Be a national teacher in Liaozhai Fanwen
Chapter 54 Zhuoling Pavilion
Then I saw a group of little paper people stepping on fox fire and heading in all directions!
Under the dark red sky, in the dark green mist, the little white paper man stepped on the fox fire and ran around laughingly, and the talisman flew in the air, alarming the zombie ghosts hidden in the voodoo.
For a moment, ghost crying and wolf howling really seemed to be in the [-]th floor of purgatory.
"Ji Zhen..." Wang Mang looked worriedly at Ruan Tao in front of him.
At this time, Ruan Tao was suffocating in his heart!
He took out the silver silk whisk from his bundle, pinched the formula and recited the spell, the yellow light from the spell in the sky became more dazzling, and the sounds of ghosts and ghosts around him became more frightening.
Oh shit!Your grandpa fought with you!
"Hee hee hee..." The laughter of the little paper people became louder and louder, and accompanied by the howling of the ghosts, it seemed extraordinarily sinister.
After a while, the little paper people who had just gone out came back one by one with dirty limbs and legs, holding sheets of rouge papers, and kept throwing them towards the "holes" on the big locust tree behind them.
Countless ghosts and ghosts rushed towards them, hairy zombies, headless walking corpses, and erratic ghosts, all accompanied by roars, made people shudder!
"Ji Zhen!!" Du Zimei subconsciously stood in front of Fusu, fearing that the runaway ghosts would hurt Fusu behind him. He hadn't forgotten that the current eldest son was just a ghost, and he couldn't compare to the three of them coming in together. people.
If you break your skin a little bit, you will have irreversible and serious consequences if you speak indefinitely.
However, just as he was trying to pull Fusu towards his back, Fusu put his arms around his shoulders towards his back.
"Kids hide behind." Fusu said softly.
Then he stepped forward to Ruan Tao's side, but found that he seemed unable to do anything for him, so he could only stand there a little helplessly, looking worriedly at the person in front of him.
Wang Mang's eyes also stopped on Ruan Tao, since he decided to come to Shangjun from Beijing, he guessed that everything that happened in the future would be out of his control.
It's just that it's too much to take off!
He understood where Ruan Tao's anger came from at this time, he was aggrieved!
Can you not be aggrieved?
Ruan Tao is different from him, and he knows this.
As an alchemist, the other party didn't want to enter Zhuo Ling Pavilion, but simply wanted to live a safe and stable life in Shangjun and set up a stall for the rest of his life, so he could still encounter such embarrassing things.
It's just that he wants to make a living, but someone wants to kick his job.
Everyone is aggrieved!
At this time, Ruan Tao's expression was very ugly, because he manipulated too many paper figurines and talisman seals at one time, his complexion became very pale, and there was constant sweat on his forehead.
Normally, according to Ruan Tao's pity for his life, he would stop instantly, but today he held his breath in his heart.
Want to play, right?Have fun with your grandpa!
"Roar--!"
The ghosts moved their deformed and mutilated bodies and kept approaching several people.
At this time, the spells flying in the sky attacked the zombies and ghosts who rushed over.
After fighting for a while, those ghosts finally died in the dark green fox fire after struggling and being torn apart.
"Cough, cough, cough!! Puff——"
Red marks sprinkled into the air, Ruan Tao's eyes darkened and he fell backwards.
"Ji Zhen—!"
**
When Ruan Tao woke up again, they had been out of the Gu barrier for a day and a night.
Fusu's soul was sent back by Huchang, and Huchang was also grateful to Fusu, after all, it was this person who justified his name in front of Heaven.
Wang Mang and Du Zimei are also in good condition, but it is said that Wang Mang was frightened and had a fever on the night when he came back. Fortunately, he asked the imperial physician to make a medicine and drink it, and he recovered the next day.
Only he himself understood that he was not frightened by ghosts, but by the poem.
On this night of fever, Wang Mang made a major decision.
He decided to take a gamble, since his luck has been pretty good anyway.
And Ruan Tao was in a coma for a day and a night. In Gu, he manipulated so many paper figurines and talismans at the same time. In Hu Chang's words, it was purely killing his life!
Fortunately, he is still young now, and Fusu happened to be standing beside him at that time, and the purple dragon aura in his body was more or less pouring on Ruan Tao, so Ruan Tao didn't have any serious problems.
After waking up, he asked about the situation of Fusu, Du Zimei, and Wang Mang, and was relieved to hear that they were all fine.
Afterwards, he sat on the bed and folded his own paper man without saying a word.
During this period, Zigong, Ruan Ji, and Ji Kang came into the house one after another to greet him.
Seeing that he was really in a bad mood, Ruan Ji kindly took out Wu Shi San from his bosom and asked him if he would like some, Ruan Tao naturally refused without thinking.
Then, he didn't fold the paper figurines, and started to popularize the dangers of "drugs" to Ruan Ji.
Ruan Tao locked himself in the room for a day, and on the third day he invited Hu Chang to the room and asked, "Senior, if Zhou Youling is a 'Gu', what does that mean?"
Hu Chang was silent for a moment, and then replied seriously: "It means that the person who refined him is a 'god'-like existence."
God?
Yes, 300 years of Gu!how can that be possible?
How could a mortal create such a thing?
It can only be "God"!
However, there are no gods in this world, but there are indeed people who can stand shoulder to shoulder with gods.
Looking at the sunlight coming in through the window, Ruan Tao felt that maybe he was wrong at first.
Maybe Wang Mang is really the same as himself, but he is just an unlucky ghost who accidentally crossed over...
Ever since, that day, like Wang Mang, he made a major decision.
That afternoon, he left Zigong's courtyard and went to the streets.
***
"Have you decided to enter Zhuoling Pavilion?"
In Zhao Mansion, Fusu and Ruan Tao were sitting opposite each other under the corridor in Fusu courtyard, he pushed back the little eunuchs waiting on the left and right, and there were only the two of them in the courtyard at this time.
Surprised by Ruan Tao's sudden decision to help Su, he frowned slightly: "I remember, you said you didn't like it."
He didn't understand what made Ruan Tao suddenly change his mind, but he didn't want Ruan Tao to do things he didn't like.
This child was supposed to be such an unrestrained, free and willful existence.
"I really didn't like it very much before..." Ruan Tao replied.
In fact, he also went to Zhuo Lingge for an "interview" before, and that was not long after he had just traveled here——
That day, he was wandering the streets like a ghost. He had just passed through and had nothing, nothing, and at such a young age, he really didn't know what to do.
At that time, the only two taels of silver that God bestowed on him was taken away by someone.
Seeing that the sun was rising, every household started cooking lunch, and the street shops were full of people, but he couldn't even afford a bun to wrap his belly.
Listening to the empty sound coming from his abdomen and feeling the heavier and heavier steps, Ruan Tao knew that if he didn't think of a way, he would probably become the time traveler with the shortest survival time in history.
So, after doing enough ideological work for himself, he stopped a passerby, imitated the appearance of other people he saw on the street just now, and saluted the other person: "Mr. How do you earn money for a living?"
The man gave him a suspicious look.
Ruan Tao knew that he was offended, and then smiled awkwardly: "Someone passed by here by chance, but someone stole his bag before he found a place to live. Those who are not familiar with the place have no relatives or friends here, and now they can't even eat enough. It’s all a problem, let alone traveling. So I want to ask if there is any profitable business near Xiongtai, so that I can earn some money first to facilitate my journey.”
The man saw that Ruan Taosheng was handsome, smart, and good-looking, and he really didn't look like a person who planned to do something wrong, and he heard what happened to him was really embarrassing.
Therefore, he patted him on the shoulder comfortingly and then said: "Go out of the city and go thirty miles northwest. The Great Wall is being built there, and people are recruited all year round. They don't pay taxes even if they eat three meals a day."
"Repair the Great Wall?"
The man nodded, and then he looked Ruan Tao up and down, thinking that with his slender arms and legs, he must not be able to lift bricks.
Therefore, he said again: "Or, there is another job. But...not everyone can do it."
"What kind of business?"
"There is a notice at the gate of the city, and it is issued by the imperial court—'Those who refine the elixir of immortality will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold'!"
Hearing this, Ruan Tao's eyes lit up, isn't this a chance God gave him?
He was originally there to help people get rid of evil spirits and disasters, but not many people believe in this in modern society, he has been in a state of not opening for half a year, and opening for half a year.
Isn't this job right now?
Thinking of this, Ruan Tao heaved a sigh of relief, at least God was kind to him and didn't completely cut off his way of life.
After bidding farewell to the kind passerby, Ruan Tao headed towards the city gate pointed by the other party.
When he reached the gate of the city, his eyes were already green with hunger, and he didn't even bother to read what was written on the reward notice, so he took it off in one go, attracting the attention of passers-by for a while.
Less than a stick of incense after Ruan Tao received the notice, people from the yamen came.
Seeing that Ruan Tao was young and looked like he was dying, the leader of the yamen questioned, "Little Lang, do you know what this is?"
"of course I know."
"Do you have a disease?" The yamen servant frowned and asked again, "It's not okay if you have a disease. If you send the sickness into the elixir, it's not a matter of losing your head alone."
"Never." Ruan Tao replied weakly, very unconvincing.
"Then why do you look sick?"
"hungry."
Yamen servant: "..."
In this way, Ruan Tao went back to the Yamen with the Yamen servants, and finally had a full meal.
After eating and drinking enough, he was taken to a pharmacy by the yamen servant.
The room is quite large, with four alchemy furnaces inside, and a low table and a futon are placed in front of each of the alchemy furnaces.
On all four walls there is a mahogany frame with the same height and width as the wall, on which are placed all kinds of rare and weird things, presumably they are all used for alchemy.
Ruan Tao was a little surprised, he didn't expect such a big alchemy room in a county government office, it seems that the equipment is quite complete.
There are four alchemy furnaces in the room, and there are people in front of three of them.
I saw the three of them, two thin and one fat, all with goatees, wearing lotus crowns, and holding whisks in their hands, looking like a worldly expert. When they saw Ruan Tao brought by the yamen servants, the three of them turned up The eyelids and the corners of the mouth curled up in a disdainful arc.
Compared with them, Ruan Tao looked as if he had been arrested to make up for it.
The yamen servant brought Ruan Tao to the empty alchemy stove, explained the precautions to him and left.
Ah!Elixir of Immortality.
Ruan Tao smiled sarcastically and shook his head, if someone in the world could refine the elixir of immortality, why wouldn't that person take it himself and become a god?Why can't these feudal rulers understand such a simple truth?
In this way, I really can't blame others for cheating him!
Ruan Tao looked at the things in front of him, randomly picked out a few and threw them into the alchemy furnace, and then he was going to sleep on the table.
I had eaten too much just now, and now I couldn't help but feel sleepy.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he climbed down, he heard the fat Taoist beside him say, "Why don't you put cinnabar?"
Ruan Tao was taken aback for a moment, realizing that the other party was talking to him, and then said: "The cinnabar is poisonous."
The fat Taoist instantly showed an expression of "I know you are a fake": "Cinnabar is a detoxifying and evil-proofing thing, how can it be poisonous? Besides, cinnabar must be added to the elixir. This is an order from the superior. Prepare for disaster."
"Can he still kill me?" Ruan Tao said confidently.
"Children can't be taught." The fat Taoist shook his head, then ignored Ruan Tao, and continued to refine his own elixir, adding cinnabar to it.
Seeing that the fat Taoist priest had stopped talking, Ruan Tao thought for a second, could it be that the people above the world could kill him now?
But... Seeing the three people in the room continuously adding all kinds of minerals that can generate heavy metals into the alchemy furnace, Ruan Tao felt a toothache.
It's hard to eat something like this and not die!
Ruan Tao fell into a dilemma for a while.
He came here to make a lot of money, but it is really embarrassing for him to use these things to make alchemy.
If these things are added, this heavy metal will kill people if eaten. The ancients were ignorant, but he understood.
If he didn't add it, maybe others would be dissatisfied with the elixir sent up, and he would be the one who would die.
Ruan Tao struggled for a moment, then got up and walked out of the alchemy room - he stopped practicing.
It's okay to cheat people, but it's really impossible to kill people.The big deal is that I don’t want the money, go to the Great Wall to move bricks!
I thought I would let him go back when he stopped practicing, but just as he said that, a few strong men in uniforms came in and tied him up with a rope.
Ruan Tao just thought it was too easy for them to let him go because they felt that he was lying to the government for food and drink, so he was ready to throw him out.
In this regard, he expressed his understanding. He originally thought that he would have to suffer at least two boards before he could get out.
Therefore, Ruan Tao showed no signs of struggling in the whole process of cooperation.
The handyman who tied him looked at him with some admiration. He was so indifferent in the face of life and death. He couldn't tell that this young man was young and small, but he was more courageous than the world - he was a real man!
In this way, Ruan Tao was kidnapped and dragged out of the county office.
Unexpectedly, these people did not let go of his intentions, but carried him all the way to the back of the county government office.
Only then did Ruan Tao feel something was wrong, and said tremblingly, "What are you doing? Where do you want to take me?"
Seeing this, the leader said indifferently: "When you came that day, I knew you couldn't do it. The road was chosen by myself, and today is your fate. Let me tell you the truth, this year you are already the first There are ten of them, and I dug the hole behind the county office for you yesterday."
Hearing the leader's words, Ruan Tao broke out in a cold sweat: "What, what do you mean?! What kind of pit? What did you dig for me?!"
The leader sneered: "According to the laws of the Great Qin Dynasty, those who use alchemy to deceive people and destroy medicines will be cheated. The notice is clearly written. Could it be that you exposed it without reading it?"
Pit it? !
Ruan Tao only felt his head groaning suddenly, his eyes were green from hunger, how could he have the time to read the above words? !
What kind of ghost law is this, if you don't make alchemy, you will die?
Hearing that he was about to be buried alive, Ruan Tao couldn't care less, and began to struggle desperately, howling as he struggled: "Help!! Help!! Wronged! Killed——"
However, how could he, with his slender arms and legs, earn more than four strong men?No matter how hard he tried his best, he didn't waver at all.
He made a lot of noise, causing passers-by to stop one after another.
It's just that the people in the yamen didn't dare to intervene, they just shook their heads and sighed in private:
"What's wrong with being young? Even if it's to build the Great Wall, it's better than being cheated in the name of the government!"
"It's a pity, such a handsome brother."
"Tsk tsk! Really handsome! It's rare to see such a handsome young man, but it's a pity that he doesn't live long."
Passers-by sighed that Ruan Tao was born handsome and died too early, but they could only sigh.
At the end of last year, a alchemist entered the elixir of immortality, but the elixir was useless, and his majesty fell ill. In a fit of rage, his majesty murdered more than [-] people.
Since the beginning of this year, the whole country has been extremely strict with the fighters.
Daqin has always strictly enforced the law. Under Qin's law, even sons and grandsons have to abide by the law, so the life of this little man is definitely not safe.
"Don't you know that cinnabar is poisonous?! Those blind alchemists are liars! I've turned my back on it, and you should arrest them! Why arrest me?!" Ruan Tao struggled.
A man of clarity heard the words, nodded secretly, and then shook his head helplessly.I didn't expect this little gentleman to have some insights!
Your Majesty's pursuit of longevity is a good thing now, but blindly relying on metaphysics such as alchemy to find medicine is not the answer. After all... metaphysics, who can tell?
Ordinary people who don't know how to cultivate immortals asked, who would know that the group of talented people and strangers who seem to be flying like immortals are not thieves?
It's not that no one has ever persuaded him. Didn't the eldest son Fusu contradict His Majesty by persuading His Majesty not to be addicted to pills, and was relegated to this small border town to supervise the repair of the Great Wall?
Just when passers-by felt sorry for Ruan Tao and thought he was about to die, a person stood in front of Ruan Tao and his party: "Let him go."
Ruan Tao, the handyman and the passers-by who watched the excitement were taken aback!
Who is so bold?Dare to stop the government from doing business?
When Ruan Tao looked up, he saw that the man was wearing black robes, with silver crown and hair tied up, and tall and jade standing like a man from beyond the sky—it was Zigong.
At that time, he met Zi Gong.
Later, when he went for a stroll in the Western Regions, he happened to meet Zi Gong who was in distress and gave him a helping hand.
In this way, the two of them are completely heart-to-heart.
Zigong always said that he saved his life, but in fact he saved his life at first, and he just paid his life back.
Ruan Tao recovered from the memory and said, "I don't like Zhuo Lingge very much, because those pills can never make people live longer, they can only kill people."
"In our line of business, we have to do some unconscionable things, but now we want to kill people, how can we do it? That's why I insisted not to go in." Ruan Tao said.
Hearing this, Fu Su reached out and patted his head with a smile: "Sometimes, I don't know whether you are kind or too cunning."
The author says:
Can I? !I can! ! !
Under the dark red sky, in the dark green mist, the little white paper man stepped on the fox fire and ran around laughingly, and the talisman flew in the air, alarming the zombie ghosts hidden in the voodoo.
For a moment, ghost crying and wolf howling really seemed to be in the [-]th floor of purgatory.
"Ji Zhen..." Wang Mang looked worriedly at Ruan Tao in front of him.
At this time, Ruan Tao was suffocating in his heart!
He took out the silver silk whisk from his bundle, pinched the formula and recited the spell, the yellow light from the spell in the sky became more dazzling, and the sounds of ghosts and ghosts around him became more frightening.
Oh shit!Your grandpa fought with you!
"Hee hee hee..." The laughter of the little paper people became louder and louder, and accompanied by the howling of the ghosts, it seemed extraordinarily sinister.
After a while, the little paper people who had just gone out came back one by one with dirty limbs and legs, holding sheets of rouge papers, and kept throwing them towards the "holes" on the big locust tree behind them.
Countless ghosts and ghosts rushed towards them, hairy zombies, headless walking corpses, and erratic ghosts, all accompanied by roars, made people shudder!
"Ji Zhen!!" Du Zimei subconsciously stood in front of Fusu, fearing that the runaway ghosts would hurt Fusu behind him. He hadn't forgotten that the current eldest son was just a ghost, and he couldn't compare to the three of them coming in together. people.
If you break your skin a little bit, you will have irreversible and serious consequences if you speak indefinitely.
However, just as he was trying to pull Fusu towards his back, Fusu put his arms around his shoulders towards his back.
"Kids hide behind." Fusu said softly.
Then he stepped forward to Ruan Tao's side, but found that he seemed unable to do anything for him, so he could only stand there a little helplessly, looking worriedly at the person in front of him.
Wang Mang's eyes also stopped on Ruan Tao, since he decided to come to Shangjun from Beijing, he guessed that everything that happened in the future would be out of his control.
It's just that it's too much to take off!
He understood where Ruan Tao's anger came from at this time, he was aggrieved!
Can you not be aggrieved?
Ruan Tao is different from him, and he knows this.
As an alchemist, the other party didn't want to enter Zhuo Ling Pavilion, but simply wanted to live a safe and stable life in Shangjun and set up a stall for the rest of his life, so he could still encounter such embarrassing things.
It's just that he wants to make a living, but someone wants to kick his job.
Everyone is aggrieved!
At this time, Ruan Tao's expression was very ugly, because he manipulated too many paper figurines and talisman seals at one time, his complexion became very pale, and there was constant sweat on his forehead.
Normally, according to Ruan Tao's pity for his life, he would stop instantly, but today he held his breath in his heart.
Want to play, right?Have fun with your grandpa!
"Roar--!"
The ghosts moved their deformed and mutilated bodies and kept approaching several people.
At this time, the spells flying in the sky attacked the zombies and ghosts who rushed over.
After fighting for a while, those ghosts finally died in the dark green fox fire after struggling and being torn apart.
"Cough, cough, cough!! Puff——"
Red marks sprinkled into the air, Ruan Tao's eyes darkened and he fell backwards.
"Ji Zhen—!"
**
When Ruan Tao woke up again, they had been out of the Gu barrier for a day and a night.
Fusu's soul was sent back by Huchang, and Huchang was also grateful to Fusu, after all, it was this person who justified his name in front of Heaven.
Wang Mang and Du Zimei are also in good condition, but it is said that Wang Mang was frightened and had a fever on the night when he came back. Fortunately, he asked the imperial physician to make a medicine and drink it, and he recovered the next day.
Only he himself understood that he was not frightened by ghosts, but by the poem.
On this night of fever, Wang Mang made a major decision.
He decided to take a gamble, since his luck has been pretty good anyway.
And Ruan Tao was in a coma for a day and a night. In Gu, he manipulated so many paper figurines and talismans at the same time. In Hu Chang's words, it was purely killing his life!
Fortunately, he is still young now, and Fusu happened to be standing beside him at that time, and the purple dragon aura in his body was more or less pouring on Ruan Tao, so Ruan Tao didn't have any serious problems.
After waking up, he asked about the situation of Fusu, Du Zimei, and Wang Mang, and was relieved to hear that they were all fine.
Afterwards, he sat on the bed and folded his own paper man without saying a word.
During this period, Zigong, Ruan Ji, and Ji Kang came into the house one after another to greet him.
Seeing that he was really in a bad mood, Ruan Ji kindly took out Wu Shi San from his bosom and asked him if he would like some, Ruan Tao naturally refused without thinking.
Then, he didn't fold the paper figurines, and started to popularize the dangers of "drugs" to Ruan Ji.
Ruan Tao locked himself in the room for a day, and on the third day he invited Hu Chang to the room and asked, "Senior, if Zhou Youling is a 'Gu', what does that mean?"
Hu Chang was silent for a moment, and then replied seriously: "It means that the person who refined him is a 'god'-like existence."
God?
Yes, 300 years of Gu!how can that be possible?
How could a mortal create such a thing?
It can only be "God"!
However, there are no gods in this world, but there are indeed people who can stand shoulder to shoulder with gods.
Looking at the sunlight coming in through the window, Ruan Tao felt that maybe he was wrong at first.
Maybe Wang Mang is really the same as himself, but he is just an unlucky ghost who accidentally crossed over...
Ever since, that day, like Wang Mang, he made a major decision.
That afternoon, he left Zigong's courtyard and went to the streets.
***
"Have you decided to enter Zhuoling Pavilion?"
In Zhao Mansion, Fusu and Ruan Tao were sitting opposite each other under the corridor in Fusu courtyard, he pushed back the little eunuchs waiting on the left and right, and there were only the two of them in the courtyard at this time.
Surprised by Ruan Tao's sudden decision to help Su, he frowned slightly: "I remember, you said you didn't like it."
He didn't understand what made Ruan Tao suddenly change his mind, but he didn't want Ruan Tao to do things he didn't like.
This child was supposed to be such an unrestrained, free and willful existence.
"I really didn't like it very much before..." Ruan Tao replied.
In fact, he also went to Zhuo Lingge for an "interview" before, and that was not long after he had just traveled here——
That day, he was wandering the streets like a ghost. He had just passed through and had nothing, nothing, and at such a young age, he really didn't know what to do.
At that time, the only two taels of silver that God bestowed on him was taken away by someone.
Seeing that the sun was rising, every household started cooking lunch, and the street shops were full of people, but he couldn't even afford a bun to wrap his belly.
Listening to the empty sound coming from his abdomen and feeling the heavier and heavier steps, Ruan Tao knew that if he didn't think of a way, he would probably become the time traveler with the shortest survival time in history.
So, after doing enough ideological work for himself, he stopped a passerby, imitated the appearance of other people he saw on the street just now, and saluted the other person: "Mr. How do you earn money for a living?"
The man gave him a suspicious look.
Ruan Tao knew that he was offended, and then smiled awkwardly: "Someone passed by here by chance, but someone stole his bag before he found a place to live. Those who are not familiar with the place have no relatives or friends here, and now they can't even eat enough. It’s all a problem, let alone traveling. So I want to ask if there is any profitable business near Xiongtai, so that I can earn some money first to facilitate my journey.”
The man saw that Ruan Taosheng was handsome, smart, and good-looking, and he really didn't look like a person who planned to do something wrong, and he heard what happened to him was really embarrassing.
Therefore, he patted him on the shoulder comfortingly and then said: "Go out of the city and go thirty miles northwest. The Great Wall is being built there, and people are recruited all year round. They don't pay taxes even if they eat three meals a day."
"Repair the Great Wall?"
The man nodded, and then he looked Ruan Tao up and down, thinking that with his slender arms and legs, he must not be able to lift bricks.
Therefore, he said again: "Or, there is another job. But...not everyone can do it."
"What kind of business?"
"There is a notice at the gate of the city, and it is issued by the imperial court—'Those who refine the elixir of immortality will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold'!"
Hearing this, Ruan Tao's eyes lit up, isn't this a chance God gave him?
He was originally there to help people get rid of evil spirits and disasters, but not many people believe in this in modern society, he has been in a state of not opening for half a year, and opening for half a year.
Isn't this job right now?
Thinking of this, Ruan Tao heaved a sigh of relief, at least God was kind to him and didn't completely cut off his way of life.
After bidding farewell to the kind passerby, Ruan Tao headed towards the city gate pointed by the other party.
When he reached the gate of the city, his eyes were already green with hunger, and he didn't even bother to read what was written on the reward notice, so he took it off in one go, attracting the attention of passers-by for a while.
Less than a stick of incense after Ruan Tao received the notice, people from the yamen came.
Seeing that Ruan Tao was young and looked like he was dying, the leader of the yamen questioned, "Little Lang, do you know what this is?"
"of course I know."
"Do you have a disease?" The yamen servant frowned and asked again, "It's not okay if you have a disease. If you send the sickness into the elixir, it's not a matter of losing your head alone."
"Never." Ruan Tao replied weakly, very unconvincing.
"Then why do you look sick?"
"hungry."
Yamen servant: "..."
In this way, Ruan Tao went back to the Yamen with the Yamen servants, and finally had a full meal.
After eating and drinking enough, he was taken to a pharmacy by the yamen servant.
The room is quite large, with four alchemy furnaces inside, and a low table and a futon are placed in front of each of the alchemy furnaces.
On all four walls there is a mahogany frame with the same height and width as the wall, on which are placed all kinds of rare and weird things, presumably they are all used for alchemy.
Ruan Tao was a little surprised, he didn't expect such a big alchemy room in a county government office, it seems that the equipment is quite complete.
There are four alchemy furnaces in the room, and there are people in front of three of them.
I saw the three of them, two thin and one fat, all with goatees, wearing lotus crowns, and holding whisks in their hands, looking like a worldly expert. When they saw Ruan Tao brought by the yamen servants, the three of them turned up The eyelids and the corners of the mouth curled up in a disdainful arc.
Compared with them, Ruan Tao looked as if he had been arrested to make up for it.
The yamen servant brought Ruan Tao to the empty alchemy stove, explained the precautions to him and left.
Ah!Elixir of Immortality.
Ruan Tao smiled sarcastically and shook his head, if someone in the world could refine the elixir of immortality, why wouldn't that person take it himself and become a god?Why can't these feudal rulers understand such a simple truth?
In this way, I really can't blame others for cheating him!
Ruan Tao looked at the things in front of him, randomly picked out a few and threw them into the alchemy furnace, and then he was going to sleep on the table.
I had eaten too much just now, and now I couldn't help but feel sleepy.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he climbed down, he heard the fat Taoist beside him say, "Why don't you put cinnabar?"
Ruan Tao was taken aback for a moment, realizing that the other party was talking to him, and then said: "The cinnabar is poisonous."
The fat Taoist instantly showed an expression of "I know you are a fake": "Cinnabar is a detoxifying and evil-proofing thing, how can it be poisonous? Besides, cinnabar must be added to the elixir. This is an order from the superior. Prepare for disaster."
"Can he still kill me?" Ruan Tao said confidently.
"Children can't be taught." The fat Taoist shook his head, then ignored Ruan Tao, and continued to refine his own elixir, adding cinnabar to it.
Seeing that the fat Taoist priest had stopped talking, Ruan Tao thought for a second, could it be that the people above the world could kill him now?
But... Seeing the three people in the room continuously adding all kinds of minerals that can generate heavy metals into the alchemy furnace, Ruan Tao felt a toothache.
It's hard to eat something like this and not die!
Ruan Tao fell into a dilemma for a while.
He came here to make a lot of money, but it is really embarrassing for him to use these things to make alchemy.
If these things are added, this heavy metal will kill people if eaten. The ancients were ignorant, but he understood.
If he didn't add it, maybe others would be dissatisfied with the elixir sent up, and he would be the one who would die.
Ruan Tao struggled for a moment, then got up and walked out of the alchemy room - he stopped practicing.
It's okay to cheat people, but it's really impossible to kill people.The big deal is that I don’t want the money, go to the Great Wall to move bricks!
I thought I would let him go back when he stopped practicing, but just as he said that, a few strong men in uniforms came in and tied him up with a rope.
Ruan Tao just thought it was too easy for them to let him go because they felt that he was lying to the government for food and drink, so he was ready to throw him out.
In this regard, he expressed his understanding. He originally thought that he would have to suffer at least two boards before he could get out.
Therefore, Ruan Tao showed no signs of struggling in the whole process of cooperation.
The handyman who tied him looked at him with some admiration. He was so indifferent in the face of life and death. He couldn't tell that this young man was young and small, but he was more courageous than the world - he was a real man!
In this way, Ruan Tao was kidnapped and dragged out of the county office.
Unexpectedly, these people did not let go of his intentions, but carried him all the way to the back of the county government office.
Only then did Ruan Tao feel something was wrong, and said tremblingly, "What are you doing? Where do you want to take me?"
Seeing this, the leader said indifferently: "When you came that day, I knew you couldn't do it. The road was chosen by myself, and today is your fate. Let me tell you the truth, this year you are already the first There are ten of them, and I dug the hole behind the county office for you yesterday."
Hearing the leader's words, Ruan Tao broke out in a cold sweat: "What, what do you mean?! What kind of pit? What did you dig for me?!"
The leader sneered: "According to the laws of the Great Qin Dynasty, those who use alchemy to deceive people and destroy medicines will be cheated. The notice is clearly written. Could it be that you exposed it without reading it?"
Pit it? !
Ruan Tao only felt his head groaning suddenly, his eyes were green from hunger, how could he have the time to read the above words? !
What kind of ghost law is this, if you don't make alchemy, you will die?
Hearing that he was about to be buried alive, Ruan Tao couldn't care less, and began to struggle desperately, howling as he struggled: "Help!! Help!! Wronged! Killed——"
However, how could he, with his slender arms and legs, earn more than four strong men?No matter how hard he tried his best, he didn't waver at all.
He made a lot of noise, causing passers-by to stop one after another.
It's just that the people in the yamen didn't dare to intervene, they just shook their heads and sighed in private:
"What's wrong with being young? Even if it's to build the Great Wall, it's better than being cheated in the name of the government!"
"It's a pity, such a handsome brother."
"Tsk tsk! Really handsome! It's rare to see such a handsome young man, but it's a pity that he doesn't live long."
Passers-by sighed that Ruan Tao was born handsome and died too early, but they could only sigh.
At the end of last year, a alchemist entered the elixir of immortality, but the elixir was useless, and his majesty fell ill. In a fit of rage, his majesty murdered more than [-] people.
Since the beginning of this year, the whole country has been extremely strict with the fighters.
Daqin has always strictly enforced the law. Under Qin's law, even sons and grandsons have to abide by the law, so the life of this little man is definitely not safe.
"Don't you know that cinnabar is poisonous?! Those blind alchemists are liars! I've turned my back on it, and you should arrest them! Why arrest me?!" Ruan Tao struggled.
A man of clarity heard the words, nodded secretly, and then shook his head helplessly.I didn't expect this little gentleman to have some insights!
Your Majesty's pursuit of longevity is a good thing now, but blindly relying on metaphysics such as alchemy to find medicine is not the answer. After all... metaphysics, who can tell?
Ordinary people who don't know how to cultivate immortals asked, who would know that the group of talented people and strangers who seem to be flying like immortals are not thieves?
It's not that no one has ever persuaded him. Didn't the eldest son Fusu contradict His Majesty by persuading His Majesty not to be addicted to pills, and was relegated to this small border town to supervise the repair of the Great Wall?
Just when passers-by felt sorry for Ruan Tao and thought he was about to die, a person stood in front of Ruan Tao and his party: "Let him go."
Ruan Tao, the handyman and the passers-by who watched the excitement were taken aback!
Who is so bold?Dare to stop the government from doing business?
When Ruan Tao looked up, he saw that the man was wearing black robes, with silver crown and hair tied up, and tall and jade standing like a man from beyond the sky—it was Zigong.
At that time, he met Zi Gong.
Later, when he went for a stroll in the Western Regions, he happened to meet Zi Gong who was in distress and gave him a helping hand.
In this way, the two of them are completely heart-to-heart.
Zigong always said that he saved his life, but in fact he saved his life at first, and he just paid his life back.
Ruan Tao recovered from the memory and said, "I don't like Zhuo Lingge very much, because those pills can never make people live longer, they can only kill people."
"In our line of business, we have to do some unconscionable things, but now we want to kill people, how can we do it? That's why I insisted not to go in." Ruan Tao said.
Hearing this, Fu Su reached out and patted his head with a smile: "Sometimes, I don't know whether you are kind or too cunning."
The author says:
Can I? !I can! ! !
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