Chapter 2012 Picking Red Lead
"Don't argue, don't argue, girls, don't argue, I will definitely make the decision for you for your grievances."
Rao Shi was worried that these female ghosts would be resentful and could not control themselves, so he comforted him first and said, "That... Yang Jinying, let me tell you, how did this happen? Why did you assassinate Emperor Jiajing and why did you fail?"
All the female ghosts were quiet, and Yang Jinying continued to state, saying: "Emperor Jiajing was debauchery, ignored the government, was obsessed with alchemy, and tried to live forever. Moreover, his temperament was impermanent and he would kill people if he was not at all. At that time, out of ten percent of the palace maids who were beaten to death..."
Bu Zhenxin and Rao Shi looked at each other and thought to themselves that this Emperor Jiajing was indeed cruel.
Of the 100% of the royal palaces, 20 to 30% were killed, which was a terrible number. Because everyone knows that the three palaces and six courtyards of the royal palaces and the seventy-two concubines and three thousand palace maids were all basic configurations. Among the 3000 people, 20% of the people were killed, which was also 600, and the number was huge!
"Twenty miles outside the west gate of the capital, Zhuge Zhuangnan, the locals call it Grandma's tomb, which is the place where the palace people buried in the Ming Dynasty. The sisters who were beaten to death were buried there." Yang Jinying kowtowed and cried and said, "Grandma's tomb has countless corpses and monuments are also standing... Every time on stormy nights, they appear or make sounds, and the ghosts do not disperse. Those are our sisters!"
Rao Shi sighed sadly and said, "So, are you going to take action first and kill Zhu Houguan?"
"Yes, everyone in the palace was in danger at that time, and the sisters were in danger of danger and lived in fear." Yang Jinying looked at Concubine Duan Cao and said:
"I was the maid of Concubine Duan at that time, and Concubine Duan was favored, so the emperor often came to Concubine Duan's bedroom. It was like a tiger. Several times, but the emperor wanted to kill me because of a trivial mistake. Fortunately, Concubine Duan pleaded for mercy, otherwise, I would have died at the hands of the foolish monarch.
Not counting this, the dog emperor has a more vicious way to torture us palace maids. We couldn't bear it anymore, so we had murderous intentions."
Looking at the pitiful female ghosts in front of him, Rao Shi's eyes were a little wet and asked, "What other way to torture you?"
Yang Jinying hesitated for a moment, and seemed a little difficult to say.
Beside her, another female ghost rushed to say, "It's picking red lead!"
"Picking red lead? What is this?" This time, it was Bu Zhenxin's turn to not understand and asked casually.
Rao Shi shook his head and said, "It is used to refine red lead. Generally speaking, the palace elixir cannot be separated from this. It is nothing more than mercury water, cinnabar, autumn stone and red lead. To put it clearly, it is... the first red when these female ghosts were girls. "
Everyone in the Taoist sect knows the art of alchemy, so when they hear the red lead picking, Rao Shi knows what's going on.
The alchemy of the palace was all contributed by alchemists. Without exception, the raw materials were mercury water, cinnabar, autumn stone and red lead.
Mercury water refers to mercury. Cinnabar is cinnabar, the chemical name is mercury sulfide. Qiushi is the crystals refined by the boy's urine. However, there are some considerations to obtain materials. The boy's urine removes its head and tail and connects the urine in the middle to become the best quality, and can produce crystals like salt.
The most perverted red lead is a powder like chensand-like cherry sand made from virgin blood.
If it were now, who would have put these four treasures together and made them into tonics for others to take, they would definitely be beaten up! However, the emperors of the feudal dynasty liked to eat these elixirs that had not been internationally certified and had no number approved by the Chinese character "大子". They would never get tired of it.
Logically speaking, the emperors are not stupid, why do they like to eat this? The reason is that when alchemy alchemy is refined, they will also add musk, deer antler, aconite and other hot herbs. After the emperors take it, it will stimulate nerve endings, heat the whole body, and cause primitive impulses.
The stupid emperors didn't know it, but thought it was the explosion of the powerful power in their bodies, which was a sign of immortality!
"So this is the one that picks red lead... is it very uncomfortable?" Bu Zhenxin underestimated.
"The damage is great, because we...the blood of the first menstrual period is very small, so they use drugs to urge them, and many sisters... all died of blood collapse." Yang Jinying lowered her head and said:
"The foolish monarch was weak since childhood, and had ten years of marriage but had no children. Therefore, he enriched his harem in the folk talent show to benefit his descendants. However, he was unable to do so, so he believed in the folk remedies of alchemists and collected red lead to make pills. Therefore, we sisters all went to the palace to be maids in case of adoption. Seeing that the sisters died every day, we thought it was difficult to survive, so we thought of assassinating the foolish monarch!"
Bu Zhenxin was still conscientious, and the atmosphere in his heart was sympathetic to this female ghost. He held the knife and trembled slightly, cursing: "This foolish lord should be cut into pieces!"
"Thank you, sir, for speaking out for our righteousness, I am grateful!" Yang Jinying kowtowed repeatedly, tears of gratitude.
"You're welcome... But that foolish lord is dead. Girls, you are here... haunted, it's really not." Bu Zhenxin said.
Rao Shi waved his hand, interrupted Bu Zhenxin's words, and asked Yang Jinying again, saying, "Then, you implemented the assassination plan, why did it fail?"
"It's because this bitch told me the secret!" Yang Jinying's eyes were on fire, and she reached out to grab a female ghost and said, "She is Zhang Jinlian. At the last moment, she was scared and secretly ran to report to the queen. When we were about to strangle the foolish monarch, the queen brought people to her, but her efforts failed!"
"Give me your life, spare me your life..." Zhang Jinlian knelt on the ground, trembling constantly, begging for mercy.
The female ghost Wang smiled and said, "That night, the dog emperor ate the elixir and came to find Concubine Duan to relieve his anger. But he called me again and asked me to sleep together. After the dog emperor was sleeping soundly, I sent Cao and his personal eunuch, knocked on the window, and summoned Yang Jinying and others to come in.
Because of the long-term planning, Yang Jinying and others had already been lying near the bedroom with yellow ropes and yellow silk cloth. After getting my secret code, they immediately entered the palace, tied the rope around the neck of the foolish lord, and blocked his mouth with the cloth, so that someone was riding on the foolish lord, trying to tighten the rope.
The foolish lord woke up from his sleep and wanted to call for help, but could not make a sound.
It’s a pity that the girls are too panicked and don’t know the correct way to tie knots. In the chaos, they tied them into a dead knot, and they couldn’t tighten them in the end.
Just as this was the case, the whistleblower Zhang Jinlian rushed in with the queen, and we finally failed! The next morning, the girls were all pressed to the execution ground and ate fish scales for several days. Concubine Duan and I were executed in the palace. Concubine Duan was innocent, but because of favor, the queen was jealous. While the emperor was still rescued, they faked the imperial edict and filed her with the corpse.
The day when the girls were executed was three days in total. During the three days, the fog in the Forbidden City was filled with day and night, which shows how deep the grievances were!”
Chapter completed!