Traveling through books: Traveling through time with a golden finger to become a soft rice man

Everyone under the well was so frightened that their hearts were beating like thunder and their breathing was rapid, especially the two little eunuchs, who hugged each other tightly in fear.

Only Lord Shi remained calm here. He stood against the door, listening quietly to the noise outside, without moving a single step, holding the key in his hand, as if he would open the next wooden door when he heard the noise.

They were in the passage under the well, trapped between two wooden doors, with no way forward or backward. However, Yang Yuanzu was not worried. As long as he could keep an eye on Lord Shi, they would have no problem finding a place to escape.

Yang Yuanzu scared the two little eunuchs so much that they were trembling, so he took out some fruit candies and distributed them to everyone to help them calm down.

"Master Yang, it's already this late, and you're still in the mood to eat candy!"

The Water Department Doctor lowered his voice and turned around to see his good friend, the Tuntian Doctor, peeling off the candy wrapper and eating it. He looked at the Tuntian Doctor with a look of disappointment: "You..."

"Hush!" Yang Yuanzu continued, "It's too cold down there. Eating some candy will help replenish our calories."

Seeing this, the doctor from the Water Department put the sugar into his mouth half-believingly. The sweet soup instantly eased his nervous mood.

The sound of fighting above continued for a while and then gradually subsided.

The winners didn't register their numbers, and the people in the well didn't know which side had won. Just when they thought the game was almost over, another group of people rushed in, shouting, "Traitors! Kill them!"

Yang Yuanzu didn't know which group of people the newcomers came from, so he asked the doctor of the Water Department in a low voice: "Sir, do you know who these newcomers belong to?"

"This voice sounds familiar." The doctor from the Water Department thought for a moment and replied.

Xiao Fuzi whispered beside him, "It's the guards from the palace."

Lord Shi then added: "He is the leader of the guards who patrol the palace all year round."

There was a sound of someone falling into the well. Everyone stopped talking immediately after hearing the sound. Lord Shi quietly moved forward and extinguished the oil lamp.

Everyone listened for a while, and when they saw there was no movement, they relaxed. After a long while, Mr. Shi lit the oil lamp again.

"If we stay alert all night like this, we will be very tired tomorrow." Yang Yuanzu suggested, "You can actually consider forming a team of two to take the night shift, and we can take turns. This way, even if there are any unexpected situations tomorrow, we will be energetic enough to deal with them."

"You have a point." Lord Shi stopped sticking to the door and stepped back to stay with everyone. After looking at the people present for about ten seconds, he made up his mind about the groups.

Lord Shi grouped himself with the doctor from the Water Department, Yang Yuanzu and Xiao Fuzi into one group, and the remaining doctors from the Tuntian Department and Xiao Lezi were naturally grouped together.

The person on duty needs to stay by the door and listen carefully to the noise outside and supervise each other to ensure they do not fall asleep. The rest of the people who are not on duty can sit and rest.

However, the ground was cold, dirty and hard, so no one sat on it directly.

Upon seeing this, Yang Yuanzu donated his own quilt and spread it on the ground so that everyone could have a place to sit and rest.

He had originally intended to wrap himself in the quilt, but seeing that there were everyone present, especially his boss, he felt embarrassed to use it alone, so he simply offered it to others and spread it on the ground so that everyone could sit.

The two gentlemen hurriedly sat down when they saw that they could sit down. As soon as Lord Langzhong of the Water Department sat down, Lord Shi pulled him out to stand guard.

Yang Yuanzu asked everyone to sit down. Xiao Fuzi and Xiao Lezi were reluctant to sit down at first. How could they dare to sit on the same level as the adults?

This quilt was provided by Yang Yuanzu. Since the host had asked him to sit on it, the other adults did not say anything to stop him.

They neither stopped nor agreed. Seeing this, the two young eunuchs did not dare to sit down. Finally, Lord Shi stood up and agreed for the two of them to sit down together.

"Don't bother with these red tape when it comes to life and death."

The two young eunuchs then thanked him profusely and sat down carefully.

After everyone calmed down temporarily, they stopped talking. Yang Yuanzu closed his eyes and rested. What he was more worried about now was his family.

I hope my wife and Aunt Chen will know about his situation later.

Aunt Chen is protective of her son. She would quarrel and fight with the villagers just to keep her son company. Even if her son is wrong, she would mindlessly stand on his side. Yang Yuanzu is worried that she will not know the seriousness of the matter and get into a conflict with the guards at the palace gate.

But then he thought that there was a man in their family named Lin Ting'an who understood the overall situation, and he would probably pull Aunt Chen along when the time came.

What Yang Yuanzu, who was trapped in the well, didn't know was that the most rational person in the family almost broke into the palace the next day after hearing the news from the palace. If Luo Mingshi hadn't stopped him in time, the sword would have been on Lin Ting'an's neck.

Lin Ting'an got up early today just to pick up Yang Yuanzu after his night shift. Unexpectedly, before he even left the house, the family servant told him in a panic that there were a lot of dead people on the street, and it seemed that they were all people from the palace.

Lin Ting'an immediately guessed that something might have happened in the palace, so he asked Xiaofan to look after the house while he and Tianpu went to the Luo family next door.

Luo Mingshi was just about to go out to catch a ride. In the past, Yang Yuanzu and Tianpu would wait for him at the door at this time. His elder brother would doze off in the carriage, and Tianpu would read a book while waiting. But before he pushed the door open, he saw Lin Tingan and Tianpu coming in from the wall gate.

In order to facilitate movement between the Yang and Luo families, a door was opened in the wall separating the two families. Usually, the Yang family members would go through this door when they came to eat.

There were dead bodies lying in groups of three or four on the street outside. Lin Ting'an and his companions did not dare to stop the carriage at the gate to wait for people, so they simply went through the wall gate and brought Luo Mingshi to the Yang family yard.

Tianpu volunteered to go out first to find out what was going on. Luo Mingshi thought that he still had to go on duty and it would be too late if he delayed any further, so he planned to go out with Tianpu.

Seeing that the two were about to go out, Lin Ting'an followed them out as he was worried about Yang Yuanzu.

Before leaving, he instructed Xiao Fan to send someone to notify the Luo family. After settling the family, the three of them set off in a carriage with their guards. There were also some carriages of ministers heading to the palace gate on the road, but they were obviously much less than usual.

On the road, they accidentally encountered two groups of fighting soldiers. Tianpu changed the route in advance to avoid the streets where the fighting took place.

As soon as they arrived at the palace gate, they saw a heavily guarded gate. As soon as they got off the carriage and hadn't even approached the palace gate, they were seen by the guards at the gate shouting at the officials on duty to step back.

"You are not on duty today. Everyone, please leave immediately. If anyone disobeys my orders, please don't blame me for being rude!"

Everyone gathered at the door to guess what had happened in the palace and why none of the ministers came today, and only low-ranking officials like them came.

The arithmetic officer had been in the palace for a long time. Although he was excluded from the circle of power, he had some guesses about these things in his mind. Looking at the attitude of the guards at the palace gate, he was about to leave.

Others, fearing they would be punished for being late and getting into conflict with the guards, lingered at the door.

In fact, they didn't want to stay at the palace gate any longer, mainly because the punishment for being late was too severe, and coupled with its long-standing habit, that's why they ventured out today to find out what was going on. Now seeing such a scene at the palace gate, they were ready to leave.