Chapter 0056 Is it going to be turned upside down?
"impossible!"
Kou Zhun let go of Kou Ji's hand, shook his head, and staggered back a few steps.
His old face was full of disbelief.
Alchemy is a Taoist secret that is not taught. Even within the Taoist sect, only a small number of people with high status are qualified to practice it.
Kou Ji, a young man from Huazhou Township, actually claimed that he could make alchemy?
How could Kou Zhun believe it.
Kou Zhun took a few steps back and fell down on the chair. After being silent for a long time, he suddenly raised his head and questioned Kou Ji with evil eyes.
"Are you lying to me?"
Kou Ji was really angry when he saw that Kou Zhun was angry.
He knew that if he didn't show some real skills, Kou Zhun might not let him go easily.
Kou Ji sighed: "Whether I lied to you or not, you will know if you try it. This thing is not difficult to practice."
Hearing this, Kou Zhun narrowed his eyes, clenched his fists, and said in a cold voice: "Then I will give you a chance to try it. If you can refine the elixir, then so be it. If you can't, don't blame me for killing my relatives out of justice."
Kou Ji cupped his hands and said, "I need my family to prepare some things for me."
Kou Zhun stared at Kou Ji intently. He patted the table and said in a conspiratorial tone: "Kou Zhong..."
"The old slave is here."
Kou Zhong quickly stepped forward and agreed.
Kou Zhun stared at Kou Ji and said without blinking: "Whatever he wants, prepare it for him. If you don't have it at home, go look for it outside. If you can't find it outside, go to Li Di, Wang Shu
, look for it at the houses of Yang Yi, Yang Chongxun and others.
When necessary, I can go to the palace to seek help from officials and search the treasury."
When Kou Ji heard this, he smiled dryly and said, "There's no need to go to such trouble. Except for a few things, the rest can be found in the market."
Kou Zhun stood up slowly, stared at Kou Ji and said word by word: "I'm waiting for your elixir!"
Kou Ji nodded, cupped his hands, and left the main hall.
Kou Zhong also bowed his hands and left the main hall.
Kou Zhun was the only one left in the main hall, his eyes were deep and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Kou Ji left the main hall and returned to Sijun Garden.
He found the study, took out a piece of white paper, made a list, and handed it to Kou Zhong who was following him.
Kou Zhong took the list, glanced around, and said in shock: "That's it..."
"Um!"
"But...this, this, this..."
Kou Zhong took the list and stuttered for a long time, unable to say a complete sentence.
Kou Zhong originally thought that refining the elixir would require a large amount of precious medicinal materials.
But after seeing the list given by Kou Ji, I felt a little unbelievable.
There are only a few dozen kinds of medicinal materials above, which are the most common ones on the market.
Apart from that, the rest is all stuff like cinnabar, lead, mica, etc.
As Kou Ji said, there are indeed only a small amount of things above, which are very rare on the market.
But it is not among the rare treasures.
Seeing Kou Zhong's expression of disbelief, Kou Ji asked, "Is there a problem?"
Kou Zhong hesitated for a moment, but finally shook his head.
Then he went down to prepare what Koji needed.
Kou Zhong mobilized all the servants, guards, servants, and maids in the house to help Kou Ji prepare what he needed.
It didn't stop after nightfall.
Carrying lanterns and carrying Kou's family badges, they went door to door on the streets and opened the doors of drugstores, looking for what Kou Ji needed.
He even went to the houses of Li Di, Wang Shu and others overnight to look for things.
The people in the Kou Mansion made such a big fuss that they even broke the curfew.
Naturally, it attracted the attention of interested people.
After they sent people to investigate and learned that people from the Kou Mansion were looking for medicinal materials, they lost interest in the matter.
They thought that it was probably because Kou Zhun was old, suddenly fell ill, and urgently needed medicinal materials to treat his illness, so he made such a big fuss in Bianjing City.
There were mixed reactions from all parties regarding the possibility that Kou Zhun suddenly became ill, but no one stepped forward to stop the servant of Kou's government who broke the curfew.
Some officials in charge of the street patrols and inspection departments even enthusiastically came forward to help.
In the second half of the night, everyone saw that the people in Kou's house were still not calming down, and finally some people couldn't sit still.
Wang Shu took the lead in arriving at the Kou Mansion in a sedan, taking his wife and children with him.
Immediately afterwards, Li Di, Wang Zeng, Yang Yi, Yang Chongxun and others also arrived at the Kou Mansion in sedan chairs.
As soon as these people arrived at the door of the Kou Mansion, before they entered, they saw Zhou Huaizheng, who had a bruised nose and face, and several eunuchs, hurriedly hurried to the door of the Kou Mansion with small steps.
"The official heard in the palace that the servants of the Kou Mansion kept breaking into the night and rushing to various medicine shops. He was a little worried about Mr. Kou's safety, so he sent our family over to take a look.
What happened to Mr. Kou?"
After Zhou Huaizheng arrived, he slightly arched his hands and asked.
Everyone's eyes fell on Wang Shu.
Wang Shu smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I don't know, I haven't gone in yet..."
Li Di said solemnly: "Let's go in together."
Everyone nodded and stepped into the Kou Mansion.
On the way to the main hall of Kou Mansion.
Li Di frowned and asked Zhou Huaizheng, "What's the matter with the injury on your face?"
When Zhou Huaizheng heard this, he said with an ugly face: "Ding Xianggong beat him..."
Li Di frowned even more and said displeasedly: "You are a close eunuch of the official family. Even if you commit a crime and are beaten or punished, it is still the official's final decision. What qualifications does Ding Wei have?"
Zhou Huaizheng lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes.
When he raised his head, there was a pitiful look on his face, "We are just a eunuch and a servant. His status in the hearts of the officials is naturally not as good as that of Ding Xianggong..."
It's also my fault that our family didn't serve the officials well, which caused them to drink tiger and wolf medicine, which almost caused a big mistake.
It is also appropriate for Xianggong Ding to teach our family a lesson."
Li Di said angrily: "It's not his turn, Ding Wei, to punish you. Ding Wei is too arrogant and domineering, relying on the favor of the officials."
Zhou Huaizheng bowed and said, "Thank you very much, Xianggong Li, for saying some fair words for our family, but please don't say this out loud. If Xianggong Ding hears this, he may cause trouble to our family again."
Li Di was even more annoyed, "Can he still be able to cover up the sky with one hand?"
Zhou Huaizheng opened his mouth, but said nothing.
Everyone arrived at the entrance of the main hall of Kou Mansion.
When I looked inside, I was stunned.
In the main hall.
Under a solitary candle, Kou Zhun sat alone, his thin body covered by his wide robe.
The long hair is scattered on the shoulders, an old face is bright and dark in the candlelight, and two flames are burning in the bloodshot eyes.
"father?!"
"father in law?"
"Mr. Kou?"
"Brother Kou?"
"..."
Everyone shouted with dull eyes.
Kou Zhun turned a deaf ear and just sighed quietly.
"It's going to be a big change..."
Everyone outside the door looked at each other.
Except for Kou Zhun's daughter Wang Kou Shi and Kou Zhun's grandson Wang Yuan, everyone else's expressions changed.
Zhou Huaizheng's mouth trembled and he said in a trembling voice: "Someone... wants to rebel?"