My balcony connects the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 448 Qingzhou Cauldron, Immortality Medicine

Wei Cheng has no merits, but he will give unconditionally to those he trusts.

This is also the main reason why he was plotted by Yeats in the first place. Sometimes simple sacrifices cannot be rewarded.

But in this era, Wei Cheng's status is different. As a superior, occasional giving will make his subordinates more motivated.

Tian Feng and Xun Yu took the secret matchmaking recipe given by Wei Cheng and left the palace in a daze.

The two haven't recovered from Wei Cheng's generous reward.

According to Wei Cheng's words: Anyway, this plan was proposed by you, so you can figure it out by yourself.

Then, Wei Cheng rummaged through the cabinet and found this secret recipe from a pile of papers that looked like drafts.

And handed it to Tian Feng indifferently, letting him and Xun Yu figure it out.

"Wei Jun, if this match can be mass-produced, its value is immeasurable." Tian Feng still reminded.

Even Xun Yu looked at Wei Cheng nervously.

However, Wei Cheng just smiled and said, "Since it's so valuable, it should be your performance reward this year."

It's just matches, Wei Cheng really doesn't care, he wants to make money, there are many ways, even a box of matches is not in his eyes.

Tian Feng and Xun Yu looked at each other and bowed to Wei Cheng at the same time.

Wei Cheng may not care, but the family behind them can't.

In this era of ignorance of information, if a family can grasp a method of making money from money, it will not be afraid of the family's decline.

This secret recipe of matches can at least allow the two of them to last for hundreds of years. Of course, this is under the premise of a stable situation, and the current Han...is there anything stronger than the Han Empire in this world?

When the two walked out of the gate of the palace, they couldn't help but stop and looked back at the solemn palace.

Tian Feng said: "You treat me like a gentleman..."

Xun Yu nodded slightly: "I will repay him as a national scholar."

The two looked at each other and smiled, got into the carriage and left talking and laughing. They had to discuss the profit sharing of the match shop.

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Qingzhou Donglai.

A huge roar echoed in the cave, and then the earth and rocks cracked, rocks rolled down, and dust flew up.

Xu Shu narrowed his eyes worriedly, staring at the looming stone gate in the dust.

No, to be precise, it is the stone gate that has been cracked open.

"Success!" Sima Yi shouted excitedly.

Xu Shu also heaved a sigh of relief. At least, the cave did not collapse, otherwise everything would be in vain.

"It's all thanks to the detonator provided by Wei Jun. If it were Lei Zhenzi, this cave would definitely collapse."

Xu Shu and Sima Yi burst out laughing. After more than a month, they finally found Xu Fu's secret treasure.

Behind the two, Liu Fan and Yan Niang, who were guarded by the dark guards, looked at each other in dismay.

Well, this group of people is not only behind the oriole, but now even the stone gate is easily opened by them, and now they really give up.

However, when they saw the Shimen being blasted open, the two still looked forward to the legendary elixir.

Even if you can't get it, at least take a look.

Even if you can't get what you've been chasing for so long, you'll be satisfied even if you look at it from a distance.

As the gunpowder smoke gradually dissipated, a strong medicinal fragrance wafted in the air.

Nightmare Niang looked at the dark hole excitedly, and exclaimed: "It's the fragrance of medicine, the elixir of longevity is out!"

When everyone heard the words, they looked at the entrance of the cave one after another, while Xu Shu and Sima Yi looked at each other, and at the same time took out a precious flashlight from their pockets.

This kind of small flashlight is only as thick as the handle of a knife, and it can be illuminated for one and a half hours per charge, which they are reluctant to use at ordinary times.

Because if you want to charge the flashlight, only Wei Jun can do it.

Two strong lights lit up in the cave, frightened Liu Fan and Yan Niang pale, and looked at the luminous object in Xu Shu's hand in surprise.

As for the hidden guards, hehe, flashlights have long been their standard equipment.

At this time, everyone gave up the torches and switched to flashlights, and the whole cave was as bright as day.

Liu Fan and Yan Niang looked at each other, and a voice in their hearts told them: It is not wrong to lose.

The two men from the hidden guards walked into the stone gate first. After entering, there was a corridor. The walls on both sides were very smooth, and there were a lot of reliefs and characters on it. Every ten feet or so, there was a wall lamp.

The man took out the Zippo lighter, yes, while Tian Feng and Xun Yu were still amazed by the matches, the dark guard had already used the Zippo.

Wei Cheng's equipment for the hidden guards is almost comparable to that of the special forces of later generations.

Crackling, the flames lit up, and the man lit up a wall lamp, and there was an instant smell of burning animal fat in the air.

"It's whale oil!"

"Erya" has a saying: "The whale is also the big fish in the sea."

There are also related records about the Whale Han Dynasty, so everyone is no stranger to it.

There are two records in "Hanshu Wuxingzhi", "In the spring of the sixth year of Emperor Cheng Yongshi, a big fish came out of the North Sea, six feet long, one foot high, and four."; Fish, eight feet long, one foot high, seven fish, all dead."

According to this record, it can be seen that as early as the Western Han Dynasty, the spectacle of whales being stranded in Qingzhou was discovered, and there were seven whales at a time. One can imagine how spectacular the scene was at that time.

Since the oil lamp can still be lit, let's save a little electricity.

Xu Shu and the others dimmed the flashlight a little, but kept it on. The two looked curiously at the patterns on the wall.

As for the two men of the dark guard, they went all the way and lit all the whale oil lamps. The lamp oil did not ignite spontaneously like in the novel, and no bones or traps were found in the corridor. This is a happy event.

It's normal when you think about it, the stone door at the door is four feet thick, and it can't be opened by normal means. If they didn't bring detonators and use fixed-point blasting, they probably wouldn't be able to open it.

"Hey, is this Qingzhou tripod?" Sima Yi exclaimed suddenly.

Hearing this, Xu Shu hurriedly walked up to him, looking at the mural in front of him, his eyes were full of surprise.

With the help of the flashlight, the imprisoned Yan Niang also saw the pattern on the stone wall, and shouted excitedly: "The legend is true. In order to refine the elixir of life, Xu Fu's people used the Jiuding as the furnace and the national fortune as the guide. Qingzhou Ding is one of the Nine Dings."

Xu Shu was startled when he heard the words, and asked in doubt: "Isn't the Jiuding one?"

Yan Niang didn't hide anything at this time, she broke the pot and said: "No, Jiuding represents the nine great tripods, respectively suppressing the luck of the nine states in the world, the Jiuding is here, and the world is safe.

The reason why Jizhou was in chaos back then was because Liu Yan moved the Jizhou tripod to Yizhou. "Speaking, she looked at Liu Fan at the side, and said with a sneer: "If you kill him, it can be regarded as eliminating harm for the people. So many people died in Jizhou, it was all because of Liu Yan's selfish intentions. "

Liu Fan's heart was ashamed. Hearing this, he said with a blank face: "My father found the Jizhou cauldron back then, and only then did he know the existence of the elixir of life. His health has been deteriorating these years. I'm afraid it's just retribution."

Xu Shu and Sima Yi looked at each other in blank dismay, but they didn't expect to have these secrets.

Bang, bang!
At this moment, there was a sudden loud bell and tripod sound at the end of the corridor.

Then I saw two men from the hidden guards running back quickly, shouting: "A big tripod has fallen."

When everyone heard the words, they ran towards the end of the corridor in unison.

The guards guarding Liu Fan and Yan Niang glanced at each other, and also pulled them along, getting closer, and a rotten aura rushed towards them.

Yan Niang instinctively closed her mouth and nose, a gleam flashed in her eyes, and she glanced vaguely at Liu Fan next to her.

Liu Fan didn't understand why he looked at Yan Niang, as if he realized something, and silently slowed down his breathing.

However, in the next scene, something happened that made the two of them speechless and desperate.

Xu Shu took out a gas mask from the backpack on his back and put it on slowly.

And Sima Yi and others also followed suit, only Yan Niang and Liu Fan looked at them stupidly.

Xu Shu seemed to feel the gaze of the two, and turned around and said, "Sorry, there are no extra masks."

Nightmare Mother gave a wry smile, and lowered her head mockingly.

At this time, Xu Shu and Sima Yi turned on the power of the flashlights to the maximum, and they walked into a large hall, where there were many bronze chimes lined up on both sides, as well as some candlesticks and decorations, wine jugs, wine bottles and so on.

Of course, the most conspicuous thing is the big bronze cauldron in the center of the hall, the simple atmosphere makes people suffocate.

"It's really Qingzhou Ding, the medicinal fragrance is coming from it." Xu Shu looked curiously at this big tripod, which was taller than him.

There are mountains, rivers and seas on the body of Dading. If you look carefully, you can find a small part of the picture, which is the strange and steep mountain scenery on the coast of Laoshan Mountain.

Sima Yi was even more curious about whether there was a legendary elixir of life in the tripod. He looked around and found a low table. Just as he was about to move it, the low table immediately rotted and shattered, scattering wood dust all over the floor.

Seeing this, the man from the dark guard suggested: "Sir, you can step on the shoulders of my brothers and have a look."

Sima Yi nodded slightly, that's all he could do.

At this moment, Yan Niang suddenly shouted: "No, the elixir of longevity is not ready yet!"

Everyone frowned slightly, looking at Yan Niang who came in from the tunnel, Xu Shu asked curiously: "How do you know so clearly?"

At this moment, Yanniang looked at the Qingzhou cauldron in the center of the hall with some bewilderment, her eyes were no longer charming, but replaced by an incomparably fanatical aura.

She tried to break free from the shackles of the hidden guards, but unfortunately it was in vain.

Xu Shu narrowed his eyes and warned: "At this point, you don't even want to turn the tables. Tell the truth, maybe I can save your life."

Yan Niang shook her head frantically, and shouted: "No, no, return the Qingzhou Ding to its place immediately, tonight is the full moon, hurry up, hurry up."

"Full moon?"

Xu Shu didn't understand why he looked at the crazy Yan Niang, and didn't understand why she suddenly became so crazy.

On the other hand, Liu Fan, who was on the sidelines, kept watching with cold eyes, but he looked at Qingzhou Ding with a hint of regret.

Xu Shu and Sima Yi looked at them fearfully, hesitated for a while, then Xu Shu suddenly said: "Listen to her, and raise the Qingzhou cauldron."

As early as when they came in, they found that the big tripod should have been hung in the air, but they didn't know why it fell down.

The two men from the dark guards looked at each other, walked to the walls on the east and west sides, and pulled out two chains from the mouth of the giant beast relief on the stone wall.

The man from the hidden guard explained: "In the beginning, the two chains were connected to the ground of the entrance. We stepped on something when we entered, and the chains were retracted by themselves, and then the cauldron fell down."

After hearing the words, everyone looked in the direction of the man's finger, and they found two metal buckles at Yan Niang's feet.

At this time, two men from the hidden guards pulled the chain and pulled up the bronze cauldron with great difficulty.

The sound of the operation of organs in the hall sounded, and it could be heard coming from the stone wall.

Logically speaking, the Qingzhou cauldron was so big that it was impossible for two people to pull it, but even though they were struggling, it was not impossible for the two of them to do so, and the bronze cauldron quickly rose into the air.

And the two chains just happened to be locked in the metal buckles on the ground, and the sound of the mechanism running in the wall just disappeared.

Seeing this scene, Yan Niang said excitedly: "This is the mechanism technique of the Mohist school."

Xu Shu and Sima Yi didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile, "It's just a pulley."

Nightmare Niang looked at the two of them, not knowing what the so-called pulley meant.

At this time, the hall was silent, and there was still a short time before night, so Xu Shu boredly checked the reliefs on the surrounding walls.

These reliefs are like a storybook novel, recording the events of Xu Fu's journey to the east to refine alchemy in the form of murals.

"Strange, according to the mural records, when they went east to Penglai, they walked there. If this Penglai is correct, it should be the current Wa Island, so how did they walk there?"

"Could it be walking on the sea?" Sima Yi joked.

Xu Shu shook his head, pointed to another mural, and said, "Look at this place again, the first time you walked over, the second time you took a boat, and there is also a scene of rough seas here, so it can be seen that the two times are indeed true. has a difference."

Sima Yi looked at the mural in thought for a while, then suddenly asked: "Could it be that the cold winter has frozen the sea?"

Xu Shu didn't answer, but nodded silently, thinking that this was the only possibility.

"Ugh, wow!"

When the two were searching for the truth, the faces of Liu Fan and Yan Niang behind them became paler and paler. In the end, Liu Fan vomited blood directly.

When Nightmare Niang saw this, she felt sorry for her.

Xu Shu looked back and said in a deep voice, "It seems that there is indeed something weird in it."

Sima Yi didn't have the slightest bit of compassion either, looking at Liu Fan who was vomiting blood, he let out a cold 'hum'.

On the other hand, Yan Niang, with a strong desire to survive, hurriedly begged for mercy to Xu Shu and the two: "Help me, I am still useful, I know how to collect the longevity medicine, without me, you will only destroy it."

Xu Shu sneered and said, "It's this time, are you still coveting secret treasures?"

Nightmare Niang clutched her chest, shook her head again and again, coughed a few times, and said weakly: "What I said is true. If you want to take out the longevity medicine, there is only one way. Only two people in the world know about it. You There is nothing else to do but trust me."

Hearing this, Xu Shu raised his head to look at the cauldron emitting a strange medicinal fragrance in mid-air, with a serious expression on his face.

Just when Yan Niang thought that there was hope for survival.

A hidden guard walked into the corridor, clasped his fists and said, "Dujun Xu, there are two girls on the top of the cliff, one of them claims to be Mr. Wei's fiancée, and she also provided a token." A 【卫】 word.

(End of this chapter)