As soon as that person finished speaking, the crowd exploded.
"What do you mean the toilet exploded?"
"Yeah, how could a toilet explode? And how did you know the news?"
The person who spoke in front said, "My home is on the side street next to the examination hall. Two days ago, I vaguely heard a noise, and the smell behind was... In short, it made the residents in our area feel uneasy. If the side street is like this, then the situation in the examination hall can be imagined. But as to why the toilet was like that, it is unknown. The people in the examination hall did not give an explanation."
As a modern person, Chen Cui has of course heard news about septic tank explosions. The principle behind this is that waste can easily metabolize and ferment, producing flammable gases such as methane, hydrogen sulfide, and ammonia, which can easily explode when exposed to open flames.
The principle is very simple, but even if there is flammable gas, an open flame is needed as a fuse.
The toilets near the examination hall were only for candidates to use, while other officials had separate official toilets to use. The candidates did not want to be labeled as such, so they would not go to the toilet easily and would only relieve themselves in the toilet bucket in their cells.
Even if someone really didn't worry about the shit stick and insisted on leaving the toilet unused and running to the outhouse in the tribute hall, how could they possibly bring an open flame in - unless they happened to go in in the dark, so they took a candlestick and a spark happened to drop in.
Needless to say, there are so many low-probability events that can only be triggered by "just the right moment", which is of course the deliberate arrangement of the laws.
Everyone discussed it at once, but could not come to any conclusion. They just hoped that their candidate would not be so unlucky as to have his examination seat near the toilet.
Although Shen Cui did not speak out like them, she already had an idea in her mind - the unlucky people that everyone was talking about were most likely among her students.
Later, when the time came, the Dragon Gate opened and all the candidates came out.
The person who was taking the test outside picked up his family. He didn't care about whether the test paper was difficult or whether the answers were good. He just said, "I heard that the toilet inside exploded. Were you not affected?"
In fact, there is no need to ask. Those walking in front are in relatively good condition and are generally not affected. They just say they heard a little noise.
Those who were truly affected came out looking pale and had no time to answer. They had already found a place to vomit.
Not long after, Mei Ruochu and the others came out one after another. Wei Xi went into the carriage to rest first, and Lao Buyu asked them anxiously, "Are you all right?"
Although he said he was asking everyone, Lao Buyu was actually asking while looking at Mei Ruochu.
The others did not respond immediately upon hearing this, but instead looked at Mei Ruochu. After all, he has always been the unluckiest one in the academy.
Mei Ruochu suddenly realized, "He said he seemed to hear some noise, but it was nothing compared to the noise of the watchtower collapsing. As for the smell, I did seem to smell a little, but I was sitting in the wind like before, so the smell was not strong and was blown away by the wind."
After hearing what he said, Wei Shu and the others breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "I also only heard a slight noise, and there was indeed a bit of a stench, but I didn't know there was something wrong with the toilet. I thought someone nearby was not careful when using the toilet... I wasn't affected by wearing a face towel."
Cui Fei has never been able to get an appointment with the Law Department, but the situation there is better. I only found out about this incident after I left the examination room and heard other people talking about it.
Finally, Shen Aoshuang was left. A faint smile appeared on his lips, and he spread his hands without saying anything more.
His five senses are not as good as those of ordinary people, so this kind of thing naturally has no effect on him.
"Then we are lucky this time." Wei Shu smiled and turned around, and saw Chen Cui who was worried.
The smile on his lips paused, and he glanced at the others, and found that there was still one person missing, Mu Erpang, who had not come out yet. He then understood what Shen Cui was worried about, and tentatively said, "Hanshan has always had good luck, he shouldn't..."
Having said that, after a while, the people in front of the goal had almost all dispersed, and Mu Erpang was still nowhere to be seen. In fact, everyone already had a bad guess in their hearts.
Everyone waited for more than a quarter of an hour before Mu Erpang finally arrived.
As soon as he approached, a strong stench reached everyone's nose.
The smell was so pungent that it was several times stronger than the one Mei Ruochu had caught when he sat near the stinking trumpet. If Mu Erpang wasn't completely spotless, just by smelling the smell, it would sound as if he had been soaking in that thing.
There is no need to say much now, Mu Erpang is the only unlucky one.
He walked a few steps towards the crowd and stopped, waving his hand and saying, "I waited until everyone had left before coming out. Mom and everyone else can go back first, and I can walk back by myself. Don't let everyone smell because of me."
It was getting late, and it was not appropriate to talk in front of the empty Imperial Examination Hall, so Chen Cui asked Lao Buyu to take the others back in the carriage, while she accompanied Mu Erpang on foot.
Only the mother and son were left. Mu Erpang did not step forward. He and Shen Cui walked towards the academy one after the other, a few steps apart.
Knowing that his mother must be worried, he said directly: "Don't worry, mother, I smell a little strong, but I used incense to fumigate the papers several times. Later, the papers will be covered with names and copied. When they are almost all graded, the original papers will be opened, and by then the smell will be almost gone."
Upon hearing this, Shen Cui slowed down her pace, wanting him to come over and talk, but Mu Erpang did not forget to observe her while talking. Since she walked slowly, he stopped and refused to move forward for fear of irritating her.
Shen Cui said helplessly: "I am not just worried about your test paper. How are you feeling? Do you want to vomit? Are you feeling uncomfortable? It's getting dark anyway, no one can see us. I will accompany you to find a place to vomit for a while."
Mu Erpang shook his head and said, "Really, no, I'm not feeling uncomfortable at all."
His words, combined with the various values in his system, do not seem to be false.
Shen Cui looked at him suspiciously, which made him feel embarrassed. He scratched his face and said, "I'll tell you the truth, Mom, please don't be angry, okay?"
"Who has the time to be angry with you at this moment?"
Mu Erpang then said, "Actually, what I said about my good luck and good seats in the previous round was not true. I smelled a foul odor in the previous round, and the test seat was probably near the toilet. But at that time, everyone had been in there for three days, and there was a smell on their bodies. I saw that you didn't notice it, so I simply didn't say anything. My test seat for this round was the same as the second round, and I heard a 'bang' noise on the first night, but because the observation tower collapsed in front of me, I was not scared this time. Later, the smell on the test seat naturally became more and more unpleasant."
After the first exam, Shen Cui's concern for everyone was directly reflected on her face.
While they were suffering in the examination room, she was enduring outside. There was a dark shadow under her eyes, and it was obvious that she had not slept well for days.
Mu Erpang thought that she had just finished taking the medicine prescribed by the doctor after the New Year and was considered completely recovered. Looking at her current condition, he wondered if she would get sick again in the future.
So when he got the bad number in the second game, he just kept it a secret.
There was no need to say everything here, Shen Cui figured out his intentions by herself, and she felt sorry for him and laughed at him: "Although you lied, I know you were thinking about me, how could you be angry..."
Mu Erpang scratched his face again and said, "I haven't finished yet, mother, please listen to the rest of my story first. I said I didn't feel uncomfortable, but it was not a lie...but when I smelled that smell, I inexplicably thought of the stinky tofu mother used to make, and it felt quite familiar."
Thinking back to the second game when his mood was too high, Shen Cui was speechless for a while, "How many years have passed..."
Mu Erpang put his hands behind his back and sighed calmly, "No matter how many years have passed, I still remember it clearly!"
Seeing that his mother was not annoyed, he added in a low voice: "So, this time I just smelled the smell while writing the test paper, but when I was a child, I could still eat it..."
Shen Cui quickly waved her hand to tell him to stop talking and not to look back. He didn't want to vomit, but she made him vomit.
But maybe this is a blessing in disguise?
The rules originally arranged for Mei Ruochu to sit in a bad position, but Mei Ruochu still passed the exam and became a top scholar, so he knew that this trick didn't work on him.
Chen Cui's previous idea was not bad. Since the rules could not change the fairness of the imperial examination, it had to make adjustments in other ways. After arranging the collapse accident and the heavy wind and rain, it was really at its wit's end. It simply "upgraded" the trick it had used on Mei Ruochu before and used it on Mu Erpang.
However, I didn't expect that Mu Erpang had an incredibly high tolerance in this regard, and his mood value was not affected at all, so much so that when Shen Cui was monitoring his values outside the venue, she thought everything was peaceful in the examination room.
The system said to Shen Cui proudly: [You are our No. 1 training target. You have been through many battles since you were a child. What are these little tricks of the law? Thinking back to the time when our host’s cooking skills were so good, they knocked out everyone in the yard and conquered the famous chef Lao Buyu. Not to mention that the toilet near our No. 1 candidate's examination seat exploded, even if it exploded directly in front of him... hehe, there is a saying that goes 'Mount Tai collapses in front of you but you remain calm', then our No. 1 training candidate will definitely 'live a toilet collapse in front of you but you remain calm'! 】
Chen Cui blocked the system with a smile to prevent him from making up any messy names for Mu Erpang. Later, she accompanied Mu Erpang back to the academy on foot. The others came back earlier. Knowing that the first thing Mu Erpang would do after returning would be to take a bath, they prepared hot water, a bathtub, spare clothes, soap and other things for him.
Mu Erpang washed himself vigorously, even washing his hair separately, and changed his clothes from head to toe. Finally, he washed away all the smell on his body.
After he had finished everything, Mei Ruochu and the others went on to wash up.
They hadn't had a good rest for nine days, and now they felt relieved. So they had a quick meal after washing up, fell asleep, and never woke up again.
After they had gotten enough sleep and regained their spirits, it was time to check their answers.
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