"You said I was poisoned?"
After Ying Zheng was shocked, he quickly regained his composure and looked at Zhao Hao seriously.
As the saying goes, long illness becomes a cure.
Ying Zheng is very aware of the changes in his body over the years.
And he also had lots of dealings with imperial doctors.
If he was really poisoned, it would be impossible for the imperial physician to fail to detect it.
But Zhao Hao suspected that he was poisoned, so he couldn't be wrong.
Because Zhao Hao knew about medical matters, not only he knew about it, but also Meng Yi and others knew about it.
But Zhao Hao looked back at Ying Zheng with a solemn expression: "Father, can you open your mouth and show me?"
"Um?"
Ying Zheng frowned and subconsciously looked at Meng Yi. The latter hesitated for a moment and then asked Zhao Hao: "Young master, do you want to diagnose your majesty's condition?"
"The blood my father vomited was black, which is abnormal. If you don't believe the poisoning theory, you will naturally need to make a further diagnosis!" Zhao Hao said calmly.
"this"
Meng Yi turned to look at Ying Zheng.
Although he didn't believe that Ying Zheng would be poisoned, Zhao Hao's words were so conclusive that he couldn't help but believe it.
After all, Zhao Hao's ability is obvious to everyone.
As if there was a consensus with Meng Yi, Ying Zheng hesitated a little, then chose to believe Zhao Hao and opened his mouth.
"hiss"
Zhao Hao took a closer look at Ying Zheng's tongue coating and couldn't help but take a breath and said in a deep voice: "Father, who is harming you? How dare you be so bold!"
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Ying Zheng's heart sank, he was extremely shocked, but his face was extremely calm, even with a teasing smile, he said to Zhao Hao: "What nonsense are my sons talking about? Who dares to harm my father? How can you think that someone is harming your father?"
"If no one harmed my father, then why was my father poisoned? I just helped my father to further diagnose the disease. My father is poisoned, and the poison has entered his heart!"
Zhao Hao's face was very ugly.
In fact, he already knew that Ying Zheng was taking pills.
But he never dissuaded Ying Zheng.
It's not that he deliberately sat back and ignored Ying Zheng, or that he was just showing off for this moment.
The main reason is Ying Zheng's obsession with immortality.
The First Emperor in history sought immortality for more than twenty years, but ultimately found nothing.
If the First Emperor had reverse scales, he would definitely be immortal.
At the beginning, Xu Fu and other alchemists spent a lot of manpower and material resources and went to sea seven or eight times to seek immortality. The whole court had opinions, but the First Emperor still firmly supported it. Why?
It was because the First Emperor was too obsessed with immortality.
In addition, the First Emperor's taking of the elixir was kept secret. Once Zhao Hao rashly tried to dissuade the First Emperor, the situation might be counterproductive.
He even killed Zhang Han who told him that the First Emperor had taken the elixir.
Therefore, he could only wait for the right time.
Now the time is just right.
The toxicity of the elixir has already begun to take effect. As long as the First Emperor is properly guided, he can return from his lost path.
Otherwise, if I eat it for a few more years, I’m afraid even the gods will be hard to save.
"Young Master, are you serious about what you say?"
Meng Yi said with disbelief: "How could His Majesty be poisoned? He usually has someone test for poison when he eats and drinks, so others have no chance to poison him!"
Zhao Hao glanced at Meng Yi and said expressionlessly: "Poisoning does not necessarily have to kill people immediately. It may be a chronic poison, or it may be food that is incompatible. Some foods that are eaten alone are not poisonous, but they are poisonous when eaten together!"
"this"
Meng Yi was speechless and turned to look at Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "My son thinks someone poisoned my father's food?"
"It's just a possibility, not sure!"
Zhao Hao shook his head and said: "If my father told me what I had eaten recently, I might be able to make a better judgment!"
"Just recently?"
Ying Zheng asked thoughtfully.
Zhao Hao nodded sincerely: "Yes! It was just recently! My father's poisoning is still superficial, he should have been poisoned recently!"
"Let me, father, think about it."
Ying Zheng pondered for a moment, and then replied: "Father, I haven't eaten much recently, except for tomato omelette noodles, lamb ribs, pot teeth, spicy soup and other foods."
"wrong!"
Zhao Hao said seriously: "My father is poisoned by lead. There is no lead poison in these foods."
In fact, the poison in alchemy is heavy metal poisoning.
The reason why he said lead poisoning is because lead poisoning is very harmful to the human body.
Many of the 'effects' of taking elixirs are manifested by lead poisoning.
"Lead poison?"
Ying Zheng frowned, a little confused.
Zhao Hao touched his chin, pondered for a moment, and then murmured to himself: "Lead poison is usually found in Alchemy elixirs. I heard that some nobles from the Six Kingdoms like to take Alchemy elixirs in pursuit of immortality, and most of them end up young. He died young and the cause of his death was lead poisoning!"
"ah?"
Meng Yi was stunned and couldn't help but exclaimed.
Ying Zheng's eyelids twitched and he couldn't help coughing.
"Cough cough cough"
When Zhao Hao heard the coughing sound, he couldn't help but look at the two of them doubtfully and said, "What's wrong with you? Are you scared by the lead poison?"
"This, this."
Meng Yi looked at Ying Zheng, looking a little overwhelmed.
Zhao Hao narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at him: "Could it be that my father took the elixir?"
".This veteran doesn't know"
"I don't know?"
Zhao Hao raised his eyebrows and immediately shouted angrily: "How dare you Meng Yi! How dare you deceive me!"
"Young master has misunderstood, old minister"
"Okay, I am indeed taking the pill!"
Meng Yi was about to explain to Zhao Hao, but Ying Zheng interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "This elixir was refined by the immortal master in the palace. It is of great benefit to my father's condition. You said that the elixir is poisonous. Do you have any evidence?"
Although Zhao Hao said that he was poisoned, he did not believe that he was poisoned by erysipelas.
Because the effect of taking elixirs is obviously better than taking decoctions.
Since the effect is good, how can it be said to be toxic?
As if he could see what Ying Zheng was thinking, Zhao Hao said helplessly: "What other evidence do we need? Isn't it true that my father was poisoned?"
"snort!"
Ying Zheng snorted coldly and said solemnly: "You said that I was poisoned, which is just a one-sided statement. So many doctors in the palace didn't notice it. Why can you tell that I was poisoned just by looking at the blood stains?"
"No, this erysipelas has an incubation period, and it has to accumulate to a certain amount before it can react!"
"After all, you're not telling the truth?"
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Zhao Hao frowned and couldn't help but ask Ying Zheng: "Father, you don't trust your son?"
“It’s not that I don’t believe it, it’s that everything must be based on evidence!”
Ying Zheng looked deeply at Zhao Hao, and then continued: "Let's not talk about whether I was poisoned for the moment, but how do you prove that the elixir is poisonous?"
"Does this still need proof?"
Zhao Hao said in surprise: "The materials for refining the elixir are all poisonous. Father, you don't think that if you put them in the elixir furnace and burn them, they will become an elixir, right?"
"Whether it's an elixir or not, it will be useful for my father's condition!"
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Zhao Hao was speechless, but he couldn't help but said angrily: "Why is my father so confused? He vomited blood. It's useless!"
"presumptuous!"
Ying Zheng shouted angrily and raised his hand to hit Zhao Hao.
Meng Yi quickly hugged Ying Zheng and persuaded Zhao Hao: "Sir, your Majesty has no choice but to take the elixir. You said that the elixir is poisonous. You might as well prove it to Your Majesty. I just happened to have a elixir here."
"Okay! Then I'll let you see if this elixir is poisonous!"
Seeing that he could not convince Ying Zheng, Zhao Hao immediately made up his mind to prove it to him.
Soon, Meng Yi took out a box from his arms and handed it to Zhao Hao.
"Is this the legendary elixir?"
Zhao Hao took the box strangely and opened it in front of Ying Zheng and the other two. A strange smell mixed with the aroma of medicine and strange fragrance hit his face, making him cover his nose.
"I'll go! How can my father eat such a strong taste?!"
"snort!"
Ying Zheng snorted coldly and refused to pay attention to Zhao Hao.
He knew that Zhao Hao could not spit out ivory from his mouth.
If there is no disease, who wants to take medicine?
What a bitter taste of medicine!
Seeing that the father and son started not to deal with each other again, Meng Yi was caught in the middle and felt helpless, so he had to change the subject and said: "What do you need to test the elixir, sir? I will prepare it immediately!"
"First prepare an alchemy furnace, some charcoal, and several earthen jars."
"Okay! Let me get ready now!"
Watching Meng Yi leave, Zhao Hao frowned slightly.
He was carefully recalling the chemistry and history knowledge he had learned in his previous life.
According to historical records, the 'elixir' taken by the First Emperor should have used the mercury decomposed after heating cinnabar, which is extremely toxic mercury. As a mixture, sulfur-containing substances were added to extract mercury sulfide, and some lead-containing substances were added. , refined into the shape of a pill.
It is no exaggeration to say that when the First Emperor took such a pill, it was equivalent to taking half of the harmful substances in the periodic table of elements at the same time.
In Zhao Hao's previous life, it is estimated that only Ah San could be so tough. After all, the water of the Ganges River is very sweet.
The fact that the First Emperor lived to be nearly fifty years old was probably due to the blessing of his ancestors.
So why was the elixir useful for the First Emperor's condition?
In fact, this is all an illusion!
Because lead and mercury can damage the brain and nerves, make people hallucinate, and make people feel energetic in a short period of time.
Heavy metal poisoning can also cause obvious symptoms in the body, such as red and white skin, giving people a rosy complexion.
Seeing Zhao Hao motionless while holding the elixir, Ying Zheng was greatly confused.
He knew that Zhao Hao was very capable, but his ability to detect pills really made him confused.
"Son."
Meng Yi brought over everything Zhao Hao needed. Just when he was about to ask Zhao Hao what to do next, Zhao Hao suddenly walked aside, picked up the alchemy furnace, and began to decompose the lead sulfide in the elixir.
Although the elixir is refined at high temperatures in an alchemy furnace, the lead sulfide inside can be removed by continued heating to produce lead oxide.
The lead oxide is then placed in a charcoal heating reaction, and the carbon monoxide gas produced by the burning of the charcoal is used to reduce the lead oxide to generate lead and carbon dioxide.
After experimenting for more than an hour, Zhao Hao finally extracted a piece of lead and said excitedly to Ying Zheng and the others: "Father, doctor, come and see, this thing is highly poisonous. If you eat too much, you will die. Fortunately, my father eats less, otherwise it would be difficult for the gods to save him!"
"Is this a poisonous thing?"
Ying Zheng, who was initially doubtful of General Zhao Hao, immediately went over to watch after hearing Zhao Hao's words.
The brown elixir the size of a date has now turned into a silver lead particle the size of a corn.
But Zhao Hao said again: "Dr. Zhong ordered someone to catch a little rabbit immediately. Let's test the poison!"
"promise."
Meng Yi agreed and quickly followed Zhao Hao's instructions to find a little rabbit.
"Sir, is one little rabbit enough?"
"If mercury and other harmful substances could be extracted, one little rabbit would not be enough. Now only lead is enough."
Zhao Hao said, took the little rabbit directly, fed the lead pellets into the little rabbit's mouth, then turned to Ying Zheng and said: "Father, just wait and see!"
"good!"
Ying Zheng nodded without saying anything more, looking at the little rabbit without blinking.
At the beginning, there was nothing abnormal about the little rabbit who was force-fed lead pellets.
But after a while, it became obvious that something was wrong with the little rabbit.
I saw it pawing its calves rapidly, becoming restless and extremely aggressive, charging at surrounding objects.
Seeing this, Ying Zheng didn't pay much attention. After all, on the surface, this little rabbit looked quite energetic.
Zhao Hao saw that he was not in a hurry and didn't say much. He just smiled and said nothing.
About half an hour later, the rampaging little rabbit suddenly stopped and screamed at the top of his lungs. Along with the scream, he also developed diarrhea, and he pulled out puddles.
"Could this be the marrow cleansing method after taking the elixir?"
Ying Zheng couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the little rabbit reacting like this.
He remembered that Xu Fu once told him about some strange symptoms after taking the elixir.
For example, Yijin Marrow Cleansing can remove the turbid air and filth from the body, and you can become an immortal immediately.
Zhao Hao next to him felt a headache and couldn't help but raise his hand to his forehead. The First Emperor was confused.
"Okay, Yi Jin Cleanses the Marrow, let's continue watching!"
In this situation, Zhao Hao didn't bother to explain to Ying Zheng and only focused on the little rabbit.
After another two quarters of an hour, the little rabbit screamed, began to foam at the mouth, and finally lay on the ground, twitching all over.
"Your Majesty, is this also the practice of Yijin Marrow Cleansing?"
Meng Yi was horrified and couldn't help but ask Ying Zheng.
Ying Zheng glared at him angrily: "Don't you know how to read it yourself? Stop talking nonsense!"
He is not a fool. The situation just now was barely able to explain Yijin Marrow Cleansing, but now this little rabbit is almost dead.
You said that changing the tendons and washing the marrow will kill people. Who the hell would do the washing of the marrow by changing the tendons?
You really think that mortals cultivate immortality in order to become immortals after death!
If Zhao Hao had cheated, Ying Zheng could still remain skeptical, but Zhao Hao did an experiment in front of them, extracted lead from the elixir, and fed it into the mouth of the little rabbit, causing the little rabbit to die.
This is enough to show that Zhao Hao is right.
The elixir is indeed poisonous.
Seeing the tragic situation where the little rabbit was almost tortured to death, Ying Zheng's face turned livid, and finally he became filled with anger and shouted loudly: "Damn it! Damn it, the alchemist! How dare you disguise poison as an elixir! You're trapping me!"
"Your Majesty! Zhao Gao found alchemists to refine this elixir for Your Majesty. The old minister suggested arresting Zhao Gao!"
Meng Yi took a step forward, his whole body filled with a chilling air.
He had long been unhappy with Zhao Gao, and now was a good opportunity to add insult to injury.
But he saw Ying Zheng narrowing his eyes, thinking for a moment, and waved his hand to give the order: "Come here! Arrest Zhao Gao and Xu Fu immediately and hand them over to the Tingwei Mansion for trial!"
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