From eunuch to emperor

From the haystack, a short black man came out, wearing a turban and colorful clothes, showing two arms with strong muscles.

"Go away, I won't recognize you from now on."

The man pulled the carriage away, and the short black man asked: "Where are you going?"

The man said displeased: "What does it have to do with you where I go? I told you, I will only take you here, I don't care about other things."

The short black man said nothing more, and the carriage left quickly, not wanting to have anything to do with it.

People were coming and going outside. The short black man looked around and murmured to himself: "It's really big here, bigger than our village."

There was a sound of footsteps, and the short black man quickly hid next to him.

A middle-aged man ran over, unbuttoned his belt and peeed.

"Huh... I'm so choked up."

The middle-aged man felt finally alive.

"Hush...huh..."

The middle-aged man shivered and felt very comfortable.

Nothing can compare to the shivers you get after peeing, it feels so damn good.

Just as the man was about to fasten his belt and leave, there seemed to be someone behind him. Before he could turn around, his carotid artery had been cut, his head was dizzy, and his body hit the ground.

The short black man put away his knife, took off the middle-aged man's clothes, took off his own turban, and put on a Nanliang hat.

After everything was packed up, the short black man took out a small bamboo tube from his body, opened the lid, and faced the south with his eyes closed and prayed: "Bless the Bamboo God!"

After praying, the short black man raised his head and drank all the water from the bamboo tube with firm eyes.

Putting away the small bamboo tube, the short black man walked out from the corner. People came and went on the street, and the short black man walked around.

"Oh, you don't have eyesight."

A man in silk cursed.

The short black man bumped into someone. He ignored the yelling and continued to walk around, bumping into people on purpose and spitting from time to time.

There is a well on the roadside. Many residents in the city are fetching water from the well. The edge of the well is wet.

The short black man walked to the well, took out a small bamboo tube, and when he let go, the small bamboo tube fell into the well.

"Young man, are you thirsty? I'll get you a bucket of water. Oops, I'll help you fish it out of this bamboo tube."

An old woman pulled up the bamboo tube, filled it with water, and gave it back to the short black man.

"take it."

The old woman left carrying water.

The short black man carried a small bamboo tube and continued to walk around the city with an expressionless expression.

After the carriage driver and the short black man parted ways, they escorted a cart of medicinal materials into a pharmacy. The door was blocked by carriages and cargo loads.

This medicine shop is also the property of the Long Gang. The Long Gang purchases precious medicinal materials from the southwest and sells them to Jinling and the capital in the north, and even beyond Xixia to countries in the west.

The coachman sat on the shaft, the scorching sun above his head making him sweat, and his mouth felt dry.

Jumping down from the carriage shaft, the coachman asked for water at the door.

Just in time, the medicine man carrying water came back.

"You're lucky. The well water we just picked up is sweet and refreshing."

Menzi picked up the water ladle, took a sip himself, wiped his mouth, and exclaimed: "It's so sweet."

The coachman took the gourd and drank a gourd of water, and exclaimed: "It's really sweet. This must be the ancient well in the city. I've heard that the water in the well is sweet."

Menzi chuckled and said, "It's an ancient well. One well can feed half the city's population."

A child squeezed over, stretched out his hand and shouted: "Grandpa, give me a drink."

Menzi happily picked up the child and took a sip of water. The child ran away to play happily.

Other medicine sellers were also thirsty from the sun and came over to drink water.

A load of water was quickly drank.

"I carried a load of water for nothing, and you all drank it."

The water bearer was dissatisfied.

"Everyone gives you a penny."

The coachman gave a penny, and others also gave, and he was happy after receiving dozens of pennies for a load of water.

It wasn't until sunset in the evening that the groom weighed and counted the money for his medicine.

After a tiring day, it was too late to go back, so I found an inn to stay in the city.

As night fell, the short black man walked around Zhennan City for a day and found a secluded place to sit down.

His abdomen was already cramping, and the short black man huddled in the corner, his muscles twitching and shaking.

"Bamboo God bless..."

The short black man kept thinking silently in his mind... His body slowly oozed blood, his skin festered, and turned into a pool of black blood.

Inside the inn.

A customer was sitting in the lobby eating a simple bowl of rice noodles.

Picking up a bunch of rice noodles with chopsticks, the guest slurped and ate them.

It's hot in summer and the lobby is not very cool. After finishing a bowl of noodles, the guests are already sweating.

The other guests were talking about their own things, and the waiter was running around. The guest was thinking that he had sold a lot of money during the day, and could buy a few more sheep when he went back. He also had to bring two sickles back, and save some money for his son. I have to learn to read, but I can't be blind...

gollum...

The guest suddenly felt cramping in his abdomen and his eyes were a little dizzy.

Snapped!

A guest at the next table suddenly fell to the ground and a bowl of powder was thrown on the ground.

"what..."

The first guest screamed, and the other guests fell to the ground and screamed.

When the lobby started screaming, the guest rooms on the second floor also started screaming.

"Help, help..."

A guest fell from the railing on the second floor and there was blood all over the floor.

The shopkeeper ran out from behind the counter and was so frightened when he saw the blood on the ground.

His inn has been open for decades and has never had any problems. What is going on tonight?

"help me..."

The guest on the ground did not die immediately. He got up bloody and raised his palms to grab the shopkeeper and ask for help. The shopkeeper was so scared that he collapsed on the ground and touched something slippery in his hand. There was a dead guest next to him, bleeding from all his orifices.

"There is a ghost..."

The other guests were frightened and grabbed their belongings and ran out. The waiter was frightened.

"What's going on? How did this happen?"

The shopkeeper looked at all this blankly.

The guests ran outside. It was getting dark now, and the patrolling soldiers patrolled with torches.

Zhennancheng is close to the battlefield ahead, and a curfew is imposed, and no one is allowed to go out at night.

"Curfew at night, go back!"

The leader of the army yelled angrily, but the guest ignored him and explained with a dance: "Master, something happened. Everyone in the inn is dead and poisoned."

The leader also heard the screams in the inn and shouted: "Watch them, I'll go in and take a look."

Leaving the soldiers on guard, the leader led his troops into the inn, only to see blood all over the floor. More than a dozen guests fell to the ground and lay on the table. Each one of them was covered in black blood and looked extremely miserable.

"what happened?"

This inn is very famous, and the leader recognizes the innkeeper.

"Li Tou, I don't know either. This happened suddenly. My inn was destroyed..."

After so many people died, whoever dares to come here to stay in an inn in the future will be ruined.

The leader knelt down, took a closer look, and asked, "Is there poison in your food?"

The shopkeeper immediately got up and cried: "How is it possible? My inn has been open for decades, how is it possible that the food is poisonous?"

"Poisoning, yes, it was poisoned by someone else. It must have been poisoned by Jixiang Inn. He was jealous of my good business..."

A soldier next to him took a closer look, jumped up in fright, and shouted: "Boss, no, this is Zhaoren's poison. The intelligence sent by Jinling said so."

In order to prevent the poison from spreading, Gongsun Ming followed Long Chen's instructions and made a booklet and distributed it to all states and cities. The booklet detailed the symptoms, prevention and treatment measures, and emergency measures of the poison.

The soldier had read the brochure and remembered that the symptoms in the brochure were exactly the same as this one.

After saying this, the leader jumped up in fright and shouted: "Seal the inn, no one can come in or out, any trespassers will be killed!"

After saying that, the leader rushed out of the inn and ordered: "Everyone, please go back!"