People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1366 Zhong Liquan, the method of refining the elixir of the five internal organs

Sitting in the Mingde Hall, Li Xuan looked at Li Xian and said seriously: "Behind closed doors, I still feel that speculation without evidence is unnecessary. There are so many generals in the army, and each one has countless old subordinates. If these The old troops are all involved in conspiracy, so all the generals in the army must be suspicious, but..."

Li Xuan just said a word, and everyone in the hall became solemn at the same time, and then the focus came to the point.

"It's just that in this matter, the East Palace is on the outside after all, and does not have a thorough understanding of the matter. In the case of rebellion and the case of suicide, Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Yushitai did not report much evidence and clues to the East Palace. What we know is not not enough.

What the facts are, we still have to wait for the final report from Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment and the Yushitai.

If the Sanfa Division determines that everything has nothing to do with General Cheng, then it should clearly tell the world and restore his innocence.

But when the situation is uncertain, you should still treat others with innocence and avoid making random suspicions. "

"After all, the evidence will speak for itself." Li Xian nodded slowly. He understood the meaning of Li Xuan's words.

"His Royal Highness, you should be grander. This is the way to be a king." Yao Lingzhang sat on one side and added, but then he looked at Li Xuan again.

There is also a hidden meaning in Li Xuan's words.

After all, no one from the East Palace was involved in the interrogation or investigation of this case, so apart from the most official attitude of treating people innocently, they were cautiously waiting to see what would happen now.

If you want Donggong to express his position, then Donggong needs to directly intervene to investigate, so that Donggong is qualified to speak.

This attitude is very pragmatic. Only by putting aside all prejudices and suspicions and conducting investigations can we get the results.

"My dear friends, just listen to these words for yourselves and don't go out and say them." Li Xian raised his head and looked at everyone in the palace.

All the ministers stood up at the same time and cupped their hands: "Here!"

Li Xuan sat aside and looked at everyone calmly. These people may not say what he just said to others easily, but it may not be possible to say it to others.

If the emperor heard these words and then increased his inspection of the evidence, he would find that that person's suicide was actually very fishy.

Of course, that's another story.

After all, the current case is just a matter of suspicion involving Cheng Wuting. Without this person's death, not even Yushitai could impeach him.

It's just because this man died that people doubted whether his death was related to Cheng Wuting.

After all, these are matters investigated by Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment and the Yushitai, and they will report everything to the emperor in the end.

Whether he believes it or not depends on the emperor, and whether he doubts it or not also depends on the emperor.

But if the emperor's health is really not good and he has some suspicion, it will be enough for Li Xuan to do something.

……

The bookshelves are tall and the smell of books is fragrant.

In the Chongwen Hall, the sound was quiet, and everyone was concentrating on their own affairs.

A scribe approached and called away Lu Zhaolin, who was concentrating on studying. Yang Jiong, Song Zhiwen and others did not pay much attention.

After leaving the Chongwen Pavilion, the warm winter sunshine fell, sweeping away the laziness all over my body.

Seeing Li Xuan waiting in front of the door, Lu Zhaolin was slightly startled. He cupped his hands and stepped forward: "I'm here to see the prince. I don't know when the prince will arrive here. I have kept the prince waiting for a long time."

"This is Chongwen Hall. Everyone needs to be humble." Li Xuan smiled and said, "The weather is not bad today. Brother Lu, let's go for a walk together."

"Here!" Lu Zhaolin raised his hand.

While walking, Li Xuan couldn't help laughing and said: "Brother Lu is now the Crown Prince Yaozang Cheng. He is not very focused on his own duties. Instead, he spends more time in the Chongwen Hall."

"Your Majesty, what you said is biased." Lu Zhaolin immediately smiled bitterly and raised his hands, saying: "The official also finished the matter at the Xicheng Pharmacy, so he came to the East Palace to have some free time, why should he say more words."

"It seems that Xuan guessed wrong here." Li Xuan looked at the small pavilion in front of her, glanced around, and after making sure that no one was there, she said to Lu Zhaolin: "Brother Lu, please."

"Your Majesty, please." Lu Zhaolin's expression suddenly became solemn. He knew that Li Xuan must have something important to do with him today.

Outside the pavilion and corridor in winter, the grass and trees are dry and you can see at a glance.

Li Xuan sat on the stone bench and watched Lu Zhaolin sit down, and then asked directly: "Brother Lu has been with Master Sun for many years. I wonder if he has ever heard of some unorthodox alchemy methods, such as using popularity and luck." Alchemy."

Lu Zhaolin was stunned for a moment, then his expression became solemn. He raised his head to look at Li Xuan and said, "I have indeed heard of using people's energy to make elixirs, but it's not what my teacher said, but it is recorded in the Taoist scriptures."

"Oh." Li Xuan frowned and asked in confusion: "Is this kind of method still orthodox in Taoism?"

"Yes!" Lu Zhaolin sighed, nodded, and said, "I wonder if the prince has ever heard of Zhong Liquan?"

"Zhong Liquan, the Han Dynasty general Zhong Liquan?" Li Xuan couldn't help but be stunned, how could this matter be related to the Eight Immortals again.

"It's him." Lu Zhaolin smiled bitterly and said: "The laws in the Han Dynasty were very different from today's, so some biased Qi training techniques may seem weird and evil today, but at that time, they were orthodox methods. "

"Brother Lu, please explain in detail." Li Xuan became serious. Since it is an orthodox method, it is not as dangerous as Li Xuan originally thought.

Lu Zhaolin sighed softly: "Zhongli Quan has a Zhonglu Five Qi alchemy method. This method is based on the relationship between the five elements of Yin and Yang, and arranges the five medicines of ginseng, velvet antler, Ganoderma lucidum, Polygonum multiflorum, and Tianshan snow lotus, each with the five internal organs of the human body. The four seasons of heaven are used to refine elixirs, and finally a person with great luck opens a furnace to take the elixirs and make a furnace of Zhonglu Yanming elixir." Li Xuan frowned, looked at Lu Zhaolin and said, "Brother Lu, this is the orthodox elixir refining method of Taoism. , This is completely different from the partial elixir method that Xuan just asked about."

"The method is an orthodox elixir, but what if the elixir method passed down is lacking?" Lu Zhaolin smiled bitterly, shook his head, and said: "The five medicines of ginseng, velvet antler, Ganoderma lucidum, Polygonum multiflorum, and Tianshan snow lotus are easy to obtain, but how do you combine the medicines of the five internal organs of the human body? Refining alchemy is a difficult task, especially when the method is lost. "

Li Xuan's eyes narrowed and she gritted her teeth and said, "So, someone took a shortcut?"

"Yeah!" Lu Zhaolin nodded slightly and said: "To take the five internal organs and the great medicine, some people, after many failed attempts, finally directly use the five internal organs to replace the great medicine. This is the evil method of alchemy."

Li Xuan's fists clenched immediately. The original intention of the five internal organs medicine was not the five internal organs, but the innate five internal organs energy contained in the five internal organs. However, some people didn't know how to use the innate five internal organs energy to cooperate with elixir making, so they took a shortcut. Law.

"Then why has this kind of thing never been mentioned before?" Li Xuan looked at Lu Zhaolin seriously.

"Because they have always used the five organs of death row prisoners, no one has ever cared about this matter." Lu Zhaolin sighed softly.

The reason why no one really cares about this matter is that the person at the top is really too high up, so high that no one in the world can control it.

The only thing that can be thankful for is that when the other party used death row prisoners, they never deliberately created any conspiracy to kill people, so Taoism and Buddhism remained silent.

"The Great Dao is the only one. If my guess is correct, even the original elixir method will have various problems." Li Xuan gently knocked on the stone table.

"What the prince said is true." Lu Zhaolin nodded and said: "After all, this is a life-extending elixir. It can't be so easy to refine. Even if it is an orthodox elixir method, people who export the great elixir for the five internal organs of the human body will become seriously ill later. If you are unlucky, you may even die."

"Where's the person who prescribes the medicine?" Li Xuan stared at Lu Zhaolin closely.

"In ancient times, people with great luck prescribing medicine were just for good luck. But now, people with great luck prescribing medicine have become a disguised medicine guide. After opening the medicine, although they are not like those on death row, they will be directly Even if you die, a serious illness is inevitable, and it is inevitable that your luck will decline and bad luck will abound in the future.”

"At least you can save your life, right?" Li Xuan's eyes began to become cautious.

"Of course, he is a lucky person after all." Lu Zhaolin smiled.

"What if the person you are using is a fake person with great luck?" Li Xuan said with a very soft voice and a faint look: "What if you found the wrong person from the beginning?"

"Of course it is the elixir that destroys people." Lu Zhaolin's expression remained calm and he said calmly: "Even if the wrong person is not found, this elixir will be destroyed nine times out of ten, unless they have some tricks that the subordinates don't know about."

Li Xuan nodded lightly and said: "Thank you very much, Brother Lu. If anyone asks, just say that you and I only talked about taking a post in Fanzhou today, and nothing else was mentioned."

"I don't understand anything else." Lu Zhaolin said, and couldn't help but laugh, and then he added: "Please tell me more about your appointment in Fanzhou."

"Yeah!" Li Xuan smiled, then calmed down and said seriously: "Fanzhou was newly established with three million people. The number of people and the complexity of the pathology are probably beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Fanzhou has always had Tibetan medicine. Although quack medicine is not harmful to people, you and I both know that this is a crude treatment similar to witchcraft, which is naturally fine for minor illnesses. I am afraid that only a few powerful people can survive serious illnesses. "

Lu Zhaolin nodded, Chinese medicine had experienced this stage before.

It is difficult to extract a certain simple and popular treatment method from a large number of cases. This is the witch doctor.

Treating more complex conditions depends on luck.

After more than a thousand years of changes and the emergence of countless famous doctors, the Han people gradually mastered better methods of treating diseases.

"In order to make the people of Fanzhou return home, I want to introduce a group of doctors to Fanzhou with high salary to improve the health of the local people and stabilize the place." Li Xuan gave the apparent reason for coming here today, and he also said the same Said to Li Xian.

"High salary?" Lu Zhaolin grasped the key to Li Xuan's words in just one sentence.

Li Xuan smiled, looked at Lu Zhaolin and said, "If Brother Lu is willing to go to Fanzhou, among other things, a sixth-grade imperial doctor will be available immediately."

Lu Zhaolin was stunned. He didn't expect Li Xuan to be so generous.

You must know that Lu Zhaolin, the Yaozangcheng of the East Palace, is only an official of the eighth rank, and his boss, Prince Yaozanglang, is an official of the sixth rank.

The Imperial Physician is the doctor who mainly treats diseases for the royal family at the Provincial Pharmacy Bureau in the palace, starting from the sixth rank.

Although Lu Zhaolin came from a noble family and is now the Eastern Palace Yaozang Cheng who is on the eighth rank, but it would take ten years of hard work for him to move from the Donggong Yaozang Cheng to the Prince Yaozanglang who is on the sixth rank. But now, Li Xuan has Gave him a shortcut.

Although the sixth-grade imperial physician is inferior to the sixth-grade prince Yaozang Lang, his status in the palace is not bad at all, or even higher.

"I need to think carefully," Lu Zhaolin said with a wry smile. Such an opportunity could not be said to be good or bad for him.

Lu Zhaolin's original plan was to serve as the Chief Medicine Officer of the East Palace for a few years, and then wait until the prince ascended the throne to move up the ranks and be transferred to a local county magistrate or something, which would have a bright future.

Now he is allowed to be a sixth-grade imperial doctor, which is naturally higher than the local county magistrate's official position, and has great influence in the court, but he is fixed on the path of medicine.

"Brother Lu, just think about this slowly." Li Xuan stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much, Brother Lu, today, Xuan will leave first."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lu Zhaolin quickly stood up and held his hands. The two looked at each other and laughed casually at the same time.

……

Under the Zhuque Gate, Li Xuan rode slowly past.

Above the city gate, Cheng Wuting disappeared.

(End of this chapter)