Chapter 28: Eat Chicken Tonight [Jinjiang Authentic Exclusive Release·Drug Testing]...
Beep, beep!
Beep, beep!
【Attention! Host, please pay attention! 】
At the beginning of the afternoon, golden sunlight slanted into the side hall of Zhangtai Palace from outside the huge carved wooden window, making the side hall bright.
Qin Ying was lying on the dark bed, clenching her two fists and snoring soundly, when she was suddenly awakened by a sharp and violent sound in her head, like a fire alarm.
He opened his eyes drowsily and saw that the system panel that popped up in the air was no longer emitting the soft and peaceful white light as usual. Instead, it was as if poisoned. The entire light screen was emitting an ominous black light. A huge red exclamation mark and a white bleeding skull were jumping wildly in the middle of the light screen, like the extremely toxic pesticide warning pictures in later generations. Coupled with the sharp roar in his mind, it was actually a bit creepy to look at.
This unusual surprise startled the little boy so much that he rolled over and scrambled out of bed, his little head waking up in confusion as he thought, "What's going on? Is Xiang Yu, the arsonist, leading his army into Xianyang?!"
The wet nurse Chun who was waiting by the side saw the little master who was sleeping soundly suddenly woke up from his dream, and mistakenly thought that His Highness Changsun wanted to pee. The whole person seemed to be in a daze, looking a little stupid, and a little cute. So she leaned over with a gentle look and picked up the little guy, preparing to take him to the bathroom to clean him up.
Little did she know what kind of storm was going through in the heart of the little master who was sleeping soundly in her eyes.
Qin Ying felt as if he was experiencing a terrible tsunami. It was as if the data in the idiot system was disordered, and bursts of sharp and violent noises erupted wildly in his mind. The sharp and even somewhat piercing mechanical electronic sounds were like layers of extremely high waves crashing into his eardrums, scaring away his sleepiness and even making his head buzz.
He subconsciously raised his two little hands to hold his furry little head. However, the next moment, when he distinguished the latest mission information released by the Fool Command from the sharp roar, his almond-shaped eyes widened in shock.
[Urgent! Urgent! Host, please pay attention! Host, please pay attention! This system has detected that your First Emperor's father is currently in the inner hall, preparing to take the three-no elixir prepared for him by the palace alchemist Han Zhong!]
[It should be noted that the ingredients of ancient "three-no" elixirs are very complex and are rich in extremely high-level, highly lethal heavy metal toxins. Once erysipelas enter the body, it is difficult to eliminate and can cause severe, irreversible damage to the body!]
[Please understand, host! If your great-grandfather takes this elixir, he will die suddenly in the sand dunes during his tour next year! Your eighteenth uncle, Hu Hai, will then seize the opportunity to usurp the throne! Your life and the lives of your entire family will be lost!]
[Hosts who love to sleep, please stay awake and do your best to complete the temporary task within the five-minute countdown after the "beep" sound - "Screw the pills!"]
[Mission Requirements: The host must successfully prevent the First Emperor from taking the three-no elixir that could take his life within the specified time!]
[Task Reward: After successfully completing the task, the host can obtain 20 random blind box draws! ]
【"drop--"】
[…4 minutes and 59 seconds…4 minutes and 58 seconds…4 minutes and 57 seconds…]
Qin Ying panicked as soon as the system said the word "pill". He had no idea about this. He thought his grandfather started taking pills a few years before his death. He didn't expect that there would be signs of this now!
Yes! He had been negligent. His father worked so hard every day, and at nearly forty, his energy naturally wasn't as high as it was in his twenties. Tea culture hadn't yet taken off in the Qin Dynasty, and coffee, the staple of later generations, was even less available. His father was such a strong-willed man, and if he felt drained while handling government affairs and needed a boost, he'd naturally resort to elixirs!
But this idea is wrong! What's not good for his grandfather to eat? If he really takes the elixir, he will really go to see Xuanniao soon!
Qin Ying was so anxious when she came back to her senses! Her fair and tender little round face turned red in a flash!
Seeing that wet nurse Chun was going to take him to the bathroom, the little guy immediately patted the wet nurse's arm with his little hands, tilted his little head back, pointed in the direction of the inner hall with his little hand, and started babbling loudly, and struggled frantically in wet nurse Chun's arms like a little kitten.
The wet nurse Chun was probably frightened. She looked down and saw that the young master's face had turned red. Although she didn't know what was going on, seeing the young master pointing in the direction of the inner hall and shouting, Chun didn't dare to delay. She quickly turned around and walked towards the inner hall with the young master in her arms at a very fast pace.
…
Zhao Gao stood at the door of the inner hall and looked ahead calmly. Although there was a faint bluish-black color under his eye sockets, his overall spirit was exceptionally good.
Last month, the eldest prince Fusu was sent by the Emperor to inspect the Great Wall outside the Great Wall. Unexpectedly, when Prince Fusu was taken by Meng Nei Shi to select elite soldiers from the palace to accompany him, he picked and chose and actually packed up Meng Yi and took him away.
Although Meng Yi was the emperor's personal guard and the internal historian that the emperor was accustomed to using, considering that the two Meng brothers had not seen each other for several years since Meng Tian went to guard the border, the First Emperor acquiesced to the eldest son's choice.
Meng Yi was not in the Zhangtai Palace for a month, but Zhao Gao took every opportunity to get closer to the emperor. Now, thanks to his diligent service, the emperor finally took notice of him and realized his abilities.
Zhao Gao was silently thinking about what more books he should learn in private so that he could become more useful and become a capable confidant of the emperor like Meng Yi.
He was just thinking about it when he saw that the emperor's eldest grandson, who was originally sleeping peacefully in the side hall, suddenly had a red little round face and was hurriedly carried to him by his wet nurse.
During these days, Zhao Gao traveled back and forth between Zhangtai Palace and the eldest prince's mansion every day, and he had more or less understood the temperament of this little prince.
It was the first time that Zhao Gao saw such an anxious look on the baby's face. When he saw the other's red face, his heart skipped a beat. While wondering if the other party had a high fever, he quickly walked towards the baby.
Even though Wet Nurse Chun was walking very fast, and even jogging at Qin Ying's frantic urging, there was still a long corridor between the side hall and the main hall of Zhangtai Palace.
When Qin Ying, held by his wet nurse, passed through the outer hall and caught a glimpse of Zhao Gao walking quickly towards him from the inner hall door, his eyes lit up when he saw that the countdown on the light screen suspended diagonally above him showed only fifty seconds.
He immediately threw himself forward in the arms of his wet nurse Chun, grabbed Zhao Gao's sleeve and pushed madly into his arms, shouting:
“Aaaaaaah!”
Zhao Gao looked at the direction of the inner hall where the baby was pointing. Although he didn't know what the little guy was going to do, his intuition from the hidden palace made him take the little prince from the wet nurse's arms, hold him horizontally and rush to the inner hall.
After Qin Ying was carried by Zhao Gao over the screen of the inner hall, he saw at a glance an old Taoist priest with a thin figure and messy hair and beard, staring at his grandfather with eyes as bright as two searchlights. His grandfather was kneeling in front of a large lacquered table, pinching a strange big meatball that was pitch black with red and blue in it, and was about to put it into his mouth.
[10 seconds, 9 seconds, 8 seconds...]
Seeing this horrifying scene that made his adrenaline surge, the little baby's heart instantly rose to his throat. Using all his strength, he stretched out his short hands to his father and shouted in a baby voice:
"Aa ...
The sudden burst of sharp baby voice made the Qin Shi Huang's slender fingers holding the pill tremble, and the old alchemist who couldn't wait to see the emperor take his pill and ascend to heaven in broad daylight also had his heart skipped a beat.
The two of them, one looked up and the other turned around, and saw the little baby with a red round face at the same time.
【Three seconds, two seconds, one second, zero.】
【drop--】
[The host is truly incredibly powerful! Congratulations on your "Milky Roar" successfully shaking your father's dragon body! In the final seconds of the countdown, you temporarily put aside your desire to consume the "Three No Pills" and successfully completed the temporary quest - "Go to the Pills!" Rewarding the host with twenty random blind box draws!]
[But please don't be too happy, host. The elixir crisis hasn't been resolved yet! Please, capable host, complete the second temporary mission—"Get lost, alchemist!"]
[Quest Requirements: Within twenty-four hours, please, the host, make the First Emperor understand the deceptive tactics of these alchemists, and completely dispel his desire to seek immortality through alchemists! In the future, he will be able to recognize fake, uncertified health supplements! This will help protect the First Emperor's substantial pension!]
[Task Reward: After successfully completing the task, the host can obtain 20 random blind box draws! ]
After hearing that the first temporary task was successfully completed and the time for the second temporary task was not urgent, Qin Ying took a deep breath, patted Zhao Gao's arm, and signaled him to carry her to the old alchemist.
The First Emperor pressed his solar plexus with his finger. Just after his grandson suddenly appeared, he vaguely heard the monotonous "zizizizi" sound in his mind again. Could it be that the black bird had come again and was talking to his young grandson in front of him?
[Dange Ryuto?! How did Ying know I was taking medicine in the inner hall? Did Xuanniao tell him?]
The Qin Shi Huang was interrupted by his grandson and temporarily gave up the idea of taking the elixir, but a cloud of confusion arose in his mind.
The old alchemist felt very sorry when he saw His Majesty no longer taking the medicine in front of him. After all, he had burned three furnaces to refine this perfect elixir of immortality! This was his masterpiece, which he had painstakingly and painstakingly created. He was about to see the effects with his own eyes, so why did His Majesty suddenly stop taking the medicine?
Han Zhong, with gray hair and beard, was unwilling to give up. He was ready to bow once again to urge the emperor to take the medicine quickly. However, he raised his hands and before he could open his mouth, a chubby little hand appeared out of thin air and slapped him hard with a "pa--".
In the silence of the hall, the sudden sound of a slapping mouth sounded unusually clear.
The First Emperor was startled, Han Zhong was stunned and felt pain in his mouth, and even Zhao Gao was stunned. He had no idea that the emperor's eldest grandson urged him to come to Han Zhong so that he could slap Han Zhong in the face with his own hands!
No, little grandson of the emperor, why do you love to slap others in the face so much?! Han Zhong is the most valued alchemist by His Majesty the Emperor! He is responsible for the sacred mission of refining the elixir of immortality for His Majesty the Emperor! This... this...
Zhao Gao subconsciously looked at the emperor's face and found that the emperor was also a little surprised. Before Zhao Gao could take a step hurriedly, the sound of "pa pa pa" was heard again in the hall.
He was startled and quickly looked down, and saw that the eldest grandson of the emperor in his arms was just like the one who beat up the Eighteenth Young Master that day. For no reason, he tried to stretch his little body in his arms, waving his two little hands and kicking his two chubby little feet, and punching and kicking the thin Taoist Han Zhong frantically.
"Ying, stop it!"
When the First Emperor saw Han Zhong's look of shock, fear and helplessness, he stood up from his seat and shouted at his grandson who was obviously out of control.
Qin Ying's small round face was very red, and her pair of phoenix eyes were dark. Her worship of the First Emperor in her previous life and her admiration for her grandfather in this life had already made the little guy an out-and-out "grandfather's boy"!
For two lifetimes, he almost hated these alchemists who cheated His Majesty Zulong!
Han Zhong, Hou Sheng, Lu Sheng, and Xu Fu, this quartet of deceitful alchemists, not only ripped off his grandfather's wealth! They deceived him! They robbed him of his reputation! They even caused his father's death in the end! It was like a brilliant, heroic storyline had just been played out when it was abruptly and hastily ended! It was exactly like the fate of the Qin Empire! A glorious life, a hasty death!
There is no doubt that Hu Hai ruined his great-grandfather's vast empire! And the fact that his great-grandfather only lived to be forty-nine years old was definitely not unrelated to these fraudulent alchemists!
"Your Majesty! Save this old minister!"
Seeing that the little grandson of the emperor, whom God loved, had vicious eyes and was staring at him like a hungry wolf cub, and he used his chubby little hands to grab a handful of white beard on his chin and pulled it down hard, Han Zhong grimaced in pain and tears came out, but he was afraid of his status and did not dare to dodge.
Zhao Gao didn't know what to do at this moment. He didn't dare to pry open the emperor's eldest grandson's hands, so he looked at the emperor anxiously.
Receiving the pleading looks from the two, the First Emperor could only frown, walk around the lacquer table, walk down the imperial steps, and walk towards his grandson, calling out in a gentle voice:
"Ying, did you have a nightmare during your nap? Don't be afraid. If you have anything to say, tell Grandfather slowly. Let go of Han Qing's beard quickly."
Seeing his grandfather approaching and stretching out his arms to hug him, Qin Ying also let go of Old Man Han's white beard and moved into his grandfather's arms. He raised his furry little head and babbled to his grandfather with tears in his eyes:
"Aiya..." (Grandfather! Ying was just taking a sweet nap in the side hall when the Black Bird suddenly appeared in his dream and woke him up. He said that he saw from the sky that the fate of the Great Qin Dynasty had suddenly become dim and bleak. Upon closer inspection, he found that a daring alchemist had refined a poison pill! He wanted to poison Grandfather! The Black Bird's voice was so piercing that it immediately scared the grandson awake! After the grandson climbed out of bed, he quickly followed the Black Bird's instructions and rushed to the inner hall to save Grandfather!)
"What? Poison pill?!"
The grandson's quick, baby-like voice not only answered the doubts in the First Emperor's heart, but also successfully dilated the First Emperor's frightened pupils slightly.
Although Zhao Gao and Han Zhong could not understand baby talk, they could understand the tone of the little emperor's grandson!
Han Zhong was shocked when he heard the words "poison pill" blurted out by the First Emperor after listening to the Emperor's eldest grandson's baby talk. Recalling how the Emperor's eldest grandson had just rushed in and beaten him violently, he realized that there might be something wrong with his pill. He was so scared that he quickly knelt on the wooden floor and kowtowed to apologize:
"Your Majesty! I swear on my life! I learned the technique of refining elixirs from my master's master. It is a technique that has been passed down through the generations. I strictly follow the recipe. When refining, I concentrate extremely hard. I dare not skip a step or omit a single ingredient. This recipe has been passed down from ancient times for refining elixirs of immortality. How could it be a poisonous pill? Your Majesty, please believe me!"
The old Taoist priest, feeling angry and helpless, quickly shouted out the message in a trembling voice, and then burst into tears in front of His Majesty the Emperor.
Seeing the old man crying, Qin Ying also sobbed, and while crying, she pointed at the old man Han below with her little hands and complained to her grandfather in a baby voice:
"Woo woo woo, yi ..." (Woo woo woo, I'm so good, but he's so bad! Grandpa! I'm so scared!)
The Qin Shi Huang, who was feeling uneasy and emotionally shaken, was frightened and burst into tears when he saw Han Zhong, while the chubby boy in his arms was trying hard to squeeze out tears, but his howling was in vain. His little eyebrows were twisted together as if he was deliberately competing with Han Zhong who was kneeling on the floor. He looked so pitiful and cute that one couldn't help but want to laugh.
After all, he was his beloved eldest grandson, and he had not yet taken the elixir. It was indeed Ying who struck him first. The First Emperor suppressed his emotions about the elixir, lowered his eyes and looked at Han Zhong who was kneeling on the wooden floor, and said:
"Han Qing, don't cry. Get up first."
"promise."
Han Zhong touched his flushed old face with his wrinkled hands, climbed up from the wooden floor tremblingly, glanced cautiously at the little grandson who was glaring at him fiercely, and immediately looked at the First Emperor with tears in his eyes and trembling lips, pretending to be aggrieved as if he had worked hard to make elixirs for the emperor, but was beaten up by the grandson for no reason. He said nothing, just looked at the emperor in such a fragile and strong manner.
Although His Majesty the Emperor was overbearing, he was reasonable. Seeing how thin Han Zhong had become over the past few months, he knew that helping him refine the elixir must have been extremely exhausting. So, he reached out and gently patted the chubby boy in his arms to comfort him, while looking at Han Zhong with curiosity and asking,
"Han Qing, I just told me that it was the Black Bird who suddenly woke me up from my sleep and asked me to come to the inner hall to stop me from taking the elixir of immortality. I also heard from the Black Bird that the elixir you refined was not an elixir of immortality but a poison pill. Do you have anything to say?"
When Han Zhong heard the twists and turns of the story, his heart skipped a beat and his eyes widened in disbelief.
Zhao Gao also glanced at Han Zhong obliquely. Now that the Xuanniao was involved, things were getting interesting.
Han Zhong naturally knew the great importance of the Xuanniao in Daqin. His mind immediately raced, and he cried anxiously to explain himself:
"Your Majesty! Please understand! I refine the elixirs according to the recipes passed down through the generations. Even if the elixirs don't have the ability to grant immortality, they are definitely not poisonous!"
Qin Ying couldn't help but curl her lips when she heard this. It even has the effect of longevity! It directly caused his grandfather to die suddenly in middle age!
His great-great-great-grandfather, King Zhaoxiang, reigned for an incredible fifty-six years, outlasting more than a dozen rulers of the Six Kingdoms and living to the age of seventy-five! His great-great-grandfather, King Xiaowen, reigned for only three days, yet he also lived past fifty! His great-great-grandfather's bad luck aside, his strong physique must have been inherited from his great-great-great-grandfather, King Zhaoxiang, two generations later! The little guy was absolutely certain that if his great-great-grandfather hadn't taken those ridiculous elixirs, he would have lived to eighty in perfect health!
After all, his great-grandfather's personal physician, Xia Wuqie, lived to be over a hundred years old, even living into the Han Dynasty and personally recounting the story of "Jing Ke Assassinating Qin Shi Huang" to the Han people! How could Xia Wuqie not understand the principles of health preservation?!
Humph! These old alchemists who cheat and deceive!
Qin Ying angrily stretched out her chubby little hand, pointed at Han Zhong's nose and cursed again.
The First Emperor translated simultaneously:
"Han Qing, I want to know what materials you used to refine the immortality elixir?"
Since his life was at stake, Han Zhong did not dare to hide anything and quickly said a string of medicine names:
"Your Majesty, I have used a considerable amount of cinnabar, yellow ochre, mercury, realgar, orpiment, mica, jade, deer antler, and Ganoderma lucidum to refine these five immortality pills. The ingredients used were also the plum blossom snow water that I collected with great difficulty in the past. They are truly all excellent ingredients. I dare not add a single ingredient or omit even a single ingredient! It is a great blessing to be able to refine this medicine! Your Majesty, please understand!"
The First Emperor pursed his lips in deep thought. After hearing this string of medicine names, Qin Ying was so angry that her red little round face turned slightly black! She really wanted to send her grandfather to see Xuanniao with just one medicine!
My goodness! Mercury is a "tribute," cinnabar contains "tribute sulfide," and yellow ochre is rich in "lead oxide." These heavy metals aren't enough, but they even add arsenic-containing minerals and tonic deer antlers and reishi mushrooms! Is this asking his grandfather to just chew on the periodic table?!
Qin Ying was so angry that smoke was almost coming out of her head. She roared at Old Man Han, "Aiya..." (How could you refuse such a great blessing?! Have you ever eaten the elixir you made yourself?)
The First Emperor swallowed the first half of the sentence automatically and translated it to Han Zhong:
"Han Qing, have you ever eaten this immortality elixir?"
When Han Zhong heard this, he was startled. Then his old face turned red and he lowered his head shyly and said:
"Your Majesty, I only love to refine pills, not eat them. Moreover, these pills are not easy to refine, and the raw materials are precious. I have experienced several explosions while refining them, and I cannot bear to taste even one."
"Oh--"
Qin Ying rolled her eyes. It seemed that only her grandfather was tricked.
He turned his little head to his grandfather and said in a serious and childish voice:
"Ahhhhhh..." (Grandfather, you must believe your grandson. Xuanniao said that the alchemists in the human world can't refine the elixir of immortality! The poison pill refined by this old man Han contains the same heavy metal toxins as the Jijin utensils, but the toxicity is much stronger than that of the Jijin utensils! It is completely inedible! If you are in doubt, you might as well catch two live chickens and try it on the spot! Live chickens have weak vitality, and you will see the effect soon after taking the pill!)
Things had come to this point. It was impossible for the First Emperor to have no doubts about the elixir. So, following his grandson's advice, he looked at Zhao Gao and said,
"Zhao Gou quickly went to the kitchen and caught two live chickens to test the elixir."
"promise!"
Zhao Gao quickly leaned forward and stepped back.
Han Zhong felt relieved. He firmly believed that there was absolutely no problem with his elixir. However, he felt it would be a pity if the five immortality pills he had worked so hard to refine were eaten by chickens.
Qin Ying couldn't help rolling her eyes when she saw the pity on Old Man Han's face. He was so desperate that he couldn't find the key to the problem!
After a while, the agile Zhao Gao walked in quickly with a big chicken in one hand that was clucking and cock-a-doodle-dooing.
There were two chickens, one male and one female, with red combs, loud crowing, bright feathers, and they were wiped clean by the kitchen. They were obviously a very healthy couple.
"Your Majesty, how should we test the medicine?"
Zhao Gao held the two big chickens in his hands and leaned over to ask the Emperor.
The First Emperor looked at the two energetic chickens and said with pursed lips:
"Feed each chicken with a longevity elixir and plum blossom snow water."
"promise."
Zhao Gao hurriedly signaled the two black-robed eunuchs who were approaching to grab a chicken each, while he carefully took a little bit of the elixir and plum blossom snow water placed on the lacquer table on the imperial steps. Under the gaze of the First Emperor, the eldest grandson of the emperor, and Han Zhong, he crushed the two elixirs and mixed them with snow water with a strong plum blossom fragrance and fed them into the sharp beaks of the two chickens.
Almost at the moment when all the pills were swallowed, the two chickens' small black eyes suddenly became extremely bright, as if they were instantly injected with infinite vitality. They struggled hard in the hands of the black-clothed eunuch, and crowed loudly "cluck, cluck" and "cock-a-doodle-doo".
After seeing this scene, Han Zhong's nervousness relaxed, and he immediately leaned forward to His Majesty the Emperor with a look of joy and pity, saying:
"Your Majesty, please look! These two chickens are about to ascend to heaven in broad daylight and become chicken immortals!"
A glint of strangeness also flashed across the First Emperor's phoenix eyes. After all, the spirited look of the two chickens after taking the elixir was visible to the naked eye.
Qin Ying, however, frowned, pursed her lips, and said nothing.
Seeing the two chickens struggling vigorously in the hands of the two eunuchs, the First Emperor relaxed a little and said:
"Let go of the two chickens."
"promise!"
After the two eunuchs bent down and carefully released the chicken they were holding, they saw that the chicken, with both wings clipped, was still flapping its wings desperately, trying to fly onto the carved beams.
Han Zhong shouted in surprise:
"Look! Your Majesty! Two chicken fairies are about to spread their wings and fly into the sky in broad daylight!"
The First Emperor also looked at the two chickens expectantly.
Zhao Gao also stared intently at the two roosters and hens who were enjoying such a great blessing!
The entire inner hall fell silent, and one could hear a pin drop, as if they were afraid of disturbing or missing the entire process of the two Great Qin Chicken Immortals ascending to heaven in broad daylight.
In full view of the crowd, the hens and roosters imitated the cranes by shaking their wings, raising their short necks and clucking and cock-a-doodle-dooing vigorously on the wooden floor beneath their claws, taking one, two, three, and four steps gracefully.
Han Zhong's eyes lit up brightly. He held his breath and watched the two big lucky chickens ascend immediately!
The First Emperor also stared closely at the two extremely energetic chickens.
However, when they took the fifth step, the two chickens shook at the same time.
At the sixth step, the two chickens cried out "cluck" and "oh" shrilly.
Everyone was shocked and the First Emperor's pupils trembled.
After the seventh step, under the gaze of everyone, the two big lucky chickens, with blood flowing from their mouths and their small black eyes wide open, fell straight to the wooden floor with a "bang".
The next moment, the faint festive atmosphere suddenly became dead silent.
The First Emperor's face turned extremely dark. Han Sheng's body softened, his eyes widened in shock, and he collapsed on the wooden floor with a "bang".
Zhao Gao looked at the baby in the emperor's arms in horror.
Under the complex gazes of shock, astonishment, fear, and confusion among the crowd, the eight-month-old little grandson clapped his chubby hands happily and babbled:
"Ya ...
The First Emperor, who was caught off guard and suffered severe physical and mental damage, couldn't eat even a little bit of chicken for a while: "..."
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