The visitor who didn't pay much attention at first, when Liu Shen said "elixir of life", Li Qinzai's expression immediately became serious, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
I was highly educated in my previous life and could barely be considered a materialist. After all, there are many mysterious things in the world that cannot be explained by science and can only be explained by metaphysics.
But Li Qinzai didn't believe a word of the "elixir of life".
In today's society, perhaps immortality has a great appeal to emperors, and emperors of all generations believed in it deeply and would do anything for it.
Yes, it is not only Qin Shihuang who pursues immortality. Emperors of all dynasties have more or less longed for it. They also want to obtain eternal life when they hold power in their hands.
Although no one can truly achieve immortality, the strange thing is that emperors of every dynasty and every generation enjoy it endlessly, turning a blind eye to those failed precedents.
After thousands of years, the so-called "immortality" seems to have become a curse from God on the emperor. There is no eternal life in the world, but there is eternal greed and desire.
Li Qinzai's face suddenly sank.
"A Brahmin from the Wutu Kingdom, he can refine the elixir of life?" Li Qinzai asked again.
Seeing his serious expression, Liu Shen thought he had received Li Qinzai's attention, and said hurriedly: "Yes, this person's name is Lu Jiajiduo. He is a Brahmin from the Wutu Kingdom. The so-called 'Brahmin', in the words of our Tang Dynasty,
He is a priest whose abilities are astonishing and unfathomable."
Li Qinzai said with a half-smile: "Where is this Lu Jiajiduo now?"
"I have been living in the hotel arranged by Honglu Temple. I have been living in Chang'an for a month. However, because Wutu Kingdom is only a very small country, the officials of the Ministry of Rites have no time to receive it, let alone meet the emperor. I have been living there since I arrived in Chang'an.
No one in Guanyi paid any attention to me."
Li Qinzai looked at Liu Shen and asked, "I wonder how Liu County Marquis got to know him?"
"We accidentally met Lu Jiayi during a banquet in a restaurant in Chang'an. The officials of the Ministry of Rites left him alone in the hotel. Lu Jiayi waited for a long time to no avail, so he had to hang out in the restaurants in Chang'an every day to get drunk and soothe his sorrows. It was in the restaurant that the official met him.
his."
"He told you personally that he can refine the elixir of life?"
Liu Shen said solemnly: "Yes, he said it himself, not only the elixir of life, but also all the difficult and complicated diseases in the world, even if they are terminally ill, he has medicine to cure them."
Li Qinzai sighed: "Do you believe it?"
"Xiaguan didn't believe it at first, but in order to win his trust, he personally healed several people in front of him, and then picked out a man in his forties from his entourage and said:
The man is actually one hundred and thirty years old. He took an elixir a hundred years ago, and his appearance has remained forever since then, and he has been disease-free for a hundred years."
Li Qinzai sighed again: "That entourage, he said he was over a hundred years old, did you believe it?"
Liu Shen said seriously: "The official is not an ignorant person, but the appearance of the attendant is indeed only about forty years old. The official also asked a famous doctor from Chang'an City to take the pulse of the attendant. The famous doctor said that this person's pulse was strange.
There seems to be a vigorous vitality in the body arising from the Dantian. The doctor has never seen such a strange pulse condition in his whole life of practicing medicine..."
"Lu Jiajiduo also brought out many ancient Sanskrit books and prescriptions for elixirs, and swore that his elixir of immortality was an ancient and unique prescription, unique in the world. He also cited various examples of immortality in Tianzhu. There are witnesses and physical evidence. I am sorry.
I have to believe it.”
Li Qinzai sneered again and again.
Deep down in his heart, Li Qinzai had already determined that Lu Jiayi was a Tang version of a super fraudster.
It's just that this fraudster did his homework well and was very well prepared. The so-called personal and physical evidence are all fraud tricks from his previous life.
How could Li Qinzai, who had become famous after chatting with a tea girl in his previous life, fall for such a low-level deception?
Li Qinzai also knew that when warlocks or elixirs of immortality appear in the court, there will be chaos in the government and the public. No matter how wise the emperor is, once he falls into the trap of immortality and cannot extricate himself, he will definitely become dim and confused.
Greed and desire defeat reason, which is the inevitable result.
At this moment, Li Qinzai had a murderous intention towards Lu Jiajiduo. This kind of harm would definitely kill him before he became famous. If he was known to everyone in the court, it might be too late.
But Liu Shen in front of him was still dreaming of being promoted to the Jin Dynasty.
Li Qinzai roughly understood the purpose of Liu Shen's visit today.
Liu Shen was also a speculator in the officialdom, and Lu Jiajiduo was his bargaining chip.
He wanted to attract the attention of the Tian family with the gimmick of immortality and cure for all diseases.
If the seriously ill prince is cured by Lu Jiajiduo, Liu Shen's political capital will skyrocket like a rocket. In order to thank him, Li Zhi will definitely reuse him.
Nowadays, in Chang'an City, all factions are fighting secretly to fight for the throne, but everyone has ignored a candidate who is both popular and unpopular, and that is Prince Li Hong.
The fundamental reason why everyone is fighting for the throne is that the prince Li Hong is about to die of illness. Li Hong probably has only one breath left now. It is a certainty that Li will rule as the crown prince, so they dare to fight unscrupulously.
But what if Li Hong is rescued? What if he really recovers and can be active again?
No one thought of this possibility, because the most skilled doctors all issued death notices to Li Hong.
But Liu Shen was different. He met Lu Jiajiduo, so he suddenly felt that his opportunity had come.
The reason why we found Li Qinzai was because Li Qinzai had a transcendent status in the court. He was a personal friend of the emperor and could freely enter and leave the East Palace. More importantly, Li Qinzai publicly stated that he would not participate in the fight for the throne or join any camp. He only recognized Li Qinzai.
The decree of governance.
Liu Shen wanted to introduce Lu Jiajiduo to the Tian family. Is there any more suitable candidate than Li Qinzai?
Li Qinzai then thought of something even more horrifying.
Is the acquaintance of Xue Ne and Liu Shen's daughter really fate, or was it deliberately arranged?
Staring at Liu Shen's slightly flattering smiling face, Li Qinzai smiled calmly.
"I wonder what the purpose of Liu Xianhou's visit today is..."
Liu Shen sighed: "The prince is seriously ill, and the subordinate officials are worried. However, the East Palace has been sealed off, and the subordinate officials are humble and talk lightly. The emperor can see it, but the elixir of immortality is too false after all. The emperor may not believe what the subordinate officials say...
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"So I hope to win the trust of Duke Li first. If Duke Li believes in it, you and I will jointly report to the emperor to cure His Highness the Crown Prince's illness as soon as possible. What do you think of Duke Li?"
Li Qinzai laughed and said it in a high-sounding way. He just wanted to recommend people to donate medicine in order to seek advancement.
But Liu Shen was a marginalized figure in the court, and Li Zhi would definitely not believe his words, so Liu Shen planned to partner with Li Qinzai on this deal that could lead to promotion.
Li Qinzai's importance in Li Zhi's heart was something that even Liu Shen could not catch up with. Li Qinzai's casual words would be seriously considered by Li Zhi. If the elixir of life had Li Qinzai as its image spokesperson, its credibility would be higher.
Li Qinzai's smile became colder and colder.
I'm young, and my wife and children are waiting for me to spend their good days on the hot bed. How am I so full that I can accompany you to do this stupid thing?