For the first time since Wang Shichong ascended the throne, he did not go to the court, because the Confucian scriptures debate meeting that had been prepared for many days was held today, and the city of Luoyang is now full of Confucianism. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Someone told a joke that a brick wall in the city accidentally collapsed and killed ten people, eight of whom were scholars and one was a religious person. Therefore, it can be seen how grand the influence of this event is, and I can't find a second one that can be compared with it in the history books.

In addition to the famous scholars, scholars and Confucians, Yuan Shoucheng and Li Zhongqing of Taoism will also be present, and I heard that the Huicheng master of Buddhism will also come, and the influence of this event is not limited to Shilin, it has become a grand event that attracts attention in the world. Unexpectedly, Kong Yingda's proposal that day could cause such a big shock.

It wasn't until two days ago that someone played a request to increase the number of patrol soldiers in Luoyang, that Wang Shichong noticed that the influence of this event was far beyond his imagination. Originally, he only planned to send a representative to attend, but now he was impatient to go into battle in person. The thought of so many famous people bowing to him made his whole body tremble with excitement, and this sense of accomplishment was not much more than the moment when he ascended the throne.

Since Wang Shichong decided to attend the opening ceremony in person, the civil and military officials naturally had to accompany him. Early in the morning, there was an endless stream of people on the heavenly street, all of them moving in the direction of the Guozijian, which was much more lively than the Great Dynasty Meeting.

Wang Shichong, who was staying in the rest area, looked at the endless crowd, smiled from ear to ear, and praised the country for his great achievements this time. At this moment, a soldier on horseback shouted something and rushed towards Wang Shichong, who was sitting on the chariot.

The guards hurriedly stopped this bold guy, Wang Shichong was also full of displeasure, but when he saw the soldier holding a piece of dew cloth in his hand, he thought that there was good news, so he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly called the soldier forward.

The soldier knelt on the ground, presented the military situation with both hands, and the eunuch who was close to him hurriedly took it, checked it to confirm that there was no problem, and then handed it to Wang Shichong.

Wang Shichong took a look, his face immediately turned from sunny to cloudy, and the hundreds of officials below looked at his expressions, all of them did not dare to come out, and waited quietly for news. After a long time, Wang Shichong calmed down his anger, but did not report the matter to the hundred officials, but handed it over to Zhang Ji, the general of Yingyanglang next to him, and whispered instructions to him.

Baiguan was even more trembling at this time, this Zhang Ji has always been Wang Shichong's dogleg, nominally a general, but there are not many real soldiers under his hands, but an intelligence leader who is responsible to Wang Shichong alone. A while ago, the Dugu family and Pei's father and son were punished for their rebellion, all of which were inseparable from this person, and many people commented that he was like a wolf hidden in the night, and every time he went out, he would inevitably see blood. It's just that I don't know what needs him to come forward, and I don't know who is going to be unlucky, and for a while, some people are panicking.

Wang Shichong found out that the hundred officials were strange, and he didn't want to just sweep away the sex, and told Zhang Ji not to implicate too much in this matter, Zhang Ji nodded and retreated.

The grand meeting finally began, and the congratulations of 10,000 people finally made Wang Shichong regain his spirits and personally announced the beginning of the grand event.

After the ceremonial performance, the master of ceremonies of the Ministry of Rites announced that Wang Mai, the assistant teacher of Guozijian, had come to the stage to perform the last program. The audience suddenly burst into a voice of discussion, this Wang Mai, an official, actually followed the example of those advocates to perform on stage to please others, which is really grandstanding.

Rao is Wang Mai was bold, seeing that these people seemed to be dissatisfied with him, his legs and stomach began to tremble a little when he came to the stage, but he quickly calmed down, followed by Wang Eryue and Liang San, two students, and Li Chunfeng, who was very keen on this matter.

Yuan Shoucheng frowned and looked at Li Chunfeng, since this young man came to Luoyang, he didn't ask about the affairs of Daomen, locked himself in his room and studied arithmetic every day, and ran to Guozi Jian every once in a while. The old monk Huicheng next to him saw that his face was not good-looking, so he smiled and said: "This little Taoist priest is born with red lips and white teeth, and his appearance is dignified, and Daoist Yuan has accepted a good apprentice." ”

"Humph!" The old Taoist priest couldn't hear the ridicule in his words, "The master invited the world's sects to come to Luoyang to show what Buddha treasures, but I didn't expect to be the first to get there, I'm afraid it is also a bamboo basket for nothing." ”

"My Buddha is magnanimous and doesn't care about these mundane things." Hui Cheng said with an unchanged face.

"The Buddha is compassionate, but the monk is not necessarily."

The two of them were talking with guns and sticks, but they felt that a large dark cloud seemed to float overhead, and the light in the venue dimmed a lot.

Wang Mai saluted everyone: "Don't panic, the following performance needs a darker light to see clearly." His words reached everyone's ears along the echo walls on both sides, and this dispelled everyone's doubts.

Wang Shichong sat at the highest place, holding a telescope in his hand, and looked at Wang Wheat on the stage with interest, he already knew about this matter, but he didn't know what kind of performance this Wang Wheat wanted to bring to everyone.

I saw Wang Mai holding a transparent glass bottle in his hand: "For a long time, people have always known that there is qi around us, and today I have captured the two components of qi and show them to you." ”

"Ridiculous!" "Ridiculous......" "Nonsense!" All of a sudden, the scene was a little out of control, no matter what was said on the stage at this time, no one above would hear it, just cursed Wang Wheat on the stage.

Fortunately, Wang Mai had been prepared for this situation, and the attendants waiting on both sides of the passage were busy quieting everyone down and listening to Wang Mai.

"I have heard that Taoists have a lot of research on qi, I would like to ask Yuan Daochang, why do you think that qi cannot be captured?"

The scene was quiet, and a needle could be heard falling on the ground, and even Wang Shichong pricked up his ears to listen to Yuan Shoucheng's answer.

"The old man doesn't think that qi can't be captured." Although Yuan Shoucheng is old, he is full of temperament when he speaks.

"Why is the Dao chief laughing?"

"Today you took a glass jar and said that you caught the gas, anyone in the world can do it, Lao Dao really doesn't know what is special, so he laughs."

"I see," Wang Mai nodded, holding the glass bottle in his hand above the head of the country, "but this jar is different from the usual qi, it has the effect of resurrecting the dead." ”

"What?" Everyone looked at the jar in his hand in disbelief, and the expressions on their faces were all suspicious.

"Everyone, don't be impatient, I'll show you through a few experiments."

Wang Shichong stared in disbelief, could it be that this Wang Mai is also a master of Taoism? I actually caught this magical qi.

Yuan Shoucheng was extremely uneasy in his heart, he would not doubt that Wang Mai would fool everyone in public, unless this person was crazy, if he was not crazy, that is, did this person really catch this kind of qi comparable to a panacea?

At this time, Liang San, who was beside Wang Mai, lit a wooden stick and put it into an equally transparent glass bottle first, and then closed the lid.

"Look, the sticks are gradually dying out, which means that the gas in this bottle is gradually gone, or rather, the gas in the bottle is gone." After Wang Mai finished speaking, he didn't wait for everyone to react, so he asked Liang San to lift the cap of the bottle and take out the smoking wooden stick.

"Everyone, please take a closer look."

Wang Mai lifted the lid of the glass bottle in his hand, and Liang San quickly threw the wooden stick that had just been extinguished into it. An incredible scene appeared, the wooden stick entered the bottle and quickly rekindled, and bloomed with a more dazzling light than just now, reflecting Wang Mai's face.

The crowd erupted again into a more enthusiastic discussion than before, and although the wooden sticks burned for a short time, everyone saw it without a doubt.

Wang Shichong clenched his fists, his eyes were red, and he muttered to himself: "If I want to get this qi, I must get it." ”

Yuan Shoucheng's face was pale, he only felt that the world was spinning, his eyes were dizzy, and he tilted his head, and he actually fainted.

I don't know how long it took, Yuan Shoucheng woke up leisurely, opened his eyes, and found Li Chunfeng standing at the head of the bed waiting, and asked with a high spirit: "How long have I been asleep?" ”

Li Chunfeng hurriedly helped him to do it: "Master has been asleep for three hours. ”

"So, today's event is over?"

"It's going to be over soon."

"Alas......" The old Taoist priest closed his eyes and rolled down two lines of tears.

"Why is Master sad?" Li Chunfeng asked with concern.

"It's ridiculous that I have been pursuing the avenue all my life, but I was preempted by a weak-crowned young man, after this incident, I am afraid that my Taoist disciples have deviated from morality and run to the foot of the Confucian sect." Yuan Shoucheng said with tears in his eyes.

"Huh?" Li Chunfeng looked at Yuan Shoucheng puzzled, "Master, what do you mean by this?" This Qi King Wheat has already announced the production method, and how can it be as magical as he said. ”

"You don't want to be a teacher." Yuan Shoucheng closed his eyes.

"I watched him make this qi with my own eyes," Li Chunfeng hurriedly explained, "It is obtained by heating dansha, and there will be no fake." ”

"Heat dansha?" Yuan Shoucheng shook his head when he heard this, "How can it be so simple?" ”

"If Master doesn't believe me, I can do it for you now." After Li Chunfeng finished speaking, he ran out of the door, and after a while, he walked in with a long pipe, a glass bottle and a small charcoal stove.

"This tube is made of leather, and the outside is wrapped in a layer of rosin to ......shape it," Li Chunfeng introduced the tools needed to produce oxygen to Yuan Shoucheng, and demonstrated the drainage and gas collection method to collect oxygen in front of him, and then repeated Wang Mai's experiment today, and the extinguished wooden stick really rekindled again.

"So easy?" Yuan Shoucheng took the glass bottle and watched it carefully, afraid that something was missing in the middle.

"Master, you can try it yourself." Li Chunfeng said.

"Okay." Yuan Shoucheng suddenly came to his senses, and under Li Chunfeng's prompting, he collected oxygen again and again to do this resurrection experiment, until the room was filled with unpleasant smoke and fireworks, and then he stopped.

Assistant Professor Wang named this qi oxygen, and he believed that all things could not be nourished without this qi, hence the name. In addition, he also discovered a gas that could be ignited, and filled this gas in the urine of livestock, and as soon as he let go, the urine would fly into the sky, higher than the Kong Ming lantern, and he thought that this gas was very light, so he named it hydrogen. Li Chunfeng said as he took a piece of paper and wrote out the words "hydrogen" and "oxygen".

"Prepare the car." Yuan Shoucheng said.

"Where is Master going?"

"Guozijian."