Ying Zheng said to Li Shui, "I'll leave this matter to you."
Li Shui agreed, turned around and left.
But at this time, Ying Zheng suddenly stopped him again and said calmly: "There are some rumors in Xianyang City today. I wonder if you have heard about them."
Li Shui asked curiously: "What rumor is it?"
Ying Zheng smiled slightly: "This rumor says that the banished immortal has been doing nothing all day long. He has never refined the elixir of immortality at all. He is just waiting for me to pass away and be succeeded by the prince, and then be pardoned."
Li Shui was stunned.
Ying Zheng said calmly: "What do you think of this rumor?"
Li Shui was silent for a while and then said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, this rumor is probably not spread by ignorant people. Those people do not have such vision and ability."
"As for the ministers in the court, if they really find that there is a problem with the minister, they should report to His Majesty and conduct a serious investigation. But instead of doing this, these people spread the word among the people. Everyone knows it, and it seems that His Majesty is a victim. A foolish and foolish king."
When Ying Zheng heard this, his eyes immediately narrowed.
However, he did not have an attack, but said calmly: "Just tell me, how is the longevity medicine?"
Li Shui said respectfully: "I'm a little nervous."
Ying Zheng: "Oh?"
Li Shui said: "I boldly request your Majesty. Regardless of whether I can complete the elixir of life as scheduled, I will kill those who spread rumors and cause trouble."
Ying Zheng said calmly: "I will naturally investigate strictly."
Afterwards, Ying Zheng stood up and said to Li Shui: "I haven't seen your Shangjun Courtyard for a long time. Please take me to see it."
Li Shui agreed and led Ying Zheng towards Shang Jun's courtyard.
This time, Ying Zheng changed into regular clothes and only brought a few personal guards. He was lightly dressed and fast. Li Shui had no chance to go back to the wind tunnel to report the news.
He also saw that Ying Zheng was about to make a surprise attack.
Forget it, leave it to fate.
Li Shui thought helplessly.
Soon, the two people arrived at Shangjun Courtyard.
When they reached the door, the people in Shangjun Courtyard got the news.
Ying Zheng also didn't give them time to prepare and asked Li Shui directly: "Where is the place where you refine the elixir of longevity?"
Li Shui said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please come with me."
Afterwards, Li Shui led Ying Zheng towards a large courtyard, which contained an ice cellar.
At this point, Li Shui had no choice but to use Xiangli Zhu's invention to make up for his troubles.
When Li Shui walked into the courtyard, he saw Xiangli Zhu already waiting there.
Li Shui pointed at Xiangli Zhu and said, "Your Majesty, this person is the person in charge of the longevity medicine."
Ying Zheng glanced at Xiangli Zhu, and then looked at Li Shui in confusion: "Aren't you refining the elixir of longevity? When did you change it to this person?"
Li Shui coughed dryly and said, "Your Majesty, you don't know something. Refining the elixir of life is a big project and cannot be completed by one person in one day and one night."
"For example, when Your Majesty governs the world, he also needs a prime minister, hundreds of officials, and county guards from various places."
Ying Zheng thought for a while, then nodded slightly: "That makes sense."
Li Shui breathed a sigh of relief.
Ying Zheng said to Xiang Lizhu again: "How is the longevity medicine? Can you let me take a look?"
Xianglizhu nodded and said, "Your Majesty, please."
Later, Xiangli Zhu took Ying Zheng into the ice cellar.
The ice cellar had a new look, it was much more spacious and brighter than when Li Shui came last time.
Xianglizhu showed the fish in the ice and then began to thaw it.
Under certain temperatures and conditions, the fish come to life again and begin to swim and play in the water.
Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Although the fish has come back to life, can people survive? Just like an old turtle, it can grow for thousands of years and tens of thousands of years. But the same cannot be said for people."
Xianglizhu said: "Your Majesty, as long as we know the secret of the fish's resurrection from the dead and the secret of the turtle's longevity, we can apply it to humans."
Ying Zheng nodded: "That makes sense. Have you discovered their secret?"
Xianglizhu said: "It's almost here."
Ying Zheng frowned: "Soon?"
Now Ying Zheng is immune to the two words "almost". Hearing these two words means that it has not started yet.
Ying Zheng said to Xiang Lizhu: "Is there no progress at all?"
Xianglizhu said: "If you want to apply the characteristics of these two animals to humans, you need two conditions."
"First, we need to know the principles that allow animals to survive. Second, we need to know the principles that allow humans to survive. But...but there are some mature and prudent people in Xianyang City who do not agree with us studying the human body."
"They believe that studying living people and violating moral customs will definitely lead to disaster. Studying dead people and disrespecting the dead will easily lead to rejection by gods and ghosts."
Ying Zheng laughed and said helplessly: "To this day, are there still such stubborn people?"
"That's all, I will issue a decree and order you to study it. For the living, you can recruit some strong men. As for the dead, you can use the corpses of death row prisoners."
Xianglizhu said: "What about the people from birth to death?"
Ying Zheng was stunned.
Xianglizhu said: "If you don't know life, how can you know death? I need to study the process of a person from birth to death, and then infer the process of a person from death to life."
Ying Zheng thought for a while and said to Xiang Lizhu: "What you said makes sense. However, do you want to use lynching to kill people?"
Xiangli Zhugan coughed and said to Ying Zheng: "I suggest that for some people who have committed heinous crimes and are unrepentant, it is better to hand them over to me and use them as waste."
"It is said that there are many people outside now who think that punishments such as cutting in half, abandoning the market, being tortured, and quartering are too cruel and do not reflect the benevolence of the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, they are quite critical of His Majesty."
"But those treacherous people have harmed countless people. Killing them with one sword will give them an advantage. Why don't you... Why don't your Majesty hand these people over to you?"
Ying Zheng thought for a long time and said, "Let's discuss this later."
Xiangli Zhu nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes."
Ying Zheng visited some other facilities, including various treatment measures from micro to macro.
Xianglizhu's explanation for this is that now is the stage of life extension, and after life extension will be immortality.
Ying Zheng nodded with satisfaction and returned to the palace.
After Ying Zheng left, Li Shui asked Xiang Lizhu: "What the hell are you doing? Do you want to kill someone with your own hands?"
Xiangli Zhugan coughed: "The Exalted Immortal thinks so highly of me, how can I have the guts to kill someone?"
Li Shui said: "Then what did you mean just now?"
Xianglizhu said: "This kind of thing will definitely cause a debate in the court. Such a debate will definitely last for a long time. We will have time to intensify our research on the way to immortality."
"Exiled Immortal, you have fallen behind too much before, and now I have to make up for it."
Li Shui: "..."
He looked at Xianglizhu a little speechlessly, thinking: Do I need you to make up for me? With the current level of economy and technology, all research is in vain.
However, Li Shui did not suppress Xiangli Zhu's enthusiasm.
Let her do the hard work, it won't do any harm anyway.
As Ying Zheng sat in the car returning to the palace, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Li Shui's words were right.
Refining the elixir of immortality is a secret of the Qin Dynasty. Except for high-ranking court officials, ordinary people have no right to know.
And these courtiers really discovered the problem, why didn't they report it to the emperor, but instead spread these rumors? It is clear that he wants to slander the banished immortal, seriously injure the banished immortal, and disrupt the Qin court.
The more Ying Zheng thought about it, the more he felt there was something fishy about it, so he called a young eunuch and said, "Go and order someone to check it out."
The young eunuch understood and immediately went to investigate.
Immediately afterwards, Ying Zheng thought of Xiangli Zhu's words again.
Ying Zheng was also familiar with the research method of Shangjun Academy, which required a lot of experimental subjects. In the past, rabbits and mice were used for experiments, but now it’s time to use living humans?
But there are indeed many limitations to conducting experiments on living people.
If it's voluntary hard work, that's fine. Should Aizato Takeshiro kill the prisoner?
Is this too unethical?
Even if this point can be erased, what if Xiangli Zhu takes the money and secretly lets the person run away?
The law is the law, how can this be ambiguous?
However, longevity medicine is a big deal after all. Wouldn't it be a pity if the research on elixir of life was delayed due to these small problems?
Ying Zheng thought for a while, then called a young eunuch and said, "Tomorrow, let the important officials of the court come to the study to discuss."
The little eunuch agreed.
Ying Zheng planned to discuss it with the important officials in the court first, and then discuss it in the court hall.
It would be fine if the courtiers unanimously praised it and agreed.
If they don't agree... then leave them alone and leave it to the Emperor's discretion.
Ying Zheng made up his mind and felt relieved.
When Ying Zheng returned to the palace, a young eunuch came over with a solemn expression and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, there are new rumors on the street."
Ying Zheng asked: "What rumors?"
The young eunuch carefully handed over a newspaper.
This newspaper is called a newspaper, but it is actually just a piece of paper with some words printed on it. It is not a real newspaper.
The newspaper said that the phones used by the courtiers could be monitored by the emperor, so every move of the courtiers was actually transparent.
After Ying Zheng saw the contents of the newspaper, he became furious.
How could such a secret be leaked?
His first reaction was to find trouble with Li Shui, but Ying Zheng calmed down quickly.
Li Shui probably didn't do this.
There is no need for Li Shui to do this.
Since it wasn't Li Shui, then who did it? Who knows the secret to monitoring phone calls?
Afterwards, Ying Zheng gave an order to put all the eunuchs in the listening area under guard, and then summoned Li Shui to the palace overnight.
Li Shui heard about the leak on the road and was equally surprised.
After arriving at the palace, Ying Zheng asked Li Shui: "How do you explain this matter?"
Li Shui smiled bitterly and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, I don't know anything about this."
Ying Zheng said: "The only people who know about eavesdropping are the eunuchs in the palace and the people in Shang Jun's courtyard."
Li Shui thought for a while, then suddenly his heart moved, and he said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, could someone have cracked the secret of the phone and discovered it and could monitor it?"
Ying Zheng said calmly: "Do you think it's possible?"
Li Shui shook his head: "At least it's impossible now."
Ying Zheng said: "After this news spreads, everyone in the court will be in danger, and even the foundation of our Qin Dynasty will be shaken because of this. What do you think we should do?"
Li Shui coughed dryly and said, "Your Majesty, what I want is that the monitoring office be abolished immediately. As for the eunuchs in the monitoring office, there is no need to punish them. They are just under strict supervision and are not allowed to contact the outside world."
"Try to suppress this matter and don't even mention it. Once the courtiers get used to it, it will be fine."
Ying Zheng: "..."
He looked at Li Shui speechlessly: "What do you call this? What do you mean it will be fine once you get used to it?"
Li Shui coughed dryly and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty is unaware of something. Even in the fairy world, such things happen all the time. As long as everyone gets used to it, they will take it lightly."
"What's more, the phone call is just for convenience. If there is something very important, no one will say it on the phone. You should be more cautious."
"In addition, I have some strategies to eliminate these effects."
Then, Li Shui leaned over and whispered something.
After Ying Zheng heard this, he couldn't help but frowned: "According to what you said, doesn't it mean that we can no longer monitor in the future?"
Li Shui coughed dryly and said, "Your Majesty, the purpose of our surveillance was to find the owner of the black coal mine. Now that we have found it, we should give up this method."
Ying Zheng frowned and nodded, but looking at him, he still looked a little reluctant to leave.
Li Shui continued: "If His Majesty agrees, we will discuss this matter in the court tomorrow."
Ying Zheng nodded slowly: "This is the only plan for now."
That night, many courtiers fell asleep.
Because they also saw what was in the newspaper.
Is the content here true?
They have no way of judging, but for this kind of thing, people subconsciously would rather believe that it exists than believe that it doesn't exist.
What if... what if it's true? If it's true, then something big has happened.
These people were lying on the bed, turning over and over in their minds and starting to recall whether they had said anything rebellious recently.
Fortunately, most people are more conscious.
However, although I didn't say anything treacherous, there were also some more personal things.
Especially some courtiers who are disrespectful to their elders. These days, when they make phone calls, they completely let themselves go, as if they can say anything as long as they don't face this.
Especially the daughter-in-law followed the fashion and actually spent a lot of money to install a phone.
It even launched a phone chat service. In the past, courtiers were too embarrassed to visit the women's palace, but now they can make a phone call and listen to the sound.
What's more, the woman from the daughter's family was called to her home by phone.
Well now, everything was heard by the emperor.
There is nothing I can do about this old face.
It's really embarrassing. It's better to die than to be embarrassed like this. .
