(There is an easter egg at the end of the chapter and a complete picture of Prince Yong’s Mansion.)
Entering the palace, Zhao Yanxun walked all the way forward. At this moment, the news of his return had spread to the palace.
Entering the second gate, officials from the royal palace area came out one by one and complained to Zhao Yanxun one after another.
"Your Highness, Du Si sent troops to monitor the palace..."
"The governor's yamen also sent people outside the palace to prohibit our people from going out to do business..."
"The two chief ministers were taken away by the governor's Yamen this morning. They are simply too arrogant..."
Surrounded by officials, Zhao Yanxun walked up the steps outside Yong'an Palace, then turned around and said to his subordinates: "Okay, I already know what you said!"
"You don't have to worry about the rest. Now we have something important to entrust to you!"
After Zhao Yanxun returned, the hearts of everyone in the palace were stabilized, so everyone bowed and said: "Please give me your instructions!"
"You all know that a great disaster is coming in this world. Now I can tell you... the end of the world that I have been warning you about has come!"
Everyone held their breath and concentrated. After staying in the palace for such a long time, they were already very aware of the dangers of zombies. Naturally, no one dared to be distracted at this moment.
"When I go out this time, a large number of villages and towns outside the city have all mutated. It may have spread to the city, and there may even be people infected in our palace!"
Upon hearing this, the scene suddenly became commotion, and a strong sense of crisis burst into everyone's hearts.
"You are all officials of the royal palace, and your family members have all come with you. It can be said that you share weal and woe with the royal palace!"
No one would object to this. The more they know about the end of the world, the clearer they will be that they can survive by staying together.
"For the sake of the peace of the palace, I have decided to impose martial law on the palace and the residences of its staff from now on. Without my instructions, the restricted areas will not be released within three days!"
The imposition of martial law within the palace, to put it bluntly, means isolation to separate people who may have been infected.
"During this period, each household must supervise each other. If there is a mutation in that household, it must be reported immediately!"
Looking at everyone, Zhao Yanxun said in a serious tone: "Do you understand?"
"As ordered!" All the officials replied.
Within this palace, Zhao Yanxun has absolute authority, and no one dares to question his arrangements.
"How to operate it specifically? You should discuss the regulations as soon as possible. In half an hour, I will see that all districts in the palace have been put under martial law!"
The palace is so big, with thousands of people, so the isolation needs to be implemented by the palace officials. These people know the situation of each household better than Zhao Yanxun.
"The workman and the good doctor are staying, and the others can go on errands!"
After the others left, Huang Zhongchang, the workman, and Yang Deqiu, the good doctor, walked to the foot of the steps, saluted Zhao Yanxun and said, "What are your orders, Your Highness!"
Zhao Yanxun looked at Huang Zhong and said: "The walls we planned before can now be built. We must connect the palace and the staff's living area together!"
Huang Zhongchang thought it was about making armor, but after hearing Zhao Yanxun's words, he quickly replied: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will make arrangements when I get down!"
"Time waits for no one. You have to summon all the bricklayers and build the wall as soon as possible even if they work all night!" Zhao Yanxun said solemnly,
Understanding the urgency of this matter, Huang Zhongchang said firmly: "I understand!"
"Go and do things!" Zhao Yanxun said in a deep voice.
After Huang Zhongchang left, Zhao Yanxun slowly walked into the hall, and Yang Deqiu immediately followed him.
After passing through Yong'an Hall, Zhao Yanxun came to the courtyard of Jinshen Hall, and then walked all the way into Jinshen Hall.
Sitting in a side hall of the main hall, Zhao Yanxun asked: "I asked you to study the characteristics of monsters before, what results have you achieved so far?"
Yang Deqiu guessed that Zhao Yanxun would ask about this, so he had already prepared a plan in his stomach. At this moment, he said eloquently: "Your Highness asked us to study the characteristics of monsters infecting humans and animals. I have been experimenting since I waited!"
"We'll start with the smallest ant and immerse the ant in the monster's blood. The ant will die almost instantly!"
"Then I waited from small to large, and then caught bugs of different sizes from everywhere. These bugs all died immediately after being stained with the monster's blood!"
Seeing Zhao Yanxun's expression of deep thought, Yang Deqiu continued: "Afterwards, I found something bigger for the monster to bite..."
"Rice, cats, chickens, ducks, geese, birds...all these living creatures died after being bitten!"
In other words, none of these animals will mutate, and it will be safe to face them in the future.
"Later, I tested the wolf again. This guy didn't die after being bitten, and it also mutated!..."
"My temper became extremely violent, but only three days later...the three mutated wolves also died suddenly!"
After finally testing something that can mutate, he still died. Could it be that the zombie virus is only transmitted from person to person?
In this case, how to explain the mutated tigers and lions in the capital?
Frowning his brows, Zhao Yanxun couldn't help but ask: "What do you think of this matter?"
After Yang Deqiu organized his speech, he said: "After discussing with a group of colleagues, I believe that these animals are in poor physical condition... they cannot withstand the poison in the monster's blood, so they died directly!"
"After that, I chose cows and horses to be bitten by monsters. All the cows and horses in the experiment survived, which can also confirm my guess!"
Animals are too small and in poor physical condition, so they cannot withstand the zombie virus and have no possibility of attacking humans after being infected.
After receiving this news, Zhao Yanxun felt a lot more relieved. These small animals are exactly the ones that can be best prevented.
"What happened to those cattle and horses that were bitten after they survived?" Zhao Yanxun then asked.
"Other than his temper becoming a bit irritable, there are no other changes!" Yang Deqiu said in a deep voice.
Tigers and lions will mutate after being infected, but cows and horses will not mutate after being infected. What does this mean?
The difference between tigers and lions and cows and horses is that one is carnivorous and the other is vegetarian, which means...the ones that can be infected by the virus are all large carnivores.
After getting this news, Zhao Yanxun felt more at ease.
"What are the habits of the monster itself?" Zhao Yanxun asked again.
"This... I haven't come to a conclusion yet. I just know that the monster rests at night and is active during the day. It is extremely sensitive to sounds and living creatures!"
Just listen to Zhao Yanxun say: "How on earth they maintain their physical strength without eating or drinking is really puzzling!"
Yang Deqiu is even more unable to come up with an answer to this point, because the existence of monsters is extremely difficult to explain.
"Okay, you go down first...I brought back ten monsters this time, you can do more experiments!" Zhao Yanxun waved his hand.
After Yang Deqiu saluted Zhao Yanxun, he turned around and left the hall.
Rubbing his forehead, Zhao Yanxun suddenly felt confused and confused. The situation might suddenly get out of control, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.
At this moment, a series of footsteps came from outside the hall. The sound was soft and it was obvious that it was a woman.
Entering the main hall, Xue Baoyun was walking at the front. She said with a hint of resentment: "Your Majesty, you are back. Many things have happened inside and outside the palace in the past two days. I am worried to death!"
Xue Baoyun has always maintained a noble and capable image, and this is the first time Zhao Yanxun has seen her look like this.
Just when he was about to reply, Huang Rongrong popped up from behind and said with joy, "Your Majesty, I'm worried to death!"
Even though he was still depressed in his heart, Zhao Yanxun showed a smile at this moment and said: "I'm back now!"
