Chapter 428 My legs are numb, squat down

  Chenming is the main viewer of Yangquan Temple. He has a deep understanding of Taoist classics and has won the respect of all Taoist friends.

  Three strands of black beard, white face, piercing eyes.

   "What a fairy!"

   Lei Hong couldn't help but praise.

  Bao Dong nodded, "But Daoist Chen Ming?"

  Chen Ming nodded, "It's the poor man."

   Bao Dong reported outside the duty room, "Uncle Wu Yang, Taoist Master Chen Ming is here."

"please come in."

   With a jerk, Ming Jing stood up.

   Could it be that this woman has been a female crown for a long time, and she really thinks she is a Taoist child?

  Chen Ming came in, Ming Jing immediately took the head, and then realized that something was wrong, she was no longer a female crown, but an 'insider', so she turned Jishou into a handcuff halfway, "I met the Taoist leader."

  Chenming just glanced at her and nodded slightly.

   Is the Daoist really not impressed by the little transparency of my one-sided relationship?

  Ming Jing was slightly depressed.

   "But Uncle Wuyang?"

  Chenming Jishou asked.

  Jia Pingan nodded, "What is the Taoist priest doing here?"

Chen Ming's eyes lit up suddenly, and there was a fierce look, and he saluted seriously, "A few days ago, a friend said that Uncle Wuyang taught the method of processing realgar and cinnabar, and I heard that Uncle Wuyang said that the way of alchemy is poisonous. Come here and ask..."

  The Taoist moved two steps closer. Jia Pingan almost wanted to pose as Huang Feihong, and then realized that this was Baiqi. He gave an order, and Chen Ming would be hacked to death in an instant.

   Majesty must be maintained...

   But Chenming seems to be here to mess things up.

   "Do you understand the change of matter?"

  Chen Ming shook his head.

   "Do you know that ore is poisonous?"

  Chen Ming shook his head.

  Wushi powder became popular in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and some people still take it today. Take some Wushisan every day, and then the whole body becomes hot, and the skin is extremely sensitive. Just wearing old clothes with long sleeves scattered around... Remarks here: The old clothes must not be washed, and it is best to have dirt or something, so that they will not rub sensitive skin.

  Should I save this person?

   Jia Pingan was a little hesitant, but after seeing the adoration in Ming Jing's eyes, he felt that it would be better to extend his hand.

   "Water can boil when heated to a certain degree, and steel will liquefy when heated to a certain degree. Many wild vegetables are poisonous when eaten raw, but they are not poisonous when boiled in boiling water... Do you know why?"

  Chen Ming looked cold at the beginning, but gradually changed color.

yes!

  Why does water boil?

  Why does steel liquefy?

   Some wild vegetables are poisonous, and if you eat too much, you will be tricked. But after blanching, you can eat it. Everyone knows these things, but who knows the truth behind it?

  Chen Ming swept away the previous indifference, and Jishou said: "There are Taoist brothers in Yangquan temple who are arguing about this, and I invite Uncle Wuyang to go and explain our doubts."

   It's a challenge!

  None of my business?

   Jia Ping'an's face turned cold, he picked up the news and began to read it.

  Chen Ming's complexion was slightly pale, and he said with a smile, "Don't you dare Uncle Wu Yang?"

  Jia Pingan raised his eyes, "As soon as I give an order, you will die without a place to bury you. What do you dare to say to me? Who are you? Are you worthy?"

  He doesn't like this kind of aggressive tactics. If the opponent is not a Taoist, he would have already taken Chenming down.

  Chen Ming remembered that this was the commander of Baiqi, and his attitude was a bit off.

  He bowed, "Pindao implores Uncle Wuyang to go."

   "No time." Jia Pingan took a deep breath, thinking that it was time to meet Dachangleg at this time.

  Ming Jing couldn't bear to see Chen Ming being deflated, but she couldn't persuade her, so she winked at Cheng Da.

  —Hurry up to persuade!

  Cheng Damu: Why?

  None of my business!

  Ming Jing's eyes gradually turned cold: I don't persuade...I'll put on shoes for you later!

  Cheng Da: If I do it, it won’t work?

  Cheng Da laughed and said: "Uncle Wuyang, the Taoist priest is quite famous in Chang'an, I'm afraid this is a misunderstanding. The Taoist sect is merciful, if Wuyang Bo can make good friends with all the Taoist priests, I think it will be a good story."

  At present, the Tang Dynasty is dominated by Buddhism, and Taoism... To be honest, although the old Li family claims to be the descendants of Lao Tzu, it does not seem to support Taoism much. But face is still needed anyway, these Taoists lived quite carefree in Chang'an, and they made good friends with those dignitaries.

   Calculated in this way, the Taoists are also a force, and if they can make friends, it will be of great benefit to Jia Pingan.

   Jia Pingan raised his eyes and gave him a cold look.

   Don't you want my face? This matter, don't bow your head and don't go.

  Ming Jing cupped her hands, "Uncle Wu Yang has a broad mind."

   Jia Pingan took a look at her Taiping, thinking that at least it was wider than yours.

  Chen Ming bowed, "Pin Dao is wrong."

  Jia Pingan got up, and Ming Jing hurried over to help him, "Uncle Wuyang, slow down."

   Am I not old yet? Why is this person so obsessed with trying to please him?

  Ming Jing said in a low voice: "That is the senior I admire, give me face, everything will be easy to talk about later."

   This woman is really flexible!

   Jia Ping'an knew that he might not do things that the emperor didn't like in the future, so it became more and more urgent to build a one-word hall in Baiqi. Cheng Da is a fool, as long as Jia Pingan does not fall, he will not dare to stab the knife.

  The only thing to worry about is Ming Jing, Princess Taiping.

  It's good to make her owe favors like this.

   Jia Pingan snorted coldly, "For your sake, that's all."

  Jia Ping'an thinks so much of me?

  Ming Jing couldn't help being overjoyed for no reason, and then disdainful.

   Do I care about his attention?

   But why am I jumping for joy?

   That's not jumping, it's just... I'm in a good mood!

   Arriving at Yangquan Temple, more than ten Taoists were sitting in the hall and arguing.

  Jia Pingan had a headache after hearing those terms, but Ming Jing was refreshed.

   Does this woman still like to practice Taoism? That may be willing to double cultivation with me.

  As soon as the three of them entered, the Taoists stood up to greet them.

"This is Uncle Wuyang?" A Taoist sneered and said, "Poverty Dao heard what changes you said. This is the Dao. There are thousands of alchemy, and the heat changes slightly, and the order and number of materials are changed. The elixir is different. This is the Dao!"

   Isn’t this just a chemistry experiment?

   Various substances are calcined in the furnace, fused, and see what changes can be produced between these substances... Who dares to eat it in the end?

   Anyway, Jia Pingan didn't dare.

   "Does Uncle Wuyang know the Dao of alchemy?"

  Jia Pingan shook his head, and the Taoist gave a long laugh, "What's the benefit of inviting you here? Let's continue to argue."

   Everyone couldn't help laughing.

  Ming Jing looked at Jia Pingan, feeling a little sorry for him.

  I used him to achieve the purpose of meeting these seniors, but I could only sit back and watch him make a fool of himself. Am I wrong?

  Ming Jing felt a little despicable.

  Jia Pingan waited for them to laugh enough, and then asked lightly, "The cinnabar is poisonous and can kill people, right?"

  The Taoists were stunned, an elderly Taoist got up, the wrinkles on his face moved, "Poverty wins righteousness, I have met Uncle Wuyang."

   Someone refuted, "Where did the poison come from the cinnabar? It's nonsense!"

   Shengyi shouted: "Shut up!"

  The Taoist was stunned, "Brother Dao..."

   Shengyi stared at Jia Pingan, "You said cinnabar is poisonous, when did it become poisonous?"

  —Cinnabar is cinnabar, because Chenzhou produced the most in the past, so it is also called cinnabar.

  The Taoist was a bit mean, Jia Pingan said: "It is poisonous when it is calcined."

   "Hmm!" The rebuttal Taoist said again: "Where did the poison come from!"

   "Get out!" Shengyi was furious, and the Taoist quickly sat down.

   "Pindao heard someone say that cinnabar and realgar are poisonous, so he came to see who it was. When he first saw Uncle Wuyang when he was young, he couldn't help but despise him. But when he heard Uncle Wuyang say that calcination is poisonous, Pindao took it very seriously."

  Everyone was shocked, Chen Ming asked, "Why did Brother Dao say that?"

Sheng Yi sighed: "This is the benefit of living long. The poor Taoist has watched those Taoists change from youth to middle age, from curiosity at the beginning to calcining elixir by himself...someone added cinnabar to calcining, It often burns, and after a few years, this person will go crazy. This happened more than once."

  Everyone couldn't help being surprised.

  Chenming said in surprise, "Is that so?"

   Shengyi nodded, and looked at Jia Pingan meaningfully, "Dare to ask Uncle Wuyang, why do you know about this?"

yes!

  Sheng Yi lived a long time and was good at observation, so he discovered the fellow who was poisoned by calcined cinnabar. But Jia Pingan is so young, how could he detect it?

  Ming Jing also felt that something was wrong.

  I really don't want to give lectures to you, but if I don't explain clearly, this woman Ming Jing won't owe you favors.

   That's all!

Jia Pingan said: "Cinnabar was first used as a pigment. When the ancestors carved characters, in order to make the inscriptions eye-catching, they applied cinnabar to the inscriptions, so there were red characters. Later, cinnabar also dyed clothes. colors, and some even paint with cinnabar tones..."

  —When there was no pen and ink, the oracle bone inscriptions were engraved on tortoise shells and other objects, and the inscriptions were easy to ignore and difficult to distinguish. They were dyed with cinnabar, so the oracle bone inscriptions turned red, which was clear at a glance.

  Shengyi nodded frequently, and gave him a look of approval, thinking that Jia Ping'an was really knowledgeable.

  I just love Baidu!

Jia Pingan continued: "The cinnabar can ward off evil spirits and even be used as a medicinal material to cure diseases, so some people put the cinnabar into the alchemy furnace and calcined together, but they didn't know it... when the temperature is higher, the mercury in the cinnabar will be decomposed. Mercury is a poison, that man sat by the alchemy furnace and was poisoned by mercury every day, first he went mad, and finally died."

  Everyone was shocked, and someone scolded: "It's nonsense, poor people use cinnabar, why are you not stupid?"

   "Because cinnabar is mercury sulfide. If you take it, you won't be acutely poisoned. The thing is not digestible, and it will be pulled out after eating it. Do you try to calcine it often?"

   Mercury sulfide is calcined, and mercury dioxide can be decomposed at more than three hundred degrees. You can squat down and breathe hard, and then try taking it.

   "Mercuric sulfide?"

   Shengyi asked, "What is this?"

"In Xinxue, cinnabar is mercuric sulfide, which is also a compound." Jia Pingshun put up a small advertisement for Xinxue, thinking that he was really witty, "Everyone, if you take cinnabar for medical treatment, it is fine to take a small amount. But don't do it , Don’t calcine, even if you want to calcine, don’t stand by the side, stay away.”

   "This is nonsense..."

   Are you going to talk nonsense?

   Jia Pingan looked at the Taoist with unfriendly eyes.

"shut up!"

Shengyi still only said to shut up, and then said excitedly: "There was more than one person when the cinnabar was calcined, but the few people who guarded the alchemy furnace were crazy, while the people outside were safe. How can this be so? After listening to Wu Yang today Bo Zhiyan, only then did I realize that it was caused by inhalation of the mercury that was calcined when it was close to the alchemy furnace..."

  This Taoist is indeed smart and experienced.

Jia Pingan nodded slightly, "As I said before, many things look harmless on weekdays, but they can become poison after other treatments. For example, if you boil poisonous things, you stand by the side People can get poisoned."

   Isn’t that easy to say?

  Those Taoists are at a loss.

   This is the feeling that cinnabar is poisonous, which makes people desperate.

  Shengyi felt that this was an opportunity, "So when we know about this, we will be able to make use of our strengths and avoid weaknesses when calcining elixir..."

  Shengyi's eyes became more excited, "In the future, we will be able to throw more things into the pill furnace, maybe we can really calcine the elixir."

  Elixir is impossible, at most, some strange chemicals are calcined, such as glass, such as various compounds.

  Jia Ping’an feels that alchemy in this era is actually closer to chemistry. Later, alchemists appeared in the West.

   But why the ending is different?

  Because the starting point of Huaxia's alchemists is immortality and refining elixir, if you want to say that this compound is interesting and has any effect, that is blasphemy!

  What we practice in alchemy is loneliness, and what we practice is longevity and long-term vision. The things in the world have nothing to do with us.

  So whatever was refined was discarded aside, or eaten into the stomach, and the masters of alchemy were all focused on immortality.

  The starting point was wrong, and he was too obsessed with the way of longevity, which caused Huaxia's alchemy to stand still and did not advance to chemistry.

  Everyone was excited.

   "Pindao has many ideas. If he can test them one by one, he might be able to forge an elixir."

   "Pindao tested once last time and burned the alchemy room."

  Who are this group of people...

  Ming Jing looked at Jia Pingan, and found that this person was looking at the layout of the lobby with all his leisure.

   "Shut up!"

  Sheng Yi shouted loudly, and Ji Shou said, "I heard that what kind of water is used for washing... I also ask Uncle Wuyang to give some pointers."

  Will they wash everything in the future before calcining?

Thinking of that scene, Jia Ping's back shivered, "Many things will change when heated, and even release toxicity. And some things will reduce toxicity when heated. For example, aconitum must be boiled for a long time, otherwise Poisonous to take, so…”

   This water flying method seems to be created by Sun Simiao and Sun Dashen, right?

   Can he get it out now?

   It is not afraid to make it out, it is what the heroes see and agree.

Jia Pingan said with peace of mind: "Put the cinnabar in the water and grind it, and the finest one will be suspended in the water. Pour the suspension into a container to settle, and later pour out the clean water and replace it with clean water...and the original cinnabar The coarse grains sink to the bottom, add water and grind again, repeat this again and again, and finally dry the water, and you get washed very fine cinnabar powder.”

   Shengyi said happily: "Yes, not only is it not hot, but the powder is very fine, thank you Uncle Wuyang for your guidance!"

  He bowed solemnly.

   Jia Pingan turned sideways to express that he did not dare to accept the gift.

  Ming Jing felt that she was superfluous, so she left the lobby.

  She turned around to look at Jia Pingan, and saw him smiling and talking to Sheng Yi with a calm demeanor.

   "Jia has a lot of work to do, so he will stay soon."

   Jia Ping'an bid farewell.

   "Uncle Wuyang is full of talent, why won't he sit with me and discuss the Tao?"

   "This... Jia is entangled in mundane affairs, and there is nothing he can do about it."

  When you open your mouth, you are some kind of girl, you are some kind of ape, you are looking for Yang, I don’t understand! Open your mouth and reveal your stuffing.

   Jia Ping'an smiled and said, "Next time Jia will come again."

  I will definitely not come next time!

  Ming Jing stood there with hands tied, Jia Pingan frowned, "Still leaving?"

  Ming Jing glanced at Sheng Yi.

  This woman worshiped Chenming before, why did she change her idol in the blink of an eye?

   Sure enough, women are fickle!

  Ming Jing cupped her hands, "I met the Taoist priest before, but I didn't dare to speak at that time, today..."

  She was a little nervous, but in order to achieve her goal, she still spoke out what she wanted in her heart, "Is it possible for the Taoist priest to give you words? No more, no more, just two words. If not, forget it."

   Not only fickle, but also not firm!

  Jia Pingan felt that this woman was not qualified to be a fan.

  Shengyi glanced at her, his cold eyes became kinder, "What word do you want?"

  Ming Jing's heart skipped a beat.

  Shengyi is quite prestigious in the Taoist sect, and is highly respected, but all Taoists are honored to have his calligraphy. After getting his handwriting, they will be hung up on paper.

But not everyone can find Shengyi and ask for words. Back then, the master of the Taoist temple where Mingjing lived took her to a party. Little Transparent Mingjing was very curious, watching a group of Taoists talking around Shengyi, and the master also leaned over to ask for words. word, the result was two words.

  —vulgar!

  The viewer came back disheartened, and lamented that Shengyi was indeed a real person, and refused to even give him the words.

  It was difficult for her little transparent to speak, thinking that she would probably be rejected, but she didn't expect Shengyi to ask what words she wanted.

Road to Road, very Avenue. The name can be named, the name is very famous... Can a Tao Te Ching work?

  Ming Jing felt that she would be beaten to death by these seniors, so she whispered: "Ming Jing."

   Jia Ping'an turned around, his body trembling constantly.

   This woman actually asked for her own name, so why didn't she add a few words?

   "Bring the pen and ink."

  Shengyi's calligraphy is very good. He wrote the word Mingjing with his wrist hanging, and there was a burst of applause from the side.

  Ming Jing's face turned red, and she happily took the piece of paper, and hurriedly changed it when she was preparing for the inspection, and it turned out to be preparing for a blessing...

  A Taoist laughed and said, "Is this for blessing?"

  I'm going to die...Ming Jing smiled and said, "My legs are numb, squat down."

  She carefully held the piece of paper, blowing the handwriting all the way.

  Out of the Taoist temple, Jia Pingan asked curiously: "Why don't you ask the Taoist priest to write a few more words? For example, Zhu Mingjing is as beautiful as a flower and lives happily every day."

"yes!"

  Ming Jing really regretted it, "Anyway, it's your face and favor, so I should ask for a few more words."

   Shameless!

   Jia Pingan went to A Bao, "Let's go."

   "Hey! Wait for me!"

  Ming Jing got on her horse and chased her all the way.

  …

   "Recently, those people have made waves in the court and attacked you, auxiliary machine. This matter should teach them a lesson."

  Chu Suiliang was a little dissatisfied.

"What are you panicking?" Changsun Wuji took a sip slowly from his teacup, "Those people are not willing to be the leader of the old man, let alone suppress their ambitions, so they are very dissatisfied. But what can I do if I am dissatisfied? If you suppress them for a while, you can suppress them forever."

  Chu Suiliang sighed, got up and said: "Anyway, you make up your mind, I just follow you."

  Changsun Wuji nodded, keeping his original intentions for this most steadfast comrade-in-arms, and said with a smile: "Xiaya come to drink at home?"

   "Okay, but you have to bring out good wine for the auxiliary machine."

  Changsun Wuji put the teacup on the table, "It's easy to say. Far East, send Dengshan off."

   Zheng Yuandong stood up with a smile, "Chu Xiang, please."

  The two went out one after the other, and Chu Suiliang muttered: "How come I forgot to tell about Zhang Sai...is it exile or demoted..."

   Zheng Yuandong was still smiling on his face, but there were waves in his heart.

  That Sai Nai is someone His Majesty values, and it is said that he is going to enter the Ministry of War. If he is exiled, His Majesty will lose his majesty...

  The key is that the Ministry of War is very important. If they win Zhang Sai, they will inevitably be blocked. At that time, not only Li Ji will be in trouble, but His Majesty will also lose control of the Ministry of War.

  What should I do now?

  Zheng Yuandong had no way to inform the palace in advance, so he could only draw a line in the old place.

  (end of this chapter)