Early the next morning, in Xianyang City, after the martial arts prince Zhao Tuo fell seriously ill after taking medicine, a breaking news once again attracted everyone's attention.
"The emperor is going to trick the alchemist!"
"I heard that the medicine prepared by these alchemists was poisonous and was presented to the emperor. As a result, the martial arts prince mistakenly took it, so he became seriously ill."
"Hiss... doesn't it mean that if the martial arts prince didn't take the medicine, then the emperor took it. This is to poison the emperor!"
"I guess they are remnants of the Six Kingdoms who are rebellious and want to poison the emperor by refining the medicine."
Countless people talked and sighed. After hearing the news that they were going to be killed, they all ran to Baqiao outside Xianyang City.
They wanted to watch the excitement and watch the emperor trap and kill the alchemist.
The black Qin flag fluttered in the wind, and the heavily armed lieutenant army escorted hundreds of people towards Baqiao.
There were about twenty or thirty alchemists among them, headed by the famous alchemist Hou Sheng and his disciples.
In addition, there were more than ten alchemists from other sects. They were crying as they walked and cursed at Master Hou Sheng and his disciples.
These alchemists also made medicine.
But their output and quality have always been not as high as Hou Sheng's, and they were not valued by the emperor, and they received much less materials and money. Little did they know that their treatment on weekdays was not as good as that of Hou Sheng, but when they died, they had the same fate, and they were still implicated by Hou Sheng, so they couldn't swallow the resentment in their hearts.
These people do not blame the martial arts lord Zhao Tuo. After all, he is also a victim and is still lying on the bed unable to get off.
Some of them complained that the emperor had implicated themselves, but the ones they resented the most were Master and Disciple Hou Sheng.
"Old Master Hou Sheng, you are so audacious. You dare to offer such a powerful medicine to the emperor and harm others. Nai Gong really wants to bite your head off!"
"Bah, if your skills are not up to par, let us take over, it's better than ending up like this!"
"Ugh...I don't want to die."
In my ears I heard the complaints of the alchemists, as well as the cries and howls of the implicated disciples and servants.
Hou Sheng's face was as white as snowflakes, and he murmured.
"There is nothing wrong with my medicine... Ever since I killed two slaves with the medicine, I have never had any problems after improvement experiments. Medicines made in the same cauldron should have the same medicinal properties. How is it possible that the other five medicines are okay? Something happened to the one that Marquis Wugong ate."
"The emperor must have done it. The emperor poisoned the medicine. I have to bear the responsibility for him!"
Hou Sheng did not believe until his death that there was something wrong with his medicine.
When he was pushed down by Qin soldiers by the Ba Bridge.
He stiffened his neck and howled toward the blue sky and Xianyang City in the distance.
"If I die, no one in the world can achieve immortality..."
As the ax fell, blood surged, and Hou Sheng's wailing stopped abruptly.
Along with him, there were hundreds of alchemist disciples and servants in the mansion who were killed together.
Countless Qin people cheered around, saying that the killing was well done.
One of the bearded men jumped up and shouted: "Poisoning the emperor and the martial lord is a heinous crime. Kill them in a trap and build a palace in the capital!"
"Trap and kill!"
"Zhujingguan!"
Countless Qin people raised their arms and shouted.
The lieutenant and the sergeant quickly piled up the corpses of these alchemists and rammed them with earth beside the Ba Bridge.
Trap and kill.
Naturally, it cannot be buried alive as many people take it for granted.
At that time, Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an, was not free enough to dig holes and bury 400,000 Zhao troops alive.
In history, Cao Cao, who trapped and killed 80,000 surrendered soldiers of the Yuan Army, Shi Le, who trapped and killed 30,000 surrendered soldiers of the Jin Army, and Li Shimin, who collected and trapped 3,300 people from Mohe, would not be free enough to dig holes and bury people. How laborious that is.
The so-called entrapment and killing is what the history books say: "If you do all the entrapments, the corpses will accumulate on the thoroughfares."
Pile the killed corpses beside the road, gather the soil and tamp it down to make a pyramid composed of corpses to scare the enemy. This is the Jingguan, which is the true meaning of the so-called entrapment killing.
The Qin army often did this kind of thing. Even when Zhao Tuo attacked Chu, in order to anger Zuo Sima Zhaoping, who was chasing him all the way, he killed the Chu army and built a palace with his corpse.
Less than half an hour later, a "pyramid" made of hundreds of corpses stood on the side of Bashui.
The surging Ba water flows, and the Qin people passing by on the Ba Bridge can clearly see the arms, legs and feet of the hundreds of corpses buried in the rammed earth, as well as some of the dead bodies exposed outside the earth. head.
This is what the emperor means.
He killed the alchemists in order to build a temple in Beijing and frighten the world.
He wants everyone in the world to know that those who dare to do evil things and deceive the king will only die.
Among the countless cheering people, there were some people with different expressions.
On a small mound outside Xianyang City, several people in broad robes and long sleeves were standing here, looking into the distance.
"Han Zhong, you didn't follow Hou Si to learn the art of refining medicine, but now you have escaped a catastrophe, how do you feel?"
The speaker was an old man wearing a black robe with white hair and a white beard.
Although his beard and hair are all white, the skin on his face is very plump and his eyes are bright and lively. He does not have the wizened posture of ordinary old people. His kind eyebrows and kind eyes make him look quite fairy-like.
Han Zhong was a middle-aged man in his forties with a slender face. He sighed: "Fortunately, I listened to Lu Gong's words and was not deceived by Hou Si to learn any medicine refining techniques from him. Otherwise, today I am afraid that the head of Han Zhong will also be on the temple built by the people of Qin."
Lu Sheng nodded and said: "The elixir of immortality was planted by immortals, how can it be obtained by ordinary people? Hou Si thought that he could achieve the effect of immortality by refining medicine with gold and stone. It was really wishful thinking. I have said before that the things he refined are all It is an ordinary thing, and it is impossible to achieve the effect of immortality. If you want to get the elixir of death, the only way is to seek immortality."
Han Zhong glanced at the "Alchemist Pyramid" in the distance again, and said with some fear: "Gong Lu, the emperor was furious and ordered all the alchemists in Xianyang to be killed here. We are also alchemists, I wonder if we will be implicated. ."
Lu Sheng shook his head and said with a smile: "What are you worried about? What happened this time was because the medicine given by Hou Si caused the martial arts prince to suddenly become ill, so the emperor went into a rage and killed him. The sins committed by his alchemist, and What does it have to do with my alchemist seeking immortality?"
Speaking of this, Lu Sheng's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he whispered: "And after this incident, the emperor will definitely not believe in the words of any alchemist, nor will he take those medicines made of gold and stone. If the emperor wants to Immortality can only depend on us."
"This Hou Si actually gave his life to help us!"
…
In the mansion of the Marquis of Martial Arts.
After two days of conditioning, Zhao Tuo's complexion has improved a lot.
Although he is still lying on the couch without getting out of bed, he has the strength to speak and eat. He can eat normally. Even the number of times he goes to the toilet has basically returned to normal. His physical condition is getting better and better.
This made everyone in the mansion extremely happy, and they all said that the prince had great merit.
Zhao Tuo speculated that he recovered so quickly after drinking the medicine prescribed by Xia Wuge, and blamed the imperial doctor.
This made Xia Wuqie, who came for a review, a little confused.
Is his medical skill so good?
After all, in this era where medical technology is still primitive, symptoms like those shown by Zhao Tuo are simply a serious illness. Even if you take medicine, you will not be able to recover in ten days and a half.
Zhao Tuo's recovery speed surprised even Xia Wuji.
Only Zhao Tuo himself knew what was going on.
He was not suffering from intestinal dysentery at all, nor was he suffering from a disease caused by taking strange medicine. Instead, he was suffering from intestinal spasm caused by himself.
Intestinal spasm is not a disease, but a paroxysmal abdominal pain caused by strong contraction of the smooth muscle of the intestinal wall after certain stimulation.
This symptom is extremely painful and will cause diarrhea, but it will not kill anyone and has no risk of death. With the body of a young man like Zhao Tuo, it is no problem to bear it.
As for why Zhao Tuo suffered from intestinal spasm, it was naturally the problem with Orange.
In order to save Li Xin in the Chu region, he rushed hundreds of miles to Shouchun, the capital of Chu. On the way, food was cut off and he could only eat oranges for a long time. He even ate a lot of oranges on an empty stomach. His stomach was already irritated. pole.
After that battle, Zhao Tuo felt like vomiting when he saw oranges. If he ate oranges, he would suffer from vomiting and diarrhea. If he ate too much, it would cause intestinal spasm, making him roll on the floor in pain.
This was also the reason why he had not allowed Heiyi, Shejian and others to come in to visit him before, because most of the soldiers who followed him to attack Shouchun had suffered from this kind of symptoms. to avoid the risk of gang involvement.
Fortunately, Zhao Tuo's plan was successfully completed.
He disguised the intestinal spasm caused by eating oranges as a serious illness, successfully deceived Xia Wuji, and made the first emperor and the entire Xianyang people think that there was something wrong with the medicine presented by the alchemist.
After the eldest princess exposed Hou Sheng's lies, Zhao Tuo took the opportunity to make a suggestion and asked the emperor to investigate the past records of these alchemists in refining medicine.
After interrogation and investigation by professional Qin officials, it was discovered that some of the medicines previously concocted by these alchemists were overly potent and could not only make people violently ill, but also risk death.
According to the accounts of Hou Sheng's disciples, before Hou Sheng entered the Qin Dynasty, the medicine he refined was too strong and killed the slaves who tested it.
This explains why Zhao Tuo became violently ill after taking that medicine.
Because Hou Sheng's medicine refining skills are not up to par.
One of the six pills was too large and made me violently ill after taking it.
It happened that the emperor gave this medicine to Zhao Tuo.
All the reasons were clarified, and everyone was happy. The First Emperor was also cleared of the suspicion that he ordered Zhao Tuo to be killed.
However, in the eyes of everyone, Zhao Tuo completely blocked the emperor.
"The Martial Arts Lord blocked the poison for Your Majesty. You are so brave and loyal!"
The First Emperor felt guilty and grateful towards Zhao Tuo despite being happy and frightened.
"Zhao Tuo is truly my lucky star."
If it weren't for Zhao Tuo, it would be him, the First Emperor, who is lying on the bed today, with a pale face and constant diarrhea.
In anger, the First Emperor not only killed the alchemists, but also killed all his servants and burned all the medicines to vent his hatred.
"I think the emperor will never dare to take medicine indiscriminately in the future. Moreover, after this incident, future Chinese emperors may also be wary of this alchemy technique, knowing that this stuff is poisonous. From this perspective , which is also a good thing.”
A smile appeared on Zhao Tuo's lips. Although the fate of those alchemists who refined medicine was a bit miserable, these people did not care about hard work and production. They lobbied the monarch all day long and obtained a large amount of resources to refine poisonous medicines for the emperor. In any case, they were all members of the country. The borers are harmful to society but not beneficial.
If this incident can be used to suppress the alchemist's practice of refining medicine, it can be regarded as correcting the social atmosphere.
There were footsteps outside the door.
Zhao Tuo looked up and saw that the person coming was his wife.
"My dear, would you like something to eat?"
Ying Yinman walked into the house gracefully and asked Zhao Tuo softly.
After hearing this, Zhao Tuo really felt a little hungry.
He smiled and said: "Manmang came just in time, I was just about to eat."
Ying Yinman also smiled, but her smile was full of cunning.
She turned slightly to reveal the maid holding a food tray behind her.
On the food plate.
There are several fine yellow tangerines standing there.
The familiar faint orange fragrance means that they come from Huainan, the land of Chu.
"My dear, please eat some oranges first."
It's a bit busy today, there's only one update left. My family has been busy renovating the house recently, and there are quite a lot of things to do. I will try my best to keep the updates as normal as possible. It should be much easier next month, and I will add more updates and catch-up updates then.
Thank you to book friend 20230714232307918, the flying Aowu, the reward for being arrogant and defeated, and all the book friends for their votes and support, thank you!
