After understanding the thoughts of animals, I became more successful in escaping famine!

Xu Wuzhi calculated the time and thought that the poison was about to take effect.

Two breaths later, there was a loud thud from above, followed by Li Cheng's exclamation: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's wrong with you!?"

Seeing that it was done, Xu Wuzhi immediately ordered his men, "Pass the order down, replace the area around the emperor's bedroom with our men, and wait for my order."

"Yes."

Soon, the emperor was brought back to his bedroom. The doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau rushed over and took the emperor's pulse, but they could not figure out what the illness was.

Xu Wuzhi was very proud of it. The dose of the poison was small and it was not very toxic. It worked mainly when combined with silver needles to make people unconscious. It was very difficult for outsiders to detect the clues of this method.

After learning that the emperor was in a coma, Chunzhi did not care that he had not yet recovered from his cold. He changed his clothes and went to the emperor's bedroom to check on the situation.

What he didn't expect was that there were heavy guards outside the palace.

"You are really rebellious. I want to go in and serve the emperor. Let me in!" Chunzhi was stopped outside.

"Without the emperor's order, no outsiders are allowed to enter." The guard said coldly.

Chunzhi's eyes widened: "You, how dare you!? The emperor is still unconscious, how can he pass on an order!"

"Then let's wait until the emperor wakes up." The guard looked at Chunzhi meaningfully.

Chunzhi couldn't help but take two steps back, only then did he realize that the emperor was not simply seriously ill and unconscious, but had been murdered.

"What's going on outside?"

At this time, Li Cheng's voice came from the hall.

Li Cheng came out and saw Chunzhi and smiled.

"Master, it turns out to be you."

"I want to go in and take care of the emperor, please let me in!"

Li Cheng's smile was inconvenient: "Master, you are making things difficult for me. No one can enter without the emperor's order, and the same goes for you."

Chunzhi was shocked and had some vague guesses.

"Then why are you in there?"

"The emperor must be served by his side. Master, you have not recovered from your cold yet, so go back and rest. Someone, take eunuch Chunzhi back, and don't disturb the emperor here."

Li Cheng's high-spirited look made Chunzhi more suspicious that the emperor's accident was related to him.

After returning to his residence, Chunzhi called a young eunuch who was on duty last night and asked, "Who was serving the emperor yesterday?"

"Of course it's Eunuch Li Cheng. We have been guarding outside."

Chunzhi asked again: "Are there only Li Cheng and the emperor in the bedroom?"

"Yes, I was very sleepy last night for some reason. I fell asleep while on duty outside. It was Eunuch Li Cheng who woke me up this morning."

Just as he finished speaking, someone kicked the door open.

The person who came was Li Cheng, and behind him were several imperial guards in armor, looking very majestic.

"Master, I admire you as my master. You taught me a lot and protected me a lot. I just want to let you go, but why do you know so much?"

Li Cheng sighed. Seeing Chunzhi's strange expression just now, he guessed that Chunzhi would investigate it thoroughly.

Now it seems that this is indeed the case.

He couldn't let this matter leak out and delay Xu Wuzhi's plan.

"Someone, arrest Chunzhi!"

"Eunuch Chunzhi, run!" The young eunuch who delivered the message had received favors from Chunzhi before. Seeing this, he rushed towards Li Cheng and the others, trying to buy some time for Chunzhi.

Chunzhi didn't dare to stay, opened the window and ran away.

"Chase me!"

The emperor had previously told him about a secret passage that could lead him to escape from the palace.

He wanted to spread the news. Now the only one who could save the emperor was Yun Che.

After sealing off the emperor's bedroom, Xu Wuzhi did not sit idle. Instead, he sent troops to the homes of officials who had previously been unwilling to submit to him, and guarded them layer by layer, preventing them from coming out without his orders, thus putting them under house arrest.

In addition, he also sent people to seal off the entire capital city and strictly check people coming in and out. During this critical period, Yun Che could not come back.

Yun Che and his companions still had more than a dozen miles to go before they could return to the capital, but on the way they saw more and more people coming back from the direction of the capital.

Sensing something was wrong, Gu Yong stopped a passerby to ask about the situation: "Excuse me, did you just come out of the capital? Why are there so many people?"

The passerby sighed, "Yeah, we just came back from the capital. I don't know what happened, but the whole city was suddenly closed, and people were only allowed to leave but not come in. We had no choice but to come back."

Gu Yong returned to Yun Che and told him the news he had heard.

Yun Che pondered for a moment and said, “Something must have happened in the capital. They only allow people to leave but not enter. They might be trying to prevent me. You and Lei Ting should go and check the situation first. Remember not to let anyone recognize your identities!”

Gu Yong and Lei Ting agreed and went to find out the news.

At the gate of the capital city, an old man came to the door tremblingly as he lined up. The soldier looked at him and then waved his hand to let him pass.

This old man was Chunzhi who escaped from the palace.

I'm afraid even Li Cheng didn't expect Chunzhi to escape from the palace. He is now searching for Chunzhi's whereabouts in the palace. Therefore, he did not send the news to the city gate to let the guards at the city gate pay attention.

Chunzhi successfully escaped from the capital, but was stopped by several thugs not long after he left.

"You old man, you are dressed quite well, you must have money on you, hand over the money quickly!"

Chunzhi didn't expect to encounter this. He fled in a hurry, only changing his clothes and not taking any money with him.

"My dear fellows, please be kind and let me go. I really have no money."

"Then search me!"

Chunzhi was physically disabled, so naturally he didn't want anyone to touch his body. Not only did he feel humiliated, but if they found out he was a eunuch, they would shout and laugh at him, attracting other people's attention, and he would definitely be captured.

He struggled hard but was powerless and could only curl up on the ground and take the beating.

This scene happened to be seen by Gu Yong and Lei Ting.

Lei Ting couldn't stand others bullying the elderly and the young, so he stepped forward angrily and beat back the thugs in a few moves.

"Old man, are you okay?"

Chunzhi found that someone had saved him and felt grateful. He looked up and was about to thank him, but he caught sight of the token worn by Lei Ting.

If he remembered correctly, the token bore the mark of the Yun family army.

Gu Yong noticed that the old man had been staring at Lei Ting's token, frowned, and helped Lei Ting put the token away.

Chunzhi finally reacted and asked quietly, "Would you two like to find a quieter place to talk?"

Gu Yong and Lei Ting looked at each other, and then realized that the old man in front of them seemed to be extraordinary.

The three of them came to a quiet forest. Chunzhi was injured and was out of breath after walking a few steps.

"Are you two from the Yun family army?" Chunzhi asked anxiously with a look of joy on his face.