The emperor looked at the general map of the Tribute Academy in his hand, and then looked at the corresponding candidates.

From west to east, there were two rows of houses, one row of sixty rooms.

The candidates in these rooms are more than lucky!

He glanced around, looked at the names one by one, and saw Su Yizhao's name in the number 15 building.

He is no stranger to this name, a previous township test fraud case is related to this child, the fourth child came back and praised this son, and said that this son is extremely intelligent and is a natural politician.

He was still looking forward to this, so his mood was very heavy at the moment.

On the easternmost side of the other row, No. 56, he saw Su Yijue's name again.

This name can be known at a glance, and Su Yizhao are two brothers.

Carefully write down the names of other candidates, and these candidates don't know how many people will survive.

"Report!" Dali Siqing did not need to wait for the Ministry of Rites to report, and went straight into the main hall.

"Your Majesty, the fire has been extinguished, and the scene is being cleaned up at the moment."

Su Jinxun immediately asked, "How?" ”

Kang Shiwen took a deep breath, "It's miserable! ”

Su Jinxun's heart sank, and his lips trembled a little.

"The gantry has been burned out of shape, and the rubble and walls have collapsed a lot. The ministers ordered the people to pry it open and enter, and all they saw were charred and stacked bones. ”

The ministers' eyes were slightly wet when they heard this, which was the most instinctive reaction of people before they died.

The gantry was locked, and they were supposed to be trying to open it and escape. But the gantry is made of iron-clad wood, and the wood in it has been soaked, so it is not easy to catch fire at all, and it is difficult to burn.

There are still big chains locked outside, how can these people escape from the ground? He could only be burned alive.

Kang Shiwen didn't want to describe the tragic situation he saw, the iron door was full of bloody handprints, and he could imagine how painful he would be before he died.

"How many candidates died? Can you count it out? After a short silence, the emperor asked.

"Before the minister came, he was counting, in addition to those who were burned by the fire, there were also those who were crushed to death by the masonry and rubble of the beams. There are severed arms and stumps under the rubble, and the number of people cannot be fully counted at this time. ”

Kang Shiwen sighed, "Some of them were seriously injured and crushed under the rubble, and the minister was still sending people to search and treat them, and only one hundred and sixty-seven survivors were found before they came." ”

"One hundred and sixty-seven? There were 531 candidates for the examination. "The emperor didn't expect the casualties to be so heavy, even he couldn't sit still.

"Yes! There were also twenty-three internal and external curtain officers, forty-five inspectors, and fourteen miscellaneous servants. ”

Kang Shiwen already had the list in his hand, and the number of people was far more than previously calculated.

"Since I succeeded to the throne, there have been two natural disasters, but I didn't expect that there would be such a major event as a fire in the tribute courtyard, I am ashamed of my ancestors and ancestors!"

The emperor was heartbroken, so many candidates are the descendants of the family who have placed hopes, how can they explain to the people?

"Your Majesty! These are not your faults, and natural disasters are not human. The fire in the Gongyuan was also a dereliction of duty on the part of those invigilators. ”

Shoufu E Chongming suddenly came out of the ranks and began to criticize those officials.

"Your Majesty, the fire was originally controllable, and there was no wind before. But it was because of their negligence that the fire spread rapidly. ”…

Only then did everyone remember that Shoufu's closed disciple should also be in the Tribute Academy!

They immediately looked at Shousuke and found that he was also haggard at the moment, and his face was full of grief.

"Shousuke-sama, it was true that it could have been controlled, but no one could have predicted this wind!" Wang Deng hurriedly said.

"You said that you have been observing the fire outside the Gongyuan, so why did you open the dragon gate when the fire was not big? In the final analysis, you are still afraid of responsibility, so many lives! ”

Shoufu was angry, his eyes were round, and he pointed at Wang Deng and scolded: "How can you be at peace in your heart? ”

"If the lower official handed over the sign to the palace for instructions, how can he make his own claim? In the end, it's still the waiter on duty who deserves to die, and it's really not enough to dismantle him to vent his anger. ”

How is Wang Deng not afraid? Chunyu is the host of the Ministry of Rites, how can he not panic if there is such a big mistake?

Although the righteous words just now are true, they are not without worries in their hearts.

If the fire has been controlled, who will bear the blame? At the worst, he will lose his official position and abandon his armor, and at worst, he will be exiled from his home, he can't afford to gamble!

"Lord Kang, is the list of survivors available?" Su Jinxun didn't want to care about the confrontation between the two, he just wanted to make sure whether the juniors in the family were safe.

"It's already being sorted out! More on that later. Kang Shiwen said.

"That's it! Accountability will be discussed afterwards, and now it is better to quickly clean up the aftermath and comfort the people and the families of the candidates who were killed. ”

The emperor interrupted the quarrel between the two and said to Kang Shiwen: "Confirm the list of victims as soon as possible!" ”

The candidates who were burned to death were all unrecognizable, and they had no idea who was who, and now they could only deduce from the list of survivors.

If no one can be found, they are already killed.

After waiting for a while, the list of survivors was presented to the emperor.

"That's one hundred and eighty-six survivors so far, and the number of survivors is still growing."

The emperor took the list and looked at it, and first found Meng Lingxi's name.

looked down again, but did not find the children of the Su family.

"Look at it!"

The emperor took the lead in giving the list to Shoufu, although E Chongming has made many mistakes in the past two years, but it is also due to Sheji.

E Chongming immediately took it and took a look, and when he saw Meng Lingxi's name, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and his face was much more relaxed than before.

"Hurry up and show it to the lower officials!"

Su Jinxun couldn't wait, he looked at it with his eyes, and saw that E Chongming had been looking at it in his hand for a long time, and he was so angry that he wanted to scold.

After a while, E Chongming passed the list back, but as soon as everyone looked at his expression, they knew that his closed disciple was fine.

The other people had no children in their families to take the exam in the Gongyuan, and the names of these candidates were very unfamiliar to them, seeing that Su Jinxun was so eager, they directly gave the list in their hands to Su Jinxun.

Su Jinxun looked up and down the list several times, and even moved his fingers over and over again, but the familiar name did not appear in the list.

When the people saw that his face was not good, they knew that the name of his grandson was not included in this list.

Su Jinxun didn't dare to think about it, but walked to the side silently and waited.

More than half an hour later, news came from there.

"Your Majesty! At present, there are 315 survivors, of which 189 complete bones have been recovered, and the rest are still being pieced together. The house has been cleared, and no survivors have been found. ”

Kang Shiwen said and submitted the list again, and the emperor took it in his hand and looked at it carefully, but he still did not find the names of the Su family brothers.

He sighed, this was only the last list. The brothers of the Su family are less vicious.

Su Jinxun took the list and looked at it carefully, and after reading all the names one by one, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he fell to the ground with a thud.

"Su Siqing?" The crowd exclaimed.

Seeing this, the emperor immediately shouted: "Quick! Hurry up and ask for a doctor! ”