Wanqingsi

Chapter 140 Radiation
"What the hell is this?" Yun Zheng's usually calm face also showed a hint of anger.

"My family teacher practiced medicine everywhere, and lived in a remote village in southern Xinjiang for a while." Yi Shenwen looked at the jade pillow and said in a deep voice, "The Miao people in that village, for some reason, have lived for nearly 200 years. All of them suffer from premature aging diseases. The newborns are deformed, disabled or demented in varying degrees. The possibility of survival is very small. Severe deformities such as double-headed and skinless are usually stillborn. People who are dumb, have abnormal limbs, and dementia may survive, but these people are weak and die easily. Even if they occasionally give birth to healthy babies, they will gradually suffer from premature aging. The Miao people in southern Xinjiang said that the village was cursed by evil gods, and they dared not contact people or things in the village, let alone step in. Over time, that village became a taboo in southern Xinjiang."

"There are such strange things in this world?" Yun Zheng frowned and said, "Did the Lingshi discover anything in the end?"

"Yeah." Yi Shenyan nodded, "Teacher found that the symptoms in this village started 200 years ago, so he tried to find out what strange things happened in the village 200 years ago. It turned out that 200 years ago, this village had A huge stone fell from the sky and landed on a mountain near the village. The wizard in the village said it was a divine stone bestowed by the gods and enshrined the stone. Later, someone found that although the stone looked rough and ugly, its polished color was like jade. Some people took stones to make ornaments, and it didn't take long for those who wore them to age rapidly. People thought that they had taken fetish objects privately and offended the gods, so they returned the jade ornaments to the huge stone one after another. However, the people in the village still haven’t been able to get rid of the curse. People are still getting old and pregnant women give birth to deformities. Get out of life."

"What is the ancestral curse of the gods, this is obviously radiation!" I understood a little bit in my heart, and interjected with a frown.

"Radiation?" Yi Shenwen looked at me with surprise in his eyes, "Sister-in-law, does Madam know what's so weird about this stone?"

"It's radioactive substances..." I paused, seeing Yi Shen's expression was even more strange, how to explain this?I thought about it: "Simply speaking, some substances decay internally, releasing rays that we can't see or feel with our naked eyes, and can only be detected with special instruments. This property of substances is called radioactivity." Leaving out those nouns like atomic nuclei that I can't explain clearly, it's simple.

"What is a ray?" Yi Shenwen was really a curious baby.

"The ray is..., you have seen the radiance of the sun, just think of it as that thing." I made nonsense.Yi Shen asked suspiciously, "How do you know it's radiation?"

"Did the Lingshi find something different about the boulder?" I asked, seeing him nod, and said with a smile, "Tell me how the Lingshi did it, and I will be able to judge."

"Yeah." Yi Shenwen's topic finally turned back, "The tutor found that each family's aging degree is different. The house near the Jushi Mountain ages quickly, and the pregnant households give birth to abnormal fetuses. Families farther away from the mountain have slower aging time and fewer birth defects, so I suspected that the strange disease in the village was related to the giant stone, so I went to the mountain to get some jade ornaments and took them out of the village for experimentation."

"What were the results of the experiment?" I inquired.Yi Shen said: "The teacher used several cages of mice to do the experiment. Some cages put a piece of jade pendant, some cages did not put the jade pendant, and only put the jade pendant a little far away from the cage, and some cages were completely placed very far away from the jade pendant. A few walls away. As a result, after several experiments, almost the same results were obtained every time. The mice with the jade pendant in the cage died very quickly, and the mice born to the mother mouse were deformed; the cage was a little far away from the jade pendant. The mice in the Miao village aged slowly, and not all the mice born were deformed; the mice in the cages outside the wall were all normal. From this, it is confirmed that the strange disease of the Miao people was indeed caused by the caused by a boulder."

Yi Shenyan sighed, and said: "The teacher, like his wife, does not believe in ghosts and gods, and is determined to find out the truth. Unfortunately, he has spent his whole life, but he has not been able to find out what is so strange about this stone. Due to long-term contact with this kind of jade After dealing with each other, my teacher also gradually suffered from senility, and before he died, he finally believed that this is a stone cursed by the evil god, and told me not to touch it in this life."

I nodded and said firmly, "After hearing what you said, I am even more convinced that the meteorite that fell from the sky must have contained strong radioactive substances, polluting the environment of that village, and that's why these strange things happened."

"Meteorite? Pollution?" Yi Shenfan asked one after another.I patted my head weakly, and said with a smile: "That's not important. The important thing is the harm of radioactive substances to the human body. Under a large dose of exposure, the victim will die quickly. With a small dose of exposure, people will not die immediately, but It often takes many years before some symptoms appear, such as aging, etc. Moreover, radioactive substances can also cause gene mutations and chromosomal aberrations, damage genetic materials, and harm one generation or even several generations, which is why those pregnant women have teratogenic births s reason."

Yi Chenwen looked at Yun Zheng blankly with surprise in his eyes: "Why can't I understand what Madam Sister-in-law is saying?"

Yun Zheng smiled and said, "I don't understand either, I only hear that this stone is harmful."

I smiled awkwardly: "That's all I know. If you ask me to explain it in detail, I won't explain it in detail. In short, this is definitely not a curse from ghosts and gods. If you don't understand radiation, just imagine that this stone contains colorless radiation. The tasteless poisonous poison is poisonous, people will age slowly, pregnant women will have teratogenic births, and long-term direct exposure will lead to rapid death.”

"Then how did the radiation come about?" Yi Shenwen seemed to accept my statement, and asked in doubt, "How can it be treated?"

How can I answer this?Radiation is completely a product of modern society. Nuclear waste, nuclear fuel, medical radioactive pollution, and industrial and household appliances and consumer goods, etc. Where did such things exist in ancient times?It can only be a visitor from time to time. "This..." I said with difficulty, "For example, some powerful explosives may produce radioactive substances after explosion. For example, some ores, like granite, contain radioactive substances, and there are some meteorites that fall from the world. I don’t know why the radioactive material was brought in. In short, the material has changed. As for how to treat it, this, I’m sorry, I really don’t know. The best way is to stay away from the source of radiation. If the people in Miao Village move away early , maybe after a few generations it will gradually become normal."

"I didn't expect the answer that my teacher couldn't find in his whole life, but my wife gave it to me today." Yi Shenwen stood up and gave me a gift, "Shen Wen thanked my wife on behalf of my teacher!"

"Don't say that, I know very little, and I can't play any real role." I pointed to the jade pillow in the brocade box, and said to Yun Zheng: "What should I do with this thing? I dare not Brought it home, but it is an important evidence, it is best to find a proper place to store it, and destroy it after the matter is over."

"I have a sense of proportion." Yun Zheng told Yun Xun to put away the brocade box, bid farewell to Yi Chenwen, and we boarded the carriage and went back to Hou's Mansion.I leaned on Yunzheng's shoulder and sighed: "Yunzheng, how can people's hearts be so vicious? If it weren't for the help of Heilongyu, I'm afraid we would never know the truth about the jade pillow in our lifetime. Now we know that what happened in Fuyang Temple back then What happened and the cause of Concubine Yao's death, I also know that this jade pillow was given by Wei, but what is the mystery behind Concubine Murong's death? Taifu Murong's family has been wiped out, and there is no evidence to obtain."

"If there is no Black Dragon Jade, we may not know the truth about the jade pillow, but we may not be able to know what happened in Fuyang Palace." Seeing me looking at him in surprise, Yun Zheng smiled: "With the Yun family's intelligence network, the Palace of the When such a big event happens in the world, there will always be some rumors. When I said that I wanted to collect the information of Concubine Murong, I had already asked Deacon Yin to send me all the information about the abnormal events in the harem before and after the accident of Concubine Murong 18 years ago. Now We just have to wait for the information to reach us."

"What happened to Pinxian Palace? Does the Yun family's intelligence network know about it?" I stared blankly at Yun Zheng. The first emperor clearly killed the palace people in the palace to silence them. If the Yun family's intelligence network can still find out what happened , is it too scary?What kind of force is this?No wonder the emperor asked Yun Zheng to investigate this case. Is this a blessing or a curse for the Yun family?

"It's much better to at least know some superficial information and get some clues than our own guesses." Yun Zheng said softly.

I didn't want to say much, and suddenly thought of something: "By the way, where did Wei Xiang get that jade pillow? How did he know that meteorite can harm people?"

"This is exactly what we are going to investigate next." Yun Zheng smiled and said in a deep thought, "After all, it has been more than 200 years since such a strange thing happened in the village in southern Xinjiang. For so many years, it may not be that the only person who is familiar with the meteorite is the one who discovered that there is something wrong with the meteorite. Different, even if it is considered to be cursed by the gods, it is good. In short, if you know that the stone can harm people, it is very likely that it will be used by people with intentions. I will track down these details as soon as possible. Did someone go to get the stone in the village in southern Xinjiang 18 years ago? , and the carvings on the jade pillow are also clues, through which you can find the sculptors of the year and understand some situations, you have to believe that it is impossible to do anything without leaving a trace."

That's true, Skynet is restored, and it's not missing.During the free days when I was waiting for the next step of information to arrive, those furtive eyes of Yunfu who were peeping at me gradually disappeared, and I knew that Wei Xiang had basically dispelled his suspicion of me.Then one day, Manager Yi brought a greeting card, Mr. Wei Xiang will visit tomorrow, I laughed, threw the card on the table, went to the desk and wrote: "Ning'er, according to this menu, the kitchen is prepared. Ingredients, I want to make a good table for Wei Xiang!"

——2007, September, 1
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