Chapter Eighty-Three: Why Did Ancient Emperors Like Immorality?

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This may seem like a common question, but it's a very strange question at its core.

Because except for the Chinese, people in other countries basically have an attitude of mixing up this life and then going to heaven to have fun. I don't even think about how many people went there after Uncle Jehovah created it, and now God knows if the housing prices in heaven are already higher than the sky, no one knows, after all, no one has come back to talk about it.

Compared to foreigners, they aspire to heaven, while Chinese are more practical.

It doesn't mean anything to go to heaven, isn't it just a group of winged birdmen serving? What's this, Lao Tzu also has countless handsome men and beautiful women as servants, and they are also gender-distinct, no matter what, they are better than those who are neither men nor women. And waking up to the power of the world, drunk and lying on the knees of beautiful women, this kind of life is the life of people. But life is short, just a few decades, if you can live forever, how hilarious should it be?

There was once a very popular joke circulating on the Internet, saying that religions all over the world are trying their best to sell how beautiful life is after death, but what do Taoists say? Love to believe in it, don't believe in it, don't get in the way of Lao Tzu's ascension (or immortality)!

Therefore, the Chinese people have been extremely enthusiastic about immortality for thousands of years.

The earliest method was very simple, and Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor used it. What is it? The Yellow Emperor's super bull record of the Yellow Emperor's three thousand must be able to be cracked by few people now.

Even the Chinese medicine that we are proud of is actually the fundamental concept of longevity!

And then what? You say it's okay to refine qi, no problem.

Directly listed Taoism as the state religion, and Longhu Mountain was named the first, how about it?

And you said that alchemy can become an immortal?

Isn't it just red mercury and lead balls? You don't care about any heavy metals or non-heavy metals, I'll eat them first. Maybe it really happened?

You don't see how many prominent kings of the wise world fell on this article in the end, to give a few examples, the first emperor Yingzheng, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiaozhu, Tang Taizong Li Er, these big people will not say, the Song Dynasty will not say, dare not say that it abounds, but there are many. In the Ming Dynasty, at least four emperors of the old Zhu family died on this top, until 'my Great Qing Dynasty', the fourth emperor of the Kang Mazi family also died on this top.

It's weird here, why?

Were those ancients really stupid? Why did they eat these heavy metal pills when they knew they were going to die? Did their brains show off? Or were those really liars?

And is the deception so clever that no one can see through it?

Not necessarily, right?

If it is said that the first emperor died because of this because he did not know anything, but why did his death not arouse the vigilance of his later colleagues? You must know that in ancient times, those who could become emperors could not be fools at all, and all of them were the best of the best, not to mention the first emperors of the ages like Liu Xiaozhu and Li Er.

So, I said that there must be a detailed record of immortality in the Chinese royal family!, Xing Jie whispered, pointing to the sarcophagus in front of him.

Listening to Xing Jie babbling a lot here, the three people on the side were all flustered. If what he says is true, then China's history is simply terrible. No matter how many wars and how many emperors have changed, there is such a mysterious record in the palace?

But if you don't believe it, the opened sarcophagus in front of you makes everyone's hearts quite uncomfortable.

In the sarcophagus lay a middle-aged man, about one hundred and seventy-five centimeters tall. The appearance is very ordinary, that is, there is no often said flying eyebrows into the sideburns, and there is no so-called knife carving as handsome. Because my eyes are closed, I don't know if it's like the stars in the literary description, if it weren't for the lack of breath, it would be like a middle-aged uncle next door lying there taking a nap.

It looked very ordinary, but no one dared to reach out and move it. Although the four of them made the decision to open the coffin just now, this decision had exhausted all the courage of the four of them. Not to mention that the middle-aged man had a jade in his half-open mouth.

This jade is not the jade cicada that is often said, but a bead that looks like jade.

And what is this bead?

No one was more familiar with him than Xing Jie. For this thing, his grandfather Liu Jiaming still carries the name of a dead man, and a generation of heroes wish the old man to turn into powder. I don't know how many people died without a place to bury.

This is the legendary elixir of immortality!

When it was actually something, Xing Jie knew it in his heart.

It should be the eight mutating green jade variants in the Qinling Ruins.

It is not clear whether anyone has eaten Xing Jie in history, but it has been found in the joint tomb of Shen Dayi and Chang'e. Then there is a series of stories about Xing Jie's grandfather.

In fact, Xing Jie already had doubts in his heart from that time. Isn't this kind of bead magical? Of course, it is extremely magical, it can make an ordinary person have strong power in an instant. But what about when it's used up? It's a death!

But this kind of thing, no matter how miraculous, is nothing more than an imperfect, stimulant-like thing, a disposable consumer product. But why is such a thing solemnly stored in the Yuxi Palace in the palace of the Xia Palace?

Because you're worried about someone else's rebellion?

Unlikely, right?

Let's not talk about Yuxi and Xia Ji. Speaking of Mi'e alone, her ancestor is the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, and Xing Jie can clearly see from the stone paintings found in the ruins of the Qinling Mountains that during the time of the Xuanyuan Emperor, the relationship between the soldiers under his command and those fighting creatures was very good. So she shouldn't be too surprised by the combat creatures.

This is the strangest place for Xing Jie. Why would Auntie, who is accustomed to even fighting creatures, treat the beads that can be turned into monsters as a treasure?

Could it be that it is really the legendary elixir of immortality?

And the person who first pointed out the legend of the elixir of immortality was the famous alchemist Liu An, the king of Huainan. Speaking of which, something even more interesting comes to mind.

Who was Liu An's grandfather? Everyone knows that it was Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao.

In other words, Liu An is a royal family with red roots. A royal family, or a direct royal family, actually went to be an alchemist. The legend of the elixir of immortality is also pointed out. But at this time, how did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiaozhu treat his uncle Liu An? Anyone who has read the history books knows that Liu An at that time can be said to be in the heart of the emperor.

As for Liu An's final rebellion, it is simply a joke. But Liu Xiaozhu still killed Liu An'an's family, and then, see clearly, it was a raid!

It wasn't until decades later that Liu Che also collapsed his body because of taking pills and died in 87 BC.

What kind of person is Liu Xiaozhu? It is never an exaggeration to describe it as a super bull god, countless people worship it, but he is an absolutely suspicious person, otherwise, he would not have connected tens of thousands of people because of a witch curse.

But why did he take this elixir?

Not even a little guarded?

And Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, what was the first thing he did after he broke through Xianyang City? It was not to rob gold, silver and jewelry, nor to occupy the barracks and granaries, but to rob all the records of the Qin Imperial Palace!

Isn't that strange enough?

"Brother Jie, you said this thing should be the legendary elixir of immortality?" Zhao Minghua said tremblingly.

"How do I know? I'm just guessing. If you want to give it a try, I'm not against it. But you have to wash it before you eat it! After all, it has been in people's mouths for so many years. Xing Jie said with some bad taste.