"You!" Zhao Yan took the medicine bottle back from Bai Zhi's hand, "You actually fell into poverty."
"Did I make a mistake?" Bai Zhi said calmly, "It was clear that he died of sudden poisoning after taking medicine, but you, the alchemists, fabricated it to say that he ascended to immortality in the daytime."
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar below.
People have been taking elixirs since ancient times. In everyone's mind, dying after taking the medicine is a sign of achieving righteousness and becoming an immortal. There is no such thing as poisoning.
What's more, those who can worship alchemists and take elixirs are either rich or noble. Who would go to the autopsy for nothing and ask for bad luck?
At this time, a pharmacist also raised objections.
He bowed to Angelica dahurica and said: "According to the record of "Baopuzi Immortal Medicine", the five grains can still live people. People who get it will live, and if they don't get it, they will die. What's more, the top-grade magic medicine can benefit thousands of people. Twice as much as grains?”
Others agreed.
In their view, alchemy is also a category that pharmacists dabble in. Even Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, has written many elixir prescriptions, which is really a model for future generations to learn from.
There were echoes all around. Zhao Yan dusted off the non-existent dust on his sleeves, raised his eyebrows and said: "Those who wear gold will live as long as gold, and those who wear jade will live as long as jade. You ordinary herbs will rot when you bury them, and they will rot when you boil them." If it rots, it will become charred when burned. However, the elixir refined with lead sand, sulfur, mercury and other substances will not disappear after being refined for hundreds of years. It will remain immortal for thousands of years after being put into the soil. It will not rot after being put into water for ten thousand years. It can also preserve the medicinal properties of Chinese herbal medicines. If a person If you eat it, it will be immortal, which is considered the way to eternal life."
"I think it's the right way to die." Bai Zhi said bluntly.
"You are stubborn and ineffective!" Zhao Yan choked, pointing at Angelica dahurica and scolding, "You question the effectiveness of the elixir in the name of a medicine fairy. Could it be that the imperial doctors knew that this elixir was poisonous and yet they still presented it to the monarch for consumption? ?”
The pharmacists looked at Angelica dahurica, and their eyes gradually changed.
The elixir recipe has been passed down since ancient times, and it emphasizes the use of gold and stone to shape the mortal body. If the body dies, it will become an immortal. How can sudden death from poisoning occur?
Could it be that the Medicine Immortal is really a person who seeks fame and reputation as the alchemist said?
Bai Zhi turned a blind eye to this and asked Cang Zhu to catch a poultry.
"What are you doing?" Zhao Yan raised his eyebrows slightly.
Bai Zhi didn't look at him and said calmly: "Test for poison."
"What kind of poison test!" Zhao Yan glared.
Bai Zhi made a movement and took advantage of his unpreparedness to grab the sapphire bottle from the opponent's hand: "I'll lend you the elixir."
"What do you want to do? This is a top-grade elixir, please return it to me as soon as possible!"
"Oh?" Bai Zhi poured the elixir in the bottle into the palm of her hand and said to Cang Shu, who was waiting beside her, "It only costs one copper coin, Cang Zhu, two copper coins is enough to pay him back."
"You!" Zhao Yan was furious and threw the coins Cang Zhu offered him on the ground, "Who cares about your poor money!"
Bai Zhi was unmoved. He took the medicine pestle and crushed the elixir completely, mixed it with millet, and fed it to the rooster in front of him.
After the livestock were finished eating, he turned around and looked at everyone: "Today's competition, the pharmacists who have not finished making medicines, please return to the table to continue the competition."
After hearing this, the pharmacists who had deserted suppressed their curiosity and once again devoted themselves to making medicine.
Bai Zhi was watching and commenting, and after an hour, Cang Zhu came over.
"Sir, the medicine has taken effect."
Everyone immediately went to see it.
I saw the domestic animals in the cage first rushing against the cage restlessly, and then falling limply to the ground. Their necks were drooped, their feathers were fluffy and erected, and they were about to die.
Bai Zhi said to Zhao Yan who was sitting not far away: "If a person takes the elixir and becomes an immortal, then should this domestic animal be called a chicken or dog and ascend to heaven?"
Zhao Yan ran over and glanced at the cage: "You are using strong words. No ordinary person would take so many elixirs."
"But Alchemist Zhao said not long ago that this elixir is incorruptible and immortal in the body. What's the difference between eating one pill and eating ten pills?"
Bai Zhi held the sapphire bottle in her hand, faced everyone, and said loudly: "Everyone knows that extracts from gold and stone can repel poisonous insects. But now, alchemists have made expensive elixirs, and it is not uncommon to die after taking the elixirs in order to protect themselves.
, these alchemists are trying to gain enlightenment and become immortals."
"Okay." Bai Zhi poured out the last elixir from the bottle, "The elixir is so precious, how about taking it from Zhao Fangshi as well?"
Zhao Yan was so angry that his beard was trembling. He stared at the elixir in front of him, hearing the urging sounds of the pharmacists in his ears.
He gathered his anger, rolled up the pill and swallowed it in one gulp, with a ferocious look in his eyes: "Taking the elixir can prolong your life. The world is so stupid that they don't know this, so they mistrust this boy named Bai. You are really confused."
Zhao Yan held a whisk in his hand and pointed at Bai Zhi, and then looked at everyone: "Just watch, anyone who questions the way of heaven will be punished by heaven. Bai Zhi, after death, he will go to the Nine Netherworld!"
Bai Zhi stood with her hands behind her hands, her expression unchanged.
At this time, many people gathered in the courtyard to watch, and voices came from behind the crowd:
"This old man is very arrogant."
"The art of Zhu You originated from witch doctors. They believe in the things of ghosts and gods, so you should not blindly believe in them."
"Oh, you remember it clearly."
It was Liu Ruyan who spoke, and opposite her was Shen Yanchu wearing a bamboo hat.
He shook his head: "I have a slight impression..."
Liu Ruyan interrupted him: "Okay, I will go in to find the Medicine Fairy later, and you will just wait in the courtyard."
Shen Yanchu glanced at the crowded crowd and seemed a little dissatisfied: "Go back quickly."
After the competition, Bai Zhi selected several young men as third-grade pharmacists on the spot, and the people in the hospital dispersed one after another.
Cang Zhu hesitated, not knowing whether to say something or not.
The medicine boy saw his hesitation and asked: "Brother Cangzhu, what do you want to say to your husband?"
Cang Zhu nodded.
Mr. Bai is young, energetic and upright, and he offends powerful people without realizing it.
As the saying goes, anything that is too strong is easy to break.
The heated argument just now not only offended Zhao Yan, but also offended the princes and nobles who believed in immortality.
"I don't know how to convince Mr. to go out and avoid the limelight?" Cang Zhu whispered.
"To take shelter from the wind?" The medicine boy was confused, "You mean it's windy here, so we should go out and take shelter?"
Cang Zhu didn't answer, but frowned thoughtfully.
The medicine boy said to himself: "This is easy to do. Yanglinpo is less windy and is rich in Ganoderma lucidum. I heard that a villager recently dug up a piece of Huangzhi the size of a copper basin. Even Dr. Zhang from the medicine shop next door was alarmed."
The two of them spoke quietly, and were about ten steps away from where Bai Zhi was standing, but they let him catch the word, walked quickly, and asked the medicine boy repeatedly: "Has anyone dug up Huang Zhi in Yang Linpo? Doctor Zhang personally
Go? When did you move?"
"This..." Faced with his repeated inquiries, the medicine boy was unable to respond for a moment.
Seeing this, Cang Zhu had a thought in his mind and said quickly: "Sir, don't worry, Yang Linpo has indeed discovered the rare Huangzhi, and Doctor Zhang also moved there not long ago."
"Why don't you tell me I'm not in a hurry?" Bai Zhi paced the courtyard in annoyance, mumbling, "Huangzhi is sweet in taste and can control the five evils in the inner circle. If this medicine is refined, the ointment can cure
The sick can live longer. No, I have to leave as soon as possible, and I can’t let Old Man Zhang get there first."
Bai Zhi left as soon as she said she would, and she really complied with her words of resoluteness and resoluteness.