In Lang Huaxia, if you start from Yingzheng's beard, except for more than 70 poor guys who were posthumously crowned after they died, and a rebellious bald Yuan, there are a total of about 420 emperors.

Among so many emperors, it can be said that there is no one who does not want to live long live long live, because there is demand, so naturally there is a market, probably from the beginning of Yingzheng, almost every dynasty has set up a special department, that is, the alchemy hall, the purpose, of course, is to pursue immortality, and to serve Dan to be immortal, this legend was first passed on from the group of people who called themselves the Danding faction of the Huang Lao Taoist.

Everyone is eating and playing, in line with the idea that they would rather believe that they have something or not, but there are so many paranoid people who are particularly serious for immortality, such as Yingzheng, Jiajing, Yongzheng and so on.

Let's talk about Ying Zheng here, because he didn't want to follow in his footsteps, Ying Zheng summoned Xu Fu's eight-character beard into the palace to give him alchemy from the beginning of his accession to the throne.

Not only that, but he also sent a large number of people to find the so-called Penglai Wonderland, and I heard that all the people living on it were immortals, so he wondered if he could be cheeky and ask for a few pills to eat.

Although his temper is a little not good, it is undeniable that Yingzheng is still very attentive in doing things, and he must pursue perfection no matter what he does. The long hours of working day and night and the already weak constitution led to the worsening of the condition.

In 211 BC, the extraterrestrial meteorite engraved with the seven characters of "The First Emperor's Dead Land" completely made Ying Zheng panic, and he went out on a tour four times in a row and did not find the Immortal Pill, and before he had time to take a good rest, he hurriedly planned to start his fifth cruise.

On this afternoon, Li Si came to report to Ying Zheng as usual, that stone must be greasy, how could there be words on it? If what he expected was right, someone must have done something in the middle, the court was too complicated, Zhao Gao had become more and more unable to hide his ambitions in recent years, but His Majesty was really a superstitious person, and he was convinced of that stone, even if he tried to persuade him, it was useless.

"Your Majesty, the things you ordered have been completed" Li Si lowered his head and said respectfully, he didn't dare to look at His Majesty's eyes, it was the lives of hundreds of families, His Majesty decided their fate by killing them all, which made it bitter for Li Si who received the order, he really couldn't bear it.

Later, he discussed it with the imperial historian at night, Li Tan is also his own family, usually a friend, and he is the most trusted in his camp, the two hit it off, and secretly transferred all the people within a radius of dozens of miles to other places, and made some monkeys in the past to concentrate on burning people's ears and eyes.

He did not dare to look His Majesty's eyes, for he was afraid that his actions would lead to death.

"That stone has already been disposed of, right?" Ying Zheng finished the thick admonition in his hand, raised his head and looked at Li Si and said, he was still very relieved about Li Si, otherwise he would not let him follow him as the prime minister for ten years.

"It's already burned" Li Si nodded and said respectfully, this is true, that stone was originally a hoodoo, and it would be better to destroy it earlier.

"Ahem...... Send someone down to prepare, and set off on the parade in a few days" Ying Zheng coughed lightly and said, the cough has become more and more serious these days, the stone makes him uneasy, and when he dreams at night, he will also dream that he was killed by a boulder, and he can't wait to go out to find the elixir.

"No" Li Si replied respectfully, standing in place and not withdrawing, there are many things to prepare for the parade, the main thing is to protect the safety of His Majesty, there is no need to worry about the affairs in the palace, Li Tan naturally knows how to deal with it.

"Is there anything else?" After a while, Ying Zheng raised his head and found that Li Si hadn't left yet, and couldn't help asking, although the two said that it was a relationship between superiors and subordinates, but this was his private place, and no one else was present, so his attitude towards Li Si was much more accommodating, how to say that it was his old subordinate.

"The old minister still has something to report to His Majesty" Li Si said respectfully, he did have one more thing he wanted to say, but this was a private matter, and he was a little embarrassed to say it. It was only when he saw His Majesty nodding to him that he decided to speak up.

"The day before yesterday, the sister and brother-in-law were tragically killed by robbers, the murderer has not been found, leaving a son to survive, and now he has defected to me, and the nephew is also some talent, the old minister wants to find an errand for him to do, Your Majesty, you see?" Li Si said respectfully, pity his sister and his brother-in-law, both of whom are honest farmers, but they did not expect to encounter such a catastrophe.

Speaking of which, there is also his responsibility in it, he was just a farmer at the beginning, and later followed Xunzi, because some times he met the emperor to do things, but he also provoked a lot of enemies, so he didn't dare to put his father and sister in the open all these years.

If he had known that this would happen, he should have decisively taken all his family members into his house, and maybe he would have been saved from the bandits.

"Where are you now?" Ying Zheng nodded and asked, but he felt a little sorry for what happened to his old subordinate, of course he knew why Li Si didn't bring his family to the palace in the first place, and he was a politician who had too many concerns.

"It's right outside," Li Si said respectfully.

"Bring in"

This is the first time Li Zimu has seen the emperor, nervousness and fear occupy most of his heart, he is just a very ordinary peasant, and later because his uncle Li Si became the prime minister to be able to learn to read and write, a few days ago because he went to a private school to study, he was spared, and now he can take refuge, only Li Si, his own uncle.

"What's the word?" Ying Zheng looked at the young man who was brought in, but he was similar to Li Si when he was young.

"Back to ...... Back to the emperor, the grass people surnamed Li, the small character Zimu" Li Zimu replied nervously, the person in front of him is the master of the day, so he can't help but not be nervous.

"What is this year?" Ying Zheng nodded and asked, he has seen a lot of people's lives on his outings over the years, and he has seen a lot of Li Zimu.

"Today is the weak crown," Li Zimu replied honestly, not daring to raise his head at all. Coincidentally, today is his twentieth birthday.

"Xi Wen or Xi Wu?" Ying Zheng asked expressionlessly, it seems that he should be a scholar, without the fierceness of a person who practices martial arts, he should be a scholar in white and pure.

"Drag my uncle's blessing, I know some words" Li Zimu said nervously, he has been frail and sick since he was a child, he can't stand the toss, and he can be regarded as a scholar, but in this context of emphasizing martial arts and ignoring literature, there is obviously no way out for a person like him.

Looking at his sick appearance, Ying Zheng had a feeling of sympathy in his heart, he was also a frail and sickly person since he was a child, but he was much better than Li Zimu, at least his family was rich, and Li Zimu was a little miserable, and before he waited for his crown ceremony, his parents drove to the west.

"Tell the emperor, Lord Xu outside the palace asks to see you" A guard walked in and said, just interrupting Ying Zheng's thinking.

"Let him come in" Ying Zheng heard that it was Xu Fu who asked to see him, and thought that he should have sent someone to find Dan back, and when he came in.

"The minister knocks on the emperor, long live my emperor" Xu Fu bent down and respectfully faced the emperor, and waited until Yingzheng flattened him before he straightened his waist.

"Your Majesty, this is the elixir that the minister has refined himself these days, and there are some that he sent someone to look for" Xu Fu said respectfully, turned around and took the plate held by the eunuch behind him, and respectfully placed it on the jade table in front of Ying Zheng.

Li Zimu stood aside and looked at this scene curiously, he had only heard that the emperor was good at alchemy, but now he really saw it once.

"Stand down" Ying Zheng nodded and said, these pills have been eaten the most over the years, he no longer believes in Xu Fu's ability, and he has not refined a real immortal pill after so many years, he has long been discouraged by him, otherwise he would not have personally gone out to parade all these years.

"I have some fate with you, it just so happens that today is the day of your weak crown ceremony, and there is no one to preside over it for you, this bottle of elixir will be given to you, and you will follow your uncle in the future to sort out some reading for him" After waiting for Xu Fu to retreat, Ying Zheng looked at Li Zimu who was bowing his head and said, took out a bottle of the pill that Xu Fu presented just now on the plate and put it on the jade table, and the eunuch gently picked it up and walked towards Li Zimu.

"Long live my emperor!" Li Zimu said excitedly, this is a legendary elixir, he immediately took off the plug and poured out the red thumb-sized pill inside, and swallowed it with one mouth.