Chapter 6 The Poison Master in the Late Han Dynasty
Guo Sheng was one of the original ten permanent attendants and a fellow villager of the He family. He once recommended the He family to the palace and was a nobleman of the He family.
Unfortunately, He Jin still planned to kill him later, which led to Shi Chang's servants grouping together to kill him.
During the palace coup, Guo Sheng originally planned to take refuge with the Queen Mother He.
As a result, he was almost killed by rebel soldiers on the road. Coincidentally, Guan Yu happened to be passing by and rescued him, thus saving his life.
Afterwards, although Guo Sheng was not kicked out of the palace, he was demoted to a minor eunuch and his life was very difficult.
He was the eunuch Zuo Cheng. Wang Jun saw that he was pitiful and remembered that at least everyone was a regular servant at the time, so he begged for him. Otherwise, Guo Sheng would have suffered a worse end and would have been sent to the imperial palace to sew, wash and mend clothes.
The reason why Wang Jun mentioned Guo Sheng was because Guo Sheng, like Queen Mother He, was living a very miserable life now, and since they were from the same hometown, they must have sympathy for each other.
If Empress Dowager He went to find Guo Sheng, she might be able to persuade Guo Sheng to act as an internal agent.
After all, Guo Sheng's current situation is not very good. If Empress Dowager Dong is eliminated, then Empress Dowager He may be able to turn around, and then he can be freed from the hard life of making fires and cooking every day.
Therefore, in Wang Jun's opinion, as long as Guo Sheng is not satisfied with the status quo, he is very likely to agree to this matter.
Yan Zhong asked: "Is this person responsible for the Queen Mother's diet?"
Wang Jun shook his head: "No, in fact he is only responsible for the food of Yong'an Palace, Queen Mother He and King Hongnong. Guo Sheng can hardly interfere with Yongle Palace."
"That....."
Yan Zhong doesn't quite understand the use of finding someone who is not a key figure.
Wang Jun said with a smile: "Although Guo Sheng is not responsible for the meals in Yongle Palace, seeing that the Queen Mother's birthday is coming soon, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and hundreds of officials will participate, and everyone from the Taiguan Office will be dispatched. Guo Sheng can do it during this special period.
I can get involved."
On weekdays, Yongle Palace's meals are taken care of by Empress Dowager Dong's cronies, but the birthday banquet is a big project, and all kitchens in the palace will be involved, and Guo Sheng may be involved.
"I see."
Yan Zhong nodded: "After I returned, I suggested to Dong Zhuo that he send someone to contact Queen Mother He. It is just an ordinary poison. I am afraid that even if it is mixed in food, it will be easily detected by others."
"I've thought of this for a long time."
Hou Xu took out two small porcelain bottles and said to Yan Zhong: "These two are strange and highly poisonous."
"What kind of poison is it?"
Yan Zhong asked.
"This is the heartbroken flower juice that Si Ming ordered people to find from the Western Regions. It is colorless and has only a slight bitter taste when eaten. It only takes a small amount to kill someone, and it can kill people invisible."
Hou Xu pointed to the first small porcelain bottle, which was a small blue bottle.
Porcelain has a long history in China. Porcelain existed in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Although its development was not at its peak by the Han Dynasty, it was already considered an ordinary object and not unusual.
"Is it really that magical?"
Yan Zhong was surprised.
Colorless and odorless poison is a legend, so a colorless poison with only a little bitterness is already a very scary thing.
It's just bitter, can't it be neutralized by adding some sugar?
"It has been tested on cattle. This small bottle is enough to kill dozens of people."
"hiss!"
Everyone took a breath of air.
This poison is really strong, probably much stronger than arsenic.
"The poison in this small bottle was secretly developed by Siming. It has a bitter almond smell, which is unpleasant to smell, but it can be mixed with spices and burned, allowing the spices to neutralize its special smell, so it can be used
Chronic poison can kill people within a few days."
Hou Xu pointed to the small red porcelain bottle and said.
"sharp."
Yan Zhong, Wang Jun and Zhao Lin all admired Chen Mu beyond measure.
Ordinary poisons not only taste bad, but are also difficult to swallow and must be mixed with food or drinks.
For example, when Liang Ji poisoned Emperor Zhi, he mixed the poison into steamed cakes to cover up the smell of the medicine.
The two bottles of poison Chen Mu took out both had a slightly bitter taste, but were much stronger and more toxic than ordinary poisons.
He can even make poison, is there anyone in this world who can't do it?
Everyone admired him very much.
If Chen Mu were here, he would definitely be smiling.
The research on poisons during the Han Dynasty was not as thorough as it was in the industrial era. The most commonly used poisons to harm people were arsenic compounds, such as the famous arsenic, whose scientific name is arsenic trioxide.
The smell of arsenic trioxide is actually very light and almost imperceptible.
However, the ancient process for preparing pure arsenic was very poor and contained a large amount of sulfides. Therefore, the arsenic in ancient times smelled very bad and had a strong sulfide smell.
However, the later famous green compounds have not yet been widely used in daily life.
But in fact, this stuff does not require industrial manufacturing. It is widely found in nature, such as bitter almonds. It is easy to prepare. You can just collect and purify the juices of these toxin-containing plants using water extraction.
I won’t go into details about the specific operation method. Anyway, the purified liquid is white and transparent. After drying, it becomes white powder. It dissolves in water and tastes a bit like almonds. It can be sprinkled with spices and burned.
As for the two bottles of poison that Chen Mu handed to Hou Xu, the red one was cyanide poison, which was extracted from various fruit cores and medicinal materials, and contained about one hundred grams.
The lethal dose of this stuff only requires 0.05-0.25 grams to kill someone, but because the cyanide produced by the original water extraction method has more impurities, unless you swallow a few grams directly, or just burn it in spices, it will really
It can be used as a chronic volatile poison.
In addition, the blue bottle is amazing, it is the juice of oleander.
Oleander is native to India and was introduced to the Central Plains in the Tang Dynasty. It is now cultivated in the Western Regions, that is, Xinjiang and Gansu. It is not currently cultivated in the Central Plains.
If it weren't for years of accumulation and relying on excellent business methods, Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping's business would have grown bigger and bigger. Not only did they travel to Jiaozhi in the south, Liaodong in the north, and northern Saibei in the west, they would even have intersections with merchants from the Western Regions. Want to get such a thing?
It’s really not easy for a small bottle.
If Jia Xu's words of chaos in Chang'an indirectly led to great chaos in the world and countless killings, he was a poisonous warrior in the Three Kingdoms.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Then Chen Mu is the Poison Master of the Three Kingdoms.
Literally means master of poison preparation.
In order to help Dong Zhuo kill the Queen Mother Dong, Chen Mu was also worried.
Yan Zhong took the bottle of poison, breathed a sigh of relief, and nodded: "I understand."
"I'll leave it to you, sir."
Hou Xu bowed his hands seriously.
This strategy was to amplify Dong Zhuo's ambition and allow him to return to the right path of history.
History has gone too far, and it may become even further in the future.
But it all depends on people. Chen Mu can change history, and he can also reshape history.
It is true that people in the same situation will make different choices due to their different personalities.
But as long as Dong Zhuo was ambitious and had a dream to dominate the world, he was destined to make the same choice.
This has nothing to do with the convergence of historical threads, it is purely about character that determines destiny.
Just like if you put a piece of gold in front of a greedy person and give him ten chances, he will choose to take it ten times.
Because he couldn't restrain his greedy desires.
Unless Dong Zhuo can learn from Wang Mang and exercise restraint on power.
It's a pity that if he could restrain his desires, he wouldn't be the cruel Dong Zhuo.
So in the final analysis, it is still a matter of human nature.
Just like some chat software in later generations, there are messages soliciting prostitution everywhere. If you see the pictures of beautiful women on it and your heart skips a beat, it means you are not far away from being deceived.
Because the prerequisite for people to deceive you is that you pay a so-called deposit first, and after paying the deposit, they will ask you for money for various reasons.
If you stop at this time, you can still stop the loss.
But if you think that you have already paid the deposit and are not short of that little money, then you are just waiting to be cheated again.
As the saying goes, flies don't bite seamless eggs. That's just the way people are. If you have no desires or desires, others won't be able to take advantage of your character weaknesses.
If you are greedy for money, lustful and have other demands, then don't blame those people with ulterior motives for coming around and taking advantage of you.