Summary of the previous chapter: Zheng San also wanted to get the Ma family's magic medicine from Ma Xiaoquan, but Ma Xiaoquan made excuses to refuse...
When Ma Xiaoquan heard this, he felt bad and said quickly: "Grandma, has anyone tried the Ma family's strange medicine since it was passed down?"
Mrs. Ma shook her head: "That strange medicine was also found by Ma Zheng, the third generation of the family. According to the records of my Ma family, the strange medicine was refined by the first generation of the family..."
"The first generation head of the family?" Ma Xiaoquan laughed bitterly upon hearing this.
If Ma Xiaoquan remembered correctly, the so-called miracle medicine was actually just a horse urine elixir that he casually concocted when he attacked Dong Zhuo in the late Han Dynasty. As for strengthening the body and prolonging life, that was pure nonsense.
Today is the seventh day of August in the forty-eighth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, 1620 AD. It has a history of more than 1,400 years from 189 AD, the sixth year of Zhongping. After all these years, let alone a pill, it is just a gold ingot.
I'm afraid it will all dissolve in the dust.
Ma Xiaoquan remembered that he had discovered that the color of the horse urine elixirs was blue-black. After more than a thousand years, the color of the elixirs had turned red, which proved how toxic it was.
If nothing else, if Zhu Changluo eats just one pill like this, he will definitely die.
Seeing Ma Xiaoquan's silence, Mrs. Ma worriedly asked, "Quan'er, is there something wrong?"
Ma Xiaoquan raised his head and said: "Grandma, to be honest, any elixir has a shelf life. What is the shelf life? It means that within a certain period of time, this thing is useful. If it exceeds
At this time, it either has no effect, or it becomes poison..."
Mrs. Ma is very smart. When Ma Xiaoquan said this, she immediately reacted and said in surprise: "Quan'er, are you saying that my Ma family's strange medicine has already become a poison?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded bitterly.
With a "bang" sound, the teacup lid in Mrs. Ma's hand fell to the ground.
"What should we do? What should we do? I heard from Zheng San that this elixir is for the emperor. If the emperor takes this elixir, if something happens to him, my Ma family will..."
Ma Xiaoquan also had a headache. Historically, Mingguangzong Zhu Changluo did die after taking red pills, but... Zhu Changluo didn't just take one red pill, but... several
Moreover, Zhu Changluo's death cannot be entirely attributed to Hongwan's fault. Generally speaking, it was Zhu Changluo who did not cherish his body first, which led to the subsequent "Hongwan case".
In fact, this cannot be completely blamed on Zhu Changluo. After all, before this tragic master became the emperor, he had nothing to ask for and everything he did was not going well. Even women who were lucky enough had to be controlled by outsiders. They also suffered from this.
Prince Zhu can endure this, but if it happened to ordinary people, he would have committed suicide countless times.
Ma Xiaoquan thought for a moment and then comforted Mrs. Ma and said, "Grandma, from my point of view, this matter is not without a solution. We have to do something to prove that the Ma family has nothing to do with Hongwan..."
Mrs. Ma smiled bitterly and said: "Hey, this matter is not easy to say. My Ma family has a strange medicine. This is a well-known thing in Beijing. In the past, Emperor Wanli was obsessed with alchemy and had repeatedly issued edicts to ask for the medicine.
, If the old man hadn’t pretended to be stupid and refused to admit it, I’m afraid my Ma family would have been executed long ago..."
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Grandma, does the Ma family have any magic medicine?"
Mrs. Ma shook her head: "Where can I find it again? Ma Qiang, the fourth son of the first generation head of the family, tried to learn to make alchemy, but none of them succeeded. Moreover, it is said that refining alchemy depends on fate...
..Over the past thousand years, there have been a few people in my Ma family who have been obsessed with this way, but because they were too obsessed, they died of poison after taking the elixir they refined..."
Ma Xiaoquan was very helpless. In ancient times, when refining elixirs, they contained either lead or heavy metals such as mercury. If you eat too much of these things, you will not die.
"Are there any books or other documents about refining elixirs left at home?"
Mrs. Ma thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, they are all kept in Qinghan's house."
When Ma Xiaoquan heard that she was the sister-in-law, she felt a drum in her heart. This morning, the maid of the sister-in-law came over to change her clothes. Since she was so aggressive in asking questions, I am afraid that her image in front of her sister-in-law has been reduced by half.
"Grandma, can you ask sister-in-law for the book? Isn't it convenient for me?"
Mrs. Ma nodded: "Okay, Quan'er, please wait a moment, I will ask Qinghan personally for it."
...
After burning incense, Mrs. Ma came back with the support of Li Qinghan.
Next to Li Qinghan, the maid named Xiaohuan lowered her head and held a tray with several books on it.
"Humph" Li Qinghan hummed and glared at Ma Xiaoquan with disdain on his face.
Ma Xiaoquan scratched his scalp in embarrassment: "Sister-in-law, hehe, good morning."
Li Qinghan rolled his eyes at Ma Xiaoquan, shook Mrs. Ma's arm and said, "Grandma, why do you suddenly want to read those books so early in the morning?"
Mrs. Ma touched Li Qinghan's hair lovingly, sighed and said, "I want to see Quan'er, so I brought it over."
"He?" Li Qinghan turned his head in surprise and looked at Ma Xiaoquan, "Grandma, can he understand?"
When Ma Xiaoquan heard this, he said, "How do you speak? What does it mean to be able to understand? Am I, Ma Xiaoquan, that bad?"
Not to be outdone, Li Qinghan said: "Then wait, how do you pronounce this word?"
Li Qinghan picked up a book, opened a page, found a word in it, and pointed at it for Ma Xiaoquan to recognize.
Ma Xiaoquan looked closer, raised his eyebrows, and said hey: "I know this word, isn't it just... isn't it just... this... uh...
." Sweat broke out on Ma Xiaoquan's head.
Li Qinghan glanced at Ma Xiaoquan with disdain, closed the book with a snap, turned to Mrs. Ma and said, "Grandma, he doesn't even know the word "椤"..."
Mrs. Ma blinked her eyes, took the book that Li Qinghan had just turned over, turned to the page that Li Qinghan had just turned, looked at the word that Li Qinghan just pointed at, and said slowly: "Qinghan, this word
...Really?"
Li Qinghan felt a chill. It turned out that grandma didn't even know the word.
Ma Xiaoquan couldn't help but burst into laughter when he saw that he didn't recognize his grandma: "Sister-in-law, you are so smart that you are mistaken for being smart."