The old Taoist priest has white hair and beard. If he hadn't blushed at this time and looked at Li Yi angrily, he would have a first-class image of a god in the eyes of everyone.
"He said it unintentionally. Don't get angry..." Seeing the displeased expressions on the faces of the priests, Li Mingzhu hurried over and said.
Although Si Tianjian is also under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, the identities of these Taoist chiefs are not just officials, especially the old Taoist in front of him, who has a very high reputation in the Taoist sect, and even his father treats each other with courtesy .
All the officials and dignitaries in the capital were eager for the panacea he refined in order to prolong their lives.
"You humiliate my Taoism for no reason, how can the poor Taoist not be angry!" The old Taoist obviously still hadn't calmed down, pointing at Li Yi and asked: "You tell me, why is the old Taoist's medicine useless!"
Since the appearance of Wushisan, taking drugs has become one of the leisure hobbies of the rich and powerful people in ancient times. In order to prolong their lives and become immortals, the number of alchemists began to increase explosively. Mercury, gold, lead..., What is the use of alchemy.
Drug taking has become a common practice. It's okay to ask a few friends to take drugs. It's an elegant affair, and the social atmosphere is like this. What else can Li Yi say
If this is put in modern times, if you gather people to take drugs, everyone will have to sit through the prison.
Obviously, Taoism has not yet changed from outer alchemy to inner alchemy. Li Yi has never popularized the idea of heavy metal poisoning with this old Taoist priest. A group of people want to become immortals and go crazy. It's the same with the old monk Yin whose Buddha is useless.
Even Li Xuan, Li Mingzhu and even the old emperor believed that taking drugs was useful, and what he said was meaningless at all.
"I'm sorry, I made a slip of the tongue just now, dare to ask the boss, can I let the next one see the holy medicine?" Li Yi said, arching his hands to the old Taoist.
"Hmph, remember from now on, don't be open-minded." Although the old Taoist was still a little annoyed, seeing that he was with Princess Yongle, he did not continue to make trouble. He took out a brocade box from his sleeve, and opened it carefully.
The old man was very cautious about the elixir, he held it by himself, and didn't let Li Yi do it at all, his eyes were fixed on Li Yi, as if he would take his hand back at any time.
Li Yi looked at the elixir in the box. This elixir was about the size of a quail egg and had a dark red appearance. What else can have such an effect
It seems that these Taoist alchemy methods are still very traditional. With the mercury, I’m afraid it’s lead. I’m afraid I didn’t put less, gold powder, silver powder... I don’t know if there are other things. Li Yi looked at the old man with white hair and beard, He thought to himself that he would never take the elixir he made himself.
"I'll go back first." Not long after, Li Yi withdrew his gaze from the elixir, stopped looking at the old man, talked to Li Xuan, turned and walked outside the hall.
"Why… "
Li Xuan stretched out his hand, but before he could say anything, Li Yi had already walked out the door.
He and Li Mingzhu looked at each other, and chased them out helplessly.
Unexpectedly, Li Yi actually had conflicts with these Taoists. You must know that even he and Mingzhu were inconvenient to say or do anything in the face of these people.
Li Yi walked towards the gate of the palace alone, and only ran out in the hot weather when his brain was flooded. Anyway, the old emperor didn't have a long life. Although eating those pills would definitely kill him, at least in the early days, I can still feel the cheerfulness of the gods and the feeling of increased physical strength, otherwise there would not be so many people in the world who believe in it.
"Master Li?"
Suddenly a slightly surprised voice came from behind, Li Yi stopped and saw a person running out of a small palace next to him.
"It turned out to be Imperial Physician Liu." Li Yi cupped his hands at him, and it was none other than Imperial Physician Ling Liu Jimin whom he had met once in Qing'an Mansion.
Imperial Physician Liu said with a smile: "It's really Master Li. I haven't seen you in Qing'an Mansion for more than half a year. I didn't expect to meet you in the palace today. The Imperial Medical Office is in front of you. Would you like to go in and have a drink?" A cup of tea?"
It happened to be a little hot all the way, Li Yi thought about it, then nodded and said: "Then thank you, Doctor Liu."
"Master Li, please be polite, please!" Imperial Physician Liu stretched out his hand with a smile.
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"It's quite cool in the Imperial Medical Office." Sitting on a chair, Li Yi said, taking a sip of tea.
"Speaking of which, I haven't thanked Mr. Li for the 'wound suturing technique' in person. Mr. Li has a kind heart, and everything he does is for the benefit of all people. On behalf of the people of the world, I thank Mr. Li!" Sitting across from him, the imperial physician clasped his fists and said.
He had already heard this sentence from Imperial Physician Liu once last time. Li Yi waved his hand, as if thinking of something, and suddenly asked: "Your Majesty's illness has always been in charge of Mr. Liu, right?"
Physician Liu was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, then nodded, and said: "The old man and several colleagues have been trying to find a solution to your majesty's illness, but there has been no progress. For some reason, your majesty's condition suddenly worsened a month ago. Even the old man was helpless, but fortunately, the holy medicine donated by the priests of Si Tianjian prevented His Majesty's condition from getting worse."
Li Yi sighed, even the imperial physician order said so, it can be seen that this kind of thinking has been deeply ingrained in everyone.
Even if countless people died because of this thing, in order to strengthen that illusory belief, they can always find suitable reasons, such as not choosing the raw materials for alchemy, not mastering the refining process, or even dying. It can be said that "soldiers become immortals". If the old emperor really becomes an immortal, I don't know if these imperial doctors and Taoist priests can keep their heads.
"Physician Liu really thinks that those pills have worked?" Li Yi took another sip of tea and said lightly.
Physician Liu glanced at him, the expression on his face gradually froze, he stood up from his seat, looked at Li Yi, and said carefully: "Master Li, please speak clearly..."
Li Yi looked at him and asked, "Master Liu, do you know what is used to refine the elixir?"
Imperial Physician Liu shook his head. He studied medical skills, not alchemy, and his major was wrong. How could he know what those elixirs were made of? Life is still heavy, how could others know
"The cinnabar used, lead powder, maybe gold powder and silver powder or something..." Li Yi stood up, patted Doctor Liu on the shoulder, and said, "Master Liu, take care."
Every time Li Yi said a word, Imperial Physician Liu's face turned pale, and when he finished speaking, the imperial physician Ling's face had lost all color.
thump.
After Li Yi's figure disappeared in the imperial medical office, Liu imperial physician finally couldn't help but collapsed on the ground.
"Master Liu, what's the matter with you!" The officials of the Imperial Medical Office immediately rushed up.
After an unknown amount of time, Imperial Physician Liu finally came back to his senses, and said anxiously: "Quick, hurry up and invite Mr. Li back!"
When everyone in the Imperial Medical Office was going crazy under the scorching sun, Li Yi was leisurely lying on the rocking chair, sipping iced grape wine and eating the fruit salad fed by the little maid himself. Every pore will be relaxed.
This is life, it is not a thousand times better than going to the palace to suffer in the hot weather...
Li Xuan came in from the outside sweating, hugged a piece of ice from the corner of the room and didn't let go, sat across from Li Yi, panting and asked: "What happened to you just now, is there something wrong with the elixir? "
Li Xuan couldn't understand why Li Yi's attitude changed drastically when he heard about the elixir just now, and he ran back to ask what was going on out of doubt in his heart.
"It's not a big problem." Li Yi shook his head and said, "If Your Majesty doesn't take those pills, it will be several years at most, or at least..., only one or two years of lifespan."
Li Xuan's expression darkened when he heard the words, and then he thought that if the elixir could prolong his life for a few years, it would be a good ending, and asked, "What if I take the elixir?"
Although heavy metal poisoning takes time to accumulate slowly, since those Taoist priests dared to present it to the emperor, they must have been tested long ago, and there should be no problems with that dose in a short period of time, but the old emperor's body was already damaged. It's too bad, Li Yi thought about it for a while, and gave Li Xuan a conservative number.
"Two months."
"What? Two months!"
Li Xuan jumped up from the chair violently, and the ice cube in his arms fell to the ground and shattered.