When Li Yuan established the Tang Empire, he played a trick, a trick that the founding emperors of all dynasties liked to play, pulling a famous dead man as his ancestor. Of course, this dead man must be surnamed Li and must be old, otherwise, the trick will be easily debunked, and it will not be fun. The name of this person in Li Yuanxiang is Li Er. Of course, he also has a prestigious name, Lao Tzu! However, Li Er's other name seems to be really a household name, known to women and children, and this name is Taishang Laojun.

Since Li Er, the originator of Taoism, has been recognized as the ancestor, the successive emperors of the Tang Empire have been inextricably linked with those Taoist priests who divinate and tell fortunes. Tang Xuanzong Li Longji even introduced all the Taoist warlocks in the world as the same sect, regarded Taoism as the state religion and family education, and handed it over to the Zongzheng Temple, which was in charge of the royal family's housework. Since then, the Li Tang royal family and the Taoist heirs have become two leafy branches that have bred from the same plum tree, one continues the bloodline of Lao Tzu, and the other inherits the wisdom of Taishang Laojun, they are independent of each other, but they are connected by blood, blooming in every time and space of the Tang Empire. Because of the blood connection, because of the same ancestry, because of the attachment to life, the successive generations of the emperors of Chang'an, from Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, to the Tang Dynasty, were full of strong interest in the miraculous immortal elixir, alchemy, taking medicine, became a major habit of the Tang Dynasty.

If something is good, it will be effective. The indulgence of the Son of Heaven in Chang'an for Taoist priests and the enchantment of the elixir will naturally affect those famous ministers in Chang'an, who, following in the footsteps of the Son of Heaven in Chang'an, fell under the pomegranate skirt of the elixir of immortality and became the slaves of the elixir of life. Many of them like to eat stones, stalactites. From Song Jing, the virtuous minister in the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, to Li Shi, the treacherous minister in the late Tang Dynasty, the names of these people are recorded throughout the entire Tang history.

It is said that, according to some wild histories: When Li Shi was unwilling, he had a very good colleague and friend named Li Cheng. Later, Li Shi soared all the way, and the official became bigger and bigger, and finally climbed to the throne of the prime minister. But Li Shi, who was proud of the spring breeze, seemed to have forgotten that he had a friend named Li Cheng, let alone support and care. In this regard, Li Cheng was very depressed, helpless, and resentful. Finally, one day, after the morning dynasty, Li Cheng walked up to Li Shi and deliberately asked him if he had eaten stalactites, and Li Shi replied triumphantly: I have eaten a lot recently, and I feel very powerful. Li Cheng said quietly: "I don't have the power to breast!" Li Shi is a smart person, so he naturally heard Li Cheng's voice, he was purple-skinned, and he couldn't say a word, so he had to leave stupidly.

Li Baochen (Zhang Zhongzhi), a Hebei hero who came out of the Anshi Rebellion, can be described as majestic on the battlefield and invincible. But walking off the battlefield filled with gunpowder, the hero Li Baochen was deceived by a Jianghu warlock and was dizzy, he drank the so-called Ganquan Immortal Liquid of the Jianghu Warlock with great interest, but he could no longer speak, because the Ganquan Immortal Liquid poisoned his throat. Three days later, a generation of heroes died tragically on the altar.

Li Baozhen, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, can be described as Li Baochen's sworn enemy, and the two have fought against Mai Mang for most of their lives, but in the twilight of the martyrs, Li Baozhen and his former sworn enemy chose the same path: seeking immortality and taking medicine. However, Li Baozhen's ascension path was more tortuous than Li Baochen's: the Jianghu warlock hired by Li Baozhen was named Sun Jichang, and this was a person who could speak vernacular. Under his unremitting vernacular, Li Baozhen believed that as long as he insisted on taking the medicine, the day when he would become an immortal would come soon. So, he happily said goodbye to his colleagues and subordinates, relatives and friends, and then, with a fearless spirit of seeking immortals, he has taken 20,000 elixirs, his stomach has already become a cowhide drum, knocking it with his hand, it is really a knocking sound, as for himself, of course, he has long been unconscious, and his family members are helpless one by one, so they have to shed tears. Fortunately, or unfortunately, Li Bao really shouldn't die, because he met a miracle doctor, who used lard and laxatives to give him an enema and stomach lavage, turning those so-called elixirs into dung and leaking out. In this way, Li Baozhen finally picked up a life.

Don't panic, the story isn't over yet. When Li Baozhen woke up leisurely, he was greeted by the angry face of the Jianghu warlock Sun Jichang. He told Li Baozhen that the day of soaring ascension was coming soon, and at this critical moment, my lord, how could you give up halfway? After listening to Sun Jichang's vernacular, Li Baozhen, who had just recovered his breath, didn't say a word, and immediately took another 3,000 pills! Yes, now, Li Bao is really hopeless! Don't say that there is only one miracle doctor, that is, the Jade Emperor, the Buddha, the Taishang Laojun, Muhammad, and God Jesus, all of whom are on the scene, and it is estimated that there is nothing they can do. In this way, Li Bao really died, no accident; But whether his soul has really ascended or not, only God knows!

Li Baozhen, on Huangquan Road, run two steps, perhaps, there will be surprises ahead! Because, your old acquaintances, old friends, and old rivals are running on the Huangquan Road just like you. I advise you, when you go to another world, don't fight, after all, in a sense, you are like-minded brothers, you say, right?

In the magnificent Tang Empire, the elixir of life is an embarrassing existence, whether you are a high-ranking true dragon emperor, or an emperor and minister who lives in a temple, or even a suave literati, it seems that it is difficult to get rid of the temptation of the elixir of immortality. Han Yu, a great writer who has been in decline for eight generations, is not lonely in his later years, and under the blue screen window, he embraces left and right, enjoying the blessings of all people. So, what is it that recalls his long-lost youth and makes his curtain full of spring, and the answer is a so-called immortal medicine called "Fire Spirit Library". To say that this "fire spirit storehouse" is actually a kind of chicken, of course, this is not an ordinary chicken, but a rooster fed with sulfur. Here's how it works: Sulfur is powdered, mixed with chicken food, fed to young roosters, and it is said that it needs to be fed for a thousand days, and then cooked and eaten the next day. We have no way of knowing what the "Fire Spirit Library" tastes like, but the effect is quite significant, and Han Yu's sexual happiness life in his later years began. However, it is obvious that our literary giant, Mr. Han Yu, a generation of great Confucians, does not have good scientific knowledge, he does not understand that sulfur is poisonous, and if you eat too much, you will die. In the end, Han Yu, a righteous gentleman, finished his life in a not very decent way.

The talented son of the white-clothed Shengxue and Yushu Linfeng Yuan Zhi is the most popular male god after Wu Yuanheng, and the future son of heaven Li You is his super fan, and the official is naturally getting bigger and bigger. The talented man of Yuanda, who is proud of his love and officialdom, has the only extravagant hope of immortality, and the elixir he loves is called Qiushi. The so-called autumn stone is not actually a stone, but a mixture of two liquids, one of which is honey locust juice, a natural detergent; The other liquid is more difficult to say, because it's urine, the urine of a boy or a girl. One is detergents, the other is the waste excreted by the human body, I wonder what it will taste like when the two are mixed together?

Du Mu, a talented man who "dreams of Yangzhou once in ten years and wins the name of Qinglou Bo Xing", has a very simple longevity technique, either Bigu or vegetarian. Bigu, that is, a hunger strike, eating wind and dew, this is a bit difficult, it is estimated that Mr. Du Mu did not persevere; The so-called vegetarian diet, of course, is to eat only rodish vegetables, not chicken, duck and fish.

Yuan Zhen's friend, the poet demon Bai Juyi, also failed to resist the temptation of the immortal elixir, and in his early years, he practiced medicine in Lushan, but the result was unsuccessful. He switched to the famous Mao Xian Weng at that time and learned to use mica to refine medicine. In his later years, specifically after the age of sixty-six, Bai Juyi resigned and went into hiding, settled in Luoyang, and stayed by the Dan furnace day after day, concentrating on refining his jade liquid elixir, as evidenced by the poem: "The year of reading water is about to twilight, and the alchemy road has not been completed." Dansha refuses to die, and the gray hair is self-sufficient. ”

Of course, there are still sober people, as early as the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, "Nineteen Ancient Poems" has already issued a warning that "taking food to seek immortals, mostly mistaken by medicine"; The "Xuan Jielu" in the Tang Dynasty said more clearly: "The Taoist priest obeys it, and he has come from Xi and Xuan, and there is no one who is immortal." As for the most open-minded attitude, he is the famous minister Pei Du, who adheres to the principle of "chicken, pig, fish and garlic, eat whenever you meet; Birth, old age, sickness and death, when the time comes", the result of which he lived to be seventy-five years old, in that era, it can be said to be a star of longevity.

But there is only one Pei Du, and many more are half sober and half drunk: when others take medicine, he is very sober, chattering about advice, sarcasm and sarcasm; Once this other person is replaced by himself, then all that is left is drunk, drunk, that is really drunk and does not know the way back, strayed into the depths of the immortal medicine, take it quickly, take it quickly, and light a Dan furnace. A typical representative of this kind of person, it is a bit ashamed to say, because this is a celebrity, a big celebrity, and the poet is white and easy. When he returned to the mountains and forests, Bai Juyi was already an old man in his old age, recalling the eventful years of the past, sighing that his confidants were scattered in the present day, Bai Juyi couldn't help but feel a little sad, a little lost, and of course, a little proud. Li Chun, Han Yu, Yuan Zhen, Du Mu, Cui Xuanliang, these people used to be his superiors, colleagues, friends, and some of them were his juniors, but now, they have long since become a piece of loess, and they don't even have old age! And the cause of their untimely death is not killing, not disease, not any irresistible external force, but the elixir! The legendary elixir that makes people immortal! Ay! "If you retreat and take sulfur, you will not be cured of any illness. The micro refining autumn stone, the body is not old. Du Zi has a Dan trick, and he breaks the bloody body all day long. Cui Jun boasted of the medicinal power, and he was not clothed in winter. "You are so obsessed with the so-called elixir, but what is the result?" Either sick or violently, but not middle-aged. "Look back at me Bai someone, never refuse to take the so-called jade liquid gold pill, eat when you are hungry, drink when you are thirsty, and take poetry and wine as a companion every day, isn't it happy? Now, I am nearly seventy years old, but I am not deaf and blind, my body is great, I eat a lot of fragrance, I have no problem going up to the fifth floor in one breath, and in my spare time, I can also engage in sports about the origin of life with my two concubines, Su Su and Xiaoman, you say, how beautiful this little day should be, why do you have to take any elixir, isn't that a mess for yourself?

It seems that our Bai Dacai really has a level, is insightful, optimistic, open-minded, and free from a Pei Du second. It's a pity that Bai Juyi used his actual actions to crush his rhetoric. Facts have proved that at least in terms of seeking immortals and taking medicine, our Bai Dacai is a person with different hearts. The reason why he didn't take any elixir was not because he didn't want to, but because he didn't refine the elixir that he was satisfied with! From this point of view, Bai Juyi criticized Han Yu and others, and was quite suspected of saying that grapes were sour if they couldn't eat grapes. However, the grapes that Bai Juyi did not eat were not sour, not sweet, not even bitter, but poisonous and highly poisonous. Therefore, Bai Juyi, who did not refine the elixir, seems to be very unlucky, but in fact he is lucky, very lucky!