Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 13 The Golden Elixir Is Poisonous

Looking at the thing in Li Mingda's hand that she called "Golden Pill", Gao Ming's expression showed a solemnity that he had never seen before.

"This is Jin Dan?"

He took the reddish-looking ball from Li Mingda's hand very carefully, then put it under his nose and sniffed it, and a sulfur smell immediately came to his nostrils.

After smelling this scent, Gao Ming's expression changed immediately, because he already knew what this so-called golden elixir was.

During the Tang Dynasty, the Taoist Wai Dan technique was highly respected. From the princes and nobles to the common people, as long as they had the financial conditions, they would choose to take this so-called "golden elixir" in the hope of "obtaining Taoism and becoming immortals".

"Golden Elixir", as the name suggests, is naturally related to gold, because alchemists believe that gold is incorruptible and represents eternity, so they listed it as the main material for alchemy.

Of course, not everyone can afford such a luxurious material as gold, so they will also use brass. After all, brass is the metal closest to gold, and the price is far less expensive than gold. inexpensive".

In addition, the main ingredients of Jindan are lead, mercury, sulfur, mercury sulfide and some ores, etc., put these things in the Dan furnace and burn them for ten days and half a month, and let them go through a series of processes. After the oxidation and corrosion reactions, the golden pill is practiced.

From these materials alone, it can be seen that what these Taoist priests are refining is not the legendary elixir that can "reach the Tao and ascend" after eating it, but a downright poisonous elixir!

For something like this, the people of Datang dared to stuff it into their own mouths, which can also be called ignorant and fearless.

However, Gao Ming is not a saint, nor is he a messenger of justice, so whether others make or eat alchemy pills, in his opinion, it has nothing to do with him, since he doesn't take them himself anyway.

But now, when he saw Li Mingda take out this kind of meatball, his face suddenly became very ugly.

"Si, who gave you this thing?"

Looking at Gao Ming's hideous face, Li Mingda couldn't help but took two steps back, and then said in a low voice: "Yes...it was given to Sizi by the father, if the emperor gives it to Sizi next time, Sizi Bring it all to Big Brother, Big Brother, don’t be angry..."

Hearing the little girl's words with a trace of grievance, Gao Ming felt distressed for a while, as if his heart was blocked by something, he panicked with aggrievedness.

After a while, he took a deep breath, then shook his head.

"Brother is not angry, brother is just..."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming didn't know what to say anymore, so he simply walked over and hugged Li Mingda in his arms, and then gently touched her little head.

"Sister, what do you like to eat, big brother will find a way to get it for you, big brother has only one condition, from now on, you are not allowed to eat any golden pills, okay?"

After Li Mingda was held in Gao Ming's arms, his fearful emotions eased a little, so he nodded immediately after hearing Gao Ming's words.

"Sizi knows, but why doesn't eldest brother let Sizi eat the golden pill? Third brother and the others are all eating it!"

After Gao Ming heard Li Mingda's words, he cast his eyes on Li Zhi who was standing aside, and frowned.

"Pheasant slave, you eat this too?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Zhi nodded, and then took out a golden pill from his arms and handed it to Gao Ming.

"This is what the father gave us just now."

As soon as Li Zhi finished speaking, Li Lizhi, who was leaning on the bed, also took out a handkerchief from under her pillow and opened it, only to see that there was also a golden pill in the handkerchief.

Seeing these two identical pills, Gao Ming's brows suddenly frowned even tighter.

He felt as if he understood something.

According to historical records, Li Shimin was about 50 years old when he died, while Empress Changsun lived about 36 years old.

Among the children of the two of them, Li Zhi lived to be 55 years old, but before he was 30 years old, he suffered from headaches and vertigo, and finally he couldn't even see his eyes.

As for the others, Li Tai lived to be 32 years old, Li Chengqian lived to be 26, and Princess Li Lizhi of Changle only lived to be 22 years old.

The most pitiful one was Princess Li Mingda of Jinyang, a little girl whose nickname was Sizi, who died at the age of 11.

Although the cause of their death in history was always said to be death from illness, but now Gao Ming has a new guess, that is, the cause of their death was not death from illness, but chronic heavy metal poisoning, and the root cause of the poisoning was Jindan!
The reason why Gao Ming came to such a conclusion, in the final analysis, is Li Shimin.

There are many conjectures about the cause of Li Shimin's death in later generations, but there is one theory that is widely recognized by everyone, that is, he died suddenly after eating too much elixir.

And these princes and princesses who died young, they all have one thing in common, that is, they are all very much loved by Li Shimin.

It can be inferred from this that Li Shimin will naturally not be stingy when dealing with these children he loves, and it is reasonable to share his golden elixir with them.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming couldn't help shaking his head and smiling wryly.

"It seems that Li Shimin not only has a group of cheating children, but he himself is a cheating father."

Seeing Gao Ming's grim face for a while, and his desolate face for a while shaking his head and smiling wryly, Li Zhi and the others standing beside him were a little dumbfounded.

"Brother Huang, you are..."

Gao Ming sighed, then stretched out a hand towards Li Zhi and Li Lizhi respectively.

"Pheasant slave, big sister, give me your golden core as well."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, although Li Zhi and Li Lizhi were a little confused about the situation, they still put their golden pill in Gao Ming's hands.

After taking the golden elixir, Gao Ming directly crushed it with the teacup on the table, and then looked at Li Lizhi again.

"Big sister, do you have any smaller living creatures..."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming suddenly found a bird cage hanging at the door, and inside it was a parrot covered in green.

"Hey, there is!"

Looking at the parrot, Gao Ming suddenly smiled, and then caught it out of the cage without saying a word.

Looking at the parrot that was struggling and chirping in his hands, Gao Ming smiled again.

"Little thing, you should dedicate your life to Datang!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming opened the parrot's beak, and then stuffed the elixir powder that he had crushed on the table into its mouth.

After finishing these, Gao Ming closed the door, then let go of his hand, allowing the parrot to fly around in Li Lizhi's room.

But what Gao Ming didn't expect was that the parrot yelled in a high-pitched voice while flying.

"Presumptuous... presumptuous... there is no reason... there is no reason..."

The voice is loud and clear.

Hearing the parrot speak, even Gao Ming couldn't help being surprised.

"Hey, I didn't expect this thing to talk, sister, where did you get this bird?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Lizhi immediately laughed.

"Brother Huang, you are wrong, this parrot is not mine."

As soon as Li Lizhi finished speaking, Li Mingda answered.

"Yeah, big brother, this parrot belongs to my father, but just now when he heard you coming, he left in a huff, even he forgot to bring the parrot, hehe..."

Hearing Li Mingda's words, Gao Ming was dumbfounded again.

"Uh……"

As soon as he finished speaking, the parrot that was screaming vigorously suddenly fell from the air, and then fell to the ground with a "plop". After struggling twice, it stopped moving. The slightly opened beak A trace of bright red blood flowed out.

"died?"

Seeing this scene, everyone present was stunned.

(End of this chapter)