Qin Official

Lu Sheng walked into the alley of Linzi Waiguo. Under the guidance of Hou Sheng's disciples, he turned east and west and finally found this inconspicuous little house.

From the outside, it looks no different from an ordinary mansion, but once inside, you can smell a strange smell in the air, including cinnabar and sulfur...

Amid the smoke, a middle-aged man in plain clothes walked out of the house. This man was the famous alchemist Han Zhong. Although he looks young, he is as famous as Hou Sheng and is the leader of the "Ci Zao Zhi Wu Sect".

Seeing that Lu Sheng was from the overseas seeking immortality sect, Han Zhong did not show much enthusiasm. He just bowed slightly and asked him to sit down.

Lu Sheng looked around and said with a smile: "The officials in the court were quarreling over whether to burn the books or repair them. The officials outside were searching for books everywhere, and those who held the books were judging their crimes. Mr. Han had better hide in this quiet place."

Han Zhong said with a smile: "The officials are running the country for Your Majesty, but we alchemists have to live forever for Your Majesty. They all perform their duties, so why interfere? Besides, even if folk poetry and books and the language of hundreds of schools of thought are completely banned, we Alchemists in the dynasty are treated the same as doctors, so how can they read Zou Zi's Yin Yang and Five Elements techniques?"

The group of alchemists is quite different from the Confucian scholars who like to "regard the past rather than the present".

"That's true. Regardless of burning books to repair them, it will not prevent us from refining medicine and seeking immortality."

After Lu Sheng finished speaking, he began to observe this place: "Is this Mr. Han's newly purchased mansion?"

"This is my wife's old alchemy room, and now I have bought it again."

Han Zhong introduced: "I once learned alchemy in Linzi. I held a wooden pestle every day and pounded large pieces of cinnabar into small pieces every day, and then ground it finely into dung in a mortar, so that I could refine the cinnabar into Mercury, then turn mercury into elixir..."

He raised his hands in the direction of Qin Shihuang's palace and said, "Your Majesty stayed in Qidi for a long time. Mr. Lu spared no effort to find a fairy island for His Majesty on the seashore. Of course we cannot relax in refining the medicine."

Lu Sheng chuckled: "Han Sheng is so loyal, but over the years, has your majesty ever taken one of the medicine you made?"

Han Zhong's face froze: "Your Majesty will not accept the elixir, and the elixir requires precious materials and is difficult to make. Naturally, I have no chance to donate."

"I'm afraid even if Mr. Han refines the elixir of death, His Majesty will not take it easily."

Lu Sheng stood up with a smile and talked about a past incident.

"Your Majesty likes Han Fei's article the most. Han Fei mentioned something in his letter. He said that at that time, a visitor from Qi State offered elixir to the King of Chu. The visitor walked into the palace with the elixir. There was a palace guard. After seeing it, he asked, "Is it edible?" The visitor said yes, so the guards took the elixir and ate it."

"The King of Chu was furious when he heard this, and tied up the guard to question him. The guard said, Qi Ke claimed that what he offered was the elixir of death. I took the medicine, and the king killed me. This is not the elixir of death, it is clearly the medicine of death! The guest was deceiving. Your Majesty! The King of Chu thought it was justified, so he let the guards go."

"Your Majesty must have read this article and understood what Han Fei meant. He is most afraid of being deceived by others. Therefore, when alchemists offer medicine, they will let dogs and small officials taste it first. If the effect of boasting cannot be achieved, he will talk to the alchemists. The crime of Qin, if the law is not tested, will lead to death, it is not a joke."

Lu Sheng shook his head and said, "Is this the reason why Mr. Han never had the chance to donate medicine?"

Han Zhong felt that there seemed to be sarcasm in Lu Sheng's words, so he said tit for tat:

"Isn't it the same with Mr. Lu? He encouraged your Majesty day and night to patrol eastward, enshrine Zen, and go to the seaside. Now that your Majesty is in Qilu, he is busy with book repairs. You and other overseas immortal seekers are being left out in the cold. Didn't you tell Hou Sheng that in Is there a great talent in Linzi waiting for His Majesty to receive him? If I guessed correctly, that person is An Qisheng? Where is he now? "

Lu Sheng spread his hands and said: "An Qisheng's whereabouts are like a dragon, seeing the head but not the tail, but I can't control it." He heard that His Majesty was entangled in worldly affairs in Linzi, and felt that it was not a good time to talk, so he changed his mind and decided to go to the beach. Wait, we will naturally see him when we go to Jiaodong."

He immediately smiled: "Mr. Han, didn't you prepare a gift for His Majesty in Qilu and someone for him? Where is he now?"

"What do you mean by this!?"

Han Zhong looked calm, but Lu Sheng clearly saw that his hand in his sleeve was pinching the flesh of his wrist, trying to stay calm and awake.

So Lu Sheng stood up, fiddled with the assorted bottles and jars on the cupboard wall, and casually told a long-standing story.

"I found out a secret. When Korea was forced by Qin and was about to be destroyed, someone gave the King of Han three ideas."

"First, let the hydraulic engineer Zheng Guo enter Qin and build canals for Qin, so as to exhaust Qin's national power and make it unable to attack Korea. Second, let Han Fei, a young man whom the King of Qin admires very much, enter Qin and wait for opportunities to make suggestions to save Korea. Third, I heard that the King of Qin is already very interested in the magical magic at a young age. South Korea can secretly train an alchemist, spend money to support him, make him famous, enter the Qin Kingdom, stay with the King of Qin, and gain his trust. If Both strategies failed, so he poisoned the offered elixir and killed the King of Qin..."

Hearing this, Han Zhong could no longer remain calm. He glared at Lu Sheng and clenched his hands into fists in his sleeves!

Lu Sheng, however, was minding his own business and said, "The Han people are clever and cunning. Although they also sent assassins to Qin, they were not as direct as the Yan people. They had to find a swordsman or build a building on the main hall to visit His Majesty." Smashing it on the head is much smarter."

"Unfortunately, this strategy is very troublesome. First of all, you have to find a person whose identity is not suspected by the King of Qin; secondly, he must be loyal to South Korea and die for South Korea; thirdly, it will take a long time to make him a famous alchemist."

"Fortunately, the King of Han finally found a descendant of Mr. Han from Qi Di. Coincidentally, this son was also learning alchemy, so Korea funded this son so that he could become an apprentice to a famous teacher and have money to buy rare raw materials, alchemy pills, and ten Over the years, he has become somewhat famous. He may not necessarily remember that he shares the same ancestor as King Han, but he will remember South Korea's support for him."

"But no one expected that South Korea's first strategy, Zheng Guoqu, not only failed to bring down Qin, but made Qin stronger. The second strategy was useless. After Han Fei entered Qin, his intention to save Han was blocked by Li Si , Yao Jia exposed it, and was sentenced to death not long after. Later, Ye Teng turned against him and led the Qin army to attack South Korea. Han Sui died. The bastard son of a Korean noble family who studied alchemy had time to set out from Linzi and arrive After arriving in Han Dynasty, what I saw was the empty Xinzheng Palace..."

"So the alchemist turned around and returned to Linzi, where he continued to lie dormant for ten years. His reputation became even more prominent, and everyone in Qilu knew about it. It even spread to Xianyang. This time, Qin Shihuang took the initiative to send someone to recruit him to the court to serve for himself. When refining the elixir, he always wanted to poison the elixir, but unfortunately, because the emperor was cautious, he never found the opportunity to poison..."

As the applause rang out, Han Zhong tried his best to smile and said: "It's really wonderful! Mr. Lu, I see you have not only learned Yin Yang alchemy, but also how to make up stories with your family?"

Lu Sheng returned to the table, approached Han Zhong, and said with a smile: "Mr. Han, you know best that this story is true. The son of the Korean bastard clan who failed to complete his mission, who was dormant in the Qin Palace, wanted to do something for Han. The vengeful alchemist, his name is Han Zhong!"

Han Zhong's smile faded: "Where is the evidence? There is a law in the Qin Dynasty. Those who make false accusations will be found guilty of the crime they accused! Mr. Lu, you and I have different identities, so be careful what you say!"

Lu Sheng shook his head and said: "Mr. Han, you bought the alchemy room back then to find people who used to study alchemy and kill them to silence them, right? Because they have been with you day and night for ten years and know something about you. Linzi Ditch After Zongheng was suffocated to death, he poured some wine and threw it inside, and others thought he was drunk and had fallen in and drowned."

"After doing this, you feel that everything is perfect. It's a pity that you often ask your disciples to go to other places to purchase medicinal materials. But the medicine purchased is fake, and the contact with the anti-Qin rebel party is genuine. He should have come back yesterday. But there is still no trace, doesn’t Mr. Han find it strange?”

Han was finally defeated by his entire army, his face turned ashen: "It's you!"

"it's me."

Lu Sheng stroked his beard and smiled meaningfully: "As long as I report this matter, His Majesty will be furious. You will be handed over to the Tingwei without being tortured. Just the water torture that does not hurt the skin is not easy to bear." .Mr. Han, you haven’t suffered much since you were a child. I’m afraid you have to say everything you should say and shouldn’t.”

Han Zhong, who was trying to support himself, suddenly collapsed. He raised his head and licked his dry lips: "Mr. Lu, although you and I have different factions, we have not reached the point of fighting to the death. Previously, you made an agreement with Hou Sheng that the two of us would We are all in the same boat. If you want to kill me, you can just say a word. Why bother? May I ask, sir, what do you want me to do?"

Lu Sheng said: "The emperor has completed his conferment on Zen, and promulgated the law of holding a book in Linzi. Now we are almost busy with things. We will go eastward today. You and I will go with you. We will enter Jiaodong in a few days. Mr. Han is not with the intention Are there any contacts between the dead soldiers who want to take revenge on Han? Are they sending people to inform him of the court's movements every few months? Are these people also dormant on the ground? In that case, why not inform them? If they ambush at the border of Jiaodong County, they will be successful. !"

Han Zhong was shocked: "Jiaodong County is very strict in guarding the county. Even if they can sneak in, they may not have a chance to assassinate. Even if the assassination is successful, they will not be able to escape. Mr. Lu, aren't you going to kill them?"

Lu Sheng didn't take it seriously: "If you don't have the intention of dying, how can you do something that will kill you?"

Han Zhong didn't believe it and asked, "Mr. Lu, what are you trying to do by doing this?"

Lu Sheng smiled dryly: "I am also a member of the Six Kingdoms. My purpose is the same as Mr. Han's. We both want to revive the Six Kingdoms."

"No, it's different."

Han Zhong was not stupid, he figured it out immediately: "If something happened in Jiaodong to assassinate His Majesty, both the guards and the lieutenants are to blame."

Han Zhong raised his head and sneered: "Mr. Lu, are you trying to use the blood of those dead soldiers to implicate Heifu, the governor of Jiaodong County? At least have him transferred away so that you can clear the way for your overseas pursuit of immortality. Obstacle?"