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

Chapter 1371: Who slaughtered the Tang clan?

On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, there is a Yuan Night Banquet.

In the east courtyard of Prince Peng's Mansion, Liu Jinyu sat on a short couch, watching the maid helping Xia'er put on new clothes, her eyes full of worry.

The emperor has decreed that the couple take Princess Fuchang to the New Year's Eve banquet tonight.

Since receiving the imperial edict, Liu Jinyu has never stopped worrying.

At this moment, Li Xuan, wearing a purple python robe, walked in from the door.

Looking at her cute but immature daughter, Li Xuan smiled happily and said, "Take Princess Fuchang down first. I have something to say to the princess."

"Here!" The maids quickly took Xia'er and left the main hall.

Walking up to Liu Jinyu, Li Xuan took out a note from his sleeve and handed it over, saying softly: "It was just sent from Luoyang."

Liu Jinyu suddenly looked solemn, but when she lowered her head and looked down, she found that all the notes were filled with the names of medicines.

Ginseng, deer antler, Ganoderma lucidum, Polygonum multiflorum, snow lotus, Poria cocos, astragalus, pearl, cordyceps, stalactite, sulfur, white quartz, amethyst quartz, red stone, copper stone, silver and gold.

"What is this?" Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan with a confused expression.

Li Xuan sighed softly and said, "This is the true face of Zhong Lu Yan Ming Dan."

"Huh?" Liu Jinyu looked down in great surprise.

Ginseng, velvet antler, Ganoderma lucidum, Polygonum multiflorum, Snow Lotus, these are things I have known before.

Poria cocos, astragalus, pearls, and cordyceps are used for blending and supplementation.

Stalactite, sulfur, white quartz, amethyst, red stone, chalcopyrite, silver and gold, what are these?
Improvement of Fangzi?
"That's all." Li Xuan emphasized again.

"That's all, then the rest..." Liu Jinyu paused, looked at Li Xuan in disbelief and said, "There are none of the others?"

Li Xuan sighed softly, nodded and said: "Yes, there are none of the others, it is just a cover."

Li Xuan took the note from Liu Jinyu's hand, then picked up the candle shade on the side, placed the note on the candle, lit it, then watched it turn into ashes, and then gently crushed it.

"I don't know what happened here, but Zhong Daoren is obviously not a demon, and I don't know whether he came to His Majesty or His Majesty came to him, so they started this restoration and longevity pill. process, but I don’t know why, the recovery failed in the end.”

Li Xuan turned around, walked to sit next to Liu Jinyu, then looked forward and said: "Perhaps under the pressure of His Majesty, Zhong Daoren came up with an alternative method, which is to use half of the life-extending pill. , plus half of the Five Stone Powder elixir recipe, finally became this mixed medicine and handed it over to His Majesty. And if they really practiced it once back then and were lucky enough to succeed later, then it is very likely that their luck is really good. good."

"Good luck?"

"Your Majesty's wind disease is serious. If you use medicine indiscriminately, you may die, but you have to use it at that time. Who would have thought that after surviving this disaster, now it is just a do-over. The essence of this last medicine is still Five Stone Powder, but It’s just a lot of tonic medicine, but it’s not symptomatic for wind diseases. Whether it will be effective depends on God’s will.”

Li Xuan sighed lightly, looking sad. The emperor's life depended on this random prescription. This kind of thing was so ridiculous that it was unbelievable.

"So, even if this furnace pill is opened, it will not hurt Xia'er in the end." Liu Jinyu stared at Li Xuan.

Li Xuan nodded and said: "It's just five stones in a furnace, what harm can it do."

"Huh!" Liu Jinyu breathed a long sigh of relief and slumped on the couch helplessly.

Since what Monk Ji Ji said that day, various investigations have shown that the emperor is likely to use Xia'er's life to sacrifice for elixirs, but now everything tells Liu Jinyu that these are all wrong.

The emperor made a mistake, Monk Guiji made a mistake, Wei Xuanzang made a mistake, and even Lu Zhaolin made a mistake.

Just like that, Li Xuan and Liu Jinyu were so frightened that they even had the idea of ​​​​regicide in their hearts.

But in the end it was just a false alarm.

……

The room became quiet. After a while, Liu Jinyu turned to look at Li Xuan and asked: "My husband said before that there were preparations to destroy this furnace pill in Songshan. He kept it secret before. Can you tell me now?" "Concubine."

Seeing his wife's eyes full of curiosity, Li Xuan smiled, sat down and said softly: "It's not too surprising. Has your wife ever heard of the Taoist technique of attracting thunder?"

"I've heard of it, but those are just legendary magic arts. Could it be that there really is such a thing?" Liu Jinyu sat up slightly.

"What kind of thaumaturgy is this? It's just a pretense to deceive people." Li Xuan sighed softly, looked outside, and said softly: "On a summer thunderstorm night, if you place an iron pillar on a high mountain, it will not be long before it There is thunder falling."

"So, it's to attract thunder in Songshan Mountain." Liu Jinyu already understood Li Xuan's plan.

"Well, on the top of the Songshan Taoist Temple, before a summer thunderstorm night, place an iron rod, thunder will come to the world, use the thunder to cause fire, and finally burn down the Songshan Taoist Temple." Li Xuan's eyes became cold.

"Then His Majesty's conferment of Zen, isn't it..." Liu Jinyu's eyes were horrified. She did not expect that Li Xuan actually tampered with the emperor's conferment of Zen. "Using other people's hard work and luck to make elixirs, this kind of Zen will be punished by God." Li Xuan sneered softly, the emperor touched his daughter, but also wanted to have a good Zen and dream.

Liu Jinyu said in a low voice: "So, Songshan Taoist Temple is destroyed, and His Majesty wants to continue the Zen, so how to make alchemy..."

"It's not there." Li Xuan shook his head and said: "According to what Lu Shengzhi said, Zhonglu Yanming Dan is very particular about the movement of the four seasons and the five elements. If Songshan Mountain is struck by lightning and the Qi of Songshan Mountain is disturbed, the refining of the pill will naturally be delayed. Maybe it will last until the end of the year, after my husband comes back.”

"No, based on my understanding of my husband, it is impossible for my husband to have only this method." Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan with a half-smile.

"Once the Songshan Taoist Temple is destroyed, the alchemy place will be exposed even more. All that's left is to find ways to interfere again. There are many ways, and you can even delay it until the sky collapses and the earth breaks apart."

Li Xuan's voice was calm. Once the alchemy place was exposed, Li Xuan had countless ways to prevent him from practicing the elixir.

"Who would have thought that now, my husband would find out the truth about the so-called life-extending pill, which turned out to be Five Stone Powder." Liu Jinyu sighed softly. Things like Five Stone Powder may have miraculous effects, but the essence is still the same. Gambling on life.

Suddenly, Liu Jinyu raised her head, looked at Li Xuan, frowned and said, "Husband, doesn't that mean that your Majesty will die when he takes this Five Stone Powder. Will this matter affect Xia'er?"

"How could it be so?" Li Xuan shook her head and said, "The Taiyuan Hospital doesn't know, the Shang Pharmacy doesn't know, and even the husband doesn't know what the efficacy of this medicine is. What does a little girl like Xia'er know?"

Li Xuan sneered softly and said: "Besides, Your Majesty wants to use Xia'er to do such a thing, and he has never asked you and my wife what they mean. If someone wants to blame Xia'er in the future, then please tell him the whole story. Be clear, tell the world clearly how the emperor used his clan’s blood to refine medicine.”

Liu Jinyu fell silent, how could he tell the world about such a thing.

"What's more, if the emperor really has an emergency, he will be succeeded by Li Xian." Li Xuan's voice was soothing, and then said: "When Li Xian succeeds, my husband will bring Xia'er to Fanzhou."

Liu Jinyu nodded. If the emperor were Li Xian, Li Xian would definitely give Li Xuan this face.

……

Leaning gently in Li Xuan's arms, Liu Jinyu whispered: "It's really hard to imagine that your majesty... your majesty has actually reached this point. Once something happens to your majesty, the world will immediately change. Husband..."

"The lady is thinking about whether her husband can think of a way to make this medicine from Songshan really help His Majesty and stabilize the world." Li Xuan gently patted the back of Liu Jinyu's palm and sighed softly: "Actually, for Why don’t you think so?”

Li Xuan's eyes were straight, with a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes.

After all, Liu Jinyu grew up under the imperial power. After he was safe, he would inevitably become loyal again.

"But His Majesty's illness is caused by wind disease and frailty." After a slight pause, Li Xuan said: "Wind disease is a disease that has been suffered for many years and cannot be cured in a short time. Even if it is recuperated, the condition will only become more serious. "The second is frailty. Your Majesty is already old, and coupled with the wind disease, it will probably become more and more difficult in these years."

The emperor is fifty-four years old, which is not too young for most people. He has accumulated numerous complications due to wind disease for more than twenty years. Under repeated torture, his life span has gradually come to an end.

"At that time, it was because of the defeat of Da Feichuan that something happened to your Majesty, and his body was not in a desperate state. But now, the emperor has asked people to refine the medicine again, so he has realized that something is wrong." Li Xuan shook his head and said : "In addition, Wu Shi Powder is inherently dangerous, so I'm afraid this time it will be difficult. At this time, anyone involved in this medicine powder will inevitably have to settle the score later."

"Yes, once His Majesty dies, someone will inevitably investigate. When the reckoning comes, we will make ourselves miserable." Liu Jinyu nodded lightly.

"Not to mention, this kind of thing itself is not something we can know." Li Xuan smiled softly and said: "Not to mention that we can't save people by then, maybe we will be tainted by someone who plots to frame the emperor, or even regicide. For this crime, I'm afraid you and I will be executed."

Liu Jinyu fell completely silent. At this time, she also completely gave up on letting Li Xuan save the emperor.

After a long time, Liu Jinyu sighed cautiously: "Maybe now, it's the end of destiny."

"Perhaps when he fell in love with Xia'er, he had already reached the end of his destiny." Li Xuan's eyes were slightly cold.

……

Wearing a purple python robe and a nine-beam crown on one side, Liu Jinyu helped Li Xuan do the final finishing.

"We have to be more careful tonight." Li Xuan whispered to Liu Jinyu and said, "We have done too much recently, and it is inevitable that we will attract attention. Your Majesty and the Queen will pay special attention."

Liu Jinyu nodded and said: "Don't worry, husband, since the danger is gone, then all this can be regarded as my husband having guessed that this is a test for us by His Majesty."

"Yes." Li Xuan took a deep breath and said, "The real focus today is on Wu Sansi. In the future, he may completely replace Wu Chengsi and stand in the court."

"Wu Chengsi?" Liu Jinyu frowned, looked up at Li Xuan, and asked, "Wait a minute, there is something wrong with your husband."

"What's wrong?" Li Xuan didn't understand for a while.

"Zhong Daoren." Liu Jinyu stood up straight, looked at Li Xuan, and asked: "Zhong Daoren's last prescription did not contain anything related to the five internal organs. If this is the case, why did King Cao, King Langya, King Yue and Wu Chengsi meet It's not necessary to get involved."

"Why is it not necessary? He did this just because he didn't want His Majesty to know that this medicine is five..." Li Xuan suddenly fell silent. Finally, he nodded slowly and said, "It is indeed wrong, because there is no need. If you need to cover it up, there is Many other things can be covered up, and there is no need to use the blood of the Tang royal family to sacrifice."

"In all of this, I feel like someone is pushing behind Zhong Daoren, forcibly linking these things with the noble relatives of the Tang Dynasty. He wants to kill them." Liu Jinyu looked at Li Xuan and said softly: "This person is who?"

(End of this chapter)