Looking at the thing she called "Jindan" in Li Mingda's hand, Gao Ming's expression showed a solemnity that he had never seen before.

"This is Jindan?"

He very cautiously took the pill from Li Mingda's hand, which had a slightly reddened appearance, and then put it under his nose and sniffed it, and a smell of sulfur suddenly came to his nose.

After smelling this smell, Gao Ming's face suddenly changed, because he already knew what this so-called Jin Dan was.

During the Tang Dynasty, the Taoist technique of Wai Dan was highly respected, from the princes and nobles to the common people, as long as they had economic conditions, they would choose to take this so-called "Jin Dan", in the hope of "becoming immortals".

"Jindan", as the name suggests, is naturally related to gold, because alchemists believe that gold is incorruptible and stainless and represents eternity, so it is listed as the main material of alchemy.

Of course, not everyone can afford to use such a luxurious material as gold, so they will also use brass, after all, brass is the closest metal to gold, and the price is far less expensive than gold, which can be regarded as "good quality and cheap".

In addition, the main components of Jindan are lead, mercury, sulfur, mercury sulfide and some ores, etc., these things are put in the Dan furnace and burned for ten days and half a month, so that they undergo a series of oxidation and corrosion reactions, Jindan is practiced.

From these materials alone, it can be seen that what these Taoist priests are refining is not the kind of elixir that can be "ascended to the Tao" after eating it, but an outright poison pill!

Something like this, the people of Datang actually dare to stuff it into their mouths, and it can also be called the fearlessness of the ignorant.

However, Gao Ming is not a saint, nor is he a messenger of justice, so whether others refine the gold pill or eat the gold pill, in his opinion, it has nothing to do with him, and he doesn't eat it himself anyway.

But now, when he saw Li Mingda take out this kind of ball, his face suddenly became extremely ugly.

"Son, who gave you this?"

Looking at Gao Ming's somewhat hideous face, Li Mingda couldn't help but take two steps back, and then whispered, "Yes...... It was the father who gave it to his son, and the next time the father gave it to his son, the son will bring it to the eldest brother, don't be angry, big brother......"

Hearing the little girl's words with a hint of grievance, Gao Ming suddenly felt distressed, as if he was blocked by something, and he panicked.

It took a long moment before he took a deep breath and shook his head.

"Big brother is not angry, big brother is just ......"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming didn't know what to say, so he simply walked over and hugged Li Mingda in his arms, and then gently touched her little head.

"Son, what do you like to eat, big brother try to get it for you, big brother only has one condition, what kind of golden pill is not allowed to eat in the future, okay?"

After Li Mingda was held in Gao Ming's arms, his originally somewhat frightened emotions were also relieved, so after hearing Gao Ming's words, he immediately nodded.

"My son knows, but why doesn't the eldest brother let my son eat Jindan? The third brother, they are all eating! ”

After Gao Ming heard Li Mingda's words, he turned his eyes to Li Zhi who was standing aside, and then frowned.

"Pheasant slave, you eat this too?"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Li Zhi nodded, and then took out a golden pill from his arms and handed it to Gao Ming.

"This is what my father gave us just now."

As soon as Li Zhi's words fell, Li Lizhi, who was leaning on the side of the bed, also took out a handkerchief from under his pillow and opened it, only to see that there was also a golden pill in the handkerchief.

Looking at these two identical pills, Gao Ming's brows suddenly furrowed even tighter.

He felt as if he understood something.

According to historical records, Li Shimin was about fifty years old when he died, and the life expectancy of Empress Changsun was about thirty-six years.

Among their children, Li Zhi lived to be fifty-five years old, but before he reached the age of thirty, he suffered from a headache and dizziness, and finally he could not even see.

As for the others, Li Tai lived to be thirty-two years old, Li Chengqian lived to be twenty-six, and Li Lizhen, the princess of Changle, only lived to be twenty-two years old.

The most pitiful is the princess Li Mingda of Jinyang, a little girl named Son, who died after only living to the age of eleven.

Although the cause of their death in history is said to be disease and death, but now Gao Ming has a new conjecture, that is, the cause of their death is not disease and death, but chronic poisoning of heavy metals, and the root cause of poisoning is Jindan!

The reason why Gao Ming came to such a conclusion is actually in the final analysis on Li Shimin.

There are many conjectures about the cause of Li Shimin's death in later generations, but there is a theory that is widely recognized by everyone, that is, he died suddenly after taking too many pills.

And these princes and princesses who died early, they all have a common characteristic, that is, they are all very favored by Li Shimin.

It can be inferred from this that Li Shimin will naturally not be stingy with these children he loves, and it is common sense to take out his own gold pill to give them food.

Thinking of this, Gao Ming couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

"It seems that Li Shimin not only has a group of children of pit fathers, he himself is the father of pit children."

Seeing Gao Ming's hideous face for a while, and shaking his head and smiling bitterly with a desolate face for a while, Li Zhi and the others standing next to him were a little dumbfounded.

"Brother Huang, you are ......"

Gao Ming sighed, and then stretched out a hand towards Li Zhi and Li Lizhi respectively.

"Pheasant slave, eldest sister, give me your golden pill too."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, although Li Zhi and Li Lizhi were a little confused, they still put their own golden pill in Gao Ming's hands.

After taking the golden pill, Gao Ming directly crushed it with the tea cup on the table, and then looked at Li Lizhi again.

"Big sister, do you have any smaller creatures here......

Speaking of this, Gao Ming suddenly found a bird cage hanging at the door, and a parrot covered in green was also held inside.

"Hey, there's it!"

Looking at this parrot, Gao Ming suddenly smiled, and then caught it out of the cage without saying a word.

Looking at the parrot struggling and chirping in his hand, Gao Ming smiled again.

"Little thing, you will dedicate yourself to Datang!"

After saying that, Gao Ming broke open the parrot's beak, and then stuffed all the elixir powder on the table that he had crushed into its mouth.

After doing this, Gao Ming closed the door, then let go of his hand and let the parrot fly around Li Lizhi's house.

But what Gao Ming didn't expect was that the parrot screamed in a shrill voice as it flew back.

"Presumptuous...... Licentious...... Outrageous...... How can this be justified......"

The voice is loud and the words are clear.

Hearing this parrot speak, even Gao Ming couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Yo, I didn't expect this thing to be able to talk, big sister, where did you get this bird?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Lizhi immediately laughed.

"Brother Huang, you are wrong, this parrot is not mine."

As soon as Li Li's voice fell, Li Mingda answered.

"Yes, big brother, this parrot belongs to my father, but just now when he heard you coming, he left angrily, and even the parrot forgot to bring it, hehe......"

Hearing Li Mingda's words, Gao Ming was dumbfounded again.

"Uh......"

As soon as his words fell, he saw that the parrot, which was originally screaming, suddenly fell from the air, and then fell to the ground with a "poof", and after two struggles, it did not move, and the slightly open beak of the bird would shed a trace of red blood.

"Dead?"

Seeing this scene, everyone present fell into a stupor.