660, puppet art 1
Su Lingxiao's reminder was late, Gu Qianxue had already tasted it.
"..." It's hard to believe that this is a prescription prescribed by myself. It obviously doesn't add any bitter medicine. Why is it so bitter? "Master Su, is there something wrong with your sense of taste? Why do you drink such a bitter thing so leisurely?"
Su Lingxiao said with a smile, "Because this is the prescription you worked so hard on?"
Gu Qianxue was moved in her heart, but she began to study in her mind whether to use Su Lingxiao's laboratory to start experiments and refine western medicine.
Although I have never studied pharmacy, I still know the basic pharmacology and can try it.
In fact, Su Lingxiao really hoped that there was something wrong with his sense of taste, otherwise he wouldn't feel so uncomfortable. And if it wasn't for the fact that the medicine was too bitter, he wouldn't have taken so long to drink half of it.
Seeing the moved look in Gu Qianxue's heart, Su Lingxiao could only admit it, held his breath, and swallowed the bitter medicinal soup in one gulp.
Meanwhile, the other side.
Ci'an Palace.
"What, Gu Qianxue left the palace early in the morning?" Concubine Xilan was furious.
The little maid who came to report was trembling, "Go back... Go back to your mother, yes, the palace servants in Yancui Pavilion said that the princess didn't even have breakfast."
"It's unreasonable!" Concubine Ceylon was so angry that she wanted to throw something, but she didn't have anything in hand, and finally threw the fruit plate on the table.
For a while, the precious fruit was smashed to pieces.
The little maid immediately knelt down and lowered her head fiercely, for fear of being implicated.
Xinyuan happened to enter the room, after a glance at the situation, she guessed one or two, sent the maid down in a low voice, and closed the door, "Your Majesty, please calm down, it's not worth spoiling your body for the sake of being angry with outsiders," whispered softly, listening It is comfortable to wear.
Concubine Xilan said, "Why isn't I angry? That little bitch Gu Qianxue ignored me and left the palace early in the morning without even being informed. What did you think of the palace? What did you think of me? "
Xin Yuan also sighed, "Yeah, Princess Qianxue is indeed defiant, but your empress can also think on the bright side. It is not Gu Qianxue who is competing with the crown prince but the figure behind him. Now the second prince It’s good to get it by chance and make good use of it.”
Concubine Xilan snorted coldly, stood up from her chair, "Follow me." After saying that, she entered the room.
There is a changing room next to Concubine Ceylon’s room, which is the same as the modern cloakroom. In addition to placing a person-high bronze mirror, there are many clothes and jewelry. This kind of changing room is available for every concubine, but Concubine Ceylon But there is a big secret in the dressing room, which no one knows except Concubine Xilan, Xin Yuan and the second prince.
But seeing Concubine Ceylon sitting in front of the dressing table, she opened the penultimate drawer, then reached in, touched the switch and turned it.
Immediately afterwards, there was a slight sound, but a certain floor tile was sunken, revealing a narrow staircase.
Xin Yuan's face was calm, and she was no stranger to it, because she followed Concubine Ceylon into it several times, and the narrow stairs led to a small room, which contained all kinds of herbs and poisons that Concubine Ceylon had collected for decades.
"Go." Concubine Ceylon pushed the drawer back, got up and went down the stairs.
Xin Yuan followed calmly, and when the figures of the two disappeared from the stairs, the floor tiles slowly returned to their original shape.
The basement is not vertical, but in the small garden in the backyard, there are several vents.
The candles were lit, and soon there was light in the dark basement.
Concubine Xilan opened her mouth and said more than a dozen names of medicines, "I will prepare two or three ounces of each medicine, and so on... I have to return a catty." Xugui is a basic medicine, a special product of Chuyan Kingdom, and has the effect of promoting The effect is found in almost all the medicines of Chu Yanguo, no matter the poison or the antidote.
"Yes." Xin Yuan was not surprised at all, and began to dispense the medicine skillfully.
It is conceivable that every time Concubine Xilan handles the medicine, it is Xin Yuan who assists her.
Concubine Ceylon took out a book from her hiding place. Although she had read the book several times and was already familiar with it, the dispensing of the medicine was very important this time, so she confirmed the formula again.
Xin Yuan was puzzled, "Niang Niang, what kind of poison are you going to prepare this time?"
In the darkness, Concubine Ceylon raised her head, her snow-white skin was extremely permeable in the dark shadows, the light shone from the left side of her head, because of her deep outline and high nose bridge, cast a large shadow on her right cheek, like Ghostly. "This time it's not poisoning, but refining corpses."
Xin Yuan was surprised, "Corpse refining? Could it be... the puppet technique, but the puppet technique for refining corpses only exists in legends, and no one has been able to successfully refine it in the past two hundred years!"
Concubine Xilan snorted coldly, "It doesn't mean that I am not successful in alchemy if others haven't succeeded in alchemy."
"..." Xinyuan is still not optimistic.
"It doesn't matter, anyway, I want to use puppetry," Concubine Xilan said capriciously, "Xinyuan, think about it, if you refine that bitch Gu Qianxue into a corpse puppet, you can obey my orders and come to the world At that time, An'er can gain the Zhao family's military power without being bullied, so why not do it?"
Xin Yuan's eyes flickered, "Everyone will be happy if the refining is successful, but why does this slave think that the puppet art itself is fake, it is a rumor from people hundreds of years ago, if it is said that poison can kill or kill people? The slaves believe that life is better than death, but the slaves dare not believe in using poison to control people."
Finally, Concubine Ceylon lost her patience, "You can do whatever you want, why are you talking so much nonsense?"
"Yes, ma'am." Seeing that the master was angry, Xin Yuan didn't dare to speak anymore, bowed her head and began to prepare the medicine.
Time passed bit by bit.
Concubine Xilan closed the book, closed her eyes and thought for a moment, then opened her eyes with a serious expression, "Gu Qianxue, you just wait to die!" Then she added, "No, life is better than death!"
The medicine starts to be prepared. The principle of the puppet technique is: first poison the target to make it dependent on a certain medicine. When it is not exposed to the medicine, everything will be as usual, but once it is touched, it will lose its mind. This process takes about five to ten doses of medicine, and the chance of success is very small.
But if it succeeds, you can go to the next step, soak the target who has lost his mind in Xugui soup, and further stimulate the medicinal properties. Only at this time can he completely integrate the target's own personality and the command of the master. As a whole, it is called a puppet.
It is said that it is a corpse, but in fact that person is not dead, like a walking corpse.
The most successful corpse puppet, even its family members can't perceive that it is being controlled, but in fact it is extremely loyal to the master.
Although the puppet technique is extremely terrifying, no one has successfully refined it for two hundred years. In the end, this puppet technique became a legend.
The master and servant were busy, but they heard a sound above their heads. It was the sound of stone slabs moving, followed by the sound of brisk footsteps.
Before the person arrived, the voice came first, "Hey, mother concubine, why haven't you given up? You have been doing poison since I can remember, and you have never succeeded. Why are you so frustrated and courageous? "
661: Puppet Art 2