Wei Xuan heard that the King of Chu slandered his lofty dream of pride, and regardless of the difference in status, he retorted: "Great King, refining the elixir is to achieve immortality, and the people who refine the elixir have heard a lot, but they have never heard of anyone who will die because of refining the elixir. ”

Xiong Huai glanced at the excited Wei Xuan, and he didn't bother to answer this question.

Then, thinking of Yan Zong, who died suddenly, he was stunned for a moment, mercury poisoning usually kills from illness, but people who die suddenly are rare, and then looked at Wei Xuan, and heard that his mouth was full of elixir, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "You and Yan Zong shouldn't have taken the elixir!" ”

Hearing this, Wei Xuan blurted out: "How do you know, king? ”

Xiong Huai sighed slightly: "The widow naturally knows that if he just refines the elixir, he will only die of illness at most, but Yan Zong died suddenly, and he must have taken the elixir." ”

When Wei Xuan heard the words of the King of Chu, he was stunned: "The gold eater is constant, the jade eater is long-lived, the gas eater is immortal, the five-color stone is the legendary Nuwa to make up for the sky, like gold and jade, isn't this an elixir?" ”

“···” Xiong Huai shook his head when he saw this, and then instructed Zhaoyu: "Sikong, when refining the glaze and five-color stone next, discard the cinnabar and conduct another test." ”

"You definitely can't use cinnabar to refine colored glass, and you can't use so many herbs and stones. Therefore, if you can refine glass without cinnabar, you are gradually reducing the dispensing of refining and exploring the secret recipe for refining glass and five-color stone. ”

Zhaoyu immediately realized and arched his hand: "Only." ”

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Back in Yingdu, it was late at night.

After entering the Chu Palace, Xiong Huai immediately instructed Li Qiu: "Si Gong, tell to go down, the widow must bathe and change clothes." ”

"Yui!"

"Let's see, where is the five-color stone that the widow handed over to Dianyi now, and strictly check all those who have come into contact with the five-color stone, no matter who it is, they must take a bath for half an hour."

"Also, the five-colored stone is a thing that makes up for the sky, the widow thought about it carefully, wearing the five-color stone is disrespectful to the sky, so the five-colored stone widow will not bring it, put it in the place of sacrifice to heaven and earth, five days later, the widow will throw it into the river to sacrifice Nuwa."

"Yui!"

Just in Xionghuai's bathing room, Nanhou broke in, and when he came to the vicinity of the king of Chu, he immediately asked: "Great king, the concubine heard that the king used the five-colored stone as a sacrifice to sacrifice Nuwa?" ”

Xiong Huai responded: "Not bad. ”

Nanhou waved away a maid who was bathing the king of Chu, took the bath towel from her hand, came to the bath bucket, and personally bathed Xiong Huai, while persuading: "King, this five-colored stone is a thing that makes up the sky, it is a priceless treasure, and it is a pity to throw it into the river to sacrifice!" ”

Xiong Huai originally wanted to say that the five-color stone was poisonous, but after thinking about it, he would have to rely on him to make a fortune in the future!

So, he took Nanhou's hand, hugged Nanhou into the bathtub, and said with a smile: "Queen, wait for the widow to talk to you in detail!" ”

Nanhou entered the bathtub, and suddenly lost her face, and said with a blushing face: "King, why are you in the bathtub again!" ”

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Following.

Xiong Huai and Nanhou, who were full of faces, were eating with the morning court, and Li Qiu came over and said softly: "King, Sima asks to see!" ”

Nanhou frowned slightly when she heard this, and she was a little unhappy in her heart.

It is rare to sleep and wake up with the king of Chu to eat together, and there is a feeling of returning to Yan'er, who was newly married to the king of Chu more than 20 years ago, and as a result, Zhaoju came to harass him early in the morning.

"Sima?" Xiong Huai responded: "Pass! Ask Sima to wait for a while, and then say that the widow will come later. ”

"Yui!"

Then, Xiong Huai quickly ate all the noodles in his bowl, and then, when he looked up, he saw Nanhou who was still smiling just now, although he was still smiling at the moment, but after many years of getting along, Xiong Huai still felt the loss after Nanhou's smile.

So, he groaned and said with a smile: "Queen, prepare dinner for the widow tonight!" ”

When Nanhou heard this, she was immediately overjoyed, looked into the eyes of the King of Chu and smiled: "Yes, the king!" ”

Entering the hall, Zhao Ju had been waiting for a while.

After the ceremony.

Zhao Ju was the first to ask: "The king, I heard that Sikong presented a five-colored stone to the king yesterday?" And the king is also going to build a temple for Nuwa and personally sacrifice to Nuwa? ”

Xiong Huai smiled and nodded: "Yes, this is indeed the case, four days later, the widow is ready to lead a hundred officials to the bank of the river, and sacrifice Nuwa in the ether prison." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Ju asked again: "The king, the minister also heard that this time the king is going to use the five-color stone as an ornament to carry around?" ”

Xiong Huai shook it, there was already a poisonous thing in this five-colored stone, and now he dared to touch this thing again.

It's just that after seeing Zhaoju shaking his head and denying it, his heavy face suddenly relaxed a lot, and he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Xianqing, what's wrong with a widow wearing a five-color stone?" ”

Zhao Ju nodded: "King, according to legend, this five-colored stone is a thing that replenishes the sky, and it is of great significance, especially for my Chu State. In the past, Emperor Shaohao died, and Gonggong failed to compete for the throne with Emperor Zhuan, and as a result, Gonggong was angry and could not touch Zhou Mountain, so that the sky overturned. ”

"And my Chu State is the descendant of Emperor Zhuan, this five-colored stone appears in Chu State, not only can prove that my Chu State is the orthodoxy of Emperor Zhuan, but also represents that my Chu State is recognized by Nuwa, and the king is favored by Heaven, which will definitely greatly boost the morale of my Chu State, as well as unite the hearts of the people and ministers."

Xiong Huai was stunned and asked, "What does Sima mean?" ”

Zhao Ju arched his hand and said: "King, my Chu State is about to attack Yue State next, this battle has been prepared by our Chu State for many years, it can be said that the victory is in hand, the five-color stone was born at this time, for my Chu State, it is just the icing on the cake." ”

Xiong Huai bowed slightly, and then, his whole body was shocked, his pupils contracted sharply, and he hesitated: "Sima means that the five-color stone, an artifact, should be used at a critical juncture, and at a critical moment, it should be used to unite the hearts of the ministers and the people, and improve the confidence of the soldiers to win!" ”

Zhao Ju bowed and said: "The king is exactly like this, so the minister thinks that whether the king wears the five-color stone, or shows the five-color stone to the ministers or countries, now is not the time." ”

Xiong Huai nodded, understanding what Zhao Ju was talking about.

At present, the biggest catastrophe facing the state of Chu is undoubtedly the battle of various countries to destroy Chu and save Yue after the destruction of Yue.

For this war, although the state of Chu has been preparing for a long time, and has already planned to give up some land, which will be used as a gift to buy countries. It's just that even so, the people of Chu still have no bottom in their hearts, and they don't know how much to pay in order to satisfy all countries and agree to Chu's annexation of Yue.

With the five-color stone, then the confidence of the Chu State is even greater.

If at the critical moment of the Great War, the five-colored stone is sacrificed as a big killing weapon, in this era when all countries in the world, from the monarch to the common people, are superstitious about ghosts and gods, it is undoubtedly to drop an atomic bomb on all countries, and instantly disintegrate the morale of all countries.

Thinking of the wonders, Xiong Huai sighed and said: "What Sima said is extremely true, the five-color stone is coming out at this time, and it is indeed not the time. ”