Chapter 18: The Secret of the Sui Death
Li Kuan returned to his tent to change clothes, preparing to go with Li Er to visit a mysterious person, in the palace of the highest power center of the entire Tang Empire, a confrontation was being staged.
Sun Simiao stood in the Showa Palace, looking at the black-robed man in front of him, his face was solemn: "Who are you?" Why block? ”
"The miscellaneous family is just a small pawn in front of His Majesty, and his cheap name is not enough to worry about. Why did Mr. Sun want to leave in a hurry? Could it be that Mr. Xià's illness is really helpless? The black-robed man had a hoarse voice, and he also looked at the old man opposite with a solemn face.
The two have been facing each other for a long time before, and the time has to start after Sun Simiao entered the palace last night. When he checked Li Yuan's pulse, his face was gloomy, and then he wanted to shake off his hand and leave. How could the dark one, who had been guarding the side, let him leave like this. You must know that the medical skills of those imperial doctors are 108,000 miles away from the one in front of them, and they can't catch up with them on donkeys. If Sun Simiao left it alone, Li Yuan would really be gone. So the loyal old eunuch struck out and tried to stop him.
How do you know that Sun Simiao not only has superb medical skills, but also has outrageous skills, and with his martial arts skills that are rare in the world, he can only stop this miracle doctor. This made Dark Yi frightened, Sun Simiao knew martial arts, which he had never heard of. But when I thought about it, I was relieved: this miracle doctor often walked alone through the mountains and forests, collecting medicinal herbs. Without a strong martial arts body, how can you not be afraid of the wolves, tigers and leopards in the deep mountains and old forests? And over the years, there have been constant wars in the world, and there are countless strong people who cut the path, if any of them who don't have long eyes directly hit the idea on this old miracle doctor, wouldn't it be a death without this martial arts! Therefore, it is undeniable that Sun Simiao knows martial arts, but he didn't expect him to reach such a point.
Li Yuan was lying on the bed, listening to the sound of ping-pong banging from the two fighting, and he was secretly frightened, but he also had to stop it. So he endured his physical discomfort and said, "Stand down in the dark, I have something to say!" ”
"Slave obeys!" As soon as he withdrew his hand, the black robe on his body was flawless because of the fierce fight before, and the hat that covered most of his face was lifted, revealing his pale face, which had smooth skin on one side and a large burn mark on the other, so it can be said that if you pretend to be a ghost and scare people in the middle of the night, you can scare ordinary people to death. No wonder he hides his face in the hat of the black robe all day long.
"I don't know what the Holy One wants to ask the grass people?" Sun Simiao was not frightened by the terrifying face of the dark one, as a doctor, he saw more injuries, that is, acne (that is, smallpox) patients, this elder has also seen it, but it is the kind of patient who has not been killed by acne. In order to study this terrible plague epidemic, the old doctor personally traveled to the area where the pox was said to have broken out, and visited the survivors.
"Why is the divine doctor, when he sees my condition, he is so angry?" Li Yuan asked breathlessly.
"It's not a disease, it's poisoning! And this poison is mostly self-inflicted! Sun Simiao still replied, although he was not afraid of imperial power, and he also expected that Li Yuan would not attack him. But after all, living in this era, I still have to give a little bit of thin noodles to today.
"Looks like Sir knows what's going on with the poison on my body!" Li Yuan felt that his hope was a little bigger, and this miracle doctor really lived up to his reputation.
"I guessed a few points! But didn't you people bring it on yourself? Seeking immortals and visiting the Tao, vainly trying to live forever, taking pills, hehe...... Eat yourself like this, and the Holy One doesn't know that it will be like this! Sun Simiao sneered, he is such a person, he can say whatever he wants.
"What take pills? When did I take any pills? When did you seek immortality? Ridiculous! Li Yuan didn't expect Sun Simiao to think that he was taking pills to become like this, this is simply a big misunderstanding, and it is also a big wrong! Although Li Yuan also thought about immortality in his heart, he also understood that any golden pill was unreliable, and he had also seen the Heavenly Master Alchemy of Dragon and Tiger Mountain, but was the lead and mercury eaten by people? Li Yuan's heart was full of doubts about the alchemy skills of those Taoist priests, but those pills made from medicinal materials, Li Yuan felt that they could be eaten.
"Isn't it?" Sun Simiao was a little surprised, obviously it was the same condition as those who took pills and things like Wushisan.
"It's really not, I don't believe lead and mercury can be edible!" Li Yuan said affirmatively.
"Then why is the saint's condition the same as the patient who ate the elixir of immortality that the old man had seen before? Diarrhea does not stop, the pulse is weak, and coughing up blood from time to time. If you don't take too much copper, mercury and lead, you won't have such symptoms! Sun Simiao is also sure that medical skills are his field, and there is no one in the entire Datang in this regard.
"Indeed, I took too much copper to cause this!" Li Yuan did not hide it, and told Sun Simiao why he was like this, and there was no secret for the doctor as a patient.
"No wonder! It's the old man who is arbitrary, but the saint has been poisoned too deeply, and it can't be relieved for a while, and it needs a long time of treatment. And the process will be painful, after all, it is to force the copper out from the inside of the body. Sun Simiao thought for a while before saying.
"It's okay, I've been prepared for a long time! It's just the person who took the pill that Mr. said before, but Yang Jian, the former Emperor Wen of Sui? Li Yuan seemed to be very interested in the person Sun Simiao mentioned who took pills and ate death.
"I didn't expect the saint to know, yes, it's this person!" Sun Simiao gave an affirmative answer.
"Isn't Yang Jian a Buddha worship? Why do you eat Taoist Jindan? Li Yuan has always had such suspicions when he first learned the news.
"Yang Jian is a person with a stoic personality and can do things that ordinary people can't do. On the surface, he worships Buddha, but in fact, he secretly gathered a group of monks to refine the so-called elixir of immortality for himself. I think that an emperor like you, who can conquer the world, how can you listen to someone like the old man! Sun Simiao was also embarrassed, as if he remembered the person who had been dead for a long time.
"I see, I didn't expect Yang Jian to believe in the Taoist lead and mercury alchemy technique, that lead and mercury are both poisonous, and ordinary people will be weak if they are exposed to it for too long, how can they be entered!" Li Yuan said with some sarcasm, but when he remembered that he was similar, his face couldn't help but be a little stupid.
"Not only that, but not all of those monks are Taoists, and there are some unknown people. Although the old man didn't know the specific situation, he also knew that the methods of those people were definitely not owned by Taoists! Sun Simiao knows a lot, and with his superb skills and special status of being able to enter and leave the Great Sui Palace at any time, he has the opportunity to witness those secrets that outsiders don't know.
"Oh! In this way, Yang Jian's death is not all because of the elixir, but there is another hidden reason? Li Yuan is also interested, as long as it is a person, it is actually gossip, even if the identity is high, after all, knowing something that others don't know has a different sense of superiority in his heart.
"Those people, the old man guessed that they were from the Zongheng family and miscellaneous families. The means are secretive, and people can't guard against it! The old man could only save one person at the beginning, but he didn't expect the world to change greatly because of this! Sun Simiao's face was a little regretful, as if he regretted saving that person in the first place.
"Let me guess, the person you saved should not be low, otherwise it won't affect the world's major events, could it be the Yang Emperor?" Although Li Yuan was physically weak, he was in good spirits. After all, I was very excited to talk to Sun Simiao about the gossip of the Sui Dynasty royal family.
"It's not Emperor Yang, those people used some kind of spiritual suggestion technique to brainwash Emperor Yang, thinking that there were immortals teaching him in a dream, but in fact, someone was really teaching him, but he thought it was in a dream. The purpose of these people is to put them on the throne and achieve their goals! When Sun Simiao said this, he looked at Li Yuan a little strangely, as if he had a trace of doubt, and a hint of snickering, which made Li Yuan a little strange.
"Is that the truth of the matter? Emperor Yang's dream of a god professor is actually like this? Although Li Yuan was surprised by Sun Simiao's expression, he diluted the pleasure of solving a puzzle. He also got the small book and knew about Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, but he couldn't figure it out, thinking that it was a story made up by those people who were unsightly in the shadows in order to attract his attention. Now I heard Sun Simiao's story, and I suddenly realized, I didn't expect that there are such means in the world, it is simply appalling, if anyone makes himself feel that the current qiē is a dream, let himself hang himself, or promulgate some ridiculous will, the world will not be in chaos!
"Are those people trying to make a profit from the chaos in the world?" Li Yuan really wanted to know their purpose, because such a thing might happen to the Li family in the future, so it was better to take precautions as early as possible.
"No, they want to use the imperial power to regain their former glory, since the Han Dynasty 'respected Confucianism', these schools have been suppressed greatly, looking at the gradual decline, they don't want to disappear into the world, so they are desperate! Control the emperor, build a lot of construction at home, show his knowledge to benefit the country and the people, and go out to conquer the enemy's country, showing that he can also be invincible on the battlefield. Taking the opportunity to crack down on those Confucian Confucians who jumped out to oppose him, Emperor Yang killed seven Confucian Confucians in his lifetime, and there were no less than hundreds of Confucian students who opposed his expedition to Goryeo. Sun Simiao said very plainly, because he is a Taoist, and he is also dissatisfied with Confucianism living in the temple for a long time, even if he doesn't care about this, but he often hears other fellow Taoists talk about Confucianism's attack on Taoism.
"Then why didn't Sir rescue Emperor Yang before he did these things?" Li Yuan had new doubts, since Sun Simiao understood so clearly, why didn't he rescue Emperor Yang, maybe after saving Emperor Yang, the world would not be in chaos, and the people would not be displaced by the war. But after thinking about it, if that were the case, would the world still be surnamed Li now?
"It's not that I can't save it, but I can't do anything before, but when the old man has the ability, it's too late!" Sun Simiao said with some pain. The feeling of powerlessness at the beginning kept him haunted.