However, Qin Bai had no intention of getting a tribute examination, so even if he failed, there would be nothing to regret. Anyway, if he didn't want to pursue an official career, the difference between a scholar and a tribute examination was not that big.
For the government, the grandness of the joint examination is far greater than that of the provincial examination. Because the examination is held in the spring, it is also called the spring examination or spring examination.
The candidates for the examination are the candidates from each province, and the first one admitted is "Huiyuan".
There are generally four examiners, including a bachelor with a Jinshi background and an official below the level of Shangshu, deputy capital censor or above, who are appointed by the ministry.
There were more than ten examiners, including Hanlin, among whom was Geng Xian.
Qin Bai tidied his hair and said, "Where will the scientific examination be held this time?"
"Originally it was supposed to be held in the Gong Yuan in the southwest, but this year it is slightly different. It is said that another place was found."
Qin Bai nodded and welcomed several people into the room, and asked Duan Qing to prepare some tea.
Chen Xiang looked around curiously, feeling that many of the furnishings in the room were very strange, especially some of the utensils, which did not look like they were made by mortal hands.
"Oh, because I am a practitioner, I can refine magic weapons on weekdays."
Qin Bai casually picked up a hair dryer and introduced it: "Just like this, it looks like a hair dryer, but it's actually a lighter."
After he pressed the button, flames burst out from the front of the hair dryer, startling several people.
"Brother Qin is really funny..."
Geng Yu said with a smile, he didn't dare to touch other things for fear of hurting himself.
"But we can feel more at ease with you here. It is said that the reason why the competition venue was changed was because something happened a while ago."
"What happened?"
Qin Bai raised his eyebrows. After all, the government was able to temporarily change the venue, which showed that the matter was not small.
"Let Chen Xiang talk about this matter, she knows better."
Chen Xiang organized his words and said, "My father also heard from other places that there were several bloody corpses in the tribute courtyard. It doesn't look like the work of ordinary people."
"Brother Qin, tell me, could it be a demon causing trouble?" Ning Caichen said, shrinking his neck.
"No, there are so many monsters."
Qin Bai didn't notice anything strange, and there were a lot of practitioners in the capital. If they really found something, they would have solved it early.
"Think about it. I've always heard Brother Ning talk about demons, but I've actually never seen one." Zhang Zizhi couldn't help but laugh.
Several of them are newborn calves and are not afraid of tigers and have no fear of the so-called monsters. However, Qin Bai must be more cautious. If he gets involved with the faceless monster, chaos will definitely occur.
After chatting for more than half an hour, Geng Yu and others left Deyun Club. They also took a break from their busy schedule and needed to take advantage of the last time to prepare for the next test.
When it got late, Qin Bai called Fayin to the original Gongyuan location.
Both the main door and the side door are sealed. It should be a time of spring, but everything is showing signs of depression.
Officers and soldiers could be seen patrolling around Gongyuan, but the two of them slipped in easily.
"Teacher Luo, have you noticed anything strange?"
There was a slight stiffness on Fayin's face. Qin Bai had been calling him Luo Jiaying in recent days, which made everyone in Deyun Society think that this was his common name, and ended up calling him that.
"Amitabha, there is no difference. Donor Qin, please call me Dharma Seal from now on."
"Okay, Teacher Luo, let's go take a look in the yard without any further delay, Teacher Luo."
Qin Bai turned over and walked in first, followed by Fayin with a sigh.
The two of them noticed something was wrong as soon as they entered the yard. Although there was no demonic scent, they did smell the smell of blood.
It seems that things are not as simple as imagined, and it is even the last thing they want to see.
Qin Bai and Fayin dispersed and searched separately. After all, Gongyuan can accommodate hundreds of people, which shows its large scale.
He simply released the bone-attached blood mosquito, then took out the Ten Thousand Soul Flag and shook it, and a dozen Yin Gods wearing tattered armor were summoned.
Among them, the armor of the old man who is the Yin Shuai is almost complete, and as the true energy is brewing, the armor itself is also changing.
Fayin, who was in another direction in the yard, shook his head helplessly, and he immediately noticed the aura of Yin Shen and Gu insects.
He also knew that this was Qin Bai's method, and there was no resentment surrounding the Yin Shen and the Gu insects, so even though the painting style was weird, it was not actually evil.
It's just that Fayin didn't realize at all that for people who can practice such methods, good and evil are not important.
Under Qin Bai's underworld army, which had a certain size, he discovered a lot of strange things.
There should be no one in the Gongyuan on weekdays, but many rooms have traces of life, and there are even holes in the corners.
Soon he noticed the crime scene of the dead body, and hurried towards a part of the Gongyuan, while using a charm to contact the seal.
This is the place where candidates rest during the examination. Outside the room is a huge yard, and it can be seen that many flowers and plants were originally planted.
The stone statue of the Confucius was deliberately destroyed, and the man seemed to have a deep hatred. It was covered with craters punched with force.
Qin Bai looked around and then focused on the well not far away. The smell of blood came from it, and the well mouth was covered with a huge stone.
He was not reckless but waited for the seal to arrive, but he didn't know what happened to the other party. It took a long time for the seal to arrive.
Fayin seemed to have noticed something, holding a skinny old man in his hand.
The old man obviously had mental problems. His eyes were moving around, he looked crazy, and he was talking some incomprehensible nonsense.
"This is……"
"Most of the three souls and seven souls were gone. I don't know how they survived. They were hiding in a remote room in Gongyuan."
The fingers of the Dharma seal emitted Buddha light and touched the old man's eyebrows.
The old man's eyes regained some clarity. He looked at the statue of the Master in horror, and then burst into tears.
"They are all dead... I killed them, they are all dead..."
Qin Bai took out the Buddhist incense wood he carried with him, lit it and asked the old man to calm down. Then he asked a few questions.
Because most of the old man's soul was gone, and even with the protection of Buddha's energy, he was still unconscious. It took the two of them a lot of time to figure out what happened.
The old man's name was Sun Ren. He was a scholar who failed the exam decades ago. Later, he spent all his money and returned to his hometown without any expense.
He simply lived in Gongyuan. Anyway, unless it was time for the exam, there was usually no one here to look after him. When eating, he would steal from nearby houses.
Many people had the same experience as Sun Ren, and later more and more people lived in Gongyuan.
However, after the incident, everyone died except Sun Ren. As for who was killed, it seemed that something crawled out of the well.
Just when Qin Bai was about to go to the well to take a look, he accidentally discovered that there seemed to be something carved on Sun Ren's exposed skin.
He simply tore off the old man's clothes, only to see dense scars on his upper body, and one sentence.
"There's a monster behind the door, and that monster is me."
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