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Chapter 537

Chapter 537

Elixir?

Li Shimin has already started to take the 'elixir' now?

It is recorded in history that Li Shimin began to indulge in enjoyment and pursue longevity in his later years.

But now it's only been seven years of Zhenguan, it can only be regarded as the middle stage of Zhenguan.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Ma Zhou said gratefully.

But he heard that only those princes and nobles and ministers favored by Li Shimin would reward pills.

Ma Zhou's words brought Lin Xuan back to his senses, and he said quickly, "Your Majesty, I'm still young, so forget about the pill."

Just kidding, thank you, are you thanking him for letting you die quickly?

It is said that in history Ma Zhou seemed to have died in his 40s. According to history books, it was because of illness, but now it seems that Li Shimin's elixir is also "indispensable".

In his previous life, Lin Xuan was curious about what alchemy was used by ancient Taoists, so he specifically checked it.

He always thought that Taoist priests used medicinal materials to make alchemy, but after a search, he found out that it was not at all.

Gold, silver, copper, iron, tin.Cinnabar, realgar, mica, sky blue, sulfur, Rong salt, saltpeter, orpiment...

Take a look at these materials, is it a pill?

That is the iron bumps made of various metals, well, it is still poisonous.

Let alone whether you will be poisoned to death if you eat this thing, it is not easy to digest it.

Li Shimin looked at Lin Xuan strangely, usually he rewarded other people with pills, who is not grateful.

You must know that he spends a lot of money on alchemy every year, if it is not for the purpose of winning over the court ministers, he would not be willing to reward them.

Unexpectedly, since Lin Xuan refused.

"Your Majesty, I advise you to eat less." Lin Xuan reminded kindly.

Li Shimin was startled, and asked, "Could it be that there is something wrong with this elixir?"

"Your Majesty will find a chicken and duck and feed them one." Lin Xuan thought for a while and said.

The ingredients of the elixir are all heavy metals and some toxic substances.

Humans have strong resistance and metabolism, so they can't kill people in a short time, but chickens and ducks are different, and it is estimated that one will kill them.

Even if it doesn't kill you, it can kill you with poison.

Seeing is believing, hearing is not.

Lin Xuan directly said that the elixir is poisonous, can Li Shimin believe it?

A gloomy look flashed across Li Shimin's face. Although Lin Xuan didn't say it clearly, he already understood what Lin Xuan meant.

"Go, go to the imperial dining room and catch some live chickens and ducks." Li Shimin looked at Li Mu and said in a deep voice.

"Yes." Li Mu took the order and left in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, I will take my leave first." Lin Xuan cupped his hands and said.

Lin Xuan is not a saint, nor is he an envoy of justice. Whether others make alchemy or take pills, what does it have to do with him?He didn't eat again.

No matter how many shortcomings Li Shimin has, how is he evaluated in history.

But Li Shimin is really sympathetic to the people, and he is a good emperor. Perhaps his sympathy is to wash away the stigma of killing his brother and imprisoning his father.

Even if he is really putting on a show, does it matter?

He is a good emperor who can sympathize with the people, treat the people well, and let the people live and work in peace and contentment.

If possible, Lin Xuan didn't want Li Shimin to die so early.

But he knew that Li Shimin would be furious once the poisonous pill was revealed.

As the saying goes: When the emperor is angry, there will be millions of dead bodies.

This time, I don't know how many people will be killed, so it's better for him to go first.

"Your Majesty, the minister has also retired."

Ma Zhou also sensed something was wrong, and took the opportunity to say goodbye.

Li Shimin was not in the mood to keep the two of them, so he nodded and let them go down.

"Marquis of Jingyang County, I have a lot of business and tax matters that I would like to discuss with Lord Hou in detail, why don't you sit with me?" Ma Zhou said with a smile.

"Ma Shangshu is being polite, but I have something to do today, let's do it another day."

After speaking, Lin Xuan left in a hurry.

Right now, let's go home and wait for the wind to pass.

Not long after Lin Xuan and Ma Zhou left, Li Mu came back with a few chickens.

"Your Majesty, here comes the chicken."

"Feed each one a pill." Li Shimin said expressionlessly.

Li Mu bowed, took out a elixir from the box, and crushed the elixir with the teacup on the table.

Regardless of the chicken struggling and screaming, he opened the chicken's mouth and stuffed the crushed medicinal powder into the chicken's mouth, fearing that the chicken would spit it out, and poured some water.

After finishing these, Li Mu stood aside, waiting for Li Shimin's order.

Li Shimin's face was expressionless, his eyes were fixed on the chicken in the little eunuch's hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

The chicken that had taken the elixir shook its head and struggled in the eunuch's hands without any abnormality.

Li Shimin waited for a while, seeing that everything was normal, his tense face relaxed a lot.

At this moment, the chicken slowly stopped struggling, and after a while, its head hung down and remained motionless.

thump!

Seeing this scene, the eunuch holding the chicken shook his hand, and the chicken slipped from his hand, and knelt down on the ground with a plop, lying there.

The eunuchs and court ladies standing beside them all knelt down, not daring to breathe.

They saw with their own eyes that the chicken died not long after being fed the elixir.

Either there is something wrong with the elixir, or someone poisoned it, no matter what the possibility is, it is a great disaster.

If His Majesty eats...

Thinking of this, they all shuddered.

Li Shimin ignored the eunuchs, with a look of horror on his face.

The chicken didn't respond when it fell to the ground, and you didn't need to look closely to know that it was dead and couldn't die anymore.

"Let Li Junxian seal the Hidden Immortal Pavilion, and no one is allowed to enter or leave without my order. In addition, send someone to call Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng..." Li Shimin said coldly.

……

Cangxian Pavilion

It is the place where those Taoists made alchemy for Li Shimin.

At this time, in the hall of Hidden Immortal Pavilion, a dozen Taoist priests in Taoist robes were chatting.

These Taoist priests talked and laughed happily, with a hint of comfort.

They make alchemy for Li Shimin, and provide Li Shimin with a lot of money every year.

It doesn't take that much to make alchemy at all, and most of them are divided by them.

It only needs to refine a batch of elixir for Li Shimin in January and February every year, and in the rest of the time, he will go to the Tibetan Fairy Pavilion to pretend to stay for a few days every month.

The rest of the time is spent living in luxury outside.

Just then, a little Taoist priest ran in.

One of them, who was over half a century old, looked like an immortal Taoist, frowned, and reprimanded him: "How proper is it to be reckless?"

"Master is not well. The Hidden Immortal Pavilion was surrounded by the forbidden army. I went to ask them why they did this, and they called me back directly." The little Taoist said with a sad face.

"What! The old man wants to see who dares to do this."

Even Li Shimin usually calls them "immortal masters" when he sees them, but now someone dares to lead troops to surround the Hidden Immortal Pavilion.

"Yes, take a look."

A group of Taoist priests came to the door angrily.

The owner of the Hidden Immortal Pavilion, named Jiuru, knew Li Junxian, and asked angrily, "General Li, do you know where this is? How dare you bring people around the Hidden Immortal Pavilion?"

Li Junxian said flatly: "I am following orders, the Hidden Immortal Pavilion is forbidden to enter and exit, everyone should go in."

"What? His Majesty's order?" Jiu Ru and the others changed their expressions.

They told Li Shimin that the elixir has the effect of prolonging life, but how can they themselves not know whether the elixir they made themselves has the effect of prolonging life?

Now Li Shimin suddenly sent people to surround the Hidden Immortal Pavilion. Could it be that Li Shimin knew that the pill was useless?

Thinking of this, many people's faces changed drastically, and cold sweat flowed down.

(End of this chapter)