Chapter 489: Pill Competition

The Chu family's house is very small, so naturally it is impossible to accommodate such a large number of people, so after the banquet, Zhang Yunwen and they have to return home.

At this time, the city of Chang'an was already full of sparks, and night had fallen. Under the light of the lanterns of the Chu family couple, Zhang Yunwen boarded the carriage and prepared to return home.

Before getting on the horse, Zhang Yunwen suddenly remembered that Chu Zong, his uncle, was fond of tea, and there seemed to be two tea ceremony masters in his family. smiled at the moment: "I heard that my uncle-in-law is fond of tea, and in the lower house, there are two tea ceremony masters, and the method of making tea is inherited from the ancestors. ”

As soon as he heard Zhang Yunwen say this, Chu Zong's eyes lit up, and the light instantly overshadowed the lantern in his hand: "That's a good dare...... Cough, Yunwen, put this tea aside in advance, I heard that it won't be long before the elixir of the monk and the two Taoist priests will be refined, I'll see how you deal with it! ”

Zhang Yunwen was a little depressed, this uncle-in-law really can't eat oil and salt.

Chu Yushi turned out to be the uncle-in-law of Zhang Yunwenfei, the current Duke of Liao, and the news soon spread throughout Chang'an. People who heard the news couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then an indescribable sense of envy swelled up. This Chu Zong's luck is really good, a nephew who is a prince of the country came out, and this prince of the country is also deeply trusted by Li Shimin. They can almost foresee that this Chu Zong will definitely be prosperous in the future.

And after Zhang Yunwen's life experience was revealed, the world's families couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at the same time. How strong Zhang Yunwen was back then, how he dealt with the Wang family, and even stated the dangers of the world's families in the chapter, above the chapter, alarmist words, and every word of the heart, which made the world's families gasp, and they have always been vigilant against Zhang Wenyun. Now, as soon as Zhang Yunwenfei's life story is revealed, he is actually a son of the Zhang family in Qinghe. Since they are all children of the same family, why bother frying each other from the same root!

However, Li Shimin was a little unhappy, when he knew that Zhang Yunwen was also a child of the family, an unspeakable anger surged in his heart, and after smashing two of them and eating porcelain, he asked the chamberlain to call Zhang Yunwen over.

When Zhang Yunwen came to the palace, Li Shimin was angry with him for no reason. Zhang Yunwen didn't know what to do at first, but when Li Shimin talked about the family later, Zhang Yunwen suddenly realized that it was Li Shimin who was unhappy after he knew that he was a child of the Zhang family, so he found himself angry.

After Li Shimin's anger burned, Zhang Yunwen said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Weichen has found his relatives!" He knew that with Li Shimin's means, he must have known about it, but he still had to say it.

Li Shimin said lightly: "I already know about this!" That Chu Yushi is your uncle-in-law, and the current head of the Zhang family in Qinghe is actually your grandfather, hehe, Yunwen, I didn't expect that your life experience really surprised me! ”

Hearing Li Shimin's faint words, Zhang Yunwen said: "Your Majesty is serious!" When Weichen was young, his father was just a weak scholar, and he wrote letters to his family every day to make ends meet. and Chang, his father passed away, and Weichen lived in the Liu family, knowing the suffering of the people and the harm of the family. Even the Zhang family, from the time of Weichen's parents to the present, has never asked a word, if it weren't for Weichen's tea ceremony clues from his mother's side, he wouldn't know that he was a child of the Zhang family. Therefore, even if Weichen is really a child of the Zhang family, he is only surnamed Zhang, and he will not have any connection with the Zhang family! ”

Hearing Zhang Yunwen's explanation, Li Shimin's face looked better, but he snorted: "Do you recognize what the Zhang family has to do with me, what are you talking about in front of me!" ”

Zhang Yunwen hurriedly said yes. At this time, Li Shimin said again: "Yunwen, I don't know what happened to the alchemy of the Songyun Dao Leader and the Baishi Dao Chief?" ”

"Well, Wei Chen hasn't gone to check on the two Dao Masters yet, and he doesn't know much about the situation there. However, Wei Chen guessed that since the two Dao Masters were concentrating on alchemy, if Wei Chen went to disturb them, it would definitely spoil their interest, so he still waited until the day of Dan Cheng and then went forward! Zhang Yunwen said.

Li Shimin nodded: "That's fine!" I really don't care about waiting for more than ten or twenty days. But the elixir of the elixir of Master Narasa is about to be practiced! I can't wait to taste the elixir! ”

Zhang Yunwen hurriedly persuaded again, saying that the pill was just formed, and it had not been tested, if it was taken rashly, I am afraid that it would be inappropriate, so it was better to wait for the test before taking it!

Li Shimin had no choice but to nod.

The next thing is to wait for the two old Taoists to get out of the customs, and wait for the monks to succeed in refining the medicine.

Zhang Yunwen took his children to Chu's house again and introduced his children to Mrs. Chu. When Zhang Yan looked at Chu Yao, who was much younger than himself, and had to shout "Auntie", the pretty face that was flushed red made everyone laugh. Zhang Ji was not embarrassed, and respectfully called "Auntie". And Zhang Che, a little kid, soon followed behind Chu Yao, and Chu Yao took him around to play.

As for Chu Zong's second son, the fifteen or sixteen-year-old Chu Yan, who was studying in Guozijian, was shy by nature, and his face was as red as blood when he said a few words to Zhang Yunwen and others.

In the days of waiting for the pill to come out, Zhang Yunwen was cultivating while receiving a steady stream of various news, some from Luoyang and some from the Investigation Institute.

There is no big deal in Luoyang, and Wang Fangyi and others don't have any big things in the East Capital Pastoral Mansion in Luoyang, they deal with official business every day and care about the affairs of the guild, which is the case.

And from the Investigation Institute, all kinds of new information came in. For example, the imperial court has decided to send 20,000 troops to build a fortress on the border of Tubo and Tuyuhun, stationing troops, and completely blocking the road from Qinling to the east to the plateau. And this army of 20,000 people is just the vanguard of the future attack on Tibet. In the Western Regions, Guo Xiaoke has captured Yanqi and collected nearly 10,000 Yanqi troops, and is sharpening his sword Huo Huo towards the next target, Qiuzi.

The days passed like this, and when I counted my fingers, it was almost 6636 days.

So Zhang Yunwen came to the place where Songyunzi and Baishizi made alchemy to check on the situation of the two.

In the valley here, a small stream flows, and on both sides of the valley are clusters of reeds and tall poplars. The poplar leaves rattled in the breeze.

Two Taoist wooden houses are located next to a creek. At the mouth of the valley, Zhang Yunwen saw a wisp of green smoke rising from the valley, presumably this was the green smoke produced by the two Taoist alchemists.

When Zhang Yunwen pushed open the somewhat dilapidated wooden door, he saw a Ding furnace for alchemy and two bad old men.

said that it was a bad old man, but the appearance of these two old men now is really flattering. The robes were already tattered, and there were many traces of fire on the clothes. On the cheeks of the two, their beards were disheveled, their cheeks were sunken, their hair was crooked to one side, and the hair on their foreheads also showed signs of burning.

Seeing the appearance of these two people, Zhang Yunwen was taken aback at first, and then a wave of respect swelled up. These ancient Taoist priests were really willing to work hard, refining a pill, and they could reach this point. This can also explain why the Taoist priest refined gunpowder. Zhang Yunwen didn't even have the slightest doubt that the Taoist priest who refined the gunpowder was definitely blown away.

Seeing Zhang Yunwen's arrival, the two Taoist priests immediately danced and said to Zhang Yunwen excitedly: "My lord, come and see, come and see, the Tiger Spirit Golden Pill I am waiting for has been refined!" With the Sanqing Patriarch on top, the disciple has finally refined the Tiger Spirit Golden Pill! ”

Seeing that these two Taoist priests were laughing and making trouble, Zhang Yunwen was a little overwhelmed. After about a quarter of an hour, the two Taoist priests returned to normal, took out a white porcelain bottle as if offering treasures, uncorked it, and poured out a small ball the size of a thumb with a metallic luster.

"My lord, please look, this thing is the Tiger Spirit Golden Pill!"

Zhang Yunwen held this metal ball in his hand, checked it, and tried the weight, it is worthy of Jindan, this weight is really not light.

He glanced at the two Taoist masters with a smile: "It's hard work!" However, according to what we said before, this bottle of gold pill cannot be dedicated to Your Majesty! ”

As soon as these words came out, the two of them showed disappointment on their faces.

Seeing this, Zhang Yunwen smiled again: "I said that if I don't dedicate it to Your Majesty, you can also dedicate it to others, there will always be someone who will appreciate your Tiger Spirit Jindan!" ”

When these two Taoist leaders heard this, they accepted the golden pill and collected it personally.

The three of them came to Baiyun Temple and discussed the matter of offering Dan with Yuan Tiangang again. Yuan Tiangang also took out a white porcelain bottle and said: "This is a great tonic pill made by the poor Dao collection of ginseng, shou wu, yellow essence and other medicinal materials, and a reasonable combination of refining, and the two Dao brothers will present this thing to Your Majesty!" ”

The two Taoist priests looked at each other and smiled bitterly. Obviously, he has already refined the Tiger Spirit Golden Pill, but he still needs this big tonic pill to offer to His Majesty!

Zhang Yunwen saw that the two of them looked unhappy, and gave Yuan Tiangang a look. Yuan Tiangang understood, pulled the two old Taoists, and calmed them down.

In the blink of an eye, it was time for the pill competition.

Because this activity was privately organized by Li Shimin, and some animals were used for experiments, it was not held in the Taiji Hall, but in the garden outside the Xianchi Palace.

On this day, there were many ministers who arrived at the Hamike Palace, and almost all the important ministers of the court arrived here. Gather in the salty pond hall.

On the grass outside, two naughty little monkeys are jumping up and down under the leadership of the monkey trainer. Two white cranes with ropes tied to their feet fluttered their wings on the grass.

The object of this experiment is this monkey and the white crane. Both of these objects were grabbed from Li Shimin's imperial garden.

When Na Luo Su Po Shi Ran came to the outside of the Xianchi Palace, the two old Taoists had been there for a long time. As soon as Monk Tianzhu arrived, he announced the official start of the pill competition.

First, the two cranes were fed pills.

Zhang Yunwen chuckled: "Then Master Luo Ersa Po, this crane is an auspicious thing, after feeding this elixir, don't fly in the day!" ”

The Tianzhu monk did not speak, but took out a red lacquer brocade box from the tray of the palace maid next to him, opened the box, and took out a celadon vial.

And the two Taoist priests also took out the bottle containing the tonic prepared by Yuan Tiangang.

With the help of the crane feeder, the small black granular pill of Na Luo Er Po and the white tonic pill of the Taoist priest were stuffed into the mouths of the two cranes.

Then the two cranes were let go and roamed on the meadow. Of course, their feet are still tethered. Tied to the red rope was the white crane that had been fed the elixir refined by the monk Tianzhu. Tied with a green rope is a white crane fed with Taoist tonic pills.

Everyone watched intently at the two white cranes strolling on the grass.

However, as time passed, the two cranes still did not move, sometimes combing their feathers with their slender beaks, and sometimes walking slowly on the grass.

After watching it for a while, Li Shimin called the palace maid to come up, set up the banquet, and ordered the musicians to play music and the dancers to dance.

Li Shimin and the ministers sat in the Xianchi Hall, drinking wine, enjoying singing and dancing, while paying attention to the situation of the two white cranes.

Finally, after nearly an hour, the waiter who had been guarding outside said happily: "Your Majesty, there is a situation, there is a situation!" ”

Everyone hurriedly ran outside the Xianchi Hall to see the situation of the two white cranes.

I saw a white crane with a green rope tied to its foot still strolling casually. The white crane with a red rope tied to its foot is a different story. The crane spreads its wings and soars, one slender leg raised high, and its long beak stretches forward as if it were pecking at something.

Everyone was in shock, but they saw that the white crane suddenly jumped onto a shrub, its slender neck straight, its feet clutching a few leaves, and its wings fluttering. Seeing this situation, everyone was puzzled, and Zhang Yunwen smiled: "This white crane was like this when he did that, looking at this white crane, he must have thought that this shrub was another white crane!" ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be dumbfounded.