You said so yourself.
Ma Jun obtained first place.
So why did Chen Nan become the Yin Messenger?
Are you guys playing a joke?
Duan Kun looked at Han Zongyuan furiously, "Lord Han, what are you talking about? Everyone knows that the first place can become the Yin Messenger, but why did you announce Chen Nan as the Yin Messenger?"
"Are you defying the Great Emperor's will?"
Han Zongyuan smiled, "Lord Duan, please don't be angry. It is precisely because I am following His Majesty's will that I announced Chen Nan as the Yin Messenger."
"Don't you believe me?"
Speaking of this.
He spread out his right hand.
His Yin Messenger token appeared in his palm.
There was a line of text on it.
Upon seeing it, Duan Kun's face suddenly changed.
A deep sense of dread appeared in his eyes.
Han Zongyuan asked with a smile, "Now, do you have anything else to say?"
"His Majesty's will is hard to defy, what can I say?" Duan Kun felt a strong surge of anger, but he dared not erupt.
Han Zongyuan continued to ask, "Do you have any objections to Chen Nan becoming the Yin Messenger?"
Duan Kun almost cursed.
Damn it.
They say don't hit someone in the face.
Are you endless?
I've already said that His Majesty's will is hard to defy, and you still ask if I have any objections to Chen Nan becoming the Yin Messenger?
Even if I have objections, so what?
"Why, why?"
Ma Jun shouted hysterically, "I worked so hard to become first, why should the second place become the Yin Messenger? This is unfair, unfair to me!"
As soon as these words were spoken.
A burst of angry roars erupted from the crowd.
"You still have the nerve to talk about unfairness?"
"Did you think about fairness to others when you were cheating?"
Ma Jun was enraged, "When did I cheat?"
*Slap!*
An egg hit him squarely in the face, the yolk flowing all over his face.
Then, rotten vegetables were thrown from the crowd.
Eggs.
They were simultaneously hurled at Ma Jun.
If it were one person, they would not dare to throw eggs and vegetables at Ma Jun.
However.
They had learned a word from Chen Nan.
The law does not punish the masses.
With so many people, they didn't believe Ma Jun could identify who threw the eggs.
They were not afraid of his revenge.
For a time.
Ma Jun covered his head and fled frantically, dodging the attacks from the common people.
Seeing this, Chen Nan sighed inwardly.
This won't do!
With so many of you, how can you abuse a young master from a noble family all at once?
How will you let him face himself in Tongcheng in the future?
There's also this.
Moving targets are hard to hit.
You can't even hurt him!
Thinking of this, Chen Nan silently enveloped Ma Jun with his domain.
Using space control, he caused Ma Jun to let out a scream and fall to the ground.
Seeing this scene.
Chen Nan nodded secretly.
This is how you accurately hit the target!
This is how you don't waste resources.
Looking at Ma Jun, who was lying on the ground clutching his head and screaming, Chen Nan grinned, "Young Master Ma, you confidently said you would win first place, but what good did it do?
"The second place becomes the Yin Messenger!"
"Hey, why does your face look so bad?"
Ma Jun did not hide his killing intent.
Like a venomous snake, he glared at Chen Nan with cold eyes.
If looks could kill.
Chen Nan would have been cut into a thousand pieces long ago.
Chen Nan squatted down and said softly, "I don't deny that your Ma family is powerful, but you shouldn't have cheated so unscrupulously."
"Heaven is watching what people do!"
"These words are not just for show!"
"Remember, don't be so arrogant in the future."
"If you incite the public's anger, this will be your end."
He said, stood up, and looked at the common people with smiles on their faces, venting their anger, "Just use eggs and rotten vegetables to vent your emotions."
"But you can't throw deadly objects like stones or knives at Young Master Ma!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment.
And then...
A group of people tacitly ran to a blacksmith's shop in the distance.
Some even pried up the cobblestones from the ground.
They then hurled them at Ma Jun.
Screams of pain were incessant.
Duan Kun looked at Han Zongyuan with a dark expression, "Lord Han, aren't you going to discipline these people? If you don't, I don't mind helping you."
Han Zongyuan also realized that something big was about to happen, and stomped his feet anxiously, "You all stop hitting!"
???
Duan Kun was stunned.
A furious rage welled up in his heart.
You are restraining these rioters in this manner?
Are you playing with me?
Duan Kun felt he was already quite shameless.
But compared to Han Zongyuan, he felt out of place.
"Enough!"
With a roar like thunder.
A stern-looking middle-aged man strode onto the scene.
He was followed by ten housekeepers.
Without exception.
All of them were skilled and had the cultivation of the peak of the Yin Gathering Realm.
"Father, save me..." Ma Jun trembled and raised his right hand.
His body was covered in sticky egg liquid.
He was bleeding from a head wound, injured by cobblestones.
Ma Sanyuan glanced at the housekeepers behind him, signaling them to protect his son.
Then he looked at Chen Nan.
A strong killing intent flashed in his eyes.
Afterward, he looked up at Han Zongyuan on the judge's bench and politely asked, "Lord Han, according to the rules of the competition, the first place in the combined score of the written and martial tests can become the Yin Messenger."
"But why did you give that spot to Chen Nan?"
"Without rules, nothing can be done properly."
"You have broken the rules."
"Don't you owe the common people of Tongcheng an explanation for this?"
A scream came from the crowd, "We don't want any explanation."
"That's right, we don't need any explanation."
The common people didn't care why Chen Nan became the Yin Messenger.
Because it was exactly what the common people wanted.
Listening to the shouts in his ears, Ma Sanyuan snorted heavily, and a powerful aura erupted from within him.
It was as if a beast that had been dormant for many years had opened its eyes.
The scene instantly became so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.
Ma Sanyuan looked at Han Zongyuan, his eyes like knives, pressing in, "A country without law cannot be governed, and its people cannot stand without law. Even if the people of Tongcheng do not want an explanation for this matter, you must provide one."
At this moment.
Even Chen Nan couldn't help but look at Han Zongyuan.
He really wanted to know why he was announced as the Yin Messenger.
After all.
This violated the previous rules.
Han Zongyuan looked somewhat embarrassed and sighed, "I believe that even if I tell you the truth, you may not believe it."
"Since that is the case, then please ask Lord Duan to reveal the truth of this matter."
"Well, his official rank is above mine."
"And he is on good terms with your Ma family, you should believe what he says, right?"
Duan Kun looked at him with a shocked expression.
What the hell!
Again?
Are you trying to kill me?
Actually, you could have just announced that matter!
But why do you want me to do it on your behalf?
Taking a deep breath, Duan Kun suppressed his anger and said, "A decree was previously issued from Fengdu City."
"The written test questions for this Yin Messenger selection were leaked."
"To ensure the rigor of the Yin Messenger selection and fairness to others."
"The score of the first place was specifically canceled, and the second-place contestant will become the Yin Messenger!"
Chen Nan's heart trembled.
In other words, I have to thank Ma Jun?
If not for him, even if I had won first place, what would have been the use?