.
Junze's expression was momentarily distorted.
But looking at the dust on Gu Yu's face and the messy hair, she didn't say anything after all.
When he was approaching the palace gate, Jun Zecai kicked the table, waking Gu Yu up.
Gu Yu was sleeping soundly when he was startled and trembled.
She suddenly came out of her dream, her consciousness still a little confused, but when she arrived at Junze, she blurted out: "Broom Star!"
Junze narrowed his eyes and said, "What did you say?"