Daqin: When I return from sea, I will offer you a map of the world

Chapter 96 Golden Elixir is Poisonous!

Under the setting sun, Zhao Si stood at the gate of the palace and thought silently. The thunderous voice of the First Emperor probably lasted for more than ten minutes, and then calmed down.

After another ten minutes or so, there were some noises, and after a while, the voice of Emperor Shihuang sounded: "How long have I been asleep?"

"About half an hour!" Zhao Si responded.

The first emperor stretched his hands, and when he woke up, he felt refreshed. This is a brand new experience that he has never experienced in recent times. Xia Wuqiu once said that many of his illnesses were caused by his thoughts. Is it because the new grain has been produced in the past few days and you are in a happy mood?
In short, the first emperor who woke up was full of energy and felt full of energy. He got up and walked around a few times. He was about to continue to deal with the remaining government affairs when he heard Zhao Si's murmuring voice.

"Your Majesty, I have a word, I don't know if I should say it or not."

The First Emperor leaned sideways on the case, raised his brows slightly and said, "Lang Guan has the right to discuss government affairs, and there is nothing wrong with talking about state affairs."

This is also one of the rights of Lang Guan, which is a bit similar to that of later generations of speech officials, except that this right also belongs to Schrödinger's rights, and it cannot be output like the later generations of speech officials who pointed their necks at the emperor's nose.

"Your Majesty, I just saw that your majesty's elixir is scattered, how dare you ask your majesty to take the elixir, but is it a golden elixir?" Zhao Si asked.

"Hmm..." Shi Huang nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty, he probably can't eat this golden pill." Zhao Si hesitated for a while, the golden and stone pill has all kinds of harm but no benefit, basically there is no need to repeat it.

"Oh? What do you mean by that?" Shi Huangdi didn't refute immediately, but picked up the golden elixirs scattered on the ground one by one and put them in the palm of his hand to examine them carefully.

The golden elixir is round in body, smooth in appearance, and bright in color. Judging from its appearance, it is a top-grade golden elixir. After taking the medicine for so long, the first emperor can basically be true at a glance.

First of all, the golden pill must be round, without mottled, burrs, or pits. Secondly, it must look at the color. There are red golden pills and bright silver pills. For example, a few in the hands of the first emperor, the colors of the embellishments are like a colorful painting with a profound mood, and the patterns on some golden elixirs are exactly the same as the paintings.

This is not artificially drawn later. In theory, it is indeed a skill to use an alchemy furnace and a pile of heavy metals to refine golden alchemy into a work of art. It is also extremely difficult in modern times, whether it is the ratio of materials or the control of the heat. Both need to be consummate.

"This... Can Your Majesty allow me to talk about it?" Zhao Si asked.

"Can!"

Only then Zhao Si nodded, put down the halberd and entered.

"May your majesty give me a pill?" Zhao Si asked, and the first emperor put the pill in his palm on the table.

"Your Majesty, what is the grade of these golden elixirs?" Zhao Si asked.

"The scene is natural, and the whole body is round and full, which is naturally superior."

"Your Majesty, please see..."

"These colors are actually the residues of metals smelted in the alchemy furnace. The human body cannot digest them at all. They can only stay in the body and be excreted slowly, and some of them can't even be excreted. Are ores commonly used in refining alchemy? Mica, sulfur, mercury gold?" Zhao Si asked.

Shi Huang frowned and nodded.

"In this way, I can almost come to a conclusion, Your Majesty, the golden elixir is poisonous!" Zhao Si said.

The first emperor's face remained calm, as if he was not the one who ate the golden elixir, but he did not reprimand Zhao Si for talking nonsense.

"How to prove it?"

"This elixir is small, so the poison is not strong. When people take it for the first time, their spirits double. It's just that the poison is so strong that it cannot be excreted from the human body. It can only accumulate in the body. It's just because the toxicity is so small that it can only be eaten more and more over time. More will appear slowly.

Is Your Majesty feeling sick to his stomach right now?Lack of energy and fatigue?Frequent bleeding in the mouth? " Zhao Si asked.

After all, he plays extreme sports and loves to die. Zhao Si still remembers this kind of knowledge clearly.

The First Emperor frowned and nodded, he had every symptom Zhao Si mentioned.Almost all hits. Obviously, Zhao Si was not Shi Huangdi's doctor, so it is impossible to know the exact physical condition of Shi Huang... Being able to say so accurately, Shi Huang was a little shaken in his heart.

"If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can send someone to feed some ratbirds to feed the golden elixir, the ratbirds are weak and even slightly poisonous, it's hard to resist, just try it and you'll know.

If His Majesty still doesn't believe it, you can choose the criminal who is about to be executed, and test the medicine for His Majesty every day, one pill a day is enough, it doesn't need too much, and His Majesty can observe whether the subsequent symptoms of the criminal are consistent with what I said. "Zhao Si continued to speak.

In order to prevent the alchemist from making excuses saying that the bodies of humans and beasts are different, Zhao Si simply proposed to test the medicine with executed prisoners.

The color of the elixir knocked out by the first emperor was pure heavy metals. If this elixir was fed to the condemned prisoners one a day, it would not take long for serious physiological reactions to occur.

If you take one pill a day for a long time, a normal person may not be able to survive two or three years.

"I...understood." Emperor Shi Huang nodded, his expression still calm and calm.

"Continue to be on duty." Emperor Shi Huang waved his hand to signal Zhao Si to continue guarding the palace guards, while he put the golden core in his palm and looked at it carefully.

Xia Wuqiu proposed that Jindan is a medicine for tigers and wolves, and the first emperor was skeptical.

Zhao Si also pointed out that Jindan is poisonous, and gave a clear symptom response and proof method.

As Zhao Si said, the method is very simple, find a few healthy prisoners who are about to be executed, feed them with good food and drink, take one golden pill a day, and just observe whether the symptoms will appear in the future.

In fact, what was placed before the first emperor was not whether the golden elixir was poisonous or not.

Rather, it's a matter of who to trust.

Even if it is proven, alchemists have sophistry.

Xia Wuqi reminded many times that the reason why Emperor Shihuang took the Golden Elixir repeatedly was that Emperor Shihuang knew that his body could not collapse and he could not lose his energy. He still had a lot of things to do, at least, he couldn't stop now.

The chariot has already started, and it is a failure in the eyes of the first emperor to stop rashly before handing over the next stick before reaching the finish line.

What Emperor Shihuang had to do was never a multiple-choice question. It was not a problem to choose who to believe. The problem was whether he could let go of his obsession with longevity.

The First Emperor just put down the golden core silently, without any unnecessary movements or distractions, and dealt with the memorial with peace of mind.

If every day is like today, and the body is healthy, who is free to eat golden pills?Not to mention golden pills, even the nourishing medicinal diet, Shi Huangdi didn't even bother to eat it.

The urgency of time and the overdrawn and exhausted body caused the first emperor himself to have serious conflicts, which was the truth that caused the first emperor to drink poison to quench his thirst.

And the other side...

Going down to Ye Township, in the middle of the forest...

"Father...do you have any news, bro?" Ji Chang, who was digging the ground, turned to look at Ji Cheng, who was asking him a question.

"A letter has been sent from Marquis Che...Your elder brother, maybe you haven't come back..." Ji Chang rubbed his old face full of dimples and didn't know how to answer.

"Chehou asked... He said it was your elder brother. He should be on the inner boat, and he might be stranded in Fusang." Ji Chang put his head down and squatted on the ridge of the field.

Speaking of Ji Si is still a hurdle in Ji Chang's heart. After so many years, he has always felt guilty in his heart. He may not dare to expect Ji Si to recognize him as his father, but he just wants to hear the news that the child is still alive. Just one glance is enough.

"Father, don't panic. Xu Fu stayed overseas and didn't return. His Majesty will definitely send troops to fight against him. Maybe it won't be long before Eldest Brother will return home." Ji Cheng knelt down to comfort his Eldest Father.

"Hmm..." Ji Chang got up with a hoe and continued to work.

Ji Cheng rode on his horse and continued to inspect the village pavilion, looking in the direction of Xianyang city inadvertently.

Ji Cheng was one of the ordinary people who participated in the friendship performance.

He had seen Zhao Si from afar... the man driving the king's chariot was so high-spirited, he was flustered and wanted to recognize each other, but how could he interrupt such an important occasion?
so similar!
Ji Cheng can be sure that he has never admitted his mistake, and the face of the eldest brother has always remained in his memory. Although things have changed now, Ji Cheng can be sure that he will never admit his mistake.

He has never missed his elder brother, since he was a child, even if it is a dark night, and he can only see scattered figures in the distance by the moonlight, he can recognize who is the elder brother at a glance.

It's just that now, times have changed... Ji Cheng didn't know what to do, so he could only pat his horse under his crotch, full of hesitation and doubts in his heart.

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On the other side, in the palace, Zhao Si was like a stone sculpture, standing until the sky was dark, the guard on duty had already started to change shifts, only Zhao Si had no shift changer, Zhao Si thought that he hadn't lived in his warm new home yet, and felt a little doubtful in his heart.

Time passed bit by bit, until the night fell, and the first emperor finished his day's government affairs, and then he stretched his body and got up.

"Go back!"

Zhao Si was full of doubts in his heart, but he still bowed and retreated, took the halberd and left, out of the palace confinement, rushed to the doctor's office, and hurriedly changed his clothes and crown.

By the time they were fully dressed, the sky was already completely dark. Fortunately, there were many people working overtime in the doctor's office, and the lights were brightly lit inside. Zhao Si was not the last one to get off work.

After arriving at the side door, Zhao Si's carriage and servants were already waiting, and there was another carriage beside him. Zhao Si was just about to get into the carriage, but found another figure approaching from a distance.

"Tomorrow I have to go to the palace to hold the halberd, don't forget." Meng Yi's voice came from afar, Zhao Si stopped when he heard that, and took two steps forward to ask.

"Shangqing, I have a doubt, can I ask?"

Meng Yi paused in front of the frame and nodded.

"nature."

"This is the door of the Forbidden Palace, why am I the only one on duty?" Zhao Si was very puzzled.

First of all, let's talk about the door, although Zhao Si's dress is very impressive, but standing alone at the door is asymmetrical, why don't you add another one to make up the second general?
Secondly, Zhao Si was banned, and there were people changing shifts in other places, but Zhao Si didn't do it here, and even the dismissal was approved by the first emperor himself.

"In some places, there are permanent guards holding halberds. Basically, every guard has to be on duty, but in some places, there are usually no guards on duty." Meng Yi smiled and explained to Zhao Si.

Lang Guan is always on duty at the gate of the palace, not the gate of the house.

Only when the first emperor passed by that palace, or when he entered and exited the palace, could he take a few glances.

The place where Zhao Si stood was the door of the house, and there were usually no officials or even guards at the door of the house.

The guards are outside the palace, and the Lang Guan is on duty at the gate of the palace. In the palace, most of the eunuchs and ministers must be distinguished. Whether it is a Lang Guan or a guard, although they are on duty in the palace, they are usually not allowed to enter the palace.

It is still the ministers who serve the activities in the palace.

Zhao Si was standing at the door of the room where the first emperor handled government affairs.

This position is usually not a standing position, nor is it a permanent duty position. It can be seen as a way for the first emperor to express his closeness and value.

Meng Yi, Wang Li, Li Xin, Meng Tian, ​​and Wang Ben have all stood in this position before.

"Then how long do we have to stand?" Zhao Si asked, he couldn't stand there dryly every day, sticking there like a mallet.

"That depends on what His Majesty wants..." There are long and short positions for this position.

Meng Yi still goes to stand for two days now from time to time.

In short, when did the first emperor get off work and when did Zhao Si get off work? Since the first emperor didn't sleep, Zhao Si had to stay up late.

But this location has an advantage.

So close, so close!

And the symbolic meaning is greater than the meaning of guarding. Standing here is not really for you to guard. There are officials on duty at the gate of the palace, guards are patrolling outside the palace, and there are many courtiers inside the palace. To put it bluntly, Zhao Si's position is just for watching.

Therefore... Zhao Si's most important duty has never been to hold a halberd.

The first emperor had a habit of occasionally inquiring about some political affairs when Lang Guan stood guard at close range, and it was not really for people to stand there for a day as a mascot.

"Work hard, His Majesty values ​​you very much!" Meng Yi patted Zhao Si on the shoulder and said what he had said before.

The first emperor usually selected Lang Guan to be on duty at the gate occasionally, and they were also in pairs, and it was true that they usually gathered together the two generals, Heng Ha.Meng Yi was the first exception, Li Xin was the second exception, and Zhao Si was the third.

And like this situation, there are usually not necessarily two or three days a month.

Situations like Zhao Si's are extremely rare.

The first emperor seldom put people directly at the door for confinement as soon as he came up, and he didn't even have time to familiarize himself with the specifics of Lang Zhongling.

Unless, the First Emperor intends to train Zhao Si himself.

(End of this chapter)