"Good news, good news. King Jian of Qi surrendered without a fight. The six kingdoms were destroyed, and the whole world was destroyed!"
The pawn who reported the news rode a fast horse and passed half of Xianyang shouting. When he arrived at the entrance of Lanchi Palace, he jumped off his horse, lowered his voice, and did not dare to make any more noise.
However, the news that Da Qin had unified the world quickly spread throughout the palace.
There is a small alchemy room in the corner of Lanchi Palace and Yingxian Palace.
Li Shui sat in the alchemy room, fanning the flames and sighing: "Qin Shihuang has unified China, and it is not far from burning books and humiliating scholars."
Until now, he still can't believe that he actually traveled to the Qin Dynasty and was reborn in the body of an alchemist named Huai Guzi.
This Huaiguzi was young but very courageous. He was recommended by others and came to the palace to make elixirs for Qin Shihuang.
But his skills are not good, he is a second-hand swordsman, and has repeatedly failed in alchemy making. He is simply a laughing stock among the alchemists.
I heard that these things have reached Ying Zheng’s ears. King Qin was secretly angry and began to doubt whether he was a liar.
Huaiguzi died suddenly in the alchemy room in fear. Then...then Li Shui traveled through time and became the successor.
Just when Li Shui thought of this, he smelled something sticky. A furnace of elixirs was exhausted again.
There is no other way, just clean the alchemy furnace and refine it again. If I don't succeed today, I'm afraid I will really die.
Li Shui scratched his head vigorously and warned himself: "Concentrate, you must concentrate."
Li Shui cleaned the alchemy furnace and started to relight the fire to dry it. This step has no technical content, but it can be used to catch fish.
So he began to lose his mind again: "Actually, it is not difficult to make an elixir. As long as the elixir is formed and eaten, it will not kill people. Anyway, there is no way to verify the effect of the elixir. As long as King Qin does not die, no one knows whether he is immortal."
"The key is that you can't hide from the first grade of junior high school, but you can't hide from the fifteenth grade. Even if I refine the elixir, I will burn books and entrap scholars in the future, and all the alchemists in Xianyang will be killed. Will I still be able to survive?"
According to historical records, two alchemists secretly slandered Qin Shihuang. After being caught, they bit each other and confessed hundreds of their accomplices.
Therefore, if he wanted to survive, he had only two options. First, flee Xianyang immediately. Secondly, he made enemies with those alchemists, which made everyone know that he and the alchemists were incompatible with each other and could not be comrades.
The first method sounds simple, but the palace is not a place where you can come and leave whenever you want. Moreover, Qin's laws are so strict that it is difficult for wanted people to move forward at all.
As for the second method, it is a bit difficult to implement. You can't make trouble unreasonably and offend people for no reason, right?
Li Shui sighed: "No matter what, let's refine the elixir first, and then we'll talk after we pass this level."
So he opened the bamboo slips left by Huaiguzi, selected a pill recipe, and began to place medicinal stones inside.
The fire should be smaller this time, as long as it doesn't burn. Even if it doesn't turn into a pill in the end, even if I rub it with my hands, I will still make it into a pill for him.
The first medicine is mercury. Li Shui simply ignored it. This thing was poisonous and would really eat Ying Zheng to death. He would have to be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts.
The second medicine is lead. You can't eat this either. The heavy metals exceed the standard. If you eat too much, you will go insane.
The third medicine is saltpeter. Okay, let’s do this a little bit.
The rest are herbs, such as ginseng, Ganoderma lucidum and Polygonum multiflorum, which should not be poisonous. Li Shui poured it all in.
The last medicine is sulfur. Can this be eaten? What did Bai Suzhen drink during the Dragon Boat Festival? Sulfur or realgar?
Li Shui was a little hesitant, but with a shake of his hand, he still put some in.
This elixir formula has been tampered with to a great extent by him. But anyway, any elixir is a lie. Even if he refines the elixir in a proper way, Qin Shihuang will not be able to live forever. Maybe he could live a few more years because of his tampering.
Li Shui sat on the futon again and began to fan the flames.
After stirring for a while, Li Shui suddenly felt a little uneasy. Sulfur and saltpeter? Why does it sound so familiar?
By the way, the recipe for black powder, isn't it...?
Li Shui was startled, then patted his chest again, and thought in fear: Fortunately, I didn't add charcoal, otherwise it would have to be fried.
Wait, those ginseng, Ganoderma and Polygonum multiflorum are mostly plants. If they are not fully burned, will they form... charcoal?
Li Shui shivered, got up and ran outside. As a result, as soon as he ran to the door, he heard a loud noise behind him.
Immediately afterwards, the alchemy furnace cracked in half, the doors and windows fell to the ground, and smoke filled the air, making it difficult to breathe.
"It's over, you're dead now. You can clean it secretly if it's burnt, but you can't hide it if it explodes." Li Shui staggered out of the alchemy room, feeling a little hopeless.
"Haha, Brother Huai is really a god. It's unprecedented for alchemy to make such a big noise. Looking at the smoke and dust, could it be that the alchemy room was burned down?" A burst of cheap laughter suddenly came from nearby.
Li Shui looked up and saw that he knew the other person. His name was Lu Lie, and he was also an alchemist.
Yingxian Hall is actually like a big house with many small courtyards inside. Alchemists lived there to obtain the elixir of life for the emperor.
Lu Lie lived next door, and after hearing the sound, he rushed over immediately.
Li Shui quickly remembered that this was not the first time this guy had come to mock people. Huaiguzi died of fear in the end, which was inseparable from Lu Lie's sarcastic remarks.
Colleagues are enemies, especially Huaiguzi because of his poor skills, and Lu Lie would step on him from time to time.
Li Shui looked at Lu Lie who was talking meanly, and felt that his mouth would cause trouble sooner or later. This guy might be among the people who would slander Qin Shihuang in the future.
There was an explosion just now, and the noise was really big. Many people heard the news and came over. First there were the alchemists nearby, then the patrolling guards, and then the eunuchs around Ying Zheng.
If someone helps cover it up, maybe it can be fooled. It's a pity that everyone comes here with an attitude of gloating about others' misfortune.
Lu Lie, in particular, kept adding fuel to the fire, telling people how clumsy Huai Guzi was, making a mess of a furnace of elixirs, and in the end, smoke billowed out, the doors and windows fell off, and the house was almost demolished. It was a joke. In the end, he decided that Huaiguzi must be a liar.
Li Shui was secretly angry when he heard this: Accusing an alchemist of being a liar in the palace is driving me to death.
The young eunuch listened for a while and then hurried away, probably to report a message to Ying Zheng.
Li Shui took a deep breath, but gradually calmed down.
He suddenly realized that after Lu Lie had said so much, he had been vague about why the alchemy furnace exploded. Could it be that he had never seen the alchemy furnace explode?
Yes, gunpowder was first invented accidentally by alchemists in history. The time when it appeared was probably from the Warring States Period to the Qin and Han Dynasties.
Could it be that... this explosion was the first time in the world?
Suddenly, Li Shui had a way to survive in death, so he grinned and strode towards Lu Lie.
Seeing Li Shui's malicious expression, Lu Lie was a little scared and shouted: "Huai Guzi, what are you going to do?"
Li Shui walked up to Lu Lie and whispered: "If you are going to die, please give me someone to support you."
Lu Lie shivered in fright, and just as he was about to run away, Li Shui punched him on the chin.
Li Shui shouted loudly while beating him: "You dare to destroy my elixir? You and I are irreconcilable."
Lu Lie was lying on the ground, feeling extremely aggrieved: "When did I destroy your elixir? Isn't this a scoundrel?"
Li Shui raised his head again and shouted to the alchemists around him: "You are destroying my elixir. I and you alchemists are incompatible with each other."
The alchemists who were watching were a little puzzled: "What do you have to do with us? Why do you want to be at odds with us? This Huaiguzi is too vindictive. Isn't it just you who laughed at me?"
Li Shui was fighting vigorously, and the young eunuch had already arrived in a hurry with his guards.
The young eunuch said loudly: "Tie him up, and the king will interrogate him personally."
