Lan Ling's fair cheeks turned ashen. He pointed his slender index finger at Li Hong's little head and scolded him, "What's in your head every day, little guy? Why don't you learn something good? Who taught you this? Let me tell your mother!"
Li Hong felt a little dizzy after being poked in the head by Lan Ling's index finger. After finally listening to Lan Ling's words, Li Hong finally had the opportunity to defend himself, "I used inappropriate words in a hurry, why are you making a fuss, unless... Hey, hey, hey, stop, listen to me, Wei Ying was arrested by the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice, and Wang Jing, who introduced you to each other, and his uncle Liu Shuang, were also arrested."
"Arrested? Why were they arrested? What did they do?" Lan Ling was stunned and asked reflexively.
"The specific case is still under investigation, but the cause is that they kidnapped my maid Bai Lu. No one knows why Bai Lu was kidnapped, and even Bai Lu herself is not very clear why she was kidnapped. In addition, some people from the Tang Dynasty are imprisoned in the backyard of Ci'en Temple. Did you know about this?"
"Are you interrogating me as a criminal?" Lan Ling glanced at Li Hong's inquiring eyes and pretended to pull Li Hong's ear 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 listen to Weiying talk about Buddhism occasionally. As for the other things, I know nothing about it. If you hadn't told me about the imprisonment of the people of the Tang Dynasty, I would not know anything about it." Lanling recalled every detail between himself and Master Weiying, as well as the situation when Wang Jing introduced them to each other. He didn't think that Weiying would do anything that would be detrimental to the Tang Dynasty.
After Lanling left, Li Hong originally wanted her to stay and interrogate Yarou from Ci'en Temple with him, but Lanling was obviously not interested at all. At the same time, in order to avoid suspicion and prove that she was just a devout believer who listened to Weiying's Buddhist teachings, she ignored Li Hong's attempts to keep her and returned to her princess's mansion without hesitation.
As expected, Liu Rengui sent Yarou over in the afternoon. She was not in shackles or handcuffs, but was escorted by two women. The Tang Dynasty's approach seemed quite humane.
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Li Hong had specially prepared a room. The doors and windows had been nailed shut. There was nothing inside except a cushion for people to sit on.
Liu Rengui did not give him a deadline, so after Li Hong had Yarou sent to an empty room, he stopped asking questions and planned to interrogate her again in two or three days.
The three hundred thousand strong guards guarding inside and outside Prince Pu's Palace were actually led by the famous Right Guard General Yuchi Baolin.
When Li Yifu came to Prince Pu's Mansion, he happened to meet Yuchi Baolin. When the two were greeting each other, Li Hong realized how much his father valued his safety, and that the general in front of him, who was almost fifty years old, was actually the son of the famous Yuchi Gong.
Li Hong immediately became excited. Yuchi Baolin was not a legend, but his father, the door god, was a legend. He had always wanted to meet Yuchi Gong, but he had never been able to get in.
It has been more than a month since he came to Chang'an City. He sent people to Yuchi Gong's house to inform him, but the other party never took him, the prince, seriously and rejected him every time.
Another legendary Cheng Zhijie is still fighting for the country at this moment. He is still at war with the Western Turks, so he cannot be seen. Today, Yuchi Baolin was caught, and Li Hong insisted on going with him to meet the door god.
Yuchi Baolin looked at the starry eyes of the King of Dai, his expression of excitement and impatience, and didn't know how to refuse. His father had stopped interacting with anyone in the court over the years, and he was enjoying himself at home, enjoying his old age, and from time to time he would tinker with the legendary elixir.
Under Li Hong's persistence, Yuchi Baolin had no choice but to take Li Hong home, accompanied by twenty Qianniu Guards, as well as Li Hong's personal maids and eunuchs, thinking that his father would not be angry if he saw them.
At this time, Yuchi Gong was already in his late 70s, but he still looked energetic. His voice was not as loud as before, and his originally straight back was a little droopy, but one could still feel his former glory.
"Why have you been wanting to see me?" In the back garden, Yuchi Gong was dressed in a short white cloth jacket. With his dark skin and loose muscles, he looked a little old.
"Li Hong meets Grandpa Yuchi. Hong'er has always admired your reputation and has always heard my father mention you, so I have always wanted to come and see you." Li Hong followed behind Yuchi Gong, and Yuchi Baolin lagged behind Li Hong half a step, and they sat down in the garden.
The corridors and pavilions are decorated with many silk fabrics embroidered with white patterns. They sway slowly in the breeze and look somewhat ethereal during the day. I wonder if they would be a bit spooky at night.
After chatting for a while, Yuchi Gong lost interest in Li Hong. This little guy was a smart kid, and he was definitely not a good person. Although he was only curious about seeing him, Yuchi Gong had not been interested in worldly affairs for many years, so even if he was a prince, he was not very interested. Moreover, this little guy kept asking about his elixir. It seemed that if he didn't take him to see it, he would not be able to get rid of him today.
If Yuchi Jingde were to become a monk now, he would probably be more indifferent to fame and fortune and more pure-hearted than some monks and Taoists.
"Come on, I'll show you some good stuff, and then go back after you're done. Don't come here again." Yuchi Gong was helped up by the maid and walked into a house.
As soon as he entered the house, Li Hong smelled a pungent strange odor. He hurriedly reached out to Xia Zhi for a silk handkerchief to cover his mouth and nose, not caring whether this was disrespectful to Yuchi Gong.
Yuchi Gong glanced at Li Hong and did not think there was anything wrong with Li Hong's behavior. He said calmly: "Have you seen these things? I have discovered a strange phenomenon. When you mix them together, you will get a lot of elixirs. Although some of the elixirs are highly toxic..."
Li Hong lost interest after listening to just a few words. He picked up a small stick from the corner, scratched here and there, and ignored Yuchi Gong's enthusiastic introduction.
The small workshop is mainly made of mineral materials, and the vast majority of them are mica ore. This thing does have some medical effects. It seems that Yuchi Gong is not randomly refining elixirs.
I heard Yuchi Gong ordering Yuchi Baolin to mix the mica powder with a ball of fine black substance. It was said that the elixir made in this way would be more effective.
Out of curiosity, Li Hong leaned over to take a look, and was shocked to find that there was a block of lead in front of him!
"You... may I 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 small stick in the other.
Yuchi Gong had not seen any surprised expression on his face since the little thing came in. Seeing Li Hong's surprised expression, he laughed proudly and said, "How difficult is this? As long as you read more books, you will understand it naturally."
Seeing that Li Hong was about to turn around and leave, Yuchi Gong stopped teasing him and continued, "Since you are still eager to learn, I will tell you. This is from Wei Boyang's "Zhou Yi Can Tong Qi". There is a sentence in it that I still remember. It says, 'Hu powder thrown into the fire, the color fades and turns 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 refine. I said that 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 don't have so many taboos. As someone who had fought for many years, Yuchi Gong was already accustomed to the words of life and death, so naturally he was not taboo about his words that could kill people.
However, when Yuchi Baolin heard Li Hong say that someone would die, his face almost turned pale. But when he saw that his father was not angry, he finally let go of his worries.
Yuchi Gong's longevity eyebrows twitched, and he asked in confusion: "What does a child know? To be frank, this lead liquid is a good thing. When mixed with the mica elixir, it is naturally wonderful and can make people immortal."
Li Hong shook his head in disapproval. It seemed that he had made a mistake. He came to visit Yuchi Gong this time because he wanted to see what the legend looked like. He also heard that Yuchi Gong was refining elixirs and there was such a thing as lead liquid, so he wanted to see if it was the original mercury.
At this point, it was obvious that liquid lead was not another name for mercury at that time, but still a noun for lead block. It seemed that if he wanted to make that mirror, he had to figure out how to make mercury.
"Grandpa Yuchi, you'd better not use this thing anymore. Mica, oh, it's Yunzhu, okay?" Li Hong saw Yuchi Gong glaring at him again, and hurriedly changed the name of mica to its current name: Yunzhu.
Li Hong said again: "Yunzhu can be taken as a pill, but it needs to be transparent. There is no harm in taking it. It can activate muscles, eliminate wind evil, and mainly improve eyesight. But I don't want you to take lead liquid again. That thing is really poisonous. General Yuchi, you can't let Grandpa Yuchi take it from now on. If you dare to give it to me privately again, I will report it to my father."
"Hey, you are meddling in other people's business, aren't you? Do you think I'm afraid of Li Zhi? Tell me, what is your purpose in coming here today? You are not here to stop me from refining the elixir, are you?"
"I'm doing this for your own good..." Before he could finish his words, Li Hong was kicked on his butt.
In the end, Li Hong could only sigh in despair as he was kicked out. Yuchi Baolin was apologizing to him on behalf of his bastard father.
Li Hong was helpless. No matter what, he couldn't afford to offend Yuchi Gong. Even his father would have to give in. He patted the footprints on his buttocks and sighed. He came here in vain and got kicked in vain. Moreover, he still didn't find a way to extract mercury! What bad luck!
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