Lan Ling's fair cheeks were ashen, and she pointed her slender index finger at Li Hong's little head and reprimanded him: "You little man has everything in his head every day. If you don't learn something, who taught you this?" ! Look what I tell your mother!"
Li Hong's head was a little dizzy after being poked by Lan Ling's index finger. After finally listening to Lan Ling's words, Li Hong had the opportunity to defend himself: "It's an inappropriate choice of words in a moment of urgency, so why do you make a fuss out of a molehill, unless... Hey, hey, stop, listen to me, Wei Ying was jointly arrested by Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment, and Wang Jing and his uncle Liu Shuang, who introduced you to him, were also arrested. "
"Are they arrested? Why were they arrested? What did they do?" Lan Ling was stunned for a moment and asked reflexively.
"The specific case is still being investigated, but the reason is that they kidnapped my palace maid Bai Lu. I don't know why Bai Lu was kidnapped. Even Bai Lu himself is not sure why he was kidnapped. Moreover, there are still some people imprisoned in the backyard of Ci'en Temple. People of the Tang Dynasty, do you know this?”
"Are you trying me as a prisoner?" Lan Ling glanced at Li Hong's probing eyes and tried to pull Li Hong's ears again.
"No, I just want to know if you, aunt, are involved, otherwise it will be very troublesome." Li Hong looked at Lan Ling's expression.
"I just occasionally listened to Wei Ying's lectures on Buddhism. As for the rest, I didn't know anything about imprisoning the people of the Tang Dynasty. If you didn't tell me about it, I wouldn't know anything about it." Lan Ling recalled how he and Master Wei Ying Every bit of it, as well as the situation when Wang Jing introduced him, I didn't think Weiying would do anything detrimental to Datang.
Lan Ling left. Li Hong originally wanted her to stay with him to interrogate Yarou from Ci'en Temple, but Lan Ling obviously had no interest at all. At the same time, he also wanted to avoid suspicion and prove that he was only listening to Wei Ying's piety about Buddhism. The believer, regardless of Li Hong's plea to stay, returned to his princess' mansion without hesitation.
In the afternoon, Liu Rengui indeed sent Yarou over. She was not shackled, but was supervised by two women. Datang's approach seemed quite humane.
Li Hong had specially prepared a room. The doors and windows had been nailed shut. There was nothing inside except a futon for sitting.
Liu Rengui did not give him a time limit, so after Li Hong had Yarou sent to an empty room, he stopped interrogating and planned to wait two or three days before interrogating again.
The three hundred thousand cattle guards guarding the inside and outside of Prince Pu's Mansion were actually led by the famous right guard general Wei Chi Baolin.
When Li Yifu came to Puwangfu, he happened to meet Yuchi Baolin. When the two were chatting, Li Hong realized that his father valued his safety, and that the nearly fifty-year-old general in front of him turned out to be the son of the famous Yuchi Gong.
Li Hong suddenly became energetic. Yuchi Baolin was not a legend, but his father, the doorkeeper, was a legend. He had always wanted to meet Yuchi Gong, but he had never been able to get in.
I have been in Chang'an City for more than a month, and I have sent people to Yuchi Gong's house to inform me, but they have never taken me as the prince seriously and refused every time.
Another legend, Cheng Zhijie, is still fighting for the country at this moment. He is still fighting with the Western Turks at this time, so he cannot see him. Today, Yuchi Baolin was captured. Li Hong said that he would go with him to see the door god.
Yuchi Baolin looked at Dai Wang with eyes full of stars, excited and impatient, and didn't know how to refuse. Over the years, my father has stopped interacting with everyone in the court. He enjoys himself at home, taking care of himself, and tinkering with legendary elixirs from time to time.
Under Li Hong's persistent stalking, Yuchi Baolin had no choice but to take Li Hong home. She took with her twenty Qianniu guards, plus Li Hong's own personal palace maids and eunuchs, hoping that his father would see him. I won't be angry.
At this time, Yu Chigong was already seventy years younger. He still looked energetic. His voice was not as loud as before, and his originally straight back was also a little slumped, but he could still make people feel The glory of the year.
"Why do you always want to see me?" In the back garden, Yuchi Gong was dressed in short clothes and a white cloth jacket on his upper body. His dark skin and flabby muscles still made him look a bit old.
"Li Hong has met Grandpa Yuchi. Hong'er has always admired your reputation and heard his father mention you, so he always wanted to come and see you." Li Hong followed behind Yuchi Gong, while Yuchi Baolin was half a step behind Li Hong. Several people sat down in the garden.
The corridors and pavilions are decorated with many silk fabrics embroidered with white patterns, swaying slowly in the breeze. It looks somewhat elegant during the day, but I don't know if it becomes a bit scary at night.
After chatting for a few words, Yuchi Gong lost interest in Li Hong. This little guy was a big kid and was definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp. Although he saw that he was just out of curiosity, Yuchi Gong had not been interested in worldly affairs for many years, so Even if he is a prince, he doesn't have much interest. What's more, this little guy has been asking about his elixir. It seems that the little guy can't be sent away today without taking him to see it.
Now Yuchi Jingde, if he became a monk, would probably be more indifferent to fame and fortune, and more pure-hearted than some monks and Taoist priests.
"Let's go, I'll show you some good things. After you've finished, go back. You're not allowed to come here again." Yuchi Gong was helped up by the maid and walked into a room.
As soon as he entered the house, Li Hong smelled a pungent smell and hurriedly reached out for Xia Zhi to get a silk handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose, regardless of whether it was rude to Yuchi Gong.
Yuchi Gong glanced at Li Hong, but didn't think there was anything wrong with Li Hong's behavior. He said calmly: "Have you seen these things? I discovered a strange phenomenon, that is, after mixing them with each other, you will get a lot of pills. , although some pills contain highly toxic..."
Li Hong lost interest after not hearing a few words. He took a small stick in the corner and pulled it twice here and a few times there, ignoring Yuchi Gong's enthusiastic introduction.
The small workshop basically uses ore materials, and the vast majority of them are mica ore. This thing does have some medical effects. It seems that Yuchi Gong is not just refining the elixir randomly.
I heard Yuchi Gong ordering Yuchi Baolin to mix mica powder with a ball of fine black substance. It is said that the elixir refined in this way is more effective.
Out of curiosity, Li Hong went over to take a look, and was shocked to see that there was a lead block in front of him!
"You... dare to ask Grandpa Yuchi, did you make this thing yourself?" Li Hong asked, covering his mouth and nose with a silk handkerchief in one hand, and pointing at the lead block with a stick in the other.
Yu Chigong had never seen any surprised expression on Li Hong's face since he entered. At this moment, seeing Li Hong's surprised expression, he laughed proudly and said, "What's so difficult about this? As long as you read more If you read some books, you will understand.”
Seeing that Li Hong was about to turn around and leave, Yuchi Gong stopped teasing him and continued: "For the sake of your kid's eagerness to learn, I will tell you that this is from Wei Boyang's "The Book of Changes" I saw this sentence in it, and I still remember it, which is: "If you throw yourself into the fire, your lust will turn into lead." Do you understand
After hearing this, Li Hong curled his lips and said disdainfully: "I didn't ask you whether this thing is easy to practice, I said this thing cannot be mixed with your mica elixir. This thing is highly poisonous and will kill people if eaten."
Li Hong was not polite either. As people get older, they no longer have so many taboos. Yu Chigong, who has been fighting for many years, is already used to words about death, so naturally he does not taboo his words about death.
However, Yuchi Baolin's face almost turned pale when she heard Li Hong said it would kill someone. Seeing that her father was not angry, she felt relieved.
Yuchi Gongshou's eyebrows twitched and he asked doubtfully: "What do children know? To put it bluntly, this liquid lead is a good thing. Mixing it with the mica elixir is naturally wonderful and has the power of immortality."
Li Hong shook his head in disapproval. It seemed that he was confused. He came to visit Yuchi Gong this time, firstly because he wanted to see what the legend looked like. Second, I had long heard that Yuchi Gong was refining elixirs again. I heard that there was such a thing as liquid lead, so I wanted to see if it was the original mercury.
At this time, it was obvious that liquid lead was not another name for mercury at this time, but was still a term for lead lumps. It seemed that if I wanted to make the mirror, I would have to think about how to make mercury.
"Grandpa Yuchi, you'd better not use this thing anymore, mica, oh, it's cloud beads, okay." Li Hong saw Yuchi Gong's old eyes staring at him again, and hurriedly changed the mica to its current name: cloud beads.
Li Hong said again: "Yunzhu can be taken as an elixir, but it needs to be transparent in color. There is no harm in taking it. It can activate muscles and eliminate wind evil. It can improve eyesight, but I don't think so." I hope you can use lead liquid again. That stuff is really poisonous. General Yuchi, from now on, Grandpa Yuchi is no longer allowed to take it. If you dare to give it to me privately again, I will report it to my father."
"Hey, you kid is nosy, aren't you? Do you think I'm afraid of him, Li Zhi? Tell me, what's the purpose of your coming here today? Isn't it just to stop me from refining the elixir?"
"I'm doing this for your own good..." Before he could finish speaking, Li Hong got a kick on his butt.
In the end, Li Hong could only look at the door and sigh, and he was kicked out. Yuchi Baolin was apologizing for his bastard father in front of him.
Li Hong was helpless. No matter what, he couldn't afford to offend Yuchi Gong. Even if his father saw him, he would have to give in. He patted the footprints on his butt and sighed. This trip was in vain, and he was kicked in vain. One kick, and I still haven’t found a way to improve Mercury! unlucky!
(End of chapter)