Chapter 117: Demon Road Assassination
Although this is not a glass product, you can't see the cinnabar put in by Qingyu and the changes in the cinnabar, the Supreme Emperor is at least considered a person who has taken a high school chemistry class. He can probably imagine the process that happened:
As the Qingxin Taoist boy's fanning palm fan increases, the fire of the stove fire gradually increases. In the alchemy furnace, the sulfide of cinnabar, the mercury sulfide of cinnabar begins to turn into mercury steam. These steam slowly rise along the copper channel. When passing through the cooler, it condenses into liquid, and then flows out of the steamer through the flow hole pipe on the steamer, drips into the gray small pottery jar...
Drops of water make a river, sand makes a tower, flowing out of the outer channel, and finally gathering into half a can of silver-white mercury.
The mercury inside the gray clay pot is particularly obvious.
Qingyu held a small pottery jar and presented it to the emperor like a treasure, talking freely: "Freizi walked in the wind, and was very kind.... The goddess of Miaogushe sucked the wind and drank dew..... The one who drank this kind of immortal dew like this, of course, in the secular world its name is Mercury.
The tomb built by Qin Shihuang in Mount Li a thousand years ago contains nine provinces, mountains, rivers and the country. The mountains, rivers and soil are accumulated with quicksand, but the four seas are filled with mercury. The coffin of the First Emperor floats on it and enjoys eternal life in the Kingdom of Heaven!”
The Supreme Emperor did not believe that Qingyu was talking nonsense here. According to the vague chemical principle in his memory, he remembered that the chemical formula of mercury was Hg, and cinnabar was a chemical composed of mercury sulfide. Under high temperature conditions, chemical reduction reactions would occur. However, in this era, it was just a magical magic mastered by some Taoists.
However, mercury is not so effective, at most it keeps the body immortal. According to later archaeologists, there is really a large amount of mercury in the tomb of the First Emperor. It may be that mercury is used to construct the world from mercury.
However, mercury is poisonous. The Supreme Emperor would not believe that these Taoists easily drink this immortal dew. It is just a simple attempt to die, it is a real seeking death.
He asked Qingyu to uncover the cover of the steamer, but he saw that the top of the cover was a dome, with a hidden groove around it, and there was a first-class in the groove, but it released cooling water. From top to bottom, this was already a relatively mature distilled vessel. Although it was not as good as later generations, it was much stronger than the steamer in the kitchen.
After the Supreme Emperor sighed at the cleverness of the alchemist, he prepared to reveal his identity and buy the alchemist back, and then sent craftsmen to prevent it from being used to steam wine to obtain a high-content ethanol.
But suddenly, he smelled a smell of nitrate. To be precise, it was a burning nitrate smell, which looked like the smell of igniting firecrackers during the Spring Festival.
This smell is very weak, but it is very conspicuous next to the alchemy furnace.
As if he realized something, Li Yuan's face changed. He didn't care about Qingyu's life or death. He picked up the little Taoist Tong Qingxin who was sitting by the stove and wiped his sweat from the waist and ran out of the alchemy room in an instant.
Just as he ran out, the alchemy furnace exploded.
Li Yuan hugged Qingxin and lay on the ground, his ears buzzing, and a large amount of ashes poured into his nose. He coughed a few times, pushed away the thatch on his head with his hand, and looked up at the surroundings.
The simple alchemy room was blown up and nothing was left. The thatch on the hut was lit by the fire generated by the explosion. On the spot, there were only ruins. The middle-aged Taoist Qingyu didn't know whether it was death or fire. The guards next to him reacted one step slower than him, but most of them followed the Supreme Emperor to escape from birth.
At this moment, Su Meng and other guards were searching for the burning ruins everywhere.
Li Yuan coughed a few times again, rubbed his sore body, and stood up, "Su Meng, look for Qingyu quickly, it's important to save people."
Seeing this, Su Meng and others felt relieved. They ran to the Supreme Emperor, observed carefully for a moment, and said nervously: "Daojun, the Qingyu thief used a demonic magic to harm you. The last general has notified Qujiangfang to Jinzuyuan and asked them to urgently send the imperial guards to protect the safety of Daojun."
After saying that, the remaining few people pulled out their swords and surrounded the Supreme Emperor. One of them was even more vigilantly staring at the Qingxin Taoist Boy. If the Supreme Emperor hadn't hugged him, he would have held the sword to his snow-white neck long ago.
Li Yuan was a little confused, but then he understood the psychology of Su Meng and other guards. They had never heard of such explosions, so they believed that Qingyu, the demon who used the demon technique to harm the Supreme Emperor.
So much so that when the Supreme Emperor asked them to save people, they also ignored them.
He was about to explain, but unexpectedly, the Qingxin Taoist boy also woke up from the confusion of the explosion. He rubbed his eyes, looked at the ruins in front of him, his little mouth opened slightly, covered his mouth and said softly: "The Feng Shui here must be bad. Why...has the alchemy furnace exploded again?"
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The fires soaring into the sky and the explosion instantly sensation throughout Qujiangfang, and this matter involved the Supreme Emperor, the noblest man in the Tang Dynasty Empire. Therefore, the yamen runners in Qujiangfang Jinzuyuan were very efficient in their work. In less than a moment, they appeared in the ruins of the alchemy room and also notified Wannian County.
The Wannian County Magistrate was almost shocked by the news. Someone dared to assassinate the Supreme Emperor?
This is the second time that His Majesty has ascended the throne?
As he thought about it, he immediately changed his court uniform and rode his fast horse to the palace, and went to the Political Affairs Hall of the Shangshu Province to report the matter to the general minister.
"What? The Supreme Emperor was assassinated in Qujiangfang?" Changsun Wuji almost spit out the tea soup in his mouth, and found that he had lost his appearance. He sat down again, and then asked: "The Supreme Emperor has the protection of the imperial guards, so why was he suddenly assassinated? Besides... Wang Jungua and Luo Yi are still locked in the Heavenly Prison. Who has such a motive?"
After saying that, Changsun Wuji frowned and his eyes became deeper. Smart people always think more deeply. It has been nearly a year since His Majesty ascended the throne, and the court has gradually stabilized...
Who has such a motive?
The county magistrate of Wannian County pondered and said, "This assassination was caused by the demonic arts, and that demonic arts seemed to be the disciple of Sun Simiao and the immortal Sun!"
"Demon Dao? The disciple of the old immortal Sun?" Wei Zheng couldn't sit still. He had been a Taoist priest in Luoyang for a while and had a close relationship with Sun Simiao. When he heard that his old friend was in such a crisis, he immediately said: "This matter remains to be agreed upon. Don't make a conclusion lightly. Taoist Master Sun is well known to everyone. Last time he cured the Supreme Emperor, so we should ask Your Majesty first."
For a moment, the storm and clouds of the entire Chang'an City instantly rolled up with the explosion of Qujiangfang, stirring and layered with layers of haze...
Chapter completed!