My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 129 Lacquerware
"Zhan He, tell me quickly, is my poison serious?"

Seeing that Zhu Zhanhe was silent, Zhu Gaochi immediately asked in a hurry.

"This is a slow poison. At first you may only feel dizziness, headache, general weakness and other symptoms."

Zhu Zhanhe was afraid that Zhu Gaochi would be worried, so he patiently explained.

"No wonder I've been dizzy recently. The imperial doctor said that I didn't have enough rest, but I didn't expect that I was poisoned. These quack doctors!"

Zhu Gao slapped the table angrily. He even asked the imperial doctor to treat him this morning, but none of the imperial doctors found out. If it wasn't for Zhu Zhanhe, the consequences would be disastrous.

"You can't blame the imperial doctor. After all, this kind of lead poisoning is very subtle. At the beginning, the symptoms were mild, and most people would not notice it."

Zhu Zhanhe paused at this point, then continued.

"The most important thing now is to find out the cause of your poisoning, Uncle, because this kind of chronic poisoning is definitely not a one-time achievement, but it is caused by long-term consumption or contact with things that contain lead. If you don't stop in time, The consequences are very serious, and even cause people to go crazy, and greatly shorten their lifespan!"

Having said this, Zhu Zhanhe asked Zhu Gaochi suspiciously again: "Uncle, did you really not take the elixir?"

"I really don't!"

Zhu Gaochi was almost wronged to death, and when he heard what Zhu Zhanhe said was so serious, he panicked all of a sudden.

"That's strange, when did you experience dizziness?"

Zhu Zhanhe rubbed his chin in thought for a moment, then asked Zhu Gaochi again.

"Just these few days, I thought it was because I was too busy, so I didn't take it to heart."

Zhu Gaochi replied immediately.

"If you haven't taken elixir, could it be that you have come into contact with some lead-containing things, and even often played with them in your hands?"

Zhu Zhanhe put forward another conjecture that lead has a great influence on people, and even just touching it may cause poisoning.

"I don't often play with anything, and the things I use are all kept by the confidant eunuchs around me, so it's impossible for people to have a chance to poison them?"

Zhu Gaochi thought about it for a while, and replied with a puzzled face again.

"By the way, call all the eunuchs around you!"

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly slapped his hands. He thought that if Zhu Gaochi was poisoned by contact with objects, the eunuchs around him must also be exposed to them frequently, so symptoms of poisoning may also appear.

Zhu Gaochi immediately summoned several confidant eunuchs around him, and Zhu Zhanhe checked their teeth himself, and found no symptoms of lead poisoning in them.

After Zhu Zhanhe asked the eunuchs to retreat, he frowned and said: "Uncle, none of the eunuchs were poisoned, only you were poisoned, so contact poisoning was ruled out. The only possibility is to drop poison in your food." It's poisonous!"

"This is even more impossible. After my father was poisoned last time, the Shangshan Superintendent changed from top to bottom, and the food safety was also stricter. There were people watching the whole process, and there were special people to test the poison. Even if you want to poison, I'm afraid you won't find a chance!"

Zhu Gaochi shook his head again.

He has to eat five or six meals a day, and pays more attention to food safety, so it stands to reason that it is even less likely that there will be problems.

"Call the person who tried the food for you. If there is something wrong with the food, he must have been poisoned!"

Zhu Zhanhe slapped his hands again and said excitedly.

This chronic poison is the most troublesome, and the people who try the dishes can't try this chronic poison at all.

So Zhu Gaochi immediately summoned the eunuch who tried the dishes for himself. This kind of eunuch who tried the dishes had a special name called extravagance, and belonged to the Shangshan Supervisor.

After the dishes are cooked in the imperial dining room, the luxury staff will be the first to taste them. In addition to testing the poison, they also taste the taste of the dishes.

In a short while, the clerk who specially tried Zhu Gaochi's dishes was brought over. The other party was also a big fat man, only a few numbers younger than Zhu Gaochi. It seemed that he should be a conscientious clerk. Fat meat is a work-related injury.

Zhu Zhanhe asked the exec to open his mouth, thinking that the other party's teeth would also have gingival lead lines, but to his surprise, the exec's teeth were very clean, without any sign of lead poisoning.

"Have you always tried the dishes for uncle?"

Zhu Zhanhe frowned, but he still asked the other party unwillingly.

"Exactly, the villain has been in charge of testing dishes for the prince for more than ten years, and there has never been any mistake!"

Zhu Gaochi just had a meal, and he thought that there was something wrong with the meal just now, so he promised nervously.

Zhu Zhanhe was even more puzzled when he heard the words. Although the extravagant members didn't try many dishes, Zhu Gaochi ate five or six meals a day, and each meal consisted of dozens of dishes. Also thinner and therefore more likely to show symptoms of poisoning.

"How do you try food?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked the member again.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, after the cooks in the imperial dining room prepare a dish, they will serve a portion of it and put it in a separate bowl. I will taste the taste, and if I can, I will formally put it on a plate and send it to the Crown Prince. "

The luxury member replied immediately.

Zhu Zhanhe's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he finally grasped the point.

So Zhu Zhanhe waved his hand to make the extras and others retreat, and then asked Zhu Gaochi in a low voice: "Uncle, have you been eating with that exquisite lacquer plate lately?"

"Yes."

Zhu Gaochi nodded first, then widened his eyes, looked at Zhu Zhanhe in disbelief and asked, "You can't be..."

"Uncle, calm down. No one can get rid of the suspicion until the matter is investigated!"

Zhu Zhanhe didn't wait for Zhu Gaochi to finish speaking, and interrupted him in a deep voice.

"Impossible, it's impossible!"

Zhu Gaochi was flustered, the set of lacquer plates was given to him by Zhu Zhanji, if there was a problem, wouldn't it mean that he wants to kiss his son and poison himself?He couldn't accept this result anyway.

Seeing Zhu Gaochi's expression, Zhu Zhanhe also sighed secretly, but still calmly persuaded: "Uncle, the most important thing now is to find out the truth, and if the big brother has nothing to do with it by then, he can also be cleared!"

"Yes, yes, Zhanji will definitely not harm me, so what should we do next?"

Zhu Gaochi also lost his position at this time, completely lacking his usual calmness and wisdom.

"Someone send the paint tray, I have a way to verify whether there is poison on the paint tray!"

Zhu Zhanhe spoke again.

In fact, Zhu Zhanhe already had doubts about Zhu Zhanji in his heart, especially thinking that Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Zhandi had a good relationship, so did he also have contacts with Zhu Gaosui?
If Zhu Gaosui dared to poison Zhu Di, wouldn't he dare to poison Zhu Gaochi?

Following Zhu Gaochi's order, the lacquer tray used just now was also delivered quickly.

Zhu Zhanhe picked up one of the plates and looked at it carefully.

The sap of the lacquer tree is used to make lacquerware, which is similar to rubber. It is a pure natural resin and has no toxicity unless someone adds toxic substances to it.

This lacquer plate is very heavy, and it should be made of gold and silver instead of wood. This kind of lacquerware appeared in the Song Dynasty and became a royal tribute.

"Bring a brazier!"

Zhu Zhanhe ordered, and immediately an eunuch came forward carrying a brazier.

Zhu Zhanhe put the lacquer plate into the brazier. The lacquer on the surface was resin, which was very flammable, so the whole lacquer plate burned quickly, revealing the body of the vessel inside. It was indeed a delicate gold plate.

Real gold is not afraid of fire, the temperature in the brazier is not enough to melt the gold, but the outer paint layer burns off quickly, leaving only some residue.

After a while, some silver-white liquid appeared among the residue of the paint layer, like mercury, which was very conspicuous on the gold plate.

Zhu Zhanhe picked up the tongs, carefully pulled out the gold plate, and placed it flat on the ground.

Those mercury-like molten metals also quickly turned into solids, and the original silvery white quickly turned bluish white, and the surface was covered with a layer of gray, far less beautiful than before.

"That's right, this is lead!"

Zhu Zhanhe said in a deep voice, the melting point of lead is very low, only about 300 degrees, and lead is easily oxidized in the air, turning bluish white.

Thinking that he just ate with these plates, Zhu Zhanhe also felt guilty, and even wanted to spit it out on the spot.

But after thinking about it, it’s just a meal, and the intake of lead should be very limited. Afterwards, drink more milk and eat more fruits and vegetables, and it will be excreted soon.

"How is it possible, how could there be lead in this plate?"

Zhu Gaochi also looked devastated at this time. If he had retained any hope just now, he is completely desperate now.

It is unacceptable for any father that his own son wants to kill himself.

"Uncle, don't think about it, I don't think the elder brother did it, or the elder brother was also deceived by others!"

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly said with certainty.

"Why?"

Zhu Gaochi grabbed Zhu Zhanhe and asked as if he had caught the last ray of hope.

"Because big brother has no motive, to put it bluntly, if something happens to you, big brother, big brother will suffer the most!"

Zhu Zhanhe explained that this is what he just thought of.

"That's right, I'm just the crown prince. If I were really poisoned and died, the biggest beneficiaries would be the second and third children. With Zhu Yunqi's lesson, the father will definitely not pass the throne to his grandson!"

Zhu Gaochi's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he immediately figured out the truth.

"Let's go, uncle, let's go to see Grandpa Huang and ask him to order to investigate this matter!"

At this moment Zhu Zhanhe stood up and said.

Zhu Gaochi's poisoning is worse than the last time Zhu Gaoxu was poisoned, so it must be investigated clearly.

"No, you can't let your grandpa know. Although your elder brother has no motive, he sent the plate after all. If something is found out, he will be ruined!"

Zhu Gaochi's face changed drastically and he refused.

Poor parents all over the world, Zhu Gaochi is still thinking about Zhu Zhanji at this time.

"This……"

Zhu Zhanhe hesitated for a while, and finally had no choice but to say: "Then we should at least call the eldest brother and ask what is going on, shall we?"

　What a pity, the computer was broken, and it took a whole morning to fix it, and the manuscript was almost lost. Today is still the third shift, and I will upload Chapter 2 later.

　　
　
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