At this moment, only a thunderclap was heard outside the house, and everyone was shocked, thinking that there was a thunderstorm.

Hurriedly rushed out to inspect, only to see that the courtyard was filled with earthy yellow smoke, and there was no one on the other side.

The smoke also emitted a pungent smell of fire, which choked people.

At this time, the old Taoist priest was in a hurry, completely forgetting the pain, stumbling out of the door in a hurry, screaming "Ahhhhh

Liu Cong and Wei Yan followed with his own soldiers, and when they entered the smoke here, they couldn't see anything.

Fortunately, at this time, a mountain wind blew, and a gust of mountain wind blew through, gradually blowing away the thick smoke, and the scene in the yard was fully visible.

I saw that the two Jingzhou soldiers who were alchemizing there had long disappeared, and the alchemy furnace and the shed above the furnace were also gone.

When I looked to the side again, I saw a pair of thick ancient pine tree poles, and I don't know what had chopped off a large piece of bark, revealing a miserable white wood.

A gap had been made in the wall behind the pine trees, and below it was a large pile of fallen masonry.

Next to the wall is the mountain gate, and at this time, one of the four cornices raised high by the mountain gate has already been blown away.

When everyone turned around to look at it after being surprised, they saw that the Lu Zu Hall in the north had been overturned on the west wall, and the upper side of the roof had collapsed?????? The entire courtyard seemed to have been blown up to the ground.

Suddenly, someone saw a personal soldier lying on the roof of the Lu Zu Palace, and everyone shouted together, telling him to come down, but he was sleeping motionless on it, no matter how everyone shouted, he just didn't respond.

The crowd was anxious, and suddenly they heard an exclamation that a man had died here.

When everyone looked through the mist, they saw a piece of Jingzhou soldier's corpse thrown in the wall, only the upper body was here, but the head and lower limbs did not know where to fly.

Only then did everyone understand that the Jingzhou soldiers on the top of the Lu Zu Hall had died on the top, so they hurriedly moved them down.

At this time, the old Taoist priest relieved himself, squatted on the ground, held his head in both hands, and let out a terrible cry like a wounded thin dog.

At this time, everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them, and their minds were confused, but they did not forget to grasp the important things to do, and they all shouted to go to the roof of the Lu Zu Hall to carry the wounded soldiers down.

Because this soldier has been lying on the roof without moving, everyone does not know whether he is dead or alive at this time.

Only Liu Cong was enlightened by today's incident, he stood straight aside and looked at the old Taoist priest who was howling there, and asked himself in his heart: "This scene is caused by the explosion of the alchemy furnace." But why did you blow up the alchemy furnace? Well, gunpowder! ”

Liu Cong suddenly remembered the name gunpowder.

He still had all the knowledge of later generations in his head, and he knew that gunpowder was one of the four great inventions of the Chinese. However, "gunpowder was invented in the Song Dynasty."

What time is it? Late Eastern Han Dynasty?????? The timing is wrong.

Besides, the textbooks of later generations clearly say that gunpowder was discovered by accident when Taoists were refining the elixir of life.

However, the fact is right in front of him, isn't this old Taoist priest refining the Immortal Pill?

Well, in this way, the time when the Chinese invented gunpowder must be pushed back, at least to today-the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the tenth year of Jian'an.

Well, maybe someone made gunpowder earlier, but there's no record of it.

Besides, it takes a long time for a new thing to appear and be used.

No, although this old Taoist priest refined gunpowder, he didn't know what it did, and he was still weeping here for the loss of a furnace of immortal pills. ”

Since Liu Cong's thoughts have reached this point, his thoughts have further extended down: "This old Taoist priest can make gunpowder!" All right! Great.

Today, I, Liu Cong, almost lost my life, but I didn't die?????? Hehe, is it a blessing for Seon to lose his horse?

I want to pardon this old Taoist priest for his innocence and use his skills. Hahaha. ”

Liu Cong laughed out loud when he thought of this.

The laughter alarmed Wei Yan.

Wei Yan turned his face to look at Liu Cong and thought to himself: "What is the lord laughing at?" Didn't you also discover a wonderful military aircraft. ”

Thinking like this, he didn't ask anything, Liu Cong had already taken a step to the old Taoist priest, and bent down to talk to the old Taoist priest.

Wei Yan heard what Liu Cong and the old Taoist priest said, and Liu Cong asked, "Dare to ask the old immortal what kind of elixir is this refining?" ”

"People live forever after eating."

"Who dares to eat the elixir? Doesn't it explode when you swallow it? ”

"Poor Dao himself has taken it a few times, but I haven't seen it explode. This time, for some reason??????? Oh, maybe the fire was too urgent, and it dried up the water vapor in the furnace, so it exploded. ”

Liu Cong thought about it and felt that it was reasonable, so he invited Lao Dao and said, "Since the old immortal has such a technique, why should he refine the Immortal Pill?" Please come into the dormitory and talk. ”

Liu Cong said, got up and helped up the Taoist Wu Yiqing, stretched out his hand in the direction of the bedroom and invited, "Please——。 ”

So Liu Cong Zhuge Liang accompanied the old Taoist priest into the bedroom.

At this time, based on his existing knowledge, Liu Cong had already judged the cause of the explosion of this alchemy furnace, and also estimated the potential value of this immortal pill that could explode.

He just thought about it, and took out the formula of the Immortal Pill from the mouth of the old Taoist Wu Yiqing, so that he could synthesize and use it himself.

Because of this purpose, he was afraid that the old Taoist priest would not easily teach the synthesis technique, so Liu Cong began to form a circle with the old Taoist priest.

After the old Taoist priest lay down on the bed again, Liu Cong asked him with a straight face: "Wu Yiqing, are you guilty?" ”

"Poor Road?????? In the clear. ”

"How dare you say that you are not guilty of killing and injuring several Jingzhou soldiers with darts?"

The old Taoist priest Wu Yiqing sat up when he heard that he couldn't care about the pain, and muttered: "I have to do it as a last resort!" I don't know where you are the general. ”

"Liu Cong, who ruled Jingzhou, was ordered by the imperial court to govern the entire territory of Jingzhou.

Those who violate the laws of the Han Dynasty in Jingzhou have the right to punish them.

Wu Yiqing, the head of Hengyun Guandao, did not abide by the rules of the Tao, helped the rebellion, and privately accepted the commission of the anti-thief general, and indiscriminately used the murder weapon to injure and kill several soldiers in Jingzhou, and his crime should be killed!

What else does Wu Yiqing have to say? ”

The old Taoist priest Wu Yiqing's face changed greatly, and he crawled from the bed and fell to the ground, kowtowed to Liu Cong with grinned teeth, and stammered and begged: "Forgive sins in governance, forgive sins in governance." Poor Dao was entrusted by the favored general and had to do it. ”

When Liu Cong saw the performance of this demonic way, he sighed in his heart: "There are such shameless people in the world. Also worthy of being a Taoist leader? How to lead the cultivation of all Daoists? ”

Liu Cong couldn't care about disgust at this time, because he wanted to take the opportunity to ** this old Taoist Wu Yiqing for his own use.

Hearing Wu Yiqing's pleading, Liu Cong replied: "This is also easy to say." As long as you change your evil ways and return to the right, and contribute to the court from now on, you can spare you from dying and make up for your mistakes. ”

"As long as you don't kill the poor Dao, the poor Dao is willing to repay him with death."

According to the knowledge obtained by later generations, Liu Cong generally knew that this gunpowder was synthesized in proportion to sulfur saltpeter and charcoal, but now he just does not know the proportion of this synthesis, and he does not know how to get this sulfur saltpeter.

Therefore, Liu Cong said: "I don't need you to die." As long as you refine another furnace of elixir for me, I will forgive you without sin. ”

This Wu Yiqing cried and said with a sad face: "You can see in the governance, the poor Dao is willing to alchemy immediately, but, but, the alchemy furnace exploded, and it was torn apart??????"

"Find another stove!"

"It's not easy, the stove is hard to find for a while."

Liu Cong frowned, thought for a while and said, "That's good." I don't need you to refine the elixir, just write down the recipe for me, and I can save you from death. ”107