Chapter 536 Just because there is no poison does not mean that there is no poisoning
Li Shimin led a group of ministers to the Cangxian Pavilion angrily.
"I have met His Majesty."
When Taoist priest Jiuru saw Li Shimin's arrival, he looked happy and led a group of Taoist priests to salute him.
Li Shimin nodded expressionlessly and said: "You Taoist priests have worked hard for me to make elixirs, and I am going to reward you with some elixirs."
A trace of panic flashed in Jiuru's eyes, and he said: "Your Majesty, these pills are expensive to make. It would be a waste to give them to people like us from outside the country."
"Don't waste it. If you come, each Taoist priest will reward you with ten pills."
Hearing the sound, a dozen eunuchs came in holding trays.
Li Shimin looked at the Taoist priests with different faces and said calmly: "You Taoist priests have been working hard to refine the elixirs, but you have never eaten them. It is my negligence. Now you can also try the elixirs that you have 'carefully' refined."
Jiuru and others looked at each other. Of course they knew there was something wrong with the pill, otherwise they wouldn't have said that they could only take one pill a month.
"What? You dare not take it? Is there something wrong with this elixir?" Li Shimin asked.
"Your Majesty, there is no problem with the elixir, it's just that we are a little flattered." Jiuru said.
"Since there is no problem, please invite the Taoist Priest." Li Shimin said calmly.
Jiuru knew that if he continued to shirk Li Shimin's suspicion, he gritted his teeth, picked up a pill and drank it.
Anyway, if you eat one, it won't be a big problem.
Otherwise, they would not dare to give it to Li Shimin.
"Continue." Li Shimin said coldly.
"Your Majesty, the elixir is very powerful, and a mortal body can only take one pill per month."
How dare you eat Jiuru? Although there is no testing equipment at this time, the Taoist priests who made alchemy before have tried the medicine on their own bodies. Normally, eating three or five pills at a time will cause great damage to the body.
If you eat ten or eight pills, your life may be in danger.
Li Shimin no longer had the patience to waste time with them, and shouted: "Come here, feed the Taoist priests some elixirs."
"yes!"
A group of wolf-like imperial guards rushed in, captured all the Taoist priests, and then fed them pills with their mouths held in their hands.
There were more than two hundred pills in this batch, and soon all of them were roughly fed into the stomachs of these Taoist priests by the imperial guards.
On average, each of the dozen or so Taoist priests was fed more than a dozen pills.
Li Shimin walked up to the top and sat down, looking at the Taoist priests with a cold face.
After the imperial guards fed them the elixirs, they let go of the Taoist priests.
Those Taoist priests collapsed to the ground, completely losing their previous immortal spirit.
"Ugh~"
They were not in the mood to care about their own image right now, so they quickly dug their throats with their hands, trying to spit out the elixir.
However, Chiu's face turned pale and tears flowed down, but he didn't spit out anything.
After about a cup of tea, one of the Taoist priests fell to the ground and began to convulse. After a while, brown blood flowed from his mouth and eyes, and he lay motionless on the ground.
A forbidden soldier stepped forward, stretched out his hand to explore between his nose, and then bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the man is dead."
Upon hearing the report from the Forbidden Army, Li Shimin's face turned as dark as ink, and he shuddered when he thought that he had been eating for several years.
But this was only the first one, several more died, and the rest were half dead.
If you eat more than a dozen pills at one time, you are not 100% dead. The details will depend on your physical fitness.
However, this can fully prove that the reason why I did not have any problems after taking the elixir before was because the amount was not enough.
"Your Majesty, these Taoist priests are so abominable. They dare to poison Your Majesty. Those Taoist temples should be sealed directly and the matter should be thoroughly investigated to see if there is anyone behind them." Cheng Yaojin said angrily.
Li Shimin also gave him a lot of rewards over the years. Although he had no interest in immortality, he naturally couldn't throw away the gifts given by the emperor, and he also ate a lot of them.
"Mr. Su Guo, be careful what you say." Fang Xuanling said.
The Li family conquered the world and respected Li Er as their ancestor. I won’t say whether it is true or not, but everyone in the world knows it.
Taoism respects Li Er as the founder of Taoism. If all Taoist temples in the world are closed, how will the people in the world view the royal family?
What's more, this matter is obviously a scandal.
The emperor and the princes and nobles pursued immortality and took poisonous elixirs, which was a great tragedy in the world.
It was too late for the court to cover it up, so how could everyone know about the trouble.
Li Shimin naturally understood this. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes again, his face had calmed down.
"All those who survived were sent to the Ministry of Punishment. The homes of all Taoist priests in Zangxian Pavilion were confiscated, all their family properties were confiscated, and all their family members were consigned to slavery." Li Shimin said coldly.
"yes!"
With Li Junxian's promise, Li Shimin and his ministers left the Cangxian Pavilion.
Arriving at the Manlu Hall, Li Shimin ordered all the imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital to be called over to examine the health of him and the ministers.
Unfortunately, people in Tang Dynasty still don’t know what heavy metal poisoning is, and there is only one final result.
Not poisoned.
Li Shimin and the ministers finally breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that they were not poisoned.
"It seems that as long as this elixir is not taken in large quantities, it will not cause any harm to the body." Changsun Wuji said.
Lin Xuan proposed that the elixir was poisonous and had done a great job. Naturally, Changsun Wuji would not make him feel so comfortable and deliberately downplayed Lin Xuan's role.
"If you can't detect it, it doesn't mean you're not poisoned." Lin Xuan said lightly.
He just saw the imperial doctors not only checking Li Shimin's body, but also checking the body of everyone present except him.
Needless to say, every one of these people has taken pills. Judging from their nervous looks, they must have taken them less.
These ministers have all eaten, how can Li Shimin’s children not eat?
Just look at Li Shimin's sons and daughters. Li Chengqian died at the age of twenty-six, Li Tai died at the age of thirty-four, Li Lizhi died at the age of twenty-two, and Princess Jinyang only lived to be twelve years old.
It can be seen that the more favored Li Shimin's children were, the faster they died.
Among Li Shimin's favored children, Li Zhi lived longer, and lived to be fifty-six years old.
Li Shimin and the others are adults and have stronger resistance, but his children have been eating it since they were young.
Lin Xuan had always been a little curious before. Although Empress Changsun had a hereditary asthma disease (the kind that is passed down from female to male), Empress Changsun also lived for more than thirty years, so why did her daughters die earlier than the other?
Now it seems that it was all caused by Li Shimin's love for them.
"What do you mean by the Marquis of Jingyang County? Could it be that your medical skills are better than these imperial doctors?" Changsun Wuji mocked.
"This issue involves many things, and it is difficult to explain clearly. To put it simply, the reason why elixirs cause death is not because they contain poison," Lin Xuan said.
How could he explain to these ancient people what heavy metals are and why they can cause death? He couldn't explain it at all.
"Marquis of Jingyang County, are you kidding me? The elixir is poisonous, but everyone has seen it. Now you are saying that the elixir is not poisonous. Do you still want His Majesty to continue taking it?" Changsun Wuji said gloomily.
"Zhao Guogong, I just said that the reason why elixirs cause death is not the poison you think. The elixirs contain a lot of heavy metals. People are not iron-eating beasts. If you eat too much, you will die naturally. And your Majesty and everyone
Although adults eat a small amount, taking elixirs for a long time will accumulate a lot of heavy metals in the body. If they cannot be eliminated, although it is not fatal, it will greatly affect the life span." Lin Xuan said.