Under the slanting sun, Zhao Si stood at the palace gate and silently calculated, and the first emperor's earth-shattering voice was estimated to have been beaten for more than ten minutes, and then tended to calm down.

After about ten minutes, there was some noise, and after a while, the voice of the First Emperor sounded: "How long have I been asleep?" ”

"About half an hour!" Zhao Si opened his mouth to respond.

The first emperor raised his hand and stretched his waist, and when he woke up, he was actually refreshed, this is a new experience that has never been seen in recent times, Xia Wuhe once said that many of his illnesses are caused by heart matters, maybe the new grain has been produced in the past few days, and he is in a happy mood?

In general, the first emperor who woke up was full of energy, and he only felt full of energy, got up and paced twice, and was just about to continue to deal with the rest of the government affairs, but he heard Zhao Si's voice sound.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not."

The First Emperor leaned sideways on the case, raised his eyebrows slightly, and said: "Lang Guan has the right to discuss the government affairs, and everything is a state affair, and there is nothing wrong with it." ”

This is also one of the rights of Lang officials, which is a bit similar to the speech officials of later generations, but this right also belongs to Schrödinger's rights, but he can't do it like the speech officials of later generations to point at the emperor's nose.

"Your Majesty, the minister just saw that His Majesty's pills were scattered, and he dared to ask His Majesty to take the pills, but Jindan?" Zhao Si spoke.

"Hmm......" The First Emperor nodded slightly.

"Your Majesty~~ This golden pill, he probably can't eat it." Zhao Si hesitated for a long time, the pill of gold and stone has all kinds of harm but no benefit, basically there is no need to repeat it.

"Oh? What does this mean? The First Emperor did not refute at the first time, but picked up the golden pills scattered on the ground one by one and put them in the palm of his hand to study them carefully.

Jin Dan is round all over, smooth in appearance, bright in color, from the point of view of quality, it is a first-grade Jin Dan, the first emperor knocked the medicine for so long, basically can also do it at a glance.

This gold pill must first be rounded, can not have mottled, can not have burrs, potholes, and then to look at the color, there is a red gold pill, there is a bright silver pill, not the more gorgeous the color, the better, but pay attention to the artistic conception, the best gold pill and the work of art is almost the same, such as the first emperor in the hands of a few, the color embellished is like a painting with a distant artistic conception, and the pattern on the gold pill is really the same as the painting.

Theoretically, it is indeed a skill to be able to use an alchemy furnace and a bunch of heavy metals to refine Jindan into a work of art, and it is also extremely difficult to put it in modern times.

"This ...... Your Majesty, will you allow your ministers to come in and take a closer look? Zhao Si asked.

"Yes!"

Zhao Si nodded at this time, put down the halberd and entered.

"Your Majesty, can you give your minister an elixir?" Zhao Si spoke, and the First Emperor put the palm pill on the table.

"Your Majesty, what is the grade of these golden pills?" Zhao Si asked.

"The scene is natural, the whole body is round and full, and it is superior."

"Your Majesty, please look at ......"

"These colors are actually the residues of metal smelting through the Dan furnace, and the human body cannot digest them at all. It can only stay in the body and be excreted slowly, and some cannot even be excreted. Is it commonly used to refine Jindan? Mica, sulfur, mercury gold? Zhao Si asked.

The First Emperor frowned and nodded.

"In this way, the minister can almost come to a conclusion, Your Majesty, Jindan is poisonous!" Zhao Si spoke.

The First Emperor's face was still calm, as if the person who ate the golden pill was not him, but he did not reprimand Zhao Si for opening his mouth.

"How can I confirm it?"

"This pill is small, so the poison is not strong, when people take it for the first time, the spirit is doubled, but this poison is so powerful that it cannot be discharged in the human body, and can only be accumulated in the body, just because the toxicity is small, so it can only slowly appear with the passage of time.

Will Your Majesty feel an upset stomach now? Lack of energy and fatigue? Bleeding in the mouth? Zhao Si asked.

After all, he is playing extreme sports and loves to die, and Zhao Si still remembers this kind of knowledge clearly.

The First Emperor frowned and nodded, he had every symptom Zhao Si said. Almost all of them, it is obvious that Zhao Si is not the doctor of the First Emperor, and it is impossible to know the exact physical state of the First Emperor...... Being able to say it so accurately made the First Emperor's heart slightly shaken.

"If Your Majesty doesn't believe it, you can send someone to make up some rats and birds to feed Jindan, rats and birds are weak, and it is difficult to resist with slight poison, just try it.

If Your Majesty still doesn't believe it, you can select the criminal who is about to be executed, and test the medicine for Your Majesty every day, just one a day, not too much, Your Majesty can observe whether the criminal's subsequent symptoms are consistent with what the minister said. Zhao Si continued to speak.

In order to avoid Fang Shi making excuses to say that the bodies of humans and beasts are different, Zhao Si simply proposed to test the medicine with death row prisoners.

The color on the pill that the First Emperor knocked is all pure heavy metals, according to this pill a day to feed the condemned prisoner, it will not take long for a serious physiological reaction to appear.

If you keep one a day for a long time, a normal person may not be able to survive two or three years.

"I ...... Got it. The First Emperor nodded, his face was still calm and calm.

"Keep on duty." The First Emperor waved his hand and signaled Zhao Si to continue to guard the palace ban, while he put Jin Dan in the palm of his hand and looked at it carefully.

Xia Wuhe proposed that Jin Dan was the medicine of the tiger and wolf, and the first emperor would be suspicious.

Zhao Si also proposed that Jindan was poisonous, and gave a clear symptomatic response and proof method.

As Zhao Si said, the method is very simple, find a few healthy prisoners who are about to be executed, eat and drink well, and take one gold pill a day, just observe whether the symptoms will appear in the future.

In fact, what was in front of the First Emperor was not the question of whether Jindan was poisonous or not.

Rather, it's a question of who to believe.

Even if it is substantiated, the alchemists have quibbles.

Xia Wuhe reminded many times that the First Emperor had repeatedly taken Jindan, and in the final analysis, the reason was that the First Emperor knew that his body could not collapse, and he could not be short of energy, and he still had a lot of things to do, at least, he couldn't stop now.

The chariot had already started, and stopping before handing over the next stick before reaching the finish line was considered a failure by the First Emperor.

What the First Emperor has to do is never a matter of choice, it is not a question of who to believe, the question is whether he can let go of the obsession of immortality.

The First Emperor just silently put Jin Dan down, without any superfluous movements and upset, and dealt with the twists and turns with peace of mind.

If every day is like today, the body is healthy, who has nothing to eat Jindan? Not to mention Jindan, even the first emperor was too lazy to eat the medicinal diet that nourished the body.

The tightness of time and the lack of energy caused the First Emperor to have a serious conflict, which was the truth that caused the First Emperor to drink to quench his thirst.

And the other side......

Xiaye Township, in the forest......

"Father...... Brother, do you have any news? Ji Chang, who was hoeing, turned to look at Ji Cheng, who asked him.

"There's a message from Chehou...... Your eldest brother, maybe you haven't come back......" Ji Chang rubbed his old face full of ravines, not knowing how to answer.

Chehou asked...... said that it was your eldest brother, it should be on the inner ship, and he may be stranded in Fuso. Ji Chang put down his head and squatted on the ridge.

Speaking of Ji Si, it is still a hurdle that Ji Chang can't get over in his heart, after so many years, he has always felt ashamed in his heart, and he may not dare to expect Ji Si to recognize him as an eldest father, but he just wants to hear the news that this child is still alive, and it is enough to take a look at it.

"Father, don't panic, Xu Fu is stranded overseas and does not return, against the will of God, Your Majesty will definitely raise troops to attack the sea, maybe it won't be long before the eldest brother will return home." Ji Cheng squatted down to comfort his eldest father.

"Hmm......" Ji Chang got up with his hoe and continued to cultivate.

Ji Cheng rode his war horse and continued to inspect the township pavilion, his eyes inadvertently looking in the direction of Xianyang City.

Ji Cheng was one of the people who participated in that friendship.

He had seen Zhao Si from afar...... The man who drove for the king was so high-spirited, he was flustered in his heart, and he intended to recognize each other, but how could he interrupt such an important occasion?

It's so similar!

Ji Cheng can be sure that he is absolutely not mistaken, the face of the eldest brother has always stayed in his memory, although the times have changed now, but Ji Cheng can be sure that he will never admit his mistake.

He has never missed his eldest brother, this is the case when he is a child, even if it is a dark night, he can only see sparse and scattered figures in the moonlight from afar, and he can recognize which one is the eldest brother at a glance.

It's just that now, times have changed...... Ji Cheng didn't know what to do, so he could only pat the war horse under his crotch, his heart full of hesitation and questions.

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On the other side, in the palace ban, Zhao Si is like a stone carving, standing until the sky is dark, the palace ban on duty has begun to change shifts, only Zhao Si has no shift change in this position, Zhao Si thought that he had not yet lived in a hot new home, and he was slightly puzzled.

Time passed little by little, until the night was shrouded, and the first emperor finished handling the day's government affairs, and then stretched his body and got up.

"Stand down!"

Zhao Si's heart was full of doubts, but he still bowed down and retreated, took the halberd, got out of the palace ban, rushed to the Langzhong Command Office, and hurriedly went to change his clothes and crown.

By the time they were dressed neatly, it was completely dark, but fortunately, there were many people working overtime in Lang Zhong's order office, and the lights were bright, and Zhao Si was not the last one to get off work.

When he arrived at the side door, Zhao Si's frame and subordinates were already waiting, and there was a car next to him, Zhao Si was just about to get into the car, but found that there was another figure coming from afar.

"I'm going to the palace tomorrow to hold a halberd, don't forget." Meng Yi's voice came from afar, and Zhao Si stopped when he heard the words, and took two steps forward to ask.

"Shangqing, I have a doubt, can I ask?"

Meng Yi paused in front of the frame and nodded.

"Nature."

"This is worth the forbidden palace gate, why am I on duty alone?" Zhao Si was puzzled in his heart.

First of all, at this door, although Zhao Si's dress is very platoonial, but a person standing at the door is asymmetrical, and he can't make up another one to make up for the second general?

Secondly, Zhao Si is forbidden, and there are people changing shifts in other places, but Zhao Si does not have it here, and even the first emperor personally approved it after work.

"In some places, there are permanent Lang officials who are on duty, and basically every Lang official has to be scheduled to be on duty, but in some places, there are usually no guard Lang officials on duty." Meng Yi smiled and opened his mouth to explain to Zhao Si.

Lang Guan is on duty at the palace gate, not the house gate.

The First Emperor could only look at the palace when he passed by, or when he entered or exited the palace.

The place where Zhao Si stood was the entrance of the house, and there were generally no Lang officials or even guards at the door of the house.

The guards are outside the palace, the Lang officials are on duty at the palace gate, and the palace is mostly eunuchs and ministers, which should be distinguished, whether it is a Lang official or a guard, although they are on duty in the palace, they usually cannot enter the palace.

The activities in the palace are still served by the ministers.

Zhao Si stood at the door of the room where the First Emperor handled government affairs.

This position is usually not a standing person, nor is it a permanent position, which can be seen as a way for the First Emperor to show his closeness and value.

Meng Yi, Wang Li, Li Xin, Meng Tian, and Wang Ben have all stood in this position.

"How long do you have to stand?" Zhao Si opened his mouth to ask, he couldn't stand there dry every day, and the pestle was like a mallet there.

"Then it depends on what Your Majesty means...... "This position has long and short.

Meng Yi still goes to stand for two days from time to time.

In short, when will the first emperor get off work, when will Zhao Si get off work, the first emperor will not sleep, and Zhao Si will have to stay up late.

There is a benefit to this location though.

Close, close!

And the symbolic meaning is greater than the meaning of guarding, standing here is not really for you to guard, the palace gate is guarded by Lang Guan, there is a forbidden army outside the palace to patrol, and there are ministers in the palace, Zhao Si's position is placed there to put it bluntly.

So...... Zhao Si's most important duty has never been a halberd.

The First Emperor had a habit of occasionally asking about some political affairs in the process of standing guard at close range, and it was not really for people to stand there for a day as a mascot.

"Do a good job, Your Majesty values you very much!" Meng Yi patted Zhao Si on the shoulder and said what he had said.

The First Emperor usually occasionally selected Lang officials to guard the door, and they were also in pairs, and indeed they were usually put together to gather the two generals. Meng Yi is the first exception, Li Xin is the second exception, and Zhao Si is the third.

And like this, usually there are not necessarily two or three days a month.

This situation like Zhao Si is extremely rare.

The First Emperor seldom put people at the door as soon as he came up, and he didn't even have time to familiarize himself with the specific things of Lang Zhongling.

Unless, the First Emperor intends to personally cultivate Zhao Si.

(End of chapter)