Lu Sheng walked into the alley of Linzi Waiguo. Under the guidance of Hou Sheng's disciples, he turned east and west and finally found this inconspicuous little house.
From the outside, it looks no different from an ordinary mansion, but once inside, you can smell a strange smell in the air, including cinnabar and sulfur...
Amidst the smoke, a middle-aged man in plain clothes walked out of the house. This man was the famous alchemist Han Zhong in the world. Although he looked young, he was as famous as Hou Sheng and was the leader of the "Ci Zao Zhi Wu Sect".
Seeing that he was Lu Sheng, a member of the overseas seeking immortality sect, Han Zhong did not show much enthusiasm. He just bowed slightly and asked him to sit down.
Lu Sheng looked around and said with a smile: "The officials in the court were quarreling over whether to burn the books or repair them. The officials outside were searching for books and those who took the books were guilty. Mr. Han had better hide in this quiet place."
Han Zhong said with a smile: "The officials are running the country for Your Majesty, but we alchemists have to live forever for Your Majesty. They all perform their duties, so why interfere? Besides, even if folk poetry and books and the language of hundreds of schools of thought are completely banned, we
Alchemists in the dynasty are treated the same as doctors, but can they read Zou Zi's Yin Yang and Five Elements techniques?"
The group of alchemists is quite different from the Confucian scholars who like to "regard the past rather than the present".
"That's true. No matter how much we burn books to repair them, it won't stop us from refining medicine and seeking immortality."
After Lu Sheng finished speaking, he began to observe this place: "Is this the newly purchased residence of Mr. Han?"
"This is my wife's old alchemy room, and now I have bought it again."
Han Zhong introduced: "I once learned alchemy in Linzi. I held a wooden pestle every day and pounded large pieces of cinnabar into small pieces every day, and then ground it into dung in a mortar, so that I could refine the cinnabar into
Mercury, then turn mercury into elixir..."
He raised his hands in the direction of Qin Shihuang's palace: "Your Majesty stayed in Qidi for a long time. Mr. Lu spared no effort to find a fairy island for His Majesty on the seashore. Of course we cannot relax in refining the medicine."
Lu Sheng chuckled: "Han Sheng is so loyal, but over the years, has your majesty ever taken one of the medicine you made?"
Han Zhong's expression froze: "Your Majesty will not accept the elixir of death. The elixir of life requires precious materials and is difficult to make. Naturally, I have no chance to donate it."
"I'm afraid even if Mr. Han refines the elixir of death, His Majesty will not take it easily."
Lu Sheng stood up with a smile and talked about a past incident.
"Your Majesty likes Han Fei's article the most. Han Fei mentioned something in his letter. He said that at that time, a visitor from Qi State offered elixir to the King of Chu. The visitor took the elixir and walked into the palace. There was a palace guard.
After seeing it, he asked, "Is it edible?" The visitor said yes, so the guards took the elixir and ate it."
"The King of Chu was furious when he heard this and tied up the guard to question him. But the guard said that Qi Ke claimed that what he was offering was the elixir of death. I took the medicine and the king would kill me. This was not the elixir of life. It was clearly the medicine of death! It was the guest who was deceiving me.
Your Majesty! The King of Chu thought it was reasonable, so he let the guards go."
"Your Majesty must have read this article and understood what Han Fei meant. He is most afraid of being deceived by others. Therefore, when alchemists offer medicine, they will let dogs and small officials taste it first. If it does not achieve the effect of boasting, he will talk to the alchemists.
The crime of Qin, if the law of Qin is not tested, will lead to death, it is not a joke."
Lu Sheng shook his head and said, "Is this the reason why Mr. Han never had the chance to donate medicine?"
Han Zhong felt that there seemed to be sarcasm in Lu Sheng's words, and he said tit for tat:
"Isn't it the same with Mr. Lu? He encouraged your Majesty day and night to tour east, grant Zen, and go to the seaside. Now, although your Majesty is in Qilu, he is still busy with writing books. You and other overseas immortals are being left out in the cold. Didn't Mr. Hou say to Hou Sheng, in
Is there a great man in Linzi waiting for His Majesty to receive him? If I guess correctly, that person is An Qisheng? Where is he now? "
Lu Sheng spread his hands and said: "An Qisheng's whereabouts are like a dragon, seeing the head but not the tail, but I can't control it." He heard that His Majesty was entangled in worldly affairs in Linzi, and felt that it was not a good time to talk, so he changed his mind and decided to go to the beach.
Wait, we will naturally see him when we go to Jiaodong."
He then smiled: "Mr. Han, didn't you also prepare a gift for His Majesty in Qilu and prepare a person for him? Where is he now?"
"What do you mean by this!?"
Han Zhong looked calm, but Lu Sheng clearly saw that his hand in his sleeve was actually pinching his wrist, trying to stay calm and awake.
So Lu Sheng stood up, fiddled with the assorted bottles and jars on the cupboard wall, and casually told a long-standing story.
"I found out a secret. When Korea was forced by Qin and was about to be destroyed, someone gave the King of Han three ideas."
"First, let the hydraulic engineer Zheng Guo enter Qin to build canals for Qin, so as to exhaust Qin's national power and make it unable to attack Han. Second, let Han Fei, a young man whom the King of Qin admired very much, enter Qin and wait for opportunities to make suggestions to save Han.
Third, I heard that the King of Qin is already very interested in the magical magic at a young age. South Korea can secretly train an alchemist, spend money to support him, make him famous, enter the Qin Kingdom, stay with the King of Qin, and gain his trust. If
Both strategies failed, so he poisoned the offered elixir and killed the King of Qin..."
Hearing this, Han Zhong could no longer remain calm, stared at Lu Sheng, and clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves!
Lu Sheng, however, was minding his own business and said: "The Han people are clever and cunning. Although they also sent assassins to Qin, they were not as direct as the Yan people. They had to find a swordsman or build a building on the main hall to visit His Majesty.
Smashing it on the head is much smarter."
"Unfortunately, this strategy is very troublesome. First of all, you have to find someone whose identity is not suspected by the King of Qin; secondly, he must be loyal to South Korea and die for South Korea; thirdly, it will take a long time to make him a famous alchemist."
"Fortunately, the King of Han finally found a descendant of Mr. Han from Qi Di. Coincidentally, this son was also learning alchemy, so Korea funded this son so that he could become a disciple of a famous teacher and have money to buy rare raw materials, alchemy pills, and ten
Over the years, he has become somewhat famous. He may not necessarily remember that he shares the same ancestor as King Han, but he will remember South Korea's support for him."
"But no one expected that South Korea's first strategy, Zheng Guoqu, not only failed to bring down Qin, but made Qin stronger. The second strategy was useless. After Han Fei entered Qin, his intention to save Han was blocked by Li Si
, Yao Jia revealed that he was sentenced to death not long after. Later, Ye Teng turned against him and led the Qin army to attack South Korea. Han Sui died. The bastard son of a Korean noble family who studied alchemy had time to set out from Linzi and arrive
After arriving in Han Dynasty, what I saw was the empty Xinzheng Palace..."
"So the alchemist turned around and returned to Linzi, where he continued to lie dormant for ten years. His reputation became even more prominent, and everyone in Qilu knew about it. It even spread to Xianyang. This time, Qin Shihuang took the initiative to send someone to recruit him to the court to serve for himself.
When refining the elixir, he always wanted to poison the elixir, but unfortunately, because the emperor was cautious, he never found the opportunity to poison..."
When the applause sounded, Han Zhong tried his best to smile and said: "It's really wonderful! Mr. Lu, I see you have not only learned Yin Yang alchemy, but also how to make up stories with your family?"
Lu Sheng returned to the table, approached Han Zhong, and said with a smile: "Mr. Han, you know best that this story is true. The son of the Korean bastard clan who failed to complete his mission, who was dormant in the Qin Palace, wanted to do something for Han.
The vengeful alchemist, his name is Han Zhong!"
Han Zhong's smile faded: "Where is the evidence? There are laws in the Qin Dynasty. Those who make false accusations will be found guilty of the crime they accused! Mr. Lu, you and I have different identities, so be careful what you say!"
Lu Sheng shook his head and said: "Mr. Han, you bought the alchemy room back then to find people who used to study alchemy and kill them to silence them, right? Because they have been with you day and night for ten years, and they know something about you. Linzi Ditch
After Zongheng was suffocated to death, he poured some wine and threw it inside, and others thought he was drunk and had fallen in and drowned."
"After doing this, you feel that everything is perfect. It's a pity that you often ask your disciples to go to other places to purchase medicinal materials. But the medicine purchased is fake, and the contact with the anti-Qin rebel party is genuine. He should have come back yesterday.
But there is still no trace, doesn’t Mr. Han find it strange?”
Han was finally defeated by his entire army, and his face was ashen: "It's you!"
"it's me."
Lu Sheng stroked his beard and smiled meaningfully: "As long as I report this matter, His Majesty will be furious. He will hand you over to the Tingwei without torture. Just the water torture that does not hurt the skin is not easy to bear."
.Mr. Han, you haven’t suffered much since you were a child. I’m afraid you have to say everything you should and shouldn’t say.”
Han Zhong, who was trying to support himself, suddenly collapsed. He raised his head and licked his dry lips: "Mr. Lu, although you and I have different factions, we have not reached the point of fighting to the death. Previously, you made an agreement with Hou Sheng that the two of us would not fight to the death."
We are all in the same boat. If you want to kill me, you can just say a word. Why bother? May I ask, sir, what do you want me to do?"
Lu Sheng said: "The emperor has completed his enthronement and promulgated the law of holding a book in Linzi. Now he is very busy with things. He will go eastward today. You and I will go with him. We will enter Jiaodong in a few days. Isn't Mr. Han's intention the same?
Are there any contacts between the dead men who are seeking revenge from South Korea? Are they sending people to inform him of the court's movements every few months? Are these people also lying dormant on the ground? In that case, why not inform them? They can ambush at the border of Jiaodong County and they will be successful.
!"
Han Zhong was shocked: "Jiaodong County is very strict in guarding the county. Even if they can sneak in, they may not have a chance to assassinate them. Even if the assassination is successful, it will be difficult to escape. Mr. Lu, aren't you going to put them to death?"
Lu Sheng didn't take it seriously: "If you don't have the intention to die, how can you do something that will kill you?"
Han Zhong didn't believe it and asked, "Mr. Lu, what are you trying to do by doing this?"
Lu Sheng laughed dryly: "I am also a member of the Six Kingdoms, and my purpose is the same as Mr. Han's. We both want to revive the Six Kingdoms."
"No, it's different."
Han Zhong was not stupid, he figured it out right away: "If something happened in Jiaodong to assassinate His Majesty, both the defenders and the lieutenants can hardly escape the blame."
Han Zhong raised his head and sneered: "Mr. Lu, are you trying to use the blood of those dead soldiers to implicate Heifu, the governor of Jiaodong County? At least have him transferred, so that you can clear the way for your overseas pursuit of immortality.
