"Water doesn't burn because it's burned in the first place. Just as ashes burned by firewood do not burn again......

The essence of fuel is the result of a violent chemical reaction that occurs between the oxygen in the fuel air. Water is a reaction of hydrogen and oxygen after combustion......"

Zhang Normal waited for Zhang Yi to finish speaking, and he also fell into deep thought. Zhang Yi saw his father put down the pen and thought there, smiled and stopped talking, waiting for him to meditate.

The questions in "100,000 Whys" are standard childlike questions.

When people are growing up, there will always be a stage when they are curious about the world and then ask many seemingly childish questions.

Why is the sky blue ......?

Where did the child come from......

Parents may talk nonsense about these questions, and they will also use words to discourage them from asking any more questions.

Or, the sages of the Hundred Schools of Thought or the masters of religion will try to answer these questions with their understanding of the world, but the answers often lead to philosophical and theological aspects......

Very few people in the ancients would have seriously studied these problems in the context of natural science, because most of the people who studied the laws of nature were not of a high class.

However, there is one group of people who have traveled outside the mainstream class, but for the goal of immortality, they have invented many unexpected inventions, this group is the Fangshi, and later gradually evolved into the Taoist Shi, they are probably one of the closest to science among the ancients......

The Zhang family of Longhu Mountain is naturally the leader in this group.

As one of the initiators of the origin of the Outer Dan Technique, the Zhang family is very concerned about the matter of alchemy, even if the years change, the Outer Dan Technique has long since declined and has been replaced by the safer Inner Dan Technique.

The research on immortality in the Wai Dan Technique has long been proven, and now it has no second effect except to trap the emperor to death.

The people of the old Zhang family did not lose this craft, after all, the Wai Dan technique is the façade left by Zhang Daoling's grandfather, although in the past years, the heavenly masters of Longhu Mountain did not become immortals because of alchemy, and they did not dare to eat Jin Dan like a layman like the emperor and finally ate themselves to death.

But Zhang Yi knew that Zhang was still alchemist, and occasionally ate these golden pills.

That's why he stops thinking about fire, about burning.

In order to inspire his father, he decided to change "100,000 Whys".

"What is heavy metal poisoning......

Zhang stopped thinking and continued to record, and the more he wrote, the deeper his brows became......

This bear child, he seems to be destroying the faith he has held on for many years in another way.

Lao Zhang raised his head and looked at Zhang Yi's gaze very complicated.

If it had been the past, he would have been angry and scolded Zhang Yi as a star and a demon.

But at this time, he didn't reply, and continued to copy what Zhang Yi said.

From time to time, Zhang Normal will ask his own why?

Zhang Yi answered truthfully according to his own understanding.

"According to you, our Zhang family's alchemy has no meaning, and it can't become an immortal?"

Zhang Normal couldn't stand Zhang Yi's answer, and finally showed his shame and confusion.

Although the Heavenly Masters of the Zhang family have long since stopped taking Wai Dan as their main way of cultivation, this is the belief of the old Zhang family after all.

"On the contrary, in the future world, future generations will look back at the past, and the things that we monks have made up have had a great impact on the world, just like Patriarch Ge Hong...... Just like the sages who tinkered with gunpowder, the son thought that alchemy was essentially a way to explore the origin of the world, and to study the laws of everything was its greatest significance! ”

Zhang Yi's words are in the clouds, but they are in line with Zhang's normal cognition. Anyway, the style of people in the gods is that they have always been unspeakable.

Study the origin of things......

Are the 100,000 Whys recorded in the original law of the world? What about the immortals?

Lao Zhang fell into deep thought, and immediately aroused a strong interest.

The Wai Dan technique has long been in decline, because not only the monks admit it or not, from the first emperor to various emperors such as Tang Taizong, to the monks themselves, there are too many people in history who have had accidents because of taking Wai Dan. Gradually, except for some monks who like to take risks to seek wealth. There are very few Taoist priests like the Zhang family who come out of big families and are willing to offer immortality recipes to the emperor.

The disproportion of risk and benefit is one of the reasons, and the core reason is that taking Wai Dan can live forever, and they don't believe it themselves.

Zhang Pingping, a person who is still serious about alchemy, can only be said to be true love.

"Well, I see!"

Zhang Yi was relieved to see that his father accepted his words seriously.

used this indirect way to persuade Lao Zhang Shao to take pills, maybe he could really live a few more years in the future.

"Your book is very interesting, you have time to write the rest out and send it to Longhu Mountain at any time!"

Lao Zhang went through it seriously, he was still unsatisfied, because he disliked Zhang Yi's ugly words, and he also re-copied what Zhang Yi had just written with a pencil.

Zhang Yi looked at Zhang Normal silently, the father and son were silent, but the atmosphere was not embarrassing, he looked at the remaining half of the pencil in his hand, took out a piece of paper, and drew on the paper.

The next day, in the morning.

Zhang Normal finally finished transcribing what Zhang Yi wrote, but found that his son was already asleep, so he put away all the papers on the table, and then prepared to enter the palace.

On the fourth watch, the streets of Yingtianfu have begun to produce noisy sounds.

The people began to be busy with their daily livelihoods, and the officials of the imperial court began to prepare for the court.

The well-informed members of the imperial court had just gotten up and heard some news that shocked them.

"The Zhang family, the Kong family......"

Ying Tianfu is not big, and the things within the palace walls, unless the emperor deliberately conceals them, are not airtight.

The news of the emperor's meeting with Yan Shenggong yesterday reached the ears of hundreds of officials through various channels.

"Traitor, Your Majesty's evaluation of Yan Shenggong is actually like this?"

"The Holy Lord directly deposed Kong Kejian? changed Kong Xixue to be the Holy Prince, and Kong Kejian was left in Yingtianfu, and the emperor also let ......"

Somewhere in Yingtianfu, Li Shanchang, the left minister of Zhongshu Province, fell into silence after listening to the report of his subordinates, and immediately, he laughed:

"Your Majesty is still that Your Majesty, since he left the Zhang family as a hostage, there is no reason for the Kong family not to leave something, our saint can't tolerate snakes and rats at both ends......"

"Alright, let's get ready to go to court!"

Li Shanchang tidied up his appearance and went out!

"Your Majesty is doing this, it's dangerous......"

Another place in Yingtianfu, Liu's Mansion.

After listening to the servant's story, Liu Ji, a minister in the imperial history, was worried.

"No matter what Kong Kejian is, he is a descendant of the Holy Master Kong Shengren, Your Majesty is so willful, but it will chill the hearts of scholars all over the world......

However, the Kong family is indeed too much! ”

……

When Zhang Normal and his son came to the palace gate, they unexpectedly found that someone was earlier than him.

Kong Xixue, the newly promoted Yan Shenggong, stood alone in the cold wind, without Kong Kejian, he seemed alone.

Zhang Normal went over to say hello to him, and Kong Xixue looked indifferent.

The two heads of the family stood together in front of the palace gate and waited for the meeting, and after a short time, hundreds of officials went to court one after another.

Kong Xixue raised his head and looked at these officials, but it was different from yesterday,

Most of the enthusiastic officials yesterday walked straight without squinting.

When they passed by Kong Xixue's side, they couldn't help but speed up their pace.

This subtle change made Kong Xixue feel more and more that in response to the wind of Tianfu,

It's cold!

(End of chapter)