Chapter 284 Li Shimin's Way to Worship Immortals
Li Shimin looked at the teacup where Li Mingda had used the Dharma. A glass of water was actually formed into ice. To be honest, Li Shimin was surprised at the first time.
But Li Shimin's surprise was not because there was ice that could alleviate the heat of the people in Chang'an.
Li Shimin's surprise was that there are really magic in this world. If there are really magic in this world, then maybe there will be immortal magic, so that you can live forever.
Some people will definitely say that Li Shimin will still believe this because everyone knows that Li Shimin once said that the life is the great virtue of heaven and earth, and the longevity is the constant of shortness of laziness. Life has a shape of seven feet, and life is limited to a hundred years. Even if we return to the power of the sky and the sun, and fully understand the wisdom of the gods, life must have an end, and we cannot avoid it.
This sentence means that there are fixed numbers for a long period of life. Even the smartest and smartest person cannot fight the cycle of fate and no one can escape it. Moreover, it can be seen that Li Shimin's words are very clear, which is what a very wise king said.
Not only that, when Li Shimin first became emperor, he criticized the alchemy practice in the court and warned his ministers not to believe the so-called rumors of immortality.
But no one would have thought that Li Shimin had changed his previous thoughts now, because people are always full of fear of unknown death, and Li Shimin was nothing else. When he was young, he was healthy and had no major problems, but after he was middle-aged, his body began to decline.
First of all, various chronic diseases appeared. In the "Old Book of Tang", Li Shimin had stomach problems, colds, wind diseases and other symptoms. These diseases were said to be serious or not, but they were very upset. In addition, his sons did not make their children worry, so he developed a distorted idea of immortality for generations to come.
Now Li Shimin has secretly advocated Taoism and began to ask some Taoist priests to refine elixirs to take medicine for themselves and develop immortal medicine.
But everyone knows that the so-called elixirs are all kinds of poisons, not only can they not save lives, but can only kill them. However, Li Shimin doesn't understand these things. No matter what elixirs the Taoist priests practice, they have to taste them. As a result, these elixirs are gnawing on Li Shimin's body bit by bit.
When Li Shimin saw Li Mingda's tricks today, you can't guess how shocked and excited Li Shimin was. His daughter knew the immortal skills and could turn water into ice. Isn't this indirect proof that there is evidence of immortality in the world?
Unfortunately, just after Li Shimin showed a very surprised expression, Li Mingda on the side laughed loudly, and followed Li Mingda to expose Li Shimin's dream.
Li Mingda told Li Shimin that this is not a magic trick at all, it is just a trick. He puts saltpeter in a teacup, and saltpeter can turn water into ice. In theory, as long as there is enough saltpeter and enough water... there will be infinite amounts of ice.
After Li Mingda exposed his immortal magic, Li Shimin did not show a completely enlightened expression, but there was a hint of loss in his eyes. Of course, this hint of loss was not seen by Li Mingda.
Li Shimin quickly adjusted his emotions.
Although Li Shimin has begun to believe in Taoism now, he has not yet fallen into it. He has to wait until Li Shimin's health becomes very bad before Li Shimin will do whatever he wants.
This was until the 22nd year of Zhenguan. That year, Li Shimin's old injuries and illness became more and more serious. Li Shimin felt that he was about to fail, so Li Shimin began to recognize that he would recruit alchemists from all over the world.
It was also a coincidence... At this time, a famous general, Wang Xuance, captured a prisoner while fighting against the enemy. The prisoner claimed that he knew how to refine alchemy. Wang Xuance originally intended to execute the prisoner, but when he thought that Li Shimin was not looking for an alchemist who could refine alchemy in the world?
If he could present the prisoner to Li Shimin, Li Shimin would definitely be very happy. Perhaps he could also seek a higher official position in the court. So Wang Xuance finally offered the prisoner delicious food and drink, and brought him to the Tang Dynasty to make him refine alchemy for Li Shimin.
When Wang Xuance presented this person to Li Shimin, Li Shimin's health was already very poor, and the imperial doctor in the palace also felt that Li Shimin could not live for how long.
When Li Shimin saw this alchemist from India, he immediately asked him to refine the elixir of immortality for himself. Although this alchemist was a prisoner, he was treated well by Li Shimin in the palace. Every word he said was very trusted. Li Shimin's advisers wrote letters to persuade him in turn, but all of them were ignored by Li Shimin.
At the request of this alchemist, Li Shimin spent a lot of money to find the medicinal materials necessary for alchemy. However, this alchemist kept refining elixirs in the alchemist room every day. Even though he would refine elixirs until late at night every day, he did not refine elixirs that would make Li Shimin live forever until Li Shimin died.
"Shizi... You said you learned this from your fifth brother, which means that your fifth brother knew it very early, but now there are so many people who are so hot in Chang'an, why don't he offer it?" Li Shimin looked at Li Mingda and asked.
"Class... Is there a lot of people who are so hot in Chang'an?" Li Mingda said with a tilted head: "My fifth brother and I don't know. No one came to tell us. My fifth brother and I have been in Dunhuafang all the time. My fifth brother is studying how to prevent people from being hot in Dunhuafang from being hot in Dunhuafang... We have never left Dunhuafang. We thought everything in Chang'an was the same as before!"
After Li Mingda said that, Li Shimin nodded slightly. With Li Mingda's words, Li Shimin also felt that Li You did not deliberately conceal the matter of making saltpeter ice, because if Li You wanted to conceal it, he would not let this method be made, and even his little squirrel know.
Li You is not so unclear yet, and Li You is still just a civilian now. He should only think of his own Dunhuafang, and other places are not something he can take into account.
Thinking of this, Li Shimin nodded slightly, and a slight rift towards Li You turned into nothing. Then Li Shimin looked at Li Mingda with a smile and said, "Yesizi... When the father calls your uncle Changsun and Uncle Fang to this Ganlu Hall, and follow you to change your tricks. The father wants to see if you can scare your uncle Changsun and Uncle Fang."
"Hehe...!" When Li Mingda heard that his father was going to trick Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling with him, he immediately clapped his hands and said, "Okay...Okay...Father, don't worry, Sitzi will definitely scare Uncle Fang and Uncle Changsun."
"Ha ha...!"
After saying that... Li Shimin and Li Mingda, the father and daughter, laughed badly together.
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Chapter completed!